The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-07-13
HARDING SUGGESTS
DISARMAMENT MEET
Calls Great Powers to Dis
ALSO DISCUSS
FAR EAST
ALSO DISCUSS
State, Department Gives Out State
ment in Which 1t Is Said that Pres.
ident Harding has Called the Prin-
cipal Allied Powers Together for
Disarmament Discussion.


cipal Allied Powers Together for
Disarmament Discussion.
Washington. July 10.-President
Harding has taken definite steps look
ing to a conference in Washington of
the principal allied and associated
powers to discuss limitation OF arma-
mcnt.
lie also has suggested to the inter
ested nations that there be at the same
time discussion Of Pacific and Far
eastern problems with view to
reaching 4 common understandings
with regard to principles and policies
in the Far East.
This announcement was made to-
night by the state department by di-
rcction Of the President, in the fol-
lowing statements:
The President, in view Of the far
reaching Importance Of the question
of limitation of armamcnts, has ap-
preached with informal but definite
inquiry the group Of powers hereto
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 con-
ference on this subject to be held in
washington at time to be mutually
agreed upon. If the proposal is found
to be acceptable formal invitations
for such conference will be issued.
1T is manifest that the question Of
limitation Of armaments has close
relation to Pacific and Far Eastern
problems, nd the President has sug-
gested that the powers especially in
tereSted in these problms should un-
dertake in connection with this con
ference the consideration Of all mat
ters 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
concerned and China has also been
invited to take part in the discussion
relating to Far Eastern problems"
The departments statement was
made public without comment and
the fact that the President had sug-
gested to the interested nations joint
discussion Of the Far Eastern and
Pacific problems came as something
Of surprise in Washington. The de-
partments statement did not make
oil hot Nnti l,.
preached on these particular subjects,
but aside from China which was
specifically named, it was assumed
that Great Britain and Japan were
among them.
Renewal Of the Anglo-Japancse al
lance is a subject before the British
and Japanese governments, but
whether this is considered by Mr..
Harding as within the scope of the
proposed conference on Pacific and
Far Eastern problems has not been
disclosed Mr.. Lloyd George. the
British prime minister, announced re-
comfy in the House Of Commons that
he expected to have some statement
to make with regard to the alliance
tomorrow, but that this was depend
ent upon "the replies received from
the United States, Japan and China"
Mr.. Iiarding's move with regard to
limitation of armament was described
by some Of his advisers as the second
step n the working out OF his inter
national program, adoption of the
peace resolution having been the first
Before that resolution was put
through Congress. he sent out infor-
NAL "fcclcrs' on the subject Of dis
armament. He now has gone a step
forward in inviting the principal al
lies to attend the conference.