The daily times., 1921-11-18
QUESTION OF LAND
|ARMAMENTS MAY Be
LEFT TO LEAGUE
OR LONG DISCUSSION
England Will Probably Want a
New Alliance in the Place OF
the Anglo-Japanese Treaty :;
Chinese Proposals Have
Produced a Favorable I'm
preston.
OR LONG DISCUSSION
(By David Lawrence
Copyright, 1921, by the Daily


Washington, Nov. 17.-Great Brit
ain expects to answer the American
desire for an abrOgation of the Anglo
japanese alliance with a concrete pro-
be substituted which shall be signed
not only by England and Japan but
by all the nations interested in guar
anteeing the ''open door, in China.
Whether such a convention should
contain an absolute guarantee of the
territorial integrity and administra-
tive independence of China or wheth-
er the same object would be achieved
by pledges to respect China's political
independence is still a matter of
debate But the big fact is that
enough confidence as to the probable
solution OF the question prevails as to
lead the American delegation to show
la willingness to sign the agreement
on a reduction of naval armament
without waiting for the adjustment
of Far Eastern questions.
British policy on the Anglo-Japa-
nese alliance is revealed by Arthur
James Balfour who makes it plain
that the Anglo-Japanese alliance
would be superflous if all the powers
entered into an agreement with re-
spect to the Far East covering sub
stantially the same points as were
in the alliance. Mr.. Balfour realizes
that the word "allinace" is objection
able to American opinion and there
fore the talk now is of an "agree-
ment." Whether the conclusions
reached should be embodied in a
i treaty to be submitted to the Ameri-
can senate or whether an exchange
of notes at this conference would be
sufficiently binding is puzzling the
British, who have seen the United
States make executive agreements on
ly to have them repudiated by the
senate.
The influence at the moment, how
ever, of President Harding and Sec
retary Hughes and the American SEN
ate is such that an agreement made al
chance of being ratified by the senate
particularly as Senator Underwood
leader of the democrats, could mar
shall enough votes to assist in getting
the necessary two-third for ratifca-
tion.
incidentally the Chinese proposals
have in the main produced favor
able IMPRESSION 1t is realized that
many points will have to be discuss
ed but the truth is the Chinese were
! expected to ask for great dea
more Their proposals are couched il
Language which many British anC
) of successful outcome of the Fal
Eastern part of the conference.
4 AS for land armaments, there is g
movement afoot to transfer the en-
Itire question to the league of ma
ltions. This originates out of chance
Iremark of member of the British
delegation who in discussing the
iuuestion of land armaments pointed
out significantly that the league o.
nations already has a commission a
lwork on land ornaments. Inasmucf
t as both the United States and Grea
Britain have reduced their armies tt
a relatively small size, the question
largely affects nations in continental
Europe. President Harding consider
the league of nations to be usefu
body for the settlement of purely Eu
ropean questions and Ambassado
Harvey, Americas representative OF
the supreme council, did not expires
any objection when the same groul
of powers as are represented her
formally referred the Silesian disput
to the league of nations. 1t would no
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