Great Falls tribune., 1921-11-23

the whole subject Of administ1
republic with particular referel
The land armament problem also was
considered at various informal c-nfer-
ences during the day and meeting OF
the armament committee of the whole
was called for Wednesday with the
expectation that Premier BRAND Of
France would say a last word as to
his country's attitude on reduction OF
armies. 1t is understood that he is
anxious to bring the question to a
point as formal expression by the
conference before his departure for
France.
Naval Plan Sure
On the side of naval armament, in
formal exchanges continued between
individual delegates and naval experts
with an air of growing confidence that
details Of the American plan, although
recurring considerable time for deter
mination, would eventually bring all
the powers into agreement.
1t is possible that&.the naval plan
may receive some consideration at
Wednesdays meeting Of the five dele
cations which constitute the armament
committee of the whole, but the great
er attention is expected to center on
land armament in view. of the immi-
nence of NJ. Brands departure. 1t is
the preservation of her army, with the
moral backing of the principal powers,
that most interests France at the pres
ent stage of the negotiations and it is
known that NJ. BRAND would be pleased
to take back to France with him a
formal conference endorsement of the
position he has taken against material
reduction.
Whether the other delegations will
be willing to 60 SO far as to take for
NAL action Of that character just now is
uncertain, although it is taken for
granted that at Wednesdays meeting
there will be many general expressions
of appreciation for the reasons which
impel France to maintain the largest
army in the world.
Consuits Advisory Committee
Land, naval and far eastern ques-
.tions were talked over by Secretary
Hughes Tuesday with the American
advisory committee of 21, and after he
had presented a report on the pre- sent
status of the negotiations, number
of subcommittee were instructed to
prepare reports for the American dele
gates on various subjects of detail.
The submarine issue raised by Great
be thus investigated and another, whose
inclusion was regarded as forecasting
an entirely new angle of the negotia
tions, will be the use of legitimacy of
new weapons of warfare. Thus far
that subject has not been mentioned
in the conference proper.
The subcommittee on Chinese admin
istrative autonomy, authorized Tuesday
by the full body of delegates of the
nine nations, sitting as committee
of the whole on the far east, is ex-
pected to find its chief task in an
attempted rearrangement of the GUS
toms regulations which for many years
have kept China from imposing a duty
of more than 5 per cent on her inn
ports. In addition, there is expected
to be an inquiry into the various inter-
national agreements by which certain I
specified items of the republics taxa
returns must be turned over immedi-
ately for payment of foreign obliga-I
tions.
All of these restrictions, the Chinese
declare, have resulted in such curl
tailment of national revenues as tot
make economic progress impossibl4l
Since the conference began the Chine6af
delegates have emphasized the tarltl
autonomy principle as one of the mo2
important she wished to establish, II
there are said to have been indicak
in Tuesdays discussions at the a&&E9-4
tive committee meeting that thias Vl0D1
had met with much sympathy AAnpf 4
the other delegations.
The sub committee, whose meiK f ssfi
ship is yet to be announced, wSx ts
suggestion of Senator Under
the American delegation and IN n & II
pected to become the 'Amerfcan IN
ber of the new body. A former eAafr-3
man of the house ways and means z4s
mittee and co-author. of the
tariff law his is recognized ~ 10 II
authority on questions such as tkoseBi
with which the subcommittee Vim
Progress Encouraging.
Although the delegates have 4edyet
taken up some of the most ltraNble-
some questions involved in the far
eastern situation, the progress. made
thus far was described I'M - n.
ters Tuesday as highly
So rapidly and smoothly b
gotiations moved thus far
those connected with fS1 ~
who at first q II Ell
tie agreepient unlikely, q n ,8
dieting that the confers