Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-23
DETAILS SLOW.
UP WORK AT
ARMS PARLEY
SUB Committee Takes Up
Chma's Economic
Embarrassrnents

Washington, D. c., Nov. 22.-(By
The Associated Press)-Negotiations
relating to both the Far East and
armament limitation moved more
slowly today as attention Of the srml
delegates passed from general policie,
to details.
China's economic embarrassmena
formed the text of the Far Eastern
discussions which resulted in tho ap
pointment of subcommittee Of rep.
resentatives of nine nations to study
the subject of administrative auton.
omy for China with particular refer
ence to tariff and tax restrictions.
The land armament problem also Wa
considered at informal conferences and
a meeting of the armament committee
OF the whole was called for tomorrow
with the expectation that Premier Bri-
and of France would say a last word
as to his country's attitude on armies.
On the side Of naval armament, In
formal exchanges continued between
delegates and naval experts with an
air OF growing confidence Of details
of the American plan would eventual
ly bring the powers Into agreement.
~ - possiole tne naval plan may re-
ceive some consideration at tomorrow's
meetinS Of the five delegations which
constitute the armament committee Of
tha whole but the greater attention Is
expected to center on land armament
in view of the Importance OF NJ. Bril-
and's talk for France. 1t Is the pre-
scrvatiop of her army 18th the moral
backing OF the principal powers that
most interests France at present and
It is known n. BRAND would be
pleased to take back to France a
formal conference Endorsement OF the
position he has taken against mate
rial reduction.
Whether the other delegations will
be willing to go SO far as to take for
NAL action of that character Is uncer-
tain, altho 1t Is taken for granted that
at tomorrow's meeting there will be
many general expressions OF appre-
citation for the reasons which impel
France to maintain the largest army.
Land, naval and Far Eastern ques-
tions were talked over by Secretary
Hughes today with the American ad-
visory committee of 81 and after he
had presented a report subcommittees
We're instructed to prepare reports for
the American delegates on details.
The submarine issue raised by Great
Britain Will be one question to be in
vestigated and another whose inclusion
which was regarded as forecasting q
new angle of the negotiations will bo
the use and legitimacy of new weapons
OF warfare. Thus far that eubject has
not been mentioned in the conference.
The subcommittee on Chinese ad-
ministrative autonomy expected to
find Its chief task IN an ATTEMPTED
rearrangement of the customs arrange
ments which have kept China from Inv
posing a duty Of more than 5 per cent
on her imports. in addition there IL
expected to be an inquiry into the in
ternationnl agreements from which GER
tain specified items OF the republics
tax returns must be turned over in
payment OF foreign obligations. All
of these restrictions, the Chinese de-
clare have resulted in such q curtatl-
ment of national revenues as to make
economic progress impossible. Tho
Chinese delegates have emphasized the
tariff autonomy principle as one OF
the most important she wished to es-
tablish and there are said to have been
indications in today's discussions that
this view had met with much sympa-
thy among other delegations. Tho sub
committee was authorized at the sug-
gestion OF Senator Underwood Of the
American delegation. Altho the dele
gates have not taken UP some of the
most troublesome questions involved
in the Far East situation. the progress
made thus far was described in off,
ciai circles tonight as highly encour-
aging.
SO rapidly and smoothly have tho
negotiations moved that some of those
connected with the American delega-
ton are predicting that the American
conference will go a loug way toward
clearing up the Far Eastern tangle.
The probable procedure with ref
erence to Chinese ana other Far East
crn and Pacific questions was FORE
cast today in authoritative quarters.
The Root resolution, adopted yesterday
by the Far Eastern committee of the
whole together with adoDted in the
future IL was said. would be brought
before n plenary session of the con.
tContiuu-d on P1Ge TwOl