The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-16

ohs technical naval adviser for
e4eh OF the Ave powers was con-
sttuted to take under immediate
aevisesnent the questions raised by
TIE proposals of the United States
for a limitation Of naval armament.
aud to report to the committee
from time to time.
tho subcommittee Is composed
90 the followingi Col Theodore
Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy; Admiral Beatty, Vice Ad-
ngral de Bon, Vice Admiral Ac-
ton and Vice Admiral Kato. WITH
fal power OF substitution OF each
advisor.
fkur IL vas agreed that Col. Roose-
vslt should act as chairman OF this
sabcommittee.
5sThe committee adjourned to
met at the call Of the chairman"
TackIe Main Problems Today.
2foday, for the first time, the rep
rEssntatives OF all nine powers in
vfted to Washington by President
Harding will assemble about the
council board. This time they Will
tBCe up the problems that admit
tSdIy are laden with dynamite. the
4 a 'mouthy" subject. Rolled on
ID trite phrasing It carries author
i6 But the various delegates as
sampled in Washington realize that
bshfnd this barrage of words lies
tas possibility of whether an agree
ment can be reached here that wal
remove causes of war. II not, tnen
tie entire agreements reached on
naval and possibly military disarm-
ament will be fruitless-
On the eve Of the meeting Of the
Far Eastern committee distinct
ar Of mystery settled down on a.
OF the delegations assembled En-
fdfts TO get 4 suggestion regarding
procedure completely failed Inc
American delegation stated in effect
that IL would not discuss either pro-
csaure or plans. And when a direct
demand that something be AFFORDED
watch would indicate the position OF
the delegation the response was a
chver smile
VIII Avoid Flat Proposal
THAT the United States will not
make any Dat recommendation such
al was made in discussing naval
disarmament is certain To do so
would result in trouble. The d.
verse interests tied up in the prob
lsfns cannot be held down by any
statement by one power. no matter
hew representative. designed sim
ply to afford an opportunity "for
discussion"
The American delegation wants to
perpetuate the open door" in China.
In effect il supports the outlines OF
the Chinese position. But 1t also
believes that there should be a COM
phte understanding how the open
door" shall be carried into effect.
The Chinese delegation have some
positive ideas.
Concessions Must Be Made.
sThe United States hardly can ac-
cept these, diplomats familiar with
the entire situation say. unless there
is an acceptance by China OF the
prnciple that in granting all ma
tons equal interests in development
OF ChIna's natural resources. no
legitimate concession shall be
Welded. That does not even in eff
feet carry into place the conces-
stons obtained either by force or
fraud. These can-in fact, they will
pc dragged into the limelight. and
then an equitable verdict will be
reached by the delegations now here
The best suggested plan to date
for today's initial gathering is that
Yesterdays procedure will be fol-
lowed and that committees will be
named to probe all divided ques-
tons That action is expected to
be taken. But for some little time
to come the debate will be secret
Agreed on Secrecy.
Hrhe reasons for this-and IL can
BE- stated that they are the COM
pssite view Of every delegate here
aad the President of the United
Sates-are:
There are a great many questions
that have to be threshed out here.
The United States invited these del
egations to come. They have had
their say in the open sufficiently to
assure the world that they are en-
tigely sincere in their expectations.
Bat there must be-there are in or
binary legislative bodies II matters
that come Into dispute which must
be handled with entire frankness
Tbis presages complete freedom of
debate. That would be impossible
in an ordinary session, where eyerv
word uttered would be taken down.
Frankness in a diplomatic way
is only possible when false con-
struction cannot be placed on the
exact words uttered
VIII Report Results.
=. Now here Is what will take place.
There will be complete discussions
in committees. and these commit
tees are absolutely the entire mem
bership Of the various delegations,
There will be an agreement reached
Or, possibly. a disagreement. In
the case OF an agreement, IL is re-
ported to the plenary session arA
the views Of the delegates are re-
corded In the case of a disagree
ment, then there also will be a re-
port to the plenary session and the
facts behind the failure to agree
will be known to all Of the world,
Do you not see how this will work
out? It will give the peoples of
the world a check on their dele
gates.
It also has been pointed out that
there can be complete exchanges Of
views ia committee without any
delegation taking a positive position
% on the final result. However. when
matters of decision are thrown into
the plenary session they will be
settled there. The committees have |
no power of decision. That Is the |
reason why officials last night sug-
gested that complaints that com |
plete publicity II not possible may
at least be premature. I
Views of Delegates
In this connection It was sug-
gested that although TRIALS ~ -. |