Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-01
WILSON MAY CALL
WORLD CONFERENCE
ON DISARMAMENT
Significance Seen in VISIT Of Acting
Secretary Davis 20
President.
HAS HAD LEGAL
POWER SINCE 1916

Washington. Jan. Ia visit =" ine
President YESTERDAY afternoon b. Norman
VI. Davis, acting Sccrrfsfy ~ State hae
led to n report here fnat Nr. Nllsou viii
call world conference on ditnrfnaucnf
After leaving the White H0fiFF-~NI
DAVIS returned g. the state Department
where he held other confcrcnerv ghifh
are believed 20 have related 90 hr tab
with the President. One n rlcse was wifh
Admiral Robert +. Coonfz, chirf a naval
operations ~ the navy. who r. acting ne
Secretary IL the Nsvv m The trn1preft
absence from 'ho city II Secre,ary Daniel
who will return tods, Admiral Cont
was with the acting Sccrcsari II state ~
three quarters cf m hour, and pnilcfteYf
was no admisson fnaf hrs conference wiz
Mr.. Davis bore a relation - tho latter
vIsit 10 mo White House, ,no belief va
strong tnat IL dia.
Yesterday afternoon here VS. = DO.
srstent rtmor 'hs. the conference be'veen
Mr.. Davis ana the President rciaffd 20 fhs
question n nrusneDts. and that Pre~-
dent Wilson had in mind Che cnllingsf sr
international conference for fhe purress ~
dcvising plan for the limtaficn of
arusmcnfs, under authority vested IN 'rr
President b.; the Naval Appropriation hill
failed % confirm the report which seerns
go have been based wholly On as-urnptirr
and speculation Mr. Dnvis ard Adrnirai
Coonfr eneh refuses 20 Discuss their cor
ference I'm snv way AZ she White Hrusr
no information wns ot.airabie regsrdi-r
the subject Of the talk which Che pr-sid~rf
had with Mr. DAVIS.
The assumption that Che ~onferen~r
dealt with disarmament appears ~ have
been based on the fact that = strong move
nent has been developing Iu favor ~ q
limitation of arrnsufcfitS hv international
agreement Recently President WILSON
was invited ~ send representatives from
THE country 70 represent The American
army and navy in sessions ~ the Armament
commission of the IseagrIe %. Nafions
President Wilson declined that Invita- ion
with great deal n rrgrct. and oniv ~.
cause the United States governments bad
not become ruenal,cr ~ the iergsie
Sircp the Presidents communication ~
refusal ~ name such delegates. even ~ sif
without IN snv way committing the 4 NV
ed States. q well organized movement has
been launched 10 both this countrv and
England as well as IN Japan. IN favor of
limitation a naval arufancnfs
President Wilson has had legal power
since 1916 70 invite the icaninz uatious
of the world 20 send dclegafes - an inter-
national conference ~ CONSIDER the durs-
ton Of limitation Of armameuts. The N \
val act Of 1915 authorized the President
Invite at an appropriate tune. NOT lrev
than the end al the war IN Europe. at fhsY
great governments 10 send representative. |
70 such n conference. An appropriation ~
$500 600 ~ deiray the expenses a ni
American delegation t0 such q C0nfcfcucr
was voted by Congress.
Whatever the character n thc couier-
ences between acting Secretary DAVE and
President Wilson and Admiral 1oouff
Yesterday, i was iutIraated that probably
not later than this evening some sort oI
announcement would be tort ncomfng
from the state Department From uo
official quarter. however, was d possible fr
ascertain that the question ol armamenis
was the matter discussed IN yesterday ,
conferences.