When Sp write no Agenda has been definitely decided upon,
but there are three different proposals for an approach to limitation and reduction. First, there is the British' proposal. that 'ships should be dealt with by categories and that within each category ratios of strength :Should be fixed, between nations. The French propose that limitation 'should be by global tonnage for whole navies; every Power having' the right to. transfer tonnage from one category to another. - France organically connects this doctrine with her demand for security. The defect of this proposal from the point- of view of other members of the Conference is that it is' a slippery eel which is much too awkward a thing to 'handle when the general desire is to get a firm hold upon certain agreed facts that can be refined into further agreements later. The Italians propose that there should be a total tonnage for each category (or, failing this, a maximum total tonnage), but that there should be ratios between the nations within the categories. * • * * *
