Paris, Feb. 8, A distrustful tone, coupled with caustic references to Anglo-American policy, marks press comment on the latest developments of the London Naval Conference.
"Ere Nou-voile" declares that Anglo-American solidarity becoming so Pronounced that it might almost be called an Anglo-American alliance. The Labour Party, the paper adds, continues to make the most redoubtable efforts at over-armament that have been attempted in a long while.
"Lo Matin" compares the Naval Conference rather to a naval battle than to an entente aiming 1 Ab peace, Lo Journal" says that the Anglo-Saxon manwuvres "demand very great vigilance on the part of France—Reuter, Alternative Suggestion i London, Feb. 3, to-day that it will conclude its labours three weeks hence.
A meeting of the "first committee," which comprises all delegates to the Naval Conference, will be held at St. James' Palace tomorrow. The main business will be the discussion of coffee Promise proposals regarding the tw> methods of naval limitation, namely by categories of ships or by total tonnage. In this connection the British Delegation have now form lated a sot of compromise proposals which were circulated to the other Aclegations this afternoon and will be considered at to-morrow's me ing. These proposals can be regard-Britain's contributions to the Aiscussions inaugurated last week by M. Massigli, the French expert. They follow largely the old Bri proposals and the categories ested in them, namely capital shi Aircraft carriers, cruisers sub-divided into two classes, cruisers with eight-inch guns and those with guns of six-inch and lower calibre, destroyers and submarines, Regarding small cruisers and Aestroyers, it is understood the pro-Dosals leave the way open for an arrangenient whereby a complete transfer to 100 per cent. might be made between cruisers of six-inch guns and Jess calibre and destroyers of El class, this elasticity being designed to enable certain countries to fulfil special requirements these classes of ships.
It is believed that the compromise {will be found a satisfactory basis for further discussion and that the Conference will be able soon to devote itself to other problems
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