Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-16
HUGHES PLAN IS
ACCEPTED With
MINOR CHANGES
Principle Is Acceptable.
Other Powers Show Their
Hands for First Time.
CHANGES. IN DETAILS
Secret Meeting of Far East Commit
tee Today Brings That Question To
the Front.

the Front.
Washington, Nov. 16.-Both reas-
suring oratory, accepting, IN prln-
ciple, the Hughes proposal of 10
year naval holiday, and the initial
outcropping of reservations and
notifications desired by the foreign
delegations were the fruits today of
the second open session of the Con-
ference on the Limitation of Arma-
ment.
Following the informal session
Great Britain, France, Japan and
Italy have come forward and, with
more or less directness, proposed
changes. 1t is the first real showing
! Of hands in an international game
with world peace. as well as national
/ security, as the stakes. No modifi-
cation yet suggested to the Hughes
plan is sufficiently radical to menace
the success Of the Conference.
Great Britain, for instance, would
reduce the submarine tonnage below
the 10000 proposed by Secretary
Hughes. 1t also would not scrap all
navy yards, but have each country
maintain during the holiday period
/ one yard that would be capable Of
turning out one ship annually.
Japan wants a bit more allowance
I for herself under the five three ship
tonnage clause of the Hughes plan.
/ She also would have no more fortifi-
cations built in the Pacific.
France and Italy seek more capital
ship tonnage for the protection Of
their outlying possessions. All are
/ regarded as matters capable of ad-
justment in the greater scheme.
! Meanwhile Secretary Hughes pro-
! jected the Far Eastern question at
/ the virtual outset Of the Conference
by calling a meeting OF the commit
/ tee delegated to handle this issue.
This committee will assemble in Sc
cret session tomorrow. The Confer
ence work thus begins to pass into
/ the hands OF committee rather than
open session.
/ The armament committee held Il
meeting this afternoon and mapped
/ out its important work. Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, was named chairman of
! the subcommittee on the technical
/ points involved in the limitation of
armament The other members are
! Admiral Beatty. Vice Admiral De-
/ Bon, Vice Admiral Acton and Vice
Admiral Kato.
With the committees beginning
work, the open sessions Of the Con-
ference are adjourned subject to the
! call of Chairman Hughes. While
/ these committees will work behind
closed doors, it is asserted on behalf
/ Of all of the nations that this does
not mean secret diplomacy There
will be full publicity, it is said, and
/ the committee work is necessary for
, intimacy Of comment about the
tables as the limitation of arma-
mcnt program moves forward to
conclusion.
I Probable notifications Of the
/ Hughes schedule, as advanced by the
nations. mainly concern details and
not the foundation Of the well work
ed out American proposition.
France, in addition to her reserva-
/ tions to the naval limitation pro-
/ posals, promises to project in the
! near future the problem Of lana
/ armament.
( t!0nmsOun do mod ON DO
/ Lord Riddcll. meeting newspaper
CORES spondents, stressed Great Brit
aims antipathy to the submarine and
suggested the submarines tonnage
/ for that country and the I. s.,
should not exceed for each more than
$4,000 to $4,000, certainly not more
( than 10000.
! Representative Britten, Of Illinois,
ranking Republican Of the Naval At
| fairs Committee, introduced a reso-
luton in the House directing the
navy to stop construction on ID
ships, including nine battle ships and
/ six battle cruisers, pending a con-
clusion of the arms Conference.
! Another development outside of
/ the Conference proper was the pick
eting of Continental Hall where the
| Conference met, by women demand
( ing amnesty for so-called political
prisoners" sentenced during the war.
! The demonstration was staged by
| the American Civil Liberties Union.