New Britain herald., 1930-01-11

which he is one of the four British delegates.
 By HENRY T. RUSSELL
 United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright, 193O. in All Countries
 By United Press)
 London, Jan. T UP)-A convic- ton that unsolved problems of naval disarmament which confront the five power conference in London would be worked out at the coming meet ing was expressed today by Arthur Henderson, the British foreign secre- tary
 No Final Agreements
 Henderson, in frank and in- formal talk with United Press rep resentative said without qualification that no final agreements had been made in the pre-conference discus slons between representatives of the five great naval powers.
 Obstacles or no obstacles" Hen derson said, T am optimistic re- sarding the conference, which I con- sider the logical and inevitable re suit of the Washington conference Of 1921: of the work done under auspices of the League of Nations: and, last but not least, of the kel. logg pact by means of which the most powerful nations of the world solemnly placed themselves on rec ord as outlawing war"
 The foreign secretary reiterated hat the naval powers, in pre-con- erence negotiations, had not made my attempt to solve finally the prob "ms which confront the confer ence."
 He expressed belief that the peo- pie of the United States and Great Britain fundamentally like and re- Spoct each other because deep down in their hearts" they have the same ideals.
 He said education Of nations of he world will make it easier 10 pre- vent war and added a hope that the naval conference would lead to a successful world disarmament con- ference.
 "l am not satisfied that President Hoover has evolved wonderful Humanitarian ideas, especially after he terrible things he saw during the war;" Henderson said, agreeing with he recent statement credited to the president that the forthcoming naval conference may last many weeks.
 Conference to End Strife
 If there were no difficulties or obstacles 10 overcome, obviously there would be no need to hold the conference," he continued. There is a great difference between the worlds present peace and disarma- mcnt psychology from what thcr9 was even in 1927. Thanks to sucn things as the Kellogg pact there has been considerable advance in the past two years towards attainment of the ideals which animated leaders of the peace conference after the war. That in itself is a great dcat
 ''The London conference. more Ovcr unlike the Geneva tri-power conference of 1927. will open after the most careful preparation of the ground. At Geneva the delegations of the United States, Japan and the British empire met Gas soon became apparcnt without sufficient under standing of each others views.
 "On this occasion the representa- lives of the five naval pact will meet after some months of careful study of one another's viewpoint. They did not, in their preliminary converse uons, make any attempt finally to solve the problems which confront the conference. These conversations have been largely prompted by a feeling that, in conference as any where else, an obstacle becomes con- siderably less formidable if it has been seen and tal.,n into account. There has been no effort to find q final solution 10 the various prob lens which constitute those obsta- cles.
 Study Aids in Problem
 We do. however. all believe that close study which has been given them render their elimination q great deal less difficult. You must not, however, expect that the con- ference will be either short or easy. But as President Hoover also was quoted as saying, there will be good will towards the conference on the part of every nation, and I feel sanguine that helped by enlightened public opinion, we are going to be nrj\ri1pp1 tn hold in I ference which will have q great in fiuence for good on the future of civilization.
 What we all have got to realilc is the greatness of the opportunity offered, which I think President Hoover himself realized
 T hope this conference will 70 successful and will eventually lead to a world disarmament conference. If all the delegates enter the con- fer rec appreciating it's potential possibilities and without too mucn rlgidlty and regard to cut and drie l proposals it may be possible to make q substantial contribution to settle ment of the problem of disarmament and give such a lead through the preparatory disarmament commits sion at Geneva as to make a world disarmament conference a huge sue cess"
 Wears Lounge Suit
 Henderson. whose unusually bright blue eyes and ruddy complexion have earned him the affectionate title cf Uncle Arthur" was wearing a plaln