Arizona republican., 1921-12-27
PLAN
 NEW CONFERENCE ON SUB QUESTION
FAILURE OF JAPAN AND FRANCE TO AGREE ON SUB LIMITS STARTS AGITATION FOR LATER CONFER ENCE TO EXAMINE ARMAMENT
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 The
 arms conference naval committees
 which faces a perplexing situation in
 it's effort to agree on limitation of
 submarines tonight postponed it's
 next meeting until Wednesday SC
 that the French and possibly the
 Japanese might receive from home
 more definite instructions regarding
 the American compromise proposal
 All indications here. however.
 pointed to continued objection to the
 American plan by both the Japanese
 and the French. At the same time,
 the Americans and British appeared
 to feel that in offering to scale down
 their submarine fleet to 60.000 tons
 each, they had made a maximum
 concession in the interest of an
 agreement.
 In these circumstances. more defi-
 nite shape was assumed by the move
 ment for a later conference to be at
 tended by more nations. for another
 examination of the submarine prob
 lem. and for a future meeting of the
 great powers to assess the general
 possibilities of further armament
 limitations. There were indications
 that the plan for a world submarine
 conference would be put into con-
 crete form quickly.
 The proposed new conference on
 the general subject of ornaments
 probably will be held in 1928 or 1929,
 and provision for it would be made
 in the treaty that is to embody the decisions of the present meeting. Postponement of the naval com
 mittee meeting from Tuesday to Wednesday is understood to have re- suited from a request by the French [ r1 1r1 rr-fz. the verdict of their home government on the American plan to fix Amer l ican and British submarine strength at 60,000 tons and to make a status l quo arrangement for France, Italy | and Japan.
 The impression among French del 1 egates might was that the plan | would be unsatisfactory to Paris X i submarine tonnage of 90.000 tons has | been suggested for France by her | naval experts and under the Ameri- | can proposal, she would have only about 31.00O.
 The Japanese maintained silence 1 as to their future course. but thers was no evidence that they intended ! to recede from their flat refusal to &C., | cept the American compromise The l Japanese have told the conference 1 they consider that the 10000 tons is | necessary to their national security | in place of the 3I 900 allotted in the | compromise arrangement. In some | quarters however, it is hoped that | further advices from Tokio may soft en somewhat their proposition l Should the American plan fail to ! bring the powers together, it is sug- 1 gested by some of those connected | with the conference that considera- l tion may be given to a proposal for a general building holiday in sub marines, under an agreement that all ] five powers would leave their sub mersible strength distributed as at ! present in the various sea areas | Under this suggestion. which has so ] far reached no formal endorsement 1 from any of the delegations, the ! United States. Japan. Italy and ] France would undertake to maintain the tonnage of submarines they now have stationed in the Atlantic. the Pacific, the Mediterranean and the Adriatic.
 The proposal to write into the naval limitation treaty an agreement | for assembling the conference has ! begun to make more definite form. | An informal exchange of views among the American, British and | French delegates have developed a | feeling that by that time. it may be ! possible to work out an extension Of the naval holiday in the light of a l seven-year test of the agreement [ In any event, it has been said, there will be details to work out of the ' program that is to replace the ten
 year fleet status with actual applica