Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-12-31
CONFERENCE END
NEAR IS BELIEF
SUBMARINE TANGLE IN SNAG,
FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS IN
DOUBTFUL ATTITUDE
CHINA and Far East Problems to Fol
low Naval Limitations Agree
ment; Session May
End This Week

Washington - Confidence that the
agreement ON the reduction and limsta
ton of naval ornaments could be com.
pieted this week and sealed ut Il plen
airy session of the interna tional con
terence, was expressed by members OF
the American delegation Sunday.
The American delegates are also con.
ildent this agreement will include a
limitation of submarine tonnage. which
may represent a compromise between
the $4,000 tons proposed by Secretary
of State Hughes for Great Britain and
the United States and the 10000 tons
of the original Hughes plan with pro.
portionate allowances for France, Italy
and Japan.
Such confidence is not shared by
members of other delegations, notably
the British, who regard the submarine
controversy as tangle which Will not
be easily Strengthened out. Some of
the British representatives are ex-
tremely pessimistic, inclinlng to the be-
that the conference will find it neces-
sary to leave submarines out of the
limitation agreement, with each nation
permitted to build as many as 1t may
deem adequate for defense.
French delegates said they would
not be ready to state their position on
rhe latest Hughes proposal until after
hearing from Paris, probably Monday.
Mr.. Huges proposes that France be al
lowed to maintain her present sub
marine strength of approximately 81
oO0 tons. The French pronounce this
unsatisfactory, insisting n maximum
approximating 100000 tons is neces
sary for the protection of France and
her colonies.
The Japanese also are far fran sat
isfied with the 900 tons allowance
of the Hughes proposal. They want
the $4,000 tons maximum of the orr
ginal Hughes plan and will join hands
with France in fighting the new propo-
sition, which is supported by Great
Britain Internationally and by Italy
".n principle"
When the naval limitation agreement
Is completed the conference will re.
sumo consideration of the problems
affecting China and the far east.
Events in China connected with the
institution of the so-called dictatorship
OF General Chang Tso Lin, the super
Tuchun and inspector general of the
three provinces of Manchur.a, and the
resignation of the Picking cabinet are
regarded in conference quarters as q
yindication of the position taken by
the powers when they adopted the
Root principles as chart for their fu-
ture attitude toward China.
When the conference adopted the
Root declaration of principles 1t was
with the idea of doing something defin-
lite toward removal of forei,-n restric-
ton on Chinese sovereignty, independ-
ence and her national administrative
autonomy. But the representatives of
the eight nations other than China par
t.cipating in the conference have come
to the conclusion that China is not yet
ready to receive concessions by the
powers amounting to quick and I'M
mediate application of the Root pin
ciples.
The declared attitude of the peni-
ontent,ar'es II the conference has been
20 remove limitations upon China's adj
minlstratiye freedom and independence
of action just rs soon as that can be
done without d'sre"ard for the funda-
mental principles of safety for foreign
lives and property in China. and when
China is herself ready to afford such
guarantees.
The ease WITH which General Chang
Tso LIN o. Manchur'a, IF er his ar
rival in Peklnr en- December 13. was
able to effect tie removal of the Chi
nese cabinet and take charge of the
government was merely another dem
onstration of tie power Of the stnur-
Tuchuns in China and evidence of the
fact that the real powers in the Chit
nese republic are the Tuchuns, or mill
tary governors, of the various proyin-
ces.