The daily times., 1921-09-23
There is an Indication that
Great Britain Will Have Six
Members on Her Delegation
at the Armament Confer
ence, No Evidence That Pre-
miers Will Attend.
(By David Lawrence).
Copyright, 1921, by The Daily

(COpyrlght, 1921, by The Daily
Times.)
Washington, Sept. 23.-News from
England indicates that Great Britain
will have six members on her dele
cation to the Armament Conference.
If this is her wish, it will be grant
ed and every other delegation will
be increased from four to six men,
bers.
OF course America hasn't anything
to say about the personnel of other
delegations and has not attempted to
statement that the delegations ought
to be small SO as to permit of eff
fective transaction of business But
it is a fact that American public opin-
ion as guaged by those in authority
here indicates a desire to have the
IDominions of the British Empire re-
presented somehow in the British
delegation.
In the interests of better relations
between the various English-speak-
ing countries, it had been hoped that
the British Cabinet would invite the
premiers of Canada, New Zealand,
South Africa and Austria or their
representatives to sit in the Arma-
ment conference as a part of the Brit
iSh delegation.
Many of the problems which will
ho ot hn To
Eastern question are vitally related
to Canada, New Zealand and Aus
tralia. The United States would like
to be apprised directly of the views
of those countries and to make sure
that the representatives of those ma
tions are informed first hand in Wash
ington of the details of policy of the
Washington government. Indeed, far
more than appears on the surface,
the conference is destined to have an
important bearing on the relations
between the United States and the
British Empire. 1t is significantly re-
the direct sequel of the Imperial
Dominion Conference when the op-
position to the renewal of the Anglo
japanese alliance developed on the
IDENTIFY with the expressions of the
American press against the continu-
alton of that pact.
The first cable dispatches from
London would seem to indicate that
mot single representative of the
British dominions will be on the Brit
ish delegation. This has occasioEed
much disappointment here. At first it
was supposed that this may be due
to hesitancy on the part of Britain
to have her dominion governments
discuss foreign affairs with other
powers but the prominent part taken
by General Smuts of South Africa
in the Paris conference as well as
the success of the British government
in securing representation in the as
sembly of the League of Nations for
its dominions would seem to Offset
that impression. For years there has
D06n aS1CaC1On on the part OIL Ju0 Cdu-
adian people for a commissioner in
Washington. In principle this plan
has met with approval here but while
the British government might not OBJ
/ ject to a Canadian commissioner in
Washington, would they approve of
an American commissioner at Ottawa.
Although there is no parallel between
the Importance of Egypt over which
England maintains protectorate on
the one hand and Canada on the 9TH
er, it is a fact that an American COM
missioner possessing virtually diplo-
matte powers has been resident at
Cairo for years. The whole problem
is one of the delicate points between
the United States and Great Britain
which it had been expected here
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