The New York herald., 1921-08-07
JAPS ACCEPT NOV. II
FOR PARLEY ON ARMS
y. S. Suggestion for Date Of
Meeting in Washington
Is Unopposed.
VIEWED AS EPOCH MAKING
British Ambassador and Mi
kado's Foreign Minister
Discuss Plans.
BIZ thc Assoctnted Press.

TOXIC, Aug. 6.-Japan has agreed to
November IL as the date for the be-
ginning of the armament limitation
conference in Washington, as sug-
gested by the United States. according
to this mornings newspapers.
Foreign Minister Uchida. the news
papers state. told the Cabinet he had
informed Edward Dell, the American
Charge d'Affaires. that Japan had no
objection to the date chosen.
A report printed in the Hochi Shin
bun that Japan had received a COM
munication from the United States
suggesting the abandonment of Japan's
claim to a special position in China Is
declared to be untrue, but the news
papers insist that such a proposal has
been made informally to Baron Kijuwo
Shidehara, the Japanese Ambassador
at Washington. They say also that
Marquis Curzon. the British Foreign
Secretary, has been spoken to on the
subject in connection with the discus
sion OF the agenda on the Washington
ssrcssriss rros, iits-sArass aSnasss-
sador had a 'conference yesterday with
Mr.. Uchida over the preliminary nego-
tiations for the conference.
The disarmament question was touched
upon incidentally to-day by Marquis
okuma, formerly Premier. in an address
to the Education Society. II Japan, he
said, could save O0.00o.000 yen (about
500. 900. o00) annually by armament re-
duction Il should all be spent In educa-
ton
While the Powers are discussing the
programme for the proposed conferences
at Washington the trend OF public opin-
ion here continues In the direction OF
regarding the conference as an epoch
making effort TO reduce unremunerative
expenditures and reach a practical un-
deretandng on the needs and wishes or
| the nations OF the world. This Is evident
desptte the reiterated fears OF some pub
llcists that Japan will have the place OF
"a chopping board" at Washington.
Constructive suggestions are being
made, while the idea Is beginning to take
hold that reduction OF border armaments
would permit Japan to improve CONNER
cial development in Asia. particularly In
China. BY diverting TO Industry the
wealth spent on warships.
Some Of the members of the Kensei-
Kai, or Opposition party. favor move
ment for Japanese Chinese cooperation
for the introduction at the conference
OF the question of racial equality. They
also urge the inclusion of Holland, on
account OF the vital interests OF that
nation In the Far East, and the ex-
clusion OF Italy because of the absence
of such interests.
Some OF the latest comment in the
newspapers indicates how certain Jap
anese circles are convinced that the
conference should be seized as an op-
portunity for the consideration OF mat
ters vitally affecting the empire. After
recommending the destruction OF the
naval and military equipments Of the
northern Pacific islands Of Ponin. Liuldu
and the Pescadores, and Hawaii. Guam
and the Philippines. the Osaka Mamie HI
Shiubmr urges insistence upon equal
opportunity throughout the world. the
establishment OF the principle Of eco-
nomic freedom by equitable distribu-
tion OF raw materials free migration
OF the races. with the guarantee OF free
dom OF labor and protection. the SOW
ereignty OF China and. finally, the estab-
Iishment OF peace policy toward
Russia.