New Britain herald., 1927-07-05
If Refused Unlimited Number of Undersea Craft, Tokyo Will De- mand An Increased Proportion.
America Willing to h. crease Maximum Ton mage to 100000 But Will Not Accept Inferior Position.


 delegation submitted new total ton- mage figures for cruisers at todays secret session of the experts of the tri-partite naval conference.
 Although official confirmation is lacking. it IS understood that the United States in a spirit of compro- mise and in a genuine attempt to meet Great Britain's expressed needs in cruisers, has suggested an increase in the maximum tonnage for Great Britain and the United States so that the new total would be in the neighborhood of 100000 tons.
 This Is 100000 Tons More.
 This is 100000 tons more than was indicated in the original Ameri- can maximum proposal, and rough ly corresponds 10 the existing strength of the British cruiser fleet.
 The experts adjourned almost immediately to permit the British and Japanese plenipotentiaries to study the new proposal from poli- tical viewpoint. .
 It is deemed doubtful that the Americans would sign treaty call ing for a cruiser tonnage higher than their new maximum, as this, it is thought. would be regarded by public opinion as augmentation in stead of limitation.
 The Submarine Item.
 Indications are that of Japanese request for an unrestricted number of small submarines will be refused, and that Japan must content her self with a slightly increased sub marine tonnage. though within the maximum total suggested by the United States.
 Japan Wants Subs
 Japan is making a last deter mined stand at the tri-partite naval conference for the treaty right to possess an unlimited number of sub marines under 600 tons displacement for the purposes of coastal defense.
 If she loses. as appears probable, Japan will immediately ask, it Is understood. for an increased propor- tion of authorized submarines under the protected Geneva treaty.
 The Associated press learns that this question has been one of the most difficult of the present negotia- tions and far-reaching in it's rami- tications, for Great Britain has con- tested the Japanese demand for un- restricted small-sized submarines be- cause of the effect acceptance of this demand would have on France in subsequent negotiations with both France and Italy.
 Admiral Viscount Saito. head of the Japanese delegation, has told the delegates at their secret session, that during the Russo-Japanese war before Admiral Roiestvensky's fleet met disaster in the Straits of Korea, swift Russian cruisers, based on Vladivostock. made successful raids on Japanese commerce. He said these cruisers traversed the sea of Japan, passed through the Straits of Tsusaru and then sped down the eastern coast of the mainland, even penetrating Tokyo bay where they created havoc and destruction among Japanese merchant ships. Wants Protection
 It was to void such possible at tacks at the very heart of Japan Tn the future, that the Japanese asked the right to construct an unrestrlct- ed number of tiny submarines which, like wasps, could string all hostile corners, the Japanese argument ran. Japan asked this right by exception. Great Britain, it Is understood. how ever. immediately saw that France, separated from British shore by only a. narrow channel, might utilize the Japanese exception to demand similar right for small French SUD- marines-a demand which would be difficult to accord from the British viewpoint since Frances proximity would be far different for England from Japan's isolation i'll the Far East.
 The indications today were that Japan would be given satisfaction by the accordance of higher per centage of submarines than IS de- noted by Washington ratio of s-o-S on capital ships.
 In the meanwhile the Associated Press understands that the Japanese delegation, while not insisting on making change in the decision not 10 reopen the Washington treaty. earnestly desires to start the ma chinery of a movement for tech rical study of the sizes of battleships SO that when the second Washing ton conference In 1881 begins. the delegates will be ready to reach a quick agreement.
 Won't Be Inferior
 Bar Harbor Me. July 4 P-Con- rress and the American people will never consent to an agreement at inc Geneva naval conference that subordinates our navy to that Of any other nation in the wori1," Senator
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