Evening star., 1921-10-29

limitation conference Will meet Mon
day morning. and. in anticipation OF
the session, Secretary of State Hughes
has been going over with Secretary
of the Navy DENLY questions relating
to the American plan for proposed
limitation of naval armaments.
President Harding has completed
the list of advisers to the American
delegation, twelve In number, 1t IL
reported, and may announce them be-
tween now and Monday.
In high administration circles. as
the date for the assembling Of the
conference approaches. there is
growing feeling Of confidence that
many problems to come up. which at
first assumed menacing proportions.
give promise of yielding to nesotia.
tion and solution; 1t can De stateo
with certainty that administration
officials regard the outlook for the
conference achieving tangible hene-
fetal results as more than hopeful.
smooth Path for Delegates.
Conversations between the Japanese
ambassador and the Secretary of
State, which have been going on from
time to time, have done much. it is
asserted, to smooth the path for the
delegates of the two countries to the
conference In which Pacific ana far
eastern questions are. to be consid.
cred. For obvious reasons. detailed
comment upon these questions ls
sideration in the conference. but,
gratifying assurance is at hand Of
their increasingly favorable status. :.
The cordial and sincere expressions
Of friendliness and intended co-opera-
ton by the arriving Japanese DELE
gates and STATS are thoroughly ap-
preciated by the officials OF this gov.
ernment The first contingent of the
Japanese. including the naval and
military STATS, have reiterated these
expressions in San Francisco. Chi
sentiments have been expressed by
the principal delegates now on the
Pacific and photographed to the press
Of this country.
From tomorrow. when. the Chinese
staff will arrive. until November II
there will be arrivals of delegates and
their STATS. and officials of the gov
ernment will be busted extending the
hand of welcome to distinguished
visitors from Asia and, Europe. The
land at Seattle today. or tomorrow.
and next week some of the European
delegations will reach New York.
coming Immediately to this capital.
=. Keynote by President.
President Hardings speech at the
opening of the conference. Saturday.
November ~, following the Armistice
day ceremonies of the 11th, is await
ed with keen interest in diplomatic
circles, as he Is expected to sound the
keynote Of the broad American policy
as we'll as welcome the members of
the conference.
The State Department has announc-
ed definite postponement of the OPEN
ing of Saturday, November IL. instead
of Armistice day, the 11th. as
originally planned. Secretary Hughes,
head of the American delegation to
the conference. will call the meeting
to order and President Harding will
deliver an address. 1t is probable the
meeting will then adjourn until the
following Monday. when organization
of the conference will be undertaken.
The conference will meet for It's
opening session in the hall of the
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton. AS the seating capacity of the
hall is limited to 1900. the general
public cannot be taken care of, ex-
cept through tickets ohtainable from
members of Congress and through the
various embassies ana IeeauQnS.
Copmittee Meetings.
Meetings of the various committees
appointed by the conference to- study
special subjects will be held in the
Pan-American Union. the Office rooms
provided in the Navy Department for
the use of the conference delegations.
or elsewhere as may be necessary, and
1t is to be expected that these meet
ings will not be open to the public or
the press except on special occasions,
when the conference may decide that
1t would be wise to throw them open.
That question, however. can be de-
termined only by the conference itself
or the particular committee after 1t
has been charged by the conference
with special study. So far as the
open sessions of the conference are
it was emphasized that the
State Department was anxious to pro.
vide every possible means of publicity
in order that the general public could
know what was transpfring.