New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-29
U. S. Delegates
10 Arms Parley
Meet Next w eek
Arrival Of Root Oct. 4 Will
Give the Full Member
ship Its First Opportunity
TO Map Out Work Ahead
Aid Pledged by Churches
Buddhist Archbishop and
Federated Council Dele
CATION Call on Harding


WASHINGTON, Sept. With the
arrival here within day or so of Elihu
Root the first meeting of the American
bag four delegates to the Conference
on Limitation of Armament and Fai
Eastern questions is expected to be
held early next week, it was indicated
to-day. The American delegates, com
trising Secretary Of State Hughes.
Senator Lodge, Elihu Root and Senator
Underwood, have not yet met as body,
although number of preliminary con-
ferenccs have been held by the Secre-
tary Of State and Mr. Lodge.
Mr.. Roots coming will provide the
first opportunity for all of the dele
gates to meet formally for consulta
ton and to organize for work Mr.
Root advised other members of the
delegation to-day that he IS arranging
his affairs to reach Washington by Oc-
tober l prepared TO proceed with the
work.
Fletcher Does Preliminary Work
The American delegation is expected
to give its approval to the preliminary
work already accomplished by the spe-
cial conference section of the State
Department, which was organized
shortly after the announcement bv
President Harding of the selection Of
the American Secretary of State as
head of the United States delegation
In direct charge os the newly formed
conference section is Henry P. Fletch-
er, Under Secretary of State, who has
surrounded himself with a staff of as
s.stants.
The selection of three members of
the Japanese elagation-Prince I've
sato Tokugawa, Vice Admiral Tomcsa-
buru kato and Baron Kijuro Shidehara
when officially communicated to tie
State Department to-day by Ambassa-
dor ShIdehara, was a source of gratifi-
cation to the American officials, who
believe that the other nations invited
to the conference will soon take sim
liar action toward definitely selecting
their plenIpotentiaries. The Japanese
delegation may be increased later, Ba =.
ron Shidehara said.
Unofficial information has reached
Washington that the London govern
ment has selected the statesmen who
will look after the interests Of the
H.itish Empire. and intimations also
have been received as to the French
ment of the names OF these delega-
lions, however, are withheld pending
the official announcements from Lon
don. Paris and Rome. China also is
expected soon to pass definitely on the
delegation to attend the conference.
No Comment on Debt Pooling Plan
Cable dispatches to-day indicating
that the proposition of pooling the war
debts Of the Allies would be one OF
the questions to be determined at the
conference brought no comment from
the State Department, but in Repub-
lican circles at the Capitol it was in
dictated that Congresson al action on
the Administration bill for refunding
the Allied debo may not be reached
until after the conference is held.
The suggestion that the conference
may be embarrassed by the fact that
the United States and Russia are not
members Of the League of Nations was
not seriously considered in official cir
cles, where the view was expressed
to-day that the powers assembled at
the conference were fully competent
to reach complete solution Of the
problems of reduction OF armament
and settle all Pacific and Far Eastern
questions.
The widespread interest which at
tacneS to the conference Wa5 striklngiy
demonstrates to-day, when an Arch
bishop of the Buddhists of Japan and
a delegation representing the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in Amer
lea called at the White House to as
sure President Harding of their sun
port of the movement for The limita-
ton OF armament.
Seziken Arai, Archbishop of the Bud
dhist Temple of Soiuii. 5apan, who
made special trip to this country for
the purpose, felicitated President Har-
ding in behalf of the Buddhists OF his
country for initiating the armament
conference.
The delegation from the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ of Amer
lea was headed by DIR. John H. Finley.