Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-19
For Lloyd George and Premier
BRAND Will be in Consulta-
ton There.
ATTITUDE Of FRANCE
CONCERNS BR|TONS
But They Hope BRAND viii
Favor Settlement Of Ship
Question.
BR0THERLY LOVE LACKING
ny Charles Brower Farmer.

special Dispatch TO Every Evening.
Washington. Dec 1s.--The Con.
ference on Limitation OF Armaments
transfers its headquarters 20 London
today. This is by way of saying that
when Premier Eriand Of France meets
Lloyd George--at about the hour that
Wilmington awakes this morning. nj.
lowing for difference in time-he Is
expected to discuss something moro
than German reparations. 1f tho many
cables which the British delegation
sent TO Downing Street last night re-
garding the French proposal for In.
creased bsttleship building have any
effect IL is expected that tho British
premier viii tako the Frenchman
aside, and say something like thiv:
rs France trying TO break up the
Washington conference-or is Franco
merely demanding more capital shine
80 that she can trade on tho sub
marine issue7 Let's have it out al be-
tween friends"
That is what some Of tho British
here hope viii be said. Anyone who
knows tho mental agility Of LLOYD
George can depend on IL that the 1it.
tie Welshman viii discuss many
things--including reparations- with
the shaggy -moustached st. Nazairesn
who was not az all diplomatic when h.,
was in Washington o few weeks ago
1t is not improbable that a result Of
the London meeting win be Cable
gram from BRAND instruoting the
French delegation here 10 so yuodl,v
their demands that the monkey
wrench viii be retrieved from the
Conference machinery before irreps-
rable damage Is done.
The brotheriy love that was prated
Of so much when this Conference be-
gan is sadly lacking today. Not even
the Christmas spirit can thaw the
icicles which hang outside the door
ways Of the Five Great Powers rem
here. America is chaRrined
that France should take an unexpect-
ed stand at the last moment when
SUCCESS for naval armament iimiia-
ton was in sight. Our diplomats are
saying nothing for publication. but
their private speech would astoundI
one if spoken in the market place.
The Japanese have Withdrawn into
their shell Of cold blandness. and arr
letting the world know that they were
not responsible for this seeming deba.
Gle. As I stated in my dispatch sat
urday, that shrewd Admiral Baron
hato grasped the opportunity to in
form all nations that Japan was in
accord with the spirit of the Confer
ence. and at no time had hindered It's
progress. That is true. except thel
Nipponese used bit of diplomatic
hindrance. which Of course is perfect
: proper. Vide the case OF the Mutsu.
The Italians feel hurt. They say
and you may quote me il you wish /"
= that Italy is a maritime nation.
surrounded by water on three sides.
She depends upon open sea lanes for
more than prosperity; life in the form
If foodstuffs and raw materials comes
o her through those passages. But
'he came to this conference prepared
o accept the principle of armament
Imitation, and She did accept it. All
hat she asked was that her naval |
alto be equal to that Of France. She
loped TO obtain that ratio by a deduu
len in armament, not by increasing
t. She has not the money to enter an
armament race. Now comes France. /
md wants TO be the sea power OF the
continent. Can YOU blame the Italians
or getting rather excited? 4
The English are dumfounded. There
) no otner word that expresses their /
ceiling. They remembered that Briand
lad said something about the Fren ;,
lavy having been neglected OF late
y cause most of her money was spent
IN her glorious army They also knew
hat France looked with favor on he
which England would
'bolish. But they did not believe that
lfter BRAND and yiviani had depart
ID. that France was going to ask for
o new capital ships-to be built after
s20. That literally took their breath
away. The British feel that France
S looking toward the mistresship oil
he disregarding all conferena Il
deals.
But if you will make the short
Quincy to French headquarters you
will not discover a pleased set Of
Continited On na,