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Show BRITISH REQUESTS PLENARY MEETING f BRITISH DELEGATION HAS FORM-5 FORM-5 EP.LY ASKED THAT A PLENARY t session e Held in wash. Conference Natal Limitation Success HnQB t3n French Disposition to i 'Modify Their Former i 'Proposal J Washington 'Upon liotir far 'ftio French delegates wore disposed to modify mod-ify their orlgnlal ton-ship construction i propos.il at he postponed nree'flng of Uio naval committee appeared 'to hnng the hopea of thb arms conforenco for nn enrlynnd successful culmination of the negotiations to reucli h'nvespowor i naval lhuttutlon agreement. ' According to tho offlclnVspokcsmnh ! of the French delegation, It was nr- ranged at h lute conversation Monday between Secretary Hughes and M. ISarruut that the hondof Uiat delegation delega-tion should present to-lhe committee, the "modified point 'o'f'vlew 'of the French government."" ' Construing ihe 'Communication from Premier UrhVnd 'us 'convoying only tho bronl Instruction (b meet the American , view so far -'Irs Iposslblo without Bncrl- llclng xndh 'national interests, Iho French igrdtlp 'went Into the committee J Hessltfn .MWHlfently retaining full au thority 'tolpress In Its original form or nodlry:ilfeIr 350,000-ton ratio proposal. |