The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-29
DELEGATES TO
NAVAL PARL.EY
BACK IN u. S.
New Treaty Is Long Step
Forward, Says StimSon,
Landing in N. Y.
GREAT WELCOME GIVEN
Gotham Reception Climax
of Long Trip; Robinson
Airs Views.
BY HARRY FERGUSON,
United Press Staff Correspondent


NEW YORK, April 29.-Secretary
of State Stimson and his colleagues
of the American naval conference
delegation came back to their native
shores today with a treaty that
Stimson said will mean a long step
forward from the Washington arms
treaty"
To the strains of 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" and Home Sweet
Home" the quartet who had labored
long and vaiantly in London to
achieve new step in the worlds
moves for peace came to the
metropolis aboard the giant United
States liner Leviathan; were taken
aboard on the city's welcoming tug
Macon; and put ashore, later to re-
ceive a nations plaudits through
the spokesman of its largest city.
Throaty sirens down the bay gave
the men Of peace a welcome, and
the city turned out its greeting
forces to receive them home in
honor.
At city hall, uniformed police were
massed for the reception, for which
Stimson had ready a speech which
amplif1ed his initial remarks aboard
the Macon.
Called Great Move Ahead
1--WE are bringing home treaty
which we believe will mean long
step forward from the Washington
treaty." he said. "That treaty, as
you recall, left destroyers, subma-
rines and cruisers unlimited. After
several attempts, the London con-
ference has succeeded in ending
competition on all types of crafts
among the United States, Great
Britain and Japan. We are very
happy to be home"
The delegates were in morning at
tire as they reached the city and
took their place in a parade to city
hall.
A nineteen-gun salute was doomed
from Governors island as the Ma
com passed into the harbor-an
ambassadorial salute-and the music
Of the Macom's band was drowned
at times by the screech Of tug horns
and steamer whistles.
Stimson confined his remarks on
the treaty to the brief statement
above, but Senator Robinson (Dem..
Ark paved the way for the con-
troversy that the senate promises
to indulge in over the treaty. He
issued statement in which he said:
1T is the province Of the Presi-
dent to decide when the treaty shall
be submitted to the senate for rati-
fication.
Hopes for Early Action
Indications are that the treaty
will be submitted at a very early
date. I am not informed concern
ing the length of time allowed for
discussion.
From my viewpoint the treaty
presents issues which are not diff
cult to understand. The net re-
suit of the treaty, if ratified by the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan, will be limitation of all cate
gories of combat craft and the re-
duction of three or four classes Of
fighting ships.
THE holiday which the treaty
contemplateS regarding battleships
and the advanced scrapping pro-
gram, restriction of submarine at
tacks on merchant vessels in accord
with international law as applied to
surface craft, the substantial dimi-
mutton in our tonnages regarding
submarines and destroyers, are
among the outstanding features of
the arrangement through which it is
hoped that competition among great
navieS will be terminated and inter-
national goodwill strengthened"
Stimson was asked regarding g.
message sent him recently by Presi-
dent Karl A. Bickel of the United
Press, calling attention To- the fact
that press interviews had not been
given by the American delegates
during the conference, though they
talked freely over the radio.
Stimson insisted that it was i'm
possible to carry negotiations 'in
the newspapers"
''For us to carry on our negotia-
tons in the newspapers would be
like stalking wary bull moose in
the Maine woods with the marine
band playing Yankee, Doodle"