Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-07-20
Oppose Japanese Stand But
Believe Frank Exchange
of Ideas
JAPANESE ATTITUDE
Informal Explanation Given by Japan
to State Department-Senate May
be Represented.

London, July 20.-It is announced
ais prowiienaNlly arranged that Pre-
nier Lloyd George will attend the
Washington conference on limitation
eff aHtnAnentts.
Washington, July 2G-Presidenit
Hardingis move for a disarmament
ccriSemence lis assuming far greater
anagnlftude lin wcr'ld alSfairs than first
indications dlselcAseLa
AS THE preliminary negotiations
proceed they are revealing all sorts
ti5onls and leaIdinig irto fields winch
I'M the beginning had seemed far re
moved fu,drn the purposes of the con-
ference. But officials here apparently
are tIhououlghAy confident that The
widesprsad effect cf the presidents s
prcpctsal will i'm the end only pnove
ain aid i'm accomplishing THE frank eX-
uhanlge of ideas for which the con-
Terrence was called
ONE eff THE principal side assues NOW
occupyiing .tFa a!utention eff tine Amer
Scam gover1lmeirJt lis THE disposition oil
Japan to hold out for am exact defl-
nIat5un i'm advance cf thIe subjects TO
DE co11s1dehIed by the assembled powers
The ayy.ftude of officials here is that
ITO tlmesh ralt that question now not
oniEy would delay the conference but
nd]gh!u also branch into a dfscussaon
nf the meriss cf thu disputed sub
iccfs themselves It is felt tjhat the
rrogram for THE conference could best
be ar.ranIged by the confeuence itself
olr. fadI1ing that, att last by negotna-
tim, after each olf THE invited powers
haas sent I'M AN unconditional accept
aUyce.
News dispatches from TOXIC report
Srrp THAT Japan might railse such ques-
t:ions ais aIaclag equality and alboN'oion
off extra rterriatolfal r1ghts in China
wsre read with manlfelst dnterest l1anie,
burt mo official would comment. There
was arp apparent feeling cit sathstac-
NHton owen o;Iher unofficial latdvEces,
seernrnlg Ito Indicate that the Toxic
goveamlmemt pnoposed to c9ean The
Slate of some ,olf tihe tfroubleisclne Far
EASTERN problems by moving tcward
"a settlement cf such questions as
stlar.t,rrlg and the occrpaSion of 81
bensa
1t developed dju.ihg the day THAT
The expLanati;cm gGven Japan by THE
state Department. relative no the scope
of THE conference was entirely mn
formal and tlnat department. officials
a!pparently lrCtped ITO be able to reach
am understanding without further eX-
chanjge of formal notes. The infor-
nrslalcn desired by Toki5o Us under-
stocd to have been given the Japanese
anbsssadIcir duniing ain inifcrmal com
vs,rsabson with Secretary Hughes, and
at lis assumed that further exchanges
oif a Esllnlilar mature wil ltake place
hlslie CIR in the Japanese capital before
THE stajge cf fo1mal reply rs reached.
Pa1esidenlt Harding lis understood to
have decided that the senate is TO be
neiprsssnted on THE American commits
aScn in the disarmament conference.
Although the size and personnel OF
Hhe commission are nal5ers mot yet
gtven detaLlesl attention, the president
is said to feel that because elf Its
1cErlS responsibility with the executive
in the nat1cnis foreign rel's'tScms the
Se,natla cuIght to be Represented.