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rHURSDAY. JANTTARY
1 Q99
* * * . J*? C^rr" ._ I THRKB CKNTS I FOtm OTWrf
In r.rc?t*r New T?rk I Withln 800 mitm | KlMwher*
Hart and Orr
Indicted in
Big Rum Plot
Two Democratic Leaders,
Four ^ rhoIesale Firms,
10 Onijr-zistH Accuscd
of 87,000,000 Fraud
Trwk Broakdown
Gave C.lew in Case
Xhrer Hundrrd Pcrmils
lllegalh 1 sed, Accord
ingto U? S. \llegations
\ former Federal prohibitlon dirre
for heie an-1. hia two chief assistants,
?n importanl Republican politician and
? ocra '?? ? s, four wholesale
. : corapai ?" and len individual
?? - "' defcndanta in
-' straent -? turned by the
? p , ? I ? ry earl.i in Deccmbcr,
i! waa learned whco thc seal waa rc
mored yesterday
'hiet smong V -?? indicted are for
n<T Judf FTar ' i L. Hart, head of the
acforcement office hcrw from May 26
to Octobfr 6. :?:: d William A. Orr, who
waa secretarj and campalgn manag?r
for former Governor Gharlos S. Whit
Ban. They sre charged with conspiracy
to defraud I e government in connec
tionwith r] ? biggest liquor withdrawal
Kaodal v - '?? haa ? el come to Hght,
Inpursaanre oi the conspiracy, it la
felfed 10 v ithdi ? / permit i, num
ipnd aerially 247001-247300, were il
(eplly removed from the director's of
tahu ?- .Tuly, bearing the stamprd
sjnaturc oi Judgo Hi ?: and th< Bigna
? ias M. Reddy, tho with
? '?'?' ' i ?'??! o indicted
Ihese ??, ? : i-omptly filled in for large
IBOUnta the indicted druggists, il
C?aliege . ? I i resented to distilleries
which appl ed for confirmation to pro
bil tioi inrters here. This \ as
tbtair.ed without difficulty, it iV. de
ciared. 1 . the connivance of
.? ''? Miehael i Lynch the
ttird officia ndi ted, who' was in
?barge c i I mail in the direc
tinie-,
$7,000,000 Fraud Mlcged
Accor i: ,: fl . ' jj ires. the drug
E ?"-?'? ' ithdraw wtosky
at 1 ers' pricea at $6,
1 ? ' ' ? ' se permits which
Lo that liiue
(" '; Hugl ? of the special
Intelligo ? ,- [nternal Re\
enui ???. ... ? covered tho al
'" 'M yesti rda / that twenty
!?<?'? ? l since becn traced"
: ' " ' ': ? fraud at
tempted to Becauao of
tn.c early d . ? ihe conspiracy,
il twenty-fivc
- fah. stopped, and
" ? ?' m, it is thought, the
lemaming sevi o wi re ne- er prc
i ti 1.
. The part which Orr and the two
tatic p are alleged to
n played in the p ; waa that'of go
een connecting thi officials and thc
?'? Tl esi ther politicians arr
J l ?? ,;. Murphy, tn ? in r, and Thomas
1 Uuffy, directi ? e Bronx Couhty
Di / cratic coi i I '.o*.
.";"i " '??'' ' ' the hrrakdown
?' " 'r;' '? oi rge (juantitv
?* t:|? ??-? ? Hulrawn liquo'r
v .'-' ??ti fro a Baltimore
JJ New lorkiti ought ] robable that
tr'L entiro c i ,u] i have es
caped deti i
, v"']' ' ^ enfc was being
! - y ?' "" nother truck
h"cur; c i Philadel
J--la'v. '? urred, was
*:'^'' ' ? i :"v! of the
P,eB,wl.u known
? ?? boi tleg ? Ques, ... , were
""d which wen not ? factorily
P" ? '?' after th? econd truck
'??"? ' ? ?> Chief of
C? !: : :' : matti ? to Chief
I'-' ? spec a i telligence
?n,tp' ' ? enue soVvicc
? iladelp]
rw MSen m8 Promptlj referred to
5?* McQui a The with
tira.sai permit . i ;,v the carriora
fce.opged to the 2 ',000 series, which
*ouJdnotnormi ,? . come into uso
? r about a year. as the forma coming
troja the cirec:. r'a olfico at that time
were numbered i ,out 131,000. Mr. Mc
.a;i mforme Mr. Hart of the dia
wery at once, was told that the per
fctt aad never passed through his of
""Wdstarti I an inveatigation of his
Evidemr to Grand Jnr>
Hrotighout October and Xovembor
y'l.S. Mattuck, Assistant United
utes Olstrict Attorney, was constant
'i engagevi , senting evidence dia
foversd by tl ? revenue men to the Oc-'
v'',',r wo"!1^!^ grand jury, which was
*-l oycr for m .re than a month to
ewelode t] . ?? . stigation. The wit
iVf"3*' -om v om ,he most important
??-ormat:or, js understood to have beon
wwwed were the Btenographers in the
*atctor*a office. It is believed that
Ui? I ni the evidence was ob
"'oM which made possible the incln
B!?t.Ci tae thrCC 0Tfuials in the indi^
U *L r"?rda ?f the transactions could
i???- ln JudS? K^rt'p office, though,
??jwaus to Mr McQuillan, at least
lia? r*c tyPj ;' remembered hand-j
^,H0afirP?ati ordera on the false ,
2"?; Although the Int*?rnal Reve
Cnti, , wou1d ret fommit himself
tQe poir.t. it i3 believed that much
^^ (C?itlny?! mi p.-5? savra)
pubHc Debt Reduced
IWMHlion in December
^Uitv Now $23,438,984,351,
"ccreasp of $543,000,000
Diirinp: La*t Year
?A reduction
re than $180 -
hJjSHDJGTON, Jan. 4.
%oop' ^ dobt of ln0
J?uni..^ "ur,lnS December was an
SjJ" to-dav by the Treasury. The
?Misi on December :',1 was $23,438,
???n'vs comPared with $23,619,085,
*^on November 30.
4 touire'J]Jction "Ported to-day makes
""Snar V 'n,0I? than ^5-13,000,000, as
^ to[!i r!Lth December of 1920, when
?Hdn?.- - was *23-982,224,168, and
l?tom;10n,t'f more than $485,000,000,
f.\C ' wnh thc tota! at th? firid
I1*!>1 ious luar'^r on Septcmber
Hjjgg1' whe" the debt was ?23,924,
1' ^Htjrht "v *?* r, ,.
E& \ -.- V. ' \ ,r,r,,f an|l ?" other aporta.
?S, J:oTV ?rh'P*vent9. T1m u Tullman
1 il ^?liy._ Advt.
August Belmont, Hurt by Fall
From Horse, Is Hurried Here
Finanrfer Taken From Private Car on StrctcW, bm
Phygician Iusists Injury Is Slight; Brought
Homc From Soutli
August Belmont was hrought to New
York .City from hia winter home !n
Hatnpton County, near Garnett, S. C,
yosterday suffering from an injury
which his physieians say occurrcd scv
rral daya ago whilo he was rlding
horseback on his cstate.
The trip was Tiiade in his prlvato
car, attaehed to the Seaboard Express.
The train arrived in Pennsylvanla Sta
tion at 2:40 o'clock in the afternoon.
Mrs. flrlmont. who waa Eleahor Rob
son.noted actress, accompanied hcrhus
muid. An anibulam-o mct tho tram a%
tho station, and Mr. Relmont waa car
ned from hia privato car on a stretcher.
He Was tuken to his homo, at 270 Park
Avenue. i
Dr, Rradlpy 1.. CoIpv. of 340 par^
Avenue, who is nltending Mr. Belmont
- a i d :
''", '?" nothing of a serioua nature.
Mr. Belmont rmffered an injury ridlng
horseback, and it will be neccssary for
him (o stay <>rf lnS rect for scvcral
d a j f ."
Woi-H that Mr. Belmont hnd been in
jured by a fall rearhed \VH1I Strppt. iust
beforc the ciosing hour, aiu! a flood of
mquiries was receivod at tho ofhV* of
August Belmont & Co., at 43 Exrhange
riaco. No information w? ohtained
2 Faee Major;
Swear He Shot
Oown Soldiers
Tesllfying at Senate In
quiry, Ex-Servicc IVIcn
Tell of Srcing Opie
Fire Upoii Owji Troops
Noo.Mf Buried With Boclies
Blark Caps Also Left ui
Moftius of Hanging Vic
lims, New Yorker Sa>\s
WASHINGTON, Jan 4.- Accuscr and
accused in dramatic fashion faced cach
other to-tlay beforo a Senate commit
toe invpFtigating chargea that Atneri
can soldiers Iiad b<Tti hanged without
trial in Francc. t
Near the close of a -oven-hour scs
sion Major Hlerdmo L. (?pie, of Slaun
ton, Va? commander of the .".d Batta!
ion, 116th Infanlry, overseaa, wont on
thp stand to enter emphatic denial of
ehargos by former service nicii that hc
had shot down some of hia own sol
dicrs in cold blood on tho. battlefield.
Hf. wss asked, however, to step asidc
until other witnesses then in tlio room
could testify against him, meanwhile
being given the right through counsel
to cross-cxaminc theni.
Responding to his nanio when the
Opie charges wcre taken up, Grayson
lt. Withrow, of Baltimorc, still in his
early twenties, stepped to tho from and
testified that he saw the officpr eeize a
pun from a private and ftre at. a man
in his command. Shells wcre fallinp,
ho said, and there was tremendous ex
citement, but; Withrow sworc that. from
his retreat in a shcll holr hc peeped
oul: and saw the man fall as the
major'a gun barked. But hr could not
say whether Opie had killcd him, de
claring tho lattcr, standing out in tlio
open, waa within arm's reach of lialf
a dozen otTicors when the shot was i"irc:d.
Accused of Shooting Runner
Aa Withrow lpt'l. the ytand William
F. St. John, a younp man from Lynch
butg, Va.. suffering from nervous
troubles resulting from service over
sea.", accused tho Virginia major of
shooting (Iowti a "runner" at tho front,
because he failed lo hood aftor thrice
boing ordcred to halt. Four other men
?aw tho killing, ho declared, but he
rpfu.sed of his own aecord to give their
names. on tho ground that hc had not
becn ahlo to confer with them and that
it -would not be just to hiin if thoy
should appear and not back up his
charges. One o? thoni, hp said, had
"developed rold fect" and was un
willing to come.
Reminded by Chairman Brandegee
that the names must be subinitted, St.
John complied, mentioning tirst the
cousin of one of Major Opie's counsel,
sitting across tho table. It was while
St. John was being cross-examined by
John A. Cutchins, of Richmond, Va.,
Major Opie's counsci, tliat he lost con
trol of his shattered nerves and dra
matically shoutcd that he was dealing
with a bunch of fanat ics who "are try
ing to prove I am nutty." Mr. Cutchins
promptly disclatmcd such an intentlon.
Seeing that the young man was worn
out by excitement, Senator Watson,
Pemocrat, of Georgia, whose charges
of illegal executions are under investt
gation, declined to question him. To
morrow l\Iajor Opie will testify in hta
own behalf.
Rulus P. Hubbard, of New York, who,
(Contlnued en me *lfht)
Wadsworth Hits Policy
Of Obfitruction in Senate
Demands Aclion to Keep Quo
rum; Small Group Block
ing Legislation, Hc Charges
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.?Protesting
that there is "a policy to prevent the
Senate from doing business," Senator
Wadsworth, Republican, of New York,
to-day called the attention of the Sen?
ate to what he termed "the ridiculous
situation when this great body cannot
or will not do business."
Senator Wadsworth attributed the
situation to the practice of some Sen?
ator t.aking the floor "between 3 and 5
o'clock, einptying the chamber, and
when his address is over there is not a
quorum."
Apparently the only time the Senate
could transact business, he added, was
in executive session, "when there is no
gallery to listen to speeches."
Declaring that the Senate "does lit
tle business." the New York Senator
said a small group of Senators were
blocking legislation, and that in his
judgment the Senate should take such
action as might be necessary to keep
a guorum present and remain in scs
sion long hours. Some of the speeches,
he asserted, "had been repeated a
dozen times" and most of them "come
from the other [Democratic side]."
there. It wns said that h1s two sona,
Augual jr. and Raymond Belmont, had
recpivp.l no word that their fathcr had
been hurt.
At Mr. Belmont'a home last night it
was said tho financier was altting up
and that. "thpro was no danger." Dr.
Coley said Mr. Belmont wns "consider
ing issuing a pprsonal statcmont to re
assuro his frientls.
The injury from which Mr. Belmont
is sutTcring was rcported later to be ;i
wrenched back. A supcrfieial examina
tion is said to have shovvn that no boncs
woro broken. Mr. Belmont, \t. was said,
probably would undergo an X-ray cx
amination at a local hospital oither to
day or to-morrow to determinc definitoiy
the exteni of his injury.
Mr. Belmont was a witnoss at the
Transit Commission inquiry reccntly.
Aftor hp had given his tcstimony his
household completed arrangements for
passing the winter in tho South. lli,
saddlc horses, which verc stabled at
Belmont, Park, and a string of p0|o
ponies, which wcre kept nt Bnbylon,
1 wcre shipped to Garnett,
i Mr. Belmont, who i<- in his sixty
I eighth year, is active as a director in
| thp Intcrborough and allied tiaction in
j terests. Hp alro is a director in a
I dozen or more corporations and h fig
i ure of prominencc in Wall Street.
j$100,000 Film
Bribe Gbarge
Deniecl fov Lusk
Slateinent by Clergyman of
Alleged Offer by Screeii
lnterests lo Kill Censor
sbip Bill Is Repudiated
Walker DenouncesReport
Motion Blorkcd lo Deny
Floor lo Preacher Said to
Have Madc Accusalion
Frcm n fitaf? Correspondeitt
ALBANY, Jan 4.?Minority Lcader
? Jamca J. Wnlker demanded at the open
| ing session of the Senate to-day thal
; Senator Clayton R. Lusk brand as ? lie
j tho chargc madc by the Rev. (). U.
Miller that Senator Lusk had been of - j
i fcred Jion.noo by the motion picture '
I intercsts to kill the screcn censorship
! bill. Senator Walker gavo tho ma
jority lcader the alternativc of naming
the alleged bribd-maker.
Senator Lusk refuscd to give the lie '
direct to Mr. Miller, saying that a mem-j
ber of the Legislature should not be
thin-skinncd. When prcssea, nowever, |
Scttator Lusk made a disclaimer of the j
chargc, which. Senator Walker pointed
out, implied tho acccptance of bribes
by membcrs of the. Legislature who '
voted against motion picture censor- j
ship.
Senator Walker then moved to deny i
the privileges of the ftoor to tho clergy- t
man who defonded Senator Lusk's s?c- |
ceptance of the $1,132 silver service1
from the New York rletectives, whose I
i salary raise bill ho sponsored. In this
I he was blocked by Senator Knight, who I
rose to a point of order. The minority '
lcader announced that he would press|
j his motion when the Legislature rc
convened 7ie\t week. i
i
No Demand for Inquiry
Senator Walker in making his de-1
mand on Senator Lusk said that he was'
not. adking at this time that the Senate
investigatc the charge made by the!
Rev. Mr. Miller that the underworld
clements of the state, lod by motion j
picture interests, wcre behind ihe ef-j
forts to remove Senator Lusk because j
of his acccptance of the silver service.!
In making his demands on Senator j
Lusk, Senator Walker dcclared that j
it was his belief that the pcoplc of the
Ktate voted down by about half a mil- \
lion votes last fall the proposal to in- I
crease. legislators salaries "because
snakes of this kind [Mr. Miller) had'
removed from the pcoplc all respect
they had for the Legislature."
Senator Walker then recallcd that. in
Htn the Rev. Mr. Miller publicly
charged that there was a fund of
?250,0u0 in Albany to bribe the Lcgis- j
lature to pass the Sunday baseball I
bill. He read from the records show- j
ing that when Mr. Miller was sum- |
moned before the Legislature he de- i
clared that he had heard a printer say j
that there was such a fund, and that j
the printer, a Mr. Gould, when called :
as a witness, declared that. the Rev. i
Mr. Miller was not telling the truth.
"Tho Rev. Mr. Miller," continued
Senator Walker, "standa discredited al- i
ready in tho records of the Senate. He '
is marked to-day in the records of
this Senate as a'liar and a bad spoil.i
The records remain that the man did
lie and perjure himself. Since 1005 he
has not had a congregation and has
never officiated as a minister of the
gospel."
Turning to Senator Lusk, he con?
tinued:
"Now, it is for you to say whethcr i
you are going to tolerate this kind '
of thing; whether you are going to, ,
once and for all, by your silence, put ]
(Continued en pig? three)
Vilgrain Maimed Hiniself |
To Escape War, Is Charge
French Food Ruler Arrested by I
Court Martial in Probe of j
Wounds Received in 1914
NANCY, France, Jan. 4.?M. Vilgrain,!
French food administrator during the j
war, was arrested to-day by orders of a |
court martial in connertion with !
wounds he received in 1914.
The arrest followed an interpellation
by Deputy Batho in the Chamber of l
Deputies *in Paris, who charged Vil- j
grain with having unlawfully mutilated 1
himself nt the beginning of the war so
as to escape his military obligation.
Vilgrain's explanation was that a man
in a French uniform attacked him and
during the struggle Vilgrain's own re
volver was fired, the bullet wounding
him in the hand.
A dispatch from Paris last Saturday
said the Chamber of Deputies' com?
mission, -which had been investigating
grain deals, in its report censured Vil?
grain for alleged use of his offieial
prestige to his own advantage in the
purchase of grain.
Miller Urges
Budget Cut,
Tax Revision
Says if State Cosla Are
HcM to 125 Millions
Burdenof $12,500,000
on Realty Can Be Lifted
Consolidation of
Boards Suggested
Would Postponc Ugisla
liou Affecting City
Until Extra Session
' ????? ?' n Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, Jan. 4. Governor Miller'a
Rccond annual message, calling atten
I'on to Ihe racl that the state'a ex
penditures now were less than ita in
coine and calling for furthcr ccono
mips. <vas presenlcd to the Legislature
al the opening se: sion to-day.
If state appropriations for this year
are kept within $J25,000,000, he said, it
would he possible to rciievc real estate
of thc $22,500,000 direct tax for teach
crs aalarics. A general revision of
state tax laws waa advised for the pur
pose of equalizinz the tax hurden.
Believea Expenses Can Re Held Down
Governor Miller expressed liia ro?
viclioti that the Blato appropriations
could bo kept within the fijruro he
"'"11(4.1 without the impairmcnt of any
function of the state. He pointcd out
that in spite of the relcntlcss cutting
ol last ycar's appropriations there
were no dclicicncy requests, indicating
H>at thc appropriations as cut had been
suflicicnt to mcet all necds.
His niessagc mado il plain that. the
state was on a sound tinancial basia as"
thc re.su 11 of the economics ahvady cf
lectcd, and he recommended that' ihe
urplus be used to tide the state ovcr
*v',at n"Bhl '"' ;i Pcriod of diminishing
returns.
There sliould he an amcndment +o
the state constitution, he said, permit
ting Ihe consolidation of two or more
state rlepartments which were duplicnl
msrcach other'a work. There were ron
fusion and ovorlapping of functions, he
said. aniong the Department of Public
Works, the State Engineer's office, the
Highway Department, the State Archi
tect's office and ihe Department of
Public Buildings.
He contrasted the comparatively effi
cient and cconomical administration of
the state government with the appar
ent waste in loeal governments and
recommended investigations in such
casca.
So far as legislation affecting Kew
York City was eoncerncd, he thouRht
il should be postponed until the pro
poserl special session of the Leglsla
turc, which ia to consider the reoort of
the charter revision committee.
Governor Miller advised the eoncen
tralion of disabled cx-serviec men in
Ihe district centering nhout N'ew York
in the hospital which is boinp built in
Ksngs Park, L. I., advice which, he said,
had the approval of the American Le
Jtion. The niessagc made no reforenco
t<> h state honus.
Thc Port Authority plan for New
vork City would he the subject, of a
special message, he said.
Would End Printing Monopoly
Among the Governor's suggestions
for further economy in state afFairs are
the substitution of competitive bidding
for the prcscnt monopoly jn depart
mental and institutional printing ron
tracts and the establiahment of a
board of purchase and supply, to have.
charge of thc purchase of alf state de
partments and institutions.
The Governor recommended a law to
compel cities of the first and second
classes to install voting machines.
He advocated the appointment of a
superintendent of prison industries and
thc cstablishment of prison industries
on a hasis which would permit, the sur
plus of prisoners' compensation over
maintenance to be distributed to pris?
oners upon their discharge or to their
dependents during their imprisonment.
He suggested the sale of 1,000 par
cels of state land which, he said, was
producing no revenue.
Machold Indorses Message
Rpeaker 11. Edmund Machold, in an
address to the Assembly after his re
election as Speaker, characterized the
Governor's message as a tinger point
injr in the right direction.
"As tho majority party in control in
this state last year we did everything
possible to assist the business of this
state to return to normal condition,"
he said. "The greatcst help given was
in stopping the mounting cost of ex
penses of the state. government, re
ducing our budget and thereby reduc
inc; the taxes which would be levied
upon the property of this state.1*
77tc full tcrt of thc Governor's met
sngr will hr jound on pagc jour.
Naval Treaty
Drafted by
Conference
Japan, France and Italy to
Approve Root Proposals
and Balfour Reslriclion
on Use of Submarines
May Hold Plenary
Session To-morrow
Britisli Acclaim Resulls
of Meeting as Among
Chief Events of History
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.?With an un
dr.rstanding on every big disputed ques
tion in sight, the armament limitation
conference is about to become history.
It was announced lo day that the Shan
lung discussion would be completed to
morrow and the answers of France,
Italy and Japan on the submarine ques
tion. reported at a meeting nf the
armament. committee.
Summing up the achievements of the
conference, many of which individually
wcre declared to excoed in importauce
tho work of any similar meeting, one
of the British delegates asserted to
night in the. presence of-sevcral scpre
of newspapcr men that it had been the
"mosfc successful internalional confer?
ence that has ever been held."
For the first tinie since the Shan
tung question war, referrcd to Tokio i
a meeting on that vexed question was I
held to-day, at the initiative of the i
Japanese. Following this meeting came
the cryptic announccment that the dis?
cussion would he completed to-morrow.
Ready for Report on f'hina i
The ].'Hr Eastcrn committee. at a |
meeting to-morrow is to receivc the |
report of Senator Underwood's com
mittee/settling the Chinese tariff ques
tion, by which the Chinese get an
actual increa.se of 1 Vs per eeut in their
tariff and a commission appointed to !
investigate with a view to granting fur
ther increases. The committee is ex- j
pected also to dispoae of other Far !
Eastcrn questions, which have been j
held back by the Tailure of China and |
Japan to get together on Shantung.
Drafting of the five-power naval ]
treaty virtually was compieUd during j
the day. The questions of policy to j
be takon up at to-morrow's meeting]
are those relating to the 10,000-ton i
limitation for auxiliary warshipa -and j
tho Root submarine proposals with j
the Balfour amendment to make the
ban on the use of submarines against '
merchant ships effpetive at once as j
among the tive powers.
France, it is underslood, is ready
to accept the limitation on size of j
auxiliary warships.
Japan has received instructions to I
accept the Root and Balfour submarine
proposals in pi-inciple, as has France, |
the only question being open is that i
of putting them into a form acceptable ?
to all. Italy is said to be ready to I
accept any restriction of the sub- I
marine that the other nations agree j
upon. Italy throughout the naval i
negotiations has been fore reductions, !
but always with the reservation that j
she must be kept on a level with j
France.
Spokesmcn for both the American i
and British delegations indicated their |
belicf that both the auxiliary craft and !
submarine questions will be disposed !
of with little delay. In American cir- j
cles there was a hint that a plenaryj
session for not only the naval agrec-|
ment but to report Far Eastcrn settle- j
ments may be held Friday or Saturday. \
Pntting Decisions Into Form
The conference is now, as it was ex- I
pressed by one of its leaders to-night,
in the "drafting stage." Decisions on
practically all questions have been
reached, but the detailed work of re
ducing the agreements to a form ol
language on which all can agree is not
abreast of the process of arriving at
conclusions. i
There are several questions which i
are upon the agenda, but which have j
not been formally takc-n up, but there
have been so many conversations on
every coneeivable point relating there- j
to since the conference opened that !
there is not much talking left to be j
done when the problems are formally ;
presented.
In view of all this, the thought of
the British delegation that this is the
most successful international confer?
ence ever held, and the reasons for
that opinion, are of interest.
Before the conference was called this
spokesman for the British Empire
pointed out that there cxisted a state
of naval rivalry between Britain, the
United States and Japan.
"If this had been permitted to go
on," hc said, "it would have cost
Heaven only knows what, but more im
portant than that it could not have
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Outline of Naval Limitation
Agreement Is Made Public
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (By The As-,
sociated Press).?The five-power naval
limitation treaty, which will explicitly
delinc tho agreemcnts reached by the
Washington conference, is nearing
completion and soon will be ready for
presentation to each of the signatory
powers for approval. When approved
it will be submitted to a special plen?
ary session of the conference for
public adoption.
In its present form the covenant
comprises a numbcr of sections, each
treating with one. aspect of the naval
question as it has come before the
conference. It is undcrstood they in
clude the following:
1 ta). Agreement for scrapping capi
tal ships, detailing time periods withm
which vessela must be rendcred untit
for war service.
(b) Agreement for eventual limita?
tion of capital ship fieets under 5-5-3
1.66-1.66 ratio.
(c) Agreement for limitation of in
dividual capital ships in size and guns.
(d) Agreement on standard interna
tional unit for measurement of ton
nage. Attachcd will be a replacemcnt
chart setting forth dates of replace
ment and dates of commissioning of
new ships.
8. (A) Agreement for limitation ol
individual aircraft carriers in size and
guns.
(B)Agreement for limitation of in?
dividual auxiliary craft in size ana
guns.
3. Rulos for use by aircraft of tor
pedo tubes.
4. Regulations fixing the status of
merchant vessels in war time and cov
ering their possiblo conversion into
armed cruisers.
5. Regulations covering building in
private yarda of algnatory powera, both
on their soil and by their nationals
abroad, of warships destined for other
powers either of those signlng the
treaty or the non-signatory powers.
6?Regulations for the use of sub
marines.
7?Regulations broadly deftning con
duct of signatory powers in caae of
future wars, and especially in casea of
wars with non-signatory powers.
8?Regulations defining the exact
status of "refitting" a capital ship;
whether installation of new and later
guns will be permitted, for instance,
or whether old guns may be rebored.
9?Agreement as to Pacific fortifica
tiona.
DRIXK POI.AND WATEB.
KoChlDf promotes beilth llkt purt w?Ur.?Adrt.
Crisis in Irish Debate
Due To-day; De Valera
Offers His Own Treaty
Text ofDe Valera's Proposed
Alternative for Irish Treaty
DUBL1N, Jan. ', (By The Assooutted Pre8s).?Th<t most iwportanl
provmonsof Eamon Hc Valcra's peaoe proposals, c a subslitvcte for the
Anglo-Irwh treaty, follow:
That the Jepjislative, cxecutive and
.iudicial authority of Ireiand shall ba
derived solely from the pcoplo of Ire?
iand.
I hat, for the nurposn of common
concem Ireiand shall be assoriated
with the status of the British com?
monwealth-- namely, Ihe Kingdom of
Great Britain, tho l)ominion of Can
nda, the Commonwealth of Australia,
the Dominion of New Zealand and th?
I'nion of South Africa.
That when acting as an associate
the rights, status and privileges of
Ireiand shall in no respect be lcss
than thoso enjoyed by any other com
ponent states of the British common
wcalth.
Common Actlon in Defense
That the matters of common con?
cem shall includo defense, peace, war,
politicBl treaties and all matters now
treated as of common concern aniong
.the Btates of the British common
wealth, and that in theso matters
there shall be between Ireiand and the
states of thc British commonwealth
such concerted action foundeH on con
sultation as the several governments
may detennine.
That in virtue of this association of
Ireiand with Ihe states oT the British
commonwealth the citizens of Ire?
iand in any of these states shall not
be subject to any disabilitics which a
citizen of tho componciit. slates of the
British commonwealth would not ho
subject to, and reciprocity for the
citizens of these states in Ireiand.
That for the purpose3 of the asso
eiatlon Ireland shall recognize His
Britannic Majesty as head of the
asaociation.
That so far as h<-r rcsources per
mit Ireiand shall provide for her own
defnnsp by sea, land ?nd air, shall
repel by force any attempt by n for
eign power to violate tho integrity of
her soil or territorial watera, or to
use them for any purpose hostile to
Great Britain and the other nsso
ciatcd states.
Share in British Debt
The document sets forth in detnil, in
aomewhat similar terms to the Down
ing Street treaty, the particulars re
garding coastal dofcnse, with a liat
of harbor facilMios and an agree?
ment to build no submarines except.
by the conaent of the British common
wealth of states, make a convention
for the regulation of civil coinmunica
tiert by air, assume an arbitrated
share of the British debt and war
pensions, agree to endow no religion
and arrange for the election of a
provisional government and for ratl
fication,
An annex names Dorchaven, Queens
ftrvvn, Belfast and Lough Swilly as
harbors remaining in British care,
with facilities for coastal defensa
by nir.
A resolution added to the document
expresses willingncss to grant the
northeast si\ counties privilegea and
safeguards "not less substantial lhan
those provided for" in the document
signcd at, London on Deeemher 6.
Japan andChina
Resume Parlevi
Over Shantung I
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Tokio Invites Negotiations,
Which May End in Agree
ment To-day; Loan Offer
Turned Down by Pekhigj
By Thomas Steep
WASHINGTON, .Tan. 4. ? Ilope of a
settlement of the Shautung controversy '
was revived to-night when the Japa
nese delegates, on the rcceipt of fresh |
instructions from Tokio, induced thc
Chinese delegates to resume the direct
negotiatioi)3 suspended on December
20. As soon as John Van A. MacMur
ray, chief of the Far East division of
thc State Department, who is the
Amc-rican "observer" in the negotia
tions, scnt word that the Japanese
delegates desired a resumption of the
parley, the Chinese delegates hurricd
to the Pan-American Building, where a
conferencc that lastcd two hours was
held.
When the gathering adjourned until
to-morrow the Chinese delegates an
nounced that there was no chanfre in
thc situation. Thc fact, however, that
Masanao Hanihara, the Japanese Vicc
Foreign Minister, disregarded Japan'a
former offer and confirmed the discus
sion to two offers made by China for
the restoration of Shantung to her ter
ritorial hegemony, was regarded by the
Chinese delegation as promising. The
belief prevails that Japan is preparing
to yield, but is striving to obtain a
bargain most advantageous to herself.
May Solve Problem To-day
To-night's communiquc hints that to
morrow's discussion is to bc final. It I
says:
"The Japanese delegation, having re
ceived instructions from Tokio on the !
subject of the Shantung Railway, the ;
Chinese-Japanese conversations rclat
ing to the Shantung question were re
sumed at 5 p. m., Wednesday, January j
4, 1922, in the Governing Board Room j
of the Pan-American Union Building. j
Thc meeting adjourned at 7 p. m. un-j
til to-morrow, when discussions will j
be completed." |
The discussion to-day was devoted to '
the railway running from Tsingtao, |
the port of the district of Kiaochau, to j
Tsinan, the capital, in the hcart of the j
province. Having surrendered all the ;
other rights she obtained in Shantung!
from Germany in 1914, Japan in3isted I
on retaining control of the railway, but [
China took the position that control >
of the railv/ay would givc Japan eco-!
nomic and cven political administra- j
tion of thc whole province, and that;
concessions made by Japan in other re
spects would thus be nullified.
?After the Japanese delegates set
aside their offer of December 20, pro
viding for a restoration of the railway
on payments extended over twenty
years, with an option of China's paying
cash at the end of ten years, the issue
resolved itself into what China's fmal j
offtr would be. The Chinese delegates i
then repeated China's former two of- j
fers. ' They said thc Chinese pcoplc j
would repudiate any settlement pro
viding for a Japanese g neral man
ager, a Japanese accountant and a Jap?
anese chief engineer on the railway
for any longer period than three years.
Accordingly Dr. Wang Chung-hui re
iterated that China would pay cash,
amounting to about $35,000,000, for the
Japanese property, or would pay in in
stallments over a period of ten years,
with an option to pay in full within
three years. Thc cash offer was re
Jected, as was also an offer to pay in
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British-French
Pact Is Debated
By Premiers
Preliminary to Allied Coun-J
cil Sessions To-morroiv,;
IJoyd George and Briand !
Renew Conversations'
CANNES, Jan. 4 (By The Associated
Press).?With the air full of talk of an
allianco betwcen France and Great
Britain as the only means of keeping
the Entente intact. Premier Briand and
Prime Minister Lloyd George to-day
resumed the conversations which wcre
begun some days ago in London.
"The conversations are continuing,"
was tho only comment tho French
Premier would make after a two-hours'
talk with Lloyd George this afternoon.
General rcticence is being observed
by the principals of the British dcksgii
tion on the eve of the opening of the
Allied Supreme Councll meeting rc- j
garding such an alliance.
Premier Briand said before going
to the British Prime Minister's villa j
this afternoon that it might be puttingj
it rather strongly to talk of a formal
alliance. Yet, he said, the policy of j
France all along had been to strengthen !
her ties with her war allies, since this
seemed essential to a scttlement of
European problems.
Members of both the French and
British delegations are agreed that the
situation is grave and that the Entente
powers must come closer together or
thcy will drift more widely apart.
Question of Concessions
The differencc of opinion appears
to center around tho question of who
ought to make the concessions neces
sary to bring about closer accord. The
atmosphere throughout the day was
generally pessimistic.
The train that brought Briand also
carried copies of the newspapers con
taining the French Premier's declara
tion regarding an alliance betwecn
France and England, quoting him as
saying it would be the best solution of
the European problem. In the absence
of official comment there has been
plenty of talk in and around the Brit?
ish delegation during the last few days
on this subject, and the British ap
peared to be convinccd on their arrival
here that the French policy was to
seek an effective alliance.
The fear was" expressed, however,
that the prospects of such an alliance
had been compromiscd by the effect on
British public opinion of France's po
sition on the submarine question.
Tho arrival of Lord Curzon, British
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who
came soon after Premier Briand, was
supposed in quai'ters close to the con?
ference to mean that, contrary to ex
pectations, tHe British objections to
the Angora treaty between France and
the Turkish Nationalista would be dis
cussed hero instead of being left for
discussion by the conference of for?
eign ministers in Paris.
Sessions Open To-Morrow
Spccial Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1922. New York Tribune Inc.
CANNES, France, Jan. 4.?Two hours
of scrious private conversation was
held here to-day by the British and
French Premiers as the first important
preliminary to the meeting of the
Allied Supreme Council, whose first
session* will be held on Friday. M.
Briand met Mr. Lloyd George at the
latter'a villa on a hillside overlooking
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President Says He Will
Call Lfp Amendment
for Adoption; Warns
Irish Against Betrayal
Slorm Breaks in
Dail Over a Vote
Collins and Griffith Assert
Paet Must Be Pul lo
Ballot Without Change
By Arlbur S. Draper
Kv-inl CaM* D'xpntrh fo Thi Tribuni
Uopyrlght, t?22. N>? Tnrii Tribune Tr ?
DUBLIN, Jan. 4, -The climax of
the long hiKtorir. dcbate over Ihe
Anglo-Trisb treaty will he. reachH in
Oail Eireann to-morrow. Kamon de
Valera served nntiro. to-day that I e
would introduce liin alternative peace
plan, known as "Document No. 2,"
as an amendment to the treaty to
morrow, and also issued n manifesto
to tho [rish people. appcaling to
Hiem not lo bo betrayed through !'? ?
settlement igr,ed in London. Tr ?
toxt of Iio Valera's alternative pro
posals later was made public.
A vnto 5a bound to be takm lo
morrow, and if should settle definite
!y the question <>f wbctlicr Irrland is
to hp a free state or sink back into a
period of uncertainty and unsettle
moiit worse, perhaps, than existed
before the truce was declared and
tho prolonged nejrotiation* start<"i.
It. was strikingly evident, to-day that
the Dail had rcached tho. breaking
point.
De Valera'a I'roclnmalion
De Valera's proclamation to-night
began:
"Fellow citizens, you are in danger.
Influences morc deadly to a nation
faced by an enemy than placuo in the
ranks oi! its array are at vvork amongst
you. The cry of 'peace, peace.' will not
bring you peace now any more than it
would a year ago, and those who shout
it will lead you not to peace but to an
other betrayal."
There follows a iierce attack on the
Irish press for its support or thc treaty
and an appeal to thc people not to be
misled by "innuendo and talk, quibbUs
and shauows."
In many respects it is the most sen
sational document ever signed by De
Valera and unlcss 1 misread thc sign^
the Irish people will interpret it as the
last word oi a beaten leader.
De Valera's alternative propo?al.
which was placed before tho Dail to
day. contains two striking differences
from the treaty.
First, he would have the legislative.
executive and judicial authority in Ire?
iand come solely from tbe people of
Ireiand, and consequently the country
would be free to establisb its own form
of government, though even he would
have it associated with the states or
the British commonwealth. This is
what is described a", "external associa
tion." u ? fc
No Mention or Oath
Second, tiiere is no mention of an
oath of any kind.
Otherwise De Valera's plan follows
the i:riv:; [aid down in the treaty for
the government of Ireiand.
Naturally all the. "diehard" repub
1 ? couid accept these propo3al?,
but there ,s not the slightest possi
bility of their acccptance by the Brit?
ish government. They save De Valera's
face and would permit him to ^-o down
with flag flying, but it is almost cer
tain that they have not the slightest
practical value at this stagc of the
situation.
The confusion in the Dail reached its
highest pitch in the last ten minutea
before adjournment this evrning. IV
Valera, pale, irritable and irascible.
had given notice that he would movc
to-morrow the adoption of his alterna?
tive proposal as an amendment to the
treaty. One of the speakers had criti
cized sharply De Valera's tactics in
America, and said he had given away
the Irish republic by his methods
there.
"If this is true," the Sinn Fein pres?
ident rctorted hotly, "I deserve im
peachment. I protest Hgainst the
charge and brand it as untrue. I defy
anybody, here or in America, to point
out where I have deviated one iota,
pvblicly or privatcly, from the ideals of
the republic."
To Michael Collins, leader of th?
Sinn Fein army, who frequently has
entered the lists with De Valera, the
republican president said: "I protest
against the insinuation that I have
given away anything."
Vote on Treaty First
Then the storm broke. Collins, Ar
thur Griffith, De Valera and a half
dozen deputies were on their feet at
the sanie time, with the Speaker rnak
ing little effort to preserve order.
Collins said a vote must be taken on
the treaty first, and Griffith said unani
mous consent of thc Dail must be ob
tained before any change could be made
in thc order of the day, holding that
"Document No. 2" had been so altered
that it did not correspond with the
measure on the agenda.
"You are quibbling, Minister o?
Finance, quibbling!" De Valera shout
ed, and several deputies raised noints
of order amid much confusion. Finally
the Speaker ruled that it would be in
order to move an amendment to the
Griffith resolution introducing the
treaty, but not to the treaty itself.
There the matter ended for the day,
but it was perfectly apparent that th?
hottest fight of all would come to
morrow. The Dail is split so wide that
there is no longer the slightest possi
bility of rcstoring harmony. Tnirty
flve membera have spoken in favor 'of
the treaty and thirty-four against thus
far, and these. figureg are fairly indic
(