Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-06

There has been a great deal of
speculation here over the kind OF
pact that is to take the place of the
Anglo-Japanese Alliance, which is to
be "scrapped.' Most of this specuia-
tion, however, has been wide of the
mark as information on the progress
of the conference received from an
authoritative source today indicates.
What happened was in effect that
Admiral Baron Kato informed Secre-
tary of State Hughes and Arthur }.
Balfour, head of the British delega-
ton that Japan could not accept the
Hughes naval plan because it did not
provide sufficient defensive security
for Japan. Mr.. Balfour asked Kato
if it would be possible for him to
accept the Hughes plan if the Uni
ted States would become a party to
an understanding to supersede the
Anglo-Japanese alliance, which
would assure Japan's legitimate Sc
curity in the Pacific.
Kato replied that he could do so
if the assurances were Of a satistac-
tory character. Secretary Hughes
and Mr.. Balfour then made a num-
her Of suggestions as to how such
security could be offered and Kato
himself suggested general treaty
to constitute a tri-partite alliance be-
tween the United States, Japan ana
Great Britain. :.
Secretary Hughes promptly in
formed Baron Kato@that the United
States could promise him nothing
of the sort, that the Senate would
not ratify such an alliance treaty
and that the administration would
NOT under any circumstances Offer
ANYTHING it could not deliver. y"
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, and member. Of the
American delegation to'the Arms
Conference declared today that no
Kind of treaty will be signed in the
arms conference which will IN tne
slightest degree be capable OF con-
'struction as providing for an sen,
tangling alliance. Senator Lodge said
the American delegation is consider
ing several methods of perpetuatlng
the decisions Of the conference bus
that none of them had been approved
Lodges comment was called forth
bv a cable dispatch from Washington
to the London Morning Post in
which it was said that President
Harding had agreed to submit Is
treaty to the Senate providing Tor a
tri.partite alliance with Great Brit
ain and japan. This dispatch, OBJ
viously erroneous on its 1ace' was
vigorously and flatly denied IN all
official circles.
LAWYERS of the Anti-saloon League
from all sections Of the United
States are in Washington today to
attend the annual convention OF the
League starting its sessions this al,
ternoon. Wayne B: Wheeler, General
Counsel of the League declared TO-DAY
that 1--WE are going to make 19Z1
driver than 1921"
The movement to make dry the
entire world will come in for a large
share of the conventions attention.
Il is expected. Dry leaders contend
that real prohibition in the unlteo
States will be unusually difficult 10
achieve while other countries are wet
and LIQUOR can be obtained through
smuggling.
Other questions to come before the
convention will include the disposal
of several millions of gallons OF
whisky in bonded warehouses, ap,.
propriations for the enforcement OF
the Volstead law, state enforcement
and the education of public senti.
men in favor of the enforcement Of
I the "dry" law.
Isaac Gregg