The New York herald., 1921-11-15
ACENDA CONFEREES
PUT ARMS AHEAD
FAR EAST DISCUSSION
Later Two Subjects May Be
Debated COncurrently in
Washington Farley.
PROCEDURE is UNDECIDED
HOllanders Are Pleased With
Progress - American Sub
committees Appointed.
PROCEDURE is UNDECIDED
Special Despatch TO THE New York HERALD

Special Despatch TO THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c., Nov. IL.
AT the second public session of the
armaments conference, which will be
held in Continental Hall beginning at
IL A M. tomorrow, the delegates will
discuss the proposal Of Secretary Of
State Hughes for naval reduction,
and also will consider the general
programme Of procedure which was
not decided upon finally by the COM
mittees representing the Powers
which met to-day in the Pan-Ameri-
can Building.
Formal communicates giving this
bare information were issued to-
night by the press section of the con-
ference.
1t is proposed "to recommend to
the conference the appointment Of a
committee composed of all the pleni-
potentiary delegates of the United
States. the British Empire, France,
Italy and Japan, to examine and
report to the full conference with
respect to limitation of armament,
and with power to set up such sub
committees as it might from time to
time deem desirable"
The same method Of procedure was
adopted relative to the Far Eastern
question. with the addition of all OF
the plenipotentiary delegates OF Bel
GUM, China, The Netherlands and Por-
tugal.
Hughes to submit Proposals.
Secretary Hughes will submit both
proposals to the conference at its
meeting tomorrow.
The significant feature of tne official
communique was the following an
nouncement with respect to armament
limitations:
It was agreed that the delegates
should be given an opportunity 10
speak. IL desired. at the meeting
of the conference tomorrow con-
cerning the proposals OF the dele
cation of the United States with
regard 10 limitation of armament
The conclusions drawn from the ma !.
ture Of this bare information concern
ing the action of the committees was
that consideration of the Far Eastern
question will proceed concurrently
with that of limitation of armament.
but definite consideration at this tire
will be devoted TO the question of arms
limitation. The American proposal
will naturally be the basis of this dis
cussion and the evident determination
to discuss it suggests a meeting to-
morrow almost as dramatic as that of
Saturday.
1t was assumed the committees had
not reached final decision as to the
agenda and this Wilt come up before the
full conference for final action.
The committee on limitation or arma-
ment met to-day at IL 4. NJ. Those
present were Secretary of State Hughes,
chairman; Arthur J. Balfour Great
Britain: Premier BRAND. France; SEN
ator Carlo Schanzcr Italy, and Adj
niral Tomasabura Kato. japan.
The meeting for consideration of the
Far Eastern question was held at 3
p. NJ, and I'm addition to the delegates
mentioned above was attended by Baron
de Cartier de Marchienne. Belgium DIR.
Alfred Sze China Jonkheer RI. A. Van
Karnabeek, The Netherlands, and Wis.,
count dAlte, Portugal Both meetings
were comparatively brief.
The smaller Powers incline to accept
ance of the American proposal Their
viewpoint was voiced to-day in an off,
cial statement by The Netherlands dele
cation as foli-~s:
We are Interested in the arma-
ments conference only as observers
and have no part to play In the ac-
tyIal disarmng itself Holland only
has sufficient naval armaments 10
preserve her neutrality and has no
building programme,
Holland always has been a peace
ful nation and has met with no diff
culties in the Far East. When the
questions of the Far East come up
rcr discussion then Holland viii per-
maps take part. She Is vtaly in
terested In tho Far East so
far as the Dutch East indies are
concerned and her main object Is to
protect her interests.
BY her peaceful progress Holland
has more ar less been able to keep
peace In her particular section or the
Far East. Lying az shc docs. be-
twecn the continent o. Australia and
VIC mainland Of southern Asia she
Is in position 20 play q vital part
in the politics Of both Asia and
Australia. yet she has never con-
cerned herself with the affairs Of her
neighbors and has continued her own
political and commercial develop