Bisbee daily review., 1921-11-16
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 icONTI(-En FROM PAGE ONE) Japan to proceed with sweeping re ductions" in her fleet Senator Schan ger. of Italy. with Premier Briand c France. added a pledge of cooperation .l the American program.
 halfOu alone made specific men, ton Of some Or the modificatiOns that would be suggested later. Reduction cf the figure set as a maximum of sub marine tonnage was the project on which ha indicate: his government would be most insistent but later members of the British group elabOr- ated the suggestions they are to put forward somewhat 9s follows:
 I. Reduction Of the submarine ton maze the United States, Great Britain and Tapan would be allowed to main tain in the proposed limited fleets. 'Fieures in Secretary Hughes prOpOs- als were 90000 tons each in submar- ines for Great Britain and the United States. and 54.0OO tons for .apan. It was indicated Great Britain would urge cutting this in half. to 45.000 tons for the two powers and a similar re- duCtion for Japan. Tn addition. the British propose to limit submarine units in such fashion as to coufine them to defensive operations and n"'ve them Unus2hle overseas.
 2. That to protect future lnowl- edge and skill in capital warships con structiOu, each nation retain one cap- ital ship building yard capable of pro ducing q ship q wear and scrap all oth or warship building facilities.
 2. That allowances be made in the American replacement schedules O light craft such as light cruisers and gunbo5ts, not of Darticuirr use in any naval Offense or defensive operation for the adequate Dolioing Of the seas.
 British Plan Doubted
 So far as colId be learned tonight. the notifications to be urged will con cern mainly the fixing Of Japan on the basis of 60 Der cent of the naval strength of either other power. Her Gnckesmen it was learned. will later endeavor to show that some increase of tcuoae should be offered her. The suggested increase will probably re i9to to ali classes of ships. including submarines.
 < strong impression prevails that t''e British rrODosals for limitation of the size of submarines will net nrCVe acceptable to American naval officers It is well known that American naval opinion regards the submarine as potential war weapon of greatest val ua to the United States and not to be surrendered on any argument thus rar presented To reach it's full eff ciency, American officers argue. the submarine must be sea keeping yes sci ot great size so f>- to be habitable for her crew. There were decided ,r-f Ty,,.L that by limiting size. the submersi- bles could be tied down to defensive oueratiohs in home waters To agree to such plan, it was said, would be tO sacrifice WeaDou the United States has every reason to retain.
 AS to the suggestion in British cir cles that submarines are not a proper weapon of naval warfare, the Ameri- can view is that the use of the sub marines in warfare is oues+<-n aside from that now being discussed.
 Suggest Code 6: Rules
 It well may be, some officers say, that code or rules to govern sub marine warfare, preventing sinking without warning" and similar barbar- ic practices in which Germany en- gagged, may be adopted. Provision is made on the agenda for that and for aircraft and for gas warfare rules.
 In any case, the pros and cons of the American proposal are to be threshed out by sailormen of high de- gIea On the naval committee to which was referred the problem will sit ranking navel advisers of the five powers, Admiral Beatty for Great Brit ain; Vice Admiral de Bon for France; Vice Admiral Acton for Italy: Vice Admiral Kato for Japan, and Theo- dOre Roosevelt, assistant secretary -f the navy. for the United States At the suggestion of Balfour, Roosevelt will act as chairman.
 The naval committee was selected by the representatives of the five biz powers, meeting after the preliminary sessions as q committee on limitation of armament