The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-18
CONFERENCE AWAITS JAPAN'S REPLY
Britain Suggests
All Powers Sign
China Agreement
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Copyright hy Tie IntrUtgrnccr)

Washington. Nov. lI.--'ireot iiriGtta
expects u answer the American d"S'''
for an aSroXSt!Hn Of the Ans'N -'Nr'io'''
alliance with a concrete rr"r">,N ~"
4 r"w treaty o. aGrreTicrt =" substitutes
which shall hc signed r"; nU,y HE En.;'
land and Japan hut by u" the nan"i~
. Interested I'm guaranteeing the '"p"n
door in China.
Whether suCh convention shrn.d
contain an absolute guarantee "t u"
territorial integrity and a'.mt";StratlN"
independence "t Ch.no or whether III"
same object would r" achieved by
pledges To- respect Cht2a's political In
dependence Is still. matter ~ debate.
Rut the big TACT Is that enough cont
dencc as TO the probable solution Of the
question prevails AS T. lead the ATcr!-
can delegation 20 show I willingness
20 slGn the agreement on 4 reduction ot
naval armament without waiting tNr
the adjustment Of Far Eastern uues-
tons.
British policy on tho AnSlo-Jaran"s"
ALTAR nce Ia revealed by Arthur James
Raltour who makes plain that the Anglo
japanese alliance would he supCT!Iu rI4
if all the powers entered into an agree
ment with r"sp"Ht 20 tho Far East COY
erIng substantially the same points AZ
were In IN" al,t7nrc. Mr. TIaltou- r"t,-
ICES that the word alliance" - oh'er-
tIonat I" american opinion and there
fore. the talk now - or an agreement.
Whether the conclusions reached sh"ull
10 embodied In 4 treaty 70 be submitted
10 ~, American senate Or whether TN
exchange of notes ~ this cOntcr"ucS
would b. sufficiently binding Is puzIllnS
tho British Who have seen the United
States make e>rcut!vr AGreements only
l., 81 hN- no To-
would Be Ratnod.
The Influence ut ;he moment, how
ever. % President Harding and S"cre-
tary Hughes WIKI the American senate
Is such that an aSrArm.nt mad" at this
conference stands very good chance
OF being ratified BY the senate. particu-
larry as Senator Underwood. leader OF
the Democrats. could marshal enough
votes 70 assist in getting the necessary
two-th'rGs <"r ratification.
Incidentally. tho Chinese proposals
have in the main produced a favorable
Impression. It Is realized that many
points will have TO be discussed but the
truth is the Chinese were expected {"
ask for a great deal more. Their pro-
poSais are .couched in language which
many British and American officials
think 10 an auGury OF a successful out
come
conference.
\. for land arrra nents. there is
movc.nrnts afoot 70 transfer the entire
question to ;he league ot nations. This
o-iS!rat"s Cut OF a chance remark or
nrrlNa- - ne British delegation VITO.
In discussing the question ot land aru>a-
n,en;s p-mtci ~, stsn!hcantly that the
lror'H nt nations already has COM
mission at work on land aruamentS.
lr..nluCr, - both the tn!;el states
a.:d .:-c,r britain lave reduced th"'F
nrr,i"s to relatively small st"e. u"
...,.s..n? largely affects nat!oas N con-
,i,.,,3. F.urr;a. rres,dsr; lIardtaS
,t..>..rrrs he league ot nations 10 10 =
...~ir, roIy rnl Tho settlement of pur",r
yI,,nr,qn uurqtl,As aHI Ambassador
,f,.,.y An:rrt,a'S representative On
49,. >..r-a.r.. ,.,urrt.. id not eNprc>a
-. c'..r,t:ln wh'n the sama group "t
,....c-S - arc r"pr"Srut"f here torH'9 Nv
r,f"r-"l IN. Sil"siaa dispute 20 :he
lc.,.ue oC nations.
Land Armament
!, vo,,:G H., be surprising 10 80" III"
,-or.c:n o. land drmHmertS passed on
- Irrg'.. g. nations with America
silently .ES-nt!nE tnl"sa sG.'h a courS"
Is ,hu~ ~. toe l,nI armament rron'"W
g. ,nuNGrrt'. "rpcr:"G by urn;heFS or
ytr.nus delegations here 10 open up al
s..r,~ -: r.,..''eIu pu"%tioGs eS?er 'oitY
rciaratNsns and security for Franc" from
, ..s.1ls.. ,'rr...tn inNa Ss"n. High ad-
nl,istratinu officials have "n ore oc-
,,....nr ittr,, Indicated ;hat Il m!2h: be
Wis. r,r ;hr I'nlreG States 10 md a way
70 -ciLa,.. t'rauc" - her army burden
md ;a!> has h,'u taken 10 mean thar
Nmnrt,;, might, after AL. participate IN
= DISCUSS. ~ o. land arIN1UcnS rs well