Evening star., 1934-10-14
JAPAN TO REVEAL
SEAPOWER AIMS
Preliminary Meeting, Prob
ably This Week, to Point E
Trend of Parley.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 13.-Japan will
serve advance notice that it intends
to denounce the Washington treaty
later this year and will reveal its pro-
poSals for a new agreement to replace
that treaty when tri-power naval
conversations between American, Brit
ish and Japanese representatives open
here probably next Thursday.
Ambassador Tsuneo Matsudaira and
Rear Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto are
expected to announce that Japan
wishes the Washington pact to end
December 81, 1886, and will propose
new scheme for naval regulation
drawn on the following bases:
Parity in principle among the three
main powers;
Would End Ratios.
A global tonnage agreement to re-
place the 5-5-3 ratio now in force,
and abolition of the principle of ratio;
Reduction, looking toward eventual
abolition, of offensive" ships, mean
ing big battleships and aircraft car
riers, with Great Britain and the
United States making the chief sac
rifices.
Unlimited authority for each of the
three powers to build additional de
fense ships" each may need, including
cruisers and submarines.
Britain and the United States want
to continue the bases Of the Washing
ton treaty of 1922 and the London
treaty of 1890, these being a $50
ratio for battleships and regulation OF
cruisers, aircraft carriers and sub
marines.
Both Britain and the United States
are expected to suggest the continu-
ance of the battleship building holi-
day.
In addition, it is anticipated that
the Americans will make an offer to
cut all tonnages at least 20 per cent,
as has been hinted several times in
the last few months. This is regarded
as a possible counter move to jap
anese proposals.
Britain likely will seek to act as an
umpire in any dispute which may
arise between the Americans ano
Japanese 1t has been the continental
policy of this government since the
war to try to reconcile opposing view
points, and there have been plain in
dications that the British mean tc
assume that attitude in naval af-
fairs of the big powers as well.
No decisions of a final character
are to be considered in these pre-
liminary conversations, but the drift
of the discussions is expected to de-
termine what may be expected after
1886, further naval regulation or a
naval building race.
Anglo-U. S. Differences.
Great Britain and the United States
differ on one important matter. The
British stick to their traditional idea
that no battleship of more than 27,50O
tons is necessary, while the United
States maintains that 35,000-ton
ships will remain. On this point the
japanese and British see alike
Considerable confusion Of ideas and
aims in the reported Japanese pro-
gram have been observed here. That
apparent confusion is taken as an in
dication that the japanese will 60
in for much more trading to attain
general goal, the full nature of
which is hidden in secrecy.
Italy, which plans to build two
35,0O0-ton battleships, is staying out
of the discussions, and the French,
for that reason, will just provide an
observer. Franco Italian discussions
on the continent are expected to take
place soon, and then the troublesome
battleship program Italy has will come
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