New-York tribune., 1921-11-03
America Will
Make Liberal
Navy Cut Offer
Delegation, Which Has Con-
fined Discussions to One
Subject, Plans to Take
Initiative in Council
Consider No New League
Advisory Board Will Keen
in Touch With Envoys
Throughout the Parlev

WASHINGTON, Nov. Fin STUDYING
naval matters the American Delegates
to the Conference on Limitation of
armament are understood to be prepar-
Ing TO take the initiative and make q
substantial offer in the conference
looking to reduction of naval pro-
grams. The United States called thu
conference, it was pointed out, and ex-
poets to be ready to submit verrv lib
eral offer on its own behalf LOOKING To
such reductions.
Conferences between the American
delegation to the conference and The
STATS Of technical advisers ASSIGNED To
aid the delegation will continue even
after the conference itself has onenad
Advisory Boards to Continue
1t was Indicated to-day at the State
department, where the American dele
gates again were in session with Sec
retary Denby and the naval advisers on
the technical matters of the delega-
ton, that there probably would be no
termination of this discussion of naval
armament matters or of any other spe-
chic matters to come before the inter
national gatherings, the meetings go
ing on as occasion required even after
the conference was in session.
SO Tar the American delegates are
understood to have concerned them
selves in their joint discussions pri-
:narIly with naval armament matters:
no other subjects, such as those involv-
Ing possible association Of nations
plan or world court, have been con-
sldered. 1t is understood that the as
ISOLATION or world court plans, at least,
will not even be taken up.
The first meeting of the conference
is now scheduled for. 1o:3o O'clock on
the morning Of Saturday, November 12,
in the auditorium of the building
erected by the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution. Formal notice of the
hour of meeting and of the necessity
to postpone convoking the conference
from the original date of November II
will be sent within day or so by the
State Department to the embassies of
the powers represented in the delibera-
tions.
1t was not indicated whether the
powers invited specifically to discs SIS
Pacific and Far Eastern questions also
you'd be asked to sit at the opening
Session of the Conference on Limita
etoA Va AImHLueHts ouJ 1t was assumed
this would not be the case, although
the delegations from China, Belgium,
Portugal and the Netherlands would be
invited to be present as spectators or
guests of honor at the opening meeting
OF the major conference.
To Inform ENJOYS of Public Opinion
In connection with the work to he
done during the conference by the
technical advisers announced yest9r-
day and also by the advisory commit
tee appointed by President Harding
to aid the American delegates, it was
pointed out to-day that while the field
of the technical experts would be
primarily limited to giving information
on the special subjects to which they
have devoted study and research of q
technical nature, the advisory body
could we'll serve to keep the American
delegates in touch with American SEN
timent and American pubic opinion
in practically every walk Of life.
There is no doubt that the American
delegates expect to draw heavily upon
lightened and public spirited American
public opinion which could be fur
nished by the advisory group. In ef-
feet this group will be able, it is
hoped, to keep the delegates constant
ly in touch during the deliberations
and as the need for such assistance
arises with the. development of pub
lie opinion throughout the nation on
the subject under consideration in the
conference.