Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-14
EXPERTS Study
HUGHES ARMS
PROPOSALS
Committees Preparing New
Program-British Had
Brought Plan
RECEPTION TO JAPS
Great Britain May Point Out Periis
in Proposed i0-Year Naval hOli-
day.

While experts of Great Britain
and Japan continue their invcstiga-
ton of the Hughes proposals for
limitation of naval armament. the
Joint committee named on Saturday
will today complete the future pro-
gram of the conference. These COM
mittees will meet in the Pan Ameri
can building. They will be prepared
tomorrow to suggest 10 the entire
conference how the work TO be ac-
complishcd shall be apportioned.
The committees will meet behind
closed doors. There will be no an
nounccment concerning their pro-
gram until il is submitted to the
conference as whole.
Meanwhile the Japanese and
British delegations were adding
nothing more specific to what they
would do with the Hughes propos-
ais than that they seemed accept
able in principle. They await the
final reports of their experts. The
japanese delegation held Il brief
meeting yesterday. The British will
get together today under the leader
ship Of Mr.. Balfour.
The outstanding development yes
tcrday was the reception rendered TO
the Japanese delegates at the
Shoreham Hotel, where they have
been making their headquarters.
Prince Tokuawa chairman of the
delegation. in a brief speech took
occasion to make it plain that Japan
was entirely convinced that the
United States was in no way her
enemy. The reception was taken
advantage OF as Il vehicle TO bring
the Japanese delegates and advisers
closer to select list of Washing
tonians.
The French delegates have yet to
indicate their real position on the
Harding proposals. They continue
To express surprise ut their bold
ness. But what position France will
take on them is still to be decided,
end it is understood that Premier
BRAND has not indicated whether he
will inject into their consideration
his demand that France be assured
protection from German aggression
when the proposals come up for dis
cuSsion. or will await decision by
the three nations most vitally inter-
estcd and then press his point.
1t was intimatcd in British quar-
tcrs Yesterday that Lord Lee had
come to this country with a pro-
posal for capitaI-ship scrapping
very similar to that Of Mr.. Hughes
and that. because of this. the Brit
ish might definitely accept tomor-
row the proposed actual Limitation
and then debate the practicablIity
of the ten year holiday and replace
ment suggestions. holding that
complete cessation of work in ship
yards might prove dangerous.
The representatives of the nations
outside of the Big Five want start
made on the problems Of the Far
East and the Pacific. The Chinese
delegates want the United States |"
show its hand concerning their own
Immediate problems. They have as
sumed the position that inaSmuch az
Chairman Hughes, in stating the
suggestions of the United States at
the outset of the deliberations gave
work to the otncr big rive uC''
cations. it would be only fair that
he now develop the policies that the
United States thinks could wisely be
followed in the Far East. so that DEL
eratcs now compelled to assume
"waiting attitude could get to
work. In this position the Chinese
are backed up By the Belgian. Ho!-
land and Portuguese missions.
OF course there has not been nor
will there be any formal demand
made for such action. Polite sug-
ncstion will be as far as the
Chinese or any Of the other lesser
delegations would go. But at the
romn,ittee meetings they will hope
fully intimate that they want 10
make progress.