Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-07-14
HARDING 'DISARM'
PLEAIS WELCOMED
British Press Greets Presidents
Plan as Tremendously
Significant.
FRANCE FEARS EAST FRONT
Paris Government Is Ready and Would
BE Glad to Reduce Armaments
II German Menace Was
Removed.

London, July 12.-President Hard
ings message looking to the calling Of
an international conference on the
limitation Of ornaments has been re-
ceived with the utmost pleasure by
Great Britain, Mr.. Lloyd George, the
prime minister, declared In the house
Of commons.
Speaking on the subject of the
American communication the prime
minister said:
Il need not say that we welcome
with the utmost pleasure President
Hardings wise and courteous initia-
tive"
The house cheered this statement
and the premier added:
in saying that, / speak for the en-
pire as whole"
World Has Been Looking to U. S.
"The world has been looking to the
United States for such lead" Mr..
Lloyd George declared In referring to
President Harding's message. 81 am
confident that the house will esteem
it as an act of far-seeing statesman
ship and will whole heartedly wish it
success. No effort will be lacking to
make it so on the part of the British
empire, which shares to the full the
liberal and progressive spirit inspiring
it."
China would be admitted to the con-
ference for the purpose of taking part
in the consideration of the far east
ern problems, and there was feel
ing here that the discussions would
bring about definite understanding
which would include virtually the
! whole field of international relations
Ambassador Harvey is understood to
have conveyed President Harding's
proposal to Prime Minister Lloyd
George at Chequers court Sunday. Do,
minion premiers, who were spending
the week end with Mr.. Lloyd George
Joined with him in heartily receiving
Mr.. Harvey and voicing appreciation
of Mr.. Harding's action in asking for
conference.
50 Newspaper comment would appear
= to indicate deep qualification on the
: part of the British people over the
prospects of disarmament confer
, ence, it being felt that such a meeting
would clear away the difficulties sur
:. rounding renewal of the Anglo-Jap-
: anese alliance, to which there seems
ito have been a rising tide of Opposi
ton. Internal affairs in England
would at once reflect the relief felt
by limitation of ornaments, it was
declared here, and the conference
swould thus be of intense interest to
4. the people throughout the country.
Text of Washington Announcement.
~ Washington, July 12.-Definite steps
taken by President Harding looking
to conference in Washington OF the
principal allied and associated powers
to- discuss limitation of armament and
Pacific and Far Eastern problems, are
announced by the State department in
the following statement:
'The President, in view of the far
reaching Importance of the question
of limitation of ornaments, has APP
preached with informal but definite
inquiry the group of powers hereto
7 fore known as the principal allied and
associated powers, that is: Great
Britain. France, Italy and Japan, to
ascertain whether it would be agree
able to them to take part in a confer
ence on this subject to be held in
Washington at time to be mutually
agreed upon.
eff the proposal is found to be ac-
ceptabie. formal invitations for such
a conference will be issued.
SIT is manifest that the question of
limitation of ornaments has close
relation to Pacific and Far Eastern
problems, and the President has sug-
gested that the powers especially in
terested in these problems should I'M
dertake in connection with the con-
ference the consideration of all mat
tiers bearing upon their solution, with
view to reaching a common under
standing with respect to principles
and policy in the Far East This has
been communicated to the powers con-
cerned, and China has also been In
vited to take part in the discussion re-
iating to Far Eastern problems"