The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-01
HDllaHd and Italy Await
Final Word From
Home.
YREUAM LINE
j ASSURED TO u. s,
Delcgates Will Rest Until
Ttssday, Several Going
Out of Town.

y Aor communications replaceu
diseruHnent discussion In naval
4 arsnen1ot circles yesterday. The
qusstion OF final disposition OF the
<P1c1nc ables. wrested from Ger
u1a ccnrol In the late war. was
dizcfsset by Representatives of the
{ Big Five with the representative
of the Naherlands sitting in.
The quefion Of apportionment of
the cables was settled subject to
finsl deciaons by Holland and
ItaIy- The representatives of the
Dutch goronment had TO refer all
PROPOSITIONS TO their home govern
ment because of the substantial
equity Of Hslland nationals in the
German cables Under the arrange
ment the Unbed States has control
hereafter Of the Yap-Guam cable
Holland has me Ysp-Minado cable.
} and Japan has the Yap-shanghai
cable. These Hnes. which have been
sealed, WIN imnsedfstely be re-
opened and II WIN be possible to
expedite cable rornmunication with
the Orient IL
WIN r.Es Day on.
The arrangement when completed
will take the form Of either a
treaty or a convention OF course
there must be obtained the consent
Of the powers where these cables
land and there also must be an un-
/ derstanding whereby Germany shall
+ be credited under tia reparations
clauses of the Versailles treaty
with the total amount Chat these
cables were appraised at On the re-
ports Of che experta
II WIS explained iast njEht that
the Immediate result Of these nego-
tiations yesterday will be the OK
petition OF commnnicatfonz with
the Far East.
: All of the confsrsncs Delegates
have agreed that then VIII teke q
day on. and there VIII be .-'no<hins
doing so far as Conferences bust
ness is concerned until next Tues
day. Many of the delegates and
attaches will leave town today 70
spend the first two dass sef the yeas
1929 with friends opt of town
. Armed Merchanknen Qsestisss
II was stated Iast night that
there probably wfll be an attempt
made before the naval treaty is
d " nave the NdElOut DOW
ers reach an agreement on the
question of armed mercha atmen.
British official propagandists have
suggested that the British Empire
has decided that hereafter in the
event of war, whether Britain is a
party to the conflict or not, all
British merchantmen shall be
armed. This was declared by Amer
lean spokesmen yesterday to be too
palpable a suggestion designed to
influence delegations represented
here. 1t was explained that there
will be a full and free discussion
OF this very point as soon as the
committee of naval experts have
reached conclusions on the various
subjects submitted to them,
IL can be stated that the Ameri-
can delegation is absolutely op-
posed to the arming of merchant
vessels IL the second and third
Root resolutions now under dis
cussion are adopted. So far as the
American government is concerned
? IL is anxious that ruthless subna
rine warfare shall be outlawed for
all time and that II shall be agreed
that hereafter no submarin will be
permitted to be used as commerce
dltroyers 80.
Delegation headquarters said last
night that the various subjects ar
fecting China, the Pacific and the
Far East will be reached by the
middle Of next week. 1t is expected
that Messrs. Hughes and Balfour
will arrange a settlement OF the
Shantung problem through media
tion- While both the Chinese and
Japanese delegations have fnsisted
that they viii make no concession
American and British circles feel
that there must be a way out and
that 10 Is certain to be founL by
the leaders of the two principal
delegations.
Meanwhile there will be very
little discussion of conference prob
lens over the holiday. The COM
mtttee on draft 10 working out the
detailed language of the treaty on
naval limitation. The expert COM
.mittee is passing upon outstanding
questions such as defining tonnage
measurements.
However by the middle of next
week there will be completed pro-
grams to pass upon and IL seems
certain last night that at least two
plenary sessions can be expected
during the week