Evening star., 1921-10-22

Physical arrangements for the
armament conference were perfected
and considerable progress was made
toward formulation of the American
attitude in the negotiations at the
meeting yesterday of the four dele
gates appointed by President Hard
Ing to represent this government at
the conference.
In order to accommodate a larger
| number of spectators at the public
| sessions of the conference. it was
! decided to hold these meetings in the
Daughters of American Revolution Con-
| ttnenfal Hall. adjacent to the Pan
American building. which is to be
headquarters of the conference and
the scene Of most of it's actual work.
Arrangements have been made to
that several hundred persons will be
able to attend the public, meetings.
Discussion Covers Many Subjects.
The delegations discussion of
| policy covered many subjects, but
! was said to have been only informa-
tive in character. Attempts to make
definite decisions as to the lines Of
negotiation to be pursued by the
| American government are to be made
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may be held during the coming week.
Several of the State Department
| technical advisers who have been pre-
pairing to work with the delegation
| during the conference were called in
and were presented by Secretary
| these officials have been concerned
with a study of various far eastern
| questions, and they are understood
| to have outlined briefly their opfn-
| ions. and to have answered a num-
Der of questions asked by the dele
| completed since the delegation's last
| meeting was placed before them in
| tabulated form.
| Comparative statistics on the naval
| strength of the various powers.
| gathered from confidential sources.
| in the new Information laid before
the delegates. but 1t was indicated
| that the investigation of the vari-
Gus military and naval experts still
| was incomplete. and that further
| data would be given them when they
meet again at 10 o'clock Monday.
| By transferring the public sessions
| of the conference FROM the Pan
American building to Continental
| Hall the number of those who will
be able to witness these sessions will
be greatly increased. 1t is expected
\ ShoS uP"aIo VA ooV piCSS oCdIo WILL
| be available under the new arrange
| ment and that several hundred of the
general public also will be able to
gain admittance.
Chinese Delegation Personnel
The Department of State has re-
! ceived names of the Chinese delegates
| who will participate in the discus
sions Of Pacific and far eastern ques-
/ tion. in connection with the conference
| for the Limitation of armament The
| principal delegates are 8. Alfred Sxe,
| minister to the United States: v. K.
Wellington koo, minister to Great Brit
ain; Wang Chung-hui. chief Justice Of
| the supreme court, and c. c. WI, son Of
Wu Ting-Fang, former minister to the
| United States. The acceptance Of Mr..
Wu to serve as delegate has not been
received.
| Superior advisers were reported to
| be Chow Tsu-Ch'i. former minister of
| finance, and NJ. T. Liang. former min
| lister of foreign affairs. Other ad-
| visers are Admiral Tsai Ting-kan, as
sociated director of the revenue
| council: Hwang Fu, adviser in the
presidents office; Wang Hsia-jui. Sec
retary of the bureau of engraving
and printing of the cabinet; Lo Wen
kan, vice director of law codification
bureau; DR.. P. c. King, president
of Using Hua College; Tang En-liang,
chief of the bureau of roads and wa
| terways, and Hsu Hsu-jen, clerk of
the bureau of foreign affairs.
Liu Yen, former secretary of the
cabinet, will act as chief counselor.
Lieut.. Gen. Lee Chung-lo, chief OF