New-York tribune., 1921-01-16
AMBASSADOR Sails Home
to Give. Lloyd George
Latest information on
Probable U. S. Policies
Japan and League
To Be Discussed
London Seeks Light on
Reaction of Harding to
Hints Previously Sug-
gested as to Program
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. Deepest
s;oniAcance with regard to several Of
,bs most important problems confront
;ne the United States government is
attached here to the summoning to
London of Sir Auckland Geddes, the
British Ambassador, by Premier Lloyd
h George. Sir Auckland left for home to-
4 day from New York.
One Of the big problems on which it
Is believed here by we'll informed per-
sons the British Foreign Office wishes
to consult Sir Auckland is the question
Of the naval holiday. On January 2
The Tribune's Washington dispatches
revealed that the British government
had reached a position where it was
willing to surrender it's proud position
Of mistress of the seas and was willing
TO permit the American navy to equal
it precisely in sea power, but not to
slrpass it.
This information was conveyed by a
person known to be cognizant of the
inner thoughts of the men now at the
helm of the British ship of state, not
! TO the State Departm ent---so far as is
known-but to men high in the conf
dence of President-elect Harding, on
the theory that all arrangements look
ing to the future must be made with
the Harding and not with the Wilson
Administration. -
American Viewpoint Sought
Associated Press cables from Lon
con confirming the idea that Sir Auck-
hnd is being summoned home to con-
fer on the future naval policy of this
government and Great Britain created
no surprise here. for this reason. 1t
Thought that Sir Auckland will be
Questioned closely by Lloyd George,
the Foreign Office and the Admiralty
on how this idea has been received BY
men who are expected to be connected
with the Harding Administration and
BY Senator's and members of the House
to whom it has been conveyed.
It also is believed here, as the re-
suit Of many dispatches from London
indicating the state of mind of the
British government about the openly
manifested sympathy of several impor-
saht British dominions with the stand
o. california on the Japanese immigra-
son and land situation, that the am
passador to Washington will give a
ss'aer as complete report as to the state
oi 1ne American mind on that ques-
tlon and the possibilities the future
may hold, based not onlf on Sir Auck-
.ahas information as to the American
,snper nut on his intimate insight into
Japanese diplomacy.
Another point Of extreme Importance
~; ~ me british government, on which
.'r auckland undoubtedly will be asked
;0' as complete forecast as possible,
.,..;a - .ae polccy of the Harding Admins
'aas 'aaslon with respect to the present
''asae or an association of nations.
Britain Ready for Concessions
III ~ Is known that when Sir Auckland
,hs Ias sent to this country the policy of
sne british Foreign Office was that it
>%ouia s;o make any conceivable conces-
- .'Vas as 70 the United States with regard
H. .. League of Nations. 1t was will
~~s 70 rewrlte the covenant embodied
yora 's ilson treaty from the first
Rr;,.s vIa 70 tne nnal period. One prominent
IN. s;"sh .n statesman declared about that
so~on ~e .ha1 ne knew he could rewrite the
to,v ts"an. "' so mat 1T would be satisfac-
w even to Hiram Johnson.
o'nce Sir Auckland has been here he
aaas discovered that optimism was not
.sasuhed by the frame of mind If man
ave ave TO the President-elect. Britain,s
.ms;as' ol course, was to save the re-
ccs,nuer OF the treaty. The Ilovd
tss t0ge government and, for that mat
d.. A., .ne French government. did not
sdr,,s 70 90 before their peoples with an
th'Is,oh H. ,sn that they had agreed to scrap
trss,m s"oor r., sections of the Versailles
seeswSn while for some reason these
to ANS Amss;aid aid not appeal very strongly
sat;sfnlrican american labor, they were highly
labor. 1iy to British and French
conr.o ms was only one detail. of
ish ihs'se, AZ; and was mentioned b. the Brit
any;a ;~piomats merely as showing their
svsn TO save the Versailles treaty
Hrspped. e covenant shouid be
~ harding Position Solidified
srmsr ar Harding has been growing
At at s',' II there has been any change
the I1,,s M. against any participation by
Or M sSa'sed States in the present treaty
amsSs sps present League Of Nations. No
Appa,an.,n.s Appun.s or reservations whatever.
sissrs si'"''y Will satisfy him or his ad,
ii saadually .a this fact has been borne
aot u H. 'he English Foreign Ofice Il
bas.sS " oflicial reports from the an.
of hlesre' at least by the disnatches
spondssr.sy esteemed American CORE
BY 1m's Ama.;of OF English newspapers. and
london "er'can newspapers reaching
sesno.. So me whole course of po,;cy with
which s;s 10 the treaty and the league.
before or or Auckland was Instructed or on
parens,,o ps soaming to the United States an. N.
lug necs.s nas fallen to the ground. max
NEW of f',ae .a course shall be. pursued in
Thes - sne changed conditions. "
ought question now is what nos;t;or
II is%. x;. the British government mem tos,s,on .a
m,eu,s,. nvM Of the fact that there - l. 'aSe as
Ssptin~' ~ no hope of Mr.. HARDING me- me-
iorm ~. sae League of Nations in anv INV
sRely nem MS insistence that an en-.
4 b msw association of nations 81 shou1d
asat atS'msd. = d.. Also the British governs ovepra
sntly. 7, not not entirely decided. sn spnar-
~ lins. observers here read between
Wnat it should do ,s4L ~