Show UNITED STATES INSISTS UPON NAVAL PARITY WITH BRITISH B Administration Sees Xo No N Reason Why Vl y England Should Be Superior SuperiorS SOME SO S 0 i iE M E IRRITATION Proposed War No Treaty Between U. U S. S and Japan J pall Favored WASHINGTON June 23 2 Dy By Tho The Associated Press Press Insistence upon American naval parity with Great Britain down to the smallest war craft and interest In under undercurrent undercurrent underCurrent current of discussion at Geneva of ofa ofa a a. possible Japanese-American Japanese per per- permanent permanent manent peace treaty treat characterized official Washington reaction today as the naval limitation conference closed Its Ils first week Although the Japanese treaty question still is far from an of- of diplomatic status reports from Geneva Gene that such a pact might develop front from the tho naval de de- de deliberations deliberations liberations attracted keen atten atten- attention tion They came at a time timo when the United States Stotts and France are no considering procedure for tor negotiating negotiating a similar agreement to out out- outlaw outlaw law war ar arCHIS CALLS CHIS ON OX KELLOGG I M 1 Coincidentally the Japanese am am- or Tsuneo Matsudaira today tollay called on Secretary Kellogg pre pres presumably to discuss developments at Geneva Afterwards A Mr Kellogg said the subject of at a peace treaty trealy was not mentioned Ills His only corn com comment ment was that no formal notice of ot Japans Japan's Intention to propose a a. treaty treah treat had been received receive and arid that tho the relations between the two countries were as friendly as those of at tho the Unites States and France There were indications today of at Irritation here over the flood of or statements published In Europe in irs connection with the British proposal chiefly articles by an vi Admiral B n declaring in favor of ot British supremacy on the sea They Thoy brought forth a statement by one high official that this country will not and an cannot accept anything thing but Lut parity with Great Britain on every e cr class clas of or ship SEES NO XO REASON SO The American government can ran see no reason r son why the British em em- empire pine pire should have superiority on ac account ac- ac account account count of ot trade of-trade trade routes or or- posses posses- possessions possessions possessions or any other reason and it was emphasized at nt the Washington arms conference that the tho British delegation agreed to an equal ra ratio ra- ra tio tb for all au classes of or ships Coupled with the tho insistence upon naval parity was a strong belief that Great Britain will not press much farther her proposal to go goback goback back to the 1921 1 21 treaty to scale down the maximum tonnage agreed upon for or battleships airplane car ear carriers carriers and cruisers Recognizing that the British program with rigid economy as its keynote kenote would be well received as good pol pol- politics politics In its n European chancelleries observers described It as a gesture gesture gesture ture which had now served Its purpose |