Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-29
i. ). REJECTS
NEWPROPO POSAL
Of JOHN BULL
Plenary Session Convoked
For Next Monday; Ex-
pected To Be Last
LAST WORD SAID
American Delegates FlatIy
Reject New Proposals By
Britain

GENEVA, July %, tP-Rupture Of
| the tripartitc naval conference threat
! ems tonight as almost a certainty un-
less developments, which nobody gen
| timely expects, come to save it.
The British delegation. presented
new proposals today, which were flat
ly rejected by the American delegation.
Reliable information concerning Sc
cret session of the tripartite plenipo-
tentiaries indicates that when w. G.
Bridgeman, first lord of the admiralty
presented the new British plan for the
limitation of cruisers, destroyerS and
submarines, Hugh S.. Gibson, head of
the American delegation, asked Whe-
ther this plan Was Great Britain'S
last word. Mr.. Bridgeman said it was,
A plenary session has been convoked
for Monday next. A Japanese delegate
expressed the opinion to the CORES
poudent that this undoubtedly would
be the last meeting of the conference
as there seemed no reasonable chance
than the Emergencies between the
British and the Americans could be re-
conciled.
Mr.. Gibson and every member Of the
American delegation absolutely re-
fused to discuss the new British pro-
posals, with one exception, that was
Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, who
remarked: cat todays' meeting of the
delegates I informed my fellow con-
ferees that would say only this to the
neWspapermen-"Yo can draw your
own conclusions"
WASHINGTON, July %, (P)-Decis-
ion of the chief delegates to the Cen
eva naval conference to hold plen-
ary session next Monday was regarded
in official circles here as indicating
that the conference would terminate
without an agreement on naval limi-
tatiOn.
The text of the British proposals
submitted at today's conversation in
Geneva had not reached -----'>!'o"ton
officially at a late hour today. Off
cials pointed out, however, that the
communique issued after the meeting
in Geneva referred to these proposals
as in line with previous suggestions
subject to certain notifications"
The form of that statement was re-
garded as indicating that the new
British proposals failed to change in
oily 1COpCCG G1lC Q111CI-
enceS in opinion on the cruiser
strength problem of the conference. In
the absence of some new plan and not
simply a minor modification of old pro-
posals, it appeared here that the con-
ference must conclude its labors and
adjourn with little further delay.
In view of this Interpretation of the
formal announcement in Geneva, con-
siderable interest attached tonight to
speculation is to the form in which a
resolution of adjournment might eX-
press the inability of delegates to ar
rive at an agreement. 1t was taken for
granted that each of the chief Spokes-
men would find it eXpedient to state
the attitude of his government. De-
spite the absence of an official text
of the modified British proposals, it
has been clear in Washington all along
that administration officials did not
look with favor on any plan for partial
agreements at Geneva which did not
| include limiting formulae to cover all
| classes of auxiliary combat ships. 1t
J has been apparent that the American
| delegation did not favor a temporary
arrangement to deal with large cruis-
{ ers alone or any other plan which did
not clearly accomplish reduction of
naval Expenditures and the maintenance
of the naval ratio between the three
powers established by the Washing
! ton conference.-the 5-5-3 agreement
| stated in terms of gross tonnage by
classes of ships.
| LONDON, July 28 P)-With per-
haps prophetic eye to what was pass
| ing today at Geneva, Sir Austen
| Chamberlain, Secretary for foreign af-
fairs, took advantage Of the general
debate on foreign affairs in the house
of commons to renew his proteSSations
of abhorrence at the mere idea of any
| quarrel between the United States and
| Great Britain.
Charles Trevelyan, laborite, had op-
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