New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-11
STUDYING HARD
FOR ARMS MEET
AMERICAN DELEGATES AND Ex-
PERTS GETTING READY FOR
THE BIG CONFERENCE.
PREPARING THE "EWDENCES"
Some Sympathy Being Shown for ia
pans Plea for More Breathing
Space for Her People-Diseiosure Of
Armaments Expected.
BY EDWARD 8. CLARK.

BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
Washingt0n.-In the State depart
ment today the officials are 'pressin,
time' In their effort to complete IL
detail every plan of procedure In thu
forthcoming conference on limitation
of ornaments and Far East problems
In a sense the conference is to b,
court-like in its procedure. Evidenc,
will be adduced to sustain this con
t%entiOn, or to refute that contention
and these evidences will be pre
sented by one nation after another
through its statesmen-attOrneys.
Today In Washington groups Of ex
perts, or at any rate men thought t.
be experts, are engaged in the wori
of preparation for the 'court con
ference" One group is gathering to
gether everything that pertains to
well, we will say zap; another grouI
Is cOllating all the material which has
a bearing on spheres of influence IL
China: another group Is turning M
everything that has a bearing Oh 81
IBERIA other groups are looking aftel
American army and navy statistics
and presumably statistics relating Il
the armies and navies of the other
powers. and there are still other groups
digging for and bringing to light any,
thing they can find which may be
useful as direct evidence or in re,
buttal.
The American delegates TO the con.
ference have been to school recently
trying TO learn things which to some
extent are new to them. Secretary
Hughes probably can pass an exam.
nation today In everything pertaining
to the subjects in hand. He Is at II
morning, noOn and night. Senator
Lodge, chairman of the foreign re.
lations committee Of the senate, knows
n good deal about foreign affairs, but
It is doubtful if even he had any
thought that there was such an i'm.
mense amount of material which I'm
n way or another has Its bearing
on one or more of the questions which
II, thNt WI ' W dllNhtis
Elihu Rect has been In the State de-
partment and Oscar W. Underwood
knows the snuff of diplomacy from
the fine cut of legislation. The Amerl.
cal delegates constitute an able
headed body OF men, but they have
several scores Of lessons to learn, hard
enough TO tax any memory. any head,
and any gift of reasoning power.
Sympathy for Japan.
1t is entirely likely that sentiment
and sympath. will enter into the con-
ference as potent factors. Already 1t
Is being said that in n general way
American authorities, not necessarily
the American delegates to the con
ference, are inclined to admit the force
and validity of Japan's plea that Its
people need o to breathe and To
about. Some persons have gone
so far as TO intimate that America
will not look unkindly on a PROPOSE.
tion to let the japanese roam about
Siberia If they want to with q view
to making 1t In part their home. ST.
Is n long way off and II sounds
In American ears than Hawaii
or California.
May Disclose Armaments.
When the Far Eastern questions
have been settled by the coming con
ference, II settled they are TO be. the
world probably will know for the first
time definitely and officially Just how
much armament each country is DOS
sessed of. II is understood that not
only the numbers of ships and guns
md airplanes and things Of that kind
are to be disclosed. but thar arma.
nent and munitions matters will be
10 presented that the ~conferees, al.
.hough most of them will be laymen I'm
such matters, will know at once TO
he minutest fraction the defensive
md offensive power of every nation
worth the name.
The conference probably will settle
Town 10 work about Monday, Novem.
,er IA. ArmIstice day will witness
but n meeting and an in
adjournment. The next day. |
saturday, II is probable addresses OF
Welcome will be made, and that on the
GLOWING day, Sunday, the conferees
an go to church IL they want To.
On Monday, November IA. the thing
will start and IL the desire
) to know when the thing Is to stop
ct 1t be said that some men say
february /. others say May /. and
theirs say that the c~onferees In behalf
foreign nations are to have a chance.
lille still at the comforting business.
D take a look at the way Americans
CELEBRATE the Fourth If July.
Medal of Honor Men Invited.
\ most unusual order has Just been
by the War department. IL
unusual in the sense that IT is more
{ an invitation than an order and
leaves TO the personal preference
the officers aud enlisted men adj
the matter If compliance with
order. or If ii is preferred. the i'm.
\ Medal of Honor. the highest deco
in the gift Of the United States.
to be pinned to the flag which will
the coffin of the unknown sol.