Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1921, Page 4

" .. "WEDNESDAY, “NOVEMBER .16 o e S ADVISORS OF “BIG FIVE" NAMED BY CONFERENCE TO DRAFT PLAN OF NAVAL LIMITATION' OF ARMAMENT Upper, laft to right: Admiml Beatty, En, d; 'Theodore Roosevelt, United States, and Vice Admiral Ka Japan. wer, left to right: Viee n?n,n De , France, and Viee Admiral Acton, Ttaly. = oo SECRETARY HUGHES STANDS FIRM ON PUBLICITY VIEWS Much Responsibility R—esg With Him as to What Sessions Will Be Behind Closed Doors. subject, and these conversations will come_before, rather than after, their mention in i public session. Many Different Views. {ADMIRAL KATO GIVES | DINNER FOR MR. DENBY CHINESE CONTROL | SAGAINSTD.S. exzgoerantz| OF FINANGE URGED INWAR ON APAN 25 tary at the Shoreham. | A dlnner In complinient to Secretary < |of the Navy Denby was given by Ad-|Propo: ‘Im_lilll l\'al: O'hlhr Jap-;sl:ul nivy last Pr sal . as. - Sfllutlun to { night at the Shoreham Hotel. A . o s Others nding the dinner were:, Pekmg Problems Belng | Assistant Secretary of. the Nevy Theo-,| Echoed Here. | dore Roosevelt, Ma) Gen. J. A. Lejeune HAS "HOARDED ~WEALTH Distance From Base Would Make Conflict Too Impractieal. Admiral R. E. Coontz, Admiral H. M. P: Huse, Admiral W. L. Rodgers, Rear ‘Ad- miral Thomas Wash{ugton, Rear Ad- miral C. B. McVay, Kear Admiral J. S. Robison, Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett, { Rear Admiral C. W. Parks, Rear Ad- miral E. R. Stitt, Rear Admiral D. W { Taylor, Rear Admiral D. Foiter, Rea Admiral J. fatimer, Rear Admiral | BY LEROY T. VERNON. Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes, who was yesterday referred | 1 by Mr. Arthur James Balfour, ek head of the British delegation, as the | | b s e De oAt o olween successtul keeper of one of the best| the Shantung question bave not been secrets of the agethe Ameriean | COMPletely indoned, according to WOULD HAVE HIGH COST e o Correspondent "Advocates Redefin- Maintainence of Line of Supplies Over 5,0C0 Miles of Ocear Seen as Difficult. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. The odds against the United State in @ war with Japan are declared b_\'i & majority of this country’s naval and military authorities -to be so great that such a conflict Is practically Im-| possible. To them any suggestion that a navy 60 per cent ot the size of the American Navy is not sufficient, for Japan's defense seems to ignore| entirely the conditions which must be | faced in waging sich.a war. They even go so far as to contend that an ven Smailer mavy is capable of de-| fending the islund empire. from z attack across the Pacific. America is equally impregnable from any attack from Asia. % It may not be satisfactory to cer- tain elements who frequently boast that “America can whip Japan any time trouble starts’ to have it sug- gested that the facts are entirely to the contrary. However, that is the opinion of most of the authorities Who have studied the possibilities from the standpoint of strategy and Tesources. Circumstances might im- prove America's chauces, but under almost possible conditions. Jupan would ha an insurmountable ad- Yantage in any naval engagement inf ihat part of the world. This ad- vantage should more than sate for the handicap of a navy only §6 per cent the size of its opponent. Diespite this, many in Japan profe 1o see an impending danger from the fact that the Navy of the United States is larger thun theirs. Attack om Coast Feolhardy. ) Sobody who has serfously consid- ::d the subject believes that ‘the Japanese navy would attempl an ent gagement off the coast of the United} States. With a 5v per cent navy, that Would be even farther removed from the realms of nossipiti Their navy probabiy would he able to dispose of Phe American Asiatic fleet. a collec lion of antiquated and barely e worthy craft. and to capture the Philippines and Guam. without much ¢ trouble. unless our fleet diverted them from that venture. Their navy could even m a try for the capture of the Hawaiian Isiands under certain conditions. That, however, would be as far as it could go without gam- bling against almost sure fate that jt would never return to Japan. In case of a war between the two nations, practically all naval authori- ties believe that the decisive engage- ment woula occur near Japan. Tol Teach there, the American fleet would be obliged to steam some 5,000 miles. Tt might use either or all of the three islands as a base. In that case the supplies of coal, oil, food, machinery and other necessities would have to be transported to the island bases. The real base would be the Pacific coast, and the line of commiunications Would stretch across the ocean. The lessons learned in th o last war and the difficulties of Keeping a line o communications across the Atlantic With the protection of the combine British and American navies gives a n idea of the difficulties of maintaining a longer line across the Pacific. | Though not impossible it would be ex- i tremely difficult, and the expense would be almost prohibitive even to the wealthiest nation : ] 81 the world. Fleet Near Base Stromges 2 S far as the fighting gituation is concerned. the American Navy would “x the battle area, winded from jthe long race. The ~Russmn fleet steamed around from Europe and the Japanese fleet met it within 100 miles of the Japanese base, W h the result which would have been a foregone conclusian_if the Russian fleet had been the best in the world. Under such conditions the fleet which comes fresh from its base, even though its strength is only 3 to fflr its oppo- nent. has all the NMT in its favor, ac- ding to naval authoritie: . c?"‘a[mr‘f has repeatedly stated that it s nothing more than a nav lently large for its nmational de- In the opinion of the Amer- per cent the size; navi i ; ck de: suffi fense. jean experts, one e t ‘American or B ‘s":m'«’fem for that purpose. Also, ac- Sording to their calculations. an American navy 66 per cent larger than Japan's navy would hesitate to Tisk an engagement in Japanese wa- fers, and therefore cannot be consid- ered an offensive weapon against Sapan. Under the 3-5 ratio they class the American Navy as one for defen- sive purposes only. Other factors are Gited as justifying the size of the ‘. American Navy. However. their calculations may be | unduly pessimistic and the Japanese navy might be defeated in probably he only naval engagement of a war. Such an outcome would still leave the submarines and various other craft to be accounted for and the vic- torious fleet would be harassed by them as it returned to its nearest base to repair its damages from the fight. Nor would the war be won by a single naval battle, or by ships hover- ing off the coast. The problem of maintaining the long line of com- munications would continue_ increas- fng by leaps and bounds as troops were transported. If America ever gets into such a position her resources Will he strained to the utmost and she, will be an impoverished victor. Guam Harkor squent mentioned as a base which might part in Pacific At present Guam might e for a limited number of warships o far as supplies are con- | cerned, but it could not protect them | from attack by an.enemy. Its pres- ent harbor with anchorages for mul than a dozen first-cl: naval ship: is not even a protection against rough weather. In times of severe storms, ships in the harbor must weigh anchor and put out to sea. The Yosemite was blown on the reef during a storm, this nature’s break- water of coral being the only pro- tection for the harbor. Plans for the improvement of Port Apra contemplate the dredging of a new harbor inside of a second and inner reef and construction of con- crete breakwater with gates that can be closed against submarines. The new harbor would be about one and one-half miles in diameter and it} Wouid be necessary to construct piers | to provide berths for a fleet. The plans are quite simple but the cost j= more elaborate. F.conomic Weapons Most Powerful. In case of trouble between Japan and America it is hardly probable that any considerable land invasion would follow the defeat of either country's havy. The expense of carrying the war to a conclusion by that conve) tienal method would be prohibitiv “The victorious fleet would be free to ~drive the defeated country's shipping from the seas, though the loser could follow the same tactices with its ralders and submarines which escaped from the battle. With commercial ruin staring it in. the face, one nation might sue for peace.” S s Settling_of.any possible differences “etween Japah and the United States by force, asems impogsible to officers ©of both xm!-‘nr? iy -who. uam is f naval an important strategy i ave followed 3Uch & plan of campaign out 1o its logical conclusion. 1f force can- Dot be the deciding factor In the finsl AN { Admiral R, M. Kenned { 1ation A M. Knigh:, Rear Admiral G. W, Wil- liams, Rear Admiral H. B. Wilson, Rear Maj. G W, €. Neville, Brig. Gen. ¢ Brig. Gen. H. C. Halnes, Shepherd, €apt. B H, Sehofh W. O. Pratt, Capt. D."F. Selle H, Elis, t. Luke JMcNamee, Capt. S. W. Bryant, Capt. J. H. Dayten. CCapt. W. D. MacDougall, Capt. W. C. Cole, Commander - W. Galbraith, Commander L. P. Warren, Lient. -Com- mander H. W nashi, Cap kawa, Caj Nomura. Capt. J. Kiyo- Suyeisugen, Capt. i Nagano, Capt. Y. Uyeda and Capt. M. | Kojima. ITALY AND FRANCE FOR LARGER NAVY French and lfalian 'Advisersf Favor Increase Instead of Cut. Tha' the navies of France and Italy should be inecreased rather than di- jminished is the opinion of the naval countries who of how the the experts of these two re now enguged in a study the -limitatipns to we placed on naval forces of CGreat Britain, ! United States and Japan are likely to affect the two powers next in size. rthermore. Italian experts, headed Admiral Acton, former chief of taff of the Italian navy, think that their country should be permitted to a navy & large as t O nce or, at least, that the ratin should be eight to ten. Argument of Kaly. The Itatian argument for such a pavy is that Italy, although it has smaller colonial empire, has a' popu- of about the same size, has more than 4.000 miles of coast li !and‘is obliged to import all her coal, a third of her wheat a: nearly all her industrial raw material; 1t is pointed out that during the world war the two nations devoted! themselves almost entirely to strength- ening their armies and enlarged their navies little, if any. A strong element among the Ital ians is urging a complete agreemen with France to relie both countries of a large part of their military bur- dens. It is pointed out that the fleets {of the two. countries combined could dominate the Mediterranean. while their combined armies could face any attack. Three Natigns First. The question: of naval & mamenf limitation_as it- affécts Italy and France will not be @iscussed by the conference until the status of the three leading naval powers shall have been fixed. In the interim Admiral De Bon. chief French 1 adviser. and Admiral Acton, their re- spective expert aides, arations to consider the subjei applies to their countries. There has also been some-€xpres- sion of opinion that efficacious measures might be considered looking to the limitation of armament of the Balkan states as well as Poland, on the ground that such limitation would be likely to aid in the avoidance of European complications. SLAM AT BAFOIR. DECLARED UNULST with ct as it British Delegates Say Home Newspapers Misunderstood Attitude of- Envq_ys. By the Associated Press. ‘ The seyere criticisms in _certain leading, British™ liberal newspapers of what they regard as reservations proposed by the American naval reduction -pro- posals is hased upon a misconception of the actual attitude of the deléga- tion, according to statements made today by British representatives here: The British representatives -here, while again emphasizing committal to continuation of -a small- amount- of naval construction during -‘the tea- vear holiday. and while pointing out that Arthur- J. - Balfour, -the delega- tion head, in his speech .yesterday, developed strong . objection to the construction of large sybmarines and generally - to the use of submarines at all in war, state that beyond that .| they are not ‘positively committed 'to any substantial amendments to .the American program. Regarding.the plan jof keeping onel small naval Luilding yard ‘in oper: tion inseach country duyrihg the naval holiday, it is urged by the British ex- perts that this is necessary’in order to keep the ships in repairs, and, per- haps, to replace any ship that might be lost through accident. G. L. CARNEGIE :DEAD: Ironmaster’s Nephew Had Travel- ed 30,000 Miles for Health.- NEW YORK. Navembét 16-:Georgé: Lauder_Carnegie. forty-five, a son. of T. N. Carnegle, tha elde brother of the late Andréw Carfegie. dled here. He had been an invalid for several years. His home was on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Mr. Carnegie. who was born.in Pitts- burgh, is survived by a widow, who was Margaret Thaw, daughtér ‘of the late Willlam Thaw of Pittsburgh. In the [last two years Mr. Carnegie is said to have traveled more than 30,000 miles on the seas for his health. settlement, any milftant tone or Tuture militant viewpaint would be-&. mistake in the prevent conferende. _Economic rivalries cause big navies and in the two-party line-up ‘which hasbeen 5o frankly discussed, economic weaponsi" probably would be more powerful than warships if any conflict occurs. (Copyright, 1021.) NO WORRY OR TROUBLE —if you have us do your, papering. -painting, rearrange your_demperies. Tenew the wiitdow ehades or upholster. the chairs. 7 Prices éxceptiomaily reusonsbie. - Estimates cheerfully _furnished, - Ui4 13th N.W, ‘Lteut', Hill and Capt. K. Yama- | ] 0. are making prep- | the British delegation to:. | group. ing Open Door as the . First Step. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. While propaganda both for and against the idea of international intervention and control in Chinese ifinances continues to emanate in wordy war from the environment of the Wushington conference, & Sug- igestion for “an American plan* in this fundamentally - important prob- lem is’ béing bromght foryard by Willlam Hard, the writer and special correspondent, and is being echoed in. varions influential quarters. In one phrase, the plan looks toward financial co-operation rather ethan supervision. ) It is based on éncouragement to fand recognition of the importance of the banks which the Chinese them- 'selves are developing. By special courtesy of the editors of Asia magu- aine, in the December issue of which Mr. ‘Hard outlines his- suggestion, 1 ‘have been furnishe@ with advance proofs. and am enabled to summarize bthe main argument herewith. It should be borne in mind that the iproblem is one of the most difficult ith which the conferemce is going to have to deal. Must Save Themselves. China’s salvation, Mr. Hard thinks, cannot be wrought ouf. in the last anazlysis, by any one except the Chi- nese themselves. Recalling the eight years df utler confusion attendant upon_the efforts of the United States to effect a federal constitution, be- tween 1 and 1788, Chipa, he argues, must be given more time than it has had up to the present. The consortium idea well-inten- tioned, but in practice, this form of international banking slow and unwieldy, and. while the consortium hesitates. -outside .and unafliated bankers act. “If financtal nationalism is, as it is, aggressive and exclusive, and if finan- cial internationalism s, as It is, timid and tardy, then the fair, equal open door development of China can be secured under the supervision only of the Chinese themselves, trained into a_caj for governing. Firxt Steps at Open Deor.- “fhe first step is to get the open door redefined and generally accepted. The definition proposed was prepared especially for Mr. Hard by Dr. Paul Reinsch. former United States am- bassador to Peking. “The govern- ments of—and—hereby reaffirm their intention already expressed to respect in all their actions the independ- ence and the territorial integrity of the Chinese republic as well a principle of equal opportunity through- out China to all nations in the matter of commerce.- industry and finance. In view of the foregoing, reaffirma- tion of a: frequently declared palicy and. principle of action_ each of the high engages itself not to give diplomatic support to any claim on the part of any of its nationals to any general, pecial or local preference with re- sard to commerce. industry or finance in the Chinese republic or any part thereof. g part therefore engages itself not to make use of any existing or future treaties, agreements, notes or understandings as a basis for any claim to economic preferences or other exelusive privileges in any part of China.” Deadlock In Foresgen. But even this air-tight definition having been accepted, a deadlock, Mr. Hard foresees, will inevitably ensue between the internationzlism of the consortium and the nationalism of and the private bankers will ,. with old complications. What the activities of the con- «ortium is, on the one hand, the de- sire of the foreign bankers for ad- equate security, and hence for the right to supervise the Chinese ad- ministration. and, on ‘the other, China’s aversion to such supervision. But China is rich in hoarded wealth, and although recent, there do now exist in China powerful native banks. A “Chinese banking group” has re- cently been formed. which already has loaned $60,000,000 to the Peking government. But in _making these loans the Chinese banks have shown that they are as much concerned over their security asg the foreign banks could be, and-that in consequence they also want to see n efficient and ‘homest administration. and to exercise the right -supervision. Advantage to Chinese. " ““Now observe the Chinese banker's advantage at this point over th foreign bank The foreign banker says to the CHinesé official: ‘T will put in some of niy people to watch you! The Chinese official says, and Quite justifiably: ~“Your people are foreigners and loval to foreign gov- ernments. and we cAn never tell when they may -be acting for foreign political-purposes in our Chinese gov- ernmental offices’ .. But when the Chinese banker says: ‘I will examine lallotment und use of those cars and locomotives and I will help buy them, and I will examine. the accounts of the railways .on. which they are to run and out of the revenues of which I wm in time going to get my money back,’ there is no question raised of ]f‘orre gn intrusion into Chinese public e. _ Last June 30 sealéd bids were made by 176 foreign c¢ompanies for.the sup- 134 ©of 300 cars and 41 locomotives to ‘hinese railways, and.gin the presence of six government officials and five members of the Chinese banking the contract>was awarded to Belgium, and the payments will be supervised by delegates of the twen- ty-two Chinese banks constituting the group, This, Mr: ‘Hard points out, is something altogether new in Chinese finarce—new and of happy augury. A Chinese-American bank has already been comstituted under. Chinese law, and Mr.iHard belfeves that the co- operation in the same way of other foreign capital with Chinese bankers .woild go..far toward solving the whole problem of maintaining the open door, and, at’the same time, af- fording t6 China, under suitable guar- antees, the foreign financial aid with- out which it-cannot develop. . “ (Copyright, 18210~ | f 1 1 | | ' 1 ! Graduate Eyes Examined m = Glasses Fitted R.CLAUDE S. SEMONES am'?i:&:éa-”l. ) 0. -Cud..x The Bewt s the Cheapest We will your home vomtracting— parties solemnl¥ | Each of the high contract- | CZECHOSLOVAKIA URGES REDUCTION OF FORCES ON LAND AS WELL AS SEA | By the Assoclated Press. The Czechoslovak legation here today made public the followlng - cablegram received from Praga capital of Czechoslovakia: £ “The Czechoslovak press enthu- siatically welcomed Secretary Hughes' -disarmament propossls, The newspapers are expressing the hope that_ the practical conse- quences of naval disarmament will be also the reduction ‘of-thé land® forces in_Euroge. These will be considered especially by the cen-- tral European states as a greaL step toward:the updisturbed, and l peaceful completion of their post- war reconstruction’ program. . NATIONS’ MOTIVES . STAND REVEALED (Continued from First Page.) will be found beside France urging a world readjustment of war debts either through a special international conference or through aj agreement to be reached at Washington. ' .= China Preparing for Battle. FBurth. China is preparing for a great battle. She will ask for more ithan she probably will get. She wants for supervising and |the world to make new and practical } professions, guaranteeing her terri- lzorl:n integrity and political inde- pendence. She wants the powers to give back some of the rights they {now have. She wants, if possible, the iright to regulate her own tariff. She jwi fight to the last ditch to be protected against Japanese aggres- sion. Her e hasn't come yet, but her delegates will make the fight of their lives at Washington, a fight that will transcend anything they attempt- the loq at Paris where China suffered de-|the hall, feat. Fifth. The Netherlands, Portugal and Belgium are merely watching i that their rights in the far east shall {rot be diminished by any agreement of the larger powers. Theirs is a role of alert observation, ibut they will unquestionably follow the great powers If an equitable ad- justment of far eastern matters is reached. 3 gy America's Hand Revealed. Sixth. The attitude of theUniled: States, as made public by Secretary Hughes, constitutes virtually all that America is willing to do on naval armament, but the American naval experts may present even further plans for reduction of armament ex- pense, and will at least not adopt an obstructive attitude. Backed by the instruction of President Harding and Hughes, the naval experts d States will go the lim down expense and.at intain an effective ! | Secretar, of the Unite in trying to cut the sume time ma vy for defense. P veady there are fears that the naval experts of all nations in secret conference will revise the Hukhe: program upward and add rather than ubtract from it. Until more. meet- hEs are held the truth of this ap prenension cannot be determined, but the tendency of the British and American naval men at least is .to hold the program to the Hughes minimum. One thing seems certain While the Paris conference wrote th death warrant of militarism, the Washington conference, three vears later, is sealing the doom of navalism. (Copyright, 1921.) DEPORTEES TO BE GUESTS Friends in New York Prepare for Farewell Dinner. NEW YORK, November 16.—Mellie Stetmer, Jacob Abrams, Samuel:Eip man and Hyman Lachowsk: Russians awaiting deportation 3t Ellis Island. will leave the- Iinited States the day before Thanksgiving, ‘Attorney Harry Weinberger stated. A farewell dinner is planned for them on the night of November 21 at:an East Side restaurant. ‘The commissioner of immigration, Weinberger said, had been requested to permit them to attend. Youcangetth Cover No. 4981 Look for This Trade action origonly I was married at | i I _ Typewriter Columnar 'S These new National Columnar Sheets are thje only-sheets made |- y Hughes’ Opening Zip Missing | At Second Session, Says Lardner i BY RING W. LARDN | Another packed house seen the show lat Continental Memorial Hall yester- 1day and wile the performance lacked |some of the zip that Mr. Hughes put into it opening day. still the audience apted ke they ‘was pleased und 1) wouldn't be sirprised if the piece run; al’ winter. ; &= i | The boys finely give me a p: and 11 ‘was amongst the- first to arrive in but pretty soon the other newnpapermen begin dropping in and several of them wore frock coats which would never be tolerated in the | press stand at the world's series, Per- night and have got just a gray business suit for day time wear. . Delegate Looks Like Apestle. The mah setting next to me pointed oul ihe delegates of the different powers as they come in and took their Dlace. at. ‘the tables which look like they had been borrowed for thé oc- lcasion from the Hotel Commerctal| writing room. The delegate that took | my. eyé was Mr. Schanaer {rom Ituly I i | Who looks like one of the aposties jasked my informer howan Italian ‘come 'to have the name Schanzer and he says it was because he come from Trieste. It seems a reasonable ex-i planation though personly I never| was in Trieste and don't’ know the Schanzer boys. The delegate next to! Mr. Schanzer was also quite a Sight} as he was a Hindu named Sastri who had just been getting a shampoo and the barher forigpt to take the towel ‘oft ‘Nls head. 5 | He Sings Translation. ! '.Chairman Hujghes.got upiand asked ! if anybody ‘wanted to reply to what he had to say at Saturday's Reeting was'all_in & sweat to hear i ngland -and Japan but before | ‘was allowed to talk a tenor leapt | to his feet and sung a French trans lation of what Mr. Hughes had just said. Then Mr. Balfour made "the longest speech of the day and he was followed by Messrs. Kato, Schanzer and’ Briand, . Mr. Kato give his speech in Japanese and Mr. Schanzer spoke in English and of course M. Briand used French and he is the only mun | 1 ever heard talk that language that| didn’t seem .to .think it .was a foot! race. - AH -the Speakers. was tenors except Messrs. Hughes and Briand. . Well apyway they all said they was agreeable- to the “idear. of cutting down the navies and if we do have a war with Japan it begins to look like it would half to be fought with souve- nir post-cards. “ Aftel the5 great powers had been Fcopyrigut, | tries. to perk up in a social way around the nation's capital as 1 have been invited to attend the regular Wednesday luuch- eon of the Washington Rotary Club, at which occasion the Chinese delegates will be the guests of honor and principal cakers. and I would advice them to ke their speeches long as they's no teiling when they will get another chance before such a distinguished augi Monday night President Harding and I attended the Merry Widow, but not together. Aficr the show I got intro- duced to H. G. Wells, and during the course of the conyersation it leaked out that one of use had never heard of the other. x 021, by: the Bell Syndieatd, Toe.) e T CAMP FIRE GIRLS URGE . ENDING OF ALL WARS In a.telegram to President Harding the Camp Fire Girls of the United States, with a membership of more than 145,000, asked that future wars be efiminated through the efforts of the conference being held here to dis- cuss armament, limitatlon. The telegram, which was signed by Mrs. Oliver Harriman, national presi- dent of lhe organization, follows: “On Armistice day in New York an international group of Camp, ‘Fire jirls was formed. Girls from Eng- land,. Ireland. Scotland, Switzerland, Ttaly, the Philippines, Canada, France, Armenia, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Russia and America have banded themselves together to follow the Camp Fire ‘Girls' program of give service In_ the home, to the com- munity and to the country. There are 145.000 Camp Fire Girls in the United States and in eighteen foreign coun- X1l over the world the Camp Fire Girls, are united in friendship and in an effort to understand each other. All these mothers of the new generation put their faith in you, thelr leader, to see that real effert is made in the Washington confer- ence to bring peace to the world.” heard from Mr. Hughes adjourned the meeting. though'.the delegates from Portugal.and Holland. set there with their tongues hanging out ready for action. I am told that the rest of the gessfons Is Iibé] {6 be held in sedret and not_even newspaper men will be admitted which suits o. k. as don't allow smoking. In the mean wile thi Ings is beginRIAR heets emtofit: hey( i i i i : ‘ ; ’ {of the conference as } meeting will be Bear this in mind—When ybu have purchased a Used Car from .us, we then look forward to the time when we may again have the pleasiire of selling you another car, be it new or used. & disarmament plan—has been desig- nated by the conference on the limitatlon of armament o call the next open session of that gathering. The motion was made by Premicr Briand of France after h¢ had con- cluded his set speech accepting the American plan for naval disarma- ment, apparently as an after-thought. In the meantime Philippe Berthe- lot, secretary of the French delega- tion, had deftly dropped a note before Ambassador Jusserand. one of the French delegates, who, after reading it, paseed it on to Rene Viviani, and he pushed it under the eye of Mr. Briaml. delegation clinched upon the Amer: can Secretary of Statle the responsi- bility for fixing such public meetings may be held and, in effect, such publicity a: attend the meetings of the ference committees which will take place behind closed doors. Position Not Altered. Later in the day Mr. Hughes made it known that his position on the question of publicity of conference afairs has not altered in the slizht- est degree. While the co ittee eld in exe session, the American dele and expect that agreement on gen- eral principles, both as to disarma ment and on Pacific questions, will pe ready arly announcement from time to time. After such agree- ments in principle have been reache: they will be referred to expert com- missions to work out in detail. and thely” reports will likewise be made public as fast ax they are arrived at. On the contrary, there are many important decisions to be made by the -conference in which the United States itself has a vital inter and concerning which premature publicity might defeat the purpose of the Amer- ican delegation. For example. there is no doubt but that the American dele- gation. would like to see an end to alliances in the Pacific. both as un- necessary and out of keeping with the results which it hoped this conference will achieve. The political future of the whole world may be involved in the decision fo abandon. or continue these alliances. It 1s patent that, in view of the existing alliance between Great Britain _and Japan in the I'a- cific, no bombshell like the announ ment of the disarmament plan could possibly further such a polic here Must be mMADY GOnVersations on this on- now Thus the French: | information here, but are still under | consideration at Tokio and Peking { while the Yap question is still in process of negotiation between Japa and the United States. The Frenc and Italian delegations are consulting }o:u-_h other about land disarmament hich the French promise to bring to the attention of the conference from: tthe French point of .view, and they are also exchanging opinions as the extent to which they can go to help along the naval disarmament plan of the American delegation. i\ These two delegations are not in com- Iplete agreement, the Italians leaning toward the Rritish point of view on most subjecis just no whereas the British and lhv‘l-run(-h are notorious- ! ccord. ar. therefore. that 8 to be ironed out preliminury to their public “ which can be ironed out ‘»n no t{lLt-! W v than L the private discussion Letween the delegates and their members, both in the committe rooms and in their headquarters. On the contrary, § etary Hughes, and the whole nference, for that is aware of the fact that the ess and people are in led up to the rati cation of a binding trealy or agree- ment concerning which they have no information eithe s to details s round. That was the great mistake Pr dent Wilson made at Pari; ‘The foreign delegations, as a result of their experience at Paris, will want to know that the agre:- ments reached by this conference will have some binding effect on the United States, and President Harding and Mr. Hughes know that the to get it is by ing the people of the “country into their confidence | fully and s quickly as possible. «Copyright, 1921.) CALONDER TO PRESIDE. XEVA, November 16.—Dr. Felix “alonder, former president of the Swiss Confederation, has been ap- pointed by the council of the league of nations to preside over the Upper ilesian commission. 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