The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-09
FARLEY INTERESTS
ALL WASHINGTON
Senate Adopts Resolution
Asking for Open Doors.
Harding Preparing Speech
By Associated Press

Washington, November S.--The fl
nal Intern of stage dressing for the
armament conference was ushered in
today by developments which for the
first time concentrated on the great
diplomatic drama the alert attention
of practically every element of Of
fieiaI Washington and it's distin-
guished guests.
Even the Senate took hand In the
last minute preparations by adopting
with the tactit acquiescence of re-
publican leaders a resolution pre-
scented from the democratic side of
the chamber requesting that the doors
of the conference room be opened
whenever the full body OF delegates
were in session and that record be
kept of everything that transpired
during the negotiations.
Among those VINO will actually sit
at the conference table, Admiral
Baron Kato, head of the Japanese
delegation and naval minister of the
Japanese government, made himself
the center of attention by a public
statement asserting that his nation
was willing. in the interest of n sue
cesssul conference. to go the length
of reducing her "eight-eight" naval
building programme IL a satisfactory
proportional agreement could be
reached.
Meantime Premier BRAND of
France, combining his public express
sions to a general renewal of the ma
tons Willingness to meet every body
else half way in the effort to reduce
ornaments, paid round of official
calls and familiarized himself with
the situation in conference with his
colleagues and officials of the French
embassy. During the day he was re-
ceived formally by President Hard
ing and the two exchanged good
wishes for the success of the con-
ference.
Members of the newly arrived
Netherlands delegation also were
given a formal audience late In the
afternoon by the President, who had
spent much of the day at work on
the address with which he will open
the conference on Saturday. Tonight
the manuscript was virtually COM
pleted and Mr.. Harding let IT be
known that 1t reflected his proposed
course of conduct throughout the ne
gotiations by dealing only in a broad
way with the problems of the con-
ference and leaving the specific pre-
sentation of American proposals to
the American delegates themselves.
That these proposals have been
completed SO far as is possible for
the present was indicated by the
waiting attitude of the delegation,
which hold no meeting today but
marked time pending the assembling
here tomorrow of the advisory COM
mittee of FL selected by President
Harding. 1t is expected that at this
meeting members of the American
big four will impart to the advisory
body the programme prepared for the
opening days of the conference and
ask for a final review of the subject
matter involved. During the day the
committee probably will also call on
President Harding.
Secretary Hughes, as head OF the
American delegation, is expected to
become at least the temporary pre-
siding officer of the full assemblage
of delegates and as such he will pre-
sent for the approval of the confer
ence a. tentative plan of procedure.
Diplomatic usage may result in Mr..
Hughes retaining the gavil and also
in the selection of an American as
secretary general.