FAILURE ANTICIPATED
THE NAVAL CONFERENCE TONNAGE OF CRUISERS IBRECONOILABLE OPINIONS. (Eke. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and M.Z. Gable Association. (Received July 11, 3 p.m.) LONDON, July 10. All messages from Geneva anticipate the failure of the Naval Conference today. The Central News Agency says Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, Mr. Hugh Gibson. and Admiral Saito, and the secretary, met in an endeavor to reach a settlement on the cruiser question. The result is not disclosed. Each will make a full .statement of his views to-day.
The point of deadlock is that Britain wants 693,000 as the tonnage of cruisers, and America 450.000. to which .Japan is understood to be favorable. Anti-British opinion accuses Britain of keeping a card up her sleeve. She is able to equip 49 fast merchant ships with 6in. guns. It is also believed that Mr. Gibson will stress this point in combating the British small cruiser limit.
The most popular suggestion for a .solution is the adoption of two categories. If this is impossible the other points of agreement, may go overboard, since America declares that they are contingent upon an agreement, on the tonnage of all categories.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16389, 11 July 1927, Page 11
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