The daily times., 1921-11-17
OUTLINE OF WHAT
DIFFERENT POWERS
AIM TO ESTABLISH
ENGLAND AGREEABLE
She is Quite Ready to Reduce
the Cost of Naval Arma-
ment; Japan Would Cling to
Her Submarine; China Will
Stage a Great Fight for Po-
litical independence.
(By David Lawrence
Copyright. 1921, by The Daily

Washington, Nov. 16.-Govern-
ments do not usually show their hand
early in an international conference
but enough has developed here al
ready to determine what the general
course of the various nations is to be.
Now that the public sessions are tenn
pOrarily at an end. it is important to
know the principles and motives
which are guiding the different pow
ers in the secret committee meetings
where after all the real conclusions
will be reached for. as Bernard Shaw
once said. principles are always easily
settled but it's the "details that cause
divorces
Here is an outline of what the diff
ferent powers are aiming to do as
their delegates rs we'll as in public
utterances:
First. Great Britain is sincerely try
ing to bring about reduction in tue
cost of naval armament and is ready
to agree in entirety to the American
proposal about scrapping large bat
tleships but is sensitive about the flu
ture development of the submarine
and airplane.
If the truth were told, there is a
good deal more fear OF those two
weapons of warfare than naval eX-
perts like to admit Scrapping of bat
tleships is not difficult if the submar-
inc and airplane are to be used
as instruments of offensive war.
AS the discussions proceed, these
two will grow in import
ance. They are the real "details" of
the naval proposals. The question OF
shipyards for replacement and repairs
will give little difficulty AS yet moth
ing has been said publicly about the
lAnglo-Japanese alliance but the Brit
| ish delegation knows the American
lview. Great Britain appears ready to
give I'D the Anglo-Japanese alliance
but will use it as bargaining point
! to gain from the United States either
an understanding about the funding
of war debts or concessions in respect
of naval matters The probabilities
are that the British themselves have
lnot decided the point but they do
know the United States is eager to
have the alliance abrOgated and with
characteristic diplomacy, the British
are waiting the opportune moment to
obtain some "quid pro quo.
Second, Japan is rather eager for
reduction of naval armament but
like Great Britain she sees value in
the submarine Japan's desire, how.
ever. is to use the submarine and tc
obtain permission to build cruising
submarine big enough to operate a
great distances from home.
This comedies with the wish o
American naval experts, too, who be
I1ieve the offensive submarine is val
luable arm for possible operations il
the Pacific. Great Britain has the hu
manitarian argument. however, ant
will emphasize it constantly and pro
baby her view will prevail for it
= easy to get public opinion arouse
{. even to the point perhaps of abolish
ing submarines altogether because Q
!. the fact that their only practicabl
use is by inhumane raids on surfac
i. craft. Japan's real aim at this cor
:. ference is not naval armament whic
seems easy to adjust but Far Easter
affairs. This means China. Japan ha
made it plain that she is willing t
y go along with the great powers
their desire to lift the tax burden bu
that she wants a more or less fire
hand in China. Baron Kato is repre-
: sented as saying he hoped the Unite
81 States would not unduly interfere
lin China. That's the crux of the who
= -lthing. Japan wants free hand
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