The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-14

Lord Lee Said to Have
Brought Plan for
Scrapping Ships.
JAPANESE ENJOYS
GIVEN RECEPTION
Great Britain May Point
To Perils of Ten-Year
Naval Holiday.

while experts Of Great Britain
and Japan continue their investtga-
tion OF the Hughes proposals for
Limitation Of naval armsmc mt. the
joint committees named on Sstur-
day will today complete the future
program Of the conference. These
committees will meet in the Fan
American building. They will be
prepared tomorrow to suggest -
the entire conference how the work
TO be accomplished shall be appor-
toned.
The committees will meet behind
closed doors There will be no an
nouncement concerning their pro-
gram until IL is submitted to the
conference as a whole.
Meanwhile the Japanese and
british delegations were adding
nothing more specific 10 what they
would do with the Hughes propos-
ais than that they seemed accept
able in principle. They await tile ,
final reports Of their experts Th-
Japanese delegation held brief
meeting yesterday. The British
will get together today under the
leadership of Mr.. Balfour.
Reception 20 Japanese.
The outstanding development yes
terday was the reception rendered
to the japanese delegates at the
Shoreham Hotel. where they have
been making their headquarters
Prince Tokugaws chairman Of tn.
delegation. in a brief speech took
occasion to make IL plain that ia
pan was entirely convinced that an.
United States was in no way her
enemy. The reception was taken
advantage OF as a vehicle to bring
the japanese delegates and ADVISER
closer to a select list OF Washing
tonans.
The French delegates have yet
to indicate their real position on
the HARDING proposals. They sssn
unue TO express surprise at their
boldness. But what position Frame
will take on them is still TO he
decided, and IL 10 understood that
Premier BRAND has not Indicated
whether he will inject into their
! consideration his demand that
France be assured protection from
German aggression when the pro-
posals come up for discussion. or
will await decision by the three ns-
tions most vitality interested and
then press his point
May Debate Te.-Ye.r Pia..
II was intimated in British quar-
ters yesterday that Lord Lee had
come TO this country with a pro
posal for capital-ship scrapping
very similar to that of Mr. Hughes
and that because OF this. the Brit
ish might definitely accept tomor-
row the proposed actual Limitation
and then debate the practicability
of the ten-year holiday and replace
rnent suggestions. holding that
complete cessation OF work in ship
yards might prove dangerous.
The representatives Of the ma
tions outside Of the big Five7 want
start made on the problems Of
the Far East ana the Pacific The
Chinese delegates want the United
States TO show its hand concerning
their own immediate problems. They
have assumed the position that in
asmuch as Chairman Hughes. IN
stating the suggestions Of the
United States at the outset Of tie
deliberations gave work 20 the
Other big Five" DELEGATIONS, II
would be only fair that he now
develop the policies that the United
states thinks could wisely be fol-
lowed In the Far East. so that del
egates now compelled to assume a
waiting attitude" could get To
work. In this position the Chinese
are backed up by the Belgian. Hol-
land and Portuguese missions.
Likely TO Agree On Prorrsn.
OF course there has not been no-
viii there be any formal Demand
made for such action. Polite sag
gestion will be as far az IN.
Chinese or any OF the other lesser
delegations would 20. But az tn.
committee meetings they will hone
fully intimate that they want 20
make progress
They win find a decidedly SYM
pathetic hearer in Chairman
Hughes. He told the conference
just before he unloosed his naval
limitations suggestion that he be-
lfeved a plan can be developed
whereby the Eastern problems can
be worked along toward final solu-
tion simultaneously with the arms
program. Because Of this fact IL
is believed that by tonight a zen
eral program acceptable TO every
delegate win be inserted IN the on :
cial agenda that is TO come before
the regular business session to-
morrow.
Ansiyze Hsghes Prepessl.
The Japanese and British EXPERT,
were very busy all through YES
terday getting together their
analysis OF the Hughes proposal.
which form the chief business 60
date before the conference. Already
the japanese experts have submit
ted TO their delegates a preliminary
report. This IL understood TO con-
tain ship by ship comparisons Of
the proposal naval strength OF the
three leading naval powers as
named In the Hughes proposals. IL
deals with all classes and not With
capital craft alone. II furnished .
basis for discussion among the
Japanese delegates.
However until their experts COM
plete their investigation the Jana
nese will not make final decision on
their reply to the Hughes sugs-s-
ton IL Is assumed among 10
Japanese representatives that tho
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