Washington, July 29.
The future building programme the American Navy is already being anxiously discussed in the Hight of possible failure of the Geneva Conference Administration officials anticipate that failure of the Conference will put a powerful weapon into the honda of the "Big Navy" party in Congress and will lead to efforts on the part of the individual members Congress towards the establishment of a programme of cruiser construcfion based on competitive building against alleged plans of tht British Admiralty. the other hand, officials do! not believe that President Coolidge will approve of a construction programme aimed against the Britis fleet, but will draft a programme, framed purely on American need: which, according to present declarations, might include ten or twelve 10,000 ton cruisers in addition to the eight which have already been is pointed out that)
in has already built or constructing nineteen such Mr, Hugh Gibson, the American Jdclegate, to-day conferred with Mr. Bridgeman, the British First Lord lof the Admiralty, and Viscount Ishii, tone of the Japanese delegates.
Reuter learns that the United] States Government is backing up Mr. Gibson in his rejection of the British proposals, and that the exchange of cables with Ameri relates to the terms of Mr. Gibso statement at the close of the conference-—Reuter, Geneva, Aug. 1
The situation connected with the Tripartite Conference is stationary, This morning the head of the British delegation, the Rt. Hon, W.
Bridgeman, had a lengthy conference with the head of the Japan ere delegation, Admiral Viscount Saito.
Later Mr. Bridgeman conferred with the delegates from the British Dominions.—Reuter.
New York, Aug. 1.
The press this morning hois out little hope of an agreement being reacted at Geneva, The "New York World" exprease3 the opinion that Conference sshuuld be Kept ai rnermit herculean e: f vets to be made for an agreement, which shoal the form of imoeting between British Premier, the Rt, Hon.
Baldwin, und Prestient that a personing the fate of the Naval Conference, but a compromise appears to be doubtful.
Finally, should the Geneva Conference en friendly agreement to disagree, the naval position will remain exactly as it was before the Conference.
Later.
The latest proposals made by! Great Britain at the Geneva Conference are being examined at the State Department by the Secretary, of State, Mr. Frank B, Kellogg; the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Curtis D. Witbur; Admiral Bherle and other senior naval sfiicers. The conference is making. progress on the subject of the specific objections of the United States to the British proposals. An ficial statement has not _been issued, but some officials conclude that the British proposals would involve the United States in the construction of 400,000 tons of war! vessels in addition to the cruiser An impression prevails that the delegations are considering the best means of suitably closing the Conference, It is probable that they twill adjourn the whole question until the revision. of the Washington Treaty in 1991—Reuter.
Later.
A plenary session of the Confer-Jence has been fixed for Thursday.
Private Conference in Washington Washington, Aug. 1.
The British ~Ambassador, Sir Bsmé Howard, unexpectedly return-fed here to-day from his summer vacation and held a private conferlence with the Secretary of State, Mr. F. B. Kellogg. significance of the British Ambassador's visit, but it is pointed out} that there is no prospect of a new JAmerican proposal being made in
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