Evening star., 1929-12-16
Party Brings Assurances of
Nations Desire to See
Arms Reduced.
CALL AT WHITE HOUSE
TO VISIT PRESIDENT
Group Will Urge Establishment by
Conference of 10-10-7 Ratio
for Auxiliary Ships.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Japan's delegates to the London Naval
Limitation Conference came to Wash
ington today, bringing assurances of
their government that it wishes to CO.
operate fully with President Hoover and
the United States in the effort to be
made in London for reduction rather
than a mere limitation of naval arma-
ment.
The delegation was welcomed at the
Union Station by Secretary Stimson of
the State Department, Secretary Adams
OF the Navy Department and other high
ranking officials of the Government.
Secretary Stimson heads the United
States delegation to the London confer
ence and Secretary Adams is a member
of the delegation.
The first official visit of the delegation
in washington will be to the White
House to pay respects to President
Hoover at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon.
May Leave Thursday.
While the delegation is here-the plan
now is to leave this city Thursday for
New York-it is expected that the
Japanese will confer with Secretary
Stimson and other members of the
American delegation. The japanese
government has from the first been
friendly to the idea of a naval limita-
tlon conference and was quick to join
III with the plans of this country and
Great Britain for the conference, which
mas been called to meet in London jan
uary Il. The expectation is that prob
lens to come before the conference will
be considered in a preliminary way at
informal meetings here between the
Japanese delegates and those of the
United States.
The Japanese, as announced by
HelJlro WakatSuki, former prime min
lSter OF Japan and head of the dele
CATION, are expected to urge strongly on
the London conference The establish
ment of 10-10-7 ratio in the matter
OF auxiliary naval ships with which the
conference will deal, instead of the
o-5-3 ratio which was established for
capital ships at the Washington con-
ference.
The request of the japanese will be
that their auxiliary naval strength.
covering cruisers, destroyers, subrna-
rlneS, ETC., be in the ratio of 7 to 10.
Win the United States and Great Brit
am each represented by 10. The head
OF the Japanese delegation. before the
visitors left Chicago, said that Japan
would insist" upon the higher ratio for
the japanese navy at London.
In view of the fact that this request
Tor 10-1O-7 ratio is likelv to he one
OF the principal matters urged upon the
conference In London, it is believed that
IL is a subject which may be taken IN
In the informal discussions among the
oeiegates while they are in Washington.
JapanS SWo principal delegates to the
conference are the former prime minis
ter ana ADMIRAL Takarabe, minister of
marine. score of advisors and other
officials accompany them. In the party
are Count Aisuke Kubaya a, a member
OF the House of Peers and head of the
Japanese steel works, and Admiral
Baron Abo, representing the supreme
military council of Japan.
Reijiro WakaSuki, head of the dele
CATION, is graduate of the law depart
ment of the University of Toxic. He
has served his country in many i'm
portant official positions, as minister
of finance, as minister for home affairs
and as prime minister, position which
he gave up in 1927. He is a member
OF the House of Peers. Count AiSuk
Kubayama is graduate of Amherst.
Ambassador Greets Party.
The Japanese Ambassador, Katsuji
Debucni, and Nine. Debuchi were at
the Union Station, with the official
American party, to welcome the dele
gates. Nine Takerabe, dressed In
Japanese costume. added a touch of
color to the scene. She was presented
to Mrs. Stimson and the American Of
ficialS by Nine Debuchi.
In the American official party well
coming the delegation from Japan
were, in addition to Secretary Stimson
and Secretary Adams, William A.
Castle, jr,, who has just been desig-
mated Ambassador to Japan; Assistant
Secretary of State Nelson ]. johnson,
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