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ALL MERCHANDISE ADVERTISED IN THE rRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Vol. LXXX? No. 27,:><>7 (Cep-fH-tflt, 1921, New York Tribun? Ine.) xrtfc First to Last ? the Truth: News ? Editorials?Advertisements rlimne THE WEATHER Rain to-da> ; to-morrow clearing and much colder; increasing south winds. I nil Report ou l.nit race SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 11)21 :;t :js * ? two crvrs In Greater New York THKKK CFNT8 Within 300 Mil?? Fora cRi*_a Kla U. S. to Refuse J ap??ese Plea for More Battleships; Britain Stops Construction of Four Giant Cruisers Leo Is Goaded' Out of Streetl Job by Hylan I Commissioner Resigns ; Demands Retraction of j Statements or Prosecu-i tion Based Upon Them ! Hirshfield Inquiry Method Denounced Meyer Committee Predic? tion Efficient Official Would Quit Is Fulfilled Mayor Hylan lost another one of his commissioners yesterday. John P. Leo, Commissioner of Street Cleaning, re iifflied in a huff, resenting interference with departmental affairs by the Mayor ind the latter's Commissioner of Ac? count?, David Hirshfield. The Mayor lost a Police Commissioner under sim il?r circumstances during the first' thirty-day period of his administration, and now Commissioner Leo's going ?irks practically a similar period at ihe closing of the first Hylan adminis? tration. While denials that politics had any? thing to do with tha Leo resignation were issued by Mayor Hylan and Mr. Hirshfield, the culmination of the Street Cleaning Commissioner's troubles in his quitting the city serv? ice created no surprise in political ?rcles in view of the Commissioner's coton just prior to the recent election in suspending Michael Laura, Deputy : trei-t Cleaning Commissioner, on ?barges. Mr. Laura was the Demo ?r-'tic nominee for Sheriff of Kings County, and was one of the very few . mmany candidates defeated in the ?c nt city and county elections. Leo's Efficiency Recognized Commissioner Leo was-recognized as .***. efficient executive and a firm discip? linarian. He took over the Street .leaning Department last January when the work had so deteriorated and become so demoralized as to be a pub ?: scandal. He had encountered diffi? culties before because of his insistence anon discipline as a means of higher efficiency in the work of the depart? ment, and becau?e of hi3 further in? sistence that he should run his own de? partment. The present climax was reached when Commissioner of Accounts Hirsh r?eid attempted to investigate certain rurcHases of equipment by Commis siomer Leo and demanded the books and records of the department. Com? missioner Leo flatly refused the Hirshfield examiners access to tne record? without first being informed of j ihe nature of the investigation. Com? missioner Hirshfield complained to the Mayor. The Mayor sided with the | Commissioner of Accounts and directed the Street Cleaning Commissioner to allow Commissioner Hirshfield "to in? stigate any and every bureau in the department." "No Commissioner has the right to demand of the Commissioner of Ac? counts," said the Mayor, "the reason lor hi9*investigation or what informa? tion ho is seeking." Commissioner Leo's resignation fol? lowed yesterday upon the receipt of the Mayor's order. In h?3 letter to Mayor Hylan the Commissioner de? clared that his resignation was the re-1 suit of certain defamatory statements j ta'the Mayor made about him, Leo, j which if true ought to result in the | criminal prosecution of the Street] Cleaning Commissioner and which, if not true, he would take steps to have prosecuted bv the District Attorney as criminal libel. Commissioner Demands Justice Commissioner Leo announced his in- j ttntion to advise the District Attorney to secure his indictment for official ??conduct, or an indictment for crim? inal libel against his traducers. In his letter to the Mayor he said further that when he became Commis? sioner he found the department in? competently managed by the office dep i |J'y as acting Commissioner, and that ?Jie Brooklyn office was as badly man *l*d. Referring to the Brooklyn Dep? uty-? Laura?the Commissioner de? wed that "an exhibition of moral turpitude" by him compelled his prac? tical removal. The department, he ??id, ivas not in a creditable condition. Many irregularities in the depart? ment existed, he said, and he had ?und that one firm had a practical monopoly in furnishing scows to the Apartment, having fifty-four scows, i Continued on ptfe %lx) Peking Faces Uprising As Bank Run Continues ! British Agent Refuses to Freej Trust Fund; Collapse of Government Forecast pEKIKG, Nov. 18 (By The Associated j p??i).?-The heavy run on all the I C?'B?se banks continued to-day. All ? ?Horts by the officials and the foreign ? ??nts failed to induce Sir Francis A. j Jfien, inspector general of the Im- i v?ftir Maritime Customs, to release the ? ?.000,000 taels trust fund to save the ?of**0.11-. He argues that the diplo 7"?c body must provide guaranties I? Vefnnd of this money if it is re "****> and that this is impossible. tf* -"eneral mutiny of the unpaid! ?fl^Pa around the metropolis is feared. \ *? situation among them has been ag fc?j d bv the release of salt tax "^ to pay the police. ? puerai Wu Pei-fu. the strongest ?int *8t connected with the govern Si'? now eighty miles from the JJ^?l, but offers to guarantee all for 1?" obligations in the event of a col ?ftm tlle Sr?vernment. In some ??(?"ws her? a eollapso is expected k Foch Returns for Three-Day Visit and Gets 13th Degree Marshal Scorns to Grow Weary and Fills Numerous Engagements ; Greets Thousands of School Chil? dren, Dines at Sherrys and Goes to City College Foch the soldier and leader of armies yesterday gave way to Foch the teacher and friend of children. It was as the great general of the World War that New York received hini with military and civic honors three weeks ago. Yesterday he stood in New York University, a gentle and pacific figure in academic gown and cap, suggesting only the days before the war, when it was his business to teach. Ail hour earlier 5,000 children gave him a rap? turous welcome in the 7th Regiment Armory while 2,000 more lined the streets to cheer, and Foch ?smiled with a benignity, a mirthfulness that none of the previous ceremonies evoked. A brief glimpse of the city had not been enough for the generalissimo. "It is a great and wonderful city I am happy to be with you again Three hours last time was nol enough," he said as he started out or three days of sightseeing and forma ceremonies. On the first of these h< received visitors all morning, went to a luncheon given in his honor a Sherry's hy the Union Interalli?e, o: which he is president; attended a pag i cant given by school children in his i honor in the 7th Regiment Armory, placed wreaths on the statue" of Joan of Arc and in Grant's Tomb, received the degree of LL. D, from New York University and finished up at the an? nual dinner of the American Iron and Steel Institute, held in the Commo? dore Hotel. Marshal Foch arrived from Wash? ington at 6:10 a. m. It was after 9 before ho left his private car and was driven to the home of De Lancey Kountze, 122 East Seventy-eighth Street, who is his host during his stay in town. Soon afterward he re? ceived newspaper men and posed for photographers. Adept as Mr. Balfour at dodging questions, he was genial to all but refused to voice an opinion on politics in general and the disarma? ment conference in particular. Marshal Foch showed signs of fatigue, although he scorned to admit it. His stalwart figure was as straight as a ramrod, his movements as precise as if he were directing affairs at army headquarters. But strained lines around his tired eyes, which were lit by an occasional twinkle, betrayed the weari? ness occasioned by three weeks of in? cessant acclaim and ceremony. Re? porteis were warned not to shake (Continued on pago six) 26,000 Packing Employees Fix Own Wage Cut Workers in Other Big Five Plants Expected to Take Same Action as Armour Governing Committee Books Opened to Council When Reductions Are Ap? plied to Others 125,000 Will Be Directly Affected CHICAGO, Nov. 18 (By The Asso-1 ciated Press).?Employees of Armour & Co., 26,000 in all, through their: plant governing committee, agreed to? day with officials of the packing house that a wage reduction was necessary and fixed its amount. The cut is ef? fective November 28. This is the first time in the history of the industry that a wage reduction has been arrived at in such a manner. Officials of Swift & Co. announced that the representatives of the Chicago assembly of the company's employees had voted that a readjustment of wages was necessary, had extended a vote of confidence in the management and had voted to leave the wage readjustment to the discretion of the management. Reductions for various classes of employees of the Chicago assembly practically corresponding to those fixed by the employees of Armour & Co. and effective on the same date, November 28. were then announced by company officials, who said they expected the other sixteen assemblies of employees to take similar action. Officials of Wilson & Co. announced that representatives of the Chicago plant assembly at a meeting with company officials had agreed to a cut in wages. The amount of the cut- will not be fixed until ?o-morrow. Officials said they had been advised that the Kansas City plant had agreed to a ?wage cut practically identical with that announced to-day fo? Armour employees. Employees of the Cudahy Packing Company, who are holding plant con? ferences, are expected to accept simi? lar reductions, and Morris & Co. have announced that they will follow the example of the others. All of the big five, except Morris & Co., last spring inaugurated the "plant congress" sys? tem of employees' participation in the management of the industry. Advices from Omaha said that *he five thousand members of the Omaha chapter of the Amalgamated Meat Cut? ters and Butcher Workmen of North America would not accept the wage re? duction agreement made in Chicago between representatives of Armour & Co. and the "plant committee," ac? cording to a statement by J. W. Burns, secretary of District Council No. 5 of the Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen. The agreement between Armour & 1 Co. and its employees followed a two (Contlnuod on piio tour) Passion Play Scorns Films Promoters Refuse 70,000,000 Marks to Screen Production I OBERAMMERGAU; Bavaria, Nov. 81. ?The Passion Play Committee, which recently has been bombarded by pro? posals from American motion picture concerns for the privilege of filming the production in 1922, when the play next will be performed, is standing firm in its refusal "to play Judas to our tradi? tion, despite our poverty," as it puts it. The committee, it is said, has refused i offers running as high as 70,000,000 ' marks, representing a huge fortune to j the vallagers. Their production of the play every ten years is in fulfilment of a vow made back in the seventeenth century thus to express the gratitude of the village for having been spared from a plague. The play, last produced in 1910, was not given 1920, the regular date, because of the mortality amonk the performers and musicians caused by the war. ? .... When yon (hink of Writing, think of Whiting. ?Advu Anti-Beer Bill Passes Senate; Vote Is 56 to 22 Wadsworth Denounces 'Sav? age Rigidity' of Measure; Goes to Harding Now and Will Stop Medicinal Brew Nullifies Treasury Rules Enforcement Will Kill Pro? hibition and Lead to Ter? ror Reign, Says Senator From The Tribnme's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.?The long struggle over the anti-beer bill in the Senate ended to-day with the passage of that measuro by a vote of 56 to 22. The question before the Senate was adoption of tho conference report, which had already passed the House. The bill now goes to President Harding for signature, and when it is signed and enacted the beer regulations re? cently issued by the Treasury Depart? ment will be nullified. The bill stops the use of beer and malt liquors for medicinal purposes. Twelve Republicans and ten Demo? crats voted against tho bill. The Re? publicans were Senators Brandegee, du Pont, Edge, Johnson, La Follette, Lodge, McLean, Penrose, Phipp.?, Short ridge, Wadsworth and Weiler. Demo? crats opposing it were Senators Brous sard, Gerry, King, Pomerenc, Ransdell, Shields, Stanley, Underwood, Walsh, of Massachusetts, and Watson, of Georgia. Thirty-three Republicans and twenty three Democrats voted for the bill. Attacked by Wadsworth Under the agreement reached Rome days ago, there was an hour's debate beginning at It o'clock, and at noon the vote was taken. The chief feature of the debate was a speech by Senator Wadsworth, attacking the measure. He predicted that the "savage rigidity" of the bill, along with the severity of other legislation and enforcement meth? ods, would break down prohibition. Senator Wadsworth described to the Senate as an illustration of the meth? ods of prohibition enfoi-cement officers the case of the shooting of William E. Weisheit, a farmer living at Glen mont, near Albany, early last Septem? ber. He was shot by Frank Gallow, a prohibition enforcement officer. Weis? heit had gone to Albany with produce of his farm, accompanied by his son. As the two were going home on their motor truck in the darkness of evening they were ordered to halt by three pro? hibition officers, who were without uni? forms or badges. Thinking the three were highwaymen, Weisheit and his son drove on rapidly, whereupon Weis? heit was shot and wounded by Gallow. Calls It an Atrocity Senator Wadsworth called this affair an "atrocity" and said the officers had no information whatever that Weisheit and his son were bootleggers; He said the officers suspected bootleggers wero using the road along which Weisheit traveled, and that was their excuse for trying to stop him in the darkness. All (Continued on page tour) New York Has Hottest Nov. 18 in Its History Meteorological Feet Slip and City Gets 70 Degrees, In? stead of a Normal 44 All New York City temperature rec? ords for November 18 were broken yes? terday. At .11 o'clock in the morning instruments at the Weather Bureau registered 70 degrees, which was 5 de? grees higher than on November 18. 1918, when the highest previous record for the date was established. The normal temperature for this date, according to the Weather Bureau records, is 44 degrees. The warmest November day noted in the archives was the first day of the month in 1882, when the 74 mark was reached. Fil Sink Plant To End War, Schwab Says Declaration at Dinner for Marshal Brings 2,000 - to Feet Cheering; Gary Makes Similar Vow Foch Given Ovation As He Enters Room U. S. Sleel Head Goes Further Than Hughes in Plea for Peace Charles M. Schwab brought two thou? sand diners to their feet cheering wild? ly when he said last night at the Amer? ican Iron and Steel Institute dinner to Marshal Foch in the Hotel Commo? dore: "I would willingly sink the Bethle? hem Steel Company to the bottom of the Atlantic if by doing so I could bring: peace to the world." Earlier in the day at a meeting of ' the instituto Judge Elbert H. Gai-y aroused almost equal applause when he declared the greatest business pros? perity and happiness in the history of the world were about to be experienced, and that the highest wish of the steel and munition manufacturers of this country was to bring peace and good will on earth. A tumultous ovation was accorded Marshal Foch by the steel industry leaders at the dinner. He was cheered for fully three minutes, when he arose to speak, after he had been presented with a solid gold punch bowl inscribed, "From the American Steel Industry," and after the singing of the "Marseil? laise" and the "Star Spangled Banner," with calcium lights played upon Amer? ican and French flags waving to the breezes of concealed electric fans. After referring to the "unity of spirit, sentiment and ideals" which he said pervaded the United States and backed the men under his coinirif-nd during the World War, Marshal Foch, who spoke in French, gave praise to the steel industry of this country. Foch Praises Steel Men "It was due to the tremendous in? crease in war materials that you gave us that we were able to lay out our plans and carry them forward to suc? cess," he said. "At no time did you fail us. Permit me to salute this pow? erful industry in the most profound gratitude." Judge Gary, who presided, was the first speaker. He began his address by reviewing his part in commanding "the largest organized army ever assem? bled," and in paying tribute to him in the highest terms. "But Marshal Foch," lie continued, was and is even a bigger man in peace than in war. This is because he abhors the latter and loves the former. Fine, loyal soldiers are the first to enter war in defense of principle and country; they would be the last voluntarily to kill or fight for anything less. "It is to be hoped that the dis? tinguished soldiers from the different nations of the world, who are sup? posed to be in Washington at the present time in an advisory capacity on questions pertaining to limitation \ of armament, will have a potential ; voice, and I believe they will. Those who suppose the army men generally will advocate unnecessary war or stand for unreasonably large armies or in? struments of warfare will, I think, find they are mistaken. "God grant that the conference at Washington will finally bring about conditions which will establish and maintain continuously and permanent? ly peace between all nations, and that the guest of honor here this evening may have the pleasure of exerting a strong influence in this direction. "We know what our guest desires, for he has recently said, "War is the most abominable thing on earth." Mr. Schwab's speech was, in part, as follows: "I am at the head of the largest war materials manufacturing works in the world. The shipyards of my company build more naval ships than are built in ony other yards under one manage? ment in the United States. But I have been thrilled beyond expression, as has every good American, by the brilliant and statesmanlike scheme laid before the conference at Washington by Sec? retary Hughes. The carrying out of that plan may involve great monetary loss in some quarters, but such a thing as financial loss can be of no consider (Contlnuod on oaio thro?) Naval Work Suspended by Admiraltv ?' Firms With Contracts for "Super-Hoods" Get Word to Halt Activities Until Further Notice Estimate Saving At $128.000,000 Closing of Shipyards Is Directed and 30,000 May Be Left Jobless From The Tribune's European Bureau Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Inc. LONDON, Nov. 18.?It was Great Britain's turn to-day to Bpring the sur? prise in the disarmament discussion, and she did so by suspending all con? struction work on the four new super Hood battle cruisers which had been ordered built. An order issued by the Admiralty last night and made public to-day instructed firms engaged on con? tracts for these warships to incur no further liabilities in construction until further notice, thus making the total abandonment of these ships contingent on the adoption of plans for naval re? duction. None of the keels of these four ves? sels has been laid, and if it is definite? ly decided not to proceed with their construction virtually all of the $128, 000,000 estimated cost will be saved. Although the Admiralty's decision was warmly welcomed by naval ex? perts and was even hailed in some quarters as meaning the doom of the capital ship idea in sea programs, warnings already have come from the Clyde and Tyne districts, wliere the ships were to have been constructed, that unemployment will be increased. May Eliminate Capital Ships Sir Percy Scott, who has led the cam? paign against capital ships, was espe? cially jubilant to-day, saying: "This is a red-letter day for the taxpayer. He need not fear that work will ever be resumed on the four ships. If they had been built they would have been no good, as one bomb would sink any of them." Vice-Admiral G. A. Ballard, former Admiralty director of operations, also said that the abandonment of the su? per-Hoods might mean a decisive step toward the elimination of capital ships, while Admiral Mark Kerr said: "This decision is the logical outcome of what is occurring in Washington." W. L. Hichens, chairman of Cammell, Laird & Co., which shared largely in the contracts for the armament of the projected ships, also approved the Ad? miralty order, saying, "I think it is the natural thing to do. It is not wise to spend money on armament when the outlook is favorable to disarmament." The decision to build these ships was announced in Parliament last August, but it was not until October 26 that the announcement was made of the awarding of the contracts to three firms on the Clyde and one on the Tyne. Ship Plants Ordered Closed The Buardsmorc company, which was scheduled to build the hull of one of tile ships, already has issued orders to close down the works, which were re? opened this week after a long period of idleness, and other plants will fol? low suit. Factories at Sheffield and Barlow would have received important subsid? iary orders, while the heavy guns would have been made by the Vickers, Arm? strong and Woolwich arsenals. It is estimated that 30,000 men altogether would have been employed for three years on all details on coi. struction. Although the afternoon papers do not comment editorially, their general atti? tude in presenting the Admiralty an? nouncement is that Great Britain has given an unmistakable pledge of sin? cerity as regards naval reduction and that the next question arising is whether the United States and Japan will follow suit. Action Justified, Says Bcllairs LONDON, Nov. 18. (By The Asso? ciated Press).?Commander Carlyon Bellairs, who for a time was lecturer at the Royal Naval College, thinks the order suspending battleship construc? tion is perfectly justified. "Every (Contlnued on next page) Rail Labor Board to Announce New Shop Rules Before Dec. 1 CHICAGO, Nov. 18 (By The Asso? ciated Press).?The United States Rail? road Labor Board announced to-night that new working rules for the six shop crafts probably will be completed and issued in time to become effective December 1. Issuance of the rules, under a re? cent decision of the board, paves the way for consideration of requests which may be filed by the roads for revision of the shop craft wage sched? ules. The new shop craft rules will affect ! approximately 500,000 men on all j Class 1 railroads in the country. Only j i ninety-four railroads are directly con? cerned in the present case, but board members anticipate that all the Class 1 railroads probably will carry out the decision without further hearings. The Labor Board's work on the rule* was interrupted by the threatened rail? road strike, which was averted October 27. A few days previously the board had announced that no further wage reductions for any class of employees would be considered by the board until working rules and agreements in dis? pute for that class of employees had been passed on. The board, it was indicated to-night, will next take up for consideration the rules and working conditions for the maintenance of way employees. A large number of disputed questions re? garding these rules already are before the board. Steps for revision of the national agreements befoi-e the Labor Board were taken April 16, 1920, after the railroads and their employees had fin? ished preliminary negotiations, both as to wages and rules and working con? ditions, without reaching any agree mtal I-:-:-,-, Congress Worth Get Naval Holiday Plan Unless Pact Involves Treaty WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (By The Associated Press).?Congress would not be called upon to act on any armament reduction program worked out by the Washington conference unless, in the view of the Administration, the agreement reached is put in the form of a treaty. The warships to be scrapped, Administration officials declared, could be disposed of without Congressional action under the authority the navy now has of declaring a vessel no longer useful and directing its disposal. So far as questions of the Far East are concerned, it was indicated clearly that the Administration believed an international "understand? ing" of policy would result rather than a formal treaty. The officials holding these views expressed entire readiness to lay before Congress any agreement in which either the Senate or House should feel they had a right to be consulted, but declared that, so far as the present outlook was concerned, they could see no occasion to raise a constitutional question. Some of these considerations are understood to have been discussed at to-day's Cabinet meeting, the first to be attended by Secretary Hughes since the armament conference began. ?Nippon Blocks Open Door for Part of China Refuses to Give Up Mongolia and Manchuria, Although She Accepts U. S. Policy in Balance of Republic Own Interests Supreme Willing to Abandon British Treaty for New Alliance, if America Is Member By Thomas Steep WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.?Japan'B in? sular position as an island empire, her increasing population, her expanding trade and the progressive spirit of her government, which underlie her pres? ence on the Asiatic mainland, make it impossible for her to accept in its totality China's demand for complete autonomy. Prince Tokugawa, president of the Japanese House of Peers, made this clear to-night in discussing the ten principles which China asks to be used at the conference as a basis for the set? tlement of Far Eastern questions. He said his country would support the policy of the open door, but he added she would not consent to any change as to her present position in China that would be "disadvantageous" to Japan. Official Washington has waited anx? iously for Japan't- reply to China's de? mands. The answer is that Japan, while recognizing the American policy of the open door for the remainder of China, will insist in holding on to Mongolia and Manchuria tenaciously and that her rights there, must be con? firmed as a precedent for the settle? ment of all other Chinese questions. "What is Japan's attitude toward China's demands?" was almost the first question put to Prince Tokugawa after he had consented to be interviewed. Considered in Friendly Spirit "That is an important question," he said. "We are considering the subject very carefully and in the most friendly spirit for China." "Will Japan support the open door at the conference?" "We entirely agree with the policy of the open door in China. Our people at home are most desirous to do all they can for the benefit of China." "Does that mean that the open door will be applied to Japan's interest in China?" "I am sure we do not wish to do things that are disadvantageous to our country. I think I may say that China and Japan, as well as Japan and Amer? ica, desire to be friends." Prince Tokugawa interrupted him? self to explain that the Japanese word for "disadvantageous" might also be interpreted to mean "detrimental." "Will you say whether Japan Ls will? ing to surrender Shantung?" "I say that now? Certainly not now." "There have been published in this - country reports from Tokio newspapers that Japan will ask the United States to destroy her fortifications in her Pacific islands, such as Hawaii, Guam (Continued on next page) Ford Puts Plan to Buy Warships Before Harding All-or-i\one Clause in Offer to Take Over Craft Scrapped by Arms Conference From The Tribune's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. -Henry Ford talked to the President to-day for ten minutes concerning a plan to buy the battleships which the Conference on Armament Limitation plans to junk. Mr. Ford made it clear that his offer applies to all ships or none. The Detroit automobile manufacturer called at the White House originally to pay his respect.- to the President. The i'menities observed, so enthusiastic was he concerning his plan to make junk of American battleships that he out? lined it to the President. Just how far Mr. Ford went in sketching details of his plan was not revealed. On leaving the President he made his i exit from the White House through a j aide door. The President, later, dis j missed Mr. Ford's visit with a sentence ! to the correspondents, to the effect that I Mr. Ford discussed plans for junking I battleship?. French Differ j With British | On Submarines Brian?! Asserts Undersea < Craft Is Weapon of Weak; j Sees Conference Results j Achieved Within Week I ______________ Will Make Plea Monday; Japan's Effort to Retain | Two Post-Jutland Ships j Stirs Experts' Interest ! By Boyden Sparkes WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.?The Brit? ish and French delegations are not in accord on the question of submarines. ' After a British spokesman had said ' to-day that his countrymen would ro~ j gard the Washington conference as j barren of results if undersea fleets replaced the scrapped capital ships i Aristide Briand, Premier of France, in ' an interview said: "English desires on submarines can? not and do not represent the wishes \ and necessities of other nations. The ? submarine is the weapon of the weak." But the French and British naval experts arc in accord on one point. ? They see in Japan's insistence that ? she be permitted to "maintain a pro- j portion in general tonnage slightly ; greater than 60 per cent" an effort ! to save from the scrap heap the Mutsu, to be commissioned in Decem? ber. Japan Has Two Post-Jutland Ships The Mutsu is a sister ship or the i Nagato, commissioned a year ago, and the pride of all Nippon seafaring men. These are post-Jutland ships, and if Japan by any chance is permitted to retain both she would have two as against one, the Maryland, in the United States navy. This vessel, the first American post-Jutland ship, about; equals the Nagato in fighting power. '' but it is two knots less speedy than its 1 Japanese, rival. The British and French naval view j as reflected here is that capital ??hips of the post-Jutland type have rendered ! all predecessors obsolet", and that there could be but. one end to a duel ; that might be fought far ou1- on the ] Pacific between a post-Jutland and ;i \ pre-Jutland .ship. This fact alone was sufficient to convince many of the : naval technical men now here that America could not. and would not heed Admiral Kato's contention for in? creased tonnage. If Japan's reduced navy should have two post-Jutland ships, then America would have to have two, if tho principle of "existing strength" is to hold. But however sharp the cleavages between some of the delegations over disarmament and mat- | ters in the Far East. M. Briand boldly stated this afternoon, that before he ? sails for France within a week the general result of the conference will have been achieved. "Details may take weeks." said M. Briand, "but the general resuit will bt such that I sha!! carry jcood news to France. U will be of great benetit to the whole world. We shall have an I entente cordiale of the Paciiic. Not an j alliance- I do not wish to be misunder- ' stood?but an agreement equally effec? tive. Must Abandon Selfish Plans "Before there is an agreement each power will have to abandon sel plans, but here no nation is actuated by imperialistic thought. I cannot re (ContlnufU on next pnge) Joss Calls 300 Chinese Dead Here Back to Orient | President of Republic Asks Re? turn of Bodies for Re-Burial in Tombs of Fatbers The Department of Health received j yesterday a request from President Hsu Shih Ch'ang, of China, for per | mission to "Uisinter the bodies of 300 or more Chinese, buried in the Chinese section of Cypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, so that they may be reburied in China and their spirits consort with those of their ancestors. The request, will be granted. It is the belief of the Chinese that so long as their bodies are buried in I foreign soil their spirits haven't a j chance of reaching the celestial realms of their fathers. Besides the necessary shipping la ! bel3 in English, each coffin will be in I scribed in Chinese with its occupant's ' name and the direction "To the liere aft?r." .> ______________ Firm Against Giving Japan Larger Fleet Will Not Alter Ratios for Navies Contained in Proposal ; Answer to Tokio Is Most Emphatic Nippon Opposed to Chinese Autonomy France to Demand Under? sea Craft; Ratification by All Nations Planned By Carter Field WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.?The only way to stop the armament race is to stop, and the only yardstick which can be used in measuring com? parative strengths is the present ratio. This is the American answer to Japan's plea to be allowed a larger number of battleships than is allotted under the American plan. This principle was laid down with very great emphasis by the Ameri? can delegation to-day, though ?scru? pulous care was taken to phrase the opinion most diplomatically. Indeed, the spokesman for the Administra? tion rather resented a question which referred to the policy as a "take-it or-leave-it" proposition. Japan Opposes Chinese Plan This was the great big develop? ment of the conference to-day, al? though the day's news contained many other highly significant points. For example, Prince Tokugawa, of the Japanese delegation, frankly admitted that his government did not intend to do anything with re? gard to China which Tokio would re? gard as disadvantageous or detri? mental to Japan's interests. Japan could not agree to the complete au- A tonomy of China, he said. He also S refused to discuss the open door in ^ connection with Manchuria, and Mongolia. In view of the fact that the whole point about the integrity of China centers around the question of whether Manchuria and Mongolia should be included, this aroused con? siderable interest. The hint was given at the White House that the settlement of the Pacific and Far Eastern questions might be a matter of agreement, rather than a i reaty which would have to be sub? mitted to the Senate It was explained that, of course, any reduction of tb nav> would have to be passed on by both houses of Congress anyway when. the appropriation bills came up. The President by executive- order, how. ever, can scrap the old ships without asking permission of Congres?-. General Ratification Planned Ratification of any agreement ai to the limitation of armament which may be -'-ached i.t the present conference may be requested of the other nation"? which are not attending the confer-. ence. it was announced in a very high Administration quarter. This would have two purposes. One would be to prevent any possibT? violations of the spirit of the agre#? ment among Ehe conference power?. For example, one of the nations which made I he agreement might have some other nation, perhan,-- some country in SojUi America, build several powerful battleships, with the understanding that they might be seized or purchased should on emergency affecting the con? ference nation arise. The other purpose would be to bring the other countries of the world into a form of agreement on armament limitation which would gradually grow uo into a sort of practical association i f nations. It was nointed out to? night, that this would be the second step?-the calling of the conference being the first toward the ideals ex? pressed by President Harding in his campaign speeches last year. France for Submarines Another development of the day was | that the French do not agree with the ! British desire to have greater reduc ; tions in the amount of submarine ton ! nage to bo permitted than outlined in the A-nerican plan. The French regard j the submarine a.-- the weapon of dc ! fense by the weak naval powers. Henry Ford, tuiking with President i Harding to-day. said that he would be j delighted to buy all of the war | shins wh;ch might be scrapped under the American plan and to employ them, or their materials in some useful way. The next formal meeting of the con ? ference--disregarding the meetings of the committee on Pacific and Far East? ern questions, which really consists of all the delegates to the conference^-? will be held on Monday, it was an? nounced to-day. At this meeting Premier Briand of France will make the address on land armaments which he promised ut the last public meeting. American Position Important The ?statement of the American posi? tion with regard to changing the ratio* fixed by the American plan is regarded as the most important development since the British, and Japanei? ?C