Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-19
j. s. CONF FIDENTt
JAP PANESE WILL
Be PRESENT At
PEACE MEETING
An UnreServed Acceptance
viii Come From Toxic,
Is the Belief Among Wash
ington Officials,
TIME is WORKING ON
THE SIDE OF AMERICA
Aroused Public Opinion Is
Counted on as the Great
est Aid in Moving for an
Armament Cut. u.
(By The Associated Press)

Washington, July Is (by The
state department is advancing its
negotiations for the disarmament
conference as rapidly as 1t con-
siders practicable, there is well
defined feeling here that time and
preliminary discussion are work.
ing on the side of the United
States in its effort to include
troublesome diplomatic problems
within the scope of the confer
enCC.
This belief is particularly man.
ifest just now with relation to
Japan, the only nation which has
not accepted unreserVedly the AM
erican suggestion that Far East
ern questions be considered along
with the general topic of disarm-
ament Confidence that such an
unreserved acceptance eventually
will come from Toxic has in
creased measurably among Amer
lean officials since the proposal
became a subject of discussion
throughout Japan.
Officials Satisfied.
1t has been apparent that Pres
ident Harding and his advisers
were counting on the aroused
public opinion of the world as
their greatest aid in moving for
armament limitation, and they
have read press reports and the
comments of foreign diplomats
with keen interest to discover
how impelling is the sentiment in
favor of frank exchange of ideas
on all subjects threatening inter-
national discord. This survey, so
far as officials have been willing
to comment, has aroused in them
general satisfaction.
Press reports from Japan, indi-
eating that the question of full
participation is one of the lively
debates there, are taken as a well
come sign. The same may be as
| sunaed also with regard to London
dispatches indicating that British
opinion hopes for a complete ac-
! ceptance by Japan.
Time a Friendly Factor.
The impression that time is a
friendly factor in all of these con-
siderations and that undue impa-
tience might lead to a misunder-
standing of the real motives OF
the United States in proposing
the conference, is regarded as ex-
planning the indisposition of this
government to hasten the prelim-
inaries. 1t was indicated today
that nothing definite had been
done toward physical arrange
ments.
Who Shall Pay the Bill?
One question undecided is who
shall pay the expenses of the Wis
! iting delegations 1t is customary
for commissions sent TO such gath
erings as peace conferences to be
provided with funds by their re-
spective governments, but some
officials are in doubt as to the
! polite course in the case of a
conference in which the partici-
pants are invited to the soil of
one of the nations represented.
| Should the United States feel
called upon to pay all expenses.
a considerable appropriation by
congress will be necessary. The
| proprieties of the situation thus
are likely to receive diligent study
here in the near future.
Question of Procedure.
| While the preliminaries are In a
waiting stage, officials are consid-
ering some of the concrete ques-
tions of procedure, the conference
will have to face when 1t is assem-
bled. 1t is understood that some
thought has been given to the pos
sibility that European questions,
particularly those growing out of
the world war, may find their way
into the discussions. 1t is realized
that powers like Italy and France
have problems, which to them are
just as pertinent to a disarmament
negotiation as the Far Eastern
questions are from the viewpoint
of the United States and that such
problems cannot logically be de-
MED consideration.
Must Consider Russia.
There also has been some
thought of Russia's possible rela.
ton to the skein of diplomatic re-
construction to be woven by the
powers. There is a profound reali-
zation that the resources and capa-
bilities of the Russian nation can
not to left out of the consideration,
even though the Russian people
have no representative present to
speak for them.
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