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Conference to Votejro-day on^Sending Commission of Jurists to China to Study the Situation IL S. of Europe Only Salvation, British Insist Sole Issue With France Seen in Latter'? Unwillingness i to Aeeepl Americaniza? tion as Remedy for Evils Empire a Unit on Point Two Nations Urged to Work Together With Germany to End Intolerable Burdens By P. W. Wilson Fr- years American correspondent nf <Th? London Daity Netos" and former Member of Parliament. Copyright. IV'!, New fork Till.une Inc. WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.?An as-! tvangement between Great Britain and France would l>e so calamitous a dis? aster that there is but one duty for n writer like myself, and that ia to state the British point of view as simply, sincerely and comprehensively as my ..,:.;.ce and ability will permit. So fat as I am aware, there is only one opin? ion on this matter throughout the British Empire. We may be right or we may be wrong:, but, at least, we are unanimous. What was said by a Tory ?ikr Lord Curzon is what has been written by a Socialist like Mr. H. G. Wells. The view of Mr. Lloyd George is also the view of his severest critics. Labor and capita!, mother country and ioionies, English, Egyptians, South Africans and Indians are speaking with one voice. As M. Briand will be told if he meets his personal friend, Lloyd George, there are no Francophiles and , Francophobes on British soil. France ? is our neighbor and her wellbeing is ! our wellbeing. Her interests, in our judgment, transcend all politics and all party controversy. The verdict of Britain and her do? minions is this: So far from wishing tor power in Europe, they wish that the British Isles could be removed 10.000 miles from the shores of Europe. Ten years ago our people were fully employed, our debt was small and diminishing, and our taxes were bear? able. To-day we have a million dead, two million maimed, a million and a half unemployed, about $45.000.000, 000 of debt, taxation amounting to one-third our national income and a surplus cf two million women, who are deprived by the war of their natural ?ight to husbands, homes and children. Why have we suffered all this? The answer is, in a sentence, the quarrels of Europe. There is not a responsible British subject anywhere whose senti? ment is not to-day that of George Washington, when he warned Ameri? cans against European entanglements. The dominions have plainly indicated that they cannot be bound in the fu? ture by these entanglements. Britain herself must always be. so bound by her proximity to Eure-pe. She cannot help it. But Europe has become for her an unavoidable necessity. The mind and the heart of Britain are with the new. world, not the old. It is only her hands and her feet that are fet? tered. U. S. System May Save Europe The European system of separate and rival sovereignties has utterly broken down. Most of Europe is as bankrupt as Turkey was bankrupt be? fore the war. There must be a new system in Europe if Europe is to sur? vive. The system that the Briton wants for Europe is the system that has worked well in North and South America. On this side of the Atlantic, there are about two dozen different countries. Their territory stretches almost from pole to pole, and certainly from the Arctic regions across the equatorial tropics. You have every kind of climate, of religion, of race ?nd color, of industry, of government, but you have peace. In the French sense* of that word, there is no army at ?11 in the new world. Canada has only one soldier to 4,000 citizens, while France has a soldier to fifty citizens. In the opinion of the far-seeing states? men, Europe must be Americanized or Europe must perish. The sole issue between us and France is that we believe in the Americaniza? tion of Europe, while France does not believe it to be within the range of immediate policy. It is not a new idea. William T. Stead advocated the United States of Europe years ago. It was the ideal of Charlemagne. It was the ideal that redeemed the ambitions of Napoleon. For the unity of Europe, wo are prepared to work with France, all day and every day. And while we are disappointed in the pronouncements of M. Briand, we understand to the full his difficulties. He has at his heels a party of critics and rivals. They are men of great eminence, like Poincare, Clemenceau, Tardieu, and Marshal* Foch himself. In France as in all democratic countries, the man in office ia doomed to ultimate displacement and knows it. No man will more fully ap? preciate M. Briand's political per? plexities than will Lloyd George. If there is t~ be this united Europe, England and France must work to? gether and they must admit Germany to their counsels. You may say that this is out of the question. Then the answer is that the hope of uniting Europe is an impossibility. What Lord Salisbury used to call the concert of Europe must, however, be restored. The burdens of taxation in Europe must be abated. The need for peace in Europe muet be accepted as final. This at least is the Brit;sh view. She challenges point blank the charge of M. Briand that Germany is only wait? ing to spring upon France. She be? lieves that it will only be a Germany driven to desperation that will do this. As I indicated a day or two ago. Lon? don has addressed some plain words to Paris. We do not believe for one mo? ment that France will challenge the unanimous judgment of the British commonwealth of nations, of Italy, of every neutral in Europe, and- it goes without saying?of Germany herself. Opinion in London has passed through precisely the .same phases of opinion which are now reported from Paris. We think that we have emerged into a more normal frame of mind. So far as we can judge, it is obviously tho Amer? ican frame of mind. In this country there are ten Germans by origin to ^very one Frenchman by origin. Yet the United States remains united. Foreign Offices Not Infallible Also, we do not mistake the French Foreign Office for the French nation. We have our own Foreign Office. We know how our governing classes mis? represented our people to the United ?ts,tc= during the Civil War and on other occasions also. We also know that war and the preparations for war ?ire a huge vested interest. People who make gun? and rifle? also make profits. And some of these people are powerful in Paris as in other capitals. It is not everywhere that you will lind men so ready to sacrifice their im? mediate interests as Charles M. Schwab juid Judge Gary declared themselves to be the other day when, as steelmakers, they were inced with the possibility of Crown Prince Now Regent of Japan Micha-no'Mira Hirohito's appointment is said to be due to the con? tinued illness of the Emperor. He had been proclaimed heir apparent in 1912 steel battleships being scrapped. At the conference as everywhere else, there are thus wheels within wheels. It has always been a part of the ar? maments propaganda to magnify perils across the frontier. This is an old device with which we are familiar, and we suspect it. From experience, we know that we have reason to suspect If Britain were asking for a war navy, she could not criticize France for asking for a war army. But Britain's war navy is already on a peace footing, or nearly so. We are not now asking for a supreme navy. Our navy will be no more than equal to that of the United States. Also, as regards submarines, if France wants them, it will not be by submarines that we shall defend ourselves. Sub? marines do not, as a rule, fight sub? marines. The French submarine will put us to the necessity of building large numbers of small vessels of under 3,000 tons displacement, which will cost money and create interna? tional suspicion. These vessels will be needed as much to protect American ships, crews and cargoes as to protect British ships, crews'and cargoes. France will thus find as Germany found, that she can neither attack nor threaten British trade routes without attacking and threatening American commerce also. It is to America that the ocean routes from Western Europe are in the main directed. Court Cites Two Physicians Unnecessary Operation on In? sane Patient Charged TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 25.?An order I to show cause why contempt of court | charges should not be issued against Dr. Henry A. Cotton, medical adviser at the State Hospital for the Insane, and Dr. Robert G. Stone, a physician at the hospital, because of an alleged unnecessary operation on an inmate, Mrs. Georgiana J. Phillips, was granted to-day by Vice-Chancellor Malcolm Buchanan. At the time of the operation a writ of habeas corpus waa being prosecuted in her behalf. It was charged the operation was performed without Mrs. Phillips's con? sent or that of the court, and was not necessary to save her life, The phy? sicians were ordered to appear De? cember 6 to answer the charges. . ?? ? ???? - Foch's Menagerie Grows iowa Adds Prize Pig to Montana Gift of Bobcat MASON CITY, Iowa, Nov. 25.?A tribute to Iowa's part in the war was given by Marshal Foch in a brief ad? dress hero to-day when the "Legion Special" bearing the French war hero halted to permit him to pay his respects to Hanford MacNider, Legion com? mander, and his home town. Marshal Foch was presented with a Chester White pig, "Iowa Pride," by the commander of the American Legion post here. The Marshal smilingly accepted the gift and had it sent to a coach ahead to keep company with the bobcat given him by the Montana delegation to the j Kansas City Legion convention. ? - .? m - Temporary Cessation of Naval Recruiting Ordered WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.?Temporary cessation of naval recruiting, with the exception of re-enlistments, has been ordered by the Navy Department. In? struction to recruiting officers to ac? cept no new applicants came after the discovery last week that enlistments considerably exceeded discharges, caus? ing a "surplus" beyond the total set by ! the'department. General recruiting will i be resumed as soon as this surplus has i been exhausted, it was said. Hirohito Is Made Regent Over Japan (Continued from page ono) the duties of regency the young Crown Prince would have an opportunity to study foreign lands an? foreign cus? toms. Representative Japanese to-day em? phasized how much this visit to west? ern countries had meant to Japan. It I was recalled that when the Crown Prince returned to Tokio he made a memorable speech, to the people, in which he frankly admitted that Japan had much to learn from western coun? tries and that all the subjects of the empire must strive their utmost to bring Japan to the high development necessary for her national progress. The regent, who is only twenty years old, has already accomplished a great deal in establishing a more liberal un? derstanding between the imperial court. and the people of the empire. He has j ?.lready abandoned, the ancient idea of imperial aloofness, and in striking con-1 trast to the earlier days, when Japanese ! were not supposed to gaze upon their| Emperor, Hirohito has recently ap- ! peared at various public meetings in quite an informal manner and has made isome, speeches. Japanese here assert that the re? sponsibility for having Japan emerge from the aloofness of the olden days to the present liberal movement as regards the court is, however, in the hands of Viscount Makino, who was one of Japan's delegates at the Ver? sailles conference. Viscount Makino has before him the task of meeting the wishes of modern Japan, with its democratic tendencies, without offend? ing the old court nobles, who are in? clined to resist too many innovations. It is the understanding here among Japanese that the immediate reason for the regency is the conviction that the Emperor is incurably ill and is quite unable to carry on the duties of the throne. Some Japanese remarked to-day up? on the curious coincidence that a regency should be established while Prince Tokugawa, present head of the Shogunate, should be in Washington as a delegate. In Japan Tokugawa is often referred to as "the sixteenth shogun " The shoguns, the temporal rulers of Japan, were abolished in 1868 with the resto? ration to actual power of the imperial house. The shogunate was abolished, but Prince Tokugawa was designated as the new head of the famous To? kugawa family, which was the last to hold the power of the shogunate. Yoshihito became the Japanese Em? peror upon the death of his father, the Emperor Mutsuhito, on July 30, 1912. The formal coronation, however, did not occur until November 10, 1915. He was born at Kioto, August 31, 1879, and in 1900 married Princess Sadako, daughter of Prince Kujo. There are three other children of the imperial couple besides Prince Hirohito?Prince Yasuhito, born in 1902; Prince Nobu hito, born in 1905, and Prince Taka hito, born in December, 1915. Zita to As>k Leave to Go to Switzerland to See Sick Son FUNCHAL, Island of Madeira, Nov. ! 25. (By The Associated Press).?For j mer Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary. j who with her husband is living in exile here, has expressed the wish to return to Switzerland to be present at an operation on her son for appendicitis. She will ask permission of the Allied Council of Ambassadors, through the ! Portuguese government, to ma.ke the ! journey. 600 Americans on Rhine, 82 With Wives* Sail Home To-day 7 ?/ COBLENZ, Nov. 25 (By The Associ? ated Press).--Reduction in the Amer? ican expeditionary force along the ? Rhine, began to-day. when eleven offi j cers and 600 enlisted men left here I on a special train for Antwerp, to sail ; to-morrow for home on the transport ! Cantigny. They are due to reach Hobo i ken about December 7. In addition to the soldiers, there jwere three nurses, fifteen former serv? ice men and eighty-two wives of sol? diers who were married -in Germany. j The wives of forty of the men, eight j of whom carried babies, traveled in : two army hospital cars which saw serv ? ice in France. Most of the ? former service men with the party, who were furnished transportation home by spe? cial act of Congress, came from Paris. A minute before the troop train left it was discovered that a satchel con ' taininsr the passports of the eighty-two \vive3 of soldiers had disappeared. The authorities made arrangements for a search of the train between Coblenz and Antwerp in the hope of finding the .satchel and avoiding complica ! tions with the American immigration ! officials when the Cantigny arrives in Hoboken. A great crowd witnessed the depart? ure of the soldiers. Most of the men come from the Fifth and Fiftieth In? fantry regiments. Their enlistments expire within a. few months. In addition to the thousands of sol? diers who saw the train leave the Coblenz yards, there were several hundred German men, women and children who assembled to bid fare well to German girls who, as wives of soldiers, were leaving for a new home? land across the Atlantic. Several of the soldiers who were booked to leave for home did not make their appearance at the train. Officers here have taken steps to round them up for sailing on the Saint Mihiel about December 2. Curzon's Speech Acts Like Cold Spray in Paris Following the Sympathetic Won! s of Bal four at Wash? ington Heaction Is Aston? ishment and Resentment Militarism Charge Denied Officials Assert British Knew of Turkish Treaty While It Was Being Made By Wilbur Forrest Special Cable to The Tribune Copyright, 1921, Now York Tribune Inc. PARIS, Nov. 25.?French opinion has reacted sharply against Lord Curzon's analysis of tho French foreign policy in his speech in London yesterday. It may even be said that the consensus as expressed in Paris to-day, in both offi? cial and unofficial circles, is that the ! British Foreign Secretary's words have multiplied, if anything, the already ex? isting di.llculties marring the harmo- ! nious co-operation of the two nations in their foreign policies, especially at a I time when both are silting at the con- I f eren ce table in Washington. Following the gentle, comforting words of Mr. Balfour in relation to ( M. Briand's exposition of France's problems at Monday's plenary session in Washington, Lord Curzon's speech had somewhat the effect of a cold :ipray. Paris Asks What Is British Policy? "What is England's policy?" is the question being asked here now. "Is ir.' expressed by Balfour or by Curzon?" The question is disquieting because it is regarded here as inconceivable that Lord Cifrzon would utter words of such purport as contained in his Lon? don speech v/ithout the advice of Premier Lloyd George, who is expected soon to be on his way to Washington. It is no violation of confidence to say that the Foreign Office regards Lord Curzon's indirect though plain refer? ence to French "militarism" and "im? perialism"?charges which Premier Briand tried hard to dissipate in his Washington address?with extreme astonishment in view of the sympa? thetic expressions several days ago not only of Mr. Balfour but of other dele? gates. Lord Curzon's comment, "It is no use reducing armaments at sea if we are still to contemplate the piling up of vast armaments on land," is interpret? ed here as a direct reproach to France for maintaining her army and pos? sibly as a forecast that England is prepared to make a fight on this point later in the sessions at Washington, despite Mr. Balfour's acquiescence in the French thesis as outlined by M. Briand. Lord Curzon's reference to "splendid isolation" also is resented, because it is interpreted to imply imperialism. The Tribune was given a spirited de? nial of this charge in official circles to-day. From a purely analytical, dis? passionate viewpoint, it is felt here that Lord Curzon's utterances are not so much the outgrowth of develop? ments at Washington as of France's re? cent isolated signature to the treaty with the Angora Turks. In this, it is pointed out, France made every effort to co-operate with Downing Street, in order to avoid the suspicion that, she was carrying on an individualistic policy in the Near East. Says British Knew of Treaty "It took six men months to negotiate this treaty," a Foreign Office official said to-day, "and both Premier Lloyd George and Lord Curzon were familiar with the negotiations. We even sent Downing Street a nineteen-page docu? ment explaining the provisions of the treaty, and pointing out that it was necessary because of France's reduc? ing her army in the Near PJast and economizing financially. "It was only after the treaty had been irrevocably signed that Downinjr Street objected. This is the only oc? casion in which France has acted alone. Lord Curzon's charges are unjustified. France's policy always has been to work in harmonious co-operation with the Allies and she never has enter? tained the thought of a policy of isola . tion." In brief, it is the opinion here that Lord Curzon's speech will serve only to make inter-Allied accord more diffi? cult at a time when it appeared other? wise, and it will be impossible to avoid new and ill-timed unpleasantness on both sides of the Channel. Blames British for Differences The text of Lord Curzon's speech was received in Paris too late for the editorial reactions to ' be given in the great battery of morning newspapers, but the opinion of these can be fore? cast reliably in to-night's "Temps," the semi-official organ, ?-which con? tends that the difficulties in the way of Franco-British co-operation since the armistice are not the fault of France so much as of Britain's un? yielding attitude. Lord Curzon has too much character to make irresponsible statements on his own behalf, believes the "Temps," whose opinion is that Curzon's speech reflects the policy of Lloyd George and the whole British Cabinet. "If we well understand the policy exposed by Lord Curzon," says this i journal, "it consists principally in the ! dictum that France should encourage union rather than isolation. England rightfully speaks of France in this con? nection because isolation is not advan? tageous to France. Lord Curzon says that the greatest protection for our I country is 'conscience,' remarking on France's part in the war as meriting this conscience. In the interests of all peoples it is better that the defenders of liberty should not again be reduced to the same dangers and forced to the same sacrifices. Th*>t is why, in the face of a Germany where monarchist and Bolshevist agents are collaborating in fomenting strange movements, we have remained armed against our will. Says Both Must Practice Union "We regret that the English policy has never, since the armistice, given an example of this union which Lord Curzon counsels, a union which cannot endure unless practiced by both sides." The "Temps" discusses England's policy of isolation in dealing with Ger? many; the French refusal to treat with the Bolsh?viki while England was con? ducting relations with them; England's anti-Polish policy in the face of the ! Entente, and the direct opposition of England's policies in the Near East to those of France?policies in which she has constantly acted in an isolated manner. "France," says the "Temps," "has never interested herself in the size of the British navy. Why now should England worry about the size of the "Say It With Syrap," Is Motto Arms Envoys Paste in Hats AH Protest Undying Affection for One Another and Hammers in Hip Pockets Can Scarcely Be Seen ; Briand-Schanzer Bout Officially Denied From The Tribune's Wnnhlnpton Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 26- ThiS/ is open season for rumors. Not since Paris have there been so many re? ports of quarrels, squabbles, breaks, threats of withdrawal, violent differ? ence of opinion and diplomatic ill? nesses. In fact, one gathers the im? pression that'it is only with difficulty that the closed sessions don't break up daily in a battle royal. It is really difficult to conceive how bodily vio? lence is avoided. It is, therefore, comforting to have specifically reported quarrels officially denied. It clears the, atmosphere. What better proof that neither M. Briand, of France, nor Senator Schan zrr. of Italy, called the other names on Wednesday than the unofficial state? ment of the official spokesman of the. Italian delegation that M. Briand was a very lovable man, and that he and .Senator Schanzer dined together the night of the reported quarrel and got along famously? "Say it with syrup," was the com? ment of one correspondent who ha? been listening to official . denials ol diplomatic differences between tw~ countries. 'Jliis country loved that country dearly, but that country likec! nothing better than to throw monkey wrenches into the machinery of th.> conference. This country had an abio ing affection for that country, but that country returned the sentiment with 'i venom. The head of such a delegation was a brilliant man, a charming man, c most polished man, hut our delegation was here to state its case frankly. Wasn't the purpose of the conference to hold a frank interchange of opin? ion? The traditional friendship be? tween our two nations went back for generations. Even our former enemies had become our dearest friends. Every on? knows that we were only interest? ed in the perpetuation of peace. How wc love every one, confound them! The inquiring correspondent has yet to find a delegation willing to state frankly that it wants war. Each time the different nations receive the press they make it a special point to say that they are interested solely in the peace of the world. In fact each nation seems to have a prior lien on peace and takes pains to mention the fact at last ten times during every meeting. Judging by the nature of the remarks made by the different delegations there is more truth than jest in M. Briand's words that he had always iiiought that battleships were biiilt to catch sar? dines and that the proper use of sub? marines was to explore the bottom of the sea. So popular is Peace that there is danger of a serious rivalry among the nations, possibly leading to actual conflict, as to which one loves her most dearly. This open season for rumors is a bad time for the hunters of truth.. For the casual reader it is sure to be a time of great confusion. But it marks in reality a healthy stage in the progress of the conference. It means that the delegates are getting down to business with a vengeance and that many doubt? ful points are being settled. Naturally many of tho rumors are deliberately started to serve certain purposes. This is one of the traditions of the revised version of the old diplomacy. Many others are merely the products of ac? tive minds, bent on following or fore? casting the progress of events. It is only natural that the less official news there is the more rumors there will be. French army?" It adds that Lord Cur? zon suggests no plan for co-operation, but that Franco has nothing to fear in such a discussion at any time. August Gauvin, writing in the "Journal des D?bats," says that France already has reduced her army 33 per cent, while England is still discussing the reduction of her fleet. France is keeping her army to enforce the Treaty of Versailles, he says, not ,to repulse an immediate German military invasion. Asks Guaranties Against Germany Says the "Intransigeant": "Lord Curzon's assurance, that the big powers will not tolerate a return of German hegemony is completely devoid of meaning' if it is. not guaranteed by signatures and acts. France has sup? ported the plans at Washington which leave England the greatest fleet in the world, and it is only natural to allow France to retain the minimum of mili? tary forces indispensable to her se? curity." "La Presse" says Curzon's speech has the effect of throwing cold water on the world. "Figaro" this morning characterized the speech as a "one-man conference" responding to that at Washington by pronouncing words which in effect are I a harsh and unjust criticism of French j policy. "When Premier Lloyd George's minister," it goes on, "attempts to ex? plain how the Soviet armies did not succeed in entering Poland, when he affirms that it was the union of the Allies that stopped them, we have a right to say he exaggerates. Lord Curzon also spoke of affairs in the Orient. One knows that the Franco Turkish accord horrifies him because I it constitutes a living criticism of the British Foreign Office." "Are there not enough English graves on Fi-ench soil that the errors of ministers may not embroil two great peoples where the mutual need is that ! they like and understand one an i other?" asks the "Figaro." High Costs Hit Army Men Short Rations and Cramped Quarters Lot of Most Officers WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.?Opening hearings to-day on army pay, the joint Congressional commission, created sev? eral months ago, heard Colonel E. L. Munson, personnel division, General Staff, testify that the high cost of liv? ing had worked great hardships on most army officers and reduced them to cramped quarters and short rations. Colonel Munson said housing costs | had gone up 50 per cent and testified that one general in Washington was paying $85 for two rooms, although his pay allowance was supposed to pro? vide nine rooms. A non-commissioned officer living in Chicago, according to the witness, was compelled to pay an average of $38 for living quarters, while his pay allowance for them was ? only $28. ! Tariff Hearings Next Month Penrose Insists Bill Will Be Ready Before Holidays From The Tribune's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.?Senator Penrose, chairman of the Finance Com? mittee, announced to-day that no at : tempt wftuld be made to hold tariff j hearings during the recess. They have j gone over until the beginning of the | regular session, which will open De? cember 5. Senator Penrose takes the view that the hearings can be hurried through in December and that it will be possi? ble to have the bill ready to report just prior to the holiday recess. In other quarters the impression is that ? the bill will not be reported until the j new year is well under way. I Clash Expected in Congress Over Payment to Colombia From The Tribune's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. '25.?Clashes in : the House and Senate over the appro j priation of money to pay Colombia in pursuance of the Colombian treaty are . predicted when the regular session ; meets. No effort was made to appropriate ', money to carry out the objects of the j treaty in the extra session. The Co ! lombian treaty was put through the : Senate^ early in the present Administra j tion after a sharp fight and as a result ! of strong pressure from President I Harding. Under it Colombia is to be paid $25,000,000. -? . , Hughes Prepares for Action On Claims for $2,000,000 WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (By The As? sociated Press).?The American and i British claims arbitration tribunal, i constituted under the treaty of 1910 j to hear and decide claims arising be ? tween the two governments, was re : ceived by Secretary Hughes to-day I prior to resuming its function, inter ! rupted by the war in 1914. Claims which have been argued be? fore the tribunal, but which have not ; yet been decided, aggregate $2,000,000. It was said to-day awards in these I cases might be expected early in De? cember. Coreanas Heckling Of Japanese Stirs Capital Luncheon Tokio Diet Members Express Hope Time Will Come When Questioner's Coun? try Will Have Its Liberty i _ WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (By The As? sociated Press).?A sensation was caused at the conclusion of a public luncheon here to-day addressed by two [ leading Liberal members of the Jap | anese Diet when an unknown Corean, j in faultless English, asked the Japan i ese progressives whether they them i selves were in favor of granting inde i pendence to Corea and whether upon their return to Japan they would be willing to introduce a hill authorizing the return to Corea of its sovereignty. The Japanese parliamentarians, Representatives D. Tagawa and Y. Uyehara, replied that they hoped the time would come when Corea would have back its liberty. They said they sympathized with Corea's aspirations, but that really to help that country and make any movement for granting j independence successful there must first come in Japan universal suffrage i and a great advance -in the progressive ! movement. Popular Government Discussed The Corean interrogator, who left the. hall before his name could be learned, put his question after ad? dresses by the Japanese who had been invited to speak before the members of the National Popular Government League, an organization devoted to the promotion of constitutional and legis? lative measures and the establishment "of the control of government by the people." Representative Tagawa himself caused some commotion when he declared that the clear evidence of the advanc? ing liberal thought of Japan was to be. found in the fact that a majority of the Japanese people think it right that Shantung should be returned to China. Touching upon the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, the speaker declared that to reduce armaments was one thing and to remove the causes of war was quite another. To eliminate the causes of war, which he said were largely economic, the world needed a more broad and searching investiga? tion, education of the masses and more active effort. The world, he declared, needed to cultivate an international mind because each country has here? tofore taught simply one nationalism? its own?and paid no attention to in? ternational understanding. Demands International Mind "Without the cultivation of an in? ternational mind there will be no in? ternational peace," he said. As measures of progress he pro? posed the establishment of an inter? national university, with each country sending a minimum number of stu? dents; the founding of international normal schools in the United States, England and the Far East, and the adoption of an international language, as a second language, to be used in in? ternational relations. Representative Uyehara, in tracing the constitutional development of Japan, said that corruption often ex? isted in the elections. He declared that to reach real international peace there must come a democratization of all institutions, political and indus? trial. Thomas Predicts Election, But Not on Irish Policies LONDON, Nov. 25.?Prediction of an early general election, although he said the present was not a propitious time for it, was made by J. H. Thomas, member of Parliament and Labor leader, in an address at Derby yester? day. The election, he said, would be held on other issues besides that of Premier Lloyd George's Irish policy, which could be passed upon by the ? House of Commons. His opposition to j an election at this time was based on ? the possibility that it would affect the trade revival. Mr. Thomas advocated cancellation of war debts by the various nations to assist in the recovery of trade. -?-,-,? I Earthquakes Shake Kingston, i Jamaica, and Guatemala City KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 25. (By j The Associated Press).?-A sharp earth? ? shock, lasting three seconds, occurred ? here this afternoon. The tremors were so pronounced that the popula? tion was momentarily panic-stricken, but no damage has been reported GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Nov 25.?Several earthquakes have oc? curred in this city during the last few days. None of them, however, has caused any clamase. London Terms Briand's Course Open Affront ,_ Alleged Reference to "Sar? dine Ships" Held Insult j to Navy, and His Demands ! Intended to Emharrass ' Breach Worst in 3 Years Demand Voiced for Lloyd George to Answer French Premier at Washington ; By Arthur S. Draper From The Tribune's European Bureau Copyright. 1021, New York Tribuno Inc. LONDON, Nov. 25.?The French policy on armament as defined at i Washington by Premier Briand con-j tinues to occupy a prominent place in discussions here, in and out of the) press. Of all the newspapers, only the i Northcliffe publications attempt to up-' hold the French Premier, and they ar<? j hard put to explain away his reported ' sarcastic reference to Britain's "sar- ! dine" ships. [Mr. Briand has denied! making this statement.! France's strongest friends here can? not escape what tney consider Briand's I gratuitous insult to the. navy, and if anything is calculated to send Premier Lloyd George to Washington, in spite of his difficult tasks at home, it is the developments since the French Pre? mier's speech defending his country's desire for a strong army and navy." However critical Britons may be of their government, they never fail to rally to its support when it is assailed from without. Cabinet Considers Statement Correspondents of London news? papers watching the Washington con? ference feature to-day the pressing need of Lloyd George in Washington, and it can be stated authoritatively that the Cabinet has given much con? sideration to Briand's statements. To say that the British and French have reached the breaking point in the relations that have developed between them since August, 1914, is only an? other way of saying that the two coun? tries have drifted further apart than they have been at any time since the treaty was signed at Versailles. To appreciate the true situation it is nec? essary to recall various points of issue which have arisen in the past eighteen months. Great Britain and France have failed to see eye to eye regarding the occupa? tion of the Ruhr region, the boundaries of Silesia, the Polish campaign against Russia, and the trade agreement with Russia, but in every case temporary compromises have been made. Resented Turkish Pact Just before Briand sailed for America his government concluded a treaty with the Turkish Nationalists, and however practicable France's de? cision may have been, the British con? tend that it was in direct violation of an agreement and done with full \ knowledge of the British attitude. Then, at Washington, came Briand's refusal to reduce the French army and his sudden claim to the right to in? crease France's naval forces. Even in circles not normally un? friendly to France, these last two acts are interpreted as deliberate attempts to embarrass Great Britain. When Lord Curzon, the Foreign Sec? retary, who is the most conservative member of the Lloyd George govern? ment, declares, as he did yesterday, that "it is not for Britain to accept or submit to sacrifices while others pass them by," it does not mean that the British are going to quit the confer? ence, but that the government will strive, even more than the Americans, to make the conference a success in spite of the French obstructions. There are members of the govern? ment who might have stated Great Britain's position in even more force? ful language than that of the Foreign Minister. No immediate development Is likely here. When Premier Briand returns to Paris he will have to answer some pointed questions in his own Par? liament, because some of his own coun trynien are not in full agreement with his policy. All this does not mean that the Brit? ish government's policy in various for? eign fields is entirely satisfactory to the whole country. There arc* many critics of the British policy toward Greece, toward the Kemalists, toward Russia, toward China and toward Japan, but on fundamental questions and particularly on the government ~> position at Washington, the people are firmly behind Lloyd George and Lord Curzon. Not only the coalitionists but the In? dependent Liberals and the Labor!tes applaud the progress that has been made at Washington and hope for much further advancement. LONDON, Nov. 25 (By The Associ? ated Press).- -Although "The Daily Mail" makes no comment on Lord Cui zon's speech, its attitude is reve by the publication of messages inter changed by its editor and II. G. Wei i , who is writing special dispatches ;>r Washington for the newspaper. ' his message the editor accuses M Wells of taking an attitude aganut the French in his articles on th< ference, and says that if he is unable ;<, adopt a mort' reasonable tone "Th? Daily Mail" will cease publishing h>3 dispatches. ? Taylor Named Street Cleaning Commissioner (?iven Year's Leave of Absence From .Superintendency to Surceed Leo Alfred A. Taylor, for more than twenty years genera! superintendent of the Street Cleaning Department, was appointed Commissioner of Street Cleaning yesterday by Mayor Hylan, to succeed Captain John P. Leo, who re? signed a week ago. Since Captain Leo resigned Superintendent Taylor has been acting commissioner. Before appointing Mr. Taylor the Mayer granted him a leave of absence for one year as general superintend"!^ . The salary of general superintendeir i $4,600, and that of commissioner $7,500. The new commissioner lives at 1228 St. John's Place, Brooklyn. After being sworn in by the. Mayor, Commissioner Taylor said that he con? templated no changes in his force of deputies, but would busy himself with a big constructive street cleaning ; ;< - gram on hand and see that it was car? ried out. Women Aid in Burglary MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., Nov. 25.? 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