The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-22
HUGHES wins
EVERY POINT;
VICTORY seen
Sullivan Believes Japan and
Britain Will Raise No OBJ
jections to U. S. Proposals
on Far East.
BASIS is ACCEPTED
by MARK SULLIVAN

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-For prac-
ence is in sight. They have agreed to
agree, and all that remains is to get
the agreement into formal shape and
ratify it in the presence of the pub
lie
The basis of the agreement is what
Hughes wants. The Hughes program
on armament will be adopted with
comparatively no modification-cer-
tainly with no modification that is not
completely acceptable to Mr.. Hughes.
All dissent from the Hughes plan is
over. The Japanese will not again
raise the question of a larger ratio of
ships, they have heard from their
people too emphatically. The British
will not propose any notifications, ex-
Cept minor ones wholly satisfactory to
Mr.. Hughes
Wins Far East Plan
On the far east, the story is the
same. In this field the details of NJ"
Hughes plan are not as well known
as in the case of armament. What is
certain is that both Japan and Great
Britain in different ways and for diff
i'AN ACbioCAlS nave dbctlluphVu al y
intentions they had in the beginning
10 urge plans of their own about the
far east different from Mr. Hughes
plan. All are going to assent TO Mr..
Hughes way Of settling the far east.
ern questions,
The solution will be much less rigid
than what the British wanted The
British wanted pretty binding agree
ment, going practically as far as an
alliance. The British wanted an
agreement which should be ratified by
the senate and have that additional
assurance of strength and perma
nenCe.
Needs No Ratification
That is no longer to be insisted
upon. The Hughes way of settling
the far eastern questions will be much
less rigid and formal, and will prob
ably not need to be ratified by the
senate
Japan, on her part has abandoned
any intention she had of standing out
for special considerations in the main
land of Asia. Japan will be content
with the advantage that is hers be
cause Of her geographical position.
China will be satisfied Nine-tenths
of what China wanted done will be
done
The conference has progressed
strictly according to the Hughes pro
gram. Hughes purpose was to con
slider naval armament and the related
questions of the Far East.
Hughes Has His Way
Some Of the other powers and hos
# private interests wanted to ado
many other subjects to the agenda
Especially was it desired in man,
quarters that the conference shoulC
take up economic and financial mat
ters. Hughes was not willing anC
Hughes way is being allowed
The conference will end with TIVE
clean steps taken, namely. the reduc
ton of naval armament and an agree
ment about the Far East. Thereafter
with those two steps out of the way
it is quite possible that a new confer
ence may be called to take up one o
Two or more other clean cut and care
fully restricted steps toward betterinj
international relations
This new conference. however. i
wholly a matter of the future Nothinj
will be done about it, and hardly any
thing will be thought about it. unit
the present conference is who'll
cleaned UP and out of the way.
Copyright 1921 by the New YorI
Evening Post