Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1930, Page 4

A4 DEMANDS CREATE - CRUCIAL PROBLEN Japanese Request at London| Alarms Australia and New Zealand. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Staff Correspondent of The Star. By Radio to The Star. LONDON, February 14.—Issuance of the French and Japanese tonnage fig- ures has brought the Naval Conference face to face with what the London ‘Times aptly terms crucial difficulties, it 1s recognized on all sides here today. France's staggering demand for ten 10,000-ton _cruisers and around 100,000 tons of submarines is contained in her official statement. Japan's almost more overwhelming figures have leaked out, and do not appear in the wholly gen- | eral memorandum issued last night by former Premier Wakatsuki. Neither the French nor the Japanese expect to see their respective “require- ments” written into any treaty that may be signed in London. In the meantime, they remain exceedingly tough nuts for Great Britain and America to crack. Each of the propositions is charged with enough dynamite to wreck the confer- ence. Seen as Talking Points. Premier Tardieu of Prance, like Wa- katsuki, is looked upon as having in reality done nothing more than put for- ward a stiff set of talking points. The Japanese, meanwhile, Have their eyes on public opinion at home. They never would be allowed even to come home if they couldn't show that they had pre- sented a stern front in London. ‘Tardieu remains in the position of a negotiator who has his taking price. ‘That price is no secret. It is a security pact. With his now publicly proclaimed demand for a Prench submarine fleet capable of closing the straits of Gibraltar and cutting the British line of communication to India, Tardieu is brandishing a club of no inconsiderable moral influence with John Bull. American Interest Is Direct. America’s interest in the Franco- British difference is direct. Until Britain comes to terms with France on cruiser and submarine tonnage, she cannot commit herself to any catego- rical parity arrangement with the United States. Over and over again in | London, the British are saying they| really don't care how big a fleet the Yankees build. What they are con- cerned about is how big will be the French navy they will have to match. Since last night, the English are pain- fully aware that their necessities in this direction run into tall totals. - Will they | find it cheaper in the long run to re- | store the entente cordiale and give France the “guarantees” the French crave? That is the burning question in | London now. Figures Interest Britain. ‘The Japanese figures interest America and Great Britain to an equal degree. If Japan should get them, the 10—6 ratio in Jarge cruisers would be knocked into a cocked hat. The Star's cor- respondent learned today some of the details of the American offer to Japan. If the American offer should be ac- cepted Japan would have 6625 per cent of the United States 10,000-ton 8-inch- gun type in numbers, 60 per cent in tonnage and 63 per cent in guns. The wide discrepancy between the Ameri- | Singapore naval base. THE EVENING FRENCH DEMANDS U. S. Joins England in At- tempting to Persuade Tar- dieu to Lower Claims. (Continued From First Page.) total also exist. For instance, Great | Britain once conceded to France that | trained reserves should not be counted in reckoning the strength of armies of various countries. France has a big gl | trained reserve, and did not want to BETTY N, Leading woman the Junior Theater, which opens its scason at the Belasco ‘tomorrow. can offer and Japan's 70 per cent proposition will be realized when it is explained that the latter would give her 77.7 per cent of our large cruiscr 713 in tonnage and 73 per cent in guns. Tokio's figures strike far greater ter- ror to the British Empire than the United States. Australia and New Zealand in particular have reason to view them with alarm and are doing so frankly at this moment. The occa- sion for the anxiety of the dominions “down under” is that they would be practically at the mercy of the superior Japanese fleet in the Southern Pacific. Have Veto Power. Japan is proposing figures would allot her 93! per cent of the British 10,000-ton 8-inch cruisers, which would be 87.4 in tonnage and 107 per cent in guns. It is regarded as wholly out of the question that the delegates from Australia and New Zealand will look upon such pretensions with any thing but disdain. : s As the conference decisions must be unanimous, the dominions’ spokesmen hold just as much veto power as Sec- retary Stimson, Premier Macdonald, Tardieu or Grandi. The British have one card up their sleeves which the Japanese would be exceedingly reluctant to see them play —namely, the completion of the great The Macdonald government ordered work on the base stopped pending the outcome of the conference. The base is a pistol pointed at Japan's heart, Tokio statesmen have declared. MAN AT THE AGE OF 121 | MAKES PLEA FOR PENSION | Honduran Walks to Capital From Home Village to Present Pe- tition to Congress. By the Associated Press. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, February 14.—Ceferino Mejia, who gave his age as 121, came up on foot to the capital yesterday from the distant village of Lamant to ask Congress for a pension during the rest of his life, Mejia still has the full use of his faculties and remembers the campaign for the independence of Honduras clearly. !include it in her total arm: | Great Britain later withdrew the co | cession, but it was understood she per- | haps would be willing to renew her | offer if France should so request. | Then there is the new German super- | cruiser, which is in effect a battleship, | although conforming to cruiser ton- | nage. “This cruiser is supposed to be | the last word in offensive weapons of | the sea. Germany is permitted by | treaty to build six of these ships and | Prance wants to know whether she is {going to build them.. It was stated oday that Great Britain might sound | tonnage figures by stating that France | the | had no intention of merely aiding afi | | out Germany on behalf of Franc | natural hope being that Germany would give assurances, which, in some meas- i ure, would satisfy the latter country. ; Cruiser Rights May Be Seen. | It was said that Ameria and Great Britain were prepared to recognize France's right to build more cruisers. |France once had a sizable battleship | fleet, but she abandoned these big ships | for smaller ones. As a result, her po- | sition is said to be such that she could {not go into fleet action because she which | lacks the core of a fightnig fleet, name- | | 1y, battelships. This fact also could be taken into consideration. Again France is anxious to know how far America is prepared to go on di: armament and what the United States’ attitude toward the League of Nations Il be. It was understood Col. Stim- n would assure France that America will continue as heretofore with the | League disarmament program. At the | same time, it will be specified that America will consider any agreement reached here as binding without re- course to the League of Nations. There are certain arguments which | will be advanced to France. These will | be tendered not only for the purpose |of convincing the French delegation, but with the idea of giving Premier Tardieu material which which to suade his country that lower tonnage figures are possible. E For example, the Briand-Kellogg pact will be presented as an argument. It will be stated that France has more alliances than any other European country, including the important Locar- no pact with its guarantee of the status quo. Premier Tardieu will be asked why he needs the biggest continental | navy when he already has the largest standing army in Europe. The French are represented as believ- ing that where the actual scrapping of ships and armaments is concerned, fur- ther guarantees are necessary. | One form of guarantee, the French | contend, would be a mutual Mediterra- | nean pact registered with and recognized by the League of Nations whereby the {freedom of the wters of that inland sea would be recognized as a matter of basic law and that any aggressors would feel that weight of the world's disap- proval. ‘There was an expressed feeling in STIR CONFERENCE : STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, FEB RUARY 14, 1930. French quarters today that the “bad press” which the French memorandum received was based on failure to view France not as a great colonial empire with 100,000,000 inhabitants scattered all over the world, but as a continental ower. French public opinion, the delegation in London holds, has at heart real and basic disarmament, but would never per- | mit French naval tonnage to go below | what is felt a minimum of safety. It is in the private conversations that will follow the return of Premier Tar- dieu and Foreign Minister Briand to London next Tuesday that the French believe the actual basis for an aecord at London will be laid. France Wants 724,497 Tons. The essence of the French program |is that by December 31, 1936, the | French navy will aggregate 724,497 tons. To do this 240,000 tons of warcraft of | various types must be constructed, of which 196,800 tons would represent re-| acement, In explanation of his stand, Premier Tardieu has maintained that the three | existing pacts to w}lk'h France had | subscribed with the hope of securing | herself against a future war did not | provide that security. The covenant | of the League of Nations, he said, was nullified by its own article 16; the Locarno treaty does not touch naval | matters, he declared, while the Kellogg | pact is not enforceable and not to be | depended upon. Premier Tardieu was understood to have interpreted his demands for high pl | Anglo-American agreement at this con- ference. Tokio's Declaration Less Euciting. | The statement of the Japanese dele- gation of their government’s naval needs excited far less perturbation than that of the French. The actual naval ratio figure—70 per cent—was not mes tioned in the Japanese statemcn®, ex- cept as it may have been inferred from general statements in the light of prior specific utterances. The omission of this figure, about | which there has been so much talk, | was understood to be due to the fact | that the matter is now being discussed between the Japanese and the Amer- ican delegations and it was felt that | under the circumstances it would be | an_indelicacy to mention it. | Continued conferences between the various delegations were on the program for today. | ~The subcommittee of experts meet- | ing at St. James' Palace today adopted .of war vessels similar to that provi- sionally agreed to at Geneva in 1927. The exemption class provides for such vessels as hospital ships, collie: and supply ships. ‘The committee did not agree to the American suggestion that the speed of exempt classes be reduced below the proposed 18 knots and tonnage increase above the proposed maximum of 2,000 | | TIN ROOFS I PORCHES BUILT WE SUILD, REBUILD. REMODEL. 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