The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-09-29
NO 0PRElRRANGED
POLICIES WISHED. | H
GOVERNMENT 10 FIRM AaAiNsT.
PRELIMINARY coNFERENcEs
HERE OR ELsEWHERE. sFH
JAPANESE QUESTIONS OPEN
State Department Not at All secretlve
Concerning the Negotiations for the
Settlement Of the Differences With
the Island Empire. ,s
By EDWARD 3. CLARK.

BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
Washington. Secretary Of State
Hughes is standing BY his original
word that the United States win not
give its sanction to any preliminary
conference on limitation Of armaments
and Far East problems to be held
either here or elsewhere. This means,
Of course, that the administration also
is standing by as
| Because Of this attitude Of the ad-
minisHation, It seems certain that
when the conference opens IN N0vem-.
Der 1t will start without any definite,
prearranged plan for reaching concIu-
sions on policies. OF course the rep
resentatives Of each nation will have
theff own policies firmly fixed In their
minds, and probably they will know
how much they can yield and how
much they must Insist upon, but there
will be In evidence no prearranged
agreement between any two nations
as to what course is to be pursued
At least there win be no, such pre-
arranged agreement unless It has been
reached 80 secretly that the United
States knows nothing about 1t. 4
1t seems today as IL prior to the
meeting Of the conference more is to
be known Of the japanese plans and
policies than Of those OF any other
nation. There have been well defined
differences Of opinion on certain
things between the United States and
Japan, which. are better known and
understood than the differences be-
tween this country and any other ex-
cept Japan. The United States and
Japan have shown a disposition to
try to pave the way for an easy set
tlement In advance Of some Of the
outstanding troubles Success may or
may not come, but there are signs that
most Of the difficulties are believed to
be not insurmountable.
More State Department Policy.
Today In the State department there
; is a disposition to make a good many
things public which in other admins
trations 1t was thought better to keep
under bushel. This has been a
great surprise to Washington news
gatherers It was thought that Sec
retary Hughes would be al extremely
reticent man and 4 hard one To deal
With when II came to the matter Of
securing information for the press.
f. OF course what shah BE- given out
and what shal, not be riyen ont are
/, made matters az ureiiminary study II
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when the conference begins in
WASHINGTON the fOreign cOrT0apon0r
ants Who win be present win ana rthstr
American brethren anxious to inter
view them At the close III each day.
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