"BALFOUR GIVES CREDIT TO CHARLES EVANS HUGHES"

ARMS CONFERENCE CONCLUDES, DELEGATES SATISFIED WITH ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On February 4, 1922, as the Arms Limitations Conference meeting here in Washington was in its closing stage, representatives of all nine nations agreed that the conference "accomplished...more in diminishing the armament burdens of peace and removing the seeds of war than the experienced diplomats of the world had dared hope."

Carter Field writes that the last business session of the conference included "speeches on behalf of the nine delegations" expressing satisfaction with what had been accomplished.

On Monday, a public session is scheduled for the signing of treaties and an address by President Warren G. Harding.

British delegation head, Arthur J. Balfour* "gave great credit to chairman Charles Evans Hughes.

*Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) was born in Whittingham, U.K. & served as PM of UK 1902-1905 & as a member of Parliament 1906-1918.

SOURCE

"Nine Nations Praise Work of Arms Conference As Greatest Step Toward Peace Ever Taken," The New York Tribune, February 5, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

   

 

Members of World Disarmament Conference

Charles Evans Hughes (center)

National Photo Company 1921

Library of Congress

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"BALFOUR SEES FRENCH SUBS AS GREAT MENACE"

DELEGATES DISAPPOINTED AT APPARENT FAILURE OF AGREEMENT ON SUB TONNAGE LIMITATION

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On December 28, 1921, expressions of disappointment came from the American, Italian and Japanese delegations attending the Conference on Limitation of Armaments meeting here in Washington at the "apparent failure of the five powers to reach an agreement on submarine tonnage limitation."

Additionally, Arthur J. Balfour* of Great Britain "regards the French submarine program as 'a very great menace'" to his nation's security.

Mr. Balfour said...

"Never in the history of France has she had to fear the power of Great Britain to strike a blow at her heart....if Britain were unarmed against submarines it is evident that France could destroy her very existence."

*Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) was born in East Lothian, Scotland & educated at the University of Cambridge.  AJB served as PM of GB 1902-1905 & as Foreign Secretary 1916-1919.

SOURCE

"France Warned That Britain Finds Threat in Submarines," The New York Tribune, December 29, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

 

 

Arthur J. Balfour & Winston Churchill

June 15 1911 

BRITAIN ASKS U.S. TO FIGHT WAR TO END

JFK+50:  Volume 7, No. 2276

BALFOUR WANTS AMERICA TO PLEDGE TO "FIGHT TO END"

Washington, D.C.  (JFK+50) One hundred years ago, April 11, 1917, the United States, having declared war on Germany less than a week earlier, was asked by Arthur J. Balfour* of Great  Britain to fight the war to the end.

America also was "urged" to agree on the methods of defense to be employed as well as the peace process at the end of the war.  In return, the United States was to be "consulted and its cooperation asked in every plan which the...allies will make in...the future conduct of the war."

Mr. Balfour was expected to come to the United States as head of a British commission along with a French commission headed by Rene Vivan.

The issues to be discussed included...

-the flow of munitions and foodstuffs to Europe
-the extent of American participation in the war
-the role of the American navy in combating submarine warfare
-the distribution of the American loan to the Allies
-the transportation issue
-the policy toward neutral nations
-the fiscal program to insure stability

*Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) was born in East Lothian, Scotland & educated at Eton College & the University of Cambridge.  AJB served as Prime Minister of the UK 1902-1905 & later as Foreign Secretary.  He was declared the Earl of Balfour in 1922.

SOURCE

"'Fight To End' Pledge Asked From America, Balfour Will Visit...To Get Promise," by Arthur Sears Henning, The Chicago Daily Tribune, April 12, 1917, www.archives.chicagotribune.com/

Arthur Balfour

Vanity Fair

January 27, 1910