The Washington herald., 1921-11-09
Pledges Acceptance Of
Any Agreement to y
Aid Peace.
NATIONS SAFETY
ONLY AMBITION
John w. Garrett Likely to
Be Chosen Secre- ~
tary General.

Japan favors Limitation Of naval
armament She will agree 90 any
program that other powers favor.
She viii rot be q stumbling block
in the way OF any agreement thar
viii make for the future peace sDf
the world Her Delegation here A
wholeheartedly In favor Of con-
certed action to remove all causes
OF war.
No less an authority than Al
miral Baron Tomosaburo Rsto. vice
premier Of Japan, and one OF its
chief delegates, il responsible for
the above statement He declared
In unequivocal language late yes
terday in his apartments at the
Shoreham Hotel. that japan only
desires her national safety guaran-
teed Then she will agree 70 any
program that will satisfy the peo-
ples Of the world
Experts In Conference.
Baron KAto was filled with hts
subject When he began to talk he
spoke slowly and quietly in his
native language. But as he warmed
70 his subject he talked faster and
faster until finally it became neces-
ssry for the ofhcial Interpreter 60
check him.
The Japanese statement was the
| outstanding feature Of a day that
was hlleo with conferences Of the
experts Of the various commissions.
| The various missions continued
their discussions OF procedure and
prepared the statistics that they ex-
/ pect TO use when the conference
begins TO function next week. &c
Is now accepted that there will be-
no business done before Monday.
Saturdays session, which opens at
| 1880 in the morning. will be de-
/ voted entirely 20 listening to an ad-
dress of welcome and suggestion BY
President Harding. Then a recess
will be taken until Monday when a
permanent chairman and a secre-
tary-general will be named and the
agenda taken up as prepared By
Secretary Hughes and very likelt
'adopted without change.
u. 9. 10 Get Chief onees.
Conferences circles last night de-.
clared that the two chief offices ot
the conference will go 20 the United
States Secretary OF state Charles
f. Hughes undoubtedly will be
named as chairman The secretary
general is expected 60 be JohU
Work Garrett, OF Baltimore, one
OF the most experienced OF Amert-
| can diplomats Garrett In the
choice Of the American delegation.
IL is understood. and is well and
| favorably known TO the British.
! French and Italian delegates. He
is a member of the banking firm OF
Robert Garrett. OF Baltimore. hav-
ing entered that firm in 1895.
l.
secretary OF the American Legation
at The Hague. and In 1908 was EpS
NOTED to be secretary OF the Aflsr-
lean Legation TO The NethSrlands
In 1903 he was sent to Serlin as
second secretary OF the embassy
there, serving as such until, ls0S.
when hS was promoted To first sec
retary. In 1911 he was named a.
Minister TO Venezuela. later being
transferred to Argentina as Ministcs
and serving as such until 1914.
Served state Department.
Al the outbreak Of the world war
Mr.. Garrett was made a special
agent Of the Department Of state
and sent to Paris 10 assist the
American Ambassador. He re-
mained in Paris until August %.
1917, when he became Minister 90
The Netherlands, serving until Au-
gust 10. 1919. While in Paris MT.
Garrett was named as head Of a
special mission TO Investigate treat
ment accorded German war prlS-
oners In French camps He wns one
of the officials who negotiated thu
German prisoners OF war treaty
that was signed In Berna on NO
vember IL. 1913.
As Secretary General Of the com.
ing conference he will occupy a very
charge OF all the records Of the
star Of assistantE
Hughes Goes Home 10 Vote.
The only delegation in Washing
ton which did not meet yesterday
was the American. There was a
reason Secretary Hughes went 90
New York to vote In the election
there But IL is expected that the
delegation will make up for lost
time today. II will meet with the
complete membership OF the advi-
sorry committee at the State De-
partment at IL o'clock this morn
ing. At that time IL is believed that
the veil of secrecy surrounding the
proposed functions OF the commit
tee will be lifted
Il has been described more or less
offlcially as a body designed TO re-
act public sentiment and advise on
all matters that are 20 come before
the conference. However, there are
some members OF the COMMITTEES
who are expected to insist that they
allowed 20 go further. They
hope to be OF very material service
In shaping the policies that the
United states through it's accredited
delegates. will urge on the confer
ence. whether that also is the ex-
pectation OF tho President and the
Secretary of State is expacted 10 be
revealed today.
Harding VIII Give No Advice.
with the American delegation and
advisory board working In unison
e is expected there will be no
hitch in getting the conferences
started. President Harding was eN-
pected 20 complete his address 10
be delivered Saturday, some time
today. II was made plain yestsr-
day that he viii not mako any ef-
fort 20 advise the conference what
70 DO. Instead he viii formally
welcome the delegations a. the city.
viii explain the motive t'at In
PEELED him 20 issue thN 90 -tf"r>
and win make a fe'" - '-'
Il :,