South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-19
TOXIC SEEKS TO
INCREASE SHIPS
IN HUGHES PLAN
Japanese Leaders Balk at
Hughes Naval Cut
Plan.

WASHINGTON. %ov. u.s. The
United States today was faced with
the difficult TASK OF preventing the
"scrappIng" OF any vital points az It's
sweeping program for the limitation
OF naval ornaments.
The Hughes program. hailed by
the world. and accepted "lu prin-
clDle" by Grea- Britain Japan.
France and Italy In the last open
session OF the conference ora limita-
ton OF armament. - now being sub
jected 90 a virtual bombardment OF
suggested modification by Great
Bratain and Japan.
The latest development in the
campo 81 90 modify the Hughes
proposal .s that within only few
minutes apart Admiral Baron Kato.
ranking members OF the japanese
delegation and high British
spokesman have made 10 plain inn
por,ant changes in the American
plan are desired by their govern
ments
Japans position probably viii be
the harder or the two powers to
reconcile with the Hughes program.
L. =. VIII Comproml-c.
The situation is being given care
fuI consideration by the American
delegates and the advisory council
The positions Of Japan Great
Britain and America for reduction
OF navies is as follows
America indicated los Amer
lean construction authorities, this
government probably viii make con-
These may mean Japans fleet VIII
be So per cent during the holiday.
bur IL is indicated America viii in
sist on a cut 20 so per cent after
the holiday Japan even with the
lower fleet is strategically better
placed than either Britain or Amer
ics alone. due 20 the element of dis
lance.
America is opposed to the joint
shipyard plan as impeiring the holi-
day idea and as unnecessary. British
arguments are deemed invalid
Airships and Subs.
America is willing to make some
cut in submarines but not much.
American authorities consider Brit
ain a bit illogical i'm talking sub
marines a. ASA ssins" while holding
giant aircraft which bomb cities as
proper means of warfare.
Japan-Japan wants a slightly
greater" tonnage allowance In cap
itaI ships. in the words OF Baron
Kato. than the so per cent OF the
American and British capital ship
tonnage plan OF the Hughes proposal
Under thu Hughes proposal, the
tonnage basis for capital ship re-
placement would be 100000 tons for
each the United States and Great
Britain and 100000 tons for Japan.
The japanese empire. it is under
stood would like to have this so per
cent raclo increased TO 20 per cent.
which would make her basic capital
ship tonnage $50 900 tons.
Japan IL also believed 10 want the
Rattleship Mutsu the most nearly
completed OF the latest super-dread-
uaughts OF her "elght-eight" pro-
gram. exempted from the Hughes
program. The Nfutsu Is vessel OF
GS.se0 tons the same displacement
- the Negato. today the greatest
battleship in the world.
Naval Holiday Idea.
too. a tonnage basis allowance In
types Of vessels of strictly defensive
character" which would even
approximate that Of the greater
navies" Baron Kato revealed. The
basic tonnage allowance i'm light
cruisers. destroyers and such ships
under the American plan is S450,0oO
tons for the United States and Great
Britain and 27O.O00 tons for Japan.
Baron Kato was believed 20 be refer
ring 20 these types OF vessels
Great Britain. Great Britain
would like total abolition OF sub
marines but realizing she cannot oh
tain that. because OF Americas OPP
position she is tentatively fixing the
maximum tOnnagc-~at $4,000 tons
5000 tons above what her present
submarine supply is. one prominent
naval constructor indicated America
may be willing GO pare the total
tonnage allowed Britain and the
United states TO 10000 tons-a TO-
000-ton cut.
The British delegation. finding op-
position az home and here 10 its
AneIo Joint shipyard plan-equipped
10 buIld a maximum OF one capital
shin per year during the holiday
has practically disavowed even want
ny such a scheme. But alternative
plons" for keeping shipyards fin CON
ditTon 20 be ready for ~eplaCemeHts
no the end OF 10 years are az hand.
American sources say the British
plan rs trace8ble chiefly 90 a desire
"a test out new inventions during the
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