Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-04
Outline of World
Arms Conference
Completed byU.S.
Limitation Of Land Arma.
ment Practically Ignored
by American Delegates
Up to Present Time.
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.


Washington. Nov J.-The inter-
national conference on the Limitation
OF ornaments Is getting under way,
Almost every train brings more
members OF delegations and oi their
STATS OF political and technical ad.
visers and the embassies and special
headquarters OF the foreign eontin-
gents are humming with the prepara::
ton OF views on the settlement OF
Pacific and far eastern questions and
on the reduction OF armamen,s 10 be
submitted 10 the conference.
The American delegation. presided
over by Mr.. Hughes, spent the fore
noon in further discussion with Sec
rctary OF the Navy Denby. Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt, Admiral Cooniz
and Captain Pratt OF the various
plans for a naval holiday worked out
by the Navy department
Outline Completed.
Il was learned that the American
delegates have completed a pretty
definite outline OF the armament re-
duction proposals to be submisted to
the conference. The American sug-
gestion is understood to aim at a
joint agreement which would operate
to curtail naval construction without
changing the relative strength OF
Great Britain, the United States and
Japan.
Details Of the plan are withheld
for diplomatic reasons and will be
presented to the representatives oi
all the powers at the same time.
The American delegation has given
practically no consideration, up to
date, to concrete plans for the limi-
totion of laid armament. lnasmuch
as the United States already has re-
duced its army to the basis required
for police purposes only. this is a
question OF less concern to America.
There is a prevalent opinion that an
agreement on limitation OF land
armament is unlikely to be evolved
by the conference.
To Assemble November IL.
The conference will assemble for
the first time at 1890 a. NJ. Satui-
day, November II, in the hall of the
Da ighters of the American Revolt
ton. 1t will be called to order by
Secretary Hughes and will be well
coined by President Harding i'll an
address which will strike the key
note OF the American attitude toward
world peace and reduction Of arma-
ments. Organization of the body
probably will be deferred till Mon
day, when Mr.. Hughes will be elect
ed president of the conference and
the heads Of other delegations VIC
presidents.
The report that Premier Lloyd
George would not be able to attend
the opening OF the conference on
limitation of ornaments was disap-
pointing but not depressing news to
this government, as the State de-
partment was aware developments in
British affairs might postpone the
prime minister's visit to Washington.
1t is confidently expected that
Lloyd George will come to Washing
ton later. possibly the end of Novem-
Der, il the work of the conference
gets well under way by that time, or
after the Christmas holidays if diff
culties permit, and if difficulties
should bring the conference to
deadlock some diplomatic commen-
tators believe that the British prime
will appear on the scene at
the right moment to throw the
weight of his personal prestige and
skill as a mediator to effect an agree
maof