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STABBED'NBREAST . WEATHER, Fair tonight and tomg¢trow; cooler tolorrow. fi No. 28313. PRENIER OF {APAN KT T0400 STATION Great Statesman’s Wound of Fatal Character—Was the “Lioyd George” of Empire. HORROR VOICED HERE BY NIPPON DELEGATES Envoys to Arms Parley, Redeived Threatening Letters on Their Departure for Ame_fiel. ®r the Associated Press. TOKIO, November 4.—Premier Hara was fatally stabbed in the breast to- way at the railroad statfon in Tokle. Depression Follatrs News. B the Assoclated Press.. . Japanese embassy officiais in Wash- ington and membeyrs of the japanese delegation to the ‘armament and far eastern conference Jeceived the .first news from-the Associated Press, and were greatly depressed by the news. Official advices from Tokio announc- ing that Premiet Hara of Japan had been stabbed fatally were recelved at the State Department today, soon after press dispatches brought the Tews of the assassination to the United States. Temperature for twq‘iy-four hours oday: cnded at 2 p.m. t 3/ : Highest, 56, at 2 p.m. today; lowest, /41, at 6 a.m. to- | day. 77 . } Stocks, Fage 29. Entefed as second-class mat post’ office Washington, D. K3 C. HOLIDAY RESOLUTION, UNKNOWN DEAD HONOR, SIGNED BY PRESIDENT President Harding today signed & joint congressional resolution authorizing him to declare Armi- stice day, November 11, 1921, 2 na- tional holiday as a mark of re- Spect to the unknown and unidenti- fled soldiers who were killed in the world war. The President will in the next few .days issue a proclamation not, yh;‘x the nation of this na- | tic 1 hollday, at the same time Da. iZ his -tribute to the un- known dead. GRS INTERESTS - TAKE OVER BANK Purchase Majority - Capital Stock in Hamilton Sav- ings Institution. Interests identified with the Riggs Nattonal Bank have purchased more | than'a majority of the capital stock {of the Hamllton Savings Bank. oper- ating two institutions, the main hank at the northwest corner of 14th strect lana Park road northwest, and the Central branch, at the southeast cor- ner of 7th and Eye streets north- west. Acquisition of stock has been going on quietly for the last thirty days. 5. W. Bradford, president of the |Hamilton Savings, representing the :R(ggs interests in the acquisityon, paying $9 a share for the stock plus The message to the State Depart-:33.75 a share, covering an assessment ment, which was filed at 9 p.m., Tuklo ordered by the controller of the cur- time, gave no details other than the remcy to cover capital premier had been stabbed. Death Announced. An hour later another message. filed by the American embassy at Tokio at 10 p.m., was received at the State De- partment announcing the death of the premier. Secretary Hughes was attending the!| ¥riday cabinet meeting when the dis- patch arrived, and, on leaving the White House, was told of the assas- ~ination by newspaper correspondents. lie said he was greatly shocked by the Tews. Secretary Hughes, during the after- moon, went to the Japanese embassy 10 express to Baron Shidehara, the am- ssador, his sympathy and that of csident Harding. Delegates Horrified. The report that Premier Hara had been fatally stabbed caused a thrill of Liorror among the Japanese delegates. Mr. Hara was rapidly attaining a predominant position in the political life of Japan, so much so that he was often referred to as the Lloyd George of the empire. He had achieved among - things a kind of working co- peration. between the military and ivic elements of the government, and 3:ad Induced the military leaders, who i1aud heen accused of endeayoring to direct -too much the policies of the country, to work more in harmony With the civic departmentoyms ~'x:--.. Got Threatening Letters. Before the departure ¢f ‘the nese delegation from Tokio ‘t! ing letters had been recefv ous members of the cabinet, and JTince Tokugawa hlmul?.‘llu( before cmbarking on the steamer for the T'nited States, received a fantastically worded document _thregtening hitm with assassination unless he achieved -esults at Washington of benefit to and warning him also 1hat he must not be too “foreign” in his attitude while in the United States. HARA LONG IN POLITICS. Japa- esten- Yy vari- Had Been Premier Since 1918, En- tering Cabinet in 1913. B the Associated Press. The assassination of Premier Hara comes at a dramatic moment, when the Japanese delegation is assembling for the Washington conference, and Wwhen Japan is intensely interested in -4 impairment. The par value of the shares is $10. The capital of the Hamilton Savings Bank Is $195,353.55. It was organized a little over a 3 the opening of the main office the Central Savings Bank was acquired. Statement by Mr. Alles. JL E. Ailes, president of the Riggs National Bank, said: “The move has long_been In contemplation, first, in order that the strength and service of the Riggs National Bank may be carried to outlying districts, it being fully realized that the growth of the city of Washington is such that the great central downtown institutions can no longer adequately serve busi- ness communities that have developed at a distance from the center. “We purpose, therefore, to carry our service to our customers, rather than that they should be inconvenienced by the essity of making daily long trips us. _Secondly, we ear- nestly desire to offer a cure for gradually developing bad banking sit- uation in Washington. Move for Sounder Banking. “The multiplication of minor banks under state charters without ade- quate business reasons therefor ¢; becoming & matter of seme concern. ’l‘g' move we have made {8 in the interest of strengthening the general, banking situation, and we trust oth- ers of the larger and stronger insti- tutions will follow the lead we have en to bring about safer and sound. er banking in Washington. “In all this, Mr. Glover has given his earnest and enthusiastic support.” BANK RUNNERS HELD UP AND ROBBED OF $5;900 Five Bandits Attack Them Within Few Yards of Mill as They Are Carrying Pay Roll Money. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November”4.—Five men in an aytomobile held up two runners of the Corn Exchange Na- tion Bank today, robbed them of $5,900 and escaped. The money constituted the pay roll of the Roosevelt Worsted Mills, at 21st ear ago, and before | the internatioal issues in which Pre-| mier Hara has until now taken.such an important part. He had beeri urged 20 head the delegation to ‘Washing- ton, and for i ¢ under consideration. but finally de 1 _that his services would Le bet- ployed at home during the dis- ussions at Washington. Premier Hara frequently addressed 1he Japanese diet concerning the seri- ous work ahead for Japan at Wash- ington, &nd on October 6 he ex- yressed the view that Japan's chlef 2im would be to put an end to race harriers. He later conferred with the American_ambassador at Tokio, and the premier soon _afterward an- nounced at a meeting of ‘the govern- ment party that Japan was willing to compromige on the Shantung ques- tion with China, which had long been & main subject’ of controversy. Premier Hara declared, in recent tements, that Japan was ready to sicdept a limitation of her naval es- 1ablishment along with the rest of the gorld, and always keeping in mind the necessities of her national defense. Takashi Hara has been premier of Jfapan since 1918, when bhe formed u cabinet after the fall of ‘the Terau- <hi ministry, the Sieyu-Kai- party, of Mhich he was a leader., taking control. ‘The position of the premier and his yarty was confirmed by the general clection in May, 1920. that party securing a great majority. ( The premier has had a.long and distinguished political career.- Born in 1854, he was for some tins in the for- elgn office service, both at home and mbroad. and was vite minister for a time in 1895. He joined the late Frince Ito in_ organizing the Seiyu: XKal party in 1900, and shortly after- ward became minister of communi- «cations in the cabinet. Later he rerved again as head of that depart- inent of the government in the Seiyu- i cabinet of 1906-08, resigning with ie fall of that ministry, and travel- Europe and America in the Jatter part of 1908 and in 1909. On his vidit to this country he was re- «ceived by President Raosevelt in ‘Washington in September, 1908. Hara re-entered the cabinet in 1912 as minister of ‘home affairs and in_ 1918 formed the cabinet now ‘in office. ‘When a youth M. Hara studied law for a time, but early forsook it for journalism, through which work came his introduction into the foreign of- ice service. During a later Interval in his_political career, in 1896-97, he was chief editor of the Osaka Mai- nichi, ‘and took up again the- chief cditorship of that paper for a time before entering the Sajonjl cabinet as Tninister of the interior in 1906. P In May, 1920, a plot was discovered 15 aseassinate Premier Hara, the de- 1ails coming aut in November last by publication of the findings of a pre- Jimina court which teled a former planning an attempt against Jremier's person. Seven bombs were i¢ have been employed in the at- 1empted assassination, which was to have taken place on May 8, 1920, the court findings showed. 1t was asserted that Ito came to " Tokié and purchased a revolyer and losives, making his bombs out of *s_and boxes. On taking, them ntinuex. on Page 2, Column 6.) and Naudain streets. Charles Kramer and Henry Disher, the runners, were | within a few vards of the mill, when | four men walked up and ordered them time had the matterf (o throw up their hands. Twn men | held pistols at the head of each run- yner _and took from them a leather | satchel containing the money and a check for $23,000. As the bandits re- lieved the runners of the bag an au- tomobile drew up at the sidewalk and the four men jumped in. ‘The machine sped away and the run- ners fired their pistols at the bandits, but none was hit. A short time afterward the aban- doned car was found in West Phil- adelphia. It showed the marks of | three bullets, On the floor of the car were found the $23,0(¢ check and the bag. All the cash was gone. ‘The bank immedrately offered £2,5% reward for the arrcst and conviction of the bandits. {BUYING OF LIBERTYS FEATURE MARKET TODAY NEW YORK. November 4.—Buying. of bords, especially liberty and vic- tory issues, continued to feature the trading on the stock exchange today, the' demand for these securities be- ing telatively far in excess of deal- ings in stocks. Liberty second, third and fourth 4%s attained highest quotations of the year, while victory 3%s and victory 4%s duplicated = yesterday's high record of par, The demand' for these bonds, which the recent decline in federal reserve rediscount rates, comes from all quar- ters, according to bond dealers, large corporate interests being among the principal purzaasers, | Up to midday sales of the various lberty bonds &ni victory notes were estimated at $8,000.000 par value, or more than 75 per cent of the total i turnover in the bond market. Greai- jest activity was shown bv liberty :h*cnnd and fourth 4%s, and victory s. —_— REPORT EXPECTED SOON. Nomination of D. C. Recorder of Deeds to Be Acted On. Senator Jones of Washington, chair- man of the subcommittee in charge of the nomination of Henry Lincoln Johnson to be recorder of deeds in the District of Columbia, sald today that the subcommittee was ready to report on the nomination to the full District committee at its next meet- ing. Senator Jones declined to say whether the report would be favor- able or unfavorable, as the consider- ation of nominations is confidential executive business. It has been supposed, however, that the nomination would be reported fa- vorably by the republican members of the subcommittee and opposed by the -::.mocnts the republicans being in 3 ¥ 1 seemed to have been accelerated byl WASHINGTON, SENTETOPROEE | WATSINEXEETON CWREESFURTER Special Committee Orderefl_ to Investigate Treatment of Privatés Overseas. EDGE SCORES GEQRGIAN DURING LONG WRANGLE | I Southerner Declares Soldier Will Tell Senators All First- Hand Facts. | Waison’s Charges Mést Outrageous, Says Gen. Pershing By the Asswciated Presy NASHVILLE, Tend, November 4, —While here today Gen. John | J. Pershing asked to be quoted in reference to the charge of Senator Tom Waison that Amerie: woldiers had been hanged overseas without trial. 1 s the moxt outrageous and untrue ‘ necusation that d possibly be made, olutely without foundatio! | A new resolution ordering a special committee to investigate charges of! Senator Watson. democrat, Georgia,! regarding treatment of privates in the American expeditionary forces was adopted unanimously today by thej| Senate after a two-hour wrangle. | Soon after Senator Watson presn ed the bases for his charges a favor- able committee report was mad: on the resolution authorizing the special committee appointed to ing into the charges to subpoena ses and papers. =he Senate also adopted unani- mously another resolution by Senator W | Bandegee, republican, Connecticut, chairman of the special committee, authorizing the committec to sub- poena witnesses and documents. but left unsettled the question as to the exact charges of Senator Watson which were to be investigated. Edge Flays Watson. When the Senate convened an hour earlier than usual to take up the Wateon charges, Senator Edge, repub- lican, New Jersey, opened with severe criticism of the Georgia senator for attempting to place-in the Congreés- sionsl Record yesterday & photograph of a gallows said to have been used by the Army in France. ‘Senator Edge said®that Mr. Watson had not requested publication of the article printed with the photograph in a Passalc, N. J., newspaper. The article showed, Mr. Edge added, that it was used for a legal execution aft- er a court-martial for an attack on & sewgn-vear-old French girl, who died froth the effects of the assaul Senator Kdge asked whether Sena- tor Watson sought to justify his charges of illegal executions without trial_by presenting the photograph of a gallows used in a court-martial ex-! ecution. American People Want Facts. | “The issue in this case cannot be camouflaged,” said Senator Edge. ‘“No one claimed that men were not tried and executed. The picture of a gallows used for punishment of a brute is no: Justification of the charges of the sen- | ator from Georgia. He cannot cover: them over with photographs and repro- ductions he offered yesterday. The American people want to know the facts, to have the senator's charges proven ol disproven by uncontroverted evidence. Replying to the New Jersey senator, Senator Watson referred to the picture showing the hanging of the negro for an attack on little French girl and de- manded nce when has it become legal to disgrace the uniform of the American Army Ay hanging it at the end of a halter?” ‘The Georgia senator called attention that in the casualty lists issued during the war there appeared the phrase: “Dead from other causes,” and asked what were those causes. - ‘Watson Takes Up” Frye Case. Taking up the case of the soldier Frye who was killed by a sentry, the speaker declared that he had a con- stituent in Georgia who saw the com- mission of “that foul crime, than which no German ever committed a fouler,” and that his affidavit would be presented to the Senate as soon as it_could reach Washington. Senator Watson told the Senate that his charge that twenty-one American soldiers had been hanged in France without grial had been based on the statement of a soldier whe said he had seen the gallows and had been told by the scaffoid guard that this num- ber of men had been hanged. He read a telegram from this soldier, whose name was not disclosed, saying that the gallows was at Gievres, France, and that the guard had told him that other men were to be hanged on it. “That's the number I said,” declared Senator Watson, referring to the number mentioned in the telegram. “That is the information on which I based my statement.” Promises Facts for Senate. ‘The Georgia senator deéclared that this soldier, wha; he said, had served four years in the Army, would “face the Senate and answer any question as bravely as he had faced the Ger- mans.” ! Senator Watson asked if the War ! Department would give: the name of !the “gallows guard’ and others in- volved in the Gievres execution. Senator Wadsworth, republican, New 1 York, chairman of the military com- mittee, said that was what was pro- posed by -the Senate investigation, ordered, he added, because the Georgia senator indicated lack of confidence in the chairman and other members of the military committee by refusing to come before it. Senator Watson replied that he had a constitutional right to present his case in the open Senate and intended to do so. “Expel me if ‘you like for that.” sald Senator Watson tv the republican side. ~ “You've t the vo.es. Go ahead and do it. Is the republican ma- jority scared? Why not debate this here in the open and meet me face to face? Why try to entrap me and cage me and_silence me in'a committee room? If there's anything cheaper in this country than human life it's 3 whitewashing committee' report. No- ‘body reads committee reports or has any confidence in them. “Does the general staff want to hide in the committee room?” Senator Wat- son continued. “Why not give the facts to some senator and have him face me here?” Fighting Military Clique. Senator Watson said he was fighting the “military cliqus, the Prussianized system.” and that “we.. have reached the point of militarism where (Continued ou Page 2, Column §.)- | i Tk 1OW | heer on . 'D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ‘4, 1921-FORTY-SIX PAGES. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatehes eredited to it er not otberwise credited In this paper and alsa the local news puniished herein, Yesterday's All rights of publication of special dispatches bereln are also reserved. Net Circulation, 85,689 TWO CENTS. After Kiss By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 4—A story ias grim as those of the most real of | Russian realists was told today in|that he had dragged the body 10 @ police headquarters. It concerned Frank Passyno, ship's curpenter, found shot to death in a Russian cemetery at South River, N. J., last Sunday. It came from the lips of Alexander Savin, his chum, who was arrested vesterday as a fu- gitive from justice and held on a charge of homicide. This is the confession Savin is al- leged to have made to the police: ‘That, out of work for four months, Passyno had become despondent and tried in vain to starve himself to death; that at last he had asked Sa- vin to shoot him: that Savin had re- fused,-but had been met with a threat of death himself; that last Sunday the two had gone from their room in this city to across the Hudson; that the two had embraced and kiseed; that Savin had fired three shots without killing his chum; that Passyno then had asked him to pause until he had given his PERMITS FOR BEER MAK Authority for Medical Product Issued by Commissioner to Two Applicants. Commissioner Haynes approved to- |day the first two applications from brewers for permits to manufacture and sell beer for medical purposes under the new Treasury regulations. | The applications were from Joseph ' Plet ! Schlitz_ of _Milwaukeo and Brothers of New York, and officials said the permits for them to engage in the medical beer business would be forwarded at onc Others Being Considered. fOther applications from brewers for permits, officials said, would be acted upon rapidly. and where there was no evidence of prior violation of the law or irregularity in the prepara- tions for dealjng in medical beer the necessary permits would be forth- coming. Before the distribution of medical beer to_the sick can begin, Commis- sioner Haynes explained, both phy- sicians and druggists must obtain new permits to enable them to prescribe and sell it. Applications for these per- mits, he added, are made to state dl rectors and issued by them. Point Remains Unnettled. In connection with prescriptions for beer, Mr. Haynes added, a point yet to be decided is whether a physician is limited to the 100 prescriptions every three months, as is now the rule, or whether under the new regu- lations he is entitled to more pre- scriptions for beer. BIG SALES NOT LIKELY. Difficulty of Delivering Beer Re- garded Bar to Large Transactions Physical difficulties in the way of delivery of beer for medicinal pur- poses appeared today to autotmati- cally forbid sale of beer in any quantity by drugglsts—the only per- sons authorized to sell beer on permit under the prohibition regulations. Prohibition officials said a delega- {tfon "of Washington druggists called martial which tried and convicted the at the office of Commissioner Haynes learly in the week seeking reasons men,” and i why beer, Instead of being handled by in which justice could be done them. druggists, could not be sold to con- sumers from breweries direct. They were told that beer must be pur- ‘hased from druggists and must tually be on the premises when it is sold. The question then arose as to stor- age facilities for the large quantities f beer, which it is belleved will be :-lled for ‘when it is made available for sale. Druggists, it was pointed out, have no facilities for storage of quantities of beer, nor do they have men experi- enced in handling it. They were told that it is up to them to take care of beer sales and that brewers could not sell beer direct to consumerg under the regulations. - Beer can be sold to consumers o prescription from physicians to drug- They would be approved and signed by the druggist and then fo: warded to the brewer, who would de- liver beer in the amount called for by the prescription, but storage of large quantities of beer on druggists’ premises is practically impossible, it ‘was pointed out. The Abner-Drury Brewing Com- pany, it was learned today, is nearly ready to apply’ for a permit ‘to seil ngfl‘lnlon to druggists. The n Heurich :Company also-is Christia e -to- submit its application, ‘. 1 a the Russian cemetery | ING APPROVED A |%0 Friend Upon Request and- Embrace ylast five dollars to his executioner as {a reward: that the fourth shot had |done the work. v Savin, according to the police, added iplace where passersby might more easily find it. " This resulted in d covery of the body and establishing of Passyno's identity through analy- {sis by a Baltimore oculist of lenses {in the dead man's glasses. { The police were frankly amazed by | the story they said Savin had told { them. TUpon further questioning, Savin was alleged to have told them that, like many Russians, the thought of | suicide had recurred often to the mind of his chum when luck seemed against him. Savin said he had plead- yed with his friend not to take his own ife, lised. "But die he must, Passyno | according to the Savin confession, !insisted that his friend, to prove his {loyalty, must kill him. 1 saw he was in earnest, and there was nothing else to do," quoted by the police. A_perplexing development to the authorities was discovered of #4! | PRESIDENT PRAISES SERGT. WOODFILL FOR HEROIC DEEDS IN WAR Sergt. Samuel Woodfill, selocted by Gen. Pershing as the greatest war hero of them all, was pre- sented to President Harding today and congratulated by the chief executive on his war record. As he left the executive offices he met Hepresentative Kahn, republican, of California. chairman of the House military committee, who also told him that the whole coun- try would always remember him with gratitude. Sergt. Woodfill was brought to the White House by Senator Ernst of Kentucky, in whose state he is now_stationed. The House today gave an ovation to Sergt. Samuel Woodfill, who oc- cupled a seat in the members' gal- lery this afternoon, when Represen- tative Benham of indiana, in whose home district Sergt. born and raised, made a speech to the House extolling the services ren- deged by Sergt. Woodfill. When Representative Benham pointed him out in the gallery the entire House rose, cheered and ap- plauded for many minutes. { Woodflll was | WOULD PARDON FIVE ] YANKS IN MURDER CASE iSecretary Weeks Says Court-Mar- | tial Tried and Convicted “In- nocent Men.” ! Pardon for five American soldiers con- | victed by court-martial for the murder of Capt. George Lancefleld of the Brit- ish.army, in Germany last year, been recommended by Secretary Weeks Roy O. Youngblood, George Van Gil- | guggest. :der, Carl J. Bryan and Jim B. Rich- ardson, are serving life sentences in the federal penitentiary at Leaven- worth, Kan. Announcement of the Secretary's action was made today by members fof the delegation of members of Con- \gress who recently apmzaled to Mr. {{eeks in behalf of 4% . «ve men. The Secretary's recor .approved and made effective, provide for release of the men and giving them the preference of returning to ,their old organizagons and serving ithe refmainder of their enlistments or ‘of applving for immediate discharge !from the service. Mr. Weeks based the recommenda- ytion on the ground that the court- men jointly had condemned “innoe¢ent pardon was the only way { Today’s News in Brief British house of commons Votes ap- proval of arms conference. Page ‘1 Premier Hara fatally stabbed at Tokio rallroad station. Page 1 Permits for manufacture of medicinal beer issued to two applicants. Page 1 D. C. officials urge higher pay for su- perintendent of schools. Page Smoot's alternative sales tax proposal likely to be rejected. Page 2 Representative Lampert attacks dis- tributors’ share of milk price. Page 2 Republican’ leaders veport gain for party in Virginia. Page | Indianapolis gives rousing welcoye to Marshal Foch. e 13 Loss in Weehawken pier fire put. at $1,000,000. 3 Page 17 King Alexander takes oath of office in Jugoslavia tomorrow. Page 17 Representative Johnson denies exist- ence of old cities in District. Page Borden - holds - unguarded = Canadian border example to world. Page 35 New ~York “milk - NPP"Y"IPWN'-‘”:{ normal, Page i 1 i i a bank, deposited to Passyno's credit. | ment"? i | {they can be converted fnto warships. | are: 13 - ! eduction. The men, James A. O'Dell,!cauy as @ defi DIFFICULTIES BESET ARMS LIMITATION Many Elements Will Enter Into Any Agreement Which Is Proposed. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. (In this the fifth of a series of sizaificant articles, Mr, lawrence outlines what thie nav, expertn of ‘our government have in mind In connection with “limitation’ and *‘reduction™ of armament.) Simple words o not always have and Passyno finally had prom-|simple meanings. For instance, the d. offictal title of the big conference is “Limitation of Armament.” Porularls the gathing has been erroneously “disarmament conference.’ What's the difference between “dis- armament” and “limitetion of arma- President Harding and his associates have-déclarcd they do not believe in complete disarmament— the scrapping of all armies and navies. They belicye it impracticable. America would never disarm alone. Nor would the rest of the world be likely to do so. As well might cities agree to abelish fire departments because the number of fires were gradually being diminished. Mr. Harding feels that a police force is always necessary. In other words, if armament should be re- duced it shoyld never paes below the line of domestic safety. But while disarinament isn't intended, it is also interesiing to reveal the fact that “limitation of armament” had a technical meaning in naval parlance and so has “reduction of armament.” Naval experts have the same attitude as lawvers toward legal phrases. They have reasoned it out that i tation of armament. for instance, means scrapping ships now in service but really obsolete. Each navy has a number of such vessels. Once they were first-line fighting craft. Now they are relegated to the rear, but every nation keeps sailors on them and spends a lot of money in main- tenance. No one nation likes to throw away these obsolete ships if the other nations keep them. So limitation would mean abolizhing by common consent the expense of obsolete ships. That could of courss be accomplished without any special agreement about new construction. It's the least that the coming con- ference can do. Merchant Ships Problem. As for ‘“reduction of armament,” this term means actually limiting the new construction to the vessels now building and limiting new appropria- tions only to the replacement of obso- lete ships. A special convention or treaty would fix the period of obso- lescence so that a vessel built in 1921 could, for example, be automatically replaced in 1931, and so on. The American Navy #¢ anxious to has i take the leadership in proposing a| program not only of limitation. but But the problem is not as idon of terms might is meant by ‘“new appropriation: And does it refer to inventions? 1If the limitation is in terms of money some nation might invent a new agency of warfare wkich would" be inexpensive, but which would absolutely alter the relative strength of existing navies. thermore, what about the merchant marine? The merchant ships of to- What adation would, if lgay are potentially valuable as com- merce destroyers. Guns can be mount- ed on their decks in a few weeks, and ‘England has the biggest merchant marine. America has a vast number of ships, too. Certainly no nation wants to limit the building of ships used for commercial purposes. Yet some agrsement must be madé as to the conve.sion of those merchantmen in_time of war. 4 So. the public cap rest assured of one thing—the United States doesn't intend to scrap its Army and Navy merely to respond to §n emotional demand that America set the others a good example. America means to force a curtailment of armament building. On that score the United States has an'advantage. For if the rest of the world will not agree to quit spending: money. for useless ar- mement - the United -States will find itself compelled. slowly to build the most powerful navy afloat. That may sound like an-empty threat, but it is a fact that our officials belleve Amer- ica: will have no altérnative, and ttat if the other nations fall to limit their programs the United States will be n a_gobd -position to continue her naval construétion. Money Biggest Consideration. America is not actuated alone. how- ever, by the desire to see thé"chances of war minimized by a general reduc- tion of naval power. The United States would like to ses the other countries cut down so thal enormo: ums now spent on armies and navies could be ‘better devoted to -the upbuilding of the. economic strength of coun- try. Furthermore, if less money were spent.on armament, less money would have to M-nuod‘l'ry'm E&r:w:im ice 2, Column -8.) ¢ SOVIET SERVES NOTICE IT WILL NOT BE BOUND BY WASHINGTON PARLEY By the Ausoclated Press. MOSCOW, November 3.—Foreign Minister Chitcherin sent a note to the entente nations and the United States today saying that Russla ‘Wil not fee] herself bound by the decisions of the Washington con- ference and holds herself free to take any steps necessary to pre- vent their enforcement. ARMAMENT FIRST CONFERENCE TOPIC -TOBE DISCUSSED Naval Strength Likely to Be Considered Before Any Other Issues. The American delegation to the arms limitation conference wilj meet {again tomorrow at 10 o'clock jto re- sume consideration of subjects at- tendant upon the preliminaries of the great international conference, which will hold its opening meeting one week from tomorrow and be ad- {dressed by President Harding. The American group continued its ses- slon of yesterday until 7:30 last night. It is “generally understood in of- ficial circles that the American dele- gates have practically rounded out the policy of this government in the BRITISH COMMONS WARMLY APPROVES ARMS CONFERENCE [House Unani!nously Adopts Motion Presented by Labor " Members. {HIGH HOPES EXPRESSED FOR SUCCESS OF PARLEY League of Nations Declared Incom- plete Without America—TU. S. Co-Operation Desired. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 4.—The house of commons today unanimous adopted the motion presénted labor members “warmly approving the approaching Washington confer- ence on limitation of armaments and far eastern problems. The vote came after two and a half hours of dis- cussion, in which numerous speaker supported the resolutjon and voic hopes of the conference’s success. Minister Lloyd George still hope it will be possible to carry out before Jdong his intention of going to Wash- ington and taking the leadership o the British delegation at the arn ments conference, declared Austen Chamberlzin, the goVernment leader. by proposal to be made as the basis for | jimitation of naval armament. Of- ficials decline to announce it in ad-| vance. for the obvious reason of tke Hope for Success. The debate was opened when John | | with due official formality to the conference. in courtesy to all the nations interested. Officials discour- age attempts at speculation upon the probable scope of the policy adopted. Armament Comes First. From the guarded utterances in of- ficial circles the inference is drawn that the American viewpoint of the conference consideration of topics visualizes eventual concurrent atten- tion to armament and far eastern questions by a work. On comes first, however, and unquestion- ably will be the first subject broached, | be discussed at the conference, coi- | fining his epeech for the most pa { | This is true from the necessity which has Leen realized of this government presenting at the outset, being the proponent of the conference, a basis upon which to proceed with an agree ment for limitation of naval arma- ment. Salient features naval armaments of the American proposal already details remain to be fixed, there reason to believe the reductions sug- gested will be sweeping enough to convinee the whole world that the United States meant business when it called the powers into conference. U. §. to Present Program. It would cause no surprise if the leading naval powers found it neces- sary to submit the plan of thie gov- propriety of its being presented first | i subdivision of the have been established, and although | is ! Robert Clynes moved the resolutio introduced by himself in tion with the other labor leaders, Steph Walsh, J. H. Thomas, Arthur Hender- son and Thomas Shaw. 1t read: “That this_house warmly approves of the meeting of the international conference at Washington. and trusts that a supreme effort will be mad to arrive at such measures of agre ment as will secure a substantial and progressive reduction of the crushing burden of armaments.” Mr. Clynes eaplained that his mo- tion was not offered with any idea of raising a harmful controversy, and the agenda armament!in his remarks he avoided all ref- erence to the policles which might t to a general dissertation on disarn ment. Declares League Incomplete. The world, said Mr. Clynes, was indebted to America for_the con- vening of the conference. The leagu. of nations was incomplete for i's | purpose, he thought, and he regarded America, in relation to this confer- ence. as having taken a step to lcarry out the mam principles and objects sought to be obtained by the league. The conference, said Mr. Clynes. was in no sense in competition With or_in opposition to the league. Unless the conference dealt with the causes at the root of armaments | there_was little hope of any reduc- {ing, he declared. ernment to long and careful study be- fore they determine on their course of action. Should the reductions pro- posed prove unacceptable, it is be- [ leved l}:ke‘ly that the "‘Ameflcln dele. |gates. having once taken the initia 5 " st I Tive, would Invite the other powers to | cot. ., These alliances are Mot e present in their turn some concrete ! ¥ 2 S e i past, and there is a growing convie golnter proposl. tion *hat great international interests All the evidences surrounding | s s A must be considered in common. and {the conferences of the American|ipat the future progress and good will big four with their naval advisers: op o ine (UTUTE DTOETCRs tred omiy by hive polited ito iacluglon’ of he great natious of the world all unit- set of maximum reduction figure. = orid.” 1 ng for the future peace of the worid. in the plan to be laid on the table b gy this government. No official has been | U. 8. Co-Operation Desired. willing to reveal any details of these| Sir Donald MacLean, liberal, in thc. figures, but there has been apparent unavoldable absence of Mr. Asquith. a desire to lay bare at the very out- | the liberal leader, seconded the motio:: set of the negotiations the full extent | for the resolution, saying: . to which the United States would be | “We are proudly consclous and grate- willing to go in scaling down the ful that in summoning this conferenc world naval armament. and in taking the initiative in it. ou The impression that such a method | sister nation, the United States. was may not lead to an immediate agree- | moved by no mean or selfish motive. ment has been given color by the but was actuated by a sincere desirc apparent intention of some of the|to bring about a better state of thins. powers to pursue a directly opposite | in connection with world armament { At another point In his speech he said: ““We cannot trust to alliances based on present or past frigendship and rest- i T iing on any material & economic inter- | Fur- ' course and enter the conference set- ting a high figure as the measure of the naval armament they consider irequisite to their national Japan already has indicated that she taining a navy equal to any which might enter her sphere in the far east; a proportion which naval ex- perts say is well in excess of her present power. Far East to Be Considered. While the naval armatent question is considered certain to be the first to occupy the active attention of the conference, it is not the expectation of officials here that the live prob- lem of far eastern diplomacy will re- main long in the background. It is conceivable among American problems may by brought sharply into issue as soon S™4eplies are made to the initial proposal of this go ernment_for naval reductions. Nat- urally the other powers will desire to set forth their reasons for the attitude they take on this proposal and in the consideration of these reasons the conference may swing en tirely away from the question of armament for the moment and ad- dress itself directly to the causes for | armament. | Other Delegates Due. British and Canadian delegates to | the conference are expected to arrive { tomorrow, and the State Department | was today working on pians for, their | appropriate reception at the Union station. Those expected tomorrow (Delegate) Sir Rober ! Borden. G. C. M. G., K. C., M. P., for i mer prime minister of Canada; Loring | Christie, legal adviser to the depart- ment of external affairs. |."British—(Delegate) The Rt. Hon. :‘Lord Lee of Fareham, G. B. E., K. C. i B.. first lord of the admira‘ty: (dele | gate) the Hon. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, | member of the council of government | of India; Rear -Admiral Sir Alfred i | | Canadian — FErnie Chatfield, K. C. M. G, C. B. C. V. O Conference Table Ready. Physical preparations for the hold- ing of the conference are progressing rapidly and all will be in readiness for the opening session. The great horseshoe table about which the dele- i gates will assemble has been installed |in the auditorium of the hall of the : Daughters of the American Revolution buflding. All the open sessions of. the eneral conference will be held in this all. » The 'office rooms in the Navy build- ing are practically ready for oc- cupancy, and the American delegation will ingtall some of its technical ex- perts in their offices in that structure next Monday. Preparing Wire Faecllities. Announcement was made at the State Department today that officials are ex- erting every effort to provide for the jties for communication between Wash- ingtog and the far east. It is evident that Ahere will be heavy demands on the ited facilities wiaich up to this time have been available, and that the communication facllities must be gen- erously expanded. 7 safety. | would suggest the necessity of main- | officials that some of the far eastern | most adequate cable and wireless facil- . | He felt certain, he added, that the con- ference was in no sense in competition with the leavue of nations. George N. Barnes. former labor party chei-man, who was a member of the British delegation at the Paris peace i conference and was strongly ‘ntor- jested in the formation of the league { of nations, said that if Amerira were {a member of the leasue there would be no need of a senarate conferonc: The great need of the moment, how- ever, he thought, was that the peoples ‘of the world shall be brouzh® into closer touch with the great issues in- volved. i Hugh O'Nelll, speaker of the Ulster parliament. declared that without America the league of nations could not be the great instrument of th- peace of the world which had been hoped. Consequently humanity {turned to the Washineton conference. { which he trusted would give the same {results as had been hoped for from the league. Gratetul for Conference. Austen Chamberlain, the govern- ment leader. said that President { Harcine’s invitation to the conference i{had been welcomed in Epeland with a unanimity and thankfu'ness diffi- cut to exp-ess in words. and that the accengance of the invitation was in no sefice hostile or derogatory to the learue of nations. “We shall T hove, find in Washing- ton.” he said “that determination to overcome difficulties which will en- able the nations of the world to ful- 11 the purpose of the President when he summoned the conference to limit jarmaments and assure peace.” Mr. Chamberlain sa‘d the object of the motion was to give a clear, un- mistakahle messaew “of our earne: -good wishes for the success of | conference. and to impress upon our own people how vast are the issues which depend unon its deliberatione. and how vital it is to the world that these deliberations should reach a successful issue. “I have but one regret regarding he conference,” he added. “and it is that the prime minister is unable to be at the ovening.” “The government continued Mr. Chamberlain, “sets fhe gréat impor- tance upon the conference that though the absence of the prime minister pre- sentrd many difficulties we unani- mously requested hiim to be the prin- cipal delegate of our’ country. We profoundly rexret that circumstances known to every member of the house made it imposs'ble for him to carry iout that intention, but we still hope it may be possible before long to carry out that intention and for him to take the leadership of the British delegation.” I “In his absence we are fortunate in having as leader of the delegation a tatesman of unrivaled _exnerience nd one who, as the vrincipal repre- | sentative of this country on the league }of nations, it may be. will link or help to' link the proceedings of that body with the deliberations of the confer- ence in Washington. “The policy of the British govern- ment is to seek peace and imwure it. and we join with the house at large in prayers for the success of this con- ference and in the earnest hope that t may bring relief to the overdus- ed nations of the world.” T