Evening star., 1928-03-25
BRITISH AGAIN ASK
LIMIT ON TONNAGE
Of CAPITAL SHIPS
New Disarmament Note
Marks Closing Hours of
Preparatory Session.
RUSSIANS AND GERMANS
HIT Indefinite HALT
Litvinoff Accuses Committee Of Not
Fulfilling Mission Con-
fded TO 1t.

RS Fhe Associated Press
GENEVA. Switzerland, March "a
A new British effort toward the further
limitation of the tonnage of capital
ships and their armament marked the
closing hours of the preparatory dis
armament committee today.
Lord Cushendun announced that
note had been addressed to the Amer
lean. French and japanese delegations
at the conference explaining concrete
British proposals which Great Britain
would like TO see in effect before the
beginning OF the capital ship replace
ment program provided for by the
washington convention.
Would Reduce Sire.
The British proposals, which are the
same with regard to capital ships as
were presented by Great Britain at the
friuartite naval conference last year.
were as follows:
I'D Reduce in size any battieSnIp 10
be built in the future from $4,000 tons
10 something under 80 1000 tons.
f2l Reduce in size the guns OF bat
tieships from the present limit OF 10
inches to 1875 inches.
IA Extend the accepted life OF ex-
is4sng capital ships from 20 TO % years.
The note in which the British pro-
poSals were announced said that tney
would mark great step toward oiS.
armament and would involve great
economy
Committee Votes to Adjourn.
Resisting a final combined effort OF
the Russian and German delegates 70
keep the committee in session through
next week. the delegates on the pre-
paratory committee voted to adjourn
today subject to the call Of the chair
man. .Jonkheer Loudon of Holland
The net result Of 10 days work
was adoption of the security commit
tees report with its draft pact OF non
aggression and mutual assistance which
the committee referred TO the govern
ment.
Tae committee also referred to the
government without consideration N
committee, the two Russian disarma-
naent projects and . German proposal
for fun publication q the entire Isl q
ornaments in the league annual each
wear as veil as the German proposal
that the council be asked 20 fix an early
date for q disarmament conference.
IRE first Of the Russian proposals vas
the total disarmament" project nrst
suggested by Russia several months ago.
and a new partial disarmament scheme
which was offered yesterday when the
earlier proposal had met with severe
criticism from majority OF the Dele
gates.
Lifyfnoff Accuses Committee. -.
Maxim Latyinod. the Russian dele
gate. fought 10 the last for the Soviet
T-oject. and when he failed In having
lie plan considered by the committee
declared that that body was closing its
sessions without fulfilling the missions
eounded 70 IT.
Count Won Bernstorn, the German
deIeaste. also failed IN his demand that
the disarmament conference be called
A. an early date. He reviewed efforts
n set a start toward disarmament anc
sssd that every time ii came 10 definite
action the work vas postponed. Ine
German government, he declared M
xig4g that disarmament be no longer
deferred systematically.
JudQe Valdez Mendelyiile OF Chile
asserted that the committee could nos
make any suggestions 10 the league
council concerning disarmament con-
ference until It's preparatory work was
fnisiaed A resolution then was m
PRODUCED and finally adopted outlining
man and Soviet projects.
PoStpones Further Work.
Tnis resolution in effect referred the
Soviet proposals 20 the governments
and postponed further work ny tne
ureparatory committee until the char
mar finds that the governments nave
sffs1ed their differences on the dues-
ssoya Of naval disarmament.
KoNt Of the committeeman were
frank 70 gay that the yield Of the com
Egittee's meetings we're neager. al
ff10safl they felt that they have accom-.
f1llgked ell that was possible, 5eVeTa
xssS that the session had been useful
fn that the sharp procoing received
from the Russians and Germans wa
hound 70 spread the conviction that tne
disarmament question cannot be al
lowed ~ sl1rnber longer.
Echoes of this impression have beer
circulated through the halls Of League
headquarters for the las, Two session.
fa me form Of vague talk Of exchanges
81 views between different ehapceriei
that are likely ~ hasten q comproTais'
on the differences over naval ctsaTula'
naen& which have been holding up tn