London, Apr. 12 The American naval experts at the meeting of representatives from Britain, France and the United States to fix new \battleship tonnage limits, refused today to mention any figures pending receipt of information from Tokyo on Japanese construction or intentions, it is understood: here.
Today's conference of the three Powers' naval experts, meeting as a result of the invocation of the 1936 London Naval Treay's escalator clause by Britain and the U.S.A., did not result in any clarification of the American attitude towards the siz? of capital ships that will be constructed, Admiralty circles declare.
The American attitude here appears contradictory to reports coming from New York. These claim the U.S. Navy Department has asked the Naval Affairs Committee to authorize the construction of three superdreadnoughts of 45,000 tons displacement, British experts advocated 42,000- tons limit and the maintenance of a "safeguard limit," it is understood. The general sentiment among the Americans, however, is that the principle of naval armaments limitation is incompatible with the present situation.
The next meeting! of the three Powers' representatives, it is declared, will be attended not by nával experts but by the respective Ambassadors of [France and the United States. This conference will be summoned when the delegations receive further instructions from their Governments.—Havas,
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