of State, announced to-day that orator William E. Borah, chairman of the Senate Foreign' Relati Committee, had been invited to the American delegation to the Lon-aden' Five-Power Naval Conference in January.
Senator Borah declined.
is derstood that he feared hat acceptance might Himit hie injing the results of the conference when, it comes before the Senate, Tater,—United Press.
Japanese Delegation to Sail Tokyo, Oct. 22.
The Japanese delegation to the Arms "Limitation Conference is} scheduled to sail from Yokohama on November 30 for Seattle. Mr. Wakatsukt and Admiral Takarabe. the ranking advisers, will proceed to Washington on a visit to President Hoover and Colonel ly to complete the preliminary naval conversations, which in the meantime will be conducted through regular diplomatic channels.
The Japanese representation at the Naval Conference will total] jabour seventy persons, including, besides three plenipotentiaries, _a naval technical staff of twenty-five headed by Vice-Admiral Masazo /Sakonji and a Foreign Office advisory group of twenty, headed by Mr. Hiroshi Saito, who is at present the Foreign Office spokesman.
learned that the preliminary tions between Japan and America will open shortly at} Washington between Ambassador at Debuchi, and the United States! Secretary of State, Colonel Stimson, and in London between Mr. Matsudaira and General Dawes, the Japan-jose and American Ambassadors. is hoped that these discussions will result in an understanding between Japan and America prior to Mr. Wakatuski's arrival in Washington, although it may be left to the chief delegate to complete an understand. ing with President Hoover—Reuter.
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