As regards destroyers, it is felt that agreement can be reached on the equality of displacement ton-
As regards submarines, Britain holds very strongly that they should be eliminated from warfare, and the United States is willing to help.
The most difficult question of Jeruigers, which wrecked previous conferences, remained.
Disagreement on the cruiser pro-{elem has now been reduced to the very narrow margin of three 8-in cruisers, but both President Hoover and the British Government are determined hat there can be no break on that account.
The following summary of the proposed cruiser strengths indicates the nature of the margin of difference:
Great Britain to have 15, cruisers Jsrmed with 8-in guns and 85 cruisers armed with 6-in guns: total tonnage, 339,000; The United States to have 21 cruisers armed with 8-in guns and. Jermed with 8-in guns and a total tonnage, 815,000.
Britain, howevém, proposes that America should only have 18 cruisers armed with Sin guns and a total tonnage not exceeding 300,000.
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