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ONA REPUBLICAN
WEATHER FORECAST
Arizona: Fair Saturday and Sun
day; no decided change In temper
ature. Colorado: Generally fair Saturday;
somewhat warmer north central and
extreme northeast portions; Sunday
prohahly fair
COTT-N FUTURES '
NEW TOPK, Nov. 25 Cotton fu
tures closed steady: December. 18.00;
January. 17.90; March, 17.87; May,
17.55; July. 17.07.
INDEPENDENT PROGRESS.VE JOURNAL
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1921.
12 PAGES
THIRTY-SECOND YEAR
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VOL. XXXII, NO. 213
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
TOKIO, Nov. 25. Crown Prince
Hirohito has been designated regent
of Japan. An Imperial rescript mak
ing the announcement was issued by
Emperor Toahihito yesterday af ter-,-jioon.
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It said: - .-V'-'--; '':Z'.-'
"We are unable to attend In per
son to the affairs of state, on ac
count of protracted Illness, and ac
cordingly appoint Crown Prince Hl
rohito regent .Kb. the approval of
the council of princes, the imperial
family and the privy councillors.'
- It bears the imperial signature and
that of the crown prince and Is
signed, also, by Baron Makino, min
ister of the imperial hoxjhoid;
Premier Tawahashi and the cabinet
ministers.
Simultaneously a bulletin was is
sued statins' that the emperor's
mental condition was such as to pre
clude his further attention t state
duties, traceable to an affliction of
his Infancy. It added that there was
no serious development in his physi
cal condition.-
According to Dr. Ikebe. chief phy
sician to Emperor Yoshihito, his con
dition has changed little since last
October. Eestralnt of speech and
nervous debility are declared bv ths
physician to be his chief ailments. . !
The emperor continues the eccen
tricities which have marked, his con
dition but Dr. Ikebe reports they are
not so frequently as formerly. He
requires assistance only in mounting
stairs. His appetite does not show
signs of serious decline. While there
is ne prospect of prompt recovery,
there is no reason to look for an
, aggravation of his condition In the
near future. ,
I The emperor and empress, it Is
stated, will pass the winter at Ha
yama, removing ' to the Aoyama
Palace in Tokio in the spring.
Changes in the makeun of the im
perial household, including the re
tirement of Prince Yamagata from
his position as chief of the privy
council, are expected by the news
papers.
"WASHINGTON. Nor. 23. Official
announcement of the appointment of
the crown prince of Japan to the re
gency was received today bv the
Japanese . delegation to the Wash
ington conference from the minister
of foreign affairs at Tokio.
In making the announcement.
Prince Tokugawa, who is president
of the house of peers, as well as a
delegate to the conference, said the
change in the imperial court would
not, in his opinion, affect in any way
Japan's policy at the conference, nor
would it have any effect upon the
eeneral nolicv of Japan as a state.
He exnlained the regency had been
established because of the Illness of
the emperor and that it had actually
been carried out with the full assent
of the emperor upon the advice of
the privy council and the cabinet.
Modern Japan, he added, had never
seen a regency, but in olden times,
long before the promulgation of the
constitution, the system of regency
had occasionally been resorted to.
ARMS CONFERENCE AGREES TO
GRADUAL ABOLITION OF EXTRA
CHINESE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2& Gradual
abolition of the extra territorial rights
In China was agreed to "in principle"
today by the arms conference and
an exhaustive, examination of the Chi
nese judicial system was decided on
to determine now rapidly the change
can be accomplished.
Sitting es a committee of the whole
the delegates virtually decided in ex
ecutive session to put the investiga
tion into the hands of an internation
al commission of jurists who would
visit in China next year and report
direct tj the governments concerned
as to the ability of the Chinese au
thorities to take over the full ad
ministration ot lustice now exercised
In large part by foreign tribunals un
der the extr territorial privilege.
The step to be consummated to
morrow by the adoption of a formal
declaration oi policy and an author
ization for tne investigating commit
tee was regarded as virtually com
pleting the work of the conference re
lating to etxra territoriality. The
framing o; the resolution was left
to the sub-committee headed by Sen
ator Lodge of the American delega
tion, with instructions to report at
tomorrow's meeting.
turine todav's session the commit'
tt-e also gave seme consideration to
tin; question of postal autonomy for
China, but no decision had been
2eachen at rejournment. The argu
ment - China of the subject was
ILLNESS
Japanese People
Pray For Success
Of Arms Meeting
:' . Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. 'The
Japanese people pray for the success
of -the conference for the sake of
humanity and civilization," Represen
tative Kotaro Mochizuki, leader of the
Japanese opposition party on diplo
matic matters, wrote President Hard
ing in the course of a letter discuss
ing the conference on armament limi
tation. Mr. Mochizuki, who is in Washing
ton as an observer for his party,
made public a copy of his letter,
which say 3 in part: .
"As a member of the Japanese par
liament may I express to you my
hearty appreciation of your noble
ideals which have prompted you to
call the armament conference in your
national capital. . . ." Having rep
resented my constituents in the diet
for more than two decades, I have
keenly felt the necessity of preserv
ing the friendly relations between our
two countries. I can assure you, Mr.
President, that the people and gov
ernment of Japan want peace and
friendship with your great republic.
In order to foster permanently good
relations we must be candid and just
to each other. We must by mutual
agreement arrive at an understand
ing to limit armaments."
ALLEGED FORGER
ARRESTED AFTER
BEING DEPORTED
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NOG ALES, Ariz., Nov. 25 Hughes
Newell, who was arrested here today
after he had been deported from
Mexico and who is being held await
ing the arrival of officers from Oak
land, Calif., tonight issued a state
ment in which he blamed another
man for his difficulties. Newell is
alleged to have forged the names
of Attorney General Palmer and Sen
ator Miles Poindexter of Washing
ton, to important documents.
Newell, In the statement Issued
tonight, said that he was discharged
from the 143rd United States field
artillery after having served a short
time in France. Then, he said, he
become president and general man
ager of the New Ellen Potash and
(Continued on Page 2)
ACROSS R
TERRITORIAL RIGHTS
presented by Dr. Sze, the Chinese
minister here, who declared the ex
istence of foreign postal systems lit
China was wholly without sanction
in international law, and whose ad
dress was marked by several expres
sions of general approval from the
other delegations.'
Despite the cross-currents of opin
ion that have been manifest outside
the committee room, the meeting was
declared to have been characterized
by the greatest show of friendly feel
ing, and general satisfaction was ex
pressed by the delegates at the at
mosphere of the negotiations. For the
American delegation, it was declared
that nothing but the friendliest feel
ing had shown itself at the commit
tee table and that whatever clashes
of opinions may have occurred were
confined to individual conversations
among groups ot delegates.
Alter the meeting some members
of the Chinese delegations gave dif
ferent version- of what their atti
tude would be if Great Britain were
to insist on what has been represent
ed to be her vk'V of the four prin
ciples laid down in the Root resolu
tion. While soma Chinese members last
night had expressed the opinion that
they could do nothing but withdraw
from the conference if Great Britain's
reported view prevailed, Dr.. Chung
(Continued on page 2)
SITU FE GIVES
$2510 AS ITS
SHARETOILB
CA1IECREEKDI
First Contribution Toward
Flood Control Comes
From Railroad Believe
-Full $370,000 Assured
The first contribution to the Cave
Creek flood control to come from a
corporation not a member of the
board of governors was made yes
lerday when Louis H. Chalmers, rep
resenting the Santa Fe Kailway com
pany, notified C. C. Cragin, member
of the financial committee, that his
nrincinals had authorized him to an
nounce that the sum of $25,000 had
been appropriated for the Cave Creek
dam. Accompanying the announce
ment was the notification that the
appropriation was not qualified in
any manner with the exception of the
provision that as the company was
not a member of the board of gov
ernors it desired to be relieved of any
responsibility in the construction of
the dam.
This contribution, coming as it does
without special .qualification and in a
gratifying amount, is looked upon as
the beginning of the completion oi
the Cave Creek fund. With tne An
zona Eastern, the Standard Oil com
itany. the Union Oil company, the
Gillespie Oil company, the Rio Grande
Oil company and Ureenwooa ceme
tery assisting in the fund, it is be
lieved that a total of about $370,000
in assured for the work.
The appropriations to be made fcy
the foregoing interests will De iortn
coming. it is believed, without delay,
especially since assurances from some
nf them of the certainty of their con
tributions have been made to the
board of governors. The completion
of the fund is looked upon as the most
important step in the Cave Creek
nroler.t after the selection of a super
vising engineer, which step has been
taken in the unanimous vote of the
board of governors of James B.
Girand, and the steps which remain
to be taken are only those which are
rendered necessary by the legal and
other technicalities which must be
disposed ot in any public project.
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Convicted Clerk Of
Nogcles Defendant
In Four Civil Suits
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
XOGALES. Ariz., Nov. 25. W. II
Smith, former city clerk here who
was convicted in the superior court
here la'st Saturday of embezzlement,
today was made defendant in four
civil suits. Three of the suits were
filed bv the Halstead Lumber com-
nany of Phoenix, while the fourth
wan filed bv Joe Wise of Nogales,
All are for the collection of debts.
Smith is alleged to owe.
Thn suits filed by the lumber com
pany were tried in the superior court
here this afternoon and judgment
rendered in favor of the company.
Th suit filed bv Wise will be heard
Monday before Judge S. L. Pattee of
Tucson.
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National Grange Wil
Study Production And
Distribution Methods
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2o A na
tlon wide study of competitive meth
ods in production and distribution
will be undertaken by the National
grange this year us a result of ap
proval of the plan today at the na
tional convention or tne grange.
special committee will get in touch
with co-operative organizations in
each state.
Incident to a discussion of the
Cummins-Esch law, the convention
went on record as opposed to any
guarantee features, such as dividends
for the railroads.
A pay-as-you-go policy for all pub
lic expenditures was recommended.
The grange disapproved of the gen
eral bonding system.
Woman Educator Says
America Is Careless
With Use Of English
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CHICAGO. Nov. 25 The English
language is afflicted with "stylistic
pedestianism," Miss Helen Sard
Hughes of Wellesley college assert
ed in an address today at the eleventh
annual meeting of the National Coun
cil of Teachers of English, in ses
sion here.
'We are haphazard, prosaic and
dull in the choice of words, in the
organization of our thoughts and the
construction o those thoughts in the
form of English," she aserted. "We
care little as long as we are not mis
understood."
o
Former Turk Minister
Of Marine Is Killed
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 25 An
unconfirmed leport ha3 reached here
that Djema'. Pasha, former minister
of marine who ordered the massacres
in Syria during the war when he was
commander of the Turkish forces, has
been assassinated at Kabul, capital of
Afghanistan.
LYNCH ARKANSAS NEGRO
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Nov. 25
According to information received by
the Arkansas Gazette here tonight.
Robert Hicks a nesro about 25 years
old was lynched Wednesday beside
the public highway, four miles south
east of Lak Village because of a
note lie wrote to a younj white
woman.
Yankee Soldiers
Leave Rhineland
Occupation Area
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
COBLENZ, Nov. 6 Reduction in
the American expeditionary force
along the Rhine began today when
11 officers and 600 enlisted men left
here on a special train for Antwerp
to sail tomorrow for home on the
transport Cantigny. They are due to
reach Hoboken about Dee. 7.
In addition to the soldiers, there
were thre nurses, 15 former service
men and S2 wives of soldiers who
were three nurses, 15 former service
of 40 of the men. eight of whom car
ried babies, traveled in two army
hospital cars which saw service in
France.
A great crowd witnessed the de
parture of the soldiers, who are tra
veling as overseas casual detachment
No. 36.' Most of the men come from
the Fifth and Fiftieth infantry regi
ments. Their enlistments expire
within a, few months.
In addition to the thousands of
soldiers 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
homeland across the Atlantic.
PHYSICIAN SAYS
1SS RAPPE IS
AT
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25. Tes
timony that Virginia Rappe, whose
death is toe basis of a manslaughter
cnarge agmnsi j.oscoe . r any )
Arbuckle, "was intoxicated and did
not remember what happened to her,'
according to her own statement, was
given in Arbuckle t trial today. The
witness who gave this evidence was
Dr. M. E. Rumwell, who Iirst treated
Miss Rappe after the party in Ar
buckle's rooms at the Hotel St. Fran
cis at which the prosecution charges
Arbuckle injured her.
Over the protest of the prosecution
Dr. Rumwell was permitted to read
history of the bladder injury which
resulted in Miss Rappe's death, as ob
tained from her and from his own ob
servation, but a second statement
going more exhaustively into the
cause of the injury was ruled out. He
wag not cross-examined.
The defense armounced that It
placed great emphasi3 on Dr. Rum
well's statement. The doctor is
awaiting trial on a charge, of per
forming an unofficial autopsy on
Miss Rappe.
Miss Irene Morgan, a Pasadena
trained nurse, testified that on at
least five occasions she treated Miss
Rappe for bladder trouble and that
on each of these Miss Rappe tore at
her clothing and cried out as she is
said to have done after the Arbuckle
party.
The defense finished putting In ex
pert medical testimony today. Dr.
George Franklin Shiels, who testified
as an alienist in the first trial of
Harry K. Thaw, illustrated on a black
board how bladder injuries might be
caused by hysteria or alcoholism.
Doctors Lloyd Bryan and Fred H.
Zumwalt testified that bladder rup
tures may, under certain conditions,
be purely spontaneous in character.
The crowds at the trial were ro
great today that the defendant and
counsel had considerable difficulty in
reaching their places.
Poth Gavin McNab, chief counsel,
and District Attorney Matthew Brady
had to elbow their way through the
throng, with the aid of the police, to
reach their seats In time. Arbuckle
used his big bulk effectively but good
naturedly in forcing an entrance into
the courtroom.
Among spectators today was Mrs.
Bambina Maude Delmont, who
hrmiEht the charge of murder against
Arbuckle, which later was reduced to
the charge now being trlea. tne sat
rinse to Mrs. Minta Durfee Arbuckle.
wife of the defendant, but. as far as
could be seen, tne women am noi
glance at each other.
Arbuckle apparently was unmoved
by the evidence despite the general
interest in the statements made hy
Dr. Rumwell and Miss Morgan. He
appeared more cheerful during the
recess periods than he has been for
some time past.
Miss Jennie Neighbors told of hav
ing met Miss Rappe at a summer re
sort near Los Angeles and of having
ministered to her, at the girl's re
quest, for what seemed to be ab
dominal pains.
INTOXICATED
mum t
dSabe Usted Espanol?
A KNOWLEDGE of
the language
spoken by our south
ern neighbors is one
way of cementing
friendly relations
with them. You can
learn this and also get
other valuable help by
seeing the firms and
professions listed in
the Republican Busi
ness Directory.
When You're Looking for Anything
Refer to The Arizona Republican's
Classified Business Directory
SINN FEIN ILL
NOT CONSENT TO
01 ALLEGIANCE
TO RING GEORGE
Virtual Breakdown of Irish
Negotiations Follows De
mand of Sinn Fein For
Recognition As State
Republican A. P. Leased WIrel
LONDON, Nov. 25. What is feared
tq be the last scene in the effort to
bring peace to Ireland was enacted
today when Prime Minister Lloyd
George and Sir James Craig met in
the former's official residence in
Downing street, where the imperial
premier told the head of the northern
government that Sinn Fein Ireland
had not consented to s allegiance
to the king, a pre-requis to Ulster's
agreement to enter an all-Ireland
parliament.
The Sinn Fein delegates are con
suiting with members of the cabinet
in Dublin on the crisis thus brought
about, while Sir James packed his
bag and returned to Belfast, where
he will report to his parliament next
Tuesday and possibly disclose the
cause of the virtual breakdown of
Irish negotiations. The official cor
respondence that has passed between
the various delegations also may be
published at the same tune in Lon
don.
Week-end efforts, meanwhile, will
be made by peacemakers in an at
tempt to persuade tne fc-inn ein to
modify its attitude on the question
of allegiance to the king. The Dail
EIreann members have taken the
oath of alleciance to the Irish re
public, and thus far they have refused
to substitute for it recognition, with
in Ireland, of King George. The
furthest concessions from the Sinn
Fein has been their willingness to
recognize the king as the formal
president of the community of free
nations which Ireland might choose
voluntarily to join, but even this was
not definitely promised.
Lord Chancellor Birkenhead and
Attorney General Hewart, law of
ficers of the crown, have ransacked
the constitutions of all the British
dominions to find any precedent for
the only kind of relationship with
the British crown that Sinn Fein will
consider, but nothing can be found
and the Evening News, the first Lon
don newspaper to indicate the real
cause of the crisis, suggests that the
relations of Bavaria with Prussia in
the German empire might furnish
such a precedent.
But Mr. Lloyd George, It Is under
stood, would not admit of any ar
rangement which would leave Ire
land's allegiance to the crown In any
doubt, and the government would
support Ulster in refusing any asso
ciation which would weaken its
British citizenship.
The only prospect for peace now is
said to rest on Sinn Fein's conceding
allegiance to the crown and the in
fluence of the advocates of modera
tion has been invoked in a final ef
fort to change its position. The
question Is being put as to whether
the point involved is worth renewea
warfare, for a breakdown of the
negotiations on that issue, it is be
lieved. would be followed, either be
fore or after the general election, by
the handing over of Ireland to miu
tary rule and the displacement of the
civilian officials in Dublin Castle to
whose influence is attributed the pre
vlous failure of military measures.
All along the Sinn Fein delegates
have held the belief that no matter
what the result of the negotiations
might be the .British public would
oppose the employment of the mm
tary; and in this they have the sup
port of former Premier Asquith, who
at a meeting of the Liberal Federa
ti n today said the Liberal party had
not receded from any pledge given
against the forcible coercion of the
Ulster minority.
At the same time he asked all Lib
erals to assent to the proposition
that it was equally true that they
were not going to be parties, at the
instance or for the sake of a corner
of Ulster, to coercion of the great
mass of Irish people.
Disorders In Belfast
Quieted By Military
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
BELFAST, Nov. 25. Disorders
which have held Belfast inhabitants
in terror for nearly a week and re
suited in at least 27 deaths appeared
to have subsided with the arrival a
noon today of military reinforce
ments from Dublin.
SPANISH LESSONS
PROF. TORRES. Spanish teacher,
using Living Method. 1022 K. Polk.
ANNUAL
S
S
Briand Declares
Curzon Mistaken
In French Plans
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Nov. 25 Premier
Briand of France took sharp issue
with Lord Curzon, the British foreign
minister today, on that part of the
latter's speech in London yesterday
in which he intimated France had
'stolen a march" on her allies by en
tering into a separate agreement with
the Turkish Nationalist government.
The agreement was . drafted and
signed in London, after France bad
given notice to her allies that she
intended to effect "a special agree
ment for the settlement of our pri
vate affairs," M.- Briand asserted in
a statement 'issued Just before he
sailed for Franae on the steamship
Paris.
The statement in part follows:
First, it is not a treaty, it is an
agreement between the Angoran
government and us for the settle
ment of special questions concerning
the frontier of Syria and Oincftia, the
exchange of prisoners and the cessa
tion of hostilities which since the war
has cost France several thousand
killed and which compelled us to
keep in these distant regions an ar
my of 70,000 men. It was an intoler
able burden for which the parliament
would no longer assume responsibil
ity and lam surprised that we should
be reproached in the very moment
that we are asked to reduce oj
standing army for an agreement
which has as a result the prevention
of new bloodshed and which permits
us to reduce by half our army la the
Orient,'
SURGEON FINDS
Hit OF MISERY
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Misery so
poignant and so widespread greeted
Dr. Adolph Lorenz. famous Austrian
Orthopedic surgeon on the steps and
In the halls of the hospital for Joint
diseases today that he slid he had
almost decided to de-ote the remain
der of his days to alleviating the suf
freings of America's cripples.
Dr. Lorenz said at the end of his
first "gratitude clinic, that never in
all his career, had he been affected
as he was by the sight of hundreds
of maimed, distorted humans, clam
oring for his aid. And never, be
added, had he seen a land so sorely
in need of relief from spinal and
other troubles super-induced by in
fantile paralysis.
His observations so far. he de
clared, led him to believe that there
were "ten or fifteen times as many"
such sufferers irl the United States
as in any other country in the world.
He was appalled,. he said, at what he
had found since coming here to try
to repay tome part of America's
bounty to starving Austrian child-en.
Whether he will accept a twenty-
room hospital in Brooklyn, which M.
G. Collins, an oil man, h-ts offered to
equip and to endow with the pro
ceeds of a sioo.uuu fund or win ac
cept an invitation to become consult
ing surgeon at the hospital for Joint
diseases is yet to be decided.
The question of when he will make
a proposed tour of other cities also
is undetermined.
So many cripples are clamoring for
his aid here that Dr. Lorenz is un
v.illing to- leave. Dr. Weyman, his as
sistant, said.
That it will be impossible for the
noted surgeon to give more than a
fleeting examination to many of his
patients was emphasized at today's
clinic.
After working like mad for more
than five hours. Dr. Lorens had seen
125 cripples scarcely one-tenth of
the supplicants for aid who crowded
the hospital and the streets outside,
coming on crutches, in wheel chairs,
n r, .1 in n 1 1 1 OmobileS.
During those busy fi-e hours, he
said, afterwards, he had advised
enough operations to keep one sur
geon busy for six months. Police
reserves had to be called to handle
the eager, hopeful crowds outside,
while nurses and internes were kept
busy within, maintaining some semb
lance of order among those who had
gained admittance.
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Marshal Foch Hailed
As Conquering Hero
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 25 Mar
shal Foch entered the northwest to
night acclaimed on every hand as a
conquering hero.
Enroute to th. Pacific const he and
his party arrived in St. Paul at 7:30
p.m.. for a strenuous 24 hour visit
in this city and Minneapolis.
The ovation accorded him was con
tinual Irom the time he entered Min
nesota from Iowa, until he retired
to his hotel late tot ight.
FORM NEW AUSTRIA CABINET
BUDAPEST. Nov. 25 Admiral
Horthy, the recent, today requested
fount Stefan Hcthlon. who tendered
INFOR
OME CO
FAIR AUSTRIAN
the resignation of his cabinet last : streneth of existing r.aval force in
week ti. fui'ni a new ministry. Count j providing for the immediate red.ic
Itethlcn acccfitd and began his task, ijon proposed. It is on this point
this afternton. Ho will continue that the experts are comparing data
meeting party leaders tomorrow. i and seeking to reach agreement.
MEETING
OF
MALLY SUGGEST
NFERE
NCE DELEGAT
RESULTS OF PRESENT ASSEMBLY MAY
BE SUBMITTED TO GERMANY AND
RUSSIA AS FIRST STEP FOR WORLD
WIDE RECOGNITION
Republican A. P. Leased Wire J
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25 A con
tinuing series of international con
ferences, whose fruition may be an
"Association of Nations." has been
suggested informally by President
Harding to some of the arms dele
gates; and has met with their general
approval.
The suggestion has by no means
reached the point of a definite pro
posal for such an association, but it
was revealed tonight that the presi
dent's personal conversations with
foreign spokesmen on the subject had
greatly Increased his hope for a new
day in international relationship as a
result of the Washington conference.
It was indicated further that as a
first step toward world-wide recog
nition for the conference plan the re
sults of the negotiations here might
be submitted for approval not only to
the participating nations but to those
not represented here, Including Ger
many and Russia.
So far as the suggestions of Mr.
Harding have been made known they
contemplate a meeting of nations
about the council table once a year to
thresh out troublesome questions and
devise means for the preservation of
peace. It is said to be the hope of
the president that in the end all the
smaller governments will Join with
the great powers in whatever dis
cussions may concern them or the
world situation generally.
There is no indication that any
covenant or any constitution would
be proposed as the basis of the plan,
or that any elaborate international
machinery would be suggested to con
vey it into effect. The meetings
might be convened to consider special
subjects or merely to survey inter
national relationships and" Jock for
danger points in a general effort at
good understanding.
International Court
Whether an International court of
Justice might be one of the esults,
is a subject which the president Is
said to consider too nebulous for
present discussion, although he Is
known to regarl some such tribunal
as a logical part of the plan he has
advocated for an "association of na
tions." His opinions on the subject have
been expressed in several public ad
dresses during the past year, but he
never has made a detailed public
statement of the exact method by
which a court could be established.
In fact, in his preliminary consid
erations of the best means toward in
ternational co-operation, Mr. Harding
is said by his friends to have tried to
keep his proposals as free from de
tail as possible with the deliberate
purpose of reducing to a minimum
the probable causes of complication.
His intentun is declared to have been
to apply to the world situation in the
broadest sense the principle of a
"meeting of minds' as he employed it
in his pre-inauguration days at
Marlon.
So far as he Is willing- to go to
ward dispensing with detail, it is de
clared, that he is ready to let the re
sults of the present conference and
the plans for future meetings rest
merely on a "gentleman's agreement"
rather than a formal treaty.
Take Nations' Word
Some members of. the American
delegation in the conference are said
to favor the treaty method, and the
point Is yet to be decided: but it was
asserted in authoritative quarters to
night that so far as Mr. Harding is
UNITED STATES
FID NO REASON FOR RElflSION OF
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES OF POIERS
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25 Despite
supplemental estimates to support
Japanese claims for a higher naval
tonnage ratio than proposed by Sec
retary Hughes' naval limitation plan,
American naval experts, it was as
serted today on authority, find no
reason to revise their original esti
mate of the relative naval strength
of the three powers. That estimate,
so far as Japan is concerned, is re
flected in the "5-3-3 ratio" proposed
by the L'nited States, while Japan is
understood to claim that the ratio
should approximate 10-10-7.
Details of the Japanese naval ar
gument have been turned over to the
naval experts of the five powers con
sidering such questions for the infor
mation of the delegations. The naval
men will not get together again in
general conference, however, until
next week.
The Tokio data follows closely the
line of argument already presented
by the Japanese officers here, 1n
challenging the accuracy of the
American estimate of existing Japan
ese naval strength. In stating bis
propositi. Secretary Hughes named ns
one of tile general principles under
which it was worked out. the neces
sity of general adherence to relative
NATIONS
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TO
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concerned he would as soon have a
nation's word as its bona.
This position the president is said
to base upon a faith that the Wash
ington conference will help to put a
new fac upon international rela
tionships and arouse a new sense of
national honor. Agreements such
as the conference is expected to reach
are regarded by the chief executive
as touching closely national consid
eration of uprightness ami good will.
The hope of the president for a
continuation of conferences like the
prtsent one became known at a mo
ment when the arms delegated
reached a stage of their reliberations
strongly suggesting in itself that
further negotiations will be neces
sary to consummate the task begun,
here. Representatives of the nine
participating nations are said to have
virtually decided at their session to
day to send an International com
mission ot Jurists to investigate
China's Judicial system end report
next year to the various foreign of
fices, and discussions of other fea
tures of the Far Eastern situation
continued with a growing indication,
that some sort of intc.-national ma
chinery would be necessary to cari-y
out the results of the con! ere nee de
cisions. Continuing Commissions
- It also is becoming apparent that
the Washington conference will cot
be able to make final decisions on
some subjects relating to ormamenU,
rince subjects like tne rules of war
fare necessarily must bo given a
world-wide consideration before
there can be a revision to which the
powers will be willing to bind them
selves. A continuing commission on
air craft is regarded as another
probable outcome of the conference,
and it may be that after a limit has
been set on the submarine power of
the nations there may be a more per
manent body created to consider thst
suggestion that under-water warfare
be abolished altogether.
It was not indicated whether th
president has suggested even infor
mally to the foreign delegates the
advisability of inviting Germany and
other unrepresented nations to par
ticipate in the agreements reached
here, and none of the foreign spokes
mn would discuss the possibility. It
was recalled, however, that when
Belgium. Portugal and The Nether-'
lands were added to the invitation
list of the conference, the United
States first sought the approval of
the other powers, and an official of
one foreign delegation said tonight
that he presumed the same method
would be followed in regard to fur
ther invitations.
In the view of most delegates it
would not be necessary for all the
nations to send delegates to Wash
ington to participate in the final
agreements of the conference. Such
a proceeding might lead o consider
able delay, and it was generally pre
dicted that the final proposals of the
conference simply would be trans
mitted to the various foreign offices
for acceptahce or rejection.
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Harbor Constable At
Belfast Is Murdered
BELFAST, Nov. 25. Belfast was
quiet today until ' nightfall, when
Harbor Constable McHenry was shot
dead near the docks and shots were
fired into- a shop on Little Patrick
street, seriously wounding a man
and a woman. The man died later ia
a hospital.
NAVAL-EXPERTS
Most of their work is done through
exchange of documentary tabulations
and expositions of the situation.
The immediate desire of the Jap
anese delegation is understood to be
to provide for retention by Japan of
the new battleship Mutsu and one
other capital ship yet to be com
pleted. American naval opinion has been
strongly against any agreement
which would permit this without re
tention by the United States or a,
proportion equivalent in new ships
slated to be scrapped under the t
Hughes plan. No definite indication '
of the British attitude has bean -given,
but it has been pointed cst "
that if both the other powers were!
permitted to enlarge their retained
fleets, the British must, of necessity
build new craft to maintain their y
present preponderance. The British-
delegation is understood not to favor .
such a course.
The arguments of the Japanese exii;
pcrts as to Jaitan's right to more
capital t.hip tonnage in proportion to .
the other powers than Secretary i
Hughes plan provided for were basedJ
it is known, on a series of recapitu-'.'
lation of existing, building and pro-1
j.-cted Japanese tonnage. ViewedJ
from any of these angles, the Japan-'?
ese experts s-rgurd. the Japanese
navy came closer to standing at TjJ t
per cent of the American strcntii,J
than the 60 per cent provided for by ;
the Hughes plan. "
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