Arizona republican., 1921-11-26
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 WASHINGTON, Nov. 25-A con- tfnuing series of international con ferences, whose fruition may be an Association of Nations" has been suggested informally by President Harding to some of the arms dele gates; and has met with their general approval.
 The suggestion has by no means reached the point of a definite pro posal for such an association, but it was revealed tonight that the presi- dents personal conversations with foreign spokesmen on the subject had greatly increased his hope for new day in international relationship as a result of the Washington conference.
 It was indicated further that as first step toward worldwide recog milton for the conference plan the re- suits of the negotiations here might be submitted for approval not only to the participating nations but to those not represented here, including Ger many and Russia
 So far as the suggestions of NIT. Harding have been made known they contemplate a meeting of nations about the council table once a year to thresh out troublesome questions and devise means for the preservation of D6dCe- IL Sdl0 lO DS lAt 44Opt OA the president that in the end all the smaller governments will join with the great powers in whatever dis cussions may concern them or the world situation generally.
 There is no indication that any covenant or any constitution would be proposed as the basis of the plan. or that any elaborate international machinery would be suggested to con- yey it into effect. The meetings might be convened to consider special subjects or merely to survey inter national relationships and look for danger points in general effort at good understanding
 international Court Whether an international court of justice might be one of the results, is a subject which the president Is said to consider too nebulous for present discussion, although he Is known to regard some such tribunal as a logical part of the plan he has advocated for an association of na- | tions."
 His opinions on the subject have been expressed in several public ad- dresses during the past year. but he never has made a detailed public | statement of the exact method by ! which court could be eStabitSneu- 1 In fact, in his preliminary consid- erations of the best means toward in- l ternationai cooperation. Mir. Harding is said by his friends to have tried to keep his proposals as free from de- | tail as possible with the deliberate \ purpose of reducing to a minimum the probable causes of complication. | His intention is declared to have been | to apply to the world situation Tn the l broadest sense the principle of a meeting of minds" as he employed it | in his pre-inauguration days at Marion.
 So far as he Is willing to go to- ward dispensing with detail, it is de- clared. that he is ready to let the re- | suits of the present conference and the plans for future meetings rest merely on a ''gentleman's agreement rather than a formal treaty. Take Nations Word Some members of. the American ! delegation in the conference are said
 to favor the treaty method. and the
 point is yet to be decided; but it was
 asserted in authoritative quarters to-
 night that so far as MT. Harding is