New Britain herald., 1930-03-28
British Restate Position

London, March 26 W~Re-S state ment by Great Britain of her obli- gations under the covenant of the League of Nations were expected to- day to be the bid which will be made to France in payment for sui ficient reduction of Frances naval building program to permit thescon- cusion of a naval limitation treaty here.
 The part the United States is 10 play in this trade is not quite clear. 1t was suggested that Great Britain, assured by American adherence to q consultative pact that Washing tons views in any crisis will always be available, would feel reasonably able to streng' hen somewhat Brit aims obligations as member of the League of Nations.
 The French believe, it was stated, that the actual security they desire can be attained by a more definite re-statement in treaty form of arti cle Is of the covenant of the League of Nations. They argue that the British already are committed 10 this article and would go no deep CT by re-shaping it into clause of a Mediterranean pact.
 Foresees Events
 Article 16 foresees events leading to a crisis and subsequent course of action somewhat indefinitely, and in the viewpoint of some critics of the league leaves loop-holes which the French see as endangering their se- curity. It is the French idea to make the covenant article definite and obligatory as far as Meditcrra- mean affairs are concerned, thus per- hitting them to reduce their naval tonnage claims.
 It was said there was some diver gence in the viewpoints of the American delegates as to how close ly the United States might cooper ate in this solution of the impassc 10 which the five power naval con- ference undoubtedly had come. The United States is not a League mem- Der and presumably has only a friendly bencgcent interest in the Mediterranean.
 One so-called committee of the American delegation, composed of Senator Robinson, Ambassador Morrow, and Ambassador Gibson, completed q definite plan for Amer iCan participation in a consultative pact, which would bind the United States to consult with other sigma tories in the event of threat of T1,ic &I.i1I of eral suggestions put before the del egation as a whole for consideration carly next week. Its nature was not disclosed.
 In reply to various reports in the British press about the role the American delegation was taking in the present political discussions, the Americans gave out the following statement to British newspaper men as an outline of the American posi- tion:
 No responsible member of the American delegation has at any time urged or proposed either to the British or the French delegates any suggestions as to the solution of their problems at the naval confer ence. It is thoroughly recognized in the American delegation that problems must be solved by dele gates directly concerned, and neither in the past nor in the future have or will the American delegates attempt to intervene as between France and Great Britain.
 If therefore follows that reports regarding the activity of any partic- ular American interest in the con- ference and it's success is vital, and in this period of uncertainty and conjecture one cannot do better . than reproduce the following ex-