Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-09-10
HUGHES, LODGE
AND
ROOT SELECTED
BY PRESIDENT
Senior Senator from Alabama
Is Democrat Selected to
Represent His Party
CHINESE WILL SIT IN
Far East Delegation to be
Given Voice Only When
Their Issues Talked

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9-President
Harding today announced the full
American delegation to the Limitation
or armament conference Il consists
of four members:
Charles Evans Hughes. secretary of
state; former Justice of the Supreme
Court; one time candidate for the
presidency, and twice governor of
New York; lawyer by profession.
Elihu Root, once secretary of war.
later secretary of state, former sena.
tor from New York, lawyer. iurist.
and statesman of international repu.
tation. The late President Roosevelt
his close friend and colleague, once
paid tribute to his attainments by de-
scrlbing him as the ablest man in
public life in America"
Henry Cabot Lodge, senator from
Massachusetts,; Republican floor lead
er, chairman of the foreign relations
committee, long time student of inter
national affairs. and author or many
works of an historical nature.
Davis Is Alternate
Oscar w. Underwood. Democrat.
senior senator from Alabama. leader
of his party in the senate as he was
IN the house of representatives re-
garded by colleagues of both parties
in the senate chamber as safe and
sane" lawyer by profession and in
public and political life since 1892. He
was for the treaty of Versailles and
the League of Nations covenant. with
or without reservations.
These four will represent Aferica
at the table at which will be gathered
four from each otehr nation repre-
sented
Confidence that both Root and Sen
ator Underwood would serve was ex-
pressed at the Wife House. Senator
Underwood's position as minority
leader in the senate. was not expected
10 preclude his acceptance. In event
II does. however. il was intimated un-
officially, that John w Davis. former
American ambassador to Great Brit
ain. might be the Democratic member
OF the American delegation
The conference proper or what
might be termed its supreme BODY"
will consist of 20 TENDERS. it was an
nounced, each of the five major DOW
ers being represented by big four"
Only the big four delegation from
each of the five allied and associated
powers. will sit in the general confer
ence on armament limitation. The
delegation from China, which was in
vited especially because of Far East
ern problems, will sit with the twenty
delegates. il was said. only when Far
Eastern problems are under discus
sion. Representatives of Belgium.
Holland and other nations. it was ex-
planned, will occupy a similar status
Armament questions, il was empha-
sized. would be left solely to disposi-
tion of the supreme body of 20
Women Are Suggested
No official advices regarding the
of the other powers delega-
tions have been received
After the announcement of the four
American delegates. it was said that
the next step would be selection of
advisory bodies. Their personnel. at
least so far as the United States is
probably will be limited
to IL or Is including a staff of army
and navy experts. The advisory per-
sonnel also will include one or more
President Harding today
received from Mrs. Clifford Pinchot
the names of half a dozen women re-
garded as fitted for selection. Names
of others also are to be submitted to
the president for consideration.