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from the conference with a most un?
comfortable situation with regard te?
ller neighbors, Britain, on the one side,
will be the most, aggrieved nation of all.
not only resenting the fact that France
has made it necessary for her to spend
many millions on the construction of
anti-submarine craft, but because she
-wonders if the French submarine flee!
is oeing built against her. Italy, on the
south, v,Fl be bitterly resentful be?
cause she feels that she must be in a
position of equality with France on
the Mediterranean, and therefore she
will be compelled though she does not
wish it and cannot afford it. to build a
fleet of anti-submnrine craft.
Paris Expected to Concede
But the hope here Is that the French
Cabinet will sense this strong feeling.
m> obvious here in Washington outside
the seventh floor of the Willatd Hotel,
which the French delegation occupies.
If the French Gabinet docs sense it,
then cables may conic permitting the
French delegation to accept a subma?
rine tonnage in some conceivable ratio
to that which the other countries are
Willing to accept.
Even if the French remain adamant,
however, the best opinion is that they
will not be permitted to wreck the con?
ference?for the same reason that, al?
though the French were humored on
big battleship ratio, there was
never a chance that any insistence of
theirs would be allowed' to prevent an
agreement which saves several billion
dollars to American, British and Jap?
anese taxpayers.
Failure to agree with the French on
submarine tonnage, however, will mean
that Great Britain will insist upon a
Pr?s rein with all sorts of auxiliary
craft which have been found of value
>n destroying submarines, and this will
mean that a great many hundreds 01
millions of dollars will be wasted which
the armament limitatieti conference
could have saved the tnxnnvers of the
rid.
"Naval Experts Pessimistic
Some naval experts to-night, confi?
dent that the French will not yield
and pointing to the fact that this
means practicsllv that the only nava
agreement reached will be on capita!
ships, are raising the cry that the onl>
thing limited at this conference is th?
big ship, and that the big ship wa;
scheduled for the scrap heap anyhow.
This may be true, but the fact re?
mains that the men controlling thi
:.avies of Japan. Britain and tha Unitec
-Fates were not and are not convert;
to that theory, with the result that al
three nations were building away at
ships costing in the neighborhood 01
<40,000,000 each for clear life. So thai
e.en if France persists and nothing i;
.'Ccomplished at the conference, so fai
aval armament is concerned, excep
the ending of big ship construction, a
least some billions of dollars will hav<
been saved these three countries.
World Parley in 1924 on
Submarines Gains Favoi
Gathering in 1928 to Discust
Further Reduction Also . f_i
Be Included in Agreemen
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 fBy The As
ociated Press).?Plans for a worh
conference on submarines in 1924, wit)
? large number of nations repr?sent?e
and for a new gathering of the prin
cipal powers in 1928 or 1929 to dis
? us.- possibilities of further armamen
limitation were taking more d?finit
shape here to-night. T was sug'goste
provision for the 1928 meetin
d be made in the- agreemen
bed by the present conference.
Should the American plan of arm
ation fail to bring tho powers t<
gether now, it is suggested by som
of those connected with the conferenc
that consideration may be given to
proposal for a general building hoi
in submarines, under an agre<
tnent that all five of the powers woul
leave their submersible strength as ?
present in the various sea area
Under this suggestion, which has s
? r received no formal .indorsemei
from any of the delegations, the Unit?
State. Great Britain, Japan, Italy t-n
Franco all would undertake to mail
tain exactly the tonnage of submarin?
they now have stationed in the respe*
ti ye regions of the Atlantic, the P;
eitic, the Mediterranean and tl
Adriatic.
"Big Three" for 1928 Meeting
The proposal to write into the nav
limitation treaty an agreement for r
assembling the conference .of tl
powers, probably seven years henc
has begun to take more definite for
over the Christmas recess. An info
mal ? xchange of views among tl
American, British and French del
gates has developed a feeling that 1
that tiftte it may be possible to wo
out an extension of the naval holid;
in the light of a seven-year test
th?. agreement which made it .possib
In any event, it has been said, the
will be details to work out of the pr
gram that is to replace the ten ye
fleet status with actual application
fhr- 5-5-3 capital ship ratio.
It also appeared more probable 1
night that some definite step toward
world conference on submarines, pre
ably to be held within three yea's afl
the Washington conference ends
labors, would be taken within the n?
day or two. Exactly what form it w
take is in doubt pending final acti
here 09 submarines, and it is certi
that tho American delegation plans
exhaust every effort to bring about
agreement as to submarine tonns
which will result in actual 1 eduction
tonnage and delimitation of fut?
submarine building programs bef<
passing from that subject to otl
auxiliary craft proportions.
The initial suggestion for a wo'
submarine conference came from t
British delegation, in line with
fruitless effort to get the Washing*
conference to agree to abolishment
tinder-water craft entirely. The Ann
ican delegation expressed much sy
pathy with the British view, hut v>
not ready to consider such a step, ?
cept In conjunction with all nation?
the world,
Was on Proposed Program
It i.i pointed out that in the event
the calling of a special world subn
ritte conference, such matter? as 1
of poison gas, aircraft bombing 0
any other new agencies of war cot
be talked over with a view to setti
up an international code to gov?
their employment. Tho Washing!
conference is regarded as too limit
in scope to ?leal with such questio
It further appears possible that 1
difficult question of land ?rmame)
could be put forward to the supp
mental world assembly on armamer
??ifi three years may show changed c>
ditions in Europe which will then 1
Wit Of an agreement to curb army
tablishments as well as navies.
The project to call another _ess
of the live-power naval conf?re)
seven years after the ten-year holii
begins first was suggested, it is. und
stood, by the French delegation,
tirst the date* suggested was 1931, wl
the decade stop in bunding cv
Since matters to be discussed th
however, would have to do very hug
with replacement building, Lord
of the British group, and Secret
Hughes, for the American view,
said to have expressed the opinion t
the ((ue.stion should be taken up th
years before the holiday expires, ?
as it now stands the meeting would
some time in 192.-'29.
Britain to Maintain Lead }
It should be recalled that while
6-5-3 capital ship ratio has been
tmpte? pr .?'sionaily al least by ??H! 1
?King Will Ask
Congress to Cut
Armv and Navy
Redaction of Land Force
to 75,000, Including Offi-1
cers and Men, Proposed
by Senator From Utah
150 Million Sea Budget
To Advocate Larger Cur- !
tailmcut in Armaments
Than Plunucd by Parley ;
?????????
The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Senator
King, of Utah, Democrat, a leading mem?
ber of the Senate Naval Affairs Commit
f?e, announced to-day that he would of?
fer resolutions in the Senate after the
holiday recess looking to large reduc?
tions in the army and navy.
Senator King will call for the reduc- j
tion of the army to 75,000, including j
both officers and men. The present !
strength is approximately 150,000.
With respect to the navy, Senator
King will propose to reduce its ex- |
penditures to a basis of ?150,000,000 I
a vear. They are now approximately
$400,000,000. To reduce them to $150."
000,000 would be to put them back j
substantially to the pre-war basis.
Under Senator King's program, as he !
calculates it, there will be much larger ?
reductions in expenditures for arma- :
ment than the reductions contemplated j
by the Conference on Limitation of :
Armament. The program of the arma- :
ment conference would cut the naval !
expenditures about $150,000,000 cm the
basis of capital ship reductions. To |
this saving would be added whatever !
economies would be brought about by '
reductions on auxiliary ships. Senator
King said, however, he saw no sign ;
that the conference would out the naval
expenditures much more than $150,- j
000.000 below their present level. It j
is not the purpose of the conference j
to reduce the land armaments, or agree j
on a reduction which will affect the
United States.
Senator King's resolutions are ex- j
pected to, precipitate the. movement, :
which has been gathering head for
some time in tho Senate, for drastic j
army and navy reductions without ref- j
erence to the action of the conference
on armaments. A movement much sim- !
ilar is on in the House. Representative
Hill of the House Military Committee
some rime ago declared he would cut !
the army to" 100,000. It is also well
known that there is strong sentiment, i
in the House Appropriations Commit- ;
tee, which will handle the army and ?
naval appropriations bills, to cut these |
bills to the hone.
Senator King is one of the members ?
of tho Senate who in the extra session j
conducted a hard and partly success- j
ful tight to reduce the naval appropri- j
ations recommended *>y the Naval Af-'
Navy Economy Cancels
Joint Fleet Maneuvers
WASHINGTON, D*\ 20. ?The
annual joint maneuvers of the
Atlantic and Pacific fleets, which
wore to have boon hold in Panama
l>ay in February and March,
1922, have boon abandoned, tho
Navy Department announced to?
day.
Decision to cancel arrangements
Cor the maneuvors was reached
by the department, it was said,
in the interesta of economy, and
because of the shortage of. funds
available for purchase of re
quired fuel.
Independent drills will be held
by a number of warships of the
Atlantio fleet, beginning January
3,<in Guantauamo Bay, and drills
?uni target practice will bo con?
ducted otr the California coast by
the Pacific fleet.
fairs Committee. He will have tho
hacking of Senator Borah and other
Senators, both Democrat and Republi?
can.
Senator King believes the spirit of
Congress will be for strict economy in
the army and navy appropriation bills.
"I believe we shall reduce the army
much below its present strength, prob?
ably to 75,000," said Senator King lo
day. "I shall offer a resolution to re?
duce it to 95,000, inclusive of officers
and men. That number, in my judg?
ment, would be ample. With the new
four-power treaty and assuming thai
the Philippines will go free, as they
should, we will have little need for a
large force in the islands of the Pacific.
The force in Hawaii can be cut down.
Tho number of troops in the Panama
Canal Zone can be largely reduced.
With a proper understanding with Mex?
ico the force along the Mexican bor?
der can be cut much lower than it is.
In fact, we could obtain a force of
Texas Rangers to guard the border at
much less exjien.se than we could keep
a large body of troops along the bonier
for that purpose.
"With respect to the navy, v.e cer?
tainly ought to get the naval expendi?
tures back to ?150,000.000. or about the
pre-war level. Even that is an enor?
mous sum. I assume the conference!
program will lower the expenditures, or
will contemplate their being lowered, j
about $150,000,000 under what they are !
now. This would bring them doWn to i
about $250,000,000.
"It cannot be overlooked that with '
recent bombing experiments showing i
the bip battleship is vulnerable to air .
attack, and cannot longer be relied on
as the backbone of the navy, and with |
developments showing the enhanced
importance of aircraft and submarines, :
5150,000,000 wisely expended would go '?
much further toward equipping tho
country for naval defense than if tha
bitf battleship were still rated as the
chief factor in naval warfare."
powers, it ?loes not be-come effective
until the ten-year holiday ends. During
the holiday Great Britain will main?
tain a 20 per cent larger capital ship
force than that of the United States.
She has agreed to scale down at the
j end of that period to an equality with
the American fleet, however, and this
process cannot be worked out now in
detail. By again going over tho ground
three year? before the holiday ends,
I however, the method of British reduc
, tion can be provided for, even if it
I does not then seem advisable to pro
I vide for further naval reductions all
, around, as many delegates hope will be
I the case. The three-year interval will
; permit the. building of new ships to
\ displace old in the rearrangement of
i tonnage under the 5-5-3 program.
It also is regarded as altogether
probable that in seven years the pres?
ent controversy as to relative merits
of capital ships and aircraft in war will
have resolved tself. Should the predic?
tions of some experts that aircraft
eventually will make capital ships use?
less have been made good during tha?
period the seven-year session of the
naval limitation conference could write
that development into a new naval
agreement contemplating abandonment
of capital ships altogether, it is pointed
j out. In the same way it could apply
! to the new theory of non-competitive
! naval building h-uy other scientific, de
j velopments in thev.-ay of new agencies
j of warfare which the years have
! brought to light.
| Italian Delegation's Army
Section Prepares to Sail
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (By The As
i sociated Press).?General Vaccari and
I the entire military section of the
j Italian delegation to the Washington
j conference will depart to-morrow lot
New York to sail from there for Italy
i The definite date for their sailing ha?
[ not been announced.
Senator Schanzer, head of the dele
i gation, went to Mew York Christmas
Day on personal business. He was ex
pected to return in time for the next
meeting of the conference naval corn
mittee.
Signorina Italia Garibaldi, grand
daughter of the Italian patriot, h?i
arrived here to join the Italian delega
tion as a member of the press section
She was assigned by Marquis Dell;
Torretta, Italian Minister of Foreigi
Affairs,
Berthelot, French Foreigi
Office Secretary, Resign?
Chief Target of Attacks or
Briand Ministry Owing to
Failure of Chinese Bank
Hpccial Cable Dispatch to The Tribune
Copyright 1921, New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, Dec. 26.?Philippe Berthelot
General Secretary of the Foreign Office
resigned to-day, somewhat clearing tin
i politic;! atmosphere. Berthelot, whosi
position w'as almost equivalent to tha
i of a minister, has been the main ob
I jeet of attacks in the Chamber of D;>pu
ties on the Briand ministry, in connec
j tion with the financial difficulties o
, the Industrial Bank of China, of whic]
Jlia brother is president.
It wan openly charged in the Cham
| her that Berthelot invoked governmen
j influence to bolster up the bank, de
daring it was in good financial condi
tion shortly before it went into re
ceiyershin,
Berthelot, was director of the Frene
foreign policy during the war and ha
been in the diplomatic service fc
| thirty-two years. For the last year h
! has hail the title of General Secretar
! of the French Foreign Office and rank
I ing Ambassador of France,
j His letter of resignation to-day dis
I closed that his resignation had bee
] thrice rejected by the Premier. Hi
i leaving his post, to-day wai due to cui
? rent criticism of a cable Berthelot i
| said to have sent to Maurice Casenavt
j High Commissioner for France in Ne'
: Vork, suggesting the intervention c
? New York banks to accept small check
; drawn on his brother's industrial Ban
of China, when its difficulties duc t
unfortunate investments in rice an
silk were becoming apparent. The e;
| istence of this cable is said to hav
been unknown to Premier Brian
I previous to a few days ago.
- ?
Kiis?o-!ta!tan Fact Signed
PARIS, Dec. 2_?The Rt?sso-Italie
commercial agreement was signed ?
Rome this evening, accenting to ;. di
,.;....i, received by Hat
Troops Kill 8
More Egyptians |
In Three Riots \
(Centlniied fre?a nag? ono
time destined to result in the ?ward- ?
1 ing by Great Britain of a large meas-i
! ure of freedom.
Troops Opposed
After a close study of the situation)
; on the ground Lord Millier, ?asi Feh
i ruary, made a report, to the govern?
ment and Parliament recommending
that Egypt be granted independence,
I with guaranties which would secure
Cue rights of Great Britain and other
I powers. This report went so far as to
! suggest that Egypt be represented in
j foreign nations by her own diplomatic
? representatives.
This phase of the situation was fol-i
! lowed by negotiations in London be
: tween representatives of Egypt, headed i
j by Adly Pasha, and the British govern
irient. After months of discussion the
negotiations broke off on November 19,
1921, and the. Egyptian delegates re?
turned home.
The chief rock on which the parley j
.split was the question of Great Britain i
i maintaining troops in Egypt, largely!
| for tiie protection of her lines of com- ?
munication to the Orient. The Egyp
! tians insisted this would amount to j
, "occupation" and refused to sign a
treaty which would have made Egypt
i an independent but allied state.
The ill feeling which this engendered j
I among Egyptian nationalists broke out
j last Saturday in a party of students
raiding British government offices in ?
? a suburb of Cairo, with rioting in which j
! live were killed, and other disorders I
have followed it.
Peru Offers Good Offices I
In Tacna-Arica Dispute j
; Chile Agrees to Meet Bolivia j
at Conference in
Washington
! LIMA, Peru, Dee. 25 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?Tho Peruvian gpvern
; ment to-day sent a note to Bolivia,
j saying that Peru would take special
satisfaction in co-operating with Bo
: livia to bring about arbitration of the
, differences between Bolivia and Chile,
j provided the present controversy be?
tween Peru and Chile could be settled
| by arbitration
Reports from Santiago say that the
?Chilean government has accepted Peru's
proposal that nlempotentaries of the
two countries be appointed to meet in
Washington to continue negotiations
looking to a settlement of the dispute
over the provinces of Tacna and Arica, j
The Peruvian note, is in reply to a j
communication from Bolivia, in which
the Bolivian government raised the j
point that the Tacna-Arica question ?
was not the only problem resulting
from the war of 1879-'33, "whose conse?
quent treaties have fostered constant
international discord." The Bolivian
note suggested that in case Peru and
Chile were unable to arrive at : !
agreement regarding the sovereignty |
of the disputed provinces of Tacna and i
Arica an international conference, eon;- ;
posed of interested and friendly na- :
lions, be called to settle the' whole'
South Pacitic problem.
French Debt Contested
i f
PARIS, Dee. 2G (By Tho Associated
Press).?Minister of Finance Doumer,
speaking in the Senate to-day, con-'
tested Senator ('heron's estimate of th<
total del>t of France, which placed the
foreign debt at 335,000,000,000 francs,
Senator Cheron is chairman of the Sen?
ate Budget Committee.
In -contesting the foreign debt esti?
mate, Minister Doumer said Senator
? Cheron had figured the foreign debt at
the present rate of exchange. "I do <
! not think any one can ask us," declare.; '
M. Doumer, "to liquidate our deljts
abroad at the present value of the
franc. We will choose our time."
j Figuring the foreign debt at the
normal rate of exchange, M, Doumer
said he estimated the total French debt
"t about !.,000,000,000 f-.n'ie?.
Soviet Indorses j
Lemuels World!
i . !
Trade Program!
Communist Support Given!
Reluctantly, Because Noj
Alternative Policy Has]
Been Devised by Leaders
U.S. Relief Complimented
Resolution of Thanks Says
America Has Aided More i
Than Any Other Agency
MOSCOW, Dec. 24 (By The Associ-1
atcd Presa). The ninth All-Russian ?
Soviet Congress to-day approved the
new Soviet economic policy as outlined
before that gathering yesterday by
Premier Nikolai L?nine. This approval
was given by accepting Premier L?nine's
address, which was presented as the
report of the Council of Commissars
on the domestic and foreign policies of I
ihe Soviet government.
The congress indorsed a resolution
of thanks to Dr. Fridtjof Nansen and j
the American Relief Administration for j
recent famine relief in RuBsia. The
resolution especially mentioned the
Relief Administration as having helped
moro than any other foreign organiza- j
tion.
Although the congress accepted the '
new economic policy, acceptance was ;
given grudgingly by a large faction of;
tiie Communists who dislike the gor
ernment's change to capitalistic meth?
ods. One reason why the Communists ;
accepted it at. all, it was pointed out in ;
some quarters, wa?< because they had !
no alternative plan to offer. Although i
tlw.-se delegates detest the terms
"money," "capitalism" and "trusts,"
they grudgingly accepted their leaders'
apologies that the economic change!
was only temporary and necessary for |
the ultimate construction Of a real
communistic government.
Confidence in Council Wanes
Confidence is not general among the i
Communists in the Supremo Economic
Council. Their prejudice appears to be ?
directed against, it rather than against!
the government's genoral policy. M. j
Bogdanotr, chairman of the Economic;
Council, and Leonid Krassin, the ;
Soviet trade, representative, apparently |
are not popular with the communistic!
masses, and failure to interest foreign '
seekers of concessions in leases and to !
get the; industries going is charged
:igniTi;;t them. Moreover, they arc re?
garded in labor circles as being indif- ?
j'ercnt to the workmen's interests, ?
There is much clamor that trusts,
whether under the Russian government
or un<ier the management of foreign-1
eis, will work hardships on the work?
man. Furthermore, tho laborers are ;
discontented on account of their claim !
that Soviet nationalization has not
wiped out the bourgeoisie.
In his address to the congress Pre?
mier L?nine defended the government's
economic policy and mercilessly at- ?
tacked its critics, especially the trade
union men, who, he declared, desired |
to continue to manage the industries. ;
He said men who had demonstrated no
ability to manage industries were, de?
manding to be retained in control. He ?
challenged them to show qualifications j
to buy supplies and keep factories j
going rather than to write resolutions.
"Learning to trade," he continued.
"is difficult. It is not like oratory, bull
we have to learn it.*' He declared he j
hated dealing with traders who de- j
manded 100 per cent profit, but said it i
must be done. Raw materials must, be
collected and bought at. any cost fron: ;
sharp traders, and business must be re- i
vived. But, he added, it was only by
struggling ten or fifteen years with
sharp traders that the Communist
workmen would learn 'now to trade.
Limit on Secret Service
Premier L?nine said the Ch?ka, the
Soviet secret service, hereafter would
confine itself to political affairs, and
would be greatly limited in scope, as
its necessity decreased with the firm
establishment of Soviet power. He de?
clared Russia's position among the na?
tions had become thoroughly estab?
lished, despite the failure of the great I
powi i - to recognize the Soviet, regime. ?
The foreign capitalists, he asserted, ;
had demonstrated their willingness to i
trade with Russia. He was extremely
optimistic over the trade outlook, and !
?aid the policy of uniting the peasants j
and workmen move closely through free j
domestic trade had been highly suc-j
cessful. The brief time this arrange-!
ment had been in force showed that the 1
government was on the right track tow- !
ard the re-establishment of economic !
solidarity.
In announcing Russia's acceptance of
the American Relief Administration's ?
proposal to give Russia $20,000,000
worth of grain on condition that Rus?
sia buy $10.000,000 more in America, !
Premier L?nine to-da estimated that I
this total of $30,000,000 would buy I
about .10.000,000 poods of grain. (This i
is approximately 18,000,000 bushels.) i
The Premier said this; would greatly j
help the famine situation in the Volga!
district, but declared the Soviet gov- j
eminent must continue to exert every
effort to collect its full grain levy.
He said it would require 18,000,000 !
poods more from abroad to bring the i
total average before next harvest to ,
215,000,000 poods, which was 15,000,000 j
poods below the minimum necessary to j
carry Russia through the famine crisis.
The sessions of the congress are be?
ing held in the Moscow Opera House,
which was crowded with 1,962 delegates
and 200 other part- leaders and spec?
tators, including Major Lonergan, rep- j
resenting the American Relief Admin- ?
istration, and many other foreigners...
The main floor of the theater was en- '
tirely filled with delegates, mostly
workmen dressed in furs, who kept on j
their fur caps throughout the proceed- ?
ings, presenting the appearance of a !
gathering of frontiersmen, contrasting!
with the brilliantly lighted and gold- j
decorated auditorium.
M. Kalenin, the elected chairman, and !
his executive committee of thirty-two j
members, including Premier L?nine and i
Leon Trotzy, the War Minister, occu- ?
pied seats of honor around a red table. ?
Militarism Defended
By\ French Woman Red
MARSEILLES. Dec. 26 (By The As?
sociated Press).?An unexpected fea- !
ture of the first national convention of
the French Communist party, in ses- j
sion here, developed to-day, when tiie
won en delegates voiced opposition to j
thi artti-militarist campaign. In a
speech to the convention Mme. Colliard
declared:
"I don't want any anti-militarism. 1
am in favor of militarism, which, as in
Russia, will defend tho revolution. We
accept violence when it will gain power
for us." I
-.
Gnat.mala Ratifie? Union
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. According!
to official advices from Guatemala re
ceived here to-day the National As - tn
bly has ratified, "in principle," the pact ;
providing for the creation of a Central
can union.
Red Envoy Asserts idle
Here Plan Revolution
MOSCOW, Dec. 20 (By Tho
Associated Press).->-J. Carr, rep?
resenting; American Communists
I at the All-Russian Soviet "Con?
gress meeting here to-day, de?
clared that the? American work?
men were secretly organizinland
eventually would overthrow capi?
talism and establish a workmen's
government.
"I do not bring greetings from
the American government," said
Carr in his speech before the con?
gress, "but from millions of op?
pressed people, in America; not,
?rom the politicians now confer?
ring at Washington behind locked
doors as I" how they can down
Soviet Russia. I bring greetings
from millions who are walking
the streets with nowhere to sleep
and nothing to eat."
L--*
Debs to Seek
Freedom of
All Convicts
rContinurd from pane on<0
small party of ?men and women friends.
"1 reel like a young panther," was his,
greeting. Ho then embraced several
of the men with profuse kisses and
posed for pictures.
Mr. Debti refused to ride in a taxi?
cab to hi- Im.tel when informed that
the cabs at the Union Station were
non-union and under boycott, lie in?
sisted on riding on a streetcar; but
finally accepted the offer of a reporter
to ride in his machine.
Breakfast over, he "brushed up a
bit" in the hotel barber shop and put
on a fresh collar from a box presented
to him by a newspaper man. He was
dressed in clothes given him by the
pris,m authorities brown suit, folt
hat, dark overcoat and black shoes.
Accompanied by his brother and a
number of reporters, he walked from
the hotel to the Department of Justice,
reaching there soon after 11 o'clock. [
He interviewed Attorney General
Daugherty alone.
He then walked fo the White
House, arriving a few minutes before
12 o'clock. Confronted with the
usual formal question of the police?
man at the entrance, Debs said he came
to the White House upon the request
of the Attorn? y General and was then
sent: alone to Secreta! y George
("hristian's office.
Mr. Debs said he came to Washing?
ton to see the President at Attorney
General Daugherty's request, and that
tho warden furnished him with a
ticket to Washington for that purpose,
notwithstanding that he had planned
instead to go directly to his home in
Terre Haute', Ind.
Mr. Daugherty. however, said that
Mr. Debs called on his own volition, in
the following statement:
"I have received a cail from Mr.
Debs. 1 volunteered no advice to him
and he a3ked none. There were no un?
usual conditions attached to his com?
mutation. His call upon me was of his
own volition. 1 will shortly give out
for publication, with the President's
consent, my recommendation in the
Debs case. My object in doing this
will be to refresh, the memory of the
American people of Debs'a violations
of the law and to inform them of the
reasons for his commutation. I hope
it will be educational, to some extent.,
"1 have nothing further to say re
garding Debs's call or regarding his
case, except that 1 hope he may direct
his talents, to a useful purpose. And I
trust that the notoriety his ease has
received may not be commercialized. I
say this because I observe gathering
about him and undertaking to promote |
him persons who have not the best in?
terests of the country or of society at i
heart. His life's efforts, pursuing, as i
he has until now, when he is again a
free man, a theory erroneous in princi-1
pie, should not be commercialized."
Friends of Mr Debs said to-night he
had been invited by the Russian Soviet
government to visit Russia as its guest.
?. ??
U. S. Must Help Europe
Keep Peace,Says Clarkson
American Cry Raised Abroad
for isolation ("ailed Harm?
ful lo This ?Nation
Grosv?nor Clarkson, head of the Na?
tional Council of Defense and son of
th? late Genera] Clarkson, a former
Surveyor of Customs of the Port or
Nfew York, arrived here yesterday from
Southampton on the Cunarcl liner Car- I
mania, after several months abroad. !
lie. said that there was a certain brand
of 100 per cent Americanism rampant
abroad as it is heve, that is doing
America more harm in Europe than any
other agency.
"It is not only retarding world recov?
ery and progress," said Mr. Clarkson, I
"but it is keeping America from her I
share of the fruits of world co-opera?
tion. If wc ever needed to ?ram
economic facts it is now. While we
were decrying the League of .Nations
we did not sec that we had entered
a league the day Pershing reached
Europe.
"No nation can play the decisive part
in the greatest adventure of history
and then go home and shut its door in
the world's face. The German problem,
of course, consists largely of trying to
keep the mule lame enough not to kick
you and yet strong enough to pull the
plow. It also consists in not letting the
mule put something over on you. Hate
will not solve il. F.ven-handed justice,
free from false sentimentality for the '
Germans, could do so." I
Japanese Regent Urges
Co-operation for Peace
Hirohito Fe'ie?tntea IM<*\ on ;
Increasing Friendship With
Treaty Powers
TOKIO. Dec. 2fi (By The Associated |
Press).?Grown Prince Hirohito, the
regent, personally reading the speech ?
from the throne at the opening of the
Forty-fifth Diet to-day, expressed grat?
ification in noting the increasing'
friendship of the Japanese government
with the different treaty powers and
that the Washing-ton conference was
approaching a successful conclusion.
The regent exhorted the co-oper?
ation of the Jananese people in the !
promotion of national prosperity and !
lasting peace in view of the added re- ;
sponsibility of the nation with respect i
to other nations.
The session of the Diet was brief and j
formal.
Italian Papers Denounce
Refusal of Sacro Retrial
LONDON, Dec. 26, Italian news- !
papers condemn the refusal of Judge i
Thayer, of Dedham, Mass., to grant a
re-trial to Nicolo Saccoand Bartolomeo
Vahzetti, who were convicted in his !
court las; summer of murder in the
first degree, according to a dispatch to ?
the Central News Agency to-day from I
it- Rome correspondent. The dispatch j
say-, the Rome newspapers predict a
new agitation throughout Italy on their
behalf.
lU. S. Army Rule;
Held Vital in
Santo Domingo!
Banditry Curbed, Sanitation
Made Modern, Roudw Built
and School? Opened, Say
S emit e luve .tiirators
- I
i New Loan Recommended
-,-. ,
IIarm Kegulatioit? Similar
to Those Now in Effect
With Cuba Are Advised
From Th-; Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.?-A detailed
picture of Santo Domingo under the
rule of the American marine:- was
drawn to-day in a .statement by Chair?
man McCormlck of the Senate commit?
tee investigating conditions in Hayti
! and Santo Domingo, in which the situa?
tion was described im the best that
country has known in modem history.
Banditry and disorder have been rc
pressed to a remarkable degree, town
have been cleaned up, ports; huv?; been
improved, roads built and a great num?
ber of schools established.
The staloment, which may be consid?
ered as a preliminary report on the
findings of the Senators in these isl?
ands, where the American Administra?
tion has been greatly criticized in re?
cent months, deals also with the. finan?
cial difficulties of the Dominican Re?
public and recommends tariff provi
sions similar to those in effect between
the United States and Cuba.
Withdrawal Hehl Impossible
Senator McCormick's statement fol?
lows:
"Tho political leaders in the Domini?
can Republic have rejected the condi?
tions proposed for the withdrawal of
the American forces as contained in the
proclamation of the Military Governor
last June, issued by the direction of
the President of the United States. The
population", under Cue advice of the
lea lers, )>;. ; declined to take any steps
to hold elections to constitute a Do?
minican government which might nego?
tiate the terms and arrange the condi?
tion? of the withdrawal of the Ameri?
can forces and terminate the military
government constituted in Dominican
territory by the forces of the United
States. At the present time it; is im?
possible to advise ;i substantial modifi?
cation of the terms of the proclama?
tion, regarded as necessary to assure
civil order and peace within Dominican
territory, the maintenance of its credit
and the. discharge of its obligations.
"With tho exception of the activities
of some small scattered bands of high?
waymen in the extreme eastern part o?
the Dominican . territory, where ban?
ditry has been chronic for a genera?
tion, there has been for several years
| such peace and order as is without
?precedent in the modern history of the
country. Under the direction of th?
| military government the towns have
been made clean, their street.-: have
been paved, the harbors and docks hav?
been improved and schools have beet
widely established. It ?nay be esti
mated that there are four or fivo times
as many scholars at present us then,
were before the American regime.
Revolutions Made Easy
"The most important work inaug?
urated under the American oceuna
i tion, however, has not been compl?ter!
to wit: A road from the north to th<
south of the country. The country wa.
almost roadless, prior to the America)
administration. Its poverty, its sparst
population and its frequent revolution:
may be attributed in great part to th?
utter lack of communication betweet
the interior and the coast and be
tween the northern and southern part:
of the republic.
"The ambitious--perhaps too ambi
tious?-program of public works wa?
undertaken by tho then military gov
ernor at a time when in Santo Dom in
"o, as in other countries about th?
Caribbean basin exporting similai
products, there was a great trade boon
and increase in revenues. Since th.
collapse in values and the depressioi
of trade the revenues have suft'ere?
grievously. It was recently found nee
essary to issue a short term loan t<
continue necessary public works. Thii
loan is additional to a prior short tern
loan made to satisfy the claims again?,
the Dominican government incurred it
violator! of the convention of 1907 witl
the United States. The terms of thes<
two loans, including the provision fo
their amortization, are unusual am
crushing. They exhaust ?o large a par
of the revenues of the republic as F
cripple its ordinary administration.
New Loan Recommended
"If it. be practicable to do so, tie
members of the committee believe tha
a new loan should be made, to funi
the two loans last mentioned, to secur
the sums necessary to finish the high
way from the north to the south au?
to enable the government to do th
work necessary to pe.rmit the compld
tion of a good road from Seibo am
San Pedro de Macoris through Sant
Domingo to the frontier. These road
will afford regular, easy and economi
means of communication and commerc
hitherto not in existence, and will ac
ns so effective and obvious a deterren
to revolution that they will ?nable
Dominican government to give, sue
guaranties of stability and order a
'nay well justify the government of th
United States in agreeing to a modi
fication of the terms set forth in th
proclamation of last June.
"It may be noted, too, that at thi
time of depression, when all classe
of the population, merchants no los
than planters and laborers, are suffei
infr, the employment which would re
suit from a loan would afford reli?
much to bo desired. In th's cmnectio
it may properly be suggested Wtat a
part, of any agreement between tii
Dominican Republic and the Unite
Slates it would contribute vry great!
to the prosperity and order of t!
Dominican people, as well ?s to ti
maintenance of the trad'tional goc
relations between them and the Unit?
States, to accord to the Dominica
Republic the same tarit? conditions ?
those which arc accorded to the Repu!
lie of Cuba."
The committee has not concluded i
hearings on the Dominica.". Republic.
Hayti-Domingo Society
Assails Senate Repot
Asserts Recommendation t
Retain Troops Is Acceptant
of The-ry of Imperialist
The preliminary report of tuc Sena
committee investigating conditions
Hayti and Santo Domingo was u
pounced in a statement issued yeste
day by Cue Hayti-Santo Domingo Ind
pendence Society as a' disgrace to ti
United States, a frank acceptance
the theory of imperialism in its wor
cense and a justification of the Ja
fiese policy in Manchuria and Easte
Siberia.
The policy outlined in the report, t
statement adds, will do irreparat
harm to the faith and good name
the United States, especially in Lat
America, and will make impossible a
crious protest from our governme
against the imperialism of other na?
tions,
"Tho report," according to th? so?
ciety, "justifies and makes part of
American public policy the overthrow
by force of arm? of smnll and weak
nations. It indorses the policy fol?
lowed in Hayti of lining violence to
impose upon a free people a treaty
which they would never have ac
of their own free will, which in fa
milder form the Republic of Hayti -
the lecond oldest republic in th? ?Ve*-.
ern Hemisphere.-had repeatedly re?
jected. It countenances the farce of a
dummy President ??eld in place by
Ame; ican bayonets, executing at sec?
ond hand the will of the American
military authorities.
"On the morrow of a great war
fought in the namp of self-deWrrna?
tion of small peoples, at a time when
Hie British government is at la** rec?
ognizing the virtual independence of]
Ireland the United States is placing
itself on the side of world reaction,
militai ism and of the doctrino thai
might makes right. No decent or
verkable relotions are pOj Bible '?
Hayti and the United State- w ' <
ti.<- abrogation of tho convention im
,.?.-?d u"on Hayti by force.
United States should withdraw the
m, ri?es i rom Hayti and restore Hay
tian independence at once."
Treaty Ratification
I ikely To Be Put
Off Until March
indications Are Final Vote
in Senate May Be De?
layed Even Longer Than
That hy Extended Debate
From The Tribune's Washington Burea i
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.?Ratifica
tion of the four-power treaty by the
is not exnected before March
and the d< laj n ay be even loi
that.
Indications to-day -Acre that the worl
of the arms limitation conference will
not be completed-until well along in j
January. The President, according to
present pians, will riot submit to the
Senate the agreements arising from '
the conference until its work is ended
and th e res ulls < ?" ? d s.
Whole.
Once the treaties or agreements are
?lubtritted. they will go to : ic - oi'Oign
Relations Committee. While no formal j
plans have been made, the expectation
is the committee will hear Secretary
Hughes, ?senators Lodge and unuer
wood and perhaps Elihu Root, the
American delegate.
The hearings and the consideration |
of the agreements will take some days. ;
It will proha'iv will be ?February be?
fore the four-power treaty and the ;
otner a?ri.t., .. e e., ...':,, taken
up for debiste by the Sonal .
The possibility exist:-, indeed. Of
long delay in committee based on !..
further possibility of the Derim,..,
;..nd Republicans who oppose trie tr.at*
making up a majority of the corrr |?S
but this is riot regarded a, probable^
Talk to d iv in Sena'.- rireln
that the D?mocratie opposition to J?
four-power treaty is steadilv devftaf
ing. While this der i ,,? ,',?,.?
endanger the trusty, ? ? ? .
! democrat i are
in any i ?.?? rtt, it point
of Senate speeche; and
bate. In fact, the oj po
talking of i.ppealin^ to t - eoaaJ?
through an extended i ,?..;
in the hop- that tro- ? :? j.:011
results duplicating wl . " .
the League of Nati ?
Fr' r '? ? '? ? ? anrp.
b< nd thi p ibl I . ,rpri'
position of the agn ut ig*
so not only the possibility but Mt
like i hood of ex - "r
Not to be overlook-. relaii*
Is the effect of a r SJ
gle in the Senat" ovei the trtaty 7'
si legislation ? ,' , *
not v -
laying the tariff bill, provided that bi'i
?
upon.
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