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WEATHER. Unsettled, with rain this afternoon or night, and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. 3 Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, he Sunday Star Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special 69; lowest, 44.8. dispatches herein are also reserved. Fuil report on Page 6. . 866.—No. 28,308, - -Entered as sccond class Htte WASHINGTON, D, C., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1921 . FIVE CENTS. JAPANESE PRINCE | [ cise ewxert | IREDS T PAY DEBTS (o000 vawasies Lo\ E(ICH WITH PRAYER Colony in Slum Joined In a Suit Case Later y y Found in Parlor Car PINS GREAT HOPES | ON PARLEYS HERE Tokugawa, Delegate to Arms Conference, Dwells on End b of Misunderstandings. ADMITS QUESTIONS MIGHT LEAD EVEN INTO CONFLICT' Teclares Candor Will Be Keynote of Tokio Attitude—Opposed to Militarism. By the Associated Press. a VICTORIA. B. C.. October 29.—De- sirability for peaceful co-operation with the United States was the funda- mental point made by Prince Toku- gawa, a member of the Japanese dele- gation to the disarmament confer- ence. in an interview with the Asso- ciated Press during the voyage from Japan. He dwelt on the urgency of the removal of all misunderstandings and causes of misunderstandings be- tween nations, because he believed that if such misunderstandings were rermitted to continue thev might lead to unfortunate circumstances, even to war. He added: “But personally T have never dream- ed of the possibility of war with the United States. Hopes for Happy Comeord. Prince Tokugawa sald he looked forward to his work at Washington as being of the very highest im- portance in connection with the fu- ture happy concord among the na- tions, more particularly between the United States and Japan. “Generally speaking.” said the prince, “personally, I hope that the question between China and Japan will be kept out of the Washington conference, because it is better to solve these questions directly between the countries concerned.” Opposed to Militart: *“What about militarism The prince replied: “I think that everybody who knows my work in Japan realizes that T am opposed to militarism as the world “popularly cinceives the term militarism. My untry is not in need of armaments 1. offense. All that {s necessary for Japan to have is an army and navy adequate for her defense. 1If, as I hope, the conference is conducted in a spirit of candor and frankness, I liave no doubt about {ts success At w11 events, candor and frankness will Le the keynote of the Japanese atti- tude.” nce Tokugawa modestly ex- d that while all the three dele- tes were of an equal standing, Ad- wiiral Baron Kato and Ambassador tlehara were in point of court rank h above him, because the position president of the house of peers «me after that of a member of the »inet or ambassador. SHANTUNG ISSUE DEVELORING Solution by Negotiations Now De- clared Impossible. B the Associated Press. TOKIO, October 29.—The Shantung question has developed into a senti- 1sental dispute and now seems beyond « solution by direct negotiations, de- clared the Asahl Shimbun in an edi- torial today. The Asahi says it has leArned from a well informed au- thority that if China persists in her refusal to negotiate with Japan con- cerning the return of the disputed province, the question eventually will ‘e submitted to the Washington con- ference. Since America understands Japan's sincere intention, the .editorlal de- clared, the problem after all will be “ settled by mediation of American au- thorities when China realizes the use- lessness of her expectation of sup- port from the American government. Japan Partly Blamed. “The circumstances which brought the present complications about,” the cditorial continued, “may be attrib- uted partly to the arrogant attitude China has shown in her recent reply to the Japanese note and partly to negligence on the part of the Japa- nese government in failing to take proper measures earlier. For this reason, Japan cannot escape being blamed for having lacked magnanim- ity and generosity in dealing with the Chinese question. Situation Has Changed. “It may be remembered that M. Yuhsinho, counsellor of the Chinese war department, on instructions from the Chinese foreign minister, showed the clauses of the Chinese proposal to Lieut. Gen. Bansal, Japanese mili- tary adviser to the Chinese govern- ment. Lieut. Gen. Bansal showed them to M. Obata, Japanese minister to Peking, and the latter transmitted the proposals to the Japanese forelgn office. The foreign office, not having its attention called to them, falled to take prompt measures. Thus, the Chinese government may properly contend that it could not be held responsible for such informal pro- posals and claim that the situation changed with the lapse of sev- eral months.” PROMOTED TO BE COLONELS. Lieut. Cols. Ralph S Granger, Field Artillery, and Evan H Humphrey, cavalry, have been promoted to the grade of colonel in the Regular Army. ! 1 INJUNCTION 70 BAR AL e O L e R B M e B O 0 S 2 i, = IR e L L DD L T S P BB M SR S T AU LR Lt DR S L e I b el I Rl e B il s, A Lot R By Miss Anne Morgan By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 20.— Sutton place, noclety’s cosy cor- ner in the heart of the slums, overlooking Biackwells Inland, ha mother recrult. She Is Miss Anne Morga sister of the banker, who has just announced her int Hon to join the exclu- sive colony which has recently sprung up along the East river, between 57th a 60th streets. Miss Morgan is remodeling a four-story building at a cost of $125,000. It will be of co- lonial design, following the &eneral lines of the house oc- cupled by Mrs. W. K. Vander- bilt, who started the migration becaune of the encroachment of businesxsx on upper 5th avenue. il MINE UNIONIZING Judge Anderson Ready to Act Afier Refusal of Lewis to Stop Efforts. CHECK-OFF PLAN SCORED Miners' Head, Called On by Court, Declines to @ive Up in ‘West Virginia. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, October 29.—Re- fusal to cease efforts to unionize the ‘Williamson coal fleld of West Vir- ginla, made late today in federal court here by President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America, was followed by a state- ment from Judge A. B. Anderson that on Monday he would issue an injunec- tion to accomplish that purpose. No statement was made by the judge as to the exact scope of the order, but the decision to issue it came at the end of a hearing for a temporary order on the ground that the union and operators in organized coal fields are engaged in an unlawful conspiracy to check interstate com- petition in the coal market from the non-union West Virginia field,” cen= tering around Mingo county, the storm center of a strike for more than a year. Declares Vielations Shown. In a plain statement of his views on the evidénce presented, Judge An- derson declared his bellef that a com- bination to restrain trade in viola- tion of the Sherman anti-trust aot had been established by the complain- ant, the Borderland Coal Corporation. He also Interpreted the evidence as showing the check-off system by which operators collect union dues by withholding the money from miners’ wages was unlawful, and that the union's effort to organize the West Virginia fleld was an ef- fort to monopolize the coal industry of the country. In making this statement Judge An- derson sald he would keep his mind open for possible change of his views after hearing further evidence at a final trial of the case, and he ex- pressed the intention to defer issu- ance of any; order until final hearing. Meanwhile, however, he said efforts to unionize the West Virginia fleld should be stopped, and he called for a decision by Mr. Lewis on this ques- tion. Declines to Surrender. Twice he called on Mr. Lewis, and after conferences with counsel Mr, Lewis declared decline to surren- der.” This statement came from Mr. Lewis after he had started to say “We have a constitutional right to organize” and had been interrupted, by Judge Anderson calling for his decision. ‘While Mr. Lewis and his counsel were conferring over the decision at- torneys for Indiana coal operators sought to learn from Judge Anderson whether they should discontinue the “check off” and the court answered: “I say you continue it at your own peril.” ‘The operators’ attorneys said they feared a strike if they stopped the “check off.” " Any order issued in the case, Judge Anderson indicated during the hear- ing, would be binding on all eper- ators and union men throughout the country. In directing the complain- ant to make all Indiana operators de- fendants te the suit, the judge said: “In my judgment all operators throughout the United States will be here,” and he added that with two Indiana residents, who are members of the union’s executive board and defendants to the suit, that Presi- dent Lewis “and all the rest” of the union men would be in court. Big Consequences Involved. During the defense presentation of aMdavits, largely a general denial of all charges made against the unlon in afdavits of the complalnants’ counsel sought to forestall a tem- porary injunction by submitting state- ments that the strike sone now more quiet than at any time within the last year. Judge Anderson agreed that “enormous consequences” were involved in the case, and declared he ‘was unwilling to rush the case to a decision, saying it was “too’ im- portant.” Apparently court and capasel would agree to consideradle the com- plainant to file an wait, in- creasing the number of defendants; permit thirty days’ time for flling of [F NATIONS - WILL RECOGNIZE SOVIET Powers Must Also Agree to Make Peace in Order to Get Money Due. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION JUST GIVEN TO PUBLIC State Department Awaits Arrival of Note—Millions Owed to TU. S. Bankers. By the Assoiated Press. RIGA, October 29.—Official con- firmation that the Russlen soviet gov- ernment has agreed, under certain conditions, to. recognize the foreign debts of the imperial Russian govern- ment was received here today | through the Rosta official bolshevik news agency. According to the Rosta dispatch, George Chitcherin, soviet forelgn minister, yesterday dispatched a note to the British, French, American, Italian and Japanese governments saying that the soviet government would agree to recognize the old debts, incurred up to 1914, under the condition that “Russia be given cer- tain privileges making possible the practical fulfillment of those obliga- tions.” Soviet Russia’s recognition of the debts, M. Chitcherin's note says, Is conditional upon the great powers concluding final peace with and recognizing the soviet republic. The foreigy minister proposes the holding immediately of an interna- tional conference to consider the de- mands of all nations upon Russia and the Russian claims upon them, and to work out a final treaty of peace. Economic Atd Sough “The Brussels conference,” says M. Chitcherin In his note, “stipulated, =ccording to the European papers, as a condition of granting credits to the Russian government for famine relief, acknowledgment of the debts of pre- vious Russian governments. Of this decision of the conference the Rus- sian government up to the present is uninformed. “The Russian government, howeve in the face 6f thé starving magse does not wish to consider the Im- tricacies of diplomatic etiquette, and considers that it is its straight duty immediately to proclaim its attitude toward the Brussels decisions.” M. Chitcherin announces that recog- nition of the old debts under certain conditions coincldes with the soviet's intentions and declares that from the very beginning the soviet government aimed at economic co-operation with the other powers. Real Peace Unattained. Stating that the soviet had always proclaimed its readiness to grant sufficlent profits to foreign capitalists to ald In the reconstruction of Rus- sia, he says, that even now it finds in official announcements of the President of the United States and British ministers expressions of re- gret that at the expiration of three years from the world war real peace is still unattained. M. Chitcherin argues that in the face of the economic chaos among the nations real peace is impossible with- out Russia and its 130,000,000 people and that agreement with the soviet is a prime necessity not only for Rus- sia, but for ether nations. The minister enters into a long argument to the effdct that the eco- nomic recenstruction of Russia .will be difficult and protracted, but better accomplished by the labor of the peasant government than by any | other, because it will not permit the selfish interests ef private and sepa- rate capitalistic groups to hinder the task. Object of New Move. “The soviet has re-established pri- vate trade and private ownership in small undertakings,” he continues, “and grants to foreign capital legal guarantees and a profit sufficient to attract its participation in economic work in Russia. The soviet is anxious for economic agreements with all powers, which are only attainable threugh general peace. With this ob- Ject the soviet meets the demands from the other powers of recognition of the old czarist debts. “The soviet declares its firm convic- tion that no natlon is compelled to pay the prico of the chains it wore for ages, but in its unbending resolution to reach a complete agreement with the other powers it is prepared to make a number of vital concessions In this all- important situation. Thus it meets also the desire of numberless small holders of Russian government loans, especial- Iy France, for whom recognition of theé csarist debts presents a substantlal in- terest. “Under these considerations the Rus- man government is prepared to recog- nize its obligations to other states and 1heir citizens on government loans con- cluded by the csarist government up to 1914, on condition of being cranted privileged terms, giving it a practical chance to fulflll’those obligations. It is understood by Russia that the con- dition of this recognition is & simultane- ous undertaking by the great powers unconditionally to put an end to any actions menacing the safety of the soviet republic and the friendly Far Bastern Republia, their soversign rights, the Inviolabiity of their frontiers, and unconditional observance of the princi- (Continuegd on Page 2, Column 3.) (Continucd on Page 2, Column 4.) . \\_‘\ N NN DRANNY Repupiation OF IMPERIAL DEBTS FEARRSH PEACE NEARS BREAKDONN Negotiations Thought to Have Reached Deadlock. Next Session Crucial. ULSTER IS IN THE WAY Lloyd George's Action in Consult- ing Parliament Causes Tremendous Stir. BY EDWARD I’R(CE BELL. Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. - Copyright, 1921 D LONDON, England, October 29.—TIt s the~wniversal opinion here that the Irish negotiations have now reached & deadlock and that all subsequent maneuvering, including Monday's de- bate in parliament, is intended mere- ly to fix the responsibility for the inevitable breakdown. The premier's unexpected move in consulting par- liament at this stage is variously de- scribed in the newspapers as deflance to the tory discards and a challenge to the Sinn Fein. It is really both and its purpose is partly to estab- lish Lloyd George im an impregnable position with English opinion and partly to convince the Sinn Fein that it it wants a settlement it must modl- {y the basis of its demands. End of Conferemce Seen. The section of the old unionist party opposed to any negotiations with what it describes a murderers fs negligible. But Eamon de Valera's telegram to the Pope and the daily assumption by the Sinn Fein of all the functions of government and the ousting of British authority in every detail of the administration have af- fected all sections of the coalition party and made it necessary for the premier to define his position before progeeding further. The Sinn Fein, al- ways uncompromising, is not likely in the future to show any more re- gard for the prime minister's diffi- culties than it has shown in the past. It is therefore believed that the cen- ference, whose business for some days past has been conducted by sub- committees, will reassemble only formally to dissolve itself. Some say that the issue en which it will break down is that of al- legiance to the king and, some main- taln_that it is the refusal of the gov- (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) NAVY CAPTAINS NAMED TO BE REAR ADMIRALS Sumner E. W. Kittelle, William V. Pratt and Louis M. Nulton Nominated by President. Three naval captains, Sumner E. W. Kittelle, William V. Pratt and Louls M. Nulton, were nominated-yesterday by President Harding to be rear ad- mirals. Capt. Kittelle, whose home Is at Brookline, Mass., was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1889 and served as commander of the gunboat Wheel- ing and the battleships Georgia and Maryland. . Capt. Pratt has been assisting in the preparation by the Navy Depart- ment of dats in connection with the forthcoming armament conference, and §t is understood he will be among the naval advisors to the American delegation. He served as assistant chief of naval operations from 1917 to 1919. His home is at Belfast, Me. Capt. Nulton has ad a long period of service in the Navy, having been sraduated from the Naval Academy in 1869, and having been commander of a number of naval vessels includ- ing the battleship Pennsylvania. He is s native of Winchester, Va. Another nomination sent to the Sen- ate yesterday by the President was that of Esra K. Sprague, to be senior surgeon in the public health service. | | | | Urge Autoists to Show Only Flags of Nations i To Attend Conference The subcommittee in charge of decorations for the arms confer- ence Inxt night requested mo- torists to use on the radiators of their automobiles only the flags of the nine nations that are to take part in the gather- | ing. These nations are Great Brit- n, France, Italy, the Nether- lands, Belglum, Portugal, Ja- pan, China and the United States. The subcommittee also made an appeal to business establinh« ments and private households to avold draping or tying the American flag sn any fashion. If patriotic draperies are de- sired, bunting should be used, the subcommittee pointed out. 3 DEAD IN FLOODS WIPING OUT TOWNS Cloudbursts ‘Near Vant;ouver Carry Away Houses, Caus- ing Loss of Millions. By the Associated Press. . VANCOUVER, B. C, October 29.— Between thirty-five and fifty lives lost and property damage of several mil- lion dollars tonight was the estimated toll of floods that swept away parts of several towns north and east of here last night and today. The most damage was at Britannla Beach, a mining village with a popu- Yation of 350, eighteen miles north of Vancouver. There last night a cloud- burst broke through a fill, and re- leased a torrent which rushed down to the ocean, carrying about half the houses in the town. Late in the after- noon meager advices placed the num- ber of dead and missing at 35. A ship bearing medical aid has gone from Vancouver. A portion of Port Coquitlam, four- teen miles east of Vancouver, was de- | stroyed by flooda waters of the Co- quitlam river. Several buildings washed from foundations went float- ing down the river. No mention was made of casualties in reports from this district, but fourteen families -were said to be marooned. Communi- cation with the stricken area was im- fossible except by boat. The Canadian Pacific railway re- ported extensive damage to its prop- erty. Several bridges and miles of track were washed away on the main line, paralyzing transcontinental traf- fic. The Canadian Pacific estimated its damage at $2,000,000. At Britannia Beach several bodies had been recovered, and at an impro- vised morgue the work eof identi- fication was proceeding tonight, —_— BULLET PENETRATES HAT. Policeman Peddicord of substation T of the seventh precinct last night narrowly escaped serious injury when a colored man in the doorway of a vacant house at 3902 Huntington street suddenly oppened fire on him with a .45 revolver. The bullet passed through his fat. Peddicord rerturned the fire imme- diately, and the colored man ran down 39th street firing. at the on- coming policeman, ~and Peddicsrd continued firing. After a chase of two squares the colored man disappeared in an alley. —_— 2 KILLED, 5 HURT IN CRASH NILES, Ohio, October 29.—Two men were killed and five others may die as the result of a collision, when an automoblle carrying five men and an auto bus carrying thirty passengers crashed together two miles west of here at midnight. The smaller car ‘was overturned and caught fire before its occupan‘s could escape. Charles McGlinn, one of its passengers was burned to death in the wreckage and the other dead man was a passenger in the bus. A third man is missing. DENOGRATS DELAY ‘ TAX BIL PASSAGE Middle or Last of Week New Time Set for Final Vote on Measure. Two More Amendments Disposed Of—Senator Reed Revives Soldier Bonus. Passage of the tax revision bill by the Senate, hoped for by the republican leaders during last week, will, in all probability, not be accomplished before the middle, or perhaps the last, of this week. Democratic opposition to speeding the bill through the Senate proved effec- tive, notwithstanding the night sessions which wera held and the threat of a continuous ssssion until the measure should be disposed of. Negotiations yesterday between the majority and the minority looking to an agreement on a day for a final vote on the bill fell through. But demo- cratic leaders later estimated that the bill might bs passed by next Wednes- day or Thursday. Some. senators on the majority side were of the opinion that a vote would be had by Tuesday night. i IANTBEER BILL DUE NEXT Anti-Beer Bill Due Next. The fact that the anti-beer bill is echeduled to come up for consideration as soon as tho tax bill is out of the way may have the effect of still further delaying the tax bill, however. Oppo- nents of the anti-beer bill, it is said, may drag out the debate on the tax bill in order to put eff consideration cf the other measure. It is hoped that if the tax bill is held before the Senate long enough there may be enough pressure for the immediate considera- tion of the railroad funding bill or the foreign loan refunding bill to cause fur- ther postponement ef the anti-beer bill. But the prohibition members insist that there shall be no further delay of the anti-beer bill. Benator Reed's interjection of the soldier bonus fight into the censidera- tion of the tax bill has added still further to the complexity of the situa- tion. lican leaders to move to lay his amendment on the table and so shut off debate on it, once it is really be- fore the Senate. “We have now broken the back But it is the plan of the repub- | Hidden beneath the neat of a rior car at the Union i tion last might was found the minsing suit case of Miss Theresn Rooney of California, containing $12,000 in negotiable wecurities and $4,000 in Jew- Detectives Nall and Billman of police headquarters, ided by terminal police, made the investigation which resulted in the discovery of the suit case. Miss Theresa Rooney left Chicago for Washington on the Broadway Limited, to visit her sister, Mra. Louis Titus, 1775 N street, arriving here yesterday. Her luggage, according to the police, had been left in charge of a chauffeur, who helped the porters to carry it to motor trucks. Nineteen pieces of bag- gage totaled the amount of luggage. When she arrived at the L street address Miss Rooney missed the suit case with her valuables. She notified the po- lice, and before retiring last night was assured of its re- covery. HINA'S DELEGATE DUE AT 6 TONIGHT State, Army and Navy Offi- cia}s to Give 95 Members in Party Special Greeting. ' ITALIANS HERE TUESDAY Dutch, French and British to Ar- rive in Few Days—Noted Men in Chinese Delegation. China’s delegation to the conference of the limitation of armaments is scheduled to reach Washington at 6 o'clock this evening on a special train from San Francisco. This will be the first entire deputation of foreign del- a:a.}es to the arms parley to arrive here and will be followed closely by delegations from other foreign coun- tries. ‘There are about ninety-five mem- bers in the -Chinese party, and they will be met at the Tnion station by representatives of the State Depart- ment, the Army and the Navy, and escorted to the €hinese legation at 19th and U streets by a detail of cav- alry. The leading member is Liang Ju-Hao, an influentigl leader in the Chinese republic, who will serve as an adviser to the Chinese delegation. Another member is Vice Admiral Tsai Ting-Kan. Italians Due Tuesday. An Italian delegation is due in ‘Washington Tuesday and that from Japan the following day. The Dutch deputation will arrive November 7, the French November 8, the Austra- lian and part of the British Novem- ber 10, and another Italian delegation November 12. The remainder of the British delegation will come here No- vember 11, and will act as an escort for Premier Lloyd George. The Brit- ish delegates to arrive November 10 will be the escort for Lord Balfour and the Earl of Craven, senior mil~ itary adviser. All of the delegations to the arma- ment conference, after leaving their trains, will proceed to the Presi- dent’s reom, passing from the train sheds through one of the gates op- posite the executive’s chamber, ac- cording to plans made by the State Department and announced last night. Crossing the concourse they will pass through a roped line, The public will be permitted access to the concourse West of this pas- sage, while the space east of it will be reserved for mewspaper men. All delegates will be met by an official party when they descend from the trains, and escorted by cavalry to their destinations. ‘Woods to Greet Chimese. PLAGES WREATH ON WASHINGTON TOMB Head Bowed, Great Soldier Pays Silent Tribute to a Great Soldier. BESIDE SARCOPHAGUS, HE HONORS U. S. FATHER Marshal Impressed by Mount Ver- non—Takes Great Interest in Visit Through House. Sianding alone, with uncovered head bowed :n silent prayer, Ferdinand Foch, marshal of France and leader of the allied armies which fought to preserve a principle laid down a century ago by the man who lles at Mount Vernon, placed a wreath of flowers on the tomb of George Washington yesterday aft- ernoon. There was no formality, no ritual, about the way this great man and sol- dier paid his tribute to another. There were no cheers, no playing bands. no speeches, none of the crowd which greeted him everywhere in the city yes- terday. But the scene was more im- pressive than any which could have been planned. The little group which accompanied him on his pilgrimage paused outside. The heavy, iron gates were opened, and Gen. Foch entered the tomb alone. He carried a large wreath of beautiful roses and chrysan- themums, and, after placing it on the tomb, stood reverently, head lowered, lips moving in prayer. Soldier Once More. Then the soldier again. A brisk sa- lute, a turn about and he joined those who waited outside. Before visiting the tomb he was guided about the homestead by Harri- son Dodge, superintendent. The origi- nal Houdon bust of Washington was pointed out to him In one of the lower rooms and he spent several minutes inspecting it. Then he went upstairs to the bedrooms and signed his name in the official guest book. The marshal took a deep interes! in his visit through the house, fre- quently asking questions about the Lnistory of various objects and inquir- ing how much of the house was new and how much restored. He told members of his party that ®iewed from the road, the place was llke any one of a thousand farms, but that once he was inside the grounds and saw the beautiful trees, rich in au- tumn foliage of many colors, and the view of the river, ne realized why Washington was content to spend his last days there. Impressed by Simplicity. He commented €requently on the simplicity of the place. “It was characteristic of the man himself,” he said. - Returning from Mount Vernon, the party motored through Potomac Park, where the new Lincoln Memorial was pointed out to the marshal. Later the marshal returned to his hotel for a bricf rest. Last night he was the guest of Am- bassador Jusserand at the French em- bassy, where a dinner was given in his honor. The general will leave Union Sta- tion this morning at 9:30 o'clock for Kansas City, his ears ringing with the plaudits of thousands of his local admirers and his heart touched at the homage paid him by a grateful na- tion through its highest officials and its humblest citizens. The marshal will board a special train, which is due to reach the Mis- souri city at 5:30 tomorrow after- noon, and where the generalissimo of the allied armies will address the na- tional convention of the American Legion Tuesday. No official recep- tions will be held en route,"but brief stops will be made at Baltimore, Har- China’s delegation on its arrival in (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Copyright, 1921. BERLIN, October 29.—Rumors abroad that Germany has invented a host of gargantuan war ma- chines was characterized as “pure nonsense” today by the chief British member of the inter-allied disarma- ment commission. - The British general who is in charge of dismantling German fortresses and the destruction of guns, ammunition and all war sup- plies . ridiculed wvehemently the tales that Germany is preparing a new assault on Europe. “1¢ she is, it won't be in my day or yours,” said the gemeral, who who won great distinction on the ‘western front, “and wild tales con- cerning Germany’s failure to di arm, preparations for a new war and new German death-dealing in- ventions are either the products of silly jingoism and ignorance or are due to the selfish motives of those responsible.” The general ‘supplied The Star and Tribune correspondnet with official figures up to OQctober 20 DAL L L AL e B TR B e e Sl “(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TALK OF NEW GERMAN WAR PLANS CALLED PURE NONSENSE BY BRITISH By Ouble to The Star and New York Tribune. showing Germany's disarmament 8o far as guns and ammunition are concerned. The total of guns accounted for since the commis- sion arrived In Germany is 32,000. In addition, the 1,351 guns In Bochum, Plunt and Westphalia and 4,500 guns owned by the Krupps have been Uestroyed. The 5,000 guns surrendered at the armistice must also be added and the 6,000 captured in the last retreat, mak- ing a grand total of 50,000. “We cannot give the exact fig- ures,” the general explained, “but must be governed by what we know the allies had at the close of the war.” . The shells destroyed were 34,- 972,947 loaded and 256,055 unload- ed and with 758,758 loaded and 1,- 400,846,703 unloaded remaining. The machine guns destroyed were 84,434, with 211 remaining. Small arms destroysd were 4,369,223, with 96,685 remaining. The am- munition for small arms destroyed numbered 368,618,200 loaded and 2,147,700 unloaded and 80, = loaded and 11,557,300 unloaded still 10 be destroyed.” X risburg, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, St. Louts, Jefferson City and & few other cities, where jnformal, brfef recep- tions have been arranged. Cheered Everywhere Here. Cheering crowds greeted Marshal Foch everywhere during his visit ef little more than a day in the capital. There was no mistaking the warmth of greeting extended to the little gray-haired man who humbled the mighty horde from across the Rhine. The cheers he received came from the hearts as well as from the lips and throats of those who uttered them. The marshal accepted the tributes pald him with becoming modesty. His right hand frequently came to his cap In salute and smiles played across his features. He accepted the im- portunate requests of newspaper and motion picture photographers, whq tralled him everywhere, with grace, but always seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when these formalities were over. A handsome gold medallion will be presented to the marshal as a souvenir of his visit to Indianapolis November 4. The presentation will be made in French by Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, chairman of the execu- tive committee in charge of the Foch day celebration. The souvenir will be made of l14-karat gold and the presentation will take place at the evening mass meeting, to be held at $:30 o'clock in the Cadle Tabernacle,