The Washington herald., 1921-11-21
Brianti Will Emphasize
Menace Of Germany
And Russia.
SPEAKS AT OPEN
SESSION TO-DAY
Far Eastern Problems
Will Require Extended
Discussion.

This is Frances day at the arma-
rnent conference.
Aristide BRAND hrr prem ..-
viii announce her position 4, t,,.
world. He has let d be known
that he will discuss land arn5-
ments and their relation 10 irc 49,
isting army OF Fran nee and IA. gen
'ral European situation. Il. Rriapr
has frankly told an Of his ss.,-
'iates In the conf ercnce that Franc.
cannot reduce her army ,ybiI, m,
Russian and German menace ga,
tinues. But his statements t.Fs--
VIII be the final word from Franc.
And the statement 81 Tn. p-cnl....
as expected 10 eliminate from fu--
ther consideration by this confer
ence any proposals 10 limit Land
armaments on contlu,ut-T Eurape
britain Agrees Win France.
Great Britain. like France. s..u
rot consider the preser, u.1.r..
an auspicious one Tor taking re-.
land-2rmam problems ai;b trr.-
integral proposals covering ,H.r-
scripuon. limitation uT rsruHr.-
TONS and the like. Tile United
states. with her army .Ir,ady- re-
duced 10 the minimum is also in
ciined 10 favor psssiygucss Il th.s
time.
The address or the French pre-
mier viii be delivered AZ rl.uarv
session OF the conference. which
VIII commence at ] O'Clock. 4 lzrC.
and mighty distinguished a.dieut-a
is assured. The demand fur ticket
has been Unprecedented. All nav.
been Issued, and there o. = very
lengthy waiting list PrartIcaIl,
every member OF the niu1oluatt..
corps, the complete personnel q tho
various missions, memb, rs OF th-
senate and the House. and other
individuals OF prominence. have an
piled for tickets. As far as possi-
Bile they have been taken care OF
but because OF the limited sr,scc ~
Continental Memorial Hail many
have been Of necessity disspouiut.a
Foch May Also SpeaL.
IL is expected that a.. address ar
NJ BRAND will be the oniv formal
business at the open session. Ir
amy other OF the delegates desire
10 speak they will he accorded ou-
poTtunity Marshal l-orh pr0bablv
also will make brief address
The Far Eastern question II l..
be taken up in detail hy the Far
Eastern committee Of the conference
at o'clock this afternoon. Tas-
session. being a committee gather
ing VIII Se behind closed door
All OF the membership Of the vasl-
Gus delegates are included in fDa
special committee.
Todays session will take mn f,
detail the Chinese position and wiz
dlscuss the various demands mace
oy that delegation in connect iou
with the various subjects in tn.
agenda. II is not believed that YER.
much headway will he made In dfS
posing OF these problems for so-o.
time TO come. There is no dispgs.
uon TO hurry. In fact. undue hat.
is deprecated by all OF the chief
of delegations.
On the broad questions uscre II
OF course, an apparent aEre-sn~nt
BUT in working out the poIiclf.
SIong specific lines there wfi Cd
course. be many varying vi Us stts
sested. And IL will r.q re "a.
most careful consideration 90 a.
FULLEST and most compl e dis.
cussion &c prevent frictio, ana :,
secure a definite policy at MI,
nave the approval OF all dsls~r
tions.
included. OF course. are : rSs-
Questions o. soVereigntN r.
the existing foreign DO - .r
every nation that TODAY 3 ipt.r-
ested in China and the Far Esst
japan has indOrsed the omen door
ana equal opportunity. Bur b.-
statements have been very e.r-
eral in their nature. Until rr.
statesmen deal with the details %.
her position il will be impossibI-
10 determine whether she viii
prove a stumbling block 10 a gen
eral agreement that will SstisI,-
the other nations and meet the
demands OF China.
ksto Takes Leading Role.
In this connection there Is ad-
mittsd wonderment among many
OF the delegates because Of tn-
prominent part that Baron Kato IS
taking in the purely diplomatic
end OF the conference. As minister
OF marine and on. ,r Iapaa'S
greatest sailors. IL had been anti
cipated that the baron would be
supreme In dealing with the naval
subjects. But IL had been eN-
pected that on the diplomatic poll
cies Baron Shidehara. the Japan
ese Ambassador TO the United
states. would be the spokesman
However at Saturdays meeting IL
was Baron Kato who enunciated
the japanese position. This came
as a surprise and resulted in fur
ther emphasizing what has all
along been expected. that IN" mill
tary element INSTEAD Of the civilian
would be the one that must b.
satisfied in any agreement that is
reached, II also indicated that the
military element remains in COM
plete control in Tokyo.
Japsn's Attitude Obscure. -
The Chinese delegation sdm.t-
tedly is concerned over the attlsud-<
that Japan will take correrfunk
the surrender OF certain II To-
concessions now enjoyed. chto4
wants Manchuria and Slia ctu1
turned back TO her. She alSe var
Great Britain and France ~ 0(v4<
back the territory over VIII oh
have exercised control fot1 ~
The two latter nations he<<
pressed a willingness To b., 80
II Japan will do the same
has not in any way indi""'
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