Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-13
SOLONS PRAISE
AME R|CAN PLAN
To LIMIT ARMS
congressman, Members of
Both Parties, Join in Ex-
presSions of Approval OF
Aims of Conference.

tBy me AsAuVtulPV AEtsH'
Washington. Nov. - (by the AS
ISOLATED Press) General and en-
thusiastic commentator wa
given by members of congress to-
day to the American plan for limi'
tation of naval armament. Lead
ers of both parties Joined in en-
pressiOns of approval.
'I feel that the program. won
| derful ideal is destined to success,
said Senator Page, republican, Yer.
mont, chairman of the senate nava'
committee. Il feel sure that the
program, a feasible. practical and
liberal one, from the American and
also other points of view, will be
translated into an agreement
Similar views were expressed by
Senator Hitchcock, democrat. Ne
braska, ranking minority member
of the senate foreign relations com
njttee.
1.-THE boldness and candor OF
Secretary Hughes proposals cap
tured everybody" he said. The
program is enormous and | believe
will be a success. felt proud that
we had such a secretary of state as
Mr.. Hughes"
Senator Poindexter. republican
Washington, who has active charse
Of naval appropriation bills in the
senate, said the program presented
"a very good basis II properly
worked out and guarantees for ful-
fillment are given.
,,lo1o 7 view II,
said he puts the United states on
an equal footing with Great Britain
and gives japan somewhat higher
relative position"
II am afraid we have been too
generous at the outset" said Sen
ator Moses, republican, New Hamp-
shire. of the foreign relations com
mittee, stating that he proposed
further study of the proposal.
One democratic senator pointed
out that the naval appropriation
bill of 1916. had a clause giving the
president power to conclude an
armament limitation agreement
without n treaty. Another pointed
out that IT, disarmament cia uses
relating to Germany in the treaty
of Versailles. declared Germany
was stipulated to pre-
marc the way for other powers 10
limit ornaments.
From the same sources came
the suggestion that German
might well be invited to the con-
ference. to be a party to volnn-
tarv agreement of limitation, as
factor Of the French demands TOT
an army of potential defense
against Germany. ,
Speaker Gillett, of the house
said: 49,.
"rhe definiteness and explicit
ness of Secretary Hughes propo-
sails made one feel we were ut last
face to face with a new and auspl-
cious and far-reaching movement
in the progress OF civilization"
Representative Mondell, republl'
can house leader, said:
THE American plan goes fur-
Their than even the most optlmlsti,
could have expected as the first
suggestion. 1t sets at rest all
doubt as to our purpose and is so
fair and reasonable that the ma
tons most affected cannot fail TO |
realize its logic and it's fairness
without delay and without equiv
ocation, the president and the
American delegates have presented
a plan, which. if adopted, ends all
dangers of competitive naval ar
mament for this generation
Representative Garrett of Ten
nessee, democratic house leader.
1T scratched the surface. No
doubt the conference will try to
lig still deeper to reach the end
all people hope for"
Senator Simmons, democrat,
North Carolina, said he was hear
lily in favor of the Hughes sug-
yestions.
1.-THE plan IS a mastery one,
said Senator Smoot, republican,
Utah. Its conception and presen'
alton reflect honor on the ma
ion. I am sure it will bring about
success of the conference"
Senator Pomerene, democrat, !
ohio, author of a pending resolu-
ion to suspend naval construction
Turing the conference, said
Hughes proposals were "a very
rood suggestion"