New Britain herald., 1921-11-17
Some Believe If Indepen-
dent Agreement Can
Be Reached On For
mer, Other Will Adjust
Itself
British Decision on Naval
Proposals Will Not Be
Completed for Several
Days.

Washington, Nov. 17.-(By the AS
sociated Press Hughes
today called a meeting of the Amer
lean delegates for ESQ O'Clock. The
purpose of the meeting was not an
nounced but it was understood to
be for discussion of the plans of dele
gate heads for dealing with PACING
and Far Eastern questions
Each separate Matter
With todays meeting the Far
Eastern discussions and those relating
to armament reduction began to fol-
low entirely independent pathways.
and there was growing impression
that sooner or later all the interested
nations would come around to the
view that the fortunes of the two are
not inseparably linked. The United
states from the first has felt that
solution OF the Far East questions
would\ pc great aid in preserving
peace, hut the American delegates
.apparently do not feel that the arn.a-
ments program need be a failure II
the Far Eastern discussions fall short
of agreement.
Ttak is a subject which few dele
gaJs will discuss without the great
est serve, but the moves OF all the
powsI rs thus far Save indic,sed a
Unanimous intention to go as lar as
possible with the armaments plans
without making them in any way de-
pendent on an agreement as to the
Far nast
May Settle All
In fact in some quarters it is felt
| that With an independent armament
agreement an accomplished fact and
with tn epowers even taitly agreed
as to the broadest principles to be
pursued in the Pacific and the Orient
further treaties on specific under
standings as to the details Of the Far
Eastern situation may be rendered
unnecessary
If a way can be worked out to
awaken China to sense OF her ma
tional strength and to assure her of
the sympathetic interest of all the
powers in her effort toward national
development some of the delegates
believe the real purpose OF the discus
sions here will have been accomplish
ed.
British study Problem.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1T.-(By Associ-
ated Press.) Three or four days
must elapse before the British COM
mittee which is considering the sub
| iect of naval armament will be able
TO conclude its work. This committee
which is headed by Arthur j. Bal
| four, head of the British delegation.
| and includes all the British dele
| gates, is working hard in daily ses-
sions with the assistance of num-
! ber of the British naval experts up
on the American proposal.
Regarding the point that has been
made in favor of the American plan
that by favoring submarines, rather
than expensive battleships, weaker
nations may be placed on a plane of
| equality as such means of defense will
be within their financial resources. 1t
is explained in authoritative quarters
| that the British object decidedly to
any plan that would tend to cheaper
wars, and thereby render them more
likely to occur.
The British are represented as
| feeling that the conference is not apt
to abolish ships because they are ex-
pensiNc but rather with the nobler
purpose OF avoiding war a submar-
inc which may be cheaper they hold.
will not accomplish the object in view.
1t was declared with significant en-
phasis that this subject is bound to
loom large in the discussions not only
of the conference but in the press of
! the world