New Britain herald., 1929-09-14
NAVAL CONFERENCE
 EARLY IN WINTER
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among other important rroposl tions, intends to ask that the pres ent ten year holiday in the coustruc. ton of capital ships he extended from 1881 to 1886, By 1886 1t Is expected that the way will bn open to further curtailmcnt of the battle ship tonnage, leading possibly to iho limitation of this type of vessel ls e fighting unit. The proposal pre- supposes the calling of another con ference in 1886.
 One D,nercncc of Opinion a' As officially outlined here. only single dmrerenr, Of opinion now stands in the way of complete AugIo-Amcr.can arorI on tHc prob- lem Of cruiser parity. This concerns some 3U,U9oo tons of cruiser strength and the question of whrth- CT or moi they shall be embodied in three vessels carrym- "lgbt-inch guns. CT the proposition favored ny the British that 'u.s tonnage com lriso lour CT tv, smaller vessels with s.x inch guns.
 Tn this question th' tH0dameG''l diEDr-nco in the naval requirements e. the two nations that long has $. .ood in he Way of an agreement on cruiser parity and general dis armament Grra, Britain with widespread co4s,nrrs and sea lanes to protect and numerous rctue,mS bases. wants small cru'sors. The United States. on fine other hand. due to it's comparative lack Of bas- cs. requires larger cruisers with their corrcspondin@ly greater steam ing radius
 It Is understood that no attomp; will he made to reach an agreement on this enc remaining difference until the December conference. The possibility Of President Hoover and Prime Minister Macdonald attempt ing to settle 1t when Mir. Macdonald visits Washington next month is re- garded as very remote.
 Tonnage Reduced
 7-~ In the course of the recent nceo- tiations Great Britain has reduced Ter estimated cruiser tonnage ie- ouirements from the 45b,ooo ilSul which she set as d minimum at the tri-partite conference Of l32T 10 340.00O. In addition, the London Government has agreed to limit It. self to Is cruisers carrying guns ot more than six inches, nccessltatlng stoppage of construction on three 1O-0O0-ton vessels now being built,
 It is understood that the lnlteG States is to have a larger number of l0,000-ton cruisers, possibly Io, in addition to ten of 7.5o0 tons and the 30,0U0 tors upon which an agreement has not yet been reach ed. Thus America would have a gross cruiser tonnage Of 2S5.ooO as compared with Great Br!tain's 54O,- GOO.
 Here. it is explained, the Hoover idea of the yard stick enters into the proposition and under it's appli- cation the two nations will have theoretically equivalent fighting strength. The yard stick takes in- to consideration not only tonnage but the age, speed, arms and armament of individual vessels.
 Would save Money
 The extension of the capital shII holiday until 1886 would result, Il is estimated, in saving of $lS5,00O,- 600 for the United States and of ar amount for the British governmenl smaller in proportion to the lesser cost of construction in England.
 Under the terms of the Washing ton treaty in 1921, the battleshlF fleets of both America and Great Britain would be reduced in the period between 1881 and l@36 to Ia each through the scrapping Of eight American vessels and ten British and the construction of five new 59,- OUO ton capital ships hy each. Tho cost of building a vessel of this size in the United States is estimated al s37.U00.000. Officials here are con- fident that the American idea of eX- tending the holiday would be favor ably received at the December con. ference.
 At present. the United States ha' a preponderance of destroyers ant submarine, as compared with Grea Britain Many Of these, however are now approaching, or have reach ed. the age al which their efficiency is considered 10 end Through tn, calescence and consequent decom missioninE Of numerous AmericaI vessels Of these types it is estimated that by 1886. the Tinted States an1 Great Britain will have reached ar approximate parity in ships of thos' classes.