New Britain herald., 1930-03-26
Great Britain Reported Willing
 To Grant France Security Pact;
 Stimson Confers With Macdonald

Such a misunderstanding might arlse," the statement said. ''if the United States entered into such q | treaty as a quid pro quo for the reduction of the naval forces of an- hitherto inhered in the present sit uation, where France has been de. .nanding mutual military security as condition of naval reduction, as appears from her original state ment of her case last December. See Chance for Agreement If however. this demand for se- curity could be satisfied in some other way, then the danger of misunderstanding of a consultative pact would be eliminated, and i1 such case the question would be approached from an entirely differ ent standpoint. In such case the American delegation would consid- CT the matter with an entirely | open mind"
 The London morning press ac- corded the statement a great signi- ficance and accepted it as repre- senting possibly a turning point In the conference. The Daily Herald said that it followed cabled instruc- tons Monday from President Hoov- CT. The Daily Mail said: "The American change of attitude fol- lows representations made in Wash ington by American delegates that such action by the United States probably offered the only hope or success of the conference in resolv- ing the deadlock between France and Italy"
 There was widespread conviction | that Aristide Briand French for eign minister. agreed to come back to London today when informed of the American stand. which of ne- cessity imputes a willingness to en- ter into a political pact, even pos slbly embodying military security on the part of some other nation, presumably Great Britain.
 Herald's Views
 | The Herald's explanation of the British part in the development was that Great Britain, like the | United States, would not accept any new liabilities, but probably would be prepared to reaffirm her full acceptance of responsibilities already assumed under the League of Nations covenant and the Locar- no treaties
 If such a declaration by Great Britain, coupled with the signature of consultative pact by America, would enable France to reduce her ship building program and waive her claim to superiority over Italy, we are within measurable distance Of success" said the Herald. Conference circles saw in the do- Velopments renewed hope for q five power treaty of limitation and reduction, or paper reduction, since it was believed France would find Iii the implied American proffer the price she wishes to reduce her naval program which hitherto has l AiAouS ouNI lISdly
 The statement was issued after a surprise call of the correspondents to the American headquarters at midnight. It bore in its first para graph the inference that the delega- tion had just been made aware of stories which the first editions of the London newspapers carried that there had been a change in the American attitude toward political pacts.
 This paragraph said: "A rumor was current last evening to the effect that the American delegation had made change in their attitude to- willing to enter into such a pact for the purpose of saving the conference. It is authoritatively denied at the headquarters of the American dele gation that any change has taken place in the attitude of the Ameri- can delegation, which remains the same as several weeks ago.
 No Objection to Pact
 "At that time it was made clear that America had no objection to entering a consultative pact, as such. On the contrary the United States already is a party to a num- Der of treaties involving the obliga- ton of consulting with other powers. ,
 There followed an unqualified de- nial of willingness to render military assistance in guarantee of security: Tt (the United States delegation) will not, however, enter into any treaty, whether consultative or oth- erwise, where there is a danger ol it's obligation being misunderstood as involving a promise to render mill tary assistance or guaranteeing pro- lection by military force to another nation"
 There was a general supposition that in some way the plenary session of the conference set indefinitely fol next week was connected with the overnight developments of these DO. litical lines.