Arizona republican., 1921-12-31
B|G ] AGREE TO. LIMIT TONNAGE LIN ALL FUTURE PLANE CARRIERS
Conference Agreements To Be Embodied In Five Power Treaty Now Being Drafted
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. - The arms conference has virtually reach ed the end of it's effort to put curb on naval armaments.
 To the capital ship settlement was added today an agreement for linn itation of future tonnage in airplane carriers, and then the naval com mittee adjourned indefinitely, leaving determination of various problems of detail to a sub committee of experts.
 Some sort of declaration with re- gard to use of submarines and an agreement not to construct any auxil- iary vessel hereafter, with a tonnage of more than 10000. are expected also to be added to the accomplishments of the conference before the final curtain is rung down. A five power treaty embodying all the points on which there is agreement now is in process of drafting.
 There are growing indications, too, that the four power treaty to preserve peace in the Pacific, which already has been signed, will be in some way further clarified before the conference quits. The American delegation is understood to have withdrawn any objection to the Japanese proposal that the treaty's scope be defined as not including the major Japanese islands, and the plan for an exchange of clarifying note or for amendment of the treaty text is expected to take definite form within a few days.
 The Japanese request for a elari- fication of the treatys terms is said to have been based largely on the development of a difference In view on the subject between President IL T ton. This development has been 2 topic of such widespread. speculation 1 in conference circles that the Presi- | dent today took occasion to char acterize as silly published report. 1 that Secretary Hughes was consid 1 ering resigning from the cabinet a. | a result of differences arising be. | tween him and the white house dur. 1 ing the arms negotiations.
 | What is to be done about the Fla, 1 Eastern problems now becomes tn 1 big unanswered question of the con. ference. Japan and China are dead
 locked in their efforts at separat 1 settlement of the Shantung con | troversy and as a consequence al l Far Eastern discussions are at
 standstill. It was indicated tonigh
 that meeting of the Far Easterl 1 committee would be held next weel
 at which China would attempt t
 transfer the Shantung negotiation
 into the full conference.
 Meantime, Senate discussion of tn
 accomplishments of the conferene
 are continuing, even though tn
 Senate is not in session. Today
 contribution to the agreement cam
 from Senator Edge, republican, ~wh | declared n O ct I1
 the Washington negotiations had lai
 the foundation for great progress to ward peace and good will
 Today's agreement on airplane car ! riers, type f ship which is sfi
 in the experimental stage, was reach 1 ed quickly by the naval committe,
 after the American delegation ha
 modified it's limitation proposal t conform to the figures which tn . several powers presented as repre- senting their individual desires. JTn der the agreement, the United State
 IS to have 1851 tons in airplan carriers, Great Britain 1S5,OOO ton Japan, Sf,000 tons. France 6O.OOO ton
 and Italy 60,000 tons. The previo1 American plan would have given th United States S0,0d0 tons, Great Brit ain, S0,000 tons. Japan. 4S.OOO ton : France 2S,000 tons and Italy 2S.O( Q tons.
 ] In addition, 1t was agreed that r i single carrier of more than 27. 900 to1 X should be constructed. and that nor should carry guns of greater tha n eight inch calibre. It was indicate
 during the discussions. that the Uni = ed States and Great Britain eae
 would build five carriers, Japan thre
 France three, and Italy two. all pre-!
 ent tonnage in the carrier class
 be considered experimental and n
 falling within the new limitation.