The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-18
Conference Close-Ups
By MARLEN E. PEW


 appear more at home The secret session of the conference committees puts them into their natural habitat The strain of saying everything rlgnt o,yt in meeting after the fashion or our soulful colored Methodist Episco- pal brethren has been terrific in var ious sections of the Green Iaole: IL new stuff. Premier Briand express, ed it as diplomacy a. la Mer1cane; He proposes to try a bit of It hlmseI when he comes before the arms con ference to discuss land armaments-
 We know only in a general way that the committee is working on the problems which strain relations pc tween Japan and the United states All that is said and done behind these sound proof walls is graveiy import ant for war is involved perhaps. war means your boy and treasure. TO settle those Far Eastern quiestions is the big business of the conference Limitation of naval armament is fhri1Iing subject, but what is accom- pltshed here to bring order out or the chaos of China and to make the Japs feel easier within the limits or their island sphere. is Of breatnIess Interest to the men who are caleo out to fight and men, women an9 children who stay home to gr1eVe anu pay.
 JaDan's problem Is real to her. Her population increases has been so rap i'd that 1t has seemed that the lslanu En,Dire could not hold and sustain 1he people We learn here Of SO cial phenomenon which may soIve the problem. Japanese women are becoming more independent. are go ing into industry by thousands ike the women of Europe and Amerlca anu the birth rate in Japan Isnan s % ca5 enough her overcrowded conoluoh restrain imperialistic designs long may solve itself
 Washington is thronged with visit ors. Of course they cannot nope to attend the Plenary sessions 61ay ot catnh tn pHmpses of the world figures dele gated here and they work et tnas pug mess of gIimpsing both day ana nlgnt- The diplomats walk about the streets n1ite commonly and frequent hotel Hobbies like ordinary guests, rurnlsn- ing "eyefuls'' for the folks from back home.
 Here's a little scandal for our housekeeping readers. You kno" e4- actly how it feels to invite laoy friends in for afternoon tea ana nave them arrive before you are dressed 10 receive them or before the break1ast dishes are washed Imagine the ,d seH- cations of the first lady of the lana, Mrs. Harding keeper of the great White House on Pennsylvania ave nue when a delegation of distlnguish- other day and entered one of the Beautiful reception rooms to f1nd Tn inc very center, a scrubbinS brush, piece of brown 9 soap Pv ana tbonehtless a Gafpss maid Mrs. Harding and her guests had a merry laugh. The proplelns pi the mansion are not unlike the prop- lems of the cottage.
 A woman is going about the streets all dressed in white, carrying 2 great banner marked with the word "peace" On her hat is a white dove; She is of middle age and determined nein She has carried her banner to the White. House and is up ana 1oMn Uera passing to attend the conference Rain does not stop her. She works tnrough- girls, mischievious boys and stupid adults are inclined to make sport Of the lady in white. But l fmaglne 1nat the President of the United states, the Premier of France, the leading delegate from Britain and the other sober-minded men in this barley re ! gard her with a sense of honor, the passage through the streets or the banner of peace carried by the earnest woman After all the known dead of the World War numbered 9,9sS,7 IT. l according to Professor E. L. Bogart of the University of Illinois.
 It is reported today that Premier Briand cannot possibly remain ference due to pressure or, his re- responsibilities in France He may re. turn after he has spoken at the next open session, which may be called py Mir Hughes any day Br1and Will discuss land armament according to his announcement. He will tell you what it means, from his point Of view, for Francs, to disband her standing land force of half a million men. He will say that battleships may efectu- ally be strapped, but armies may be brought into fighting acton whether tbey have guns or not. They may throw stopes or wield murderous clubs He will argue that if France disarms on land she will be some W-hat on an equality with Germany and Russia. He will want some :. guarantee of protection. Land arm ament is a knotty problem There is now talk tfsat this conference Will - laa1-ta ii a laieI.