The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-23
PACIFIC
CENTER OF
DISCORD
A Armament Confe r
ence 1t Stan dstill as
Result Of Japan S
Attitude Z o ar d
China

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China
washington, Nov. Icy the
Associated Press( The Far East
ern nations await the reply Of ia
nan. fo Chfna's declaration of rights,
and the American move for liolta-
ton of naval armaments is slowing
np because ofI objections raised both
81 Japan and Great Britain.
Discussion OF the Far Eastern
problems, which for the moment
are in the foreground Of the arms
conference, was advanced by the
big nine today to the point of an
agreement that general exchange
of views on China's program should
precede any consideration OF specl-
fe points Such a general presen-
station OF views Japan was unpre-
pared to make, and the big nine ad-
~ rned until Saturday.
Meantime Japan made known
formally her desire to modify the
s American plan OF naval limitation
soa as to give her a slightly greater"
relative strength and the opposition
az the British TO the submarine
quota suggested by the United
states gave evidence OF such deter
nainaGion as to attract the attention
of the whole body OF delegates.
The days work seemed to lncl-
cate hat the first impetus Of the
conference was giving way to Pc.
rid OF more deliberate discussion
which right preclude the pessibil-
ity OF outstanding developments for
the immediate future. Plans were
made. however. to tackle the third
big JOB of the conference. the Inn
itation OF land armament, early
next week at an open session at
which Premier BRAND will make a
far reaching declaration of the
views OF France.
The big mines session on Far
Eastern questions today was large
~ given over to a discussion Of the
method OF procedure The. decision
to permit each Of the powers to
present q general statement on the
ssnbject before attempting to settle
prob Iens cfs understood to.
aaas lad the Endorsement Of all the
heads of delegations, although ia.
pan made it plain she accepted the
Chinese plan only ssas q basis OF
discussion. It was decided also
that when specific points are reach
ed the Chinese ten points" are
! TO be interlaced with the. items of
the American agenda in determin-
Ing details OF procedure.
contributing factor to the two
days delay was said to be the ILL
ness OF Baron Shidehara, the Japa-
nese ambassador who is in charge
OF Far Eastern problems. for his
government. It was understood,
however that the time required to
communicate with Tokyo and the
DISCRIMINATION OF the Japanese to
give most careful examination to
tke Chinese proposals, have COM
bined to make an immediate state
snaeat OF Japan's views impossible.
1T Is expected that when this pre-
sentation is ready, it viii be given
ito the public as an evidence Of ia
pans Willingness to proceed with
the discussion in the open.
The American government, which
has been understood to be in gen
eral accord with the Chinese po-
sition, continued its silence on the
subject but evidence of general ap-
proyal came from the headquarters
5Sof the French delegation with in
-dcations2fhat Italy would follow
slIt 1he French declared their
WiIhnghess to give up their extra
territorial privileges and their lease
TO Kauang Toheou provided their
governments title to French Indo
China was unquestioned. For Chi
mas aspirations they expressed
sympathy but they also indicated
that Japan's need Of expansion in
some quarter could not be mini
nized
Formal announcement by Admir-
al Baron Kato that Japan would
ask fer a greater proportion of
strength than had been proposed
! for her IN the American plan be-
came tonight the center of atten-
ton In the naval armament nego-
Eations. Making the first explana-
ton OF the reservations with which
Japan accepted the plan Baron
Kato also announced that his gov
ernnent desired the right to pos
sess at least one ship of the most
formidable defensive type included
IN the armaments Of Great Britain
and the United States. He explain
ed that he did not refer to subma-
srines but would not indicate what
class Of vessel was in his mind.
The view behind the British OBJ
iecfions is that the quota Of 10000
tons in submarines suggested by the