Show BRITONS SAY SAYI I THEIR SCHEME SCHEMES IS S BEST BE S TON ONE E Believe DC De Valera Has lIas Made 1 Mistake In Ili Judgment By A. A A G. G G GARDiNER England's Greatest ral Editor Copyright 1927 Consolidated Pre s Pr s Association LONDON June 23 25 Much luch Much anxiety anxIety anxiety prevails prevail here regarding the prospects of ot the armament confer confer- conference enc ence at Geneva It Is recognized that failure of ot America Great Britain and an l Japan to arrive e at nt a a. naval agreement would have fa fatal fa- fa fatal tal lal repercussions on the forthcoming ing disarmament conference while on the other hand a a. successful issue Is Issue Is- Is Issue sue to the present conversations would change the whole current of oC the world worM movement In regard to competitive armaments In view of the wide Ide disparity disclosed in the proposals of the three powers regret is felt that the schemes were ere not exchanged e before the conference In order that the tho grounds of ot difference could be bemore bemore bemore more more adequately explored and explained explained ex ex- explained before formal negotiations began LIKE OWN SCHEME It Is generally agreed here that the British scheme Is the most log log- logical logIcal logical ical and far reaching of those put forward and that It applies fun fun- fundamental fundamental fundamental principles of limitation which are absent In other proposal propos propos- als al' The criticisms directed against It are arc based on the ground not that It Is Insufficiently drastic but that It goes goS too far Some Sonic disappointment disappointment Is felt at the rigidity of the American attitude with re regard re- re regard regard gard to capital cD ships and tho the dis dis- disposition disposition disposition position to place an excessive val val- valuation valuation on merchant ships as poten poten- potential potential auxiliaries oC ot navies les The most hopeful factor Is tho sincere desire of all parties to reach an agreement and private Information obtained by the writer Indicates that the preliminary con con- conversations conversations conversations have so far cleared the tha ground that plenary conferences may open Monday Monda The London season which for for- formerly formerly formerly merly ended with Ascot week now has been extended by hy the astonish astonish- astonishing ing growth of or Interest In tennis The Tho Wimbledon meeting m etl g has kept the social carnival in the metropolis metropolis metropolis olis at the thc maximum The absence of Suzanne Lenglen had no effect on the meeting which attracted unprecedented crowds crowds- Interest centered largely in the prospect of William Tilden recovering recovering recovering ering the worlds world's championship but one of ot the most thrilling epi epi- episodes episodes episodes was the triumph of Miss Nut- Nut hall aged 16 over o Mrs Irs Molla Mal Mai- Mallory lOr lory In the early carl stages of the wo wo- women's women's mens men's championship All An critics agree that In Miss England at last has haI produced a a. phenomenal tennis player destined eventually to achieve tho he he world champion champion- championshiP ship The poor showing of or the English Eng Eng- English English lish golfers goiters in America continues to to be a subject for tor discussion and lamentation in the press The failure of of- the Englishmen on the putting pulling greens re Is popularly attrib attrib- attributed attributed to the different methods of treating greens In America and England but more candid critics hold It Is attributable more moro to in intense In- In Intense intense tense cultivation of oC the nit arts of the game by the Americans American Moreover it Is 11 admitted that the failure was exhibited not only on the putting greens greeM and tho the opinion Is cr- cr expressed pressed that If It English golf olt is to compete successful with Ameri can English courses must be made malle more difficult than at present London was en fete Thursday when w the king and an queen drove through Regent street which now has been completely re built and la is claimed to be the tho worlds world's finest thoroughfare The Tho undertaking has been carried out entirely since the war wa rand and constitutes constitute the great great- greatest greatest greatest est street building build In operation ever accomplished since Regent street Itself was wa built more than a hun hun- hundred hundred hundred dred years ago ngo ago during the tho da days s of or the regency Many persons persona re regret re- re regret regret gret the of the sim sim- simple simple flowing lines of Nosh's Nash's original origInal original inal conception but the new street preserves es a II certain architectural unity and is marked by Impressive dignity of design A new amusement has swept London Greyhound racing In pur pur- pursuit pursuit pursuit suit of ot an electrically operated hare was Introduced this week at White 1 City before a crowd crowe of or 30 Opo spectators who were thrilled 1 by the spectacle The Tho race was wa repeated l two tw nights later with similar results Hitherto the tho sport had been tried experimentally only In tho the provinces but It now Is assured as as- assured assured a B. permanent place among the national sports As was foreshadowed I last week President Cosgrave has hall been re- re reelected r reelected elected head of the Irish Fice state No o other nomination was possible po 1 ble especially In the absence of oe the Republicans who refusing to take lake the oath were locked out out- outside outside outside side the chamber It Is generally agreed here that Do Dc Valera com com- committed committed a blunder for tor his support support- supporters ers voted largely under the im im- impression that the Republicans n. elected henceforth would sit in the chamber cham ber |