The Washington herald., 1921-11-07
Delegates Await Only Ar
rival of BRAND and
Balfour.
FACE GREAT TASK
WITH OPTIMISM
Conference Likely to Side
track Claims of Out
siders-
we ar. ready to proceed." "

we are ready to proceed"
Developments 20 date Ia ccnnec-
ton with the conferenc. for IN.
limitation of arma meats tndIc.t.
that this will be the reply az tbe
chairman OF each .n-f.ed Seleratt..n
when the initial session is called
10 oroer ext Saturday morning.
Every na IN that will participste
in the confersnc is represented h,.ra
today. The ''heAdliners" for Britain
ano France-Ars"U J. BaIfour ara
Premier Briand-sJ.u 7rc 10 5rrt.e
The French delegation Is due To-
day. BalfOur VIII arrivc IN 9rhrrs-
day. He will sit as head Of the
British representation until Premier
Lloyd George comes. probably a
fortnight hence.
All Hopeful Of ReSuIts.
Already the momentous question
OF now far IL will be possible 70 70
IN completing a program OF word
peace Is being debated within the
| GUARDED precincts Of the several
delegations. The feeling 20 date 4.
one OF optimism. II universally a
agreed that definite action must he
taken and that each nation must be
! prepared TO make sacrifices In or
der that a complete agreement nav
be reached. Whether this attitude
/ VIII continue when the cards are
on the table and the necessity arises
Of paying the price for future world
peace only the Developments, them
selves viii tell But for the presenf
at lease the air is filled with hone
and no single individual has sound
ed a discOrdant note.
SUNDAY penaraTlv 80.
rest for the foreign envoys ard
their aides. Many attended religious
services. Others participated in va
/ rious social functions And many
OF the advisors and experts OF the
delegations took ADVANTAGE Of the
absence OF visitors TO compile sta
tistics that will be needed later.
This was especially SO Of the Jap
anese and Chinese delegations
Delegations Mostly Busy.
There has been complete abs.nc.
Of fratrnizing among the various
delegations up TO the present time.
OI course there have been the usual
formal calls. Cards have been left
at the door and formal greetings
nave been exchanged. But the ma
| jority Of the delegations have been
so busy settling down for the fouth-
coming grind that there has been
very little time for social happen-
inGs.
There promises TO be plenty OF
time for this later on The one
thing all agree on is that II the
program set forth in the aEenda
is carried through to completion the
task viii be one to be measured
in months rather than weeks. The
! dtCrmEElnm n,a
melled. But to consider all OF the
topics that are to be suggested by
Secretary State Hughes whoa
preparation OF the business Dr.
gram becomes the order Of business
is task Of as great magnitude ss
confronted the peace conference In
Paris Because OF this there Is a
disposition on the part Of many oC
the delegations to suggest that
nothing not already set forth in the
sgenda be allowed to enter into the
negotiations.
Claims 90 BE SIde-tracked.
II seemed almost certain last
night that no opportunity would be
Afforded the representatives %
"would-be" nations to argue their
claims before the conference. They
will be side-track ed should they Az
pear. OF coUrsr ta.r" are s0I.a
matters not set forth in the aEenda
that must inevitably crop up during
the deliberations. As an instance
the French delegation most certain
ly will insist that France be as
sured complete protection fnpm
German aggression before she can
consent to any reduction Of her
military strength. However. this
is the most essential position OF
the French delegation so that II
hardly can be objected TO as NOT
pertinent to the main subject be-
fore the conference.
Holland sEverybOdy's FrIend.-
The hrst delegation 10 reach
Washington to insist that il would
| occupy the more or less dangerous
nole OF innocent bystsnder" was
that from the Netherlands which
came 10 Washington from New
York Sunday afternoon. Its CHIEF.
J. II. A. van Karnebcck. declared
after reaching here that Holland
was "eyerybody's friend" He stated
that he and his associates hoped
to cooperate in making the con-
ference a complete success and
would wholeheartedly cooperate
with everyone for that purpose.
The American delegates will con-
tinue their conferences today. Ev-
cry EFFORT is being made by Secrc-
tary Hughes and his associated Am.
bassadors to have the national pro-
gram as nearly complete as pcssi-
BILE when the conference assemblies
In Continental Memorial Hall next
Saturday. The advisory committees
named by President Harding Is 10
get together for organization on
| Wednesday. The membership viii
be divided into committees and the
4 work laid out for them by Mr..
Hughes and his colleagues. Unu-
they get here and proceed TO busi-
ness the exact scope OF their Work
will not be defined.
China Asks Protection.
- The members OF the Chinese del,
egstion are working night and day
completing their program for par
ticipation in the conference when
the Far Eastern problem il tskcn.
up. No officisl statement rerardtaE
their aspirations has been foYtn-
coming. Their Intentions are
summed up In the bread s;a' wear
u that they expect the Chincsc pco-|
pie TO be allowed 20 wei p'It thctr
own destiny and that n 80
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