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Show World Parley to Bar Gas, Submarines? WORLD iSiU C0 REHCE lj The President does not believe that he, as the President of the United States, should push himself Into the conclave further. He will, of course, In his capacity as President of the nation which invited the conference, address the delegates when they convene con-vene here November 11, but after that his relation with it will be an advisory advis-ory one. 'Jhe President's invitation to the powers points out the futility of looking look-ing for "stability or the assurance of social justice, or tlwe security of peace while wasteful and unproductive outlays out-lays deprive effort of its just reward and defeat the reasonable expectation of progress." The invitation also says : "It may also be found advisable to formulate proposals by which In the Interest of humanity the use of new agencies of warfare may be suitably controlled. Although none of the new agencies of warfare are mentioned in the invitation, invita-tion, It refers, of course, to the advisability ad-visability of the nations of the world reaching an agreement to control the use of poison gases and other brutal agencies developed In the great war. It may also mean submarines. WASHINGTON. President Harding Har-ding has announced the selection selec-tion of Secretary of State Hughes to head the delegation to represent rep-resent the United States in the Washington Wash-ington conference on limitation of armament arm-ament and Pacific and far eastern issues is-sues which menace international tran-julllity. tran-julllity. The President further announced an-nounced that he passed on to his secretary sec-retary of state all responsibility for the conference henceforth, except, of course, the naming of other members of the American delegation. The President believes, according to bis advisers, that he has done his full duty in bringing about the world conference, con-ference, which already begins to assume as-sume an Importance as vital to the nations as the Versailles peace conference. |