Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-09-23
Delegates and Agenda for the
Armament Conference Are
Being Determined.
-FOUR SELECTED FOR AMERICA
Secretary Hughes Suggests Topics for
DiscussioR-League of Nations
Elects Moore Judge of Inter-
national Court - Senate
Completes Its Draft
Of Tax Bill.

Preliminary work on the conference
on Limitation of ornaments and Far
Eastern problems Is going on steadily,
and before long 1t will be known just
who will take part In the meeting, and
In q general way what they will dis
cuss. The several nations concerned
are selecting their representatives,
those for the United States being the
first to be announced. President Har-
ding has appointed for that high duty
Secretary of State Hughes, Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, Elihu Root and
Senator Oscar w. Underwood-three
Republicans and one Democrat. AS
Premier Hara will be unable to come,
Admiral Baron Kato has been select
ed to head the Japanese delegation,
and Ambassador to the United States
Shidehara will also be q member. 1t
Is still believed Premier Lloyd George
will lead the British contingent, and
1t Is likely hat his associates will be
Andrew Bonar Law, Secretary for
War Evans and Lord Lee Of Fareham,
first lord of the admiralty. The Brit
ish dominions, especially Australia,
New Zealand and Canada, have been
strenuously arguing their right to rep
reSentation in the conference In view
of their great interest in matters con-
corning the Pacific and Far East, and
it is believed that some of their lead
ing statesmen will be asked to attend
In the capacity Of advisers.
Two more nations have been added
to the list of those invited to the on
ference. With the consent of five prin-
will participate in the proceedings in
sofar as their interests in the Far
East are concerned. Their status thus
will be the same as that of China, for
1t is not to be supposed they will take
part In the discussion on ornaments.
Diplomatic conversations and infor-
NAL exchanges between the govern
ments concerned have progressed so
far that Secretary Hughes has been
able to send to the other four great
powers and to China a suggested out
line Of the topics for the conference.
This proposed agenda has not been
made public. pending its acceptance by
the other governments, but is believed
to include. aside from limitation of
ornaments. these suggestions:
Territorial integrity Of Russia, the
open door, and equal opportunity for
economic activities, the powers acting
as trustees until Russia shall have re-
covered and set up a central, represen-
tative government.
Territorial integrity Of China and
the "open door,"
The substitution of international CO.
operation for the past practice Of seek
ing selfish, monopolistic advantages In
China.
Assistance to China In achieving adj
m~inistrative, fiscal and judicial re
forms.
Tokyo newspaper says Mr.. Hughes
also includes In his suggestions man
dates If they have not been previously
settled, and Manchuria and the Chi.
nese Eastern railway. That question
Of Notwithstanding in this case es-
pecially Yap-is causing the japanese
a lot of worry. They don't want II
brought up In the conference and are
doing their utmost to get 1t settled be.
fore the Washington meet opens. Theil
continued occupation of Shantung is
another matter they desired to keeI
out Of the conference, but in this they
are likely to be disappointed. They
have asked China to enter into private
negotiations for the settlement of thai
controversy, but the more intelligent
elements In China rely on the Wash
ington meeting to right their country's
wrongs. and the Picking government