ONE CONFERENCE

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 30, 4 August 1921, Page 7

ONE CONFERENCE

POWERS TO MEET IN

WASHINGTON

LLOYD GEORGE TO REPRESENT THE BRITISH

DEMANDS BY JAPAN,

(UNITED FRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIO*T.)

(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CAIL* ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 2nd August.

The news of the abandonment of the Pacific Conference was made public today. It appears now that the United States was never keen on holding a preliminary conference in London, Washington, or anywhere.. This, in conjunction with Japan's reply, prompted the decision to discuss all the phases at one conference. It is understood that the Powers to be present will be' 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 foeussed the main points of his contention, and these will be co-ordinated in an Imperial manifesto.

Mr. Lloyd George is going to Scotland at the end of August, and will return a month later; and he is likely to leava Southampton for Washington on 22nd October.

It is considered certain that 11th November will be fixed as the date for the Conference. Although it is believed that each Power will only have one representative, the delegations of experts are expected to be large, including all subjects, as a great amotmt' of detail *as required. One Prime Minister said to-day that Mr. Lloyd George, ' having just . sat through the whole Imperial Conference ■listening to every word the delegates said on foreign affairs and Pacific questions, possesses a perfect and unequalled grip on the Dominion view-point, which is particularly fortunate at this' juncture.

NEW YORK, 2nd August. The Now York Times correspondent at Washington reports that all the suggestions for a preliminary conference on disarmament first made by England aoid Japaa have been withdrawn. Diplomatic exchanges are now in progress concerning the date. The United States is hopeful that the Conference will meet not later than November. Despatches jreiceived at Honolulu from Tokio state that Japan will insist that the disarmament conference disouei Mexican .and American questions in cases where these are not settled at a^preliminary conference. • -. •

TOKIO, 2nd August.

The newspaper Asahi Shimbun states that besides Shantung and Yap and the occupation of Siberia, Japan will insist that eighteen other matter* come under the head of issues settled or pertaining to a single 'country during the Far Eastern Conference. The newspaper adds: "The Government is' uncertain how those will be Teceived by other par.ticipants at the conference."