Show NA NAVAL VAt ARMS CUT CUI BASED ON TOT TOTAL At TONNA I French Limitation Plan I 11 Sent to Geneva Differs From British GENEVA GENEV A March 23 t rance AP rance Insists that nav l strength in an any p n for of armaments shall be based on total total to- to tal tonnage This Is contrary to the i and American view that should bt be measured b by I ic or of ships I The French draft br no a general treaty for limitation or of armaments I fo a commission of Ure tITe Urel l league ague or of nations now In session preparing for a disarmament conference con con- I ference emphasizes that It should e left lert to th the various arlous powers to make up theIr thelL tonnage by tie style of w best suited to theIr own Interests As s regards defense and se- se Tn In limitation of land effectives fhe the French traCt draft also differs from tron the tho British draft The British sUp sUp- l that such limitation should r reservists while under the French plan reservists should be d. d SEEKS SEEKS PERMANENT BODY BObY One ne of the French provisions calls upon the powers to make known In advance what their annual arma- arma lent nent expenditures will be It sug- sug ts that members of the league lague council with representatives of the United States and add Russia added shall a perman permanent nt disarmament dis- dis armament commission to see that tl treaty terms erms are arc carried out On this point the French draft Is vir- vir I agreement with the Brit Brit- L ash 81 except that France has added i France would have hac added to the treaty a special naval na clause lause ruing ting that the treaty does doe l not In- In fere with pacts signed cp nations This Is corn com ii 1 as a friendly allusion to the three power conference on lm- lm of armaments proposed b by PresIdent Coolidge The present Inequality of armaments arma- arma ments the German delegate C Count Von Bernstorff told the commission commis- commis slon sion yesterday was bad for the maintenance or of peace He pointed to the weakness In armaments of his OWn country and called for reductions re- re reductions b by the powerful st states |