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Show HARDING GALLS FOR DISARMAMENT MEET POWERS INVITED TO DISCU89 DISARMAMENT AT WASHING- TON WITH LEADERS Bids To Gathering To Be Presented To Ambassadors For Various Nations Taking Part In Parley Washington President Harding's formal call for tho disarmament nnd Puclflc conferences at Washington November 11, was sent out to tho rur-lous rur-lous powers luvited to tho parley Thursday. After presenting tho invitations to the ambassadors, tho text of tho invitation in-vitation will bo mndo public by Secretary Secre-tary of State Hughes. The Invitations are being sent to Great Britnln, France, Italy, Japan und Chlnn. The Invitations nre understood to be Identical nnd brief. They will be sent directly to tho foreign offices nnd copies cop-ies handed to the diplomatic representatives repre-sentatives of tho powers here. Preliminary negotiations havo made certain the acceptance of tho invitations invita-tions and of agreement to open the conference on Armistice day. It Is expected that the acceptance" will make clear how many representatives representa-tives each nation expects to send. Upon receipt of this information, details de-tails of caring for the visitors enn be worked out. Question of housing the missions and selection of a building for the principal conference invotlngts and the many minor conferences are being studied hero. Further exchanges of opinion on tho agenda will probably continue. All thought of preliminary conferences confer-ences have been abandoned. The final arrangement of the agenda, however, probably will be made only after the conference meets. Subjects relating to the disarmament negotiations were talked over for nn hour by President Hnrdlng nnd Senator Borah, author of the resolution resolu-tion requesting the executive to call n disarmament conference. Tho meeting was arranged at the president's request. Mr. Borah Is understood to have detailed de-tailed his views regarding the stand the United States should lake lit the preliminary negotiations that are to determine de-termine that subjects will come before the conference. It was nl?o Indicated that the Idaho senator urged all practicable prac-ticable publicity for conference meetings meet-ings and that every appearance of secret sec-ret diplomacy ho avoided. The question of negotiations for r treaty of commerce nnd nmlly will. Germany also came Into the discussion. discus-sion. Senator Borah inquiring what steps had been taken In that direction Afterwards Senator Borah would not ndlcato what Information the president presi-dent hnd given him except to say that 'n his opinion events were moving towards to-wards the conclusion of such a treaty It developed In other quarters thai the Issuance of a formal declaration or peace with Germany might be delayed until the treaty had been signed. |
