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Show CRUISERS STILL BHITISHAIMI ENGLAND'S PROPOSAL REMAIN? UNCHANCED AS VIEWED j BY AMERICANS j Japanese Explanations of Their Project Proj-ect Reproves Many U. S. Objections Geneva, Switzerland Cruisers and again cruisers that apparently is Great Britain's aim at the tripartite naval conference, according to information infor-mation available. Many of those who are following developments would not be surprised if before long the British delegates suggested total tonmtge figures fig-ures considerably higher than the maximum contained In the American project, which is 300.000 tons. Should such be the case, the American Amer-ican delegation must decide whether it is really worth while signing a treaty, which, while establishing limitation, limi-tation, pushes that limit so far skyward sky-ward as to be merely a bid for an accelerated ac-celerated naval race in this type of warship. A review of the first week of the naval conference confirms the impression impres-sion created when the British and Japanese Jap-anese plans first were announced that problems had been raised vitally influencing influ-encing the security of the American people. Japanese interpretations of their own project have removed many objections to it from the American standpoint, as It is shown the Japanese Jap-anese want a navy only 70 per cent as strong as the American navy and are inclined to abandon their original demand de-mand to construct an unlimited number num-ber of small submarines. |