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GREAT POWERS
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purpose of reducing to minimum the
intention is declared to have been to
apply to the world situation in the
broadest sense the principle of q
meeting of minds" as he employed 1t
in his pre-inauguration days a. Marion.
So far as he is willing to go toward
dispensing with details it Is declared,
that he is ready to let the results of
the present conference and the plans
Tor future meetings rest merely on
gentlemans' agreement" rather than
a formal treaty.
Some members of the American dele
cation in the conference are said to
favor the treaty method. and the point
Is yet to be decided, but 1t was assert
ed in authoritative quarters tonight
that so far as Mr.. Harding was con-
cerned, he would as soon have a ma
TONS word as its bond.
This position. the president is said
TO base upon faith that the Wash
inston conference will help to put a
new face upon International relation
ships and arouse new sense of ma
tional honor.
Agreements such as the conference
is expected to reach are regarded by
the chief executive as touching close
ly national considerations of upright
ness and goodwill.
The hope of the president for a con-
ent one. became known at IA moment
when the arms delegates reached
stage of their deliberations strongly
suggesting in itself that further nego-
tiations will be necessary to consum-
mate the task begun here. Represen-
tatiNes of the nine participating ma
uons are said to have virtually de-
cided at their session today to send an
international commission of jurists TO
investigate China's judicial system and
report next year to the various foreign
offices and discussions OF other fea-
lures of the Far Eastern situation con-
unued with a growing indication that
some sort of International machinery
would be necessary to carry out the
results of the conference decisions.
1t also is becoming apparent that
the Washington conference will not be
able TO make final decisions on some
subjects relating to armaments since
subjects like the rules OF warfare
necessarily must be given world
wide consideration before there can be
a revision to which the powers will be
willing to bind themselves. A continue
ing commission on aircraft is regarded
as another probable outcome of the
conference, and II may be that after
a limit has been set on the submarine
power OF the nations there may be a
more permanent body created TO con-
slider the suggestion, that underwater
warfare be abolished altogether 1t
was not indicated whether the presi-
dent has suggested even informally to
the foreign delegates the advisable
OF inviting Germany and other unrep-
resented nations to participate in tho
agreements reached here and none OF
the foreign spokesmen would discuss
the possibility. 1t was recalled however
that when Belgium. Portugal and the
Netherlands were added to the invita-
ton list OF the conference. the United
states first sought the approval of the
other powers. and an official OF one
foreign delegation said tonight that
no presumed the same method would
be followed in regard to further IN
vitations. In the view OF most dele
gates. IL would not be necessary for
all the nations TO send delegates to
Washington to participate in tho final
| agreements OF the conference. Such n
proceeding might lead to considerable
delay and II was generally predicted
that the final proposals of the confer
cnce. simply would be transmitted to
the various foreign offices for accept
| ancc or rejection.