HERTER SEES HOPE IN NAVAL PARLEY

"It is well for America to remember that naval problems are not confined to the Atlantic and Pacific alone," said C. A. Herter '15, Editor of "The Sportsman" and lecturer on international relations at Harvard, in discussing the 1930 Naval Parley with a CRIMSON representative yesterday. "There is a problem in the Mediterranean in which Great Britain, Italy, and France are vitally interested."

Five Powers Accept

The Parley, which Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, and Japan have signified their intention of attending, is viewed by Mr. Herter as "offering great hope, not only in the solution of problems left untouched by the 1922 Washington conference, such as cruisers of 10,000 tons and less, submarines, destroyers, and the like, but also in regard to the extension of the benefits of the Washington treaty by delaying the replacement of capital ships."

"Ramsay MacDonald's recent visit to this country was made with a view toward discussion frankly and openly the points at issue with regard to an Anglo-American understanding," he continued. "Agreement in principle between England and America is merely prerequisite to a larger international understanding, and no international naval disarmament could be successful until the differences between the United States and Great Britain had been smoothed out.

No Agreement Yet

"This does not mean that any fixed agreement on disarmament has been made, because the two nations would certainly not commit themselves to details until the attitudes of the other powers had been obtained at a general conference.

"The important part of the Hoover and MacDonald attitude lies in the fact that each is eager to find a solution to the problem, and that in approaching it is this frank and informal way they are going far to create what Ramsay MacDonald so well stated was necessary to gain physical disarmament, namely, moral disarmament."