New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13
1 aris Discerns
New League i'm
Arms Council
Sentiment Favors Letting
Conference Take Over All
Functions and Devise a
Reconstructed Covenant
World Issues Pressing
Doubt Expressed Whether
Deliberations Can Be Linn
tied to the Far East
Special Gable TO The Tribune

Copyright. 1921 New York Tribune Inc
PARIS, July 12.-The reception
which France has given to Presi-
dent Hardings plan for an interna-
tional disarmament conference seems
to have crystallized into widespread
sentiment in favor of letting the
Washington meeting form the healthy
basis of a new society of nations.
That new society would usurp the
functions of the present league and
eventually would either work over the
present covenant or draw up a sub
stitute.
FrenchmeI. refuse to regard the
| Forthcoming conference as simply a
i disarmament proposition. They see in
it meeting in which the whole world
The Supreme Council, still vaguely
scheduled to meet the last of July. is
now regarded here as a mere side
show, necessary because the Upper
Silesian tangle must be dealt with.
The real Supreme Council meeting will
be in Washington when the leaders
of all the great nations will gather to
discuss the great international prob
lens that the present league has been
unable to approach with any definite
ness.
Both Houses Enthusiastic
The Chamber of Deputies and the
Senate interrupted Premier BRAND with
applause repeatedly to-day when he an
nounced that France was eager to ac-
cept "Presidcnt Harding's noble appeal"
The Premier expressed the hope that
the conference would give definite
peace to the world and to France the
security to which she has a right. In
the Senate, where he appeared after
making a similar announcement in the
Chamber, BRAND added to the mention
of Frances acceptance: within the
limit of precautions which guarantee
her security, France will associate her
self in this work begun to assure the
peace of the world"
LIE Temps expresses the views of
many here when it says:
although the problems of the Orient
and the Pacific are vast, those who at
tend the conference will not be able to
limit the debate to these points 1t
will be the first time in more than
two years that the principal Allied and
associated powers find themselves
around the same table.
''1t would not be astonishing if, dur
ing the remainder of the summer and
IN the early autumn, the entire world
orients itself toward the coming con-
ference. Whatever the results of the
conference may be, it is going to act
as magnet for all the political prob
lens Of our universe"
PARIS, July l2 (By The Associated
Press).-The French government will
accept with pleasure and without re-
serve an invitation to a conference on
limitation of armaments. This is stated
in letter sent to the American En-
bassy here by the government this
morning for President Harding.
Sheldon Whitehouse, Counselor of
the American Embassy, said this after
noon that the reply of the French gov
ernment had been cabled to Washing
ton during the morning. There was as
yet no indication, he added, when the
formal invitation would be presented to
Frence.
Foreign Office Sends Note
The attitude of France was officially
made known through the Foreign Of
fee in note from NJ. de Peretti de la
Pocca. Director Of Political Affairs,
stating that France would be happy to
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