Show STILL TALKING ON TONNAGE It begins to look as though all the extended discussion as to cruiser tonnage at the tho Geneva conference is the throwing of dust Great Groat Britain at great length is emphasizing the need necel of a larger cruiser tonnage and is Insisting on nothing short of ot tons toes and from day dav da to day da the conference deals with all phases of that issue Our opinion Is that Great Brit Brit Britain's ain's ains diplomats smile as they get behind their own closed doors and go over each days das meeting Great Britain's deepest concern Is to keep the 5 3 ratio with loopholes permitting deviations Great Brit Brit- Britain ala ain knows that if J America were to togo togo togo go In for a program ot of nav naval na al expansion expansion sion slon In a 3 few years ears It could out out- outclass outclass class both Great Britain and Japan One of ot our naval experts In a Fourth ot of July speech In Geneva told his audience that the American Amerlean ican lean naval builders builders' have plans for tor warships of tons of greater power than any ships afloat all atI at and they the could by commanding the steel plants and other big organizations organizations organizations essential to shipbuilding create a navy larger and more pow pow- powerful erful mi than that of any foreign pow pow- er cr Great Britain will yield to the American demands Japan has fall fall- fallen fallen en In line When the treaty is sign sign- signed signed signed ed it will be proclaimed a great American victory but the keen minds of England once more shall have triumphed In diplomacy as they the always have Will Rogers tells the whole hole story In rich humor when he says sa-S the Americans have hae never lost a war or won a diplo- diplo diplomatic diplomatic matic malic battle |