The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-17
Committees May Be
Created To Deal With
Special Aspects of the
Problem-Fate of Pro.
gram Rests Upon De-
cision On China

Washington, Nov. 17.-Baron kato,
on behalf of the ia panese delegation,
today asked for and received from the
conference heads delay of several
days~for examination of the Far East
ern proposals submitted yesterday by
China.
Washington Nov. 17.-(By the As
sociated Press 1.-THE general princi
pies presented by China for solution
of the Far Eastern problems afforded
at least a definite working basis for
the Washington conference as the
delegates of the nine participating ma
tions prepared to meet again today,
as committee, to work out plans of
procedure for consideration of those
problems. Known to have the moral
support of the United States, these
principles, at least so far as they
stand for actual practice of the open
door policy and for adjustment of
spheres of influence" in the Far
East also are declared on the highest
authority to have the support of
Great Britain
By the same authority it was said
the conference would proceed to the
consideration of the Far Eastern
submitted by the Chinese delegation,
the various principles set out in the
plan to be referred to the experts who
will examine them and submit their
reports to the full conference at the
earliest practical moment.
Japan would heartily subscribe to
many points submitted by China it
was intimated by spokesman for her
delegations, but other points raised
doubtful questions which might be
answered only after mature consid-
,efation
Chief among the. latter. they. regard
tiiat the powers concludsl
no treaties respecting China without
consulting her, the Japanese consd-
eringA that this mighte directly affect
the Anglo-Japanese alliance. 1t was
declared to be the British view how
ever, that the alliance was not direct
1y involved in the Chinese proposal,
although it may later be drawn into
the discussions. AS directly affecting
their individual national interests. the
Japanese also appear to attach great
Importance to the proposal that all
existing commitments relating to
China would be examined with a
view to determining their scope and
validity
The Chinese proposal was favorably
commented on by both the French
and Italian delegations as forming a
suitable basis for discussion of the
whole Far Eastern question, although
lacking definiteness, except as to
principle
Washington, Nov. 17.-(By the AS
sociated Press)-Preliminar recon
noitering gave way to more direct ne
gotiation today in the endeavors of
the armament conference to find a
solution for the problems of the Far
East.
Sitting as a special committee on
the Far Eastern situation, the heads
of the nine delegations went into
conference to outline the respective
policies by which each will be guided
and to work out plan of procedure
that will give each of these policies
fair show. The ten points present
ed yesterday by China, with the back
ing of the United States, formed the
basis of today's exchanges, which
were designed to develop, step by
step, the views of the nine delegates
No one expected this process to go
very far at todays meeting, although
the discussion of a program was con-
sidered certain to draw out the opin-
ions of the powers as to the relative
importance of the topics before them.
The opinion of the American dele
cation, which appeared to have con-
siderable support among the repre-
sentatives of the other powers, was
that the Far Eastern negotiation
might be complicated by the creation
of subcommittee to deal with spe-
cial subjects.
The American delegates take the
position that the Far Eastern ques-
tions are not technical subjects re-
quiring the prolonged scrutiny of eX-
perts. They would be glad to see
the big nine, or the full conference,
go directly to work without parcel
ling out branches of the work to any
more subcommittee than are abso
lutely essential.