Show NEWS REVIEW HE VIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS hardings plan for armament reduction conference Is well received INVITED NATIONS ACCEPT pacific and far east problems also will be B discussed irish peace meetings begin president asks acks senate to defer sol dier bonus bill ely by EDWARD W PICKARD the untied united states last week resu resumed ined its leadership of international affair lii and president hardings world policy unfolded in n way that lends leads tits lili warm to 0 o believe ills his plans for lilt an association of notions nations to preserve tilo tho pence of the alo world are on oil the eve of tills this conns comes about through the presidents invitation to great BrIt britain nin france italy and japan to sell send i representatives to a ment reduction conference in fit wash I 1 ington and lih hij suje hot t kaj n vt V M aref t A 0 it settlement of the lie tint and for far eastern problems leins china being asked to participate in lint part of tho the coil conference bior of course the invitation ans informal in ili anure nature but tile nations named have received roc elved it with acclaim and nit all have signil led their willingness to accept tho the formal invitation when it la Is issued so it t may inny bo be considered certain that tile tho conference will be held probably in tho the coming or possibly po early next year all ilia alio world Is evin evincing Ving intense interest in the plan und certain of the lessor lesser pow era are eager to take part in ili the great conference that the discussion will not be limited to tile tho subjects mentioned Is elmost beyond doubt and there la Is reason to bellevo believe that hint the association so of natrona with pres ires ident hording harding hopes to supplant tile the league of nations will bo be bom nt at the ilia washington conference not only old did the president forestall the of congress which was passing on oil tile the naval bill containing ta ilia 1101 01 asking 1110 lie president to negotiate a naval hoi 1101 itlay iday with great and japan lie ho also went further than clorah and ilia his followers desired and breadel broadened led tile the proposition to include land arm arnen ti ments ts it vas mas reared by many that italy ond especially france would refuse to lo reduce their military strength franco france tools that site must bo be guaranteed guarante pil another attack ly by germany unit and italis malit strength Is s her army idorah unit others thought the inclusion of 0 land armaments might defeat the whole plan but ilia administration thinks their fears tire groundless and that at an for naval reduction may ile be reached litt it if the question of reducing Is lound found embar embarrassing assing indeed tile the governments of franco tint and italy weve heiens na prompt as that of groat britain to lo accept mr hardings invitation chinas cainas Ch inas approval of the aplan value came next mid japan titter after carefully coil tittering tile fir far austern phase pf af tile ho matter instructed its ent asay at washington to tn accept so BO far aa a arin armament ament reduction la 14 concerned harding issued tile the informal Inform nl lie leading states stater nien inell of 0 orent ivero er consulted by ambassador harvey ant and also fly by rk dr nicholas Nl cholas murray dutler who vas aft ed to kie be un assisting mr ir clurey in ili tile matter it Is 19 until bald they informed of if the psychological moment for taking nr lion cheit doctor hutler went ent to perls and talked with french lo leader adert j and told correspondents that president was highly over tile the american plan french Fren cli wid anil british agre a with tile roo that president Ident hardings proposal pro marks a turning point in hi tile of the horld 11 said doctor butler premier nier lloyd Geor georena Ge orens goll I 1 input of tile iho project to t alio I 1 to house of common oin niom 4 and of tile tip royal of it was MS greeted erected with pro lini KiMl I 1 cheering A few days tonys litter later there ans talk in ili london of it u separate there on oil matters before tile washington higton inee be the premiers of australia nil and 11 new 7 s uld mild it would be impossible ifor for then to go BO home and return to ti A lierley klinot immediately when alun tills this flub ren rencher cheI the alio let ift it be known that efforts to divert any par part of the pro posed conference from the american capital would not IQ acceptable accept uble |