COUNCIL OF RATIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1921, Page 5

COUNCIL OF RATIONS.

WASHINGTON GATHERING. THE PROBABLE DATE. SIX POWERS TO ATTEND. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received August 3, 5.5 p.m. London, August 2. It is considered certain that November will be fixed as the date of the Washington Conference. Although it is believed each Power will have only one representative the delegations are expected to be largq, including experts nn all subjects, as a great amount of detail is required. One Prime Minister said to-day that Mr. Lloyd George having just sat through the ' fvhole of the Imperial Conference listening to every word the delegates said about i foreign affairs and Pacific questions, he ’ possesses a perfect and unequalled grip of , the Dominion viewpoint, which is particularly fortunate at this juncture. Mr. Lloyd George will go to Scotland at the end of August, returning a month later. He is likely to leave Southampton ? for Washington ou Octob.er 22. THE ATTITUDE OF JAPAN. NARROWING THE ISSUES. TO AVOID SOME QUESTIONS. Received August 3, 8,15 p.m. New York, Augult 2. The Washington correspondent of the ' New York Times reports that all sug- ■ gestions for a preliminary conference on j disarmament, which were first made by ! England and Japan, have been with- | drawn and diplomatic exchanges are ■ now in progress concerning the date. The I United States is hopeful that the con- I ference will meet not later than November. Dispatches received, in Honolulu from Tokio state that Japan will insist that the Disarmament Conference should discuss Mexican-American questions in cases where these are not settled at a preliminary conference. Received August 3, 8.15 p.m. Tokio, August 2. The newspaper Asahi Shimbun states that besides Shantung and Yap and the occupation of Siberia Japan will insist on eighteen other matters to come under the head of issues settled or pertaining to a singie country, during the | Far Eastern Conference. The mews- i paper adds that the Government is tin- I certain how these will be received by other participants in the conference.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn News of the abandonment of the Pacific Conference has been made public to- | day. It appears now that the United . States was never keen on hold : ng a preliminary conference in London, Wash- i ington, or anywhere. This, in conjunction with Japan's reply, prompted the ’ decision to discuss all phases at one conference. It to understood that the Powers which will be present are Britain, Italy, France, Japan, China, and the United States. As soon as it was known that the Dominion Prime Ministers would not be afforded an opportunity to state their case individually, each focussed the main pointe of hie contention, which will be co-ordinated in the Imperial manifesto.