Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1921, Page 3

l ) ! I —— THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 20, 1921—PART 1.~ Chinese Await Expression of ‘Good Faith’From Japan Before Showing Enthusiasm on Stanc | WIRES IN ONE ROOM REACH ALL WORLD News Can Be Sent Out to Every Quarter of Globe Simultaneously. SPEED UP TRANSMISSION | Radio Companies Also Arrange for Direct Operation With London, Berlin, Paris and Rome. For the first time in the history of the United States all the telegraphic commurication sirvices are concen- trated in one room. The room, which is by no means large, is located at the far end of the press section in the wing ¢f the Army-Navy building set aside for the offices of the arma- ment conference. So remarkable is the focalization of telegraph, wireless and cable service that it would be possible for a single newspaper correspondent to stand in the middle of the hall, dictate a piece of news in a loud voice to receivers for all these services, and have it transmitted simultaneously to every quarter of the globe. The room contains four receiving desks—those of the Western Union, Postal _Telegraph-Cable Company, Radio Corporatfon of America and All-American Cables, Incorporated. These four concerns could do the job. There are nearly 200 foreign corre- spondents covering the conference, and their average daily contribution to the press of the world is three- quarters of a million words. More- over, the day work must all be done in about two hours' time, in order to catch the European morning papers. Arranged by Experts. Arrangements for this remarkable assembling of the threads which link the world together were made by telegraphic experts for Basil Miles of the Department of State. Those con- ®ulted showed thely willingness to offer the government every possible facility on an occasion of such im- portance, both with the idea of serv- ing their own country and of impress- ing the visitors from abroad. The Western Union installed, for instance, seventy-five wires. It connected its two direct cables running from Narth Sydney. Nova Scotia. to London, with the Navy building direct. A message filed at the desk there goes to the operating office in the sixth wing and thence direct to North Sydney, where, right in ‘the same 6ffice it is put on the cable to England. A message for Japan is handled in this way: The company has assigned two Washington-San Francisco land fl:'z:“":q to hlhs conference. At the atter city the message is translerred to_the Radio Corporation of America office and is flashed thence through the ether across the Pacific. If the message is to China it goes from San Francisco over the Commercial Pa- SHIPS TO BE SCRAPPED VITAL AS MODIFICATION TO U. S. PLAN Several Members of Committee Adverse to Casting Aside Best Vessels in Favor of Those Long in Commission. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. The most important modification to the American Program for the reduc- tion of naval armament which has been proposed with a chance of suc- cess, concerns the selection of the ships which are to be scrapped. This became known following Secretary Hughes re-enunciation of the Ameri- can viewpoint that the best way.to halt a naval race was to stop at once and the announcement from London that Great Britain has stopped work on the four Hood type battle cruisers. However several members of the dis- armament committee of the conference are perSonally adversed to scrapping the best ships in their navies and the action in London may suddenly em- phasize an industrial phase of the pro- posed naval holiday. Japanese Want the Mutsu. The modification to the American program which seems to be strongly supported chiefly affects the Japanese and American navies. The Japanese navy is reluctant to lose the Mutsu which is now making its trial trips and when it goes into commission next mfonth may be the greatest super- dreadnaught afloat. The American Navy is equally reluctant to lose the Colorado, West Virginia and Wash- ington, the first two of which are al- most completed and should be in com- mission in a few weeks. The Ameri- can proposal was based on the rela- tive condition of the world's navies on the day it was presented, November 12. Japan has not laid up the Mutsu and by the time the conference adopts a report it will be in commission. The proposition then will be to scrap a ship already in service. If the con- ference sits long enough the same may be true of the Colorado. vould Complete Four. The new modification is that the four superdreadnaughts shall be completed. As an offset to the increase in American tonnage from he addition of the Colorado, West virginia and Washington, it is pro- posed that the Delaware and North Dakota, the oldest two of the American first line ships, be scrapped. Figuring the net increase in tonnage for the American Navy on a basis of 60 per cent, the result is a few hundred tons larger than the Mutsu, which would allow its retention without destroying the 5-5-3 ratio. Even with the increase, the American tonnage will be considerably below the retained British tonnage. The tabulation of the proposed modification is: Tonnage. Tonnage. Colorado 600 West Virgin Washington 97, 40,000 57,800 680 34, 33,500 North Dakota. Net American increas SIxty per cent of increase. Japanese Mutsu. Capital Ships Obsolete. Under the American program capital any first line ships as old as the Dela- are and North Dakota in the fleets which are retained under the American gro"rlm. However, in 1932, the day the oliday is completed, Great Britaln can lay the keels for fourteen new replace- ment ships and Japan for six. The two named for the United States, also are not the only ones, as she can start eleven Teplacements In all. It will make quite an orgy of shipbuilding for the world after the quiet naval holl- day. However, not wishing such a large portion of its navy to “dle” again simultaneously In the same year, twen- Ly years later, it is not probable that any power would christen all its quota in the same year or lay all their keels in 1932. On the other hand there is no reason why one of the three powers could not do so and with its new ships immediately secure a prepondcrous of naval strength Data on Eleven Dresdnnughts. The eleven dreadnaughts of the American Navy for which replace- ments may be launched in 1935, their keels being laid in 1932, are, with the dates of laying their present keels and the normal date for the keels of their replacements, as follows: Normal keel. 1927 1921 1928 1928 1929 1929 frony 1830 1831 1831 912 1es: en ships in the American fleet which will not be Superannuated when the naval holi- day finishes. The Arizona will reach retirement age the following year and three more in each of the next iwo years. Under the present pro- gram Great Britain immediately re- tires seven dreadnaughts and four battle cruisers younger than the Delaware and North Dakota. Rritish Program_for 1932. Under the holiday program, the ships which Great Britaln can start replacing in 1932 are: 1910 class— King George V, Centurion, Ajax and Erin, 1911 class—Iron Duke, Emperor of India, Benbow, Marlborough and Tiger (battle cruiser). 1912 clas: Valiant, Warspite, Barham, Malaya and Queen Elizabeth, Japan's possible replacements In the same year would be: 1918 class— Setsu. 1910 class—Kongo (battle cruiser). Hiyei, Kirishima and Ha- runa (battle cruisers), and Fuso. Another fact which some authori- ties say must be considered is the sudden throwing of many men out of work by stopping all construction at once. The latest action of the British Cg:‘\s‘f!rnmenl may test this possible (Copyright, 1921.) JAPAN’S STAND ON CHINA s l MAP SHOWING LEASED LAND RIGHTS OF FOR- EIGN COUNTRIES WHICH CHINA WANTS TO BE CONCEDED TO INSURE INTEGRITY. M 7 (BRITISH) Xmas Spirit Already Rampant With Ships BY RING W. LARDNER. ' Senator Lodge says it looks like the boys would be out of the trenches by Xmas and most of the correspond- ents seems to think that is good news. but personly I can't afford to lead a double life, even that long at the present hotel rates and the rest of my reports on this here disarmament conference will .be wrote and sent out from Long's Island, and as far as 1 can see that is just as good a place to write them as anywheres else. They's just as many different kinds of foreigners in Great Neck as in Washington and the ones Neck is a whole lot more friendly. For inst. if you want to Interview one | of the Japanese down here you have got to go through a whole lot of red tapes and then you are lucky if you in Great| on Present Lis what ships can be built, why the next move will be to appoint watch- men to see that nobody gets doubles crossed, and these watchmen will half to be wide awake young men and not suckers. Art of Camoufiaging. Because for inst, suppose that Japan and England said that the S would half to blow up the battle- ship Michigan, why if we wanted to be nasty we would get a hold of some old scow and write Michigan on the side of it and blow it up, and have {people stand aropnd and wipe their eyes and say there goes the poor old Michigan, and if the watchmen from Japan and England didn’t know their business they would wire a telegram to their govt. that the Michigan d|in this countrs. MAY FINISH WORK OF PARLEY BEFORE ARRIVAL OF CHRISTMAS vReport That ; By Holidays Bri Completion A report that the principal dele- gates of the various nations attend- ing the Washington conference are planning to leave Washington by Christmas was called to the attention of a high official of the American gov- ernment in close touch with confer- ence matters. “I personally do mnot see why it should not be possible to get through with the work of the conference by Christmasa” the official replied, with a smile, “but there may be a lot of rea- sons walking around Washington that may prevent sucH an early ad- journment.” It is to Be hoped that the Christmas season may be made the happler by the early conclusion of the work of the conference. After a week of the conference, the impression still holds that it will be possible 1o conclude its deliberations and get away from Washington at a comparatively early date. Fuss and Feathers Zacking. 1 The organization of the conference has been completed quickly, and the machinery {8 well under way. The conferees are meeting and working rapidly, with little or no fuss and feathers. They are almost as seclud- ed on the banks of the Potomac as they could be in the desert of Saha- ru. The public Is permitted free ac- cess to the streets about the confer- ence buildings, the Navy building, where the offices of the conference delegations are located. The Pan- American building, where the com- mittee meetings are held, and Memo- rial Continental Hall, loancd by the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, where the plenary sessions of the conference are held. But, usually, the people 1 streets _would scarcel g s 2 even w] N gates during the does not mean, how not abundant publicity” in ‘the activities of the conference. fact, the public has been kept more in touch with what is transpiring in Washington probably than in any other international gathering of ap- proximate importance. Two open ses- sions of the conference have be held already, and another is to b held tomorrow, all within a period of nine days. In addition to this, the principal dcle- gates have been very accomodating in their frequent conference wtih the rep- resentatives of the press covering the conference. In fact. the conferences with | they contain i United Atd Newspaper Men. i Many Dclega’tes Plan to Leave ngs Opinion That Is Possible . the various delegates have come so thick andy fast that they have kept the correspondents on the jump. For. tunately for the newspaper men, the dif- ferent delegations have gradually come round. to holding these conferences in the Navy building. Early in the con- ference, it was sometimes necessary for the correspondents to hurry from a meeting with delegates of one nation in the Navy building to an embassy building a mile or two away, and then to a hotel in another part of the city. Hereafter, it is understood, practically jall of these interviews will be granted In_the Navy building. Incidentally, it may be remarked, many of the offices in the Navy build- {ing provided by the United States for the foreign delegations to the con- ference are still unused. the delega. tions having retained their working rooms in hotels or other buildings rented by them. The Italian delega- tion has moved into its offices, and 50 has the Belgian. The British and apanese are using the offices in the Navy building for conferences with the piress, but for little more at present. The American delegation and many of its attaches, however, are housed in the Navy building. Guards Preserve Privacy. United States marines doing guard duty about the section of the Navy building set apart for the conference, and Army regulars doing similar duty about the Pan-American building and Memorial Continental Hall, not only give the conference a martlal touch, but also help to preserve the seclusion of the delegates. The demand for tickets to the open sessions of the conference is grow- ing. But many citizens, hearing that the meetings are open, make efforts to gain entrance to the hall without tickets. me of the Daughters of the American Revolution have an idea that because the conference is heid in their building they have a right to enter at will and watch the proceedings. They besiege the hall. Not a little care is taken with re- gard to the parcels permitted to be carried into the conference buildings. Suspicious-looking packages are held up and examined. to ascertain if bombs. Yesterday a good-sized package addressed care of the Pan-American building, via a States customhouse, was the officer of the guard. and shook it. It gave th a pleasing gurgle. In fact, it gave every impression that it was meant for refreshment, rather than for destructi tackled 1 He liftes it n. - LAND ARMAMENTS NEXT ON PROGRAM (Continued from First Page.) | mendous change jn public sentiment Such an agreement been destroyed, and in the mean wile | y,oy]q be criticised as an infringement cific cabla of the Postal Telegraph- Cable Company. placed by new ships after twenty years’ placed by new ships after 20 years get anywheres near them, but in Great Neck all you half to do is to go PLEASES CONFERENCE the real Michigan might be tied right up to the wharf in Yokohama with Direct Radio Established. The Radio Corporation of America established direct operation be- tween Washington and London, Berlin, Paris and Rome. A message filed in the central room can be in any of these four great capitals within a re- markably few minutes. Through what is called “remote control” this com- pany has direct communication with its main wireless station at Port Jer- ferson, Long Island, the most power- ful radio station in the world. This corporation has arranged a special &ervice to Italy for the benefit of the Italian delegation and the Italian press representatives. The other night the operators in Washington and Rome ‘were gossiping back and forth about the outlook for the conference and the respective weather enjoyed by the two citles. Stephen Lausanne, special corre- spondent for Le Matin, Paris, recent- 1y filed a story and seventeen and one-half minutes later it was in the company’'s office in Paris. This is considered a remarkable record for this sort of servic Service 10 South Amerlea. South America is tremendously in- terested in the conference. The All- American Cables, Inc.. gives practi- cally exclusive service to all the principal points on that continent and finds its services in great de- mand. Messages are sent from the conference desk to the office on Con- necticut avenue and are there han- dled by the operating force. The four companies have brought to the conference the most expert and efficlent personnel possible. Heading_the Western Union contin- gent is G. Manson Foote. manager of the company. He is assisted by C. A. Norris, supervising manager; . A. Simpson. In_charge of the pressroom, and C. E. Payne. in charge of delv- ery. F. H. Pfaff is chief of opera- tors, assisted by B. F. Rusk, W. L. Burton, J. V. McCloskey, N. E. Rogs and other 2l icked Workers Here. l The staff of the Postal Telegraph | service. The keels of the Delaware and North Dakota were laid in 1907 and (allowing three years for con- struction) they should be replaced in 1930. Under the program, the keels for re- placements can be laid down in seven- teen years, which would be in 1927. However, under the naval holiday called for by the program, no keels shall be laid down for ten years, which will be in 1932, providing the conference does not sign an agreement within the next six weeks. Under this restriction the Delaware and North Dakota cannot be replaced before they have had twenty-five years' service. It is obvious that they will be replaced as soon as the end of the holi- day permits a resumption of huilding. On the other hand, the Colorado, West Virginia and Washington, if completed within a few months, will still have ten years more life ahead of them when the holiday finishes in 1922. The argument advanced is “Why scrap three ships al- most completed at a cost of more than $100,000,000 and save two which are already antiquated when facing a cer- tainty that three other ships must be built at the same cost in ten years? Can Lay Keels for 14 in 1932. Neither Great Britain nor Japan have ———— to the manager; J. P. Gooch, night chief operator: Martin J. Kain, night traffic chief of the main office here, who has been in charge of the Senate press gallery for three decades; Miss Bertha Herman, a cable rate expert trans- ferred here from one of the large branch offices, and Benjamin Beale, who, assisted by a corps of experts working in shifts, is in charge of the actual work of telegraphing. Martin Jurist is in charge of the pressroom for the Radio Corporation of America. while F. Heiser is in charge of the telegraphy department, assisted by Messrs. Kay, Tannenbaum and Kane, expert operators. i A. Smith is in charge of the 5t the All-America Cables, Inc red by R. J. Hewlitt, the Wash /n manager. officy assi in essengers of the four companies | are boys specially picked with a view (Continued from First Page.) vention in the China,” he added. He expressed the opinfon.that all the Washington conference could do would be to adjust China's foreign relations, leaving China herself to settle her domestic problems. The situation of Japan and her need of raw materials, which must be obtained from China, was stressed by Baron Kato. He insisted, how- ever, that Japan did not claim any special rights and privileges and that the Japanese would ‘“welcome fair and honest competition with all na- tions.” Baron Kato declared that Japan stood ready to act with other na- ;l{unsexo‘n'lthe ‘H‘e?"fin of the abolition raterritoriality, propose the Chinese delegation, » 704 VY In conclusion, the head of the Japanese ~delegation expressed the hope that the conference on the far east would not be delayed by “de- tailed examination of innumerable minor matters,” althonsn the Japa- nese were ready to discuss any mat- internal affairs of dom determined to take up. Speaks for Belgium. Baron de Cartier, speaking for the Belgian delegation, said: “l believe it advisable to bLriefly point out the spirit In whicn Belgium takes up the examination of the questions relating to the far east. “She is happy to subscribe to the noble sentiments that inspired the words of the cretary of State at the opening session of the work of our committee. “In so far as China is concerned, my country has for many years maintained important relations with her and has been among the first to contribute to the development of the natural resources of China through the large part she has taken in the construction of its railroad system; it has also established there indus- trial and financial enterprises of im- portance. up on the front porch of any house and ring the door bell and if they's a éln in the house he will come to the oor. some name like Dignity wrote on the )side of it, and the Japs would think |t was a’ private yacht from N. Y. city. Internatioual ‘Gifts, Well, however the conference comes Well, friends, on the eve of my de-|out I can assure my American readers parture from what has been humor-|that our defegates can be depended ously dubbed the nation's capital I:on to not disgrace us and we don't suppose they's nothing more fitting| half to take off our hat to no country than to give a brief resume of thelin no respect and especially personal impressions received wile here and|gppearance ak every one of our 4 what do I think of the prospects for a happy ending to the conference and etc. Well, it seems to me like the spirit of Xmas is already running amuck in Washington, and all the dif- ferent nations is vying with one an- other in self-denial and sacrifice, and the great danger now is that a couple of them will go, to extremes and give away something they own and person- ly the example set by the boys down here has had such an effect on me that the minute I get home I am go- ing to turn my lawnmower over to the hired man and tell him to go| ahead and use it like it was his. Some people. have expressed sur- prise at the good fellowship and har- mony which have been in evidence so far, but might of guessed how it would be from the way Mr. Hugh naval program was received, namely without even a suspicion of a squawk from Portugal, France, Italy and The Netherlands, ieaving only England and Japan to pick flaws in same. But, Joking to one side, they is bound to be some kind of a navy reduction along the lines laid out by Mr. Hughes, and as soon as the 3 powers concerned reaches a agreement on what ships must be destroyed and delegates has got their own frock coat and don't half to pass same around like a loving cup and I don’t think they's none of the smooth faced foreigners as handsome as Mr. Under- wood, wile in the matter of beards Messrs. Lodge and Hughes more than offsets Mr. Schanzer though hiz may have more parking space. Mr. Briand's mustache would tickle more than Mr. | Root's but Elihu's will outwelgh Mr. Balfour’s and Admiral Kato's com- bined. 3 Missed Koot Ball Game. Well, I must catch the old train and get back to the old town and find out what ail I have missed and this trip has already made me miss seeing Yale | | win a foot ball game which is some- | {thing I never seen as the first part of October generally always finds me busy with the world's series. Well, anyway, friends I am going home, me and my>dinner coat both.and I sup- pose when the last named gets back in the old closet and my spring benny asks it where it has'been, it will prob- ably will say, “Oh, I been down in ‘Washington, hanging around.” (Copyright, 1921, by the Ball Syndicate, Inc.) _— ‘open door' in China, the integrity 0(1 had expressed nearly identical views China and the desirability of leaving China to work out its own salvation and to maintain control over its own affairs, and of substituting, when circumstances warranted, the normal processes of law for extra-territori- ality. All these principles had been formulated over and over again in explicit terms by the government which he represented. Senator - Schanzer's statement on behalf of the Italian delegation was and Cable Company for the confer | ence is headed by Thomas P. Dowd, ' to intelligence, speed and good ap- Lewis Bickerton, assistant pearance. SPECIAL NOTICES. 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This commercial liberty will not pro- duce its full effect unless the na- tionals of the powers obtain the rights and grlvlle‘e' ‘which are a nec- essary condition of the full develop- ment of economic interests. For Customs Increase. “Belgium, in accord with the pow- ers concerned, s ready to consent to a fair increase in the cystoms duties. “She will align herself willingly on the side of the countries which are ! disposed to accept the gradual aban- donment of their rights of jurisdic- tion as soon as the Chinese govern- ment shall have completed the. work that it has undertaken and shall be in position to give assurance of the many guarantees that the proper ad- ministration of justice demands.” With regard to the address by Mr. Balfour, head of the British éelega- tion, the statement issued By the con- ference said: dustry ! with which she has a common fron- tier about 1,500 kilameters long. The French delegation is disposed to con- sider in the most favorable light the Chinese claims in their entirety. But, in order to reach a practical result, it will be necessary to make a thor- ough examination of each claim. “Jonkheer van Karnebeek remarked that, in the present phase of the dis- cussion there is not much for him to say of a general character and at the same time of material importance. He wished, however, to seize this occasion ta say, as the representa- tive of one of China's neighbors, that the Netherlands delegation will be happy to consider the principles which China has laid down and the problems themselves from the stand- point of the world's general welfare and to examine them in a spirit of sympathy and friendship toward China. . Old Friends on Pacific. ‘Holland, Jonkheer van Karnebeek said, has old friends along the shores of the Pacific; China knows that it is one of them. If China avails herself of the opportunity now afforded by this conference to assert her rights, to declare her position and to define her wishes, she may count on Hol- land’s good will and its willingness “Mr. Balfour said that he ‘thought|to al@ her in the realization of legiti- it unnecessary to sdd one word to what had been said by his colleagues in regard to the question of a gen- eral order which had been raised. His reason for saying this was that he had nothing to add to the frequent declarations of the government he had the honor to represent on all these questions; for example, the mate aspirations and in her endeavors toward & oonsolidation and stabili- sation of her domestic affairs which are mx‘:::ud with the problem af- tuguese delegation saw with pleasure that the dele, s of the other na- tions, represe E at the, conference, as to the desirability, in the interests of all, of a prosperous and united China. He gladly associated himself with his colleagues in the expression of this desire.” A general discussion of the far east problems, with particulan reference to China, followed these statements, the American delegates taking part in this discussion. After being in session upward .of two hours, conference adjourned to meet tomor- row. 7 Following the conference ' yester- day, Mr. Wellington Koo of the Chi- nese_legation called upon Elihu Root of the American delegation at the offices of Mr. Root in the Navy build- ing, and was closeted with him for the greater part of an hour. All the principal del:gates to the conference were present yesterday with the exception of Baron Shidé- hara, ambassador from Japan; Am- bassador Jusserand of France and Mr. Meda of the Italian delegation. ADVISERS T0 MEET WITH MR. HUGHES The advisory committee to ‘the American_delegation to the confer- ence on limitation of armament is to meet with Secretary Hughes. head of the American delegation, early this week, it was learned last night. Foi mer® Senator Suthérland of Utah, chairman of the advisory committee, will call his committee together as soon as Mr. Hughes sets the date. It is expected that Mr. Hughes will put_the advisory committee in touch with the conference situation, and may call upon the committee for par- ticular information desired by the American delegates. The American ad- visory committee is & new organiza- tion In_such international meetings as the Washington conference. It designed particularly to act as a lin] between the delegation and the Ameri- can_ public. - . All suggestions of plans submitted by individusis and organizations which may aid In bringing about the ends desired in the call for the Wash- ington conference are being referred to the advisory committee for study before being submitted to the Ameri- ycan delelfillon or the conference. Al- ready a t mass of suggestions of various Kinds has been received and is now being codified by a subcom- mittee of the advisory committes, the subcommittee or general information, headed by Col. Willlam Boyce Thomp- son. 5 The subcommittes on general in- formation is expected to kéep its finger on the public pulse-and to be able to tell the waurmo W] ao magfih,. among the coun is to any pro] b forward by this or any other aa at the conference. the | | of the traditional policy of this coun- try against foreign alliances. Strikes at Traditienal Policy. But _the distinguished American. who, by the way, is himself heartily in favor of such an agreement, in- sisted that an agreement of this nature—for a limited period of years the traditional policy of the United States. That the very fact that there was to be a time limit placed upon the agreement, as in the case of the proposed limitation of naval arma- ment, which is e distinct agreement by this country with foreign nations, and in a sense an alliance, makes the plan proposed distinct and apart grom the ordinary definition of an alliance with a foreign power running for an indefinite period. Also the proposed agreement would be limited to just one thing—to protect France in the ’»—Wouh‘l not be an abandonment of event of attack by Germany—not to | support France in the event she at- ed Germany. or even if she were t | attacked by another nation than Ger- meny. Would Cost Nothing. It would cost the United States nothing. To use a simile adopted b. the American official already referred to it would be just about the same thing as the indorsement of John Jones upon a note for $1,000 given by John D. Rockefeller. Mr. Jones would never be called upon to settle the note. Nor would the United States be called upon to fight for France. With the definite assurance of Great Britain and the United States to come to the aid of France in case of at- tack by Germany. no one supposes that Germany would, in view of past events, ever attack France. This would mean that France could reduce Its very large and costly army. It would mean that other European nations would be able to bring about a reduction in land armament. The \British empire has a very consider- able army, but when the size of the empire is remembered, the armies do not appear so large. ' But it is be- lleved that Great Britain. would be jable to make some reductions. Reduced to 150,000 The United States has already re- duced its land forces to 150,000, which is a small standing army when the fact is taken into consideration that the population is over 100,000,000. It may be still further reduced and only sufficient forces retained for police purposes. There remains Mexico to the south of this country. however, which probably would have some- thing to do with the size of the army retained by the United States. T proposal to have the United ates enter into an agreement with Great Britain to go to the aid of France is not new. Twin treaties pro- viding for such an agreement were negotiated by the Wilson administra- tion and by Great Britain while the treaty of Versailles was being pre- pared. The American treaty was, brought to this country and is at] present slumbering in the pigeonholes | of the Scnate committee on foreign | relations. The British ratified their treaty, but it was understood it would become effective only in the event the United States ratified its treaty too. New Treaty Hinted. But if anything should come of the present movement—and it can scarce- ly yet be called 2 movement—in this country for the consumation of an agreement with Great Britain and possibly Italy to go to the aid of France in case of attack by Germany, a new treaty undoubtedly would be prepared and submitted to the Senate. The supporters of the proposal in- sist that an agreement of this kind would: 1. Be effective in bringing about an agreement for the reduction of land armament. 2. Result in no call upon the United i States to go to war. 3. Go far to preventing inter- national wars the world over. Of icourse, a reduction of land arma- ment would be sought not only in France, Great Britain and the United States and Italy. The conference necessarily would deal with the Jand armament of Japan and China, it is said. And possibly other nations, {not at present represented in the con- | ference would be approached later with a view to some arrangement for a limit to land armaments. American Beauty Roses and other choice home-grown flowers at Gude’s, 1214 F.—Advertisement. WILL MOVE OFFICES. Chinese Delegation Seek Quarters Nearer Seat of Action. Certain of the offices connected with the Chinese delegation to the confer- ence on the limitation of armamen are to be moved from the Cairo Hotel Ito the Navy building within the next few days, according to word obtained at their headquarters. The bureau {handling publicity for the delegation fand other matter pertaining to news- paper work will take up its new quarters Monday. It is understood that the reason for the change is to be nearer the seat of action, and for the convenience of cor- respondents with whom they are in constant communication. KILLS NEGRO WIELDING AX. ATHENS, Ga., November 19.— Henry Riggins, negro, was shot and killed near Danialsville by his land- lord, Frank Dean, after the negro had made advances upon Mr. Dean with a huge ax. Mr. Dean shot in self-de fence, it is said by the two witnesses who saw ‘the aff: » ‘Mild Weather Cold & Stormy Weather PO} BOYS, CHILDREN AND MEN At them, give stores. Should desler not carry H-ontuflu-nz:':fl.nu—cdy. TIM'S PATENT MUFFLER CAP CO,,INC. 50-52.54 West 17th Street New York City HUGHES PROPOSAL INDORSED BY A.F.L “Magnificent,” Says Resolu tion of Plan to Reduce Armament. By the Associated Press, Organized labor through the Amerl jcan Federation of Labor execu tive council yesterday indorsed a a “magnificent proposal” the Amerfca: plan for reduction and limitation o naval armament. The federation executive counci embodied its Indorsement in a reso lution which declared: “The American dclegation spoke fo America is proposing the wholesale de struction of warships.' “The American delegation spok: for America in proposing the abs. lute cessation of warship constructior for a period of ten years. ‘America is unltedly these proposals. ‘America, we believe, is willing ane ready to place its full trust in th methods of democracy and in the ef ficacy and integrity of democrac; ‘America, we trust, will continue o1 ythe inspiring course laid down at th: {outset by its delegation, for whon i Secretary Hughes was the spokesman and will on every point take the sam: lofty and advanced position, trans cending, if possible, the note which w: struck on that first memorable day. “We record the position of America’ workers, for whom we speak, as be. ing in absolute accord with the ut most degree of disarmament, witl the utmost effort to destroy the machinery of war and to make un | necessary and impossible the ap- petites, the jealousies. the rivalrie: and the intrigue that lead to war. “And we trust that America wil blaze the way even beyond consider ation of the armaments of nations anc the rivalries of nations and will seek to bring them into some permanen!' accord which will be organic anc definite, to the end that there may be made possible those necessary re- curring adjustments and adjudicationt which are vital to permanent har- mony and peace between peoples ant nations.” /7 in favor o INJUSTICE CHARGED. 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