Evening star., 1921-12-03
JAPANESE AWAIT
WORD FROM TOXIC
Results of Yesterdays Con-
ference Are Under Study i.
by Cabinet.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
! Negotiations IN the naval ratio ques-
ton were practically at standstill
today while the Japanese delegates
awaited further word from Toxic.
By today the results of yesterdays
conference between the principal
American, British and Japanese dele
gates were under study by the Jap
anese cabinet and the diplomatic ad-
visory council.
All indications were that whatever
had been proposed as means of
bringing the United States and Japan
ment of the $3.50 ratio proposed by
the United States and supported by
Great Britain, but rather concerned
other considerations which the jap
anese regard as necessary to them.
Fertilization Issue Arises.
Chief amcug these was understood
to be the question of further for
tification of the American bases in
the Pacific, which the Japanese wish
to see checked. The relation of for
titled bases is such to feet ratio that
there was a suggestion the Japa-
nese might regard the 5-5-3 proposal
as not inconsistent with their stand
ard of national security if details re-
garding them could be arranged.
There was a decided impression
among other delegates, not repre-
sented in yesterdays conference of
the big three that a means of ap-
proach to a settlement had been found
outside of any alteration of the
$3.50.
Alliance May End.
In the general discussion in con-
ference circles which has been aroused
by the secrecy which surrounds the
latest stage of the negotiation a number
of considerations are being mentioned
as among those which might accompany
the agreement. One of these is the
general feeling that the Anglo-Japanese
alliance is being dealt with and that
there soon will appear a plan, approved
by both Great Britain and Japan, to
abandon that much discussed agree
ment and substitute it with some other
sort of agreement to which the United
States might be party. One sugges-
ton is for set Of arbitration treaties
between the three powers with a pro-
vision that Japan would not be in
volved in war without six months or
a years notice. Another consideration
being discussed involves Japan's posi-
tion in China.
Fight for Intact 5-5-3 Plan.
The general feeling among dele
gates is that concessions to Japan,
If they may be properly SO termed,
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accept the 5-5-3 intact.
There were indications that the
negotiations had come to the point
where all parties were considering a
proposed agreement involving all the
major questions of the conference.
The outward evidence also indicated
that in any such agreement the ques-
ton of naval bases in the Pacific and
the political problems of the far east,
including the fate Of the Anglo
Japanese alliance. might be bound up.
In some quarters it was limited that
Japan might want arbitration of
treaties as part of her provision for
national security.
One opinion expressed in British
quarters was that the complete sue
cess of tho Washington conference
probably would depend upon the abil :
ity Of the American and British gov
ernments to satisfy Japan that she
would be quite safe. in military
sense in reducing her armament and
in abandoning the highly important
strategic positions she now occupies
in Manchuria and Siberia and some
parts of China proper.
Questions Bound Together.
In the British view all of these
questions are bound together: The
naval ratio, far eastern questions.
Notifications; every thing except Shan
tung, which is in fair way to set
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