Could naval treaties survive without national fleet ratios?

What happens if Britain and America want to preserve the treaty but France and Italy want different terms?

The system could break down, or an agreement could retain limits on individual ships while abandoning national fleet totals.

The question imagines disagreement among Britain, the United States, France, and Italy after a Japanese war disrupts the treaty framework. One outcome is that each country pursues its own programme. An alternative agreement would retain limits on each ship's size and weapons while removing cumulative national allowances. A 16-inch maximum is one illustrative limit, with the precise terms left to negotiation. This arrangement would allow different numbers of compliant ships without requiring agreement on national ratios.