Evening star., 1932-12-11
NAVAL REDUCTIONS
PLAN GIVEN ARMS
PARLEY BY JAPAN
Revision of Tonnage Ratios
in Respect to U. S. and
England Asked.
TOXIC WOULD IMPROVE
ITS RELATIVE POSITION
10-l0-8.7 Scale Is Proposed.
Formula to Balance Germanys
Equality Demand Accepted.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, December 10.-Naval re-
duction proposals which provide for re-
vision of the existing tonnage ratios IN
respect to the United States and Great
Britain and would improve the relative
position of Japan, were submitted to
the Disarmament Conference today by
the japanese government.
Asserting that any new limitation
agreement should mean greater sacri-
fices for larger navies than for smaller
ones, the japanese presented concrete
reduction suggestions which would
make the ratio 10-10-8.7 in total tom
mage instead of the existing SIS.
The number of units would be on
basis of 11-11-8.
German Demands Met.
The United States, France and Great
Britain tonight accepted Premier Her
riots formula which balances Germanys
demand for equality in arms with the
French demand fer security, as basis
for Germany'S return to the Disarma-
ment Conference. The formula opens
with a declaration by France, Britain,
Germany and Italy not to resort to
force. The United States as non
member of the League of Nations does
not subscribe to this declaration, but the
American delegation said it approves
of it.
The Americans said they believed the
formula represented genuine determi-
nation to patch up the situation created
when Germany withdrew from the con-
ference over the equality Of arms ques-
tion.
The formula will be put in definite
form at a meeting tomorrow.
Restrictions Proposed.
The japanese concrete reduction pro-
posals apply to all classes Of vessels.
Unit tonnages would be restricted as fol-
lows: Capital ships to $4,000 tons, class
A cruisers to 5000, class B cruisers to
5000, destroyers to 1900, and sub
marines to 1900 Gun caliber in each
respective class would be IA inches, 8
inches, 81 inches, and ST. inches for
destroyers and submarines.
Under the Japanese plan, the capital
ship tonnage Of the United States and
Britain would be limited to 275, 600.
Japan's corresponding limit would be
zoe, 900.
France and Italy would have maxi
mum tonnage of $50 900, with the num-
be- of units not determined.
In class A cruisers, the United States
and Britain each would have $4,000
tons and IL units; Japan, 10000 tons
and 10 units, and France and Italy,
$4,000 tons and units.
The maximum tonnages for class B
cruisers, destroyers and submarines for
all five powers would be applied uni
Gorrnly, the cruisers 100000 tons, the
destroyers 10000 and submarines
$4,000.
{ Defensive Arms Stand Approved.
The Toxic scheme approved the prin-
kiple of increasing the relative strength
of defensive arms, which the Disarma-
ment Conference has accepted. 1t en-
bodied both Quantitative and qualitative
disarmament ideas.
The japanese memorandum implied
that the general conference was too
large and unwieldy to bring about the
desired agreements and therefore prior
negotiations by the large naval powers
were necessary.
Questions of general interest should
be covered by general agreements, the
Japanese bid, and special problems
should be embodied in special agree
ments.
For the purpose of these special
agreements" the plan said, the world
shall be divided broadly into Pacific,
Atlantic, European and South Ameri-
can groups, and the limitation and re-
duction of tonnages to be actually re-
tanned by a country shall be agreed
upon between that country and
other countries of the same group on
the basis of provisions embodied in the
general agreements"
National Security Considered.
Asking larger sacrifices from the
larger naval powers. the proposals went
on to say:
ITO apply the same percentage of re-
duction to large and small navies alike
would naturally impair the sense Of ma
tional security of countries with lesser
navieS, and this sense of security will
diminish as the measure of reduction is
Increased.
1T is absolutely necessary, therefore
that in effecting reduction in the ton
mage Of vessels possessing higher de.
gree of relativity as between the powers
such as capital ships and class A
cruisers. the above consideration of ma
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