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THE WEATHER
Rain and colder trf-day; to-morrow
fair; fresh, shifting winds, becom?
ing north and northwest.
KnII Report on Last Page
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 192?
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TWO CENTS
In tirrater New York
THKRE TENTH I FOCR CENTS
11 llliin ?TOO Mlie? ( ElsewlMHW
Harding Will
Convene Arms!
Parley Today;
Hopes Bright
???''? "
?President Will Welcome
Envoys of World Powers
i at Historic Gathering
I ; in the Continental Hall
To Name Hughes
Presiding Officer
Uctual Work of Council
1 Set for Tuesday-, When
Preliminary Tasks Will
Be Assigned Committee!!
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11.?Wit)
''the hope of the civilized world hang
?ing upon the success of his under
iaking. President Harding to-monov
hrill welcome the Conference on th
?Limitation of Armament. Post
? poned so as not to interfere wit'
"'the Armistice Day celebration fo
the Unknown American hero, th
?first meeting of the conference wi
?begin at 10:30 o'clock to-morro^
morning.
After the President's address to tl
representatives of the four princip:
Allied powers and the other powers ii
rjtcd to consider Pacific and Far Eas
?rn questions, to which there will be i
replies from the foreigners,- the co
ference wi!! elect Charles E. Hught
chairman of the American delegatio
as presiding officer and complete t
?details of organization. Secreta
Jiughes will then deliver an addrc!
After this an adjournment will be tak
vntil Tuesday, so as to give time f
conferences.
It has become evident that much
the work will be done by committees,
that digested reports ready for amer
ment or approval may be laid bef<
the conference. Through the method
r<:'*rrmg all the questions to comm
tees ?'so, there will be a diploma
.glossing over of the hard fact that c
tain things must be straightened <
before there can be any real agreerm
^on limitation of armament.
Far East Questions Vita!
, For, although the official name
"the Conference on; the Limitation
Armament" and the Pacific and I
Fnstern questions-?re pot even mi
tioned in the title, every delegate s
every attache knows that there must
?'.ution of the various controvers
in the Far East, particularly those
which the United States and Japan
en opposite sides, before there can
any agreement as to the cutting do
'of naval forces or even limiting th
expansion. On the contrary, every <
? believes that failure to agree on
Pacific and Far Eastern questi
Would, should that disaster occur, 1
inevitably to the countries invol
feverishly increasing their stren
against what would seem an inevita
conflict.
The mseting to-morrow will not
?ne of debate or negotiations. It %
be a spectacle. All of the delegates >
sit down together for the first ti
"grouped around the horseshoe ta'
vith their experts and advisers j
behind each delegation. Several h
dren newspaper men and as much
official Washington as can be crow
in the rather small auditorium of C
tinental Hal!, the home of the Dau
ters of the American Revolution, i
hear the President welcome the m
distinguished international conf?re
Which has ever gathered in the W>
?rn Hemisphere. But nothing will 1
pen which is not known to-night
those concerned. The speeches of
President and Mr. Hughes have b
carefully prepared.
To-day's Meeing Historic Even?
All of this was known to LI
?eorge when he decided that the ci
fa! nature of the Irish situation w<
Sot permit him to attend the oper
?essions. If the British Premier co
?uickly he will be in Washington
fore any of the discussions reach
Btage in. which it could truthfully
?aid that progress bad been m
much leds any real decisions reach
But to-morrow's meeting, despite
formal character, will be an hist
event no matter what the outcom
tee conference. Never before have
nations of th? Old World sent t
best minds for a conference in
New to solve questions which m
lead to war.
No one can te?l to-day how
reaching may be the results achi
?t this meeting which is to open ir
?orning. If successful, the confer
(Continued on paga eight)
Women of Britain Sen
Peace Hope to Amer
Message to Members of
Here Feature of Big Meetii
Held in Westminster
LONDON, Nov. 11.?Lady Fr?
Balfour presided to-night at a
Meeting in Westminster, which W?
?nded by representatives of
?nan 4,000.000 women belongin
Various organizations. It was de
to send to the women of Amer
?lessage expressing good will and
?or the success of the Washington
"erence.
u Alluding to Premier Lloyd Ge(
Kainbow" speech Lady Balfour
une end of the rainbow in our
?ests on Washington, and the
??our siater, the isle of Erin."
Lady Astor, who also spoke, sai
oeileved the conference in Washi
jould succeed. The women her?
declared, were just as eager for
?? the American women, for
B*va been too near to war ever to
? again.
The opinion was expressed by
"7??-Carter that if only An
5 ? island stand together the
qewminc the future of civilizat
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Rais Reported Seeking
Alliance With V. S.
LONDON, Nov. 11 (By Tho
Associated Press).?-"The Out?
look," a weekly publication, in its
issue of to-day asserted that th?
Russian Soviet government un?
officially had approached the
United States government with a
view to concluding a Russo-Amer
ican alliance in opposition to the
Anglo-Japanese alliance. The
Soviet overtures were ignored, the
periodical said.
_,_? , I
Ulster Rejects
Lloyd George's
Peace Proposal
Cabinet Cancels Conference
With Premier and Sug?
gests a Basis for Con?
ducting New Parleys
Against Irish Council Plan
Also Protests Against Loss
of Its Representation in
the Imperial Parliament
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright. 19-21, New York Tribuno Inc.
LONDON. Nov. 11.?The Ulster Cab?
inet to-night canceled the scheduled
conference with Lloyd George and sent
the Premier what amounts to a flat
rejection of his proposals for a settle?
ment of differences with Sinn Fein.
Sir James Craig, leader of tjie Orange?
men, said after a meeting of his ad?
visers that "no useful purpose would
be served by holding a formal consulta?
tion" with the government leaders and
Sinn Feiners until certain suggestions
made in the Lloyd George peace pro?
gram had been withdrawn.
It is apparent that the negotiations
have reached a deadlock if the British
government insists upon Ulster's ac?
ceptance of the terms agreed upon be?
tween republicans and the London
Cabinet's delegates. Although Sir
! James's answer amounted to an ulti?
matum, he prevented an immediate
! political crisis by offering an alterna
: tive scheme which provided "other and
: more practicable means for securing
; peace without infringing on the rights
! of Ulster." This alternative plan was.
j dispatched to Downing Street in writ?
ing, for the consideration of the Brit?
ish Premier. No conference between
the Orangemen and Lloyd George is
now possible before next week, and, in
fact, some of the members of the
Ulster Cabinet are planning to return
to Belfast for the week-ena.
Craig Has Basis for Compromise
Sir James's proposals furnish the
basis for a compromise. It is under?
stood that under his plan the Council
of Ireland would have control over only
minor issues, while under the scheme
worked out between' Lloyd George and
the Sinn Feiners it would be empowered
to handle fundamental questions of
policy.
It had been generally expected that
the Ulstermen would acquiesce in the
Lloyd George plan more or less grace?
fully because of the pressure that has
been brought to bear on them even by
Unionist members of the Cabinet and
of Parliament, but instead they placed
themselves very strongly in opposition
to the British Premier's plans. The
decision was ail the more surprising
because it came on the heels of King
George's second appeal for Irish unity
and ?usten Chamberlain's plea for his
conservative colleagues to accept this
basis of peace.
There was some difference of opin?
ion.among the members of the Ulster
Cabinet on the advisability of yielding
to tho Lloyd George plan. They sat
for several hours before they could
work out an answer to the, British
Premier that seemed satisfactory to
all. Andrew Bonar Law, former gov- '
ernment leader in the House of Com?
mons, has shown himself in full sym?
pathy with the Orangemen, and a num?
ber of the Unionist members of Parlia?
ment have been in conference with'
them to-day.
Sinn Feiners Waiting
Meanwhile the Sinn Fein delegates
here are knocking their heel'3 together,
waiting to hear again from Lloyd
George. Whether they will now be in?
vited to meet the Premier and discuss
the alternative broached by Ulster or
whether a tripartite parley will be ar?
ranged apparently had not been de?
cided to-night. In any event there is
no expectation that a definite confer?
ence plan can be worked out before the
last of next week.
Advices fVom both Belfast and Dub- j
lin say that hopes for peace in Ireland
are running high and that develop?
ments in London are being watched
closely. Even the "Irish Times," chief
organ of Unionism in Ireland, ex?
presses the hope that the Ulster Cabi?
net will come eventually to an agree?
ment with the government.
LONDON, Nov. 11 (By The Associ?
ated Press).?Ulster's objection to the
Lloyd George plan is believed to be
that it would deprive her of representa?
tion in the imperial Parliament, which
she regards as her strongest safeguard,
and also that it would give the Sinn
Fein a majority on the proposed cen?
tral council for all Ireland. ?
Another objection, it is understood,
(Continued en pi?e ellht)
AlliedCouncil
May Meet In
Washington
.?.? ? ' '??
Fear Germany May Plead
Bankruptcy and Fail
in War Payments Is
Bringing LoucheurHere
Briatid Sends Call
For His Colleague
I Devastated Regions Minis?
ter Will Arrive After
Lloyd George Is Here
By Wilbur Forrest
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright. 11)21, New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, Nov. 11.?With the opening
of the Washington conference. Euro?
pean stability is being so menaced by
tho threatened bankruptcy and eco?
nomic collapse of Germany that
Premier Briand, in the defense of
I France and the entire world, may have
to stay in Washington far longer than
he planned and force a discussion there
of the reparations problem. So urgent
has tho situation become that Briand
has cabled Louis Loucheur, French
Minister of Devastated .Kegions, to
come to Washington immediately in
the expectation that the gathering
there may suddenly, of necessity, be
converted into an important session of
the Supreme Allied Council.
French plans that call for sweeping
seizures of property in Germany in
payment of the war bill, which France
will carry out with or without the con?
sent of her allies if Germany goes to
the wall, must be talked over im- i
mediately. The expectation here is !
that the French and British represent?
atives in Washington, with American |
participation, must divert their atten?
tion to European problems before they
can be free to make final decisions of ?
any sort on the questions now set for I
discussion at President Harding's con- I
ference.
Catastrophe Is Feared
The difference between the French
and British reparation policies mid the
danger of Germany's utter financial ;
collapse force the necessity of a dis- ;
cussion of these matters. The French ?
official view is that a similar meeting ?
in a European capital without Ameri- i
can influence might result in disastrous i
failure. Loucheur will be in Washing- j
ton by the time Premier Lloyd George
arrives, with full information in his
possession, ready to enter an imme?
diate discussion of the problem. j
The Tribune learns on the highest ;
authority that, despite the presence in j
Berlin of the Allied reparation com- .
mission, Germany's financial position !
has gone so far that it can become a |
catastrophe at any moment. In this ?
event, France has a plan of action for- i
niulated which must greatly change ]
France's whole program in Washing-j
I ton.
With serious if not critical differ- j
i enees of views, not only toward Ger- '
I many's war bill, but on Near Eastern {
l affairs between France and Great Brit- j
ain, it is doubted whether much sym- j
i pathy with .the French point of view j
i can be gained in any capital other j
j than Washington. If Germany "cracks,"
I as the recent drop of the mark indi-j
| cates she may do, France intends to '
j take steps which she first, desires to !
i talk over with the Allies at Washing- !
! ton. '
Plans Immature
Although France's plan in the event j
l of the financial collapse of Germany is
I immature, it shapes up alone these ;
lines: . ?
The Allies will take complete con- ?
trol. of the fiscal administration of |
Germany in order to balance the j
budget. i
They will take control of all bank !
notes and credits now at the disposal '
of Germany as a result of exports'to I
foreign countries.
They will force strict observance j
of the Wiesbaden agreement, under ]
which Germany was to pay part of j
her war debt in kind.
They will compel Germany to con- !
tract loans in neutral states in order |
to avoid the necessity, of paying out ?
i cash in countries where Germans i
already have bank credit.
They will take stocks in German j
industries in lieu of cash for repara- ?
tion payments, will dispose of these '
! to banks in Allied countries and let !
the Berlin government reimburse the j
owners of the stocks with marks, no !
matter what their value.
They will seize the proceeds of the !
new German government tax on al- j
cohol and tobacco sales and apply ;
them on payment of the war bill.
If France doesn't succeed in getting !
Allied indorsement at Washington for :
this plan she is prepared to use force '
and this, far from disarmament, means !
the calling up of more troops.
The French view is that the situa- :
tion can be improved by inter-Allied
action and that the financial collapse
of Germany would have such a far
reaching effect that it would be more '
than a European problem; indeed, it '
would affect directly the world prob- !
lems to be discussed at. the Washing?
ton conference. Therefore, it is felt
here that it would be better to discuss
the matter in Washington with .the
United States as an actual participant
'rather than in Europe, where America
(Continued en pete eight)
Peace With Germany Complete;
Ceremony Takes Five Minutes
BERLIN, Nov. 11 (By The Associated
Press).?Ratifications of the American
German peace treaty were exchanged
here to-day at the Foreign Office be?
tween Ellis Loring Dresel, the Ameri?
can Commissioner, and Dr. Karl W'irth,
Chancellor and Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
The ceremony, which means a return
of friendly relations between Germany
and the United States, took place at
6:80 o'clock this afternoon. It con?
sumed less than five minutes, The ex?
change of ratifications was to have oc?
curred ut noon, but, owing to numer?
ous other appointments of Chancellor
Wirth, Mr. Dresel was compelled to
await a summons to th? Foreign Offict,
This came by t?l?phona late this
afternoon, and the American Commis?
sioner, accompanied by Frederick R.
Dolbeare, secretary of the' American
Mission, motored to the Foreign Office,
where they were received by Dr. Wirth
and Dr. Haniel von Haimhausen, Under
Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
Both plenipotentiaries signed in du?
plicate the protocol certifying that the
ratifications had been duly executed.
The duplicate copy of the treaty con?
taining Germany's ratifying preamble,
which will rest in the archives of the
State Department at Washington, is
bound in dark red leather and tied with
ribbons representing the Republican
colors of Germany. It bears the signa?
tures "Ebert" and "Wirth."
America's Unknown H<
As Harding Calls on
ero Is Laid to Rest
World to End War
"He Died for His Country, and Greater Devotion Hath No Man Than This "
Scene in ?rlineton Amohitheater as President Hardine nronotinced the final euloev over the bodv of Americans' Unknown Hero
All Delegations
Sure an Accord
Will Be Gained
France to Strive for Under?
standing That Will Per
mit Nations to "Work
in Complete Security"
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (?y The
Associated Press).?On the eve of the
assembly of the Conference on Limi?
tation of Arnmmer.t the Following ex?
pressions were obtained from the prin?
cipal d?l?gations :
M. Briand, French Prime Minister:
"We enter the " conference'' in 'an
earnest spirit' to' assist' in ' reaching.'a
common understanding that shall give
peace of mind to the world, instead of
an armed peace.
"? see no reason why a few weeks
hence we should not be separating
after having defined how the interests
of one have become the interests of all.
France wishes to arrive ut an accord
that will create an atmosphere of peace
in which the nations may work in com?
plete security."
Italy's Thought
Senator Schanzer, head of the Ital?
ian delegation:
"The world emerge? from an im?
mense catastrophe and needs to find
again its equilibrium. The war broke
the economic unity of the world. The
enormous financial sacrifices which the
war imposed on the peoples exhausted
their force of resistance, created
among different countries such a great
difference in their economic conditions
and in the value of their money as to
render almost impossible any com?
merce among them.
"Now the supreme condition in order
that the equilibrium of the world may
be re-established and in order that the
countries more severely struck by the'
war may rise and reconstruct their
economy is peace That is why all our
efforts must be directed toward creat?
ing political guaranties for the lasting
maintenance of peace.
"This is the fundamental thought of
Italian policy and it is for this rea?
son that Italy greeted with full heart
the invitation of President Harding and
is ready through our delegates here to
give, all the possible contribution to
the conference in order to obtain con?
crete results, such as to create in the
world that atmosphere of peace which
constitutes to-day its supreme need."
Japan Seeks Understanding
Japanese official statement:
"Japan approaches this great meet?
ing of the nations confident that the
conference will succeed. We are un?
dertaking this work in the knowledge
that, although there may be faults of
detail in our position, it is in general
a just one, and in the belief that all
the nations will content themselves
with facts, as we shall do, and devote
themselves to unprejudiced examina?
tion of the facts. A sure foundation
will be laid for an international agree?
ment that will make of armament
limitation a simple matter.
"Japan, in common with all other
countries, is demanding relief from the
armament burden that threatens to
strangle her industrial development.
Our delegation, therefore, is here pre?
pared to bare the Japanese situation
completely, and to join the other na?
tions in any just policy that may
remove misunderstanding and in any
prpgram of arms limitation that as?
sures our national security."
Britain's Motives
British Empire delegation:
"The stately and impressive symbol?
ism of America's mourning for her
sons and daughters dead in the cause
of liberty has deeply moved the hearts
of their British comrades in the great
war. It is a worthy prelude to the
labors of the conference which begins
to-morrow, and to this the British
Empire delegation", representing all
parts of the empire, look to aid in the
task of extricating the world from the
unhappy conditions into which war has
pluhged it, and to make the peace,
secured at so great a cost, the in?
alienable heritage of mankind."
Wh? yon think of Writing,
U?ak ?( Wliittns. w-mnStu
His Sacrifice Shall Not Be in Vain
President Harding Calls for Commanding
Voice of Civilization Against Warfare
President Harding, speaking at the burial of the Unknown Soldier
yesterday, said:
"Standing to-day on hallowed ground, conscious that all Amer?
ica has halted to shdjpe in^ke tribute of heart and mind and soul to
this fellow American, and knowing that the -world is noting this
expression of the Republic?? mindfulness, it is fitting to say that
his sacrifice, and that of the millions dead, shall not be in vain.
"There must be, there shall be, the commanding voice of a con?
scious civilization against armed warfare."
A Tomb's Closing Turns Roaring
New York Into City of Silence
Homes, Temples, the Streets?^-Wherever There Is
Activity or Life?All Are Stilled for a Reverent
Period as a Soldier Is Given Sepulture
By Ishbel Ross
For two minutes yesterday?lingering minutes that touched the
fringes of infinity?the life of the city was stilled while its people prayed
and the Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in American soil.
It was noon; but the unities of time and place were forgotten. Only
the heartbeats of millions of persons recorded the passage of time. The
stillness of death lay over the city, the intense hush of the prairie, the
As if by magic the accustomed surge
of life and noise, sweeping remorseless?
ly through the morning hours, receded.
The bells that had chanted a solemn
message in the quarter-^hour preceding
noon died faintly in the gray haze of
a November day. A stilling hand was
laid, on traffic Movement and noise
' ceased. A central directing force, un
! seen, gave the order from Arlington
i Cemetery. There was n? hesitancy in
I the overwhelming transition that fol?
lowed.
Restless New York became as a city
graven in stone. Within its homes
and on the street people stood rigid,
motionless, reverent. Of the millions
of minutes that have come and gone
since the Unknown Soldier went West,
these two were hi:? alone. A pall of
? thought, of prayers, of tears, whs
| fashioned for his grave.
All Faces Turned West
As the Oriental turns his face to the
East the city turned its face to the
West, where the soldiers, known and
unknown, have passed. New York, with
the whole nation, was at prayer on the
third anniversary of the signing of
the armistice.
The picture at Forty-second Street
and Fifth Avenue was true of every
section of the city. Along the Avenue
church bells began ringing at 11:45.
Crowds were out to see the parade, al?
though all offices, shops and places of
business were closed. There was an
expectancy in the attitude of the hur?
rying men and women, as if they
wished to be at a certain point when
the signal came. As the church belln
died away they braced themselves and
watched to see what others would do.
The signal came. The great arteries
of traffic were the first to respond. The
roar of the subway and the elevated
ceased. Trains were at a standstill.
The wheels of the streetcar, the bus,
the motor, stopped revolving. Engines
no longer purred. The ferries were at
rest.
For an instant the contrast dazed.
After the ceaseless noises, with their
myriad undercurrents, that become the
unconscious part of city life the
silence was terrific in its force and
concentration. The babble of tongues
was no more. The never-ending pad?
ding qf footsteps on the pavement
ceased. Not a telephone bell tinkled.
Not a horn blew. Not a whistle
sounded.. The hum of machinery was
quieted.
"A City of Silence"
A new and strange city?a city of
silence. Faces were turned to the
West instinctively as the signal came.
? Heads war? bared. "The seated rose.
i On the bus~tops along the Avenue peo
? pie stood row on row. The stone lions
i of the Library were no more rigid than
| the hundreds who paused in whatever
; posture the signal found them.
j It was then, in the midst of the
! silence, that men and women gave way
i to their emotion unashamed. They
? worshiped in the streets. A people
j ordinarily reticent and restrained
! prayed as if the occasion were one
.that raised them from the gray level
of unemotionalism and demanded
spontaneous and heartfelt worship. The
lips of some moved. In the eyes of
others could be detected the earnest
; ness of prayer. For many the
I minutes were holy, not because they
j prayed but because they saw a vision
; of the Unknown Soldier being lowered
I to rest and, looking still further, the
I ghosts of the countless others who
I went .West. Remembrance tugged at
| their heart strings. Because of this :
J tears were mingled with prayers.
! In the shadow of the library a woman
[ in widow's weeds stood with a baby
I in her arm3. She, for one, was weep
! ing unrestrainedly. On the opposite
I side of Fifth Avenue the streeb cleaner
i doffed his white cap and gazed 'with '.
something approaching awe at the
strange scene. On the top of a bus a j
woman frankly bowed her head in her
hands while she prayed. Others made ?
the sign of the cross. Even the chil- ;
dren were still. Those who were cross?
ing the street when the signal came
stayed safely where they were, ob?
livious of everything but the solemnity
of the moment.
VII Creeds, Races and Ages
All creeds, all races, ail ages, were
as one in doing honor to the dead and
in commemorating the signing of the
Armistice.
In the Grand Central Station at noon
the crowds hurrying for trains were :
electrified when the shrill notes of an i
army bugle rang out. As the clock
hands pointed to 12, "Taps" was
sounded on the bugle by Sergeant Al?
bert Heltensmith. Thousands of people
massed in the grand concourse stood ;
silent, heads bared, praying. Every j
department was at a standstill.
The city came back to life at the
end of two minutes. The uproar that
had been momentarily stilled burst into
its accustomed thunder. Wheels
turned, trains roared, whistles and
bells reverberated. The city was again
a pulsing creature freed from its brief
restraint.
The sense of devotion and reverence
was gone. Eyes turned from the West
to mundane affairs.
Countless feet padded on the pave- ?
ments.
There was th? babble si many
tongues.
'*!
Wilson Cheered
As Unknown's
6 WoimdedCliief
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Applauded in Funeral Line]
and Again by Throng at
Home; Speaks Publicly for
First Time Since Stroke
Low VoiceUnreco&nizable
Steadied by Wife at Door; j
Friends Call Day One!
of Greatest in His Life
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
?WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.? Former
President Woodrow Wilson, who made
his first public appearance to-day since
he left the White House, was given a
demonstration by admirers after the
ceremonies honoring the Unknown
Hero.
Though wearied from their pil- ?
grimage to the Virginia slopes, hun-j
dreds of persons turned toward tho j
, quiet residence of the war President :
j across the city, while the last notes of
I "Taps" were'still an echo.
Joined at the S Street home by hun- |
dreds of others who came with the j
j committee of Washington women in
j charge of the demonstration, the crowd,
! which within a short time filled the j
; street, was rewarded with the first !
public utterance from Mr. Wilson since j
he was stricken in 1919, while on a '
speaking tour opposing changes in the !
: Versailles Treaty.
After volley upon volley of cheers |
j for "The Greatest American" and
"The Greatest Man in the World," and .
after coming several times to his win- '
' dow on the second floor to acknowledge j
the ovations, the former President .
came to the entrance. He leaned
heavily on his cane and was helped by
Mrs. Wilson and his colored butler. ?
Several times he started to speak, but ;
before he could utter the words he j
was stopped by the rounds of cheer- j
?ng. Finally, when the crowd had j
been hushed by a preliminary address j
by Hamilton Holt, Mr. Wilson spoke
slowly and haltingly in a small, low
toned voice, unrecognizable as that of
the former head of the nation.
"I wish I had strength enough to tell
you of my afipreciation." he said. "I
cannot. I can only thank you from the
bottom of my heart. May God bless
you."
A moment before his utterance Mr.
Wilson seemed to gain slightly more
strength, for he hooked his walking
stick into a buttonhole of his over?
coat. Mrs. Wilson, who was at his
side, instantly reached out, took both
(Continued on page six)
Indian Rebels Conduct
Campaign of Terrorism
Wholesale Murder and Incen?
diarism Reported; 900 Mop
lah Tribesmen Surrender
LAHORE, British India, Nov. 11.?
Mahatma K. Gandhi, the Indian Nation?
alist leader, to-day urged a large gath?
ering here to remove the statue of
Lord Lawrence which stands in the
city. Gandhi exhorted his audience to
undertake the task "even at the risk
of imprisonment or death." Beneath
the statue'is the inscription: "Will you
be governed by the pen or by the
sword ?"
The surrender of 900 Moplah tribes?
men is reported s.n a statement by the
India Office. A Calicut message says
the rebellious tribesmen are carrying
out excesses neat Feroke, whither
crowds of refugees are hurrying.
Wholesale murder and incendiarism are
told of by the refugees.
Troops and police, arc being rushed
to the sceno of the outrages.
Lord Lawrence distinguished himself
in putting down the Sepoy mutiny in
India. He also served as Governor
General from 1863 to 1869.
Such Sacrifice Never Must
Be Asked Again, Nation's
Chief Pleads in Solemn
Ceremony at Arlington
All Nation Silent
As Grave Is Sealed
Nameless One Entombed,
Amid Highest Honors in
All History, as Symbol
of the Country's Fallen
By Boyden R. Sparkes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. ? The
unidentified body of an American
who died on a battlefield in France
was entombed to-day in Arlington
Cemetery, to live forever in the?
hearts of patriotic countrymen as
the Unknown Soldier. Perhaps he
was a homesick boy on that day
when his life faded out, but if his
spirit eyes saw the spectacle on that
Virginia hilltop, if he heard the cry
against war uttered there to-day, he
knows he did not die in vain.
If his mother, unknowing, was
among the sorrowing women who
wept as nations honored her son, she,
too, must know that his life was not
a wasted sacrifice, for the President
of the united States, standing be?
side the Silent One, voiced a pledge
that American energy be dedicated
to the cause of everlasting peace.
Light-hearted, his spirit may have
: hovered over that funeral procession
as it tramped to the slow cadence of
a dirge the seven miles from the cap?
ital across the Potomac to the
heights where America's dead heroes
have their bivouac. Rushing on
ahead, an impatient, glorious spirit,
he could have looked down from
above on all the ceremonies in that
white, unroofed amphitheater.
The marble columns of the co'.on
| nada were hung with smilax and lau
1 re?. Beneath them were concentric
| arcs of marble benches converging at
j a mass of flowers backed against a
black catafalque. The fi'rft rows of
I those curving lines of seats were occti
! pied by men and women in sombre
clothing, most of whom saw in the
funeral pageant that presently entered
a tribute to some dead loved one who
was their own particular soldier.
Maimed Comrades There
Behind them where the rows were
longest were men and women who
were the comrades of the Unknown
Soldier overseas, maimed figures in
olive drab, proadiy tolerant, in the
presence of a greater sacrifice, of
their empty sleeves or pinned-up trou?
sers legs. Beside them sat their
nurses.
In a circle of inclosures marked by
the ring of marble columns were great
men of the United States and sister na?
tions, but none as great as the \Jn
?:n ; -n. Beyond the catafalque were
two short rows of vacant chairs, shel?
tered bener.tb the d?mc of the anse.
On top of the colonnade was another
circle formed by the mass of figures in
brilliant uniforms, in the goW lace of
diplomacy, in silk hats, in plumes. Then
a dirge, Chopin's Funeral March, filled
the air. The Marine Band appeared be?
yond the western entrance of the
amphitheater.
That was outside the range of vision
of those who sat inside, but the spirit
of the Unknown could see and take
pride in the carefully kept lines of the
slowly marching platoons, picked
doughboys, the best of the marines, a
block of white-hatted bluejackets, the
bayonets of all slanting at precisely
the same an^le. He could see the
glossy black coats of the horses har?
nessed beneath red saddle cloths to
the drub ?un caisson, upon which rod?
this flag-shrouded clay of the Un?
known. Behind it he could see th<
President of the United States walking
with the same slow tread of the sol
diers on ahead, and beside him "Blacl
Jack" Pershing himself.
That must have delighted the Un
known, and amused him, too, to see tb<
Old Man, his square chin jutting for
ward just as it did at reviews Ove
There, when every man jack in th
iines shivered a* the thought of havini
that stern man take away his rifle am
squint down its shining barrel.
Heroes Bear Hie Body
Trumpets sounded in the west en
trance. White cassocked chorister
mounted the marble steps and move
around to the high-arched apse, an
behind them came the Unknown born
by other heroes, such as Sergean
Woodlill, of the infantry, who killed th
enemies of the Unknown with a pic
handle when his ammunition gave ou
or Chief Torpedoman James Delano;
who won the Navy C'r^a.i for cotispici
ous gallantry in an engagement wit
an enemy submarine and who anotht
time was captured by one of those s?
wolves after his ship had sunk beneat
his feet. There were eight of the;
pallbearers, ar.i every one a man aft?
the own heart of the Unknown. B
sides them as honorary pallbeare
were a dozen generals and admira!
among them Harbord and Edwards a:
O'Ryan and Plunkett.
There was a stirring in the cro*
on the marble benches; a swirlii
among the hundred thousand on t
brown slopes outside. The Preside
of the United States and Mrs. Hardi
had taken their places In the apse, i
odd word that must have pleased t!
fancy of the Unknown if he remai:
the happy-go-lucky he was up froi
He could have seen tbesj two bow
other figures in that exclusive gro
on the platform with what is spoil
of as the Unknown. He must ha
known Marshal Foch, for who that w
in France did not? And Vice-Pre
dent Coolidge and Lieutenant Gene'
Baron Jacques and Admiral of t
Fleet Earl Beatty and General Armar
Diaz. Perhaps he hag eeen them
some brief leave in Paris, or maj
it was his first glimpse of them. ?
anyway he saw them to-day, thoi
their mortal eyes could not Me h