New Britain herald., 1930-02-04
Delegates Discuss French and British Schemes But Make
 Little Progress
HEADS OF DELEGATIONS
 HOLD SEPARATE SESSION
Gibson Disapproyes of French Plan to Lump Light Craft Together Italy Adhcres 10 GlObal Tonnage proposal-British Spokesman Says Discussions Have Been Helpful Communiquc Tell Nothing,
Conmunique Tell Nothing.

London, Feb. { (P)-Frcnch and British plans for limiting Naval ton mage were put under a microscope at a two hour session of the national delegations Of the five power naval conference sitting as a committee of the whole at St. Jamcss place this forenoon.
 The heads of the delegations did not participate in the meeting but held a session Of their own in an- other part of the palace. The general session took up the proposals of the two nations paragraph by paragraph, q spokesman for each nation con tributing to the discussions. Exam ination of the proposals will be con- tinued at a later date.
 With First Lord of the Admiralty Alexander in the chair the confer cncc took the French proposal as a basis for discussion. Alexander then submitted the British counter pro- posal. It was understood the discus- sion which followed was only on the u Otiutol ttl HIS q ilu ldI StlN u dll explanatory nature.
 Rene Massigii. speaking for the French, laid emphasis on the pub licity feature of the French scheme, that is. the obligation to give notice of transfer from one category of warship to another ono year before construction.
 Gibson Criticixes French Plan
 Ambassador Hugh l.. Gibson. voic- ing the American viewpoint, suggest cd that light cruisers and destroy CTS should not be Jumped together as they would be under the French plan. The Italian delegate. Sariani restatcd his country's position. fav- oring the General Global system of limiting tonnage as contrasted with limitation by catesories. which is favored by America, Great Britain. and Japan.
 Admiral Takar&bc. Japanese ad- miralty head. was an attentive lis toner as the experts dealt with the various points. but he had no sug- gcstions of his own to offer.
 Conmuniquc Tells Little
 The following official communiquc was issued after the meeting: "Thc first committee thc conference as a committee Of thc wholc) visited St Jamess place a. ten o'clock this morning.
 Tn addition 10 statements made at the previous meeting the com mittoc had under consideration the French transactional proposal and the series of draft resolutions out lined under five heads and the com promise proposed by the United Kingdoms delegation.
 "As arranged at the previous meeting the discussion opened on the basis of the French transaction al proposal. After discussion in which admiral Sirani for Italy. Admiral Takarabc for Japan, Mr. Magai. also Japan. Mr. Gibson of the United States, and MT. Alexand- CT, first lord of the admiralty. set forth the views Of their respective delegations on the principles of the proposals. the committee decided to discuss it in detail'
 BritOn Is Optimistic
 A British spokesman described the mornings discussions as frank and hopeful, calculations Of various points being of a helpful nature. He declared difficulties which were en- Countcrcd were not so great as might have appeared on the surface.
 Difficulties. he said, undoubtedly would exist but the more they were discussed the more amenablc they tended to become rather than un- yielding. The reservation which had been made-and the spokesman called attention that all countries had made certain rcScrVationS- were normal reservations such as would be expected in such situa- tions.
 After the meeting of the heads of l. I IL