Arizona republican., 1921-11-16
AMI lE:R|(C,AN ? PROPOSAL
 ACCEPTED BY B|GGF NE
Committee of Admirals To Modify Details To Meet Reservations of Big Five" Delegates
FAR EAST QUESTION
Second Big Problem Of Conference Will Be Given Consideration At Executive Meet Today
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 WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-Ths sweeping American proposal for re- auction of naval armament becams the accepted fundamental policy of the arfnament conference today by the unanimous assent of the fivs great powers.
 Seconding the bold lead Of the United States, accredited spokesmen of Great Britain. Japan, Italy and France rose in their places at today's plenary session of the conference and declared the readiness of their gov- ernments to accept the American pro- posal in spirit and principle but with the reservation of a right to suggest notifications of detail.
 Then the problem of these details. which everyone realizes may yet oc- cupy the prolonged attention of the conference and involve the success or failure of the plan. was referred for preliminary examination to a com- mittee of five technical naval adyis- CTS, one from each of the big five powers. Within this committee, first of all, Great Britain will ask a fur ther reduction of the limit proposed on submarine tonnage. Japan will en- deavor to prove her right to a greater ratio of naval strength than has been suggested, and France and Italy will request that their naval questions bs considered along with those of the three stronger naval powers eIn- braced in the American plan.
 Thus the diplomacy of the Ameri- can delegation has won its first vic tory in the conference, but still finds itself confronted with questions Of admitted importance and delicacy, whole solution is requisite to attain ment of the purposes for which the nations were called together.
 While technical advisers wrestle with the armaments problem and the delegates continue informal conyer- sations on the American plan. the other big subject, the Far Eastern situation, will be given its first for nal consideration at an executive meeting tomorrow of the delegations of the nine interested nations. To- night every delegation was in wait ing attitude toward this question. and if any nation had a comprehensive plan of settlement to present at the outset 1t was carefully concealed
 Britain Takes Lead
 The lead in accepting the principle of the American naval proposal was taken in today's conference by Great Britain, whose historic naval suprefn- acy would eventually give way to an equality of strength with the United States 1T the plan became an actu- ality.
 A J. Balfour. head of the British delegation, announced the British ac- ceptance in a speech that stirred delegates and spectators and started discussion in which diplomatic cards were laid on the table in an un- precedented manner.
 While the hall still echoed with ! applause, Admiral Baron Kato was on his feet to pledge the readiness of Japan to proceed with sweeping reductions" in her fleet. Senator | Schanzer of Italy and Premier Briand of France added a pledge of cooperation in the American pro- gram.
 Mir. Balfour Nslone made specific mention of some of the notifications | that would be suggested later. Re- duction of the figure set as a maxi mum of submarine tonnage was the