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JiUGHES
ON6GNAVY
HOLIDI iS
PROPOSED
n (Continued from First Pigs.)
building and two battleships launched.
(Note: Paragraph 1 Involves a re
Suction of fifteen new capital ships
ender construction, with a total ton
".age when completed of 619.000 tons.
Total amount of money already spent
"tin fifteen capital shipe-432.000,U00.)
3-The United tates to scrap all
,attleships up to but not including
-the Delaware and North Dakota.
t(Note-The number of old battle
ships scrapped under paragraph 2 in
jlfteen. Their total tonnage is 227,740
ons. The grand total of capItal ships
b he scrapped Is thirty, aggregating
:45,740 tons.)
Great Britai.,
2. Great Britain to stop further con
Struction on the four new floods.
(Note--Paragraph 3 involves a re
'duction of four new capital ships not
et laid down, but upon which money
bas been spent, with a total tonnage
'When completed of 172,000 tons.)
4. In addition to the four Hoods.
Llreat Britain to scrap her pre-dread
naughts, second-line battleships and
firsk-iAiu battles'aips up to. but not
Including, the King George V class
1(Note-Paragraph 4 involves the dis
position of nineteen capital ships, cer
_tain of which have already been
scrappod, with a tonnage reduction of
,,41,3?5 tuns. The grand total tonnage
,of ships scrapped under this agreetneii
ill be 583,375 tons)
Japan.
6. Japan to abandon her program of
ships not yet laid down, viz: The Kil.
Uwari, Nos. 7 and 8, buttleships. and
'Nos. 5, 6i, 7 and 8, battle cruisers.
" (Note-laragraph 5 does not involve
the stopping of construction on any
'hip upon which conistructiOl has
bvun.)
,_-Japan to scrap three batth
slps,. thlt Mttsu launched. the 'los.
,ail Kaga, building; and four battle
cruisers; the Ainagi and Agagi build
Ing. and the Atago and Takao, not
jtet laid down, but for which certain
'materials has baen assembled.
. Note: Pnaagraph 6 involves a re.
duction of 7 capital ships under con
:btruction with a total tonnage when
-completed of 288,100 tons.
Must Scrap second Line Ships.
7-Japan to scrap all pre-drea
,yaughts and capital ships of the se
ond line. This to include the scrap
ping of all ships up to, but not in
cluding, the SettAu.
Note: - (Paragraph seven involvos
the scrapping of ten older ships with
a& total tonnage of 159,828 tons. The
.grand total reduction of tonnage on
vessels existing, laid down, or for
which material ham been assembled.
An 448,928 tons).
FRANCE AND ITALY.
8-Tn view o' certain extraordinary
gonditions due to the world war af
4ecting the existing strengths of the
lavies of France and Italy. the United
states does not consider necessary
lhe discussinn at this stage of the
tonnage allowance of these nations,
ut proposes it he reserved for the
,ter consideration of the conference.
OTHER NEW CONSTRUCTION.
--No other now capital ships shall
)e constructed during the period of
this agrei-lfme-nt except replacement
Zonnage. as provided hereinafter.
- 10-If the ternus of this proposal
are agreed to, then th.d United States,
-6rent Britain. and Japan agree that
2heir navies, three months after the
pking of this agreement. shill con
3lst of the following capital ships:
United Stites-Maryland. California,
2'ennessee. Idaho, Mississippi. New
texico, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Okla
oma, Nevada, Texas. New York,
rkansas, Wyoming, Utah, Florida,
'orth D~akotua, Delaware.
*Great liritain - lIoyal 8overeign,
Ioyal Oisk. Resolution. Rlamillies, Re
'ge, Queen Elizabeth, Warspite,
a4Tliant, R-trhnnm, Malaya, Benhow,
Emperor of Tndia, Iron Duke. Marl.
a4oroughkErin, King George V, Cen
Surion, Ajax, Hood, Renown. Repulse.
5giger.
SJapan-Nagata. Illuaga, lee, Yamas
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Address
Arms (
(Continued from First Page.)
be denied it. If uisunderstanding
must take the blame, then let us
banish it. and let understanding
rule and make good will regaamt
everywhw'.
Librty and Jusels.
All of us dempnd liberty and
justice. There cannot be one with
out the other, and they must be
held the unquestioned possession
of all peoples. Inherent rights are
of God. and the tragedies of the
world originate in their attempted
denial. The world today is in
fringing their enjoyment by arming
to defend or deny, when simple
sanity calls for their ition
through common understa ng,
Out of the cataclysm of the
world war came new fellowships.
new convictions, new aspirations.
It is ours to make the most of
them. A world staggering with
debt needs Its burden lifted.
Humanity which las been shocked
by wanton destruction would
minimize the agencies of that
destruction.
Contemplating tle measureless
cost of war and the continuimt
burden of armakmient. all thought
ful peoples wish for real limita
tion of armament and would like
war outlawed. In soberest me
flection the world's hundreds of
millions who pay in peaca und die
in, war wish their statesmen to
turn the expenditures for destruc
tion , into means of co~struction.
vinted at a higher etat for those
who live and follow after.
Harbor No Fears.
It is not alone that the world
can not readjust itself and cast
aside the excess burdens without
relief from the leaders of men.
War has grown progressively cruel
and more destructive from th~e
first recorded conflict to this
pregnant day, and the reverse
order would more become our
boasted civilization.
Gentlemen of the conference. the
('nited States welcomes you with
unselfish hands. We harbor n6
fears; we have no sordid ends to
serve: We suspect no 4nwny; we
contemplate or apprheiiid no con
quest. Contut with what we
live. we seek nothing which is
another's. We only wish to do
with you that finf-r, nobl, r -.hing
which no nation can do -aone.
We wish to sit with you at the
tabtle of international understanid
ing and good will. In good con
science we are eager to meet you
frankly, and invite and offer co
operation. The world demands a
sober contoutplution of the exist
ing order and the realization that
there can be no cure without sac
rifice, not bfy one of us, but by
all of us.
I do not mean surrendered rights.
shiro, Fu-So. Settsu, Kirishima, lar-1
una, Hiyel, Mongo.
Total-United States, 18; Great
Britain, 22; Japan, 10.
Total tonnage-United States. 500.
560; Great Britain, 604,450; Japan,
299,700.
Nations would he expected to fur
nish information concerning:
1-The names of the capital ships
to be replpeed by new construction.
2-The date of authorization of re
placement tonnage.
3-The dates of laying the keels of
replacement tonnage.
4-The displacement tonnage of
each new ship to be laid down.
5-The actual date of completion of
each new ship.
6-The fact and date of the scrap
ping of ships replaced.
(g)-No fabricated parts of capital
ships. inoluding parts of hulls, en
gines and ordnance, shall be con
structed previous to the date of au
thorization of replacement tonnage.
A list of such parts will he furnished
all powers party to this agreement.
(hi-In case of the loss or accidental
destruction of capital ships, they may
e replaced by new capital ship con
struction in corformity with the fore.
goIng rules.
1l-Capital ships shall be disposed
of In accordance with methods to be
agreed upon.
Replacements.
12-(a) The tonnage hasis for capital
ship replacement under this proposal
to be as follows:
UnIted 14tates, 500,000; Great Bit
ai,, 50O0,000 tons; Japatn, 300J,000 tons.
(h) Capital ships twenty years
fromt date of completion may be
replaced by new capital ship con
struction, but the keels of such new
construction shall not be laid until
the tonnage which It is to replace is
seventeen years of age from date
of completion. Provided, however,
that the first replacement tonnage
shbll not be laid down until ten
years from the date of the signing
of thIs agreement.
(c) The scrapping of capital ships
replaced by new construction shall
be undertaken not later than the date
of completion of the new construe
tion. andl shall be completed within
three months of the date of com
pletion of new construction; or if the
date of completion of new construc
tien be delayed, then within four
years of the laying of the keels of
such new construction.
No Ships of 35,000 Tons.
(dl No capital ships shall be laid
down during the term of this agree
ment whose tonnage displacement
exceeds 35.000 tons.
(e) The same rules for determin
ing tonnage of capital ships shall
apply to the ships of each of the
powers party to this agreement.
(f) IEach of the powers party to this
agreement agrees to inform promptly
nl of the other powers party to
this agreement.
Atailliary Combatant Craft.
13--Divided into three classes:
WQa AuxilIary surface comibatant
craft.
(b) Bubmiarinen.
"(c) Airplane carriers and aircraft.
"14-The term auxiliary surface com
batant craft includes cruisers (exclu
sive of hattie cruisers), flotilla leaders,
detroyers, and all other surface types
except those specifically exempted in
the following paragraph:
"15-EIxsting monitors, unarmored
surface craft as specifieri in paragraph
16, under 3,000 tons, fuel ships, suppl.V
shp., tenders, repair ships, tugs, mine
sweers i easels emadily onsast
C ARMS
sident's'
Opening
0 9
on ference
2 narrowed freedom. or denied
irations, or Ignored national
8eeelusa. Our re Ic woud
no more ask for t than it
would ve. No pride ned be
umtl no nationality submerged.
but I would have a nergence of
minds committing all of us to
less prqparation for war and nre
enjoyment of fortunate peace.
e higher hopes come of the
spirit of our coming together. It
Is but just to recognize vasing
needs and peculiar positions.
Nothing can be accomplished in
disregard of national apprehen
alone. Rather, we should act to
gether to rerpote the causes of
apprehensions. This is not to be
done in intrigue. Oreater assur
ane is found in the exchanges
of simple honesty and directnass,
among men resolved to accomplish
as becomes leaders among nations,
when elvilluation itself has come to
its crucial text.
Economic Reasons.
It Is not to be challenged that
government fait) when the excess
of its coat robs the- people of the
way to happiness and the oppor
tunity to achieve. If the finer sen
timents were not urging, the cold.
hard facts of excessive cost and the
eloquence of econonics would urge
us to reduce our armaments. If the
concept of a better order does not
appeal, then let us ponder the bur
den and the blight of continued com
petition.
It is not to be denied that the
world han swung along throughout
the ages without heeding this call
from the kindlier hearts of men.
Hiut the name world never before
wan so tragically brought to reali.
7ation of the utter futility of pos
ilon's away when reason sd con
seienee and fellowship point a
nobler way.
Free From Guile.
I can speak officially only for our
United States. Our hundred mil
lions frankly want less of armament
and none of war. Wholly free from
guile, sure in our own minds that
we harbor no unworthy designs, we
accredit the world with the same
good intent. No I welcome you,
not alone In good will and high pur
pone, but with high faith.
We are met for ai nor- i-e to man
kind. In all almplicity. in all hon.
esty end all huror, there may be
written here the avowals of a world
conscience refined by the consuming
fires of war, and made more sensl
tive by the anxious aftermath. I
hope for that understanding #hich
will emphanize the guarantees of
peace, and for commitments to less
hurdens and a better order which
will tranquilize the world. In such
an accomplishment there will he
added glory to your flags and ours,
and the rejoicing - of mankind will
make the transcending music of all
succeeding time.
ible from merchant vessels are ex
ampt from the terms of this agreement
"16-No new auxiliary combatant
eraft may be built exempt from this
agreement regarding limitation of
naval armaments that exceed 3.000
tons displacement and 15 knots speed.
aknd carry more than four-5 guns.
Total Tonnage Named.
"17-It is propned that the total
tonnage of cruisers, flotila leadern
and destroyern allowed each power
shall be as follows:
United States, 450.000 tons: Great
Britain, 450,000 tons; Japan,'270.000
tons.
"Provided, however that no power
party to this agreement whose total
tonnage in auxilary surface combat
ant craft on November 11. 1921. ex
veeds the prescribed tonnage shall be
required to scrap such cxeens ton
ange until replacements begin, at
which time the total tonnage of
auxiliary combatant craft for each na
tion shall be reduced to the prescribed
allowance as herein stated.
Limitation of new construction.
'18-All auxiliary surface comht
ant craft whose keels have been laid
down by November 11, 1921. may be
,-arried to completion.
'No new construction in nuxiliary
surface combatant craft except re
ilaceme~nt tonnage.
"19---Auxiliary surface combatanit
craft shall he scrapped in accordance
with methods to be agreed upon.
(B) Submarines.
"20-It is proposed that the total
tonnage of submarines allowed each
peowe~r shall be a. follows: United
States, 90,.000 tons: Glrjat Btritain, SO..
')e) tons: Japan, 54.000 tons.
"i'rovided, no party to this agree
nment whoste total tonnage in sub
naarines on November 11, 1921, ex.
'redse the preacribed tonnage shall be
equired to scrap such excees tonnage
uantil replacements begIn, when total
'4ubmnarino tonnage for each nation
hall be reduced to the prescribed ut
owance.
"2 1--ta) All submtarine keels laid
lown by November 1.1, 1921. may be
completed. No new subpiarine ton
uage except replacement tonnage shall
be laid down during the period ouf this
agreement except to bring tonnage to
allowance limits.
22-(Aircraft.)
"23-It is proposed that the total
-onnage of airplane carriers allowed
ach power shall be as follows: United
Atates, 80,000 tons; (Ireat Biritain, 80,.
t00 tons; Jlapan, 48.000 tons.
"Provided, no power party to thIs
agreement whose total tonnage in air
dlane carriers on November II, 1921,
'xceeds the prescribed tonnage shall
ce required to scrap such excess ton.
inge until replacements begin, at
which tUme the total tonnage of air.
>lane carriers for each nation shall be
Geduc-ed to the prescribed allowance
as herein stated."
Robbed Beside Police Station.
CHICAtJO, Nov. 12.--Five bandits
veterday held up a saloon next
dloor to a police station, where
thirty policemen were on duty, took
810,000 in diamonds and cash from
the occupants of the saloon, and a
revolver and star from William
Byrnes, a uniformed policeman.
Professor Dies at Came.
OREENVILLE, R. C., Nov. 12.
The Erkmine-Newherry football .game
yesterday was called off during the
third quarter on account of the
death of Prof. P'aul Orler. father
of the president of Er-skine College,
who dro.ped dead on the ide liaee
LIMITAT]
WrM Debt Bewsed 16
Ths by War, Harding
Tels Delegates
f -mmm news "sN".
Presidet adag in mi
the conference der lL a 1d
anaamnta today stresmi the
heavy fiancial hards" which war
sad warlike prepartons have
plW up"m the peopies oe the
World matioeal debt. are now
-earlY too times as much as at the
bestni% of the world war
ring all moneys at par
value, the aggregate national
debts of the world ireas from
$4A.000,OO0 in 1913 to appresi
mately ,000,000,000 . at the
present
The interest charges em these
national debt ut
$15,000,00.00 an T.
TRAFFICMIX-UP
MAYBEPROBED,
SENATORS SAY
(Continued from First Page.)
hourn' work managed to effect some
sort of a semblance of order.
Inspector Cross and Captain Head
ley are reported to haye had a word
Lattle in the midst of the Jam. be.
cause they differed on the method of
relieving the strain. The arguftent
was stopped when a prominent offi
cial told Captain Headley that he
seemed to be the only policeman pre
ont who had any idea of traffic.
Inadequate handling of traffic also
was reported this morning in front
of the lan-American Union building
Swhere the delegates to the armament
conferpnce met.
=everal persons called up the police
department protesting the fact that
the crowds were jammed back of a
solid phalanx of motor cars opposite
the building and were unable to see
the delegates when they arrived.
Senators Indignant.
Indignation over the War Depart.
ment H management of the Arlington
ceremonie. yesterday han risen to se
high a piitc'h among the Senators that
a CTorgressional investigation of the
whole affair is likely.
"I an o iau and so disgusted with
the way that affair was botched that
I can't trust myself to talk about it,'
was the way one Senator expressed
him feelings today. Others who were
caught in the traffic jam on Long
kridge were equally emphatic.
Several Senators got in touch with
the District Commilsioners today tc
ascertain why the police 9riangements
were so bad and others protested in
vigorous fashion to Secretary of War
Weeks. There i no doubt that Presi
dent Harding will be called upon to
mete out proper punishment to those
who were responsible for the unfortu
I nate traffic jam which marred Ar
mistice Day in Washington.
The mother of Senator Frederick
Hale of Maine became ill during the
progress of the ceremonies in thi
Arlington Amphiheaer. Through ex
cessive army red tape she was nol
permitted to get to her automNbile w
that she could ride home. The proffe
of one of the motors belonging to
President Harding's party was made
one used by the newspapermen. who
made the trip homeward on the run
ning board of the secret service car
Thin was only one of a score of inci
dents sharply reflecting upon the War
Department's management of the
affair.
Clashes at Arlington.
Several Senators stated today tha
the effect of the fiasco upon foreigt
delegations and visitors must have
been "one which no Washingtoniar
can contemplate with complacency.
The traffic collapse on long bridgi
was followed by further mismanage
ment and arbitrariness at the gatel
of the ceremonies. Former Premiei
Viviani. of the French delegation. hai
a long verbal fight with an arma
of fieer hefore he was allowed to ental
the amphitheater. Secretary of the
Interior Fall almost had to threatel
physical violence, before he could go
by thin samne lieutenant. A numbe.
of Senators and Congressmen wern
similarly treated.
Feeling on Capitol HIll runs so higi
that a resolution calling for an in,
quiry probably will be introduced Mon
day. Senator Wadsworth, chairman o
the Military Affairs Committee, woule
not commit himself regarding this
course of action today, but attemnptes
no defense of the army's managemens
yesterday. Friends of the army, now
ever, in both branches hope that Preel
dent Harding will intervene and prom
ise to reprimand those responsible bel
fore any Congressional probe geta
under way.
President Delayed.
President Harding and his part:
were caught in the jam also, and I
was only through strenuous efforts oi
the part of Inspector Grant, chief 0
detectives, and twelve headquarteri
detectives that he was able to reaod
the cemetery several minutes after b
was scheduled to arrive.
President Harding'. party were
first caught in the blockade jun
north of the Bureau of P~ngravini
and Printing. The detectivee clearet
the way so that the party went ovel
the terrace and rode along near the
wall of the building. When neai
the bathing beach another jam wai
encountered and the detectives lee
the way through the pras., leavini
the readway. When the party ar
rived on the bridg.' the detective
shoved car. right and left and tlie
President's prarty sigzagged acress
sometimes on the roadway and some
times on the foot path.
On the Virginia side the detective,
forced other machines off the road
way and into ditches until thea
reached the cemetery gates. The
Presidential party commended Inspec
tor Grant and his men today for theol
servic'es.
The gathering yesterday was the
first big aggair Major Gesford ha'
handled since he asnsened -lirector o
the poliee department, and there wa
muceh c'ritism today of the resulit. I
was said that if be bad detailed saf
fiAelee menosmim at the heid== af the
[ON PROI
JAN IS WELL
PREPARED FOR
.ARMS PARLEY
Nipponte Will Be meet Vitaly
Concerned Nation at Hoe-.
shoo Table.
Oy WREOTER K. NOLAN.
sbesieaim em s s. 0
Japan enters the arms cosference
today prepared.
The Japanm have bee at work
longer than any other delegation
to the end that they might be pre
ar. Every quest eaffecting
Japanee interests. in the 1dands or
on the minland et Asia, bas been
therougbly threshed out by a staff
at experts and teshnianl advisers
numbering store than 21.
The Japanese are perhaps more
interested in the definite agenda of
the conference. to be determined
probably today or Monday, more
than any other phase of the im
mediate gathering. The heads of
the Nipponese delegation have re
ea tedly stated that Japan is will.
g to discumn any issue that the
oonference may bring up. This has
be-n in contradiction of Japan's
original attitude upon receiving
President Harding's invitation to
attend a Pacific conference.
Jap Interest Seem Intense.
In Shantung privince problems,
the Island of Yap isue, the Question
of Pacific mandates., and the SI
berlan pussle are definitely given
places in the program of the confer
ence. Japan's Interest in the conference
will surmount in intensity the interebt
of any other powar. It in thought by
diplomatic observers in Washingen
th t if these grave issues are brought
u at the conference Japan will bring
all her batteries to bear to either pri
vent the issues being considered, or.
on the other hand, take the lead in the
discussion of them. That the Japa
nese delegates will try to guide tne
trend of discussion up6n Far Easto -n
matters is foreseen by observers ha.-e.
Japs View "Problem" as Settled.
On the four vital questions involv
Ing Japanese interests, the convening
of the parley in Memorial Hall today
finds Japan holding that the Shan
tung province problems should be
settled between China and Japan with
out foreign interference; that the
Yap issue was definitely settled by the
supreme tribunal at Paris: that the
question of Pacific mandates like
wise Is a sttled issuepand that the
Siberian puzzle In beyond the juriedic
tion of the Washington conference.
However. it is generally believed
that the statements of Ambassador
Shidehara. Prince Tokugawa. and
laron Admiral Tomasaburo Kato,
that Japan will not refuse to din
cuss any problem the conference
I may choose to bring up. will prove
a true prophecy, Japan. it is dis
cernible from the actions and state
ments of her delegates here. has no
desire to irritate the possM that
gather around the great horseshoe
table today.
CAPITAL MORE BEAUTIFUL
THAN PARIS. SAYS DELEGATE
"More beautiful even than Paris."
was the compliment paid to Washing
ton today by a member of the French
delegation.
He said that even during the peace
ennference he had never seen any
thing in the French capital equaling
the decorations and the night illum
inations.
He was particularly struck by the
ruby lights shining through clouds of
steam designed to represent fleecy
clouds on the pillars of the Arch of
Jewels.
HUNTER DIES OF FREEZING
AFTER RESCUE FROM WOODS
1I'TCA. N. Y.. Nov. 12.-His legs
froen to the knees as the result f
two days' exposure to the winter cold
deep in the woods north of Forest
port, Charles Turner. 47 years old. of
Fayette. died in a Utica hospital to,
day. Blood transfusion, resorted to
in' a desperate effort to save him life,
failed.
Turner had gene into the wooets
Tuesday to hunt and took the wrong
trail and became lost. He was foundl
inter by a hunter who also had lost
bin way.
STRIKE IN ROME ENDED
BY GOVERNMENT ORDER
-ROME. Nov. 12.-The general strike
which has cauer numerous conflicts
ibetween Commuanists and FaseittI,
resulting in death of five persons and
wounding of more than a hundred.
ended today in , mpliance with a
-Government preclimtion ordering
-resumption of work on all public
-utilities.
-Thousands of Fascisti who have
Ibeen in Rome foe more than a week,
returning to their home districts
today. In the latest clash, one Comn
muniat was killed and several others,
including two deputies, wounded.
Officials believed normal conditiofd
would prevail by tonight.
'PUPIt OF GARFIELD BURIED
.IN COFFIN HE MADE HIMSELF
L.OS ANGELES, Nov. 12.-After re
posing in a barn for seven yesrin, a
white cedar coffin, which was fash
ioned by his own hands and shown to
many of his friends who visited him
in his declining years. was used &
bury David Myers. who died hero re
cently.
Myers, Who was eighty-eight, was
once a student in the district schools
Iof Ohio under President Garfield,
when the statesman was an educator.
PATIERA BARRED FROM
PLAVING IN GERMAN
BERLIN. Nov. 11.-Tine Patlera,
the Dresden tenor, who is in Anmerir,
today was expelled by vote from
the German stage associations and
1fined 500.000 marks because he dId
not fulfill a contract with the Vienna
14tate Opera House.
The association elecide-d that Patters
shall not be permitted to play in tIeen
....y or Auefr tn yearwns.
IOSAL C(
|Conferenc(
My sAsRLMN FEW.
CONT1ENUITAL MEMORIAL
HALL, Nov. IS.-Prempdl at 10:0
o'eocck today this little hal became
the Canal center of civilibsatis.
Hundres of millions of hearts best
faster Wherever the prited word car
rids, manig as the aews iAslahed
that the foremost stameint of aine
geat powers are Masud hre to plot
Ways .anmes of c the andi
est and hideous businew War.
Within ten paces of the seat where
thaw lines ar'e being written, tho
Prerat of the United Sates slts
surr add by the leaders of political
thought and governinental action in
Great Britain, FranOS. Italy, Japan.
Ielgium, Netherlands, &NOrtgual, and
ehina.
With arms extended in hospitable wel
come. ow tall and dignified Chief Ee
Outive is in the act of eapISIning the
.rposes and aspirations of this
epeebal gathering, eloquently pieading
for a safer and happier day for man'
kind, and he assures these spon that
America has no ailfish aim to serve.
seeks no advantage over her neighbors
of the seven sees, and desires only
common relief from hates. wastes, and
horrors of "armed warfare."
Yet, this is not a "peace conferenCe."
It is not a "disarmament centerenc-"
We do not know today what it may
portend, beyond the officially .
nounced agenda which formally speci
fles discussions of "limitation of ar
mament" and. "l'acific and Far East
ern questions."
Those who sit here intently watch
the effect of the President's words
upon the facts of the Japanese dele
gates-inscruitable. what Americans
call "poker faces." Is it true that the
questions which lie between America
and Nippon are seeds of war, and that
the dange is imminent If understand
ing is not reached? Are these white
and yellow men at this green table
using this occasion to forestall con
flict? Will they succeed?
We who observe look into the faces
of the delegates from Great Britain,
headed by the aged but hale Balfour.
at home familiarly called "Bos," be
cause he is a power behind the throne.
and wonder what the possibilities and
limitations are for a discontinuanne of
the Angodapanese alliance, the tie
which binds our English cousins to
the Japs. known to be a fundamental
point at issue here.
Balfour is a genial old man. He
renminds you of a Dickens character
in the atmosphere of steaming plum
pudding, a glowing hearth and good
cheer. No cloud of worry seems
ever to Pros his placid hrow. Ill.
Is the ripe product of almost half
a century of the richest experience
of the old diplomacy. He and our
I Mr. Hughes seem to understand
each otber.
There is no diplomatic mask on
America. France. Engsand. or Japan.
er any nation represented. concern
Ing the urgent need of ,conomic
retrenchment in the war business.
Bafoeur expresses -it as a "sort of
rut." out of which the world must
be pushed.
World wpr debts have all but
prostrated Europe and everywhere.
our countrymen the least. citisens
are bitterly denouncing lean earnings
and staggering expenses. The end
of war taxes nowhere can be fore
cast. There iust be %ction by
governments that would endure.
This phase of the conference bus.
ness will move rapidly. though
weighty problems are involved.
Myriad speculations conedruling the
possihilitles of this conference. in
volving an ultimate expansion of
the agenda, flood the mind. Little
is known today. but the story pron
ises rapidly to unfold.
This opening session presents a bril
liant scene. Only 1.300 people can be
accommodated in thin hall, which Is
the home of the D. A. R. The color
scheme consists of a foreground of
grass-green carpeting and a back
ground cf high white walls. The deco
rati are palms and masses of au
tumn leaves on cut branches. The
flag. of nine participating powers and
the banners of our forty-eight States
emblason the wails. Magnificent por
traits of Martha and George Wash
ington face the delegates from the
west wall. There are no garlands. no'
cut flowers.
President Harding sits at the center
head of the hig conference table, flank
ed by Hughes. Root. Lodge. and In
drwood. The chair he occupIes Is an
eact replica of the chair used by the
Continental Congress at the time the
Declaration of Independence was sign
ed. This will be the chair of the
chairman of thIs conference.
To the right sits Briand and hinfa
sociates from France. Seven times
has this remarkable Socialist served a.
premier of France, always resigning,
never accepting defeat. ie is calm
today. He will have much that ,'
'.ital to say during the coming weeks.
Admiral Baron Tomasahuro Kato,
slight of figure. Prince Iyesato Toku
gawa, large and rotund; and Baron
Shidehat a, the genteel Japanese am
basador, and their expert assistants
sit beyond the French.
All Washington would have paid
football scalper prices for tickets of
admission, but only a few of the
choicest elect could be admitted. In
spite of d r~ling rain a curious
crowd gathe in Seventeenth
street, held beck by regulars with
guns, to see the mighty enter.
In every shady nook within and
without the building Secret Service
men eyed the folks.
Woman plays her part here today,
but no lady may compare in haughty
raiment with the gold braided.
'pauletted, belted, buttoned, feather
cockaded, medalled male of the
species bent upon diplomacy. In
fact, the sprinkling of women in the
balcony and boxes seemed. almost
drab when compared with the "Jo
eph" coated lords of the Diplomatic
CorpS. Women were enjoying the
spectacle. They laughed and chatted,
but the average man was as sober as
the dr-izzly day.
The British and I'ulinn~ delegationa
o -upy the seats to the left of th,.
p.sidting officer, with those fromn
Belgium. Ne therla nde, Portugal. and
i na rang.. aba r the end of tha
Close-Ups|
qmadraage table. Diplomatic este
and malssions of various atioss are
"ated in gt Chairs on the ma
floW is a mes-ciren around the
parley table.
The floor gaflery in the north
de Is occupied by Anmeriosn news
paper men. only a hundred of the
thousand or mar in the city being
aonseaminated today. Freiga sew
paper nem ocupy the sin relative
spase an the south fleer sde. There
are many Jap Journalists and they
are Incessantly scribbling notes.
Myriad speculations concerning the
possibilities of the conference. in
volving an ultimate expansion of the
agenda. flood the observer's mind,
~tile Is known today, but this story
promises rapidly to unfold.
This opening session presents a
brilliant scene, Only 1,300 people
can be seated in this hall, which Is
the headquarters ot the Daughters
0f the American Revolution.
A distinguished audience of private
citiseno and high executive officers
occupies the rear of the main loor.
The members of the Senate and
House, numbering about five bun
dred. sit en bloc in two of the hal
conles, while the third accommodstes
the members of the Uinited States
Supreme Court and of the Diplomatic
Corps. Mr. Taft leads the sober
Justices. Many diplomats are in
gorgeous dress befitting the occasion.
There are four small balconThoxes.
One in reserved fur Mrs. Harding,
whose colorful costume lends bright
ness to the scene. The other boxes
are reserved for use by American and
visiting delegations.
All is very quiet and business like.
There Is no daylight in this hall and
four immense a' spended chandeliers
flood the place with their white rays.
Three-fourths of the nations of the
world war are not represented here.
Most of them are small, but they in
clude Russia. with 180.000.000 Popule
tion: Germany. with 6).000.0011
Hungary, with 21,000,000; Austria.
with 10.000,000: and all of South Amer.
Sca, Central America. and Mexico.
And yet, organized powers and
iominant civilization are so com
, ietely represented here that the de
cisiona of this conference must vitall'
effect the lives of every human
reature on the whirling globe. Sur
cess, In the stirring words of the Pres.
dent today, means "A better order
which will tranquilize the world."
iWAR HALO FAILS
TO SAVE SLAYER
FROMLIFETERM
Veteran's Valor Extolled, But
Nature of Crime Brings
99-Year fentence.
ASHLAND, Miss.. Nov. 12.-With a
service record-gassed and shell-shock.
ed at Belleau Wood-a the basil
of his plea for mercy. Geowle Bryant
a young man of Fordyce. Ark.. yester
day was sentenced to ninety-nin<
years in the penitentiary when he
pleaded guilty to a charge of murder
Bryant wan charged with the mur
der of Toni Wilson In Benton county.
Rush Knox. District Attorney
stated that by agreement between the
proeegution and the defense the young
man would plead. guilty and accept a
sentence of ninety-nine years in
prison, If the agreement met with the
approval of the court.
The district attorney spoke of
Bryant's heroic record during the
great war, had nothing severe to say
in regard to his character and review
ed the killing of Wilson.
Mr. Mitchell recited the young
man's army record. showkig that or
the battle fields of France he was one
of the bravest of the brave. He en,
tered the army an a volunteer, and ir1
the battle of Belleau WOOdR was gassed
and shell-shocked. He had a long
hospital experience.
SPECIAL R
SER
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To American and E
sentatives of ti
Armament
A special direct Radiogi
been provided for the p,
the period of this impor
Radlograms will be ae
Radio Corporation of Ai
ing for all important E
mission to Hawaii and .1
Lowest Rates
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EBOMB
CHINESE PARLEY.
DELEGATION IS
SPLIT BY STRIFE
Nation's Alms Menaced by Con
Mfot of Authority and
Dissension.
my HARMT L. 300EM.
Iagmrmtisoi isw* bervie.
With her fate in the balan
China's delegation entered the con
terence here today with dissension
in its rankS, unable to agreew upon
a plan for prosecuting the fight to
pressi ve her national sovereignty
and territorial integrity.
Not only I the so-called Republic
of South China unrepresented, but
it Is stated on high authority that
the North China representatives
making up the delegation are di
vided among themselves, and the
deleation is without a responsible
with authority to direct its
policies.
This situation took an important
turn today when it became know At
that Dr. Alfred $se. Chinese ni
later to the United States, and on.
of the three senior delegateu. ht",
dispatched an emnissary to Puking
with detailed instructions and a
private code for communicating with
se.
While those in the secret are
naturally reluctant to comment of
ficially upon this mission. it is
understood that the agent of Dr. Sze
will attempt to induce the Piking
government to designate one of the
senior delegates as ht-ad of the
delegation, with authority to imkake
decisions after hearing the views
of other members.
If this can be accomplished the in
ternal friction now said to be thwart
ing the development of a definite wAud
comprehensive program for Chma
will be removed, it is believed, and the
delegation will then he in a position
to serve the best interests of the Ci
mese republic.
I As now constituted, the delegation
consists of Dr. Alfred Sze. Dr. W.I
lington Koo, and Dr. Wong Chuij
Wei, all having equal rank and c* -
thority. Natural differentces of opin
ion as to details of ChIna's policr b iv,
teen aggravated. it in stated. by 1,4.
sonial difference's. part iculairlv b
tween Dr. Sze and Dr. Koo, and th.
situation has reached much a pass --h it
all are apparently agreel something
must be done to break the deadlock.
, All three of the delegates have ex
ceIllent rf-vords for pithlie se-rvie-. :w-t
leach naturally has his coterie of a.1
herents within the delegation. but it is
believed that a word front Peking will
be suffioif-nt to calns- them to 41ik
minor differences in the general im
terest of China.
I Today
Continued from First Page
with the metal lugs, and make
good profit hauling double loads.
The most encouraging word
about better tities comes from
Lloyd George. He tell. his people
what he really believes. "The
force of the bad times cyclone is
spent." says he.
He thinks a revival is coming
and "in every land the slackne.-i
that seems to overcome labor is
passing away."
How quickly things would im
prove if human beings would show
even mild intelligence. Suppose,
for instance, this natici could in
vest in national impre-ment-4, in
giving employment. 4 >-r than
two thousand million . r' th:i
will be spent keeping ready for
war in the next year. How much
would that do, what canal, and
roads- could be built, what desert,
Irrigatedl, what swampo drained.
how many millions of acres added
to the public dIom-ain and given to
those willing to develop them?
ADIOGRAM
VICE
D Europe
uropean& Press Repre
We Limitation of
Conference
am service to Europe has
's and the public during
Lnt conference.
ipted at the office of the
nerica in the Navy Build
uropean countries, and at
ce for direct radio trans
pan
Direct Service
will promptly respond to
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