Evening star., 1921-11-02
SECRETARY HUGHES
ANDU.S. DELEGATES
FRAMING POLICIES
Task Resumed at Confer
ences Today-Nava| Phases
Before Delegation.
UNAOVISED OF CHANGE
IN LLOYD GEORGE PLANS
Conference With Advisory Council,
Named Yesterday, Expected
Here Soon.


The American delegates to the arms
conference, after putting in the better
part OF yesterday considering differ
ent phases of naval limitation poll
cies in Secretary Hughes office. met
again this morning and resumed their
work. The delegation holds daily pro-
tracted sittings without pausing and
! is devoting fullest energy to the diff
cult tasks in hand.
No information was available at
the department as to the specific sub
| Jects the delegates have had under
consideration in the two conferences
they have held between meetings
with the naval advisors, but il has
been assumed that their work had to
do with the question OF policies upon
which an acceptable program of limI-
tatlon OF naval armamentS might be
founded.
L. $. Unadvised of Change.
The State Department has received
, no official intimation of any change
in the plans of Premier Lloyd George
OF Great Britain to attend the arms
conference in person if the situation
| in England permitted his departure
Tor that purpose. 1t was emphasized,
however, that there has always been
IN official communications on the sub
Ject the possibility that the premiei'
might not be able to leave Englanu.
ana IN consequence officials here have
ielt no certainty of his attendance
A meeting between the American
delegates and the advisory counc.
appointed by President Harding yes.
to-day is planned for the near IL.
| ture for the purpose of getting az
| quainted, although the actual assist
! ance of the advisory council is no.
(; likely to be utilized until the confer
| once is organized and the agenda anu
| its subdivisions allocated to commit
| tees.
Aides to Be Assigned.
! The technical assistants announce
! by the State Department yesterday
! will be assigned later to their II
| spectlve branches of inquiry as til
| work of the general conference Ell
! iarges and takes form. Some of tn,
/ technical experts are already ell
! gagged in preparing data. 1t is noteu
! that the subject of aerial communi.
cation is regarded as of Importance
! and Two civIIian[e1Rerts ih-that line
were added TO the departmental anu
service assistants. ......
j Delegates to the conference and
! their staffs, including some of the
more distinguished, are arriving from
. day to day and the officials are kept
! busy arranging for their reception
I
come in groups from day to day up
to the very eve of the meeting day.
| There is no mistaking the spirit OF
| enthusiasm and confidence of a sue
J cessful outcome of the conference
which marks the utteranceS and de-
meanor of arriving delegates of all
nations. 1t is reflected and communi-
Gated to all who COZ in contact with
them and is especially gratifying to
the American delegates. 1t will be
/ recalled that there was Il period when
I the expected difficulties confronting
the conference seemed to receive the
most attention on all sides. AS the
meeting day approaches many Of
these apprehended obstacles are di-
minishing in menace and Importance.
! Believe in Objectfves.
men of all the participating countries
that the objects can be achieved, must
be and will be, is what is dissipating
the few clouds of apprehension which
hovered over the situation for awhile.
! 1t is pointed out that one great ele-
ment in the anticipated successful out
come of the conference is the indubi-
table fact that the men who are COM
ing to Washington to bring 1t ABOUT
are backed by the overwhelming SEN
timent of their respective nations.
| This is not gathering OF govern
/ >,
! planned; it is an assembling of the
peoples of the principal nations OF
/ the earth through chosen representa-
! tives intent upon dennlte oo1ect'
close to the heart of all, appealing TO
common sense, humanity and, lndeed,
!! the preservation of civiliZation-the re-
aIction and limitation of ornaments.
/ Echoed by Leaders. e.
| The only qualifying factor in the
expressed belief Of delegates in sue.
| cessful outcome of the conference
deliberation has been, and 1t was
echoed by the leaders in all the coun-
| tries. that limitation of armaments
can be halted only by considerations
of the safety of the nation itself.
( The utterances in New York yes
! terday upon arrival of one of the
principal British delegates, Lord Lee
| of Fareham, first lord of the British
| optimism which prevails generally
among incoming delegations. and his
remarks attracted favorable atten-
| ton in official and diplomatic circles
| here.
Il am not prepared even to contem-
! plate the possibilities of failure" he
/! said. ITO do SO would be to presume
! that the world was afflicted with an
| incurable insanity and could not be
i restrained from suicide"
Lord Lee went on to say that so
| far as he was concerned, and he was
| speaking not only as the responsible
head of the British admiralty, but as
one of the official delegates, ] come in
! spirit of quiet confidence that the
results of this conference will be such
is to amply justify President Hard
| ing's far-seeing Initiative"
Ready to Go n Long Way.
"The greatest needs of mankind for
| today aid for the future are peace and
| that relief from the burdens of war
( which peace ought to bring. No one
| recognizes this more clearly and fully
| than the British government and peo-
pie and none has given greater proof
| of sincerity in the pursuit OF these
| Objects"
Lord Lee said that the British dele
gates come to Washington resolved
| that short of compromising the safety
| of the empire or the sea-security upon
| which its very. existence depends, q
| betrayal of our ancient heritages OF
| which it never could be guilty, they
| will go to almost any length to meci
the other great naval powers in
mutual and proportionate effort to re-
| lieve our respective peoples from the
| intolerable burden of competitive arm
/ ament." ~
! The same senti<nent, in other words.
| has been expressed by Japanese,
| French and Italian statesmen who are
to take part in the conference. II
appears to be the fixed and leading
thought in the minds of all. and Is
certainly known to be echoed by the
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