Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-24
BY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN


Washington> C, Aug. 22-The van
guard OF the delegates to the world dis
armament 10 he held in Washington in
November will begin TO pour into the
city at least six weeks in advance OF tho
opening OF this momentous congress
and the state department Is beginning
to find itself somewhat in tho post
tion of hostess trying to give a large
party in "A small house. The number of
visitors will increase steadily until the
, opening day of the conference. Noyem-
br IL, and everyone coming here will
remain all winter II the official guesses
as TO the length OF the parleys prove
good ones.
Washington. unlike other great capt.
tails OF the world, is not the metrop-
oils as we'll as the political center OF
the country. London. Paris. Berlin.
Rome. Tokyo and every other capital
city Of any Importance in the world.
is also the largest city of its nation.
Paris had no great difficulty in as
similatinE the huge delegations which
poured into 1t at the. time OF the peace
conference The case OF Washington
is different
There ia discussion now OF a world n
nancial conference in Washington at
the same time that the Disarmament
parleys are under way. The two ques-
tons are SO woven together that linn
itaton>of srmam.nts cannot well he
considered apart from interna tionsi H.
nances and trade. As n matter OF fact,
n is doubtful II the disarmament con-
gress would have fair chance OF sue
cess. or would have been held. unless
the worlds great nations were in debt.
their people supporting an almus,
crushing burden OF taxation which the
limiting Of army and navy expenditure
VIII tighten materially.
The~c two great meetings viii hrinS
to Washington approximately ao,c00
people who ordinarily would not he
here. Washington again will be push q
hard for places TO house all OF the peo-
pie who must make this city their home
for an indefinite period, as II was dur
ing the war and for many months
thereafter.
The state department is az work now
surveying the situation from all angles.
The embassies Of tho military and the
naval powers have been asked to find
out from their governments exactly
how many will he included tn their
delegations. and the Indications are
that the smallest delegation from any
Of the more important nations will
number at least hundred Great
Britain is understood TO have asked
that two hotels he provided. 70 take
care Of it1 delegates Japan IS expected
TO notify tho state department that its
delegates and their experts. assistants.
clerks stenographers and the like. will
number between con and 800. In ad-
dition TO the representatives of<Eng-
land. France, italy ard Japan, almost
every other country in tho world
whether military or naval factor or
not. is expected to have delega tion
OF official obFervcrs at the conference
HoRDEs OF NEWS MEN
In addition to the huge official dele
cations, there viii be hundreds Of
newspaper CORE spondcnts from all over
the world who viii cover the parleyR
until the sessions end. and unofficlaUy
the state department viii take "a hand
10 see that these men are comfortably
housed. Whils the state department
has nothing to- do with American vir-
tors coming TO Washington. IL IL GER
tain that thousands will visit the al
ready crowded city each week thruout
the winter
To cope with the situation. commit.
tees arc being organized now In the
state department. each charged with a
specific part Of the work of taking
care OF the army OF official visitors An
official Information bureau must he
formed so that the thousand and one
questions asked by strangers Of other
uationalities can he answered quickly
The library OF congress. tho greatest in
stitution or itr kind in tho world viii
be utilized by thu foreign delegates a
great deal and their Investigations