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ment reduction have been sent IA Amor
| lcan diplomats and consular ogent
! throughout the world for use ma rho,
may deem cxpedient. 1t was cxploine,
| mat TINS step was another part of th,
chort OF the American Government I,
give the negotiations the widest pub
! licity. pun
Publicity for the Conference proceed
ingS was among the questions Cxnmino,
at To-Day meeting of the heads OF dele.
| cations.
The position of the American dcIopo
! tIoh was understood to be open meeting!
In principle with frequent exccutiye DOS.
sions for private discussions. the result,
whereof would be presented in oncr
meetings. II AZ any time Il dclegatio,
desired TO present its detailed and con
| Sldered views upon any subject publicly
the executive session would upOn re.
quest be turned into an open meeting.
Secretary Hughes, it appears, has
outlined these suggestions to the hesd,
Of the various delegations and they met
| today knowing in advance the American
idea.
Conference on Far East
Besides the meeting Of the Big
Five. another important conlcrencc
will be held today t. shape up procedure
OF the Conference, which will resumn
It's sessions tomorrow. Heads of m.
delegations Of all nine nations ronrn.
s"ntcd at the Conference will meet this
afternoon as members of the Commit
tee on Program and Procedure for Far
Eastern Questions.
A meeting of the American Advisory
Committee of twenty ono also had hpcn
called for this afternoon. at which
Chairman Sutherland viii announce the
personnel OF the six sub committees al
ready authorized TO handle special sub
jects before the Conference.
Preliminary to further conference
sessions, delegates as we'll as the various
naval experts, today continued their
study Of Secretary Hughes proposal
for the immediate reduction Of the
british and United States and japanese
ueetS, and for ten year naval holiday.
American Delegates Encouraged
While spokcSmcn for Great Britain
and Japan continued to continc them.
selves to guarded comment. the Ameri-
can delegation was encouraged by the
attitude of the representatives of the
other two Powers affected by tho pro
pOSal, and were confident that thcre
was at least no possibility of fiat 70
iCctOn of the plan and that it would
form I he basis Of whatever agreement
Is reached.
Naval officers in discussing the pro.
poSal emphasized as an outstanding
feature the fact that the United States
would be left without battlccruisers,
while Japan and Great Britain would
each retain four OF these ships, the
newest addition to capital lighting craft.
by suggesting such program it an.
pears that all the United States sought
to convey was concrete assurance of the |
unscltiSh purpose with which, il has |
entered the conference. rs declared by
President Harding in his opening ad- |
dress.
The American plan begins to stand
out In its true proportions. Apparently,
1t is far moro than n ten year naval
holiday that is projected, coupled with
heavy reduction of the fleets
Of the three Powers. Beyond that is
third equally blunt and direct suggcs.
ton for continuing agreement to limit
the size of battle fleets permanently.
That is what Hughes naval replace
ment plan really amounts to.
, RglinGulshmen' by the. T'n'tcd states