Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1921, Page 3

OIL INTEREST- HELD DANGER TO PARLEY Drawback to Arms Confer-. ence Seen in British- American Conflict. By the Assoclated Press. J i LONDON November 1.—One dansl‘r‘ to a final and satisfactory agreement at the approaching Washington con- ference lies in the present conflict of British and erican interests in oil questions, a lengthy artigle in the London Times today. “It ma rly be advanced,” says the article, “if Great Britain is not prepared to make concessions on this vital question the conference is like- 1y _to break down i The write v@ates abandonment by the British government “of their present p of participation in oil production and supply.” and if the British government “renounces its control of the Anglo-Persian Oil! Company and produces evidence of its complete ~ dissociation _from active participation in the oll Industry, It can justly demand. whether in Cali- fornia or the Philippinus, continuance of America’s old and sound policy of ‘the open door’ It is the only policy that will make for the world's Ppeace. “Granted the conference has a bet- ter chance for success with a limited, definite agenda, it is vet necessary that the public, as well as the rep- resentatives of this country in Wash- ington, should fully realize that, while limitation of naval armaments must hold first place in the agenda, that question cannot be satisfactorily set- tled without a_complete understand- ing between America and Great Brit- ain on the international aspect of oil production and supply. * * ¢ “It cannot be denied that in the operation of certain oil companies there is the taint of British govern- ment control. That is the real cause of the bad feeling that exists between America and Great Britain on the oil question, and that is why the anxiety! of the British admiralty for the se- curity of oil supplies for the Britisi | fleet in time of war, which at once ix | reasonable and genuine. has come | into conflict with the equally reason- able and genuine anxiety of tne American oil men as to the future Drofits and prospects in the oil busi- ness in time of peace. U. S. Held Self-Supporting. “We know that Great Britain does not, in fact, dominate the oil situa- tion. and does not as an empire hold ideas of oil aggrandizement. yet the operations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Cpmpany and_the Shell-Royal Dutch droun carry tha taint of British Eov- | ernment participation. and where these commercial _concerns have | pushed their activities forward in competition with the Standard Oil| Company. the ‘100 per cent American’ sees signs of British ‘preparedness’ for & future naval war.” The article brands as a fallacy, “the axiom, so generally accepted. that oil supplies are the ultimate basis of na- val efficiency,” adding that ofl power depends upon sea power for every big nation except Americe. “which is in the unique position of being. if not actually at present, yet potentlally self-supporting in oil It asserts that the industrial and commercial control of oil fields with- out war-time military or naval com- pmand s fotile because of the neces- #ity of transportation. It declares further that sound, commercial and _uie reasons justify a change in the Dritish poliey” on account of thel| expense involved." HECHT EMPLOYES' DANCE. The Hecht Company Employes’ Mu. tual Benefit Association will give a costume dance, at the Arcade ball- room tonight, for the benefit of the sick fund. Prizes are to be awarded for unique and beautiful costumes. MRS. EBERLE SEEKS DIVORCE. Margaret T. Eberle has filed suit for an absolute divorce and alimony from | | I ers and other persons in the District |father of his country. t THE. EVENING STAR,-. WAS {STAGE IS SET FOR U. S. Abe Martin Says: Central ‘High Community - = 3 Music Evening. ! l TONIGHT'S PROGRAM. Take it with you. No other Printed. Selections by violinist (first soloist), Genevieve Crist, vio- linist; ' Malelaine McGrego: accompanist. (a) “Cavatina, | Raff; (b) “Canzonetta.” Am- brosio; (c) Waltz, Schubert. Note—Miss Crist is a pupil of Mr.- Van Hulstyn of Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, Md. Organ (first group), Edith B. Athey, civic organist. “Overture to Stadella.” tow, arranged by Buck “In 'Springtime,”” Kinder; (c) “‘Deep River,” Burlelgh-Biggs; (d) “Marche Russe,” Schminke. Organ (second group)—(a) “Marche N * MacMas- () Donizetti; a@Evry. Selections by vocalist (second soloist), H. Le Roy Lewls, baritone: Louis Atwater, ac- vompanist. (a) “Now Like a (b) “Sanc- (c) “Thy acDowell; Cox. “Tocca- () Lantern,” Krame! tuary,” La Forge Beaming Eyes,” (d) “To a Hillto) e e o GROWNG WEEDS RUINING WAKEFIELD incidence.” so many folks 'l say, an’ then they tell us somethin’ that hain’t anything like a co- Speaker at Masonic Gather- ing Declares Washington’s g| Birthplace a “Disgrace.” incidence. Tell Binkley wuz arrested fer Washington's birthplace at Wake- field, on the Potomac, is ovérgrown a Ku Klux, last night, while walkin’ in his sleep. (Copyright Natloual Newspaper Service.) Bill Before Senate Authorizes Erec- |with weeds; the monument placed g . C. omes, |there by Congress is being chipped by tion in D. C. of Sanitary Homes, | [.° re. and the place has fallen Primarily for Alley Dwellers. - $6,000,000 FOR HOUSING PROPOSED IN MEASUR into general neglect, Washington The District Commissioners would | Masons were told at a meeting in| i ds up to|Central High School auditorium last ! D o zed o e DS nhary |night, in celebratioN of the 169th Ma- dwellings to care for the alley dwell- | sonic’ birthday anniversary of the These charg.: | of Columbia wunder a bill introduced {were made by Thomas S Cl vt Vesterday afternoon by Senator Jone: | Astor Lodge, New York city, who ex- of Washington. The bill was re-|hibited a photograph in support of ferred to the District committee, of [them. He said Wakefield had become which Senator Jones is a member. [a national disgrace. The bill provides that not more than! B > $2.000.000 0f these bonds shall be 18- Anniversary C ated. sued in any one year, Masons throughout the United States The bill is identical with a meas-|joincd last night in commemorating ure introduced by Senatog Jones in{the making of George Washington a 1919, with the exception of the fact n in Fredericksburg (Va.) Lodge, that it would have the benefits apply { No. 1, 169 years ago. The Washing- to persons other than alley dwellers |ton ussemblage, however, was more The bonds would be payable in{fortunate than the other gatherings, twenty-five vears and bear interest|in that it was shown the Bible upon at 5 per cent. The Commissionerst|which Washington took his Masonic would be authorized to acquire any |obligations and also the minutes of land in the District now unoccupied |the occasion as recorded by Alexander by purchase or condemnation. Rent- |Woodrow, secretary of the lodge. The als would be based on the cost of|Bible, still in the possession of the site, buildings and maintenance and|Frederickshurg lodge, was brought to repair and the establishment of 2 |Washington by a committee from the sinking fund to retire the bonds llodge, composed of Past Masters Wil- Provision is made for the purchase|liam H. Rice, Edgar Young, Gran- of the homes by tenants on monthly ville R. Smith and W. S. Hitt, and payment plans. Rev. H. L. Hout. Mr. Hout was 5 . spokesman for the committee. He PHONE SERVICE RAPPED. |iime theBibte vouia be e an time the Bible would be taken away from the lodgerooms for inspection City of Memphis Complains to State Utilities Board. by the public. Past Grand Master Presiden. The exercises were held under the NASHVILLE, Tenn., November 5.— Complaints agalnst the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company, auspices of the advisory board of Ma- sonic Clubs of the District and were charging that subscribers applying for telephones were mnot served presided over by Past Grand Master James W. Witten. In addition to the promptly and objecting to installation of the “pre-pay station™ for the pay addresses’ delivered by Rev. Mr. Hout and Mr. Clay, Representative Sherman Burroughs' of New Hampshire eulo- gized Washington and his s:cadfast Elt‘))'all.)-'d ‘fh the lqb“!:]“fl{l_s{ of Masonry. station formerly used have been filed | yoruic S Tation is lire wadione. of o e M e i “berer Mipa |servica. and selfishness had no part in Tennessee railroad and public utili- ties commission. Another complaint was filed with the commission by the city of Knox- ville charging that city’s street rall- it, he declared. That Washington knew way company with failure to comply how to select good men to fight the battles of the voung republic was proved, Mr. Clay said, by the fact that twenty out of twenty-nine of his major generals and fifty-nine out of sixty of his brigadier generals were Masons. The Louis A. Eberle, a musician. They!with an order to pave the streets speaker also called attention to the were married October 25, 1904, and between and on each side of its|fact that fifty-two of the fifty-six sigu- have no children. Misconduet is al-|tracks. No dates have been set for|ers of the Declaration of Independence leged and a corespondent named. hearing these complaints. were Masons. Program of Muslie. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. I QA Tl N O S THE TWENTY.-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING | thr hppts CLAFLIN OPTICAL CO., AD OF FURNITURE a, Nov. Sth. and from New TIE BIG 4 TRANSFER CO. w. Main 2 TING OF THB NA- Hospital Association will . Friewt Parlor, 111 Bxe at. ON AND AFTER nat e re<ponsible for any debts contracted by Any oue other than myself. FRANK 8. WILCOX. HE MYSTERIES OF LIFE—A STUDY seeks some more members, men and fomen who seek to know the great and funda. mentsl laws of n;lur?‘ ln(rl the I'Irr:(ve::;.’ :: on are Interested write for a_free fan Triamphant, of Manter of Fate.r Ad- dress Box 271 Star_office. . Sweet Cider and Apples ave plke. turn right at Olney and eknough_Orchards, Ednor, Md. G w ORDANCE WITH ACTION HERETO- e et the balance: of the thirty-ffth div- and of iwo and one-half per cent on the eferred_stock of the Waslington Railway Electric Company is payable December 1, w21 booka for the transter of the preferred atock Wikl 'be ‘closed from the close of busl- Sous on November 19, 1021, to the openlag of " November 22, 2! Pusinens on 0T . R. BOWEN, Secretary. v BRING BACKR A VAN LOAD OF :xn;"r{l!‘f)r}‘o(mm ‘Wilkes-Barre, Allentown and KNOW roup Yrk. Pa. SMITH'S TRANSFER AND STOR- AGB CO. 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FLOO] ‘WAXED, $2 UP; POLISHED, L §1 up: cleaned or refinished by electric machine. R. E. NASH. 403 S st. n.w. North 3600, SRS, T, BOWARD WISHES TO AN, Sle is mow located 1331 G st. n.w., 2d floor. NOUNCE Vill_he glad to see all_patron: 7 Fireplace Goods Boxee Hadhm N ren. “ias Eoghs at SHEDD'S forshien g o, CLAFLIN FOR EYEGLASSES, " Boston Beauty Shop 1006 F st. n.w., ~ very evening until 9:30. Ex- pert attendants. GRAND AN[I‘UPRIGBT plAX“;"D¥IBEfiH: inos taken in as part payment on Victrolas. 1O WORCH, 1110 G a.w. Kranich & Bach and Emerson pianos. ‘A New'Roof With a Brush When you use Liquid Asbestos Roofing Cement, 1 will’ apply same and guarantee roof five ears from all leaks. Also sold in bulk. adison_Clark, 1;14 Pa. ave. s.e. Linc. 4219, BBACTIFUL N HEIGHTS—LARGE Jots, between Ft. Myer and Washington; ad- e of new Key bridge; overlooking wl o eity; Tessousbly priced; euy terms, 'LOUIS OTTENBERG, Tr., Colorado g«u. M, 1827, 1S THE _ROOF Y To_ withstand_the winter storms? Let Casey ook at it. Get Case: will be open 51 S W - Main 6633 throughout the program, the Washington Quartet, composed of Mrs. Mary Sherier Howie, Miss Richfe McLean, J. F. M. Bowie and Fred East, contributing sev- eral numbers which caused the large audience to insist upon encores. George H. Wilson was the accompaniat. Others who contributed to_the musical pro- gram were Master Duward Bowersox, prominent voung Washington violinist, who was accompanied by Miss Maric Belt. The Lambskin Orchestra gave several selections, and at the conclu- sion of the meeting played “The Star Spangled Banner,” which the audience sang. The meeting opened with an invoca- tion by the Rev. James Shera Montgom- ery, chaplain of the House of Repre- sentatives, and closed with a benedic- tion by Rev. J. J. Mulr, chaplain of the Senate. of the Mutual Serial Building Association will be held on MONDAY, November 7, 1921, at 7:30 p.m., at the real estate office of R. Harri- son Johnson, Inc.. 306 Tth st. e.w. on stock of the thirtleth series and may be made to the treasurer from 830 m. to 5 p.m. daily. Shares $1 per month. The association in under government superyi- sion. Joseph Goldenberg, president; W. A. H. Church, vice president; J. Walter Stephenson, treanarer, 308 7th st s J. 3. Dermody. 2l Eve et necretary. Thomas P. Brown, Dant, John Finn, Max Kohner, Joseph' F arsden, James P. McArdle, Thomas E. Petty. directors. Ladies, Attention! Hair Ooloring is an Art. THE _FRENCH HAIR SHOP Gives FREE advice on HAIR TROUBLES. Hair Coloring, Scalp Treatment, Hair Goods. Consult _the French Hair Shop, 700 12th st. n.w. Frank. 2223. no27® Great Cash Conservers Porch —are found in our low prices Col on Lumber, Trim, Wall Board,| © HONOR TO WASHINGTON. BO UMN | porch Column Bases, Blinds, ases Sash, ete. Masonic and Travelers’ Clubs of Geo. M. Barker Co., Inc. 649-651 e Y. ave.; 1517 7th. Te.l' M. 1348, G. W. U. Pay Homage. In the presence of Howard L. Hodg- kins, acting president, members of the faculty and other distinguished ‘Tin Roofs—Slag Roofs BEPAIRED AND PAINTED. Call Main 760, guests the 166th Masonic birthday of Grafton&Son,Inc., ¥k, 1ot &|George Washington was fittingly ob- “Heating srd_%oofing Experts 35 ?nn - | served by more than one hundred members of the Masonic and Travel- HOT WORDS EVOKED ers’ Clubs of George Washingtdn Uni- : —by poor heating equip- | versity at a banquet at the New Eb- Heating and ment are often the onls | bitt Hotel last night - & Wi features in some Dean Merton ‘erson presided as Plumbing | homes during the winter, | ¢oasimaster, and Eave & briet resume but_they're not Biggs V. Reasonable | P. ¥. beated homes. EM- cient, economical. The Biggs Engineering Co., of the Masonic actlvities of the first president of the United States. He stressed the great dynamic and leavening force of Washington, his 1310 14th st. n.w. Phone Franklin 317. earnestness in Masonry, and said that WARREN W. BIGGS. President. [the zeal with which he promoted liberal education, especially in hi: Glass Tops Auto Head- Wind- Shield later years, was proof of his belief in the ideals of the fraternal order with which hthnd amlll‘;adé : Both Dean Ferson and President for light Glass | mougkine spoke of the desire of Tables | Glass |:etc- cte. at | President Washington to have estab- LOW PRICES | lished a_ great national university Becker Paint and Glass Co,, | hore. and said that records showed CHAS. F. HODGKIN, Mgr. *? | where (I,‘ong;em:‘i h%g'geen l:lrgiedblr HAD. B . Mge. appropriate funds at.end, it be- 1230 Wincons'n avo. Phone Weat 67. |ing shown that those backs ‘of tic P project at the time had gone so far Heating - Plants Made New | 557" 2ioct® o oite for- aames—the More heat, less fuel will be the result of an overhauling by Ferguson. Phof us. ground now occupied by the Naval R. K. FERGUSON, Inc., Hospital. Dean Ferson said further that a 8t. Phone North 231 1114 9th ong lxn:ll. -232. clause in #orge Washington's wil' ALL PRINTED FOR : stipulated that certain shares of stock be set aside to aid in the erec- tion of a non-sectarian national uni- versity in the District of Columbia. 000 etierhends 50 Purpose the Same. g0 Emmcioves” } §9 “Whether those back of the move- THE DUPLICATING OFFICE, ment were connected in any way with HINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER -3, 1921-PART T Photograph made through the columns of the Arlington amphiihenter, showing the tomb, which will pro:ide the final resting place for the unknown American soldier, who fell in the world war, which is to he placed there on Armistice day as a tribute to all unknown American heroes. | CHNA DISSATISFED jsented nations separated by centuries 14th and Pa. ave. Main €271 the foundi of Columbian Univer- ——— | sity, established in 1821 by the Bap- e Shop tists, i8 not known,” said President W. STOKES ONS. Hodgkins, “but the purpose was the 830 13th t. Phose same, and it is supposed that they M. 4876 ‘were. The educator outlined the history Get our new reduced prices on window shades of.quality. SKILL, BRAINS and originality are mixed with your PRINTING NEEDS. HIGH GRADE, BUT NOT HIGH PRICED. THE SERVICE SHOP BYRON S. ADAMS, FEyTees T Roof Troubles - —of any kind promptly and capably looxed after by practical roofers. Let us piace your order now. Don't wait for the rains to bring ruin. Call us up! Have the repairing done right. ]RONC]‘_AD :l:fln:. u;:“ 5' i::i‘. We Will Express Your Ideas in Printing LET US SUBMIT ESTIMATES. —CONSULT of the original institution, spoke of the changing of the name to that of George Washington University in 1904, and also its control from those connected with the Baptist faith to a | purely non-sectarian board." He con- gratulated the Masonic clubs of the institution, and said that the devo- tion to service shown by their mem. bers was highly appreciated by those who had the interests of the univer- sig at heart. e Witt C. Croissant, professor of American literature at the vgiversity, appealed for support for the institu- tion, and, too, congratulated the Ma- sons of the school for the construc- tive work they were accomplishing. Following brief addresses of appre- ciation to members of the faculty for their support, by Charles M. Frey, president of the Travelers’ Club, and Byron C. Carson, chief ‘executive of the Masonic Club, Arthur B. Hayes, SECRETS OF- WORLD WAR Conflicting Aims Come Together " at Parleys. By ANDRE TARDIEU. French high com- Cuptain of the Freuch army. miwwioner to Amer! Clemenceau’s right huud at the Conference of Versaillex. . CHAPTER XX. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. These men, whose unanimity was demanded by clrcumstances, repre- of history. Great Britain and France, to mention but these, had been at war between 1688 and 1815, for sixty- one years, out of 127. All the others had P in its own country and in its own interest lived different lives which had given birth to conflicting intercsts. Immediate conflicts re- | duced to figures in economic and| financial problems, where one could not have more unless the other had i less. Other conflicts, less immediate, | but far deever in public morals, where | the diversity of traditions had given ' birth to widely divergent conceptions | and to irreconcilable contradictions of feeling and of thought. It was the' dead of ages speaking and they did | not all speak the samc language. M. | Clemenceau and those who helped | him direct the negotiations for France had personal experience of this dan- gerous divergence of national tem-! peraments. * View of Clemencean. He characterized it in these words, which I reproduce The state of mind of our allies is not necessarily the same as our own and when we are not in agreement with them, it is unjust to blame those who do not succeed in convincing them or to blame them for evil intentions which are not in their hearts. What are you going to do about it? Each of us lives encased in his own past. Auguste Comte sai that we live dead men's lives, an it is true. We are encased by the past, which holds us in its grip, and spurs us forward to new efforts. Neither an Englishman, nor I, nor any one will cast up his historical way of seeing things and of think- ing because he has contracted a temporary alliance with a foreign country. ® * ¢ | had to do with these diffi- culties during the war. Take unity of command. Unity of command was achieved by several stages. Everybody did his bit. But the difficulty " of bringing unity’ of command into being was ‘much less than the difficulty of making it_work, and that because of the different states of mind I have just mentioned. The peace conference has only inherited states of mind from the varlous conferences of Versailles and from the meetings which pre- ceded it. How can a man be expected to renounce his past when he 18 sac- rificing the blood of his country- men to uphold it? Faults and Virtues Together. Men retaln their virtues and their faults together. You must take them as they are. They are what they are. They have a past as COMMISSIONERS GUESTS AT CLUB LUNCHEON Isaac Gans Invites Many to Event in Honor of Secretary . Weeks. The District Commissioners, heads of Washington civic and social organiza- tigns, and others prominent in the busi- ness and professional life pf Washing- ton were guests at a luncheon for the Secretary of War given by Isaac Gans! vesterday at the City Club. | Secretary Weeks was presented by Mr. Gans as a citizen of the District of Columbia. The Secretary responded with an interesting address, in which he displayed heartfelt interest and a thorough acquaintance with the prob- lems of this city. I belfeve that if the plans for beauti- fication of Washington as originally laid out are followed it will be the most beautiful ' city in the world,” sald Mr. Weeks. “There is no reason why the capital of this country should not be the finest of all. Y ““This is a great big country, wealthy almost beyond measure, and I believe that we can afford t? bh..il‘:“ a little bit extravagant in maintaining our na- tional :ft‘y. 1 have been a resident of the District of Columbia nearly nine- teen years, and I feel e deep interest in its affairs. 1 hepe, as every other resident hopes, that Congress will al- ways deal liberally with our city.” —_— TUBERCULIN TEST COSTS 18 CENTS, SAYS REPORT Department of Agriculture Gives Figures Which Have Bearing on Local Milk Controversy. In view of the fight being made by the District Health Department at hear- ings before a subcommittee of the House committee for continued pro- tection of the milk supply coming into ‘Washington, througl® requirement that cll milk shipped in shall be from tuber- culin tested herds, the report of the United States A Department of Agricul- ture that the tuberculin test is made at = cost of 18 cents & head is of interest. The Maryland-Virginia Milk Produc- ers’ Association complies with the tuber- culin test requirement and attorneys representing local distributors are en- dea to force Congress to.order B ‘| | | Atter citing yenterday how the work of the peace conferemce was divided among numereus &roups, M. Tardieu today quotes a motable wtterance by M. Cle- mencean, which pletures graph- feallf the conflicting natio terests brought together at the allied peace table. “It was'the dend of ages speaking, and they speak the same we have a past. As far as I am concerned, merely because they er from me, even on very se- rious questions, I do not fecl call- ed upon to break with them, as has been suggested. There is the master difficulty. Ome could not break off * ¢ ¢ o only in such a manner that publ opinion would immediately unanimously - lay the blam those who broke off. * * « It is said that when one French, the right thing is to say. “I demand,” and if the others re- fuse to break: it was also eaid, “The right thing is to go before parliament.” A fine reception I should have had, and how right parliament would have been to receive me ill There should be no surprise & the resistance we have encounter- ed. The one said or thought, am English”; the other though “I am American.” Each had much right to say so as we had to v we are French. Sometimes it true, they made me suffer cruelly. But such discussions must be entertained into, not with the idea of breaking off. or smash- ing the serving tables and the china, as was Napoleon's wont, but with the idea of making one's self understood. Why Concenslons Were Made. That is why those who had the re- sponsibility, and, therefore, the au- thority, gradually made such conces- sions as were necessary to final agree- ment. That is why the recommenda- tions of commissions—some of which besides had not succeeded in reaching unanimity—were sometimes brushed aside. France, I have the right to re- call it, almost always supported the opinions of the experts. At the same time no country did more than France to pave the way for the necessary agreements. Technical preparations, political unanimity, these were the two poles between which the confer- ence revolved. There were deviations from one to the other. The straight line was not 'always followed. Let him who could have done better cast the first stone! The truth is that on the one hand the essential factors were studled with a care not to be found in any of the great congresses of history, and on the other that the decisfons based thereon, when debat- ed, were dominated by a spirit of har- mony inherited by peace from war— that the sacrifices made were honor- able concessions to the common pur- pose. On the other hand, the commis- sions’ laborious workshops, where the materials were produced and stored; on the other, the “big four"—a mys- terious power used to scare popular credulity and who only exercised, however., the legal authority with which the nations had invested them. There is the conference of Paris. Fable of Dark Room. For the convenfence,of controversy, the story was widely circulated of the most formidable treaty in his- tory hurriedly improvised and thrown together by four fallable and ill-in- formed men, closeted in a dark room, | is Women’s Clothes Cheaper %n Spring, Is View of Makers By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 5.— Prices of women’s clothing mext spring will be 25 to 33% per cent lower tham Iast spring, through immediate return to plecework in the garment making trades, sak statement by the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufac- turers’ Protective Association. * Their proposal to abandon the present weekly wage and re- store the piecework payments in.opposed by the International Ladies’ Garment ‘Workers’ Union, the members of which icil of four, which i i These three cour i Clemenceau Sounds Warning to Let Ideals Rule." imposing upon the world their whim as law. The time has come to meet this fable with the The treaty was studied. prepured and discussed ifor six long mouths by fifty-eight techuical commi on which sat} the foremost spe s of each coun- try, which i The conclusions ol the fied by twent investi tions, were discussed from Janu 10 to June 28 by three bodies: council of ministers of foreign fairs, which held ings; the council of te seventy-two meeting thirty-nine meet- which held and the coun- 1145 meetirgs ils also ings to the chairmen of the tech- nical commissions and all the repre- sentatives of allied or neutral coun- tries Interested. Finally, when at the beginning of May the texts we; settled upon, the cabineis of the rious powers were called into cop- sultation. Such were the general conditions ¢ the work of the conference. 1 com now to the conditions in which its jdecisions were arrived at; that is to say, to the very origin of this un- precedented treaty. which, aiter fi 1y-two months of war, restored peace to_the world. The conference deprived no one of the right of being heard. All the countries resented, no matter how small, participated in the labors of the commissions, either members or as witnesses. All were heard by the great powers, and the number of these “hearings exceeds 300. But the direction of the work remained in the hands of those who had wop the war. It was thus that on January 12, 1919 the body known as the council of ten men met; it was composed of the heads of government and minis- ters of foreign affairs of the United States, the British_empire. France, Italy and Japan. This council sat twice daily from January 12 to March 14, dealing both with the peace and with such urgent prob- lems of world politics as could not be left unsolved: application and renewals of the armistice. food sup- plies for Europe; Russian affairs. The council listened fo the claims of small nations. It settled the clauses of the disarmament of Germany. That hav- ing been done, it suddenly realized that six weeks had passed; that the end was not vet in sight, and that, with its ten members, assisted by several dozen experts, no headway was being made. Little by little everybody had got into the habit of making speeches. Matters were con- stantly being adjourned. That per- fect frankness essential to obtain re- sults was diflicult in the presence of S0 large an audience. When anything leaked out, each delegation blamed the other for it. These were the rea- sons—and there was none other- why it was decided to narrow the circle. Thus the council of four, in- creased to five when the Japanese delegate was present, was formed, and it was assisted in some of the less important matters by the council of five made up of the ministers of foreign affairs. To. what obscure maneuvers has the formation of these two committees not been attributed? 1 have given the'real reasons. They are self-sufficient. - (Coprighted by the Robbs-Merrill Company.) 21ST INSTALLMENT TOMORROW. CARAVAN CLUB ENJOYS - A MuSICAL PROGRAM Numbers at Hotel Meeting Range From Jazz to Grand Opéwg. In accordance with their custom to devote the first meeting of the month to entertainment. members of the Caravan Club enjoved a musical program at the Hotel Washington yesterday afternoon. Numbers ranged from jazz to grand opera, and repeated encores Were de- manded of Miss lda Clarke, on_the are preparing to take a strike referendum. ‘The manufacturers’ statement declared the forecasted reduc- tions answered charges by Ben- jamin Schlesinger, head of the wnion, that the mamufacturers’ aim is to hit the buying public )y increasing prices through a return to a plece basls. SHIP BOARD CHANGES COMPLETE. SAYS LASKER Definition of Duties of Board and Emergency Fleet Corpopation juntil they were tired. plano accordion; *Billie” Zeitler, Har- ry Chick, Jack Mullane, George Leon and George Levy, for their special features. The Caravan quartet sang Samuel~ Zirkin, chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the birthday ban- quet to be tendered “Call Me Henry" Lansburgh, potentate of Almas Tem- ple, at Wardman Park Hotel, ah- nounced that admission tickets would be limited to.600, each member of the Caravan Club to be allowed four. Rev.. D. R. Covell invited the club to attend a supper to be held at Trinity Church, 3d and C.streets, No- vember 16, for the benefit of the church coal fund. N -Following several reports read by Harry G. Kimball, secretary, Repre- sentative W. D. Upshaw of Georgia made.a brief address. Col. H. L. Glichrist, U. S. A,, of Al- i ! Also Reached. koder Temple, Portland, Ore., recent- ly returned from Poland, where he Reorganization of the Shipping|was instrumental in instaliing a mod- ern sanitation plant, was a guest of the club. Other invited guests in- cluded Dr. B. J. Lloyd, Nite Temple, Seattle, Wash.; A. J. Leister, Gea. Amos A. Fries, Peter Kasins, H. 8. glr‘ar. George B. Stevens and John udle; URGE CONCEALED WIRES. Park View Citizens Want Georgia Avenue Trolley Underground. A campaign to have the trolley wires lon Georgia avenue placed underground will be launched by the Park View Citizens® ociation at a meeting In the Park View School Tuesday night Board and definition of the duties of the Bbard and the Emergency Fleet Corporation has ‘ been gcompleted, Chairmar. . Lasker announced last night. Mr. Lasker has had several conferences with the Presideiit con- cerning reorganization of the board and division of its work among va- rious bureaus. One of the commissioners has been put at the head of each bureau and will be responsible for the affairs of that bureau. The chairman will serve ex-officio as a member of each bureau, under the reorganization plan. ‘The hureau of traffic will be head- ed by Commissioners derick I Thompson and E. C. Plummer and the bureau of operations will be in charge of Commissioner T. V. O'Con- nory Former Chairman Benson will be in charge of the bureau of coi struction “dnd /Commissioner Cham- Dberlain .-(rtll be. in charge of the {58 tne at 8 o'clock. A crusade also will be started to have the .car tracks on Georgia avenue paved. Placing of a traffic policeman at Columbia and Georgia avenues during the pning rush hours to. protect —— . e r— | Neighborhood House Appeals for Gifts To Aid in Its Work Toduy in the twentieth an- niversary of the extublishment A of Neighborhood House, N i wtreet southwest. In recozn! | of itn work for community bet terment during the last two decades contributions are Reed- ed for it wupport during the | eomf W work of the inxtitution are re- queated (o A1l out and xign the attuched coupon and mauil it witl fuclosure of contribution. | dollars as a birthday offering | for Neighborhood House. Address THIAPAN' RERLY Versailles Treaty Reigcted as Settlement Basis in New Note. an opportunity suitable to Japan for | a recousideration of her position, Dr. Yen's Reply Unoflicial. Mayor Threatens to Take Action in 1 1 ¥ of word mote the Chinese government |3 NEW YORK NI ORI IS PASSED., Dealers Claim 65. fier Cent Delivery and Expect Normal Soon. - Associnted Pross to Nelghborhood Houxe, N NEW YORK, November lictu )< itreet mouthwent. (of milk distributing companies X {fected by the walkout last Tuesday of 1 subnerihe the Milk Wagon Drivers' Union. that the strike crisis h: passed and that normal deliv would be established carly ngs ped the fro strike zer to & ot pef cent of normal, it was claimed £ more 1) mecting Health Commis oner Copeland’s demand for a toshowing ’ than thirty sh were fircd police tn the course of bttle in Lrooklyn last night crowd of strike’ sympathizers 2 building exenvatio bricks and stone ¢ three wers milk wagons. Fifteen arres miad CITY MAY DELIVER. Strike of Cleveland Drivers. B the Assorinted ross. CLEVE Oliig, 1@y irobuble November city_seen, the Telling remaine Company th w K wigon driv arbi Soo < over the questio condition= I Mayor w. id he w has replied to the latesi proposalsready to 1 unless th of the Jupanese government concern- | < pPANS i ing the Shantung situation. It stutes ! o date tutile '3 that the Japanesc proposals are nul attempt to have officials at- acceptable. . tend a confers d called. Lu- 5y The Japanese memorandum to China | Stead, he re from ti of October 19, the note declares, | company. declaring that the w { shows an apparent misunderstanding { cale would be the only point which and wisinterpretation ot the text of (it would submit to arhitrution. the Chinese note of October o, therehy | * ecision stands, 1 will s ju itating @ further statemoni by U milk will be delivered. even if ihe '1 have to put it out in ¢ty trucks is ot mayor suid. “Bifore taking dras- = point on the part of China action, howeve 1 think the “The summary of Lhe Japar - should a reasongble time -8 ernment’s proposed basis of snsider. the end of that time. { ment” the memorandum continuc 1 take whatever-action | deem 0 [}is sitogether too remote from ihe ssary.” 2 lopes and espectations of the Chincse i The company r declared . government and people, who, there- [hveries had ie to hospit “ 1ore, are obliged to await patiently | jispen 5 substations. i3 conclude for rec pur “Regarding the statement thut Dr.|Jjust s the law { Yen (te Chinese foreign minster) jcontrolled hy the properly con » §last May formally expressed to Mr. lauthorities R 3 jObata (the Japanese munster (ol Both ©s are agreed to arbitrats Clima) a desire Lo see a concrete |2 weekly wage reduction of $6.60 o1 { project presented by the Japan dered by the company November government couched in just and xat- fwhich resulted in th ce. T | fetactory terms, such s would beweckly wage had averdged $38 up sgnultancously deemed by all na- | that time. thns, it must be observed that Mr. obata before leaving for Jupan asked Dr. Yen's personal view regarding £ L Dr, Yos pensona viey remardye . SEEK BETTER SERVICE Yeu's answer was purciy person . -~ and not a formal statement by Ul erment of sircet car service ¢ Chinese foreign miuistel fukoma 1tirk hranch of the Cayp. | ““ltegarding the allegation in the |tal Tr m Company was sought Jupanese memorandum that the Ch olution adonted Jast night iy Chillum-Waoodburn Citizens’ o = t authorities had co 1ly presented to the Japanese | overnment a certain project for set- ment of the question and unoffi- clally expressed readiness 1o open n gotiations with Japan, this probably | | ing from a repetition of a personal conversation between Gen. Bunzai (Japanese military adviser 1o the Ch reset government) and Cogcilor Yu, and cannot logically be referred 10 as ground for the presentation of the Jupanese propospais. Make No Concexsions. “The Chinese memorandun of Octo- ber 5 points out the difference in {views between China and Japan re- | garding the principles underlyig tae 1 Japanese proposals and the' contents and terms thereof. If the Jupanese ! government understood these differ- cnces she would very surely have pro- posed a more substantial and more Just project, which would umiversally be recognized as fair. It is most re- grettable, however, that the Japanese sovernment has given no sign of con- cessions, while maintaining that China openly is unwilling to proceed with negotiations. “China was unable to sign the Ver- ailles treaty owing to the Shantung articles, hence it is impossible to com- pel her to recognize the effects aris- ing from the treaty regarding Shan- tung. Japan considers that the Kiao- | chau leaschold was transferred to| hor, by_the operation of the treaty,| while China deems the leasehold (o} have expired through her declaration | of war against Germany. If both! countries insist on this difference in| viewpoini a solution of the problem would be rendered forever impossibls but since Japan is willing to restore Kiaochau completely to China, fu ther necessity for Japan's insistence | on the point’in the dispute does not exist. Treaty Brings Misunderstaading. “Regarding the German geclaration concerning Shantung, China, when the Chino-German commercial agree) ment was negotiated, insisted on her demand for the restoration of Kiao- Chau, but Germany could only regret to China that Germany's power for returning Kiao-Chau had been lost through a force majeure, which ex- plemation China simpiy acknowledged. Hence it Is a serious misunderstan, ing for Japan to construe this inci- dent as meaning China's recognition of the Versailles treaty. 1t must be observed that the Kiao- | “Chau-Tsfnun-Flp raflway was not | public German property? or private ! property exclusively German-owned but/ was bullt within Chinese terfito- ry ‘and had a corporate nature, with | Chinese capital invested, and that | China long had looked for the‘op- ! portune moment for its reclamation. “Further, the right of policing was | exclusively China’s, and absolutely no | military necessity Jjustitied Japanese | occupation. -China thereupon r peatedly protested the Japanese | army’s occupation of the railway as ! unjustified, pointing out that Ger- | man troops never were stationed i along. the line, except within the leased territory. When China entered the war for the allies, the properties of all the Chinese railways should have been returned to Chinese con- 0l, but the Japanese troops have re- mained, refusing to withdraw dnd causing endless losses to the Chincse along the railway. Germany Indébted to China. “The Chinese memorandum of Oc- tober 5 vroposes, regarding the claim of right to control of the railway, to divide the Wmiire capital and prop- | erty into two halves, stating that! Chipa will redeem the Japanese hall | within a fixed period. This arrange- ment being most fair and just, the; Japanese statement that China’s pro- i posal is devold of meaning is regret- able. It is to be inferred that the| Japanese government is of the opin- ion that the rallway's capital and property have been awarded by the reparations committee to Japan to offsef the German fndemnity, but China not having -signed the treaty, that commission has not the right nor the ‘authority to dispose of prop- | erty within Chinese territory to sat- isfy Germany's indemnity obligations. Furthermore, since China's partici- pation in the war Germany also is indebted to China, and if the railway is to be used to satisfy indemnity ob- ligations, China most evidently should be reimbursed first. “Since the Japanese government has no intention of holding public prop- erties in the leased territory these rightfully should be banded over to the Chinese administration. “Indeed China desires a fair set- tlement in the interest of her na- tionals and the foreign powers, put thus far Japan has not presented its] avowed condrete and fair project, and ce .China -define her -attl- | | t { { i hesothes. fndh b sociat burn * Improv avenue northes to the Distrie necting in the Wood committee reported sut gress in the enrallment campaizgn musical program was rendered. n 'memorandum eyen difficult accept Urge Troop Withdrawal. more “The Japancee government loy i has promised to withdraw the Japi s, nese troops along the railway the Chinese zovernment has urge an early uation. But thus fu- - the e®acuation lus not bezun. There fore China it most desirous that the Japanese trooy 1l be recalled i an early dat to China th responsibility « ing the rai way.” The Chines papers incline nment and new: direct negotiation countries and ex Japan will soon t between the two press the hope that cceptable formul: f tie controversy present a more for a settlement The Chinese p&op able to mnegotiati is expressed that they can be per- suaded not to oppo if they are held outside Chin Washington frequently | i ae the seat of the negot In the heart of (he business seef Fine corner property. Entire huildin 833 14th St. N.W. (S.E. Corner 11th & 1 § Will Lease for Term of Years 5 Apply y JAMES F. SHEA Candy “It’s delicious” Cinderella Bidg. 14th at G St. - HOUS 4 Furaished and Unfarnished a FOR RENT 1 From $125 Per Mootk Up W PSON & CO., ——INCom—e 821 15th St Maln 1477 Rent a Ford or Dodge Drive it yourself North 122 Ford Car Rental Co. E. Cor. 14th and W N.W. 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