Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1921, Page 3

ARMS CUT IN JAPAN HAILED AS NEW ERA AUSTRALIA ADVOCATES COVENANT FOR PACIFIC Paper Says Limitation of Arms Will Be Worthless ' Otherwise. MELBOURNE, November ‘15.—Ar- RATIFICATION VITAL, SAYS BRITISHPRESS BY RING LARDNER. ‘Wile we are waiting for the different committees to get ready with their re- ports it looks to me like this was & 10-Day Hootch Holiday Proposed By Lardner for De-Alcoholization Great Britain Supports U. S. Views on Abolishing “Spheres of Influence” l ) them careful consideration and talk them over with their wifes and give me thelr answer at the next Plenary session before anybody gets too plen- Citizens’ cinity will be exhibited D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1921 PLANS PROGRAM IN HONOR OF WOMAN VISITORS HERE Committee to Exhibit Views of Washington and Vicin-, ity at Rauscher's Monday. Scenes of Washington and vi- at Raus- SECRETARY HUGHES LAUDED AS LEADER Canadian Paper Says He Has Done More Than Any One Man Since Armistice. Special Dispateh to The star. ary. Article 1—It s proposed that the first ten days of every ‘month shall be @ ten-day hootch holiflay during which no party to this agfeement shall buy, manufacture or drink liquids of more than 3 of one per cent displacement. Serap Opened Bottles. gument for the reaching of an under- standing in the Pacific as indispen- sable In connectlon with drastic naval limitations Is advanced by the Sydney Evening News in commenting on the Washington conference proposals. America has taken a strongly popular line, the newspaper says, and the Nothing Must Stand in Way of Ratification, Opinion Held in England. First Place in Consideration Would Be Given to Education. good time to open up the discussion of a subject which to my -mind is pretty near as important as interna- | tlonal disarmament, namely, de-alco- holization or the neighborhood reduc- tion of family liquor supplies. Just cher's, Connecticut avenue and I. street, next Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, in honor of the women visiting the conference on limitation of armament. The exhibitlon will be under the auspices of the citizens’ committee on courtesy to the women HIGH TAX CAUSES UNREST Business Men Believe Burden Will Be Lifted and Prices Reduced. By the Assoviated Press. i TOKIO, November 16.—Striking evi- dence of optimism and the prevalent tendency to regard the slash in naval armaments as an accomplished fact is 10 be found in the discussion now be- ing indulged in regarding the eco- nomic effect of releasing tremendous revenue, which could be made avail- zble for the development of educa- tion, industry and trade. Thus far the Japanese,government authorities have maintained absolute silence ¢on- cerning the Washington proposals, except for general expressions of ad- niiration_ for America’s sincerity and of hope for the success of the confer- ence. . Nevertheless, business men and ‘bankers, on the supposition that Ad- niral Kato's acceptance of the pro- yosals in principle is conclusive, have Legun to plan for a new Japan. The in their consideration is More and better middle and ith con- tirst place Kiven to education. schools of the primar: high grades are visualized, sequent relief from the depr] the children of proper faci education. In Accord With Proposal. Toyoji Wada, managing director of the Fuji Spinning Company and spe- cial member of the Tokio Chamber of Commerce, finds a_ pleasant note in { 1he Japanése accord with the Hughes suggestions—that there will be at Jeast two hundred millions of yen to devote to peaceful pursuits. with armament restrictions accomplished. In his opinion much of the unrest in Japan is due to opposition to extreme capitalism and high prices. The rem- cdy is to be found in lower taxes, de- creased prices of food and the intelli- | &ent expenditure of the surplus reve- nue from naval reduction. “Many branthes of industry.” said . he. “are suffering a slump at the present time. Financial aid would bring a revival which would be bound to benefit the credit of the nation. Many thrown out of employment by armament limitation can be employed to advantage in ‘igricultural pursuits under the peasant proprietary sys- tem.” Kazuye Shoda, former minister of finance, believes that armament limi- tation will prove a blessing to hu- manity generall ‘hough it will affect shipbuilding. he declares that the country cannot be expected to stand back for the benefit of the few. He would apply the sprulus available to the reduction of taxat Asks Change in Pl The Hoéhi Shinfun understands that Japan will propose at the Washing- ton conference that in the list of capital ships to be retained by Japan, as outlined in Secretary Hughes’ plan, the Mutsu (to be commissioned in December), shall be substituted for the Settsu, and that the number of capital ships be increased from ten to twelve by the addition of the Kago and Tosa, now in course of building. The paper, however, adds that “in view of the fact that Amer- ica proposes the scrapping of some of her own capital ships nearing completion, it is doubtful if she will consent to Japan's proposition. “The navy strongly holds to the necessity of at least including the new Mutsu in the list of ten,” the aper continues. “Concerning _the imitation of auxiliaries, the plan does not give a definite ratio, ap- parently reserving this for future discussion. If America proposes to limit the auxiliaries in the same ratio as the capital ships, Japan will strongly oppose this. because the navy requires comparatively more of this class on account of an unusually long coast and an extensive defense sone in the: Pacific.” _— In the West Indies a lemon bath is almost a daily luxury. Three or four limes or lemons are sliced into the water and allowed to lie for half an hour in order that the juice may A remarkable sense iven to the skil SPECIAL NOTICES. world will acclaim the proposition, “but the limitation of armament is worthless and might even be inad- visable unless the greaa sea powers make a covenant to observe inter- national equity in the Pacific.” The Sydney Daily Telegraph says Secretary of State Hughes in his pro- posale “has erected finger post pointing to a turning of the path in the history of civilizatios The al- ternative to the adoption of such a proposition is “death and destruction.” Secretary Hughes, says the Sydney Morning Herald, has revived in a new form the long disputed subject of the freedom of the seas, and it propounds the question the British navy as fixed by the proposals will be adequate to protect Australia Of President Harding's address opening the conference the Adelaide Advertiser says It was “a thoughful, elevated utterance, having a lofty regard to the dictates of justice and righteousness. —_— TOKIOARMS BUDGET NEAR HALF INCOME For Second Year Army and Navy Is About to Absorb Great Total. Correspondence of the Associated Press. TOKIO, October 28.—Japan's army and navy, for the second year in suc- cession, will absorb almost half of the country’s annual income in the bud- get for 1922-23, says the Japan Ad- vertise, quoting the Nichi Nichi. No official figures are available, but the Nichi Nichi professes knowledge | of the tentative decisions reached hy| the department of finance after con-l sideration of the estimate: The total budget for 1922-23, which will be laid before the diet when it lconvenes in December, will amount to a little more than 1,600,000,000 yen. Of this total it is believed that the army and navy estimates will claim approximately 48 per cent. Not Sure of Alrits. The department of finance is not at all confident of its ability to raise the total amount through the pres- ent sources of revenue, and some of the enterprises now projected may have to be curtailed or left out of the budget altogether. There s every in- dication, however, that the army and navy will not be the departments to suffer fysther reductions, at least in So_far as present plans go. The most interesting features of the army and navy budgets are the re- duction of approximately 20,000,000 yen in the naval estimates and an in- crease of 24,000,000 yen in the army figures. The naval reduction is to be accomplished, it is said, by taking several ships off full commission, thus effecting egonomy in personnel, leav- ing the appropriations for new naval construction not less than they were last year, 273,000,000 yen. Working on Aviati Increase in the army appropriations is due largely to the effort to strength- en the aviation branch of the service. It is known that one of the army items is a forty-million-yen appro- priation for establishment of a bomb- ing battalion. The Nichi Nichi's informant declares that supporters of disarmament in Japan still will be able to point out that naval appropriations remain seven time as large as those for edu- cational purposes. PLAN 6,261 MILES OF ROAD Thirty states are about to under- take construction of more than 6,261 miles of highways at a cost of $76.- 400,000, employing more than 150,000 workers, as a result of the recent passage of the federal highway act, Secretary Hoover anpounced. The facts were obtained, he said, by letters sent to the governors of states by the na- tional conference SPECIAL NOTICES. EAT, CAKES, JEI- 308 17th st. n.w. ‘fll. ! MARRIED COCILE WITH AN AUTOMO- bile would like to arrange with one or two Young Iadies or another married couple to Whare expenses on a_touring trip throngh ddress Box 144-R, Star office. her. PAINTING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, V. OFFUTT. 307 K st n.e._Phone Linc. 5352, 19¢ BBAUTIFUL RADNOR HEIGHTS—LARGE between Ft. 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President. on Us Now to Fit —YOUR DINING TABLED and BUFFET with cut-to-order GLASS TOPS It won't cost mueh. Ask fof prices. Becker Paint and Glass Co., CHAS. F. NODGKIN, Mgr. 1239 Wisconsin sve. Fheme West 67. g PLEASED BY JAPAN VIEW One Paper Convinced World Will Approve of Abolition’ of “Submarines. By the Associated Press. . NDON, November 17.—Nothing must stand in the way of ratification of the American proposals for, limita- tion of the navies of the United States, Great Britain and Japan, de- clares the Dally Telegraph today in an editorial on the Washington con- ference. The newspaper welcomes the reported decision that no understand- ing will be finally approved until the naval status of France and Italy is settled, ‘“providing this does - not menace the agreement between the major navies, for nothing must in- tervene to prevent sealing of the great compact Secretary Hughes has outlined.” The Daily Telegraph also is con- vinced that the world will approve the abolition of submarines, but doubts whether this is practicable and further thinks that the confer- ence cannot ignore the wishes of countries with small navies regard- ing undgrsea craft. Papers Keep Up Intereat. Comments on the various proposals at the conference and reports of the proceedings appear in all the morning newspapers, which manifest sustain- ed interest in the progress reported. The Times says it is encouraging to hear guthoritative Japanese voices in Washfngton suggest that Japan may withdraw from Shantung if England does likewise in Wei-Hai-Wel. The newspaper thinks that the conference thus far has done extraordinarily well, particularly in revealing how deep and intimate is the agreement between the United States and Great Britain on the larger principles which dominate both. The Morning Post declares that the suggested modification, of the details of the American proposals does not imply the slightest reflection upon the generosity or candor of those pro- posals. It supports as obviously ser sible and businesslike Mr. suggestion that the replacement of warships be gradual and continuous, instead of abruptly periodical, and, while approving his proposal further to restrict the use of submarines, doubts whether it will be observed in practice. A plan to meet the submarine dif- ficulty by extending the limit of ter- ritorial waters and proclaiming the waters outside an international sea is presented by the Daily Chronicle. n- der this plan the powers would engage themselves to treat the use of subma- rines against merchant ships in this international sea area as an act of war against themselves. The newspaper thinks that the United States might waive her traditional objection to for- eign alliances in favor of a treaty em- bodying such. B — ITALIAN SOCIETIES GIVE RECEPTION TO GEN. DIA Presentation Made to Commander of Army in War at Exereises in Central High School. Gen. Armando Diaz, commander-in- like the league of nationa falled to pl‘a-] vent war, so has prohibition failed to even slow up drinking, and not only that, but it has made same 6 or 6 times as expensive, so that now days the average family has quit eating all to- gether and don’t know where their next bootlegger i coming from. Now, gentlemen and friends, I am in the same position in regards to drinking whieh the United States is in with respects to war, namely, I don't want nothing for myself and I haven't no intention of invading a neighbor's home and attacking their supply, but for defensive purposes 1 have got to keep enqugh in my own home 50 as callers can't set around the living raom and make funny cracks about how dry they are. So it looks like it was my duty to take the .leadership in ‘'regards to hootch reduction the same as it was Mr. Hughes' duty to make the first suggestion about navies, and with the above few lines of introduction I will go ahead and présent my idears as I believe the time for dreams and flowery phrases has past and the time for actions has came. His Motives Unselfish. Well, friends, the Japan and Eng- land of my neighborhood on Long's Island is two families who we will call the Smiths and the Erowns and they are both marrled couples like myself and got pretty near the.same tonnage of children which we may leave the latter out of the present calculations as none of our kiddies | has yet re’(ehed the age when people starts drinking these days, namely 11 years old. Once or twice per week the Smiths and Browns comes to our house or vice versa. The ladies of these three great powers is satisfied with a.couple cocktails apiece and ypersonly I don’t touch nothing, but Smith and Brown has always got their tongues hanging out. My mo- tives is therefore unselfish in offering the following suggestions which 1 hope that Smith and Brown will give Dear Folks: Ring Lardner has give his unquali fled indorsement to Premier Hugh proposed « ten-year naval holiday, which makes the acceptance of same by all parties interested abs'lutely unanimous! ¥ Yeppe! After fiddlin' in and out of the conference—mostly out—for three: or four days, the delicate-at-large from Long -Island. which is part of the province of Noo York, slapped his cards down on the table, but, as the one to the conclave was. missin’, the committee on cree-dentials ruled his hand dead, and ruther than start a roughhouse durin’ sich perlious times, | old You-Know-Me-Al flopped . over with the majority, which puts every- body now except Germany and Roosia 1 pulled this scoop on the other news agencies by droppin’ in on the former Windy city bird at the New Willard Hotel yesterday afternoon, where I found him in the se-clusion of his rogm-and-bath beatin’ lights out o' a typewriter, and wear- in' the most audacious blue necktie ever attempted by a humorist, George Ade npt_excepted! You all might think it's easy pickin’ to interview a humorist, but buh- lieve me. folks. it's turrible tough sleddin’, especiaily when said laugh- maker has done time on a paper! But touched by the note of loneliness ex- pressed in some of his later works, 1 thought I'd be sociable, and in the chiet of the Italian armles during the | meantime spitch a story! world war, was the guest of honor at a societies of Washington last evening at Central High School. He also wa: the recipient of a solid silver wine set from the societies. ‘The auditorium of the school, which was decorated with American and Italian flags, was filled with members of the societies and their friends.when Gen. Diaz and members of his staff ar- rived. He was escorted to the platform by Anthony Mistretti, head of the so- cieties, who made a brief address, in which he praised the Italian commander. Gen. Diaz responded, in the course of which he said: - s ‘‘America has always been a close ally and a true friend to Italy. Her citi- zenry have held the sons and daugh- ters of Italy to be true companions at all times and you must remain so.” The reception contiriued from 5 to 7 o'clock, during which Gen. Diaz shook hands with all present. An Italian or- chestra played - the Italian national hymn, followed by *“The Star Spangled Banner,” while the Italian societies car- ried their respective banners. The reception was given by the Itallan socleties, under the auspices of the General Civic Center, of which Marie Perry is executive secretary. ROGER BABSON PLEADS FOR MORE EDUCATION :Ns-ulnpex';y Billboards and Movies Are Outdoing Schools in D. C., Statistician Declares. Newspapers, billboards and the movies are educating the young peo- ple of Washington' and not the schools, Roger W. Babson, economic expert, told members of the City Club at their weekly luncheon yesterday in the clubhouse. a very serious situation, ut it is absolutely true. We reception tendered him by the Itallan|(0rcs when not at the factory: ‘The trouble with gettin’ @ humorist to unloosen ‘is the seriousness he fea- As a rule he's dead hep to the fact that nine outa every ten “peanuts,” who, with prée-meditation and malice aforethought, seek his aquaintance expect him to be funny for their par: SECRETARY WEEKS HOST TO MILITARY LEADERS Marshal Foch and Gen. Diaz Cen- tral Figures at Luncheon at Metropolitan Club. Secretary of War Weeks was host yesterday at & luncheon in honor of Marshal Foch and Gen. Armando Diaz, military advisers, respectively, to the French and Italian delegations to the conference on limitation of arma- ment. ‘The affair, which was given at the Metropolitan' Club, was one of the most brilliant functions yet tendered distinguished visitors to the confer- ence. Ranking members of military and naval delegations to the confer- ence d heads of the various di- isions of the American Army were mong those imvited. / ‘The guests included: Marshal Foch, Gen. Armando Diaz, Gen. Kennedy de Luca, Gen. Desticker, J. J. Jusserand, Senator Vittorio R. Riccl, Admiral Beatty, Capt. Sparkernell, R. N.; Maj. Gen. K. Bethell, Capt. §. R. Balley, R. N.; Col. M. C. Buckey, Col. Frank Parker, Maj. Louls Dubreuil, Gen. John J. Pershing, Maj. Gen. Frank McIntyre, Maj. Gen. George O. Squire, Maj. Gen. Frank W. Coe, Maj. Gen. Clarence C. Williams, Maj. Gen. Peter C. Harris, Maj. Gen. Merritte W. Ire- lard, Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, MaJ. Gen. Lansing H. Beach, Maj. Ge: liard A. Holbrook, Kahn, Kahn, Gen. ‘W. Morrow, v a . Gen. Wil- Representative Julius C. G. Dawes, Dwight H. L. Stimson, Melville E. all regret the grip that smoking and | Stone, Paul .,Cravath, Gen. James A. powdering have on our scholars, yet| Drain, you citizens of Washington have a ex-Gov. Cameron , Forbes, Maj. Gen. Charles Farnsworth, Maj big billboard near one of your schools|Gen. Willlam J. on which is a sign encouraging boys to smoke and the girls to first of their complexions.” Mr. Babson spoke on “Educating for | Rae, o8 3 men to give mors pérsonal attention | Ge: to the education of their children and | Gei Business,” and urged the. busi employes. “We complain about high price: d‘:flfl H nighty well when| you consider that during good times | Palmer, Lieut. Col poor business, Babson “but we are doing mig| the | Geo! ink | M. n rge C. Rickards, Ma! . -Patrick, Brig. . Gen. .Charle Krauthoff, Blg. Gen. James H. M Brig.' W1 n. 2 Edward F. McGlachlin, Bri n. Amos A. Frie Brl&. Gen. bert M. Lord, Brig. en. elmick, -Brig. Gen. Willlam D. Con- or, Brig. Gen, Harry L. Bandholtz, Col. Briant H. Wells, Col. John McA. tuart . Heintzel- o or- the salesmen of America are selling | min, Gen.-Tasker H. Bliss, the Sec- only 15 per cent of their time; the| retary of tI railroads are working only 13 per | 8ecre elephone | Secretary of war, y only 10 { nexzo. cent of their capacity; the and telegraph lines are b Navy, the ai tary of the Navy, the assi Col. V. di Ber- per cent of the day; while the street | Col. P'rl(t_,lklln d'Olier, Representative railways carry only 7 per cent of the people they might. Nearly 1,000,000 people in this country are paid merely to keep others from stealing goods or time. “The saddest feature of all, how- ever, is that so few roonlc really are taking advantage of the great eco- nomic forces which are to busines what tides are to the ocean. Yet this s not surprising, when one realizes that less than b per cent of our xnplh lation ever go to high school and less than 1 per cent ever get a college educatio M. B. CLAUSSEN NAMED. M. B. Claussen has been nemed ad- vertising manager of the_ Bhipping Board, cceeding D. E. Brundage, who resigned ‘to_open_ a branch office in London for Lord & Thomas. ‘u‘;h Claussen took up his new duties y. ‘The new advertising manager was formerly with the Hamburg American Line and with the American Express Company. yal ‘ohnson, Representative Stephen Porter, B. Warren,' Senator H. C. Lodge, ugh Wallace, Representative M. B. Madden and Admiral h_Rodman. Candy “It’s delicious” Cinderelia Bidg. 14th at G St. HARD SLEDDIN’ FOR DOPEY DAN WHEN HE GETS LARDNER SCOOP | Article 2—Strap all bottles which has already been opened and all or & part of thelr contents removed. Article 3—At the beginning of eagh holiday the corkage of the three fam- illes shail of been reduced to an amount just sufficient to take care of transients from west of Pittsburgh. Article 4o—At the end of the hollday the three families may buy such new corkage as will maintain them Hil the next holiday and It seems only fair that the amount to be purchased by each family shall be in accordance with that family's thirst, in other words if the Browns is & thirstier family than my family, why the Browns is entitled to buy a whole lot bigger supply and on evenings when the party ain't held at their house, they can bring along as much of their own supply as they think necessary to the success of the evening. Article_6—Getting down to actual| corkage I would submit the following figures as adequate to the needs of the three parties to this agreement. ‘Terms for De-Alcoholisation. DESTROYERS. Brown—Eight quarts Scotch, five quarts gin. Smith—Four Scotch, quarts gin, Lardner—Os AUXILIA quarts five ne quart gin. RY CRUISERS AND Brown—Two and one-half quarts vermouth, eight quarts charged water. Smith—Two and one-half quarts vermouth, four quarts charged water. Lardner—One quart vermouth, twelve quarts charged water. This is my proposals, friends, and while I am asking them in a spirit of good fellowship and amity toward all, and not backing them up with any. thing in the nature of a threat, still I am in hopes that they will be found acceptable with few or not changes as an agrement in this matter is es- sential to the future friendship of the three great powers. (Copyright, 1921, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ticular benefit, which gives them a chance to hobble through life pree- facin’ some bum joke with “As Ring Lardner Once Told Me! Many actors suffer from the same kind o’ skeeriness! I was in the Lambs Club, Noo York. one night when a scion of one of Deleware’'s B. V. D.'s, I mean F. F. D.s, dashed in with a friend who he'd been showin' the town! The room was chock-o'-block with me of the classiest thespians who ever trod the boards! e squint at the outlay, the Cuckoo from Deleware giggled a foolish giggle and {cut loose with this: “Well, I note | you're all here, now e 'you per- form! This is Mister- Folks, the mister was the last word that “grass- hopper”_uttered for nigh on to three days! Never mind who hit him! It remained a closed story from that day to_this Howsum'ever, I did manage to wig- gle outa Ring—I started to pull “Ring outa Lardner,” but he told me that was medieval stuff—that from his seat in the bleachers it looked like the arms conflab is liable to last until the regular base ball season opens, and that if all hands subscribin’ to the document live up to their pen- manship there ain’t a particle o’ rea- son in the world why peace shouldn't relgn amongst them of good will, at least until some baby fractures the Volstead enactment! 1 learnod further that the almond- eyed scribbler will leave the United States for Long Island the last of this week! Not that he ain't tickled side- wise with the heart-of-the-nation, ‘cause he is, but as he told me con- fidential the secret session decision put him on the fritz! “I'm a open- faced worker,” he said, “anda when they start any sshussh stuff, I'm gone, friend, I'm gone! 1 thank you. DOPEY DA! COLORED MEN EXPRESS THANKS TO MR. WEEKS] Rev. E. D. W. Jones, pastor of the TUnion Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church of this city, has written a letter to Secretary Weeks of the War Depart- ment, expressing the thanks of the committee of seven, representing the colored citizens of the United States, “for the courteoug treatment and con- sideration given our race group in hon- oring our unknown dead soldier.” He said the committee was afforded every facility for laying a wreath on the cas- ket at the Capitol and for marching in the funeral cortege, and “the officers were kind, obliging and impartial. Specldl acknowledgment was made of courtesies extended the colored ‘group by Gen. H. H. Bandholtz, Cols. Harri- son Hall, S. C. Babcock and H. N. Cootes and Maj, Harry Coope. he officers and privates on_duty the Capitol,” sald Rev. Dr. Jones, ‘'were true to those polite civil ameni- ties that make the American soldier the 1dol of his country. It is this sort of civility and this spirit of fairness on the part of men who rank high in our Army and the councils of-our na- I 1 Atherton DuPuy, on printing informa- i‘Bepresenutive Brinson Speaker at of the conference, and, following the showing of socenes, tea will be served. Mra. Willlam Hamilton Bayly, chairman of the committee, an- nounced assignments to some of the members today. Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph and Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke will be in charge of arrange- ments for hospitalfty; Mra William flets; Mrs. Wade Hampton otels; Mrs. Frank Mrs. Glen la Swiggett, information and registra- tion bureau at the national clubhouse of university women, 1607 H street; Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, on clubs and organizations, who will serve tea in honor of the visitors, and Mrs. Cl . Wheeler on motor drives through parks and places of interest. FORBES INDORSES SALE OF WORK OF SOLDIERS Veteran Bureau Head Sends Letter Commending Women's Aid for Wounded Service Men. ‘That the stamp of official approval may be put on the sale of the work of wounded ex-soldlers, this afternoon and evening, In the parlors of the Women's City Club, Col. C. R. Forbes, director of the Veterans' Bureau, has sent a letter to Mrs. Walter I. McCoy, president of the George Baldwin Mc- Coy Unit, American Women's Legion, under whose auspices the articles are being sold, expressing his apprecia- tion. ICol. Forbes wrote to Mrs. McCoy | just after his return from the legion convention in Kansas City, saying: “I can truthfully say that nothing has inspired me with more pride in the noble record of our service men than the reminder conveved in your note, which awaited me, that the ex- service patients in hospitals through- out_the country, men who have al- ready shown their worth to humanit are working and making things even in their days of disablement to dem- onstrate that their usefulness has not passed from them for all their suffer- ing and wounds.” Col.. Forbes refers feelingly to the pluck of the soldiers. and commends the women of the legion for their en- | ergy in giving the public an opportu- nity to help out by collecting the work from the public health hospitals all over the country and putting it conveniently on sale. “The success of the sale, of course,” he sald, “means a brighter Christmas for the men who are hospital shut-ins. i e S, FOUNDERS’ DAY OBSERVED Royal Arcanum Celebration. Fraternal organizations in the| United States can have a great in-! fluence for good in all communities, | Representative S. M. Brinson of North Carolina, said Tuesday night at the! Founders' day celebration of the! Royal Arcanum of the Distirct of | Columbia at Central High School Representative Brinson, who said he has _been a member of the Royal Arcanum for many years, declared | fraternal organizations could work to- ! gether in co-operation for the good of | the nation and the world. b Grand Regent Geonge C. Shinn de-| livered the address of welcome and; the invocation was pronounced by | Rev. Lucius C. Clark. George Evans, | representing the District of Columbia | on the supreme council, also spoke. | A musical program was presented | including organ selections by Miss| Edith B. Athey, instrumental selec-' tions by the Boys' Independent Band, | soprano solos by Miss Katherine Brill, accompanied by Miss Fannie E. Buck and contraito solos by Miss Stillwell The committee in charge of the cel bration was composed of George Shinn, C. A. Bell. E. L. Wes Swaine, O. H. P. Scott and A. | Gll:s::f tion that demands on our part that loyalty and devotion which \have ever characterized the negro in times of war and that he never fails to appre- ciate in the days of peace.’ 3 g istant istant enator 'James Wadsworth, Senator Francis OTTAWA, Ontario, November 17.— Secretary Hughes has done more up to the present than any one man since Armistice day, says the Montreal Gazette, to get back on the much-de- sired path of peace that was missed at Versallles. The situation at Wash- ington s hopeful, and will, it is be- | lieved, ‘become increasingly so. Med- dlesome mischlef-makers, who would draw a red horizon across the trail in the shape of Anglo-Japanese alliances, Anglo-French ententes or Anglo-Ameri- cad arrangements, must be severely dealt with. It is significant that the first one to voice an opinfon was Prince Tokuga- wawa, who said Japan is here to pro- mote friendship among nations and to carry out the plain dictates of common sense. . It is not a question now as to whether our neighbors have voiced the hope of mankind, says the Montreal Herald. 1t s a question as to whether the men to whom this plan was sub- mitted are big enough for the work they have been chosen to do. No Reason to Reject. The Ottawa Journal editor sav: decent reason exists why the United States propos hould not be ac- cepted by Great Britain, and assuredly they will be. The only doubt that remains as to whether the Washington conference will accept them is in regard to Japan, Therefore in Japan some measure of another becomes now the arbiter of disarmament, but no good reason exists why she should not agree to the United States proposal. That | proposal offers to Japan the same| proportionate strength in future as she has now and Japan cannot expect it she holds out against the present proposal that the United States will allow her to gain anything in nava strength beyond' what she has now proportionally, Pricked Bubbles of Doubt. 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