Show NAVAl EXPERTS SEEK S SOLUTION OF f BRA GRA Vf VE CRISIS RI IS Delegations Face Near Impasse in French Demands LON LONDON DO- DO March 1 12 AP The AP-The The naval experts of tho United States Great Britain and met at SL St lace today and tackled the task taIk of or trying to find ind sonic some solution of or the grave Ira crisis which exists in tho disarmament conference growing growing grow Iro ing inS out of tho thio French tonna tonnage o de demands de- de mands Tho Tue delegations today were facing what wh was waa de described in d well informed quarters as nearly an Impasse be because because be- be cause both the time United States Statts and eat Ct-eat Britain have o Indicated they cannot concede Frances France's demand that she sho b bo be given gl a security pact In exchange for reduction in her navy program ln This however r did not deter the experts from Irons tr trying to find some ome wa way out of oC the dilemma It was expected ll that the entire day ilay would bo be devoted tle to an analysis ls of pr tho the French rench figures involved ol in her claim for a no j ton nav navy Among Amont those en engaged ased In this work were welO A A. A V V. Alexander first lord of tho the admiralty Reno l and Jacques Louis French minister of oC marine m Dwight W. W Morrow dorrow American delc delegate J. J Theodor Theodore Theodore The The- odore odor Marriner diplomatic l ad adviser cr to th the American delegation and amid Commodore Harold C C. C Train were observers ers SPLIT UP CLAIMS There Thero was hope though some ob observers observers observers ob- ob servers regarded It as not too high The Tho experts were splitting the tho French naval na claims up UI into their constituent parts paris and studying each one ono separately to see Just how es essential essential es- es it was Meanwhile l Aristide Briand nd Frances France's veteran negotiator took tool a pleasure cruIse up tho the Thames Besides the French discussions lons Secretary and Senator Reed Red Jot got together with P Wa- Wa and Admiral for further discussion of ot tho the problems between be the United States and Ja pan P Th The TIso conference lasted an hour and find a halt half WAIT JAPAN MOVE An American spoke spokesman man said aId after atter af at- ter tho the meeting that while the points of or differences were ere narrowIng narrow narrow- In Ing it could not be said Mid there was agreement on any single point It was indicated that the Americans feel el they have o exhausted all possible possible possible ble Rug suggestions looking toward an agreement and that the next move mo must como come from time the Japanese Tho The American spokesman n scoffed at reports coming from the United States that the United States Stutts and Great Britain would be willing to reduce battleships by three more snore down don to twelve tt It H was onu said emphatically cm- cm that reduction would be only to fifteen and then only after settlement of or the question of ot aux aux- maries |