Evening star., 1925-07-26
NEW ARMS PARLEY
HOPE OF COOLIDGE
BEGINS To WANE
Apathy of Nations to Project
Cherished by President
Disappoints Him.
WILL LET MATTER DRIFT
UNTIL AUSPICI0US TIME
Support of Public Is Assured in
Coal Strike Crisis, Ham
mond Says.
BY j. RUSSELL YOUNG.

SU NJ NJ Err WHITE HOUSE,
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass, July Is
Those who have talked with President
Coolidge recently regarding the hold
ing of another Washington arms
conference of the larger world pow
ers have gone away with the feeling
that he is beginning to lose hope, at
least for the present.
The impression has been gained
that President Coolidge is becoming
we'll aware of what his advisers de-
scribe as an adverse attitude on the
part of the European countries where
diplomatic feelers have been made
by representatives of the United
States.
The President is understood to
have been advised that these efforts
to engage the powers in another con-
ference to. bring about further re-
duction in armament and armed
forces have met with little success.
Word received here is that those
powers are not manifesting any in
terest in such a conference as has
been hoped for by President Cool
idge.
TTcsiucnI disappointed.
President Coolidge, while not dis
turbed over this development, is un-
derstood to be disappointed. He has
not abandoned hope, however, and al
though he might let the matter drift
for the present, his intimates feel
sure that he will make another at
tempt to bring about the materiaIi-
zation of this conference.
The President in his first really i'm
portant speech following his acces-
sion to the Presidency declared that
| his ambition was to convene a second
arms conference as soon as the ma
tions of the world were ready for it.
He reiterated that desire in his mes
sages to Congress. He had hoped
that they would be ready for a call
by him this Summer following the
conferences held at Paris and Geneva
The fact that they are uninterested
in his program becomes known con-
currently with the revelation that the
European nations today have over
100000 men under arms, probably
the largest armed force in peace time
1t also follows the loaning of vast
sums of American money which was
calculated to enable them to put their
houses in order.
1t was said here today in ofhcial
circles that not since the Washington
conference, which stripped the
United States of the great naval su-
premacy she then enjoyed, has sin
gle suggestion for a further confer
ence to reduce naval or military
forces been made by any European
or other world power
Hammond Sees Confidence.
John Hays Hammond, who was
chairman of the Presidents fact-fnd-
ing coal commission in 1923 and who
last week conferred with the Presi-
dent regarding the threatened anthra-
cite coal strike, while in Swampscott
today said that If by any chance oc-
Casion should arise for President
Coolidge TO exert his influence in an
effort to compose the present contro-
versy he believes that the President
could rally public support as few
other Presidents could have done.
According to Mr.. Hammond's opin-
ion, Mr.. Coolidge enjoys public conf
dence and affection such as no other
Chief Executive has, enjoyed since the
days of James Monroe and the EZRA
of good feeling
Should the time come to act, Mr.
Hammond believes the President will
find all political parties united behind
him on the principle that the public's
right to a continuous supply Of fuel
| transcends the private right of either
capital or labor.
| Mr.. Hammond has informed the
| President that he feels very hopeful
that the operators and miners will
compose their differences, but If they
don't he does not think strike will
be one of long duration.
Bliss Reports on Sweden.
Robert Woods Bliss, United States
Minister to Sweden, reported condi-
tions in that country to President
Coolidge today at White Court. He
spent over one hour making his OBJ
/ servations upon the progress of
| Sweden and its advances financially
He also told the President what he
thought of the ability of the debtor
| nations to pay their obligations to the
| United States.
! The relations between Sweden and
! the United States are as happy as
i possible, Mr.. Bliss said, upon leaving
the President.
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