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Show Geneva By reason of Japanese me- diation a ray of light which may show the way to an eventual accord penetrated pene-trated the tripartite naval conference. Japan and Great Britain reached as between themselves a provisional agreement on a total tonnage of cruisers cruis-ers and destroyers of about 500.000 for the United States and Britain, which will serve as a basis for discussion. Viscount Ishii officially communicated to Hugh S. Gibson, head of the American Amer-ican delegation, all the details of the Japanese conversations with the British, Brit-ish, which were carried on with the knowledge of the Americans and in keeping with Mr. Gibson's suggestion that if the Japanese and British could bring together their widely divergent positions there would be a better chance for all three powers reaching an understanding, since the Americans Ameri-cans occupy a place between the two Japanese and British extremes. |