Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-11-16
GREAT BRITAIN
and JAPAN TO
OFFER CHANGES

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international conference met in its
second session today.
The Right Hon. Arthur j. Bal
four, acting head of the British
delegation, made the announcement
on behalf of the British Empire.
Baron Kato, minister of the navy,
will place Japan on record in favor
of hating competitive navy build
ing by some such agreement as Mr.
Hughes submitted to the conference
France and Italy also have step
ped into line in support of the prin-
ciples Of limitation, although the
plan to apply to those nations has
not yet been considered. Their del
egates, however, will be afforded
an opportunity to make formal re-
Spouse to Secretary Hughes recon-
mendations.
Although agreeing in principle,
both Great Britain and Japan will
make it clear there are certain
changes and additions to the plan
which they desire to propose and
to ask the United States to accept.
They will indicate that compromise
on details would make the plan
acceptable to their countries.
With a view to achieving the
same object of limitation of naval
strength-the British delegation will
propose a different plan Of procedure
ander which the building of capital
ships would not be suspended entire
ly for 10 years, proposed by Mr..
Hughes but would be limited to re-
placements.
Consideration of the Hughes plan
and the suggestions of changes will
be referred by the conferences to
committee consisting of the heads of
delegations of the five great powers.
This committee, with the Hughes
proposals as basis, will endeavor
10 form plan Of reduction and
limitation of armament acceptable to
all the powers and then will present
1t to the conference Tor Ilnal action.
Principle Is Accepted.
Agreement of Great Britain and
Japan. with the United States on
the principle of armament limita-
ton was registered throughout the
discussion at the, meeting of the
Committee on Procedure regarding
that question which was held in the
Pan American building yesterday
forenoon. Heads of the delegations
Of the five great powers met in the
directors room of the Pan-American
Union. Marines stationed about the
building barred the public and the
press and permitted the plenipoten-
tiaries to meet in the utmost seclu-
sion. After the session of the COM
nittee the following communique
was issued:
1.-THE Committee on Program and
Procedure with respect to the limi-
tation of armament, appointed by
the conference in it's session of No
vember IL met at IL a. m. Monday,
November IA, at the Pan-American
building, there being present the
following delegates: Messrs. Hughes
(chairman), Balfour, BRAND, Schan-
ger and Kato, with their respective
secretaries. 1t was decided to rec
pointment of committee composed
of all the plenipotentiary delegates
of the United States, the British
empire, France, Italy and Japan,
to examine the report to the full
conference with respect to limitation
of armament, and with power to set
up such substitute committees as it.
might from time to time deem de-
sirable. Mr.. Hughes, as chairman
Of the committee and of the con-
ference, undertook to submit this
proposal to the conference.
-. Butler Wright was nominated
as secretary to the Committee on
Program and Procedure with re-
spect to limitation of armament.
ct was agreed that the dele
gates should be given an oppor-
tunity to speak, if desired, at the
meeting of the conference today
concerning their proposals of the
delegation of the United States with
regard to limitation of armament"
British to Offer Plan.
The British government began
work several months ago on plan
for an international agreement to
reduce and limit naval armament
This scheme is said to be strikingly
similar in general outline to that
submitted by Mr.. Hughes and the
suggestion of Mr.. Balfour will make
as to changes in the American pro-
posal will pertain to those features
in which the two plans differ.
A complete suspension of the|
building of capital ships for given
period was not part of the British
plan and Mr.. Balfour will present
arguments intended to demonstrate
that complete suspension for 1Gl
years would be unwise.
The british cav that if no capital