New Britain herald., 1927-07-27
Believes Temporary Arrange ment Regarding Cruiser Build
 ing Is Possible Nov
ENGLAND CANNOT MAKE
 IMMUTABLE AGREEMENT
British Delegates Return to Geneva and Conference Will be Resumed Tomorrow-U. S. Not Expected to Agree to Any Terms That Would Handicap This aNtion in Naval Strength.

Strength.
 . London. July 27 R-Sir Austen Chamberlain, the foreign secretary, in a statement in commons regard ing the naval conference at Geneva, said that in the opinion of the gov ernment there need be no difficulty in arriving at 8 temporary ar rangement regarding the immediate future of cruiser building.
 Sir Austen added. however. that the British Empire could not be asked to give to any such temporary Arrangement the appearance of an immutable principle which might be treated as a precedent.
 Great Britain has no desire to destroy equality of sea power as be- tween herself and the United States, Chamberlain told the house in his statement.
 Despite the efforts of our dele gates at Geneva" he said, "serious IJlllSd ppi cutllSlOIo Ol tllc dIIIl5 Ol the British government still prevail in some quarters. His majesty's government even has been charged with the desire to destroy that equality of sea power as between the United States and the British Empire, which the Washington con- ference contemplated-a suspicion for which there is no foundation"
 Hopes For Success
 Sir Austen told the house that the British plenipotentiaries who have been consulting the cabinet ill Lon- don, were returning to Geneva to continue the negotiations which 1t was trusted would reach a success full conclusion.
 In the opinion of the British gov crnment, he said, there need be no difficulty in reaching a temporary arrangement regarding the immedi-' ate future of the difficult question Of cruiser building.
 Answering a question regarding a statement said to have been widely repeated abroad that 600,000 tons in cruisers were demanded by the chief British delegate at the begin ming of the conference Sir Austen said that w. c. Bridgeman, chief of the British delegation had never mentioned the figure 600,000.
 Discussing the essential purpose of the Geneva conference which was called on the invitation of President Coolidge, Sir Austen said:
 "The basis of the conference, as we understand 1t and in the presi- dents own intention, Is to reconcile the limitation of armament with na- tional security and that is the only basis for the limitation of armament that can ever be brought to a suc- cessful issue"
 Geneva, Switzerland, July 27 @ The American delegation to the tripartite naval conference was irl~ formed today that w. c. Bridgeman. first lord of the admiralty. and Earl Cecil. are due back at Geneva from London tomorrow morning.
 The situation here continued ex- ,tremely uncertain today as no !nti- nation has reached the American and Japanese delegations concern ing the British attitude on the out standing jroblems of the conference especially the question of S-inch gun cruisers which the United States insists it must have the right to build.
 Possible Suggestions
 In some quarters it is thought possible that the British may sug- gest reaching an agreement on the total tonnage of submarines and destroyers and upon the number of 1o,0Oo-ton cruisers which Great Britain, the United States and Ja-