Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
DELEGATES RESENT
LONDON CRITICISM
SAY THEY ARE NOT
COMMITTED TO ANY SUB
STANTIAL RESERVATIONS

The severe criticisms in certain
leading British liberal newspapers
OF what they regard as reservations
proposed by the British delegation
to the American naval reduction
| proposals is based upon a miscon-
ception, according to statements
made by British representatives at
Washington.
The British representatives. while
again emphasizing eommittal to con-
tinuation of small amount of naval
construction during the ten-year hol-
iday and while pointing out that
Arthur j. Balfour, the delegation
head. in his speech Monday develop
ed strong objection to the construc-
tion of large submarines and gener-
ally to the use of submarines at all
in war, state that beyond that they
are not positively committed to any
lean program.
For the first time the delegations
of the United States, Great Britain,
Japan, France, Italy, China. Belgium
and The Netherlands, acting as a
eastern questions, assembled for
for procedure.
which the conference tackled the
armament problem on its opening
dav, the representatives of the pow
ars -Yent into the committee meeting
waiting on one another to speak first
about the intricate questions that
long have troubled diplomatic rela-
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Every nation had rather concrete
idea of the principles ii meant to
present, but no one seemed anxious
to break the ice.
The attitude of the United States
is that the interest of this govern
ment is not nearly so direct in the
far eastern situation as 1t was in the
question of ornaments. Both China
and Japan appeared to prefer to
wait and familiarize themselves with
the atmosphere OF the conference be-
fore laying down their views in de-
tail. Great Britain also had failed
to give any indication of a willing
ness to take the initiative. whtic all
the other powers felt that their more
or less remote relationship to the far
eastern tangle should prompt them
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present.
The general prediction was that
the task of drafting a method of pro-
smaller committee. 1t was expected
that all nine of the nations repre-
scented would have membership on
the committee and would unite their
influence to hasten the committee
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cussion might take rank as soon as
possible abreast of the more advanc-
ed negotiations on armament.
Preservation OF territorial i2teg-
rity and political administrative I'M
dependence, together with the pres
ervation OF the open door policy and
prohibition against secret treaties
in the Far East, were included in
the Chinese proposal outlined today
at the initial session of the arma-
ment conference committee on far
eastern questions.
China in a return would agree
mot to ALLEVIATE or lease any portion
of her territory" to any foreign pow
er, and 'tall special rights, privileges,
held in China by any foreign power
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All existing limitations upon
China's political, jurisdictional and
administrative freedom of action"
would he removed and provision
made for future conferences from
time to time for the international
discussion Of the far eastern situa-
tion.
Other elements of the Chinese pro-
posals provide for full respect for
China's rights as neutral in all flu
ture wars to which the nation is not
party and for peaceful settlement
of international disputes in the Pa
cific and the Far East.
The Chinese proposals with re-
spect to far eastern questions are
stated authoritatively to have the
moral support of the American
delegation.