The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-09-14
COMING CONFERENCE
FREE FROM POLITICS
Underwood Says International Ques.
tions Divorced From Domestic
Issues.
WILL ACCEPT PLACE
AS ONE OF BIG FOUR
Alabama Senator Thinks Delegation
Representing United States Will
Act as Unit OH Disarmament
With Task of Convincing
Others First Con-
Sideration.

Birmingham, Sept. 12.-There
should not and can not be any party
politics involved in the coming dis
armament conference at Washington,
Senator Underwood, Democratic mem
ber of the American delegation, stated
tonight
"Partly politics should only affect
domestic questions" declared Mr.. Un-
derwood. "When one crosses the
three mile limit going out to sea then
the question becomes an international
one"
Stating that he would accept a
place in the conference as soon as
President Harding's offer was official
ly, received, the Democratic leader as
serted that it was his belief that the
nations represented at the conference
would be willing to make the nee
essary concessions for an ultimate
agreement which would relieve the
world of it's armament burdens and
assure peace to "this and future gen.
crations."
Il think the four men representing
the United States ut the conference
can stand as a unit on all questions" )"
he said. /"The delegation will un-
doubtedly favor disarmament to an
extent that will be real l.. it's effect.
"The problem That confronts us will
be to convince the representatives
9. other nations of the. necessity, ad-
Visement and effectiveness of the dis
armament agreement Theoretically,
None of the great nations Of the world
today stands as an antagonist to
peace %nd all would agree thcorcti-
cally that it is w..e and proper
thing to do to reduce armamcnts of
the world"
Washington, Sept. 12.-Jnpan and
France have formally given assent
to the American proposal that Bel
gium and Holland, because of their
large interest in the Orient be in
vited to the discussion of far Eastern
questions at the conference on lim-
tation Of armament. Favorable re-
sponscs fro mother powers arc expect
ed at the state department within
the next few days, but no formal in
Vltations will go forward to the Bel
glan and Dutch governments until
there is unanimous agreement on the
subject.
While these negotiations arc pend
ing state officials are feeling out the
attitude of the other participants on
what subjects are to be considered
at the conference. The British am
bassaGor, Sir Auckland Gcddcs, con-
fcrred with Secretary Hughes today,
and it is understood the problem Of
framing a conference program was
considered, although there was no
indication that the embassy had re-
ceived detailed instructions from Lon
don or th&t the secretary had formu-
lated any definite proposal on the
part of the American government.
Conferences cf n similar nature
have vakon place between Mr..
Hughes and other ambassadors, the
intention being to keep the ncgotia-
tlons in an informal phase until the
views of all the interested nations
have been more or less clearly de-
lned.
Geneva, Sept, l2 (By The Associated
Press The assembly of the league
OF nations today heard a great deal
about the United States and the pro-
posed conference at Washington in
November in connection with thc
League work on disarmament and
also with reference to criticism in
America of tie work of the league.
1T was the most picturesque session
Of this meeting.
Srinv%sa Sastri, native Indian
lawyer, wearing the Indian costume
and speaking perfect English with
an cloqucnce rarely eQuallcd by Eng
lish orators, had the floor at the
morning session. He suggested that
the United States might do some
thing more practical than mcr >ly
criticize what the league was doing
or had failed to do. He touched light
~ on race question in connec-
tion with mandates limiting at a diff
ference of views on this question be-
tween India and her sister dominion,
South Africa, which is one OF the
mandatory powers.
Count Gimeno, a Spanish delegate,
stirred the South Americans as they
had never before been stirred in the
assembly debates by his praise of
the leagues work. Count GimcnO
spoke in Spanish which was the first
time this language was used on the
floor Of the assembly. His speech
later was translated into both Eng
lish and French
Tokyo, Sept. IL (By the Associated
Press. )-The ministry of finance has
decided to send officials to the
Washington conference on Far East
ern questions and the limitation Of
armamcnts in view Of the close con
nection between armamcnts and
financial problems.
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Mcssrs. w. r. Davis, George and
Leslie Tmdal took an automobile trip
through Alabama and Gnoru;, /, ot