Nothing Like Article X To Be Involved in Association of Nations President Harding Now Revives
of the American delegates, are enthusi?
astic advocates of his plan.
Would Consider World Problem?
The President's idea i? that th*
present conference, apparently suc?
ceeding admirably in straightening out
controversies and agreeing upon limita?
tions of naval armament, should bfi
?aiul?tcd by succeeding sessions, held
from year to year, and that gradually
problem after problem which is dis?
turbing the peace of the world, or may
threattn to do so, will be brought
within the scone of the association of
nations.
, The whole Harding idea is to do the
thing practically, tilt at no impossible
windmills, and wait for the opportune
'".oment at which the solution of any
.von problem may be auspicious.
For example, there is no thought
'n his mind at the moment of inviting
Russia. His reason is that Russia 's
?iii in chaotic state. He would like
to sec this menace to the peace of
' ?? world as many view it removed,
rticularly on account of the French
?"cars; and because if this menace, in
ition to the German, could be re?
moved, France might then consent to
\ world-wide agreement, on the reduc
tion of ?and armaments. ?
But the time is not opportune, in
administration view, so far as
Russia s concerned, though this prob
letn may readily he dealt with at a
?ting of the conference to be held
next year, or perhaps ut a session a
or two later.
Progress on t hi?ere Program
while, the present conference
s going ahead with the Chinese prob
?. and is developing, one by one, the
< ans of giving that country a bet
chancc to build up a strong cen?
tral government. Vor example, the
luestion of having the other nations
withdraw the post?t systems which
they are now operating inside of
ina has now been taken up. This
follows the opening of discussion on
the question of permitting China to
try foreigners in her own courts and
laws ? that is, the with
awal of the extraterritorial tights
?. hich many powers have enjoyed in
China. It also follows the virtual
agreement to permit Chins to increase
her tariff duties, which had been fixed
by treaties, and the discussion looking
to granting her eventually the right
i ?x them according to her own ideas
without limitations imposed . by the
powers.
Rejoices Over V. S. Plan,
Says Japanese Premier
In Cable to Countrymen Here
Tahahaski Expresses Hbpe
Agreement May Be Reached
Baron Takahasht, Premier of Japan,
^n a cable received in New York yes?
terday, said that he rejoiced that he
"was able to say that Mr. Hughes's
proposals were being taken in Japan
to be an unmistakable sign of the sin
trity of the American government's
desire to spare humanity the throes
and agonies arising from an intoler?
able burden o? expenditure on arma?
ment."
"I feel great satisfaction," he added.
'in finding that our delegates to the
Washington conference, fully realizing
here the true interests of this coun?
try lie, are endeavoring, in comity
with the delegates of the other powers.
to shape ? definite and workable plan
'f naval disarmament on the basis of
Mr. Hughes's proposals."
The cable was a reply to one sent to
;he Premier by the Japan Society,, in
which the society expressed the hope
that the proposals for limitation of
??aval armament made by Secretary
Hughes would meet with the approval
of the Japanese government.
japan's Claims Opposed
By V. S. Naval Experts
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (By The As?
sociated Press).?Despite supplemental
estimates to support Japanese claims
.for a higher naval tonnage ratio than
proposed in Secretary Hughes's naval
limitation plan, American naval ex?
perts, it was asserted to-day on au?
thority, find no reason to revise their
original estimate of the relative naval
strength of the three powers.
That estimate, so far as Japan is
concerned, is reflected in the "five-five
three ratio" proposed by the United
States, while Japan is understood to
claim that the ratio should approxi?
mate ten-ten-seven.
Details of the Japanese naval argu?
ment have been turned over to the
naval experts of the five powers con?
sidering such questions. The naval
men will not get together again in gen?
eral conference, however, until next
week.
British Bankers Place High
Hopes in Arms Conference
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. ? British
financial circlesware placing great hope
, [iii the Limitation of Armament Confer?
ence, according to a statement on con?
ditions in England made public to?
night by the Commerce Department.
Substantial reduction in military and
naval expenditure seems to be the only
method by which Great Britain can
obtain a budget surplus in 1922, the
statement declared. .
Recent economic and industrial de?
velopment in Great Britain, the state?
ment asserted, have evidenced a more
hopeful tone.
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City Car Line Beaten
On Williamsburg Bridge I
Must Obtain Permission From :
Publie Service Board, Ap?
pellate Division Rules?
The Appellate Division of the Su- '
p?eme Court in Brooklyn decided yes?
terday that the city had no right to
opa fate surface cars across Williams
burg Bridge without obtaining a cer?
tificate of necessity from the Public
Service Commission. The decision re?
vends one by Supreme Court Justice
Kclby which authorized the city to run
earn across the bridge. An appeal will
I b? taken to the Court of Apneals.
I A year ago the Board of Aldermen
I passed a resolution providing that
r Grayer A. Whalen, Commissioner of
Plant ami Structures, begin operating
cars, for the city. The city started
to build aero -.' .- traofc s of the
Brooklyn Citj Railroad in order to run
trolley cars on the bridge. The corn
objected. The city sued for per
ion to build the cross-over,
ng ha ?? had a rignt. Justice Xelby
:'? I toh\ The railroad
?ftled. The , Appellate
decided that the city had no
right to operate curs without a fran?
chise. Justice Mills dissented.
Morocco Tribesmen Scatter
-.i '.?? ' ? slal ft s to militar)
opofatiom since; the capture by the
,r.'.- of Eta? Tedua indicate thai
the enemy tribal groups are rapidlj
Armour Men Accept Pay-Cut
FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 28.- Wag<
cata ranging from 3 to 7Ji cents a?
; our wtrt accepted by representative
3,0100 Armour <*? <>. employ?*? hen
to-dry. ?
Franco - British
Disputes Do Not
Menace Parle v
Private Quarrel Represents !
Chronic Condition ; At I
Duel Stage Statesmen
Always Dine Together
Hughes Retains His Calm !
Capital's Most Serious Limi? i
tat ion. Simonds Says, Is!
on Its Sense of Humor !
By Frank H. Simond?
WASHINGTON, Nov. .-Jo--Now that
the Anglo-French differences of opin- !
ion have reached a stage where they
occupy the headlines and more or less j
dominate the gossip oi the Washington
conference, there are three essential .
facts which must be recognized: First,
that the Anglo-French quarrel is i.vi- :
vate, that i*. not open to voluntea?s; |
second, that it represents a ,chroi*>c, I
not a critical, condition, and, thi^O.
that it is not going' to affect material?
ly or seriously the progress o? thi
present gathering at the American cap
Ever since the armistice, all through
the Paris conference and with ever
increasing bitterness' in ail the con?
ferences of ambassadors which have
followed tin- Paris gathering, Anglo
French differences have been cropping
up. French and British necessities, ;
interests "and policies m Europe aro ;
radically different and frequently con; '?.
niet. But it is worth recalling: now
that the French and the British have
dwelt together in neighborly enmitv ;
without armed conflict for more than a
century, and in Britain's only two
European wars in that time she. has j
been associated with France as an
ally.
Both Seek American Support
It was natural and perhaps inevitable i
that England and France, coming her? '
to the Washington conference, should 1
both desire American support for their j
respective^ policies and that some of ?
the journalists on both sides should !
eagerly seek to enlist American sup- ?
port and resort vo attacks upon their !
neighbor as a means to this end.
The result has been perfectly simple, :
The British journalists have attacked i
the French army, and the French jour
l...lists in due course of time, sup?
ported by the French Prime Minister.
have resorted to a suggestion of the
revival of the naval armament ques?
tion as a counter offensive to the Brit?
ish attack. This counter offensive^has
been so successful that British nerves
have been disturbed quite as much as
were French nerves over the criticism
of the army. There you have it. the
bottom fact in the situation. Before he
went away M. Briand said flatly that
no French desires in the matter of
naval strength, submarine or otherwise,
would be permitted to interfere with
Mr. Hughes's navy plan.
As for the British official attitude as
contrasted with the course of some of
the British journalists, but by no
means all of them, it has been gener
i ously correct from the beginning. Mr.
! Balfour is an undisputed friend of
! France. His remarks following M.
| Briand's great address were more than
i a literary or an oratorical effort. They
I were a genuine expression of sympa?
thetic emotion and downright friend?
ship.
Some Justice in French Claims
The French discussion of naval con?
ditions has a measure of justice in it.
1 When the war came France was en
, gaged ?in transforming her navy and
l had a certain number of capital ships
building or on the way. She was
' obliged then to stop the construction of
i all her ships and use all her steel first
i to munition her own guns and later to
I supply American artillery, also. The
! result was that the end of the war saw
l.her reduced to nothing as a naval
power, while the United States, Japan
i and Great Britain had throughout the
i war expanded their navies rapidly and
j greatly. The point which the French
i make is that it is not fair to them to
i take their present status as a basis for
reckoning their future strength by com?
parison with other countries.
This, however, is merely an academic
I exercise, since the French do not in?
tend to build capital ships, primarily
because they lack the money. As to
the submarine episode, ' it was Mr.
! Hughes who suggested the submarine
' as a weapon of defense. When Mr.
j Balfour appealed from the American
; decision and asked to have the sub
j marine abolished, the French saw a
j move in the game and promptly came
I in on the ArneiMcan side. The British,
I who cared very little about the Ameri
: can submarine, at once took alarm over
i the French.
i But the important fact in all this
; row is that the English and the French
! have been in a ?tato of mutual eus
j picion, distrust and worse for a long
: time, and that for centuries there
has been a groundwork of misunder- ;
standing between the two countries, ac- I
centuatet! by rivalries and in the past;
??mphasi/ed by war.
Curzon. Speech Unduly Accented
A good deal too much importance is
now ascribed to the Curzon announce?
ment in London, which was net, I have
reason to believe, suggested by the
British delegates in Washington or
necessarily in accordance with the de?
sires of that delegation. What is main?
ly disturbing Lord Curzon is that the
French have made a barirain with Ke
mal Pasha, whereas the British are
backing Greece in the Near East. The
French in Syria have a common frontier
with the Turks and want peace at al?
most any price. They dislike King
Constantino from of old, and they are
intensely bitter and jealous over Brit?
ish supremacy at Constantinople. Rut
this is no; hing more or less than an?
other characteristic European quarrel
ovi ? r< dpective interests and without
thi mallesl suggestion of moral value
on i ither side.
Phe Anglo-French quarrel is not go?
ing to disturb the Washington confer?
ence seriously because the French and
British representatives here appreciate
perfectly that the American people will
hold them both equally responsible if
th? conference i i wrecked or even im?
paired by this"squabble. We had almost
exactly the same kind of rumpus in
j Paris over Syria. It went on for davs
? and led to every kind of recrimination;
! it poisoni'd the air tmd depressed the
?atmosphere and made endless trouble;
' and in the end Anglo-French interests
? were compromised and we had an ap
' proximate settlement without, any
trouble. At the duel stage, French and
British statesmen invariably go to
dinner together, leaving the innocent
\ American observers hopelessly be
I w il de red.
rhe main difficulty at the moment is
thai ihe French are morbidly sensi
. tive over the repeated attacks that
! bavp been made upon them as mili
| taristic and imperialistic, whereas they
! regard themselves as pacific and con?
demned against their will to bear mili
' tary burdens which should be shareti
by their associates in the.war. Since
most of this criticism 1ms come from
British sources their resentment m ',
obvious und perhaps understandable.
British Want European Peace
On the British side thfl essential !
truth is that ?he restoration of peace?
ful conditions in Europe has become
fi matter of life and death for it very
CbneldWable portion of the British
population, which can only find work
and earn a livelihood by serving these
markets. These people see French
policy and the French army ns menace?
to their own existence.
The whole flurry in Washington now
is a clear case of nerves, It would bo
vidiculous if it were not that, it ia hav?
ing at least, a temporarily disturbing
effect upon tho conference and is con?
firming American prejudice against all
European associations. The thing that
it seems difficult to make the French
and British representatives, and par?
ticularly the French and British jour?
nalists, realize is that successful at?
tacks by either do not help the assail?
ant, in American eyes, but actually in?
jure both the attacker and the attacked.
In any event, Anglo-French relations
in Washington and out of Washington
having reached the present point it re?
quires only the smallest recollection of
recent years to forecast that we shall
now have a speedy improvement. Con?
ditions were much more acute last
August when Britain and France were
on the point of breaking over the
question of Upper Silesia. There
seemed no way to provent a complete
collapse of tho entente when M. Briand
?Mid Lloyd George agreed i o senil the
Upper Silesian dispute to the League
of Nations, and that was the end of it.
Having thus agreed they went out
quite amicably to the president's shoot?
ing box and had a <>uiet day in the
country together.
Hughes Nut Worried by Dispute
Despite all the excitement, veal and
imaginary, it is perhaps no indiscre?
tion to say that Mr. Hughes is to-day
as confident of the success of the con
ference^-as at any moment since it be?
gan and apparently little disturbed by
all the impending shadows of "the next
war."
One reason why an Anglo-Frenci
dispute is taking such great propor
tic??;; is that the actual business of the
conference is destitute of a singh
thrill or sensation. Hence the tendenc;
to go outside of the conference anc
find sensations elsewhere. Whatever
the French and British may do in Eu
rope, they are not going to break u]
the conference in Washington. Mi
Halfour has very sympathetically ac
cepted the French decision on the mat
tor of their army. In due course o
time one may expect the French ti
abandon their submarine performance
which always represented a journalis
tic and diplomatic offensive rather thai
a serious proposal.
The last few days have been ver;
strongly reminiscent of Paris. Any?
body who was at Paris knows that n
day at a peace conference is perfec
without at least one crisis. The mos
serious limitation which Washingto
offers at the present moment is a limi
tation of the sense of humor.
The truth about the Anglo-Frenc
situation would seem to be this: Eng
lishmen and Frenchmen are constitu
tionally incapable of getting alon
with each other, and France and Gres:
Britain cannot get along except tc
gether. The result is a series of crise:
which will unquestionably be "contir
! ued in our next."
I (Copyright, 1921, by the McClure N'ew;
paper Syndicate.)
French Oppose
Asking Berlin
To Conference
(Continued from pna? ane\
no objections. In fact, they expect
such an arrangement. But there is
little doubt that Franco would be
painfully impressed if the suggestion
should regularly be made that Germany
be included in the present conference.
Consent of Others Necessary
One of the certain results of such a
move, some of the French advisers say,
would be an effort on the part of Ger?
many to wriggle put of her obligations
assumed at Versailles, and after that
there would be no limit to the number
of troublesome questions of a strictly
Continental character that would bob
up to interfere with the success of the
purposes for which the conference was
called.
The French were quick to point out
that it would be impossible to include
the Germans in the present confer?
ence without the unanimous consent
of the other powers which are partici?
pating.
Italy is expected to be sympathetic
with the French point of view'on this
matter, although one Italian spokes?
man said this afternoon that the ques?
tion of German participation was a
matter that called for careful consld-?
eration by Italy. This same Italian
was at great pains to deny published
reports that Senator Schanzcr had en?
gaged in a heated debate with M.
Briand at the last conference meeting
attended by the Premier of France.
"There was no harsh debate," said
this spokesman. "Nothing of the kind.
Briand gave the French point of view
with regard to land armament. Sen?
ator Schanzer gave the Italian point of
view. They differed about certain
things but both are animated only by
the most cordial feelings toward each
other and toward the nation each rep?
resents.
"Italy wants to be a big factor in
bringing permanent peace to Europe.
We are. afraid of nobody. France,
which has the largest army on the Con?
tinent, is our ally. If her army is
larger than we think she needs that is
not necessarily a subject for recrim?
inations."
One of the British advisers here,
speaking of the ? French land force,
said:
"Briand says France must keap a
gun for fear of burglars. But we ob?
ject to them endangering everybody by
using, their gun to shoot at cats?in
the back vard, the Near East."
-.
Slang Defended by Head
Of Teachers of English
More Effective Than Sedate
Words, if ?Not Overworked,
Educators Are Told
CHICAGO, Nov. 25.?Slang, if more
: trenchant than the more sedate words
and phrases, is permissible, but should
not be overworked, Harry G. Paul,
president of the National Council of
j Teachers of English, declared to-day at
i the opening of the council's annual
session.
If two boys are fighting, don't tell
them to "desist," he advised. "Cut it
out!" is more effective. If the movie
is bad "how inferior" may describe it,
but "Good night!" conveys a richer
feeling, the speaker said.
The English language is afflicted
with "stylistic pettestrianism," Mi.i
Helen Sard Hughes, of Wellesley Col
; lege, asserted in an address.
Wa are haphazard, prosaic and dull
; in the choice of words" she asserted.
j "We care little as long as we are not
misunderstood."
Briand Bids America "Au Revoir"
The Premier sailed yesteraum. ?... me ihhy ? arto, uv><?u mg ne intended
to return to thit country to remain fifteen months instead of fifteen
days
Parley's Verdict
Silences Critics, i
s Briand
(Continued from pas? one)
art and to form friendships which are
a continuation of those of history."
Hopes to Return to America
The Premier stopped, and. blowing
two or three rings of smoke, con?
tinued:
"I hope to live sufficiently long to j
return to this land of the young and
to stay, not fifteen days next time, but j
fifteen months. I owe this country one
of the greatest joys, one of the proud?
est moments of my political career,
for during the hours I have spent on
American soil it has been given me to i
realize how strongly its heart beats
for my country. When President Har?
ding welcomed me, upon my first visit, I
he said to me with an emotion that I j
shall never forget: 'It is the first time
that a Premier of France crossed the
ocean and entered this house.' I re?
plied: 'But you have done better than
that; you sent us two million Pre?
miers to tight on our soil.' All the
sentiment America has she concen?
trates it on France, unstintingiy, with?
out mental reservation. I who have
come so far have found nothing that
has touched me more."
"Others," I interrupted, "await, you j
over there in France who are less i
idealistic, who care more for the ma?
terial side of things. They will ques?
tion you in the hope that you will give
the wrong answer. What will you say
to them?"
Came for a Verdict
"The, truth," replied M. Briand. "I
shall tell them that I did not come
here to bring back a treaty which the
American people, absolutely within its
rights, refuses to sign, but that 1 came
for a verdict. I wanted, once and for
all, to put an end to those stupid and
irritating accusations of imperialism
and militarism. Well, we have put an
end to them. Seven nations, our peers,
after having heard and weighed every?
thing, rendered their judgment. They
gave us?and with what fervor and
enthusiasm!?a vote of confidence.
This vote of confidence forever silences
our detractors. It will make Germany
think; it will allow France to work
behind the defensive bulwark of her
army, and it places the seal of peace
on the friendship of peoples who fought
together in wartime. No vote of con?
fidence obtained by me in the past is
worth as much as this one, because it
is addressed, not to me personally, but
to my country,"
Such were the words of Premier Bri?
and as he left Washington on his way
to Paris.
3 Boys, Stealing Tonic ^
W?th a Kick, Arrested
Detective?, Called by Woman
Druggist, Find Young Tru?
ant? Looting Cases
Three small boys, two eight years
old and one ten, were arrested by De?
tectives Buddemeyer and Sullivan, of J
the Alexander Avenue police station, ?
late last night when they were found 1
breaking open packing cases in the
basement of a drug store at 740 East
149th Street, conducted by Mrs.
Catherine Gayda.
The two younger children, Dominic
and Patrick Fanelli, of 315 East 146th
Street, the Bronx, had stuffed their
jumpers with bottles of hair tonic and
attar of roses, while Antoine Dionisio,
the elder of the trio, had made a col?
lection of shaving brushes. The young
burglars were caught at work by the
detectives after Mrs. Gayda heard a
noise in the cellar and telephoned the
police. The boys told Detective Sul?
livan they took the hair tonic because
It had "a kind of a kick."
The fathePof the Fanelli youngsters
later called at the police station and
said he had been at his wits' end for
more than a month because he could
not keep the boys in school.
"I take them to school in the morn?
ings to be sure they go," said Fanelli,
"but then they fool me, because I send
them in the front door, and they go out
of the back."
AU three boys will be arraigned this
morning, charged with juvenile delin?
quency.
Riddell Starts Home Dec. 13;
Lord Lee 111 of Laryngitis
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (By The As?
sociated Press).?Lord George Riddell,
who has been acting as a liaison of?
ficer between the press and the Brit?
ish delegation at the armament con?
ference, will sail for home on the Aqui
tania December 13, urgent personal
business necessitating his return.
Lord Lee of Fareham, First Lord of
the British Admiralty and one of
Great Britain's delegates to the con?
ference, to-day was suffering from an
attack of laryngitis. He first became
confined to his bed yesterday with a
chill which developed into laryngitis.
Lord Lee's ph sicians said to-day ho
was somewhat better and hoped to re?
sume his duties in the conference not
> later than next Monday.
Briaiicl Sails;
Defends Pact
With Turks
iContlnupd from pane ons)
"colleagues of the press" in such good?
ly number.
He had been warned in France, he
said, that, the press of America was a
god to be feared; was all powerful
and that he had better be careful. He
came here and saw for himself and
found tho Press such a delightful
creature, capable of giving him such
kindly treatment, that they were his
colleagues and that he was one of j
them.
The American nation, President Har?
ding, Secretary Hughes and. Mr. Bal- :
four were the recipients of his praise
as the gangplank was hauled ashore
and his last words were an expression
of good will and high hope for the con?
ference,
Before issuing his reply to Lord Cur?
zon the Premier said:
"I do not quite see what interest
there can be for friends and allies to
argue with one another at the very
moment when they are trying in Wash?
ington to assure the peace of the workl.
It is primarily between them that peace
ought to exist. I shall pin my faith
on the words of Mr. Balfour pro?
nounced at the last public cession of
the conference, when he solemnly rec?
ognized, as did all the otile delegates,
that the situation of France in Kurope
was exceptional and that she had need
to take precautions for her security.
"As to disarmament?France will
have gone as far along this road as
any other country, without exception.
In effect, on land, in spite of the, dan?
gers which she undergoes, she already
has spontaneously reduced her metro?
politan army by a third. In spite of
the law which keeps three classes with
the colors, she has actually only two.
Furthermore, the government has in?
troduced a bill into Parliament which
reduces the period or service by half
and in consequence the number of ef?
fectives in the same proportion.
_ "It is much more than the other na
? tions will do as regaids navies, since
? the naval reductions envisaged do not
exceed 40 per cent. France, having 60,
000,000 subjects in her colones, whose
coasts are on three seas, and conse?
quently needs a navy, has seen her fleet
of capital ships reduced by the effects
of war from three squadrons to a single
squadron. She is prepared on this
ground to realize and accord with her
friends and allies for the same propor?
tional reduction.
Says France Makes Greatest Cuta
"Consequently, in the sum total of
her forces, of national defense, land
army and sea army, it can be said that
France will have made an effort at re
duction superior to that of any other
nation, and her merit will be greater
because she is in veritable danger. Our
English friends ought to recognize the
fact that the German fleet is at the
bottom of the sea and that consequent?
ly it is no longer a menace either for
England or for us, but 7,000,000 men of
the German army are very much alive
and available. This is a fact that
France must realize and consider.
"In conclusion I have observed with
the greatest satisfaction that it is suf?
ficient for me loyally to explain the
situation to the American people, in
order to be understood by the whole
world, which permits me to leave for
Franco with a tranquil spirit and
peaceful heart.''
As the visitors were leaving the Pre?
mier's room ha was asked if it was not
possible that France might be inclined
to change or modify her policies.
Quick as a flash M. Briand answered:
"If France changes her policy I shall
no longer be at the head of the French
government."
The French delegate was much
pleased when Robert Woods Bliss,
Under Secretary of State, went'to his
suite to express bon voyage and the
good wishes of President Harding and
Secretary Hughes.
"My impression on leaving America,"
M. Briand said, "is one of deep re?
gret, one of sorrow. I should like to
stay longer. I should like to stay for
the sake of being with Americans and
the pleasant welcome one receives
everywhere. Except for the fact that
I am not quite able to understand the
language I might have the firm im
1 pression that I was still in my own
j country. I am amazed at the tone and
| cordiality of my reception, and if 1
could I would come back and sit agair
at the conference, sharing the respon^
sibility of my colleagues and have thf
opportunity to know the United States
better.
"This conference will surely date it
the history of mankind and all it!
peoples. It will be one of the bes1
remembrances of my political life anc
will serve to sooth the bitterness whicl
attaches to my profession. This con
ference should prove a new source o
joy and glory to the United States.
feel confident that it is now on thi
j right road and about to reach a happ;
! conclusion. Remember, France wil
j help you in setting final peace in th
world. If she has rifles left in th>
rack they must be kept there for he
defense."
Among those to see the Premier sai
was General Cornelius VanderbiH
Premier Briand stood by the rail wav
ing his hat until the Paris disappear?
down the river.
Chinese Ask
All Legal and
Postal Rights
(Continued from page onc>
respect," said Mr. Uanihara, "because
we, for more than thirty y?ars, suffered
under the same system of foreign con?
trol up to the time of the adoption of
our constitution. Japan has the in
tensest desire that China should be
relieved of all foreign control that can
hinder her aspiration to become a pros?
perous nation. In the question of the
elimination of foreign postoflices and
extra territorially, it only remain? to
ascertain whether adequate substitutes
can be provided by the Chinese."
Five reasons were presented by ?r.
\V:ing in support of China's demand to
have exti?a territoriulity abolished. Ilia
reasons were :
"It is h derogation of China's sov?
ereign rights and is regarded by the
Chinese pcoplo as a national humilia?
tion.
"It causes a multiplicity of courts
in one and the same locality, and inter?
relation of such courts has given rise
to a legal situation which is perplexing,
both to the trained lawyer and to trie
laj man.
"A disadvantage arises from the un?
certainty of the law. The general rule
?s that the law to be applied in a given
case is the lav/ of the defendant's na?
tionality, so that in a civil litigation
between foreigners of different nation?
alities the rights and the liabilities of
the parties vary according as which one
sues first.
"When causes of action, civil or
criminal, arise in which foreigners arc
defendants, it is necessary for adjudi?
cation that they shall be carried to the
nearest consular court, which may be
many miles away, and so it often hap?
pens that it is practically impossible
to obtain the attendance of the neces?
sary witnesses or to produce other
necessary evidence.
Fifty Treaty Ports New
"Finally, it is a further disadvan?
tage to the Chinese that foreigners in
China, under cover of extraterri?
toriality, claim immunity from local
taxes and excises which the Chinese
are required to pay.
"Extraterritoriality in China dates
back almost to the beginning of its
treaty relations with foreign coun?
tries," said Dr. Wang, addressing the
committee. "It was clearly laid down
in the treaty of 1.844 , between the
United States and China and a similar
provision has since been inserted in
the treaties with other powers. Extra?
territorial rights were granted at a
time when there were only five treaty
ports, that is, places where foreigners
could trade and reside. Now there are
fifty such places and an equal number
of places open to foreign trade on
CWina's own initiative.
"This moans an ever increasing num
I ber of persons within her territory
over whom she is almost powerless.
This condition has become, a serious
problem with which the local adminis?
tration is confronted and if the im?
pairment of the territorial and ad?
ministrativ? integrity of China is not
to be continued the matter demands
immediate solution."
For seventeen years, Dr. Wang, said,
the Chinese have had a commission at
work codifying their laws with a view
:o making them adequate to the needs
of all foreigners. He said China there?
fore asked the powers to relinquish
thqjir extra-territorial rights at .the end
of a given period and that a commis?
sion be appointed by the powers for a
progressive and ultimate abolition of
the system.
Whilo presenting _ the demand for
the abolition of foreign postoffices, Dr.
Sze indicated China later will supple?
ment her demands with a detailed ar?
gument for the removal of foreign
troops from Chinese soil. Together
with this demand will be one for the
removal of foreign controlled wireless
stations.
"Merely Tolerated"
"E?rfy in the middle of the last cen?
tury foreign powers began to establish
their own postoffices in the treaty
ports, with the result that the postal
system? carrying mail under foreign
postage stamps have since been ox
tended widely," Dr. Sze said. "The
opening of these pontoffices was not
based oil any treaty concession or pro?
vision," Dr. Sze. continued. "Their
existence and gradual increase was
merely tolerated by the Chinese gov?
ernment.
"China requests that the powers as?
sembled in the conference agree at
once to abolish all postal services now
maintained by them in China. She
bases her request upon the following
propositions:
"That China has organized and is
now conducting a postal system cov
| ?ring the entire-country, and maintain?
ing relations with all foreign countries
adequate to meet all requirements.
"That the existence of these for?
eign postoffices interferes with and
makes more difficult 'the development
of this system, and deprives the sys
I tom_ of a revenue which legally and
! equitably should belong to it.
"That the maintenance by foreign
; governments of post?nicos in China is
in direct violation or trie lattcr's ter?
ritorial and administrative integrity
j and rests upon no treaty or other legal
j rights.
"China wishes to point out that,
1 wholly apart from the financia loss
| suffered by her as a result of the ex
! istencc of foreign postoffices on her
j soil, and the obstacles thereby placed
I in the way of development of her own
'? postal system, the maintenance of such
; offices represents a most direct viola
j tion of her territorial and administra
I tive integrity.
"It is one, moreover, that is pecu?
liarly objectionable, since it is a con
! stant, visible reminder to the Chinese
| people that they are not accorded the
! consideration given to other peoples.
j This necessarily has a tendency to
I lower the prestige of the Chinese gov
' ernment in the eyes of her people and
to make more difiicu.lt the already diffi?
cult problem of maintaining a govern?
ment that will command the respect
and ready obedience of her population.
From whatever standpoint viewed, the
i continuance of these foreign postoffices
1 upon Chinese soil should therefore be
disapproved."
Consternation stilt reigned in Chi?
nese circles to-day over the British at?
titude that the principle laid down by
the conference for the settlement of
China's problems implied an accept?
ance by China of foreign control of
her customs, her railroads and the en?
terprises to be built up by money lent
by the banking groups embraced in
the impending consortium.
"The Chinese people are opposed tc
the consortium because under foreign
| domination they have suffered econ?
omically, politically and judically, and
I they have come to look with suspicion
I on anything foreign," said Dr. Wang
| "If the consortium means international
I co-operation in aiding China withoul
j interfering with her internal affairs ?
I may be acceptable, but if it implies
j economic control it will be objection
! able."
\ Hughes Denies Bal four
! Opposed Keeping Recora
j WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (By The A>
S sociated Press).?Part of the officia
j communique on the meeting to-day oi
; the Pacific and Far Eastern Committei
reads:
"The committee on Pacific and Fa
Eastern queutions m?t 5n tk* ?
American Building. Fri^.. ?V15 pto*
"At the' opening":,? "? ^? '
Hughes expressed his grea^?'",
the appearance of a report in ? to .*l
ington paper this morning ?f JnMn*
happenings at. the last meetin? !,*''*
committee. The report of anta.f ?th'
with Mr. Balfour was not on?v ? **
but grotesque, and did him the',?.?S
injustice Mr. Hughe, could not&'
how such a rumor had got in*A Pn*
lat.on. Mr. Balfon, expressedTW.^?'
appreciation of Mr. Hugh--s\ .tiV er?a;
He had never doubted that Mr H,??'
would take the view he had just ?25S
but the manner and words in ?v '
that view had been put before th? '
mittee had deep Mm iSft
wished to exprei na *
The report which appeared jn J
Washington paper and referred t?
the communique, was that a Dron-V"
was made and favored by th( Amev-A;
delegation to keep a record cf 7
ceedings of thr- Committee on Far v
era Affairs, so that later there S?t
be no misunderstandings and confia
of opinion as to what was said i-j
done m tl ive ?aeets of ??f.
committee, but that Arthur J. Balfo?
bead of the British delegation, block?;
adoption of the ?
Thome Wins Alimony P]?a
Justice Burr -,remo Coim
day vacated ; ,r wj^.
Joel Wolfe Thorne, son and heir of th?
late Samuel Thorne, banker, has beer
paying $750 am ony to y[t,
Mary Casey Thorne, Barnard graduate '
sometimes known as "the Beile of Third
Avenue," from whom he recently ob?
tained a divorce.
Mrs. Thorne sued her husband for z
separation and he filed a counter clai?
for divorce, naming Raymond Wilsm
a sailor in the tatei .a
Pending a hearing before a referee Mr
Thorne was ordered to pay his w'-i
$750 a month. The referee repoi-pdV
favor of dismissing Mrs. Thome's ac?
tion and recommended a decree of i\
: vorcc for Mr. Thorne. H ese recoa#
mendations wen by the cour
and an interlocutory decree was isinei
; in favor of Mr. Thome. Mrs. Thonw
I has appealed to the Appi Hate Divi?ip?
Anne Morgan Sails for trance
On Relief Committee Mission
Miss Anne Morgan, head of th?
American Committee for Pevastatei
France, sailed yesterday for Havre or
the Paris. She said she would attend '
to some details of the work in France
for a month, and probably would re?
turn early in January.
Among others on board were Dr. Al?
fred Chatin, personal physician to Pre?
mier Briand; Edouard Clement, the
French barytone; Grosvenor ?.larkson,
Carlo Galeffi, the Halan singer; Phil-:
ippe Berthelot, Francois de Teasan,
General Edn-.ond Buat. and Alexis Leget,
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