Show p SUBJECT MAY NOT r BE INTRODUcED Reason of Reservation of the United States Regarding Limitation of Armaments ir PEACE CONFERENCE WORK COMMITTEE MEMBERS SELECT SELECTED ED BY DELEGATES The Hague June 20 It is officially stated that General Horace Porters res reservation yesterday yaster a covering the tIe right of i the he United States to present the question n of the limitation of ot armaments does not mean mean the Washington government has lias definitely decided to raise ralfe the sub subject subject On the contrary it is hs stated that it ft involves no change in the American atti attitude attitude tude hide whicH is defined as follows The United States regards the limita limitation Von tion of armaments primarily as a Euro European uru question and md in the face of the pres present L ent nt divergence of views among the Euro European European powers and the unwillingness of any an of them to assume nUme the responsibility the i United States does not feel feet justified it at atthe t the outset of the conference in injecting an issue that might Jeopardize the important important tant work achievable Nevertheless ss the tho I United States does not want to see the thedoor thedoor thedoor door closed and the reservation is made to protect her right to introduce the sub subject if ir r for any an reason later she should de tie decide deide ide cide to todo do so Committee Committe Members Selected The various delegations to the peace inference met m t today and selected mem members members bers to be assigned a to the four general committees created yesterday At 1 4 this afternoon the tho four r presidents resl of the committees and ane M LIo Liu Ll t I doff fiot met and agreed on the days on which the committees will meet As in many man In Instances Instances Instances stances especially in the case case of the thes th thI I s mailer maller the same Maille members rs will be assigned to two or more commIt commutes commIttees committe tees tes it will b necessary for the com corn committees committees to assemble on different dlf rent days The real work of the conference will willbe willbe willbe be done in the committees A month is expected to elapse before the next net plenary r meeting as the plan Is to have the com corn committee committee work welt well advanced before another full conference This was the procedure I in ISSO when there was Va a period of lays days between the appointment of the committee 1 and nd the presentation tr n of the first report |