DISARMAMENT
EX-SOLDIERS1 INTEREST
DIRECT REPRESENTATION NOT POSSIBLE.
WASHINGTON, Bth September.
President Harding, replying to a letter from. Mr. Jeffers, of the House of Representatives, asking that ex-service men should be appointed to the American delegation to the Armament Conference, declared that this was impossible, although highly desirable. The President added that the delegation would be limited io four men, including a representative' of. the Congressional minority, and pointed out that the delegates must be highly trained and have a knowledge of diplomacy, while ex-service men would bnly have slight experience. '
It is understood that, besides Mr. C. E. Hughes and Senator Lodge, the delegation will probably include Senator Underwood.- and Mr. Root.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 62, 10 September 1921, Page 5
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