Show up p NEW tw SECURITY PACT RUMORS S f MARK r Sensational Change I Is IsS S Linked With Mystery t r i I Over British Stand r l S IO LONDON DON March G AP The Thc The political aspect of or tho naval nl confer confer- enco camo strongly to tho fore today as conference talk again centered S on fl tho tim possibility of oC somo orno turin form of or pact he being Ins Ins- evolved c to break tho Italian Franco parity deadlock and anti produce ro uc a power five treat treaty During tilt day an nn abrupt adS antI and S sensational chango change caineS came caine S over o tho face tace of oC naval al affairs l with tho tim reemergence of oC se security fie fie- pact talk tall as ai a n means of oC working working work work- ing ing- toward a n. solution of the Franco Franco- S Italian HaHan differences which had brought tho tIm c conference at least inS in m mits S its power five aspect t to a a. virtual It was the most Important development deverl dove devel l for tor some come in the con con- activities and was tho subject sub sub- t p C o of discussion In all conference circles Resurrection of oC the security pact pad talk at this timo caused consider consider- er- er blo surprise in American hea headquarters head head- quarters It In having been assumed S 1 that hat tho of oC the tho conference discussions wan waR dono with wilh I REVIVAL MYSTERY Just how tho ma matter Hel was wan rC revived cd was n still surrounded with able ble mystery but in many quarters th iho impression that Great Britain ma may h havo bavo oC offered ered security assurances to Franco in some some- form Or other It was thought that if such were the he fact tact it might account for For For- III Minister J Briand's n hurrying S back t to London from Crom Paris Parl but this was Ivas 35 purely a a. matter of oC speculation S Ono thing was abundantly emphasized em em- J however tho however tho American attitude regarding a security pact S I even eri of oC consultative variety had hadnot not undergone change chanse It was stated staled S in Jn authoritative o American quarters that whilo the tho Americans a an ProS previously Pro pre S Indicated have o no objections to entering a consultative pact as such flUch the they will wm under no mm circumstances circum cIrcum- S stances enter an any pact even on a rt consultative e basis which involved Imo C the United States in any Aviso in commitments to material assistance S WOULD DEMAND LIMITS In ITt other words if iC thero should be beAny Any ny security pact In which tho United States pla plays 8 a con consultative o part lart it would bo be stipulated an ant and t p possibly written into th the pact that S th the tha American obligations went nowhere no- no where beyond consultation The The- British spokesman when t asked point blank whether an any se security security se- se curl offer oUel had been made to France France- refused to confirm or 01 deny denyS S that such an m offer oreel had been ex ex- ex tended Questions were showered upon the spokesman on this sub sub- je but all ho would say was th that t Foreign Minister Briand's sp speech yesterday In Paris and other events relating to tho the conference regard regard- in lug which he ho would not go Into de details do- do tails had put tho whole political aspect of oC the conference e again to toC C tho the front much front much more than It had been for s several seral eral weeks He declined to state whether Great Gleat Britain had changed her at attitude attitude attitude at- at toward a a. consultative or orather other ather form o of security pact and re referred ro- ro all questioners reg regarding ing the American attitude to tho the spokesman for the tho American delegation OLD ATTITUDE RECALLED It may bo recalled that the British British Brit Brit- ish attitude has been that Great Britain did not wish to enter an any security I pact involving additional military obligations for her hr and that she the considered tho the Present agreements th the the league of or nations covenant co tho Locarno treaty and antI tho the Kellogg Briand-Kellogg pact pact provided provided ample 1 security in the France is anxious over OCl the tho situation One suggestion suS's as to th the tho po sl- sl of oC tho the manner by which tho present situation might have havo arisen was that PrImo Prime Minister MacDonald had offered to reaffirm British h commitments commitments com corn m l' l tho Instruments with tho hope of oC thus satisfying France sho she was amply protected This was waN only a n. supposition however how how- ever el for which thero there was as no au au- nu- nu e basis Meanwhile it was ras said 1 in quarters that tho the Americans l 1 by no means have given I up hope for Cor fora Cora a general settlement |