Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-11-28

OF NATIONS
IS PROBABLE
May Be Formed Before
Close Of Present Wash
ington Conference - Is
Mr.. Harding's Idea.

Washington, Nov. 26--An asso-
citation of nations, destined to sup
plant the existing League Of Ma
tions of a stabilizer of world peace
is likely to be formed in Washing
ton before the adjournment Of the
international conference on the limi-
tation of arms.
President Harding, 1t was author
itatively said yesterday, contemplates
the founding OF such an association
of nations for annual conferences
as the logical and probable result
Of deliberations now in progress, If
this conclave achieves success in the
effort to bring about an agreement
to reduce and limit naval arms.
The president would have the 9TH
er nations invited to send delegates
to Washington before this confer
ence adjourns to sanction the agree
ment on reduction of arms and to
participate in the formation Of the
association OF nations.
Among such other nations invited
, to Washington the president would
include Germany and the other for
mer enemy countries, which have
been excluded from the League of
Nations.
The project the president has in
mind is the association of nations
for conference on the preservation
of peace, limitation OF arms and other
world problems for which he con-
tended in his election campaign as
a more practicable way of seeking to
minanize the possibility of war than
that represented by the League OF
Nations. He has never lost sight OF
that object since his inauguration
and he believed from the start that
the outcome Of the conference on
the limitation OF arms would test
the feasibility Of his plan.
Delegates Broach Idea.
Since the foreign delegates reach
ed Washington the plenipotentiarie
OF several powers have volunteered
the suggestion to the administration
that this would be an appropriate
occasion for the organization of the
association Of nations advocated by
Mr.. Harding. They wore led to
make this suggestion by the unex-
pected prospect of the success OF this
conference in effecting reduction
of arms.
1t is surmised tho foreign dele
gates had reached the conclusion
that there is no hope OF drawing
the United States into the League OF
Nations and that an association of
nations Of the character proposed by
Mr. Harding is the only internation-
al organization for dealing with
world affairs in which the American
government would be disposed to
participate. The allies doubtless
would like to bring before future
conference of an association Of ma
tions the question of intercancella-
ton of war debts and other finan-
cial problems which the United
States excluded from the present
conference.
President Is Confident.
The president is supremely conf
dent of success of the conference
on limitation of armaments and be-
lieves that such success will lead to
the Inauguration of an annual gath
ering of the nations around the
council board to discuss the affairs
of the world and the Improvement
of world conditions. That would
be the association Of nations he ad-
vocates.
AS to whether any Of the agree
ments reached by the present con-
ference will take the form OF treat
les, the president, it is said, Il un-
able to tell at this time. He would
be just as we'll satisfied, although
he has not attempted to express the
wishes of the delegates to the con-
ference, if whatever understanding
is reached merely took the form cf
agreements, believing that this
should be as binding on nations as
a treaty If the world has reached
a state of civilization where nine
nations can sit around the confer
ence table and reach agreements In
that way, President Harding is said
to be perfectly satisfied to see in
ternational problems settled in that
manner.