The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-31
CONFERENCE
DELEGATES
DEADLOCKED
sPowers Cannot Agree
on the Disposition of
Submarines Japan
as Usual Obstinate


rine strength. tonight postponed it's
next meeting. until Wednesday so
. that TN" French and possibly also
IN" Japanese. might receive from
Nome officials more definite inNruC.
lions regarding the compromise
proposal Of the American govern
ment.
MI Indications here. however
pointed TO continued objection 10
the AueriCau plan hy both the
Japanese and the French groups.
NJ the SANE time the Americans
and British appeared 10 feel that
tu Offering to scale down their SUBJ
marine fleets To 6U,UOU tons each
they had made muNimum con-
CeSsiOn Inv the interest Of a.. ngrcc-
mcnt
lu These circumstances more def
mite shape WAS assumed rs a move
ucnt Tor a lutcr conference. 10 bc
attended by a larger number OF ma
tions. for another examination OF
tie Who'll" submarine problem. and
Tor a future meeting OF the great
powers tO ASSESS the general pns-
sibilit.cS ct further armament liui.
tdtiOuS. There were indications
that the plan Tor world subua-
rim" conference would hc nut into
concrete form very quickly. ",,,.
proposed new conference Ot g.
powers on the general subject of
armam'nts probably will bc held i'm
l9@N CT 1929. and provision for ~
VIII hc made in the treaty that is
To cmb0dy the decisions of the pres
rnt meeting.
foStpOuctuCut Of the naval com.
mittrc Incvtiue from tomorrow To
"Wednesday is understood To have
resulted from I request from tho
French delegates. who have not Yet
heard thC formal verdict OF their
home government on the American
plan tO hN American and Rritish
submarine strength at G0. .00O tons
ana 90 make status quo ar
r0ng"mcnt tOr France. italy and
Japan. The impression among the
members ut the Frcuch delegation
t1Eight was that TIE plan would
u" wholly uu,dtiSIactOry To Paris. \
submarine tonnage Of 10000 has
heen suggested tor France by her
naval rNp'rtS. uud under th.
American proposal she would have
only about 81 lu1U.
The iIp1ucs,. maintained silrrr,
~ 20 their future course i'm tho no
Eotia;iOus hut thcr, was no rvidcnc,
that they intended 30 rrCcdc from
their HAT refusal 20 accent the
American compromise. The Jana.
mes" delegates have told thu. CON
Terence they consider 50 600 toms
OF submarines necessary 20 their
national security in place, oC th, 81
900 allotted them ir The coulpro-
uti~" arrangements. In some
quarters. however. 90 - hoped that
turth"r Hdvicvs from TOXIC may
soften ~0n'cW hJt their position.
Sn"uld th" American plan fail to
hrtns IA" powers together. 10 IS
suggested Icy suWr Ot those cor-
neCtcd wUh the conference. that.
consideration tray Dee Eivcr to "a
proposal Tor U general building
holiday ia submarines. under am
agreement that J,l five of the pow.
erS would leave their suLiurrsillc
strct,-th distributed as ut pr.s,nt i'm
the various S'i areas Under this
suggestion which h0s 80 I,r rc.
crivrd no formal Endorsement from
"uy ot th' Delegations the United
states Great Britain Jarar. i',l,
ANA France Jll would uudsitut,. i,.
n'|niiain cN1rtjy the torudr, of
submarines they now have station
ct in the respective rcgiouS az the
Atlantic. the paciuc. thr Mcditrr.
rIn"au and thv NdriatIc.
Ih' proposal tO write into the ma
Ndl limitation treaty au dgrrri.,.u'
'"f r''ss"iuhlIng tli, suufcrsr," ot
~" powers probably s.,.u wears.
h"n'" has I"cuu tp f1l. i.o,.
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