Evening star., 1937-10-17
CONFERENCE BID.
TO TREATY PARLEY.
ACCEPTED BY u. S.
Hull Hits Tolerance on Far
East Inconsistency" Aft
er Quick Action.
NORMAN DAVIS HEADS
DELEGATION OF FIVE
Conferees to Seek Agreement Be.
tween China and Japan to
Cease Hostilities.
BACKGROUND

Article VII OF the nine -pouer
treaty provides TOR "tuH and frank
communication" betUeen sigma
tories ",uhereuer situation arises"
Which inuolpes application OF the
treaty in the Far East. In addition
to China and Japan, signers OF the
original pact Were the United
States, Britain, France, Italy. Bel
oium, the Netherlands and Portu-
gal.
The United States moved swiftly to-
day to insure its cooperation with
other nine-power treaty sisnatories in
= conference designed to halt the un-
declared Chinese-Japanese war.
Five minutes after the Belgian gov
ernment's formal invitation to the
parley at Brussels on October 80 had
been received, Secretary Hull an
nounced this Governments accept
ance and named a delegation of five to
represent it.
Norman H. Davis Of New York,
President RoOsevelts Ambassador at
Large" was designated to act as Amer
ica's chief spokesman in conference
efforts to find a formula for a peace
able adjustment Of the Far Eastern
crisis.
In the midst of these plans. Sec
retary Hull wrote Senator Walsh,
Democrat. of Massachusetts that he
did not think this Government need
or should show tolerance towards ac-
tions inconsistent with treaties to
which this country is a party"
Davis. 4 veteran of international
conferences. is expected to press for
an agreement to mediate the Chinese
Japanese conflict in accordance with
q policy already outlined by the Presi-
dent.
This move is expected to be di-
recsed toward obtaining an agree
ment between China and Japan to
cease their hoetilities and strive for 4
negotiated peace.
Ranking U. S. Experts to Go.
With Davis will 60 the State De-
partment's top ranking expert on Far
Eastern and European problems, DR..
Stanley K. Hornbeck, special political
adviser to Secretary Hull on Far
Eastern Affairs, and Jay Pierrepont
Moffat, chief OF the departments
European division.
The delegation also will include
Robert T. Pell. an attache OF the Eu-
ropean division, who will act as press
oflcer and Charles E. Bohlen, secre-
tary.
Secretary Hull announced the dele
cation would sail the middle of next
week and the understanding was that
1t would catch the United States liner
Washington leaving New York on
Wednesday.
The United States Government, In
common with the seven other sigma
tories Of the nine-power pact guar
anteeing China's territorial and ad-
ministration sovereignty was invited
to the conference by Belgium to "ex-
anime the situation in the Far East
and to study peaceable means Of has
tening the end of the regrettable con-
flict which prevails there"
Count Robert van der Straten-
Ponthoz, the Belgian Ambassador, de-
livered his governments written in
vitation in person to Secretary Hull at
1890 am. Secretary Hull assured
the envoy orally Of this Government S
acceptance Of the invitation and gave
him an immediate reply.
Makes Quick Announcement.
Immediately after the Belgian AM
bassador had departed, Hull entered
= waiting press conference to make
his formal announcement Of his ac-
ceptance and the names of the Amer
ican delegates. Both Hull and Presi-
dent Roosevelt previously had an
nounced informally this Governments s
intention to participate.
Hull said he had no knowledge as
yet of the program with which the
conference will deal. President Roose-
velt indicated plainly yesterday at
Hyde Park, however, that Americas S
primary objective in the Brussels con-
ference will be to seek mediation of
the conflict.
He declined to predict what further
steps this Government might take
should the mediation attempt fail.
1t appeared probable, meanwhile,
that Soviet Russia, which is not a
signatory Of the nine-power pact,
would not be invited to the opening
of the conference. but might be asked
to participate in later sessions.
The Secretary Of State said he had
no information as to whether Norway,
Sweden, Denmark. Bolivia and Mexico
would be invited as nations which
(See CONFERENCE, Page A-4.)