Arizona republican., 1921-07-19
-RepubIIoan A. ?. Leased tirei


 WASHINGTON, July 19--N'hile the state department is advancing it's negotiations for the disarmament conference as rapidly as it considers it practicable there is a well defined feeling here that time and preliminary discussion are working on the side of the United States in it's effort to include troublesome diplomatic prob lems within the scope of the confer ence.
 This belief is particularly manifest just now with relation to Japan. the only nation which has not accepted unreservedly the American suggestion that Far Eastern questions be con- sidered along with the general topic of disarmament Confidence that such and unreserved acceptance eventually come from Tolio. prevails among American officials since the proposal became subject of discus sion throughout Japan.
 It has been apparent that President Harding and his advisers were count ing on the aroused public opinion of the world as their greatest aid in moving for armament limitation, and they have read press reports and the comments of foreign diplomatists with keen interest to discover how impelling is the sentiment in favor of a frank exchange of ideas on all sub jects threatening international dis cord. This survey, so far as officials have been willing to comment, has aroused in them general satisfaction.
 Press reports from Japan indicat ing that the question of full partici- patton is one of the lively debates there are taken as welcome sign. The same may be assumed also with regard to London dispatches indicat- i ing that British opinion hopes for a complete acceptance by Japan.
 The impression that time is a friendly factor in all of these con alterations and that undue impa- | tierIce might lead to a misunderstand- ing of the real motives of the United States in proposing the conference. is regarded as explaining the indisposi- ton of this government to hasten the I prelminaries. It was indicated to- day that nothing definite had been done toward physical arrangements One question undecided is who shall pay expenses of the visiting delega- tions. It is customary for commis- sions sent to such gatherings as peace conferences to be provided with funds by their respective governments. but
 
 polite course in the case of a confer ence in which the participants are fn- vited to the soil of one of the nations represented.
 Should the United States fee called upon to pay all expenses, con- siderable appropriat ton by congress will be necessary. The proprieties o\ the situation thus are likely to receive diligent study here in the hear future
 While the preliminaries are in 2 waiting stage officials are consider
 ing some of the concrete questions o procedure. the conference will have to face when ii is assembled. It i' ' understood that some thought ha.
 been given to the possibility tha European questions, particular, those growing out of the world war
 may find their way into the dis cussions. It is realized that powers like Italy and France have problems
 which to them are just as pertinen I to disarmament negotiation as tn : Far Eastern questions are from tn ' viewpoint of the United States an,
 that such problems cannot logicall. , be denied consideration.
 There also has been some though
 of Russia's possible relation to tn r skein of diplomatic reconstruction t 5 be woven by the powers There is V profound realization that the re I sources and capabilities of the Russ Q ian nation cannot be left out of con Q sideration, even though the Russia = people have no representative presen to speak for them.