Evening star., 1921-09-18
WILL AID u. S. SECTION
OF PARLEY ON ARMS
Advisory Committee and Many Other
Experts Will Be Selected to Advise
American Members of the Conference.


the Navy and the heads of all the
bureaus. While it is scarcely prob
able that there will be found among
the Army and Navy officers support
ers of any plan for considerable re-
duction of the armed forces OF the
country, yet their aid in drafting any
really workable scheme for limita-
ton in the present world armament
will be inevitable. And it will be
their duty to see that the United
States is not left unduly protected in
the limitation Of armament plan that
it is hoped will be adopted. Any such
plan for the curtailing Of armaments
will be acceptable to the people of
the country only with the understand
ing that the other nations of the
world are limiting their ornaments
to the same extent-comparative
speaking-as this country.
Naval Experts Who May BE Called.
The chief Of naval operations. Ad-
miral Robert E. Koontz. Rear Ad-
miral w. S. Sims and others are
prominently mentioned in connection
with the Navy's representation on the
advisory committee. AS In the case
of the Army, Washington is the head
quarters of the chiefs of the various
bureaus Of the Navy. and all Of them
will be at hand for consultation on
questions relating to naval limitation.
Thomas A. Edison. by the way. has
been president of the naval consulting
board, and it is possible that the wig
to take part in some of the discus
sions relating to naval matters.
Among he bureau chiefs of the Navy
now here are Rear Admiral Thomas
Washington, chief of the bureau of
navigation; Rear Admiral Charles b.
Mcvay, chief Of the bureau of ord
nance; Rear Admiral David w. Tay-
lor. chief Of the bureau of construc-
tion and repair.
The Marine Corps, it is expected,
will be recognized in the coming con-
ference and the deliberations regard
ing limitations of ornaments, and
Maj Gen. John A. Lejuene, command
ant of the corps. and his assistant.
Maj. Gen. Wendell c. Neveille. are
likely to be called into the discus
sions.
Military and naval attaches at
American embassies and legations
abroad are being called to Washing
ton in order to give the government
the benefit of their observations.
- oP
of armaments, undoubtedly
the question of naval disarmament
will be given great prominence. The
three great naval powers of the world,
the United States, Great Britain and
Japan, will participate, and now, II
ever. seems the opportune time to OBJ
tain some ruling putting an end to
the apparently unending race for
naval supremacy.
Importance Of Proper Spirit.
will depend upon the manner in which
the conference game is played" II.
for instance, the two other naval
powers come here with the idea that
the people of the United States are
bent upon curtailing expenditures for
the Army and the Navy no matter
what the rest of the world may do
and in this they might be backed up
by some of the politicians and some
of the sentimentalists who favor COM
plete disarmament and even non-re-
resistance-then they may make en-
tirely unreasonable demands. upon this
country in the matter Of limitation
hand. the United States may say to
these powers, if not satisfied with the
terms suggested, This is the wealth.
lest country in the world; 1t can at
ford to build two battleships for every
single battleship laid down by Great
upon race for naval supremacy,
we'll enough, the United States, will
play its part"
Only by mutual concessions, the
diplomats say. can there be any re-
suits from the coming conference.
If the delegations come here to play
the game in the old way-each nation
seeking what advantage it may gain,
there will be little likelihood of any
result from the confer
ence. Much will depend, therefore,
upon the spirit in which the confer
ence is conducted. That is one Of the
reasons that men like Senator Borah
of Idaho, Senator johnson of Cali
fornia and others are clamoring for
CONTINUED on Third Page.)