The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-07-15
ONLY JAPAN's 0. K.
LACKING IN PLAN
FOR DISARMAMENT
England, France and Italy Ready for
Conference.

! Conference.
Rome, July 12.-The foreign min
istry officially notified the American
embassy tonight that President
Harding's plan for conference on
the limitation of ornaments meets
with the full approval of the Italian
government.
London, July 1.-THE disarma-
ment conference continues to be the
most prominent topic of discussion
dividing honors with the Irish
peace conference No doubt is felt
in London that all the nations in
vited will accept, and as the French
premier, M. Brian, seems already to
have decided to go to Washington,
it is considered all the more likely
that the British premier also will go,
always provided that the state of
affairs at home at that time will per-
nit his absence, and that his health
will permit him to make the trip, as
there has been talk of the premier
j taking a long rest in Switzerland by
advice of his physicians.
Thee belief prevails among the
members of his encourage, however
that the premier is strongly inclined
to visit America, and that Sir Auck-
land Geddes, the British ambassador
at Washington, is pressing him to go.
1t is assumed as a certainty that A. ].
Balfour, Lord President of the coun-
Gil, will be delegate, and probably
also Admiral Lord Beatty, Lord Lee
of Faroham, first Lord of the Ad-
miralty, and Sir Laming Worthing
Evans, Secretary of War.
Much interest is shown in the
question as to whether Germany and
Russia will be invited to send dele
gates, and in the undated press COM
ment increasing attention is be-
slowed on the fact that invitations
are not confined to those powers es-
pecially interested in Pacific prob
lens, but go also to France and Italy,
which, it is held, will introduce the
more complex problem of general dis
armament, military as w>lI as naval.
The premier's statement in the
House of Commons yesterday well
coming President Harding's sugges-
ton for a conference to discuss the
limitation of ornaments, probably |
will be the only announcement of the
attitude of Great Britain on the sub
ject until Washington has indicated |
the exact nature of the proceedings |
for organization of the conference |
and other details which will be han
died through the customary diplo-
matte channels. |
Pending conclusion of these ar
Downing street officials |
declared this afternoon that it was
impossible to say definitely whether
the premier would go to Washington
for all or part of the conference sit
tings, but that 1t was quite posi-
ble'' that he would make the trip, If
only to attend the final plenary sit
tings after the details of the pro-
posed international agreement had
been worked out with the assistance
of the. premier's representative. Wis
count Grey's name figures prominent
ly in the conjecture as to who might |
be entrusted with this task.
PEACE PROCLAMATION.
The progress of completing the
peace status with Germany and Aus
tria will go forward without refer
ence to the proposed disarmament
it was indicated. This,
it is expected, will include the issu-
ance of proclamation of peace, in
with the recent signing
Of the resolution declaring the tech
nical state of war at an end.
The issuance of the peace procla-
nation is being delayed pending an
inquiry into its effect upon certain
war time laws land Attorney General
indicated to-day this
might require week or ten days of
further study by his department.
The Department, he added, also is
attempting to determine whether the
itself would actually
restore the state of peace or whether
4 treaty "if only of four or five lines"
would have to pass between the coun-
tries before state of peace would le-
gally exist. 1t is the present inten-
lion, he added for the peace procla-
nation to cover the entire situation,
4 that is possible.
In discussing the legal aspects of
he problem, the Acknowledgement
explained that many wartime laws,
to their language, were to
De terminated at varying times after
peace proclamation is issued. In
addition, he said, Congress extended
he life of some of these laws, while
others and 1t is now deem
ID advisable to keep alive for a time
,ome Of them such as dealing with |