Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy tonight, tomorrow fair; no change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours t ended at 2 p.m. today: f .m. today; lowest, 38, ay. . Full report on page 7. 2 Highe: at 7:15 Closing New York Stocks, Page 22. No. 28,338. post pfficc Wa: NINE POWERS AGREE TO GIVE UP CHINA EXTRATERRITORIAL RIGHTS; COMMISSION TO DECIDE ON COURTS RULES FOR FUTURE WARS UNDER CONSIDERATION Committee of Experts From Arms Parley «ContinueDiscussion of Plea to Call ' Troops Home. PRINCIPLE FAVORED IN VOTE ON FORCES Representatives of Allies To Study Peking Laws And Court Practice. By the Associated Press. The nine powers’ conference on Pacific and far eastern questions today adopted resolutions providing for relihquishment of foreign extraterritorial rights in China. The resolution provided for with- Arawal of foreign courts in/China should an international commission which is to make a study of Chinese laws and court practice find that the Chinese icial system is adequate without maintenance of the foreign courts. After adopting a resolution dealing with extraterritorial rights, the dele- Fates. in executive committee session, continued discussion of Chinese re- quests for withdrawals of foreign troops. Agree in Principle. The delegates of the various powers were understood to have agreed in- formally in principle to the with- drawal. but further discussion went over until another meeting. The Japapése delegates were un- derstood to have .told the committee that they would submit reasons for the presence of Japanese troops in Chifia. why they were sent there in the first place and why they have remained. The Japanese delegates, however, were said to have admitted that the presence of foreign troops, in prin- ciple, was in violation of China's rights. The Chinese spokesman, it was stated, reviewed at length the pres- ent situation in the maintenance of foreign troops on Chinese soil, and detailed arguments in_support of the withdrawal request. Representatives of other powers took part in the dis- cussion to a lesser extent than the Japanese and Chinese. Kato Shakes Handy With All Admiral Baron Kato, head of the Japanese delegation, was one of the first to leave when the commlitee ses- sion broke up. He remaiiied on the portico of the Pan-Amefican building, where the session was held, for se eral minutes, and as other delegates came out they were seen to walk over and shake hands warmly with the Japanese delegation ° head. Whether this was significant could not be learned. Senator Schanzer and Rene Viviani, heads of the Italian and French dele- gations, respectively, left the com- mittee = session together. talking earnestly but apparently i{n a most friendly manner. 25 REPORTED DEAD AS THEATER FALLS Building Under Construction in New York Col- lapses. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 29.—Fifteen or twenty workmen were believed to have been killed today when a new (heater in the course of construction at Bedford and Park avenues, Brooklyn, collapsed, according to early police re- Jorts. P\t the Vernon Avenue police station the number of dead was estimated at twenty-five. Fifty Are Burled. Fifty workmen were engaged on the new structure, the ~American Theater. A hurried roll call indicated that about half of them had been buried. Shortly before 2 o'clock four nad been taken from the ruins and rush- ed to hospitals. Sylvester Rosenthal and Samuel Moskowitz, the contractors, who were detained on a technical charge of homicide, told the police that about thirty-five men were working in the orchestra pit when the roof and north wall fell in. They estimated that about ten had escaped being buried. 0 SEVEN OF LIBERTYS SOAR TO NEW HIGHS FOR YEAR NEW YORK, November 29.—Seven of the liberty bond f{ssues soared to new high records of the year on the stock exchange’today as the result of further heavy buying, which in- cluded varfous out-of-town sources. In the first two hours sales of these honds - approximated $5,000,000 par value, this representing more than lalf of the enmtire dealings in the ond list. The first 4s were strongest, rising 1.00 per_ 100 to 97.60, while the tax- eyempt 3148 rose 74 cents to 96.80. Other new maximums included the «econd 48 at a gain of 42 cents to 96.30; the first 4145, 40 cents to 97.40; | ihe second 413, 80 cents to 96.64Nthe third 4%s. 46 cents to 97.80, and the fourth 4%8, 78 centg to 97.28 Victory note were active and strong, the 4% s selling at par, there- fy duplicating their recent high quo- tation. ITALIAN SHIP .HALTED. PARILS, November 29.—An Athens “dispatch to the Havas Agency today| suys a Greek cruiser has intercepted Mt the Tonian Island of Cephalonia un Italian steamer bound for Adalia southwestern Asia Minor, with muni- “fions alleged to be intended for the Turkish nationalists’ army on board. A search of the steamer revealed, it is stated, nine Italian airplanes, two million cartridges and other war ma- terial Entered a3 second-class matter shington, D. C. Will Strive to BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Rules of warfare, on land, on sea and in the air, with particular reference to the new weapons developed in the last war and since hostilities ceased, are to be considered bya committee of experts selected by the five nations taking part in the consideration of tae limitation of armament, under the call of President | Harding for the Washington conference. | This committee is to hold its first meet- ing at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Pan-American building. Members of Committee. The committee is composed of G. G. Wilson, one of the legal advisers of the American delegation; M. Fiomaget, | legal adviser of the French delegation; I'H. W. Malkin, representing the British Count Enrico Pagliano, representing the Italian delegaticn, and Mr. S. Hacai, legal adviser of the Japanese delegation. So far nothing has been determined, it is understood, as to the procedure the committee will follow. Whether | the committee will be asked to go {ahead and draft a code of interna- tional laws governing warfare - for submission to the ~delegates or whether the delegates themselves will first adopt a set of principles and then ask the experts to put the principles into legal terms is not yet known. Importance Made Clear. The importance with which the proposal to draft and adopt a set of laws relating to the conduct of war- fare, and the limitation of new agen- cies of warefare, was made clear re- cently by members of the American delegation. The fact that new agen- cies of warfare, particularly poison gases, deadly germs, etc., may be used in any future war, with the ef- fect of wiping out whole cities and peoples, has caused a determination on the part of the Washington con- ference to do all in its power to lay down some rules that, in case war comes, will protect non-combatants as far as possible and make it im- perative that more humane methods— if there are humane methode—be adopted in making war. The proposed new _rules will deal particularly with submarine warfare, and with war in the air and the bomb- CONFERENGE FACES ITS SUPREME TEST Cold Issue Is Presented by Japanese Proposal for a Larger Ratio. BY N. O. ’E!SENGE"- Crystallized into a definite propost- tion of cold fact, it is recognized that| the arms limitatioh conference at this hour faces the supreme test whether it is possible for nations with diver- gent views to reach a mutual agree- ment by discussion, analysis and con- cession. The issue is presented by the American plan for naval limita- tion and the counter proposal of the Japanese naval delegation of & larger ratio for Japan. It is pointed out that the recom- mendation, or rather it should be said the insistence of the Japanese naval experts, does not constitute the last word in the argument. Admiral Baron Kato and the Japanese dele- gates to the conference will pro- nounce the dictum. Not Subject to Pressure. + Also, it should be borne in mind that in reaching a decision the Japanese delegation is not subject to pres- sure of a majority vote in the sub- committee or in the conference. The fast that Great Britain agrees with E 1to put them into legal form, if It fman that there was no intentign that | ings. WASHINGTON, D. C, 1.5, T 0N HANDS INWORLD STEP 10 STEADY EXCHANGE Most Important Financial Move Made by Allies Since the Armistice. . SUCCESS HOLDS KEY Determine More T0 BUSINESS REVIVAL Humane Practices. Conference to Be Held Abroad Soon Ling of cltles, etc. It Is understood. | for Investigating .Entire last war rules of warfare were Situation. thrown into the discard. As a matter of fact, however, many of the rules of warfare were adhered to. And the peéple who violated the laws of war ‘ BY DAVID LAWRENCE. !ara now paying the penalty.in the re: Amerioa has decided to join hands with the other powers of the world in an effory to stabilize International exchange. . . The United States government has accepted. the invitation of the allied | governments to be represented at & | conterence to be held abroad in the i near future, at which the whole ques- tion of exchange will be examined. This is the most important step in the direction of financial readjust- ment which has been taken since the armistice. If successful, the move- ment may have a far-reaching effect upon the revival of business in America and particularly in .the restoration of markets for the sale of American agricultural and manufac- tured products. sense of the word. It will be. many years probably before all the claims against the various nations which violated the laws of war, the rights of neutrals, etc., are settled. Such cases have arisen after every war in modern times. So, international rules of war are violated. during war, just as the laws of a land are violated by individ ibut in the end. the nation violating these laws must pay, and supporters of such rules declare that the adop- tion of international laws governing warfare is most desirable. There are persons who believe that the adoption of such rules will ac; complish little good; that when a na- tion is at war it will use whatever weapons it can lay hands on; there are others who believe that the force of public opinion of the world will make such rules obeyed in the fu- ture, and there is a third group which believes that it is well to have the rules .of war adopted, in the hope that they will be obeyed. Have Point of Departure. { The delegates and the experts tackling the subject at the present conference have as a point of de- parture well formulated laws relat- ing to land warfare. These were adopted at the first and second Hague conventions. For a long time there has been a persistent effort on the part of Eu- ropean countries to elicit America’'s interest in an international financial conference. There has even been a suggestion that the question of the war debts of the allies might be dis- cussed at .the armament conference at Washington, but this idea has been abandoned. / Th; movement !ol ?con.l;“c‘ lh; world's finances wil e a slow an There have been effdrts to establish | MOFId's finances will be 2 blow 274 codes relating to naval warfare, and | gned to a single conference, but to a a convention was held in London in | series of meetings. which may take the 1908 for that purpose, but the code|jhetter part of a year. The whole thing was never finally ratified by all the {5 the outgrowth of the recommenda- parties taking part. With regard to|;jons made at the last international aerial warfare, there is a new fleld to | conference at Brussels, but it now has be entered. | the moral support of the United States "The job ahead of the delegates and | government, which means that more | the "committees dealing_ with these | Cesuits will be accoraplished. i ws of wa e con- ! international laws o Wil Be “*m | trol of new agencies of war—one of |ihe features of the agenda for- the! Just who the American representa- tives will be Is not known, but un- Washington c'snh':nc‘:—lu 2 bis one. It is improbable that it could be com- D ted b doubtedly Will be some. banker or Dbankers of protairieadé. - They will'be pleted by Christmas, it is said. How- ever, the conference might adopt & set of principles and leave the exparts ‘be authorized to conclude any agree- ments binding the United States, but will explore the whole field and bring’ back to this country recommendations which might be 1aid before American bankers in a series of conferénces such as President Harding held at the White House last bpring. When there is agreement among American bankers as to the proper course to be pursued there probably will be a final conference in Washington, at which the whole fiscal situation of the world._will be reviewed and definite plans laid for financing the trade of the" globe. America’s part in the deliberations will hardly be passive even though her delegates will not hive the power to commit this country to any defi- nite plan of action. The Harding ad-! ministration intends to throw the full | weight of its Influence on the side of financial reconstruction. This has been urged for many months by lead- ing bankers as well as by such in- fluential organizations as the United! States Chamber of Commierce. So vital has the question of international finance beeome that men like Frank ! Vanderlip and James 8impson of Mar- shall Field & Company, who have just returned from KEurope, are in- sisting that chaos will follow it America doesn’t save the financial sit- uation abroad. ¥ Cablegrams Tell of Deelsion. Along this line cablegrams from Paris today tell of the decision of the reparations commission 'to appoint a committee of bankers and experts in thought necessary. * ASSOCIATIONNOTT0 UNDERMINE LEAGUE President’s Position on New Organization Set Forth by Officials. President Harding's suggestion for a continuing conference of nations ls cxpected by administration officlals to become the subject of formal discus- sion before the present conference ends. The President’s position was said to be that the nes_‘“association” should | not have the attitude of “an under- mining agency” for the league. As a result of foreign comment on the President’s suggestion, it was also declared by an administration spokés- any “association of nations™ résulting from these conferences should become in any way a rival of the league of na-|international 'exchange to devise; tios. means for preventing a shock to ex- | It was indicated in official quarters b today that although the dent had | change rates ' whenever Germany no intention of complichting the far |pays or fails to pay her regular repa- glft;m '.'1'." :‘mmgflfiflnmgfflm;rbv ration payments. Although the ringing the subject before the confer- 4 S D O ent s fully cxpacted, that | United States doesn't receive any rep- after these questions are out of the aration ‘money. nevertheless this ! i country is deeply interested in inter- national exchange and, therefore, America will have her observers at the conference, to be held in Plrls‘ month, which -is described in the way there will be a serious effort for an agreement for future similar meet- Discussion of the plan for future conferences brought again to the front today a suggestion that the : Paris press dispatches. ‘whole subject of world finance, par- | In other words, it may be taken for ticularly &s it relates to war debts granted that the Harding adminis- and rehabilitation, would be one of | tration has embarked upon a policy the subjects to be discussed at future | of coopefation with ‘other govern- the technical correctness of the American basis constitutes a moral influence, but not a compelling ele- ment. These facts go to the heart of the conference. One of the parties to the controversy must yield its posi- tion, or all must abate in part their insistence upon the stands respec-! tively taken and presented. If an agreement cannot be reached, it is{ asked, what is the use of further ne- gotiation upon any question of major importance? Every one recognizes, also, the ne-; cessity of the final settlement being effected in a spirit of satisfaction, without leaving a sting. Otherwise, paraphrasing the provach, it might be said that “Nations convinced against their will are of the same opinion stilL” - World Not to Excuse Fallutre. One practical .consideration which is thought to foster the expectation confidently clung to of an agreement is the suggestion that the rank and file of civilisation will not excuse a failure to halt the race for naval supremacy by one party to the con- troversy holding out for technical regsons which are over the heads of the men and women who run and: read. | Since” the American plan was set forth, November 12, there have been! evidences in every quarter of the globe, it is contended, that the masses, [\ventals provided - previously admitted to be in sympathy with stopping the ruinous contest from expanding farther, are convinced that such an outcome is feasible. It is urged in the discussions pend- ing a settlement that it will have to be a mighty convincing argument— 80 obvious as to-make concurrence in it unanimous by civilisation=—which » Columa 1.) s &) ~(Continued on meetings. It has been indicated that | ments not merely for the reduction the administration does not desire to | of armament burdens and. the settle- have the question introducsd into the | ment of such political matters as dis- present negotiations, but might favor | turb the peace of the far east, but 2 thorough discussion of it later. |financial questions which have been EaE ic] admittedly ave INJUNCTION IS GRANTED | 3ong more. 1o disturh, businses cor T0 PROPERTY OWNERS done more to disturb business condi- tions everywhere than any other Holding that determinations made by the District Rent Commission with- single factor. The drop in exchange has prevented out legal notice to the owners of the property are not in conformity with Recognises -Gemeral Improvement. “The conference recogniszes that any genersl improvement in the situation requires a considerable period of time, All sorts of artificial measures to re- Heve exchange have been sugested, but the tendency now is to avoid experi- mental measures and go to the'root of the trouble: - The-theory upon which the next conferente will proceed, it is persons familiar with the Justice Bailey of the District Supreme ecommendations of the Brus- Court today granted preliminary In- | ga1s conterence itself, which said: junctions asked by three owners| - against the commission. The court's | orders prevent the commission during the pendency of the proceedings and until turther ordar from taking any | a that-in-present.clircumstances it terminations and aiso require the ten- | 5\ ants on whose complaints the, rentals ; 15 hot possible for certain countries to were reduced to continue to pay the ; restore -their economic activity with- former rent called for in their leases. : S o e 5. Saniame | slstance is required for periods which weel 0 by ' Georg: nkins, | %8¢ = ownar of premises 219 T street north- | exceed the normal term of mmnarunl America from selling her goods abroad. ts of the sifggested by the requirements of the Ball rent law, | sggested by persols (i Uas wiLJ, the action for the enforcement of its de- out assistance from abroad. . This as- east and 307 S'street northeast; How- ! gperations. ard ‘M.- Etchison, owner of premises 1740 Euclid street northwest, and William O. Gilbert, who owns the apartment at 1448 Girard street north- west. The owners complained that the commission, without serving mo- & tice on them and in proceedings \In|ijers the sincere collaboration of all which their rental agent only w. qups of citizens and to secure con- named as defendant, had lowered . §itions which give to work and thrift in_leases with |jjberty to produce their full resuits. their tenants. ey also told the| <The conference does not court that suits were being threat- ened under the penalty clause of the | Ball act. The commission, thrnlgh Attorney Chapin Brown,” moved the dismissal of the suits, but the court required the | mecor commission ' _to - answer. Attorneys Richard A. Ford ‘and. Charles G.: Al- len appeared for the property owners. | 3 “This assistance, however, can only. be ' effectively accorded to ‘countries which are prepared to co-operate with oné another in the restoration of ‘eco- nomic life, and to make every effort out within their own fron- WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION natiré of observers and will fot | n-the air ever-since the war | th | Planning moratorium “on* debts. % 3 Pcok is indorsed as police head. £\ = —_— . umn i ARMAME, N LimMirarion PRESIDENT NAMES EDUCATION DATES December 4 to 10 Proclaim- ed America’s Week for Spe- cial Work for Schools. December 4 to 10, inclusive, was set apart as American Education week in a proclamation signed by President Harding and made public today. In this edict the executive urges that every citizen of this country give special and thoughtful attention lo; how, from the German trenches, the needs and the alims of public schools, and asks that the pulpit, press, schools and public gatherings be en- listed in behalf of the needs of edu- cation. Text of Proclamation. THe Prochamation follows: . “Whereas public education 18 the Basis of citisenship and is of primary importance_to the welfare of the na- tion; and “Whereas more than 5,000,000 boys and girls in America are not availing themselves of our free school advan- tages and are lacking in that youth- ful schooling which is so essential to the making of an intelligent citizen- ship: and “Whereas the experlence of the warl revealed vast elements of pulation that are fliiterate, phy-iullyw:mm or unfamiliar with American ideals and traditions, and our future strength and security are much dependent on their Ie:eu“:.‘xlloh and commitment to American s: Thoughtful Attention Urged. Therefore, 1, Warren G. Harding, President of the United States, do urg the governors of the various states an territorles to set apart December 4 to| 10, inclusive, 1921, as American' Edu- cation week, during which citizens in every state are urged to give special and thoughtful attention to the needs and the aims of the public schools. It is particularly recommended that ef- fort be addressed to a practical expres- sion of community interest in public education. To that end organizations for civic advancement and soclal betterment are earnestly requested, when it can be made practicable, to provide programs which will inform the people concerning the vital n2eds in this direction, instruct them regarding shortcomings and de- ficlencles in present facilities, and bring to their attention specific, constructive methods by which, in the respective communities, these deficiencies may be e subject of public education has always been very close to the American heart, and to the fact that it has been made a chief responsi bility of local government units we largely owe the wide diffusion of ed- ucational facilities. It is believed that & widespread and earnest effort at observance of Education week would do much to emphasize this feeling of immediate responsibility. Therefore, it is suggested that the pulpit, press, schools and public gatherings be enlistea in behalf of is special effort. “In witness whereof I have hereun- to set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. “Done at the city of Washington this 29th day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred twenty-one and of the in- dependence of the United States the one hundred forty-sixth. (Seal.) “WARREN G. HARDING. “By the President: 3 “CHARLES E. HUGHES, “Secretary of State.” Today’s News In Brief Secretary Hughes receives message from working women of world in- dorsing arms conferenice. Page 3 District Commissioners indorse Sena- tor King's proposal to merge U. S. park police with loca force. Page 4 Sénator Capper to lead drive in Con- “gress for D. C. schools. Page 4 Railroad officials to be heard by I C. C. on present rates of transporta- tion charges. Page 4 Lieut. Graham takes stand in aliena- tion suit against A. L. Humes. Page 4 | Frank A. Vanderlip urges use of whar debts owed U. S. for rehabilitatl Europe. Page Ceremonial held by Almas Temple. Page § Bandits get $100,000 in jewelry in W. C. Proctor's home in Cincinnati. Page 14 Long-term credit vital to farmers. pointment trict as West. Ead_citisens urge aj . of_bonsi-fide rufi-t‘ ] o TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1921 -THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. The Associated Member of the Associated Press ¥ Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republieation of all news dispatches eredited to it or not otherwise credited in this the local news published herein. Liereip are also reserved. paper and also 1 rights of publication of speclal dispatches Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 89,837 TWO CENTS. == = I — In Achieving Fame In Argonne Baitle Col. Charles W. Whittleisy's mame leaped into world-wide prominence over night through his retort to the Germ: officer _who called on him to surrender after ke was surrounded in the ' What W hittlesey Did | [ |- Armonne. For four days and nights his | comma: the 1st Battalion, 77th _Division, 308th Infantry, hhd under fire, cut off from aid, without food or frewh wa- ter. All but eighty-seven men had been killed or wounded. i Bt ded and under the srotection of a white flag, a German woldfer stumbled into the American strong point. “Surrender,” he cried, “in the mame of humnnity,” and he told the agonised cries of the Amer- ican wounded could be heard. But_Col. Whittlexey's mensage | to the enemy was not that he weuld Jay down his armsx. “You g0 to hell,” ke sald. A few ,hours Inter American reserves ‘attacked all along the line, the Germans were pushed baok and the little band of sur- vivers aved. AR HORROR CAUSE OF HERD'S SUICIDE {Secret Broodings Overtax ! Mind of Col. Whittlesey of Lost Battalion. LIEUT. COL. C. W. WHITTLESEY. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 29.—Secret brooding over the horrors of his ex- perfences in the war, from which he | emerged one of America’s greatest in- j dividual heroes, was ascribed today by friends and relatives of Lieut. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey as the cause of his taking \his life Sunday while on the way to Havana. 3 Leaving several letters, presumably explaining his act, the commander of “the lost battalion” disappeared from the steamship Toloa twenty-four hours out from New York. His inti- mate friends had no idea he was mak- ing-an ocean voyage. Members of his family and business aspocidtes were incredulous at’first when a wireleas dispatch reported him missing. But as evidence accumulat- éd. they reluctantly came to the con- clusion; that the missing man:was Col. Whittlesey. - And then they recalled incidents which, pieced together in the Mght of his tréigic death, might have been recognized as indications that; But England wodld then banish Ire- his spirit was shaken by recurrent|jand from memories-of his brothers-in-arms who | thoughts to its own problems, had died before his eyes in France. Unkuown Bufial Last Blew. Ing than the rest, was in Washington He returned from the capital mere depressed than before, ‘the haunting visions, ¢learer han ever, 7] S CRAR SPURNSPLAN OF LLOYD GEORGE Informs Ulster Parliament Premier’s Proposals Are -1 “Utterly Impossible.” By the Associated Press. BELFAST, November 29.—Sir James Craig, the Ulgter premier, speaking today, said he had told Prime Minister |Lloyd George that the British gov-]| ernment’s proposals to Ulster for the {before the northern parliament here | OVER 24 MILLIONS FOR YEAR'S NEEDS | IND. C. BUDGET .Estimates Heady‘ for Con- | gress After Many Cuts Made by Budget Bureau. RATIO QUESTION VITAL ISSUE TO BE SETTLED i ‘ More Money Wanted for Road Re- pairs—Larger Police Force Urged. When the Commissioners’ estimates for the operation of the District gov- ernment during the next fiscal year &0 to Congress Monday it is under flumd they will show a total of be tween $24,000,000 and $25,000,000. It is estimated that the District's revenue during the next fiscal yes: available to meet appropriations wil! be about $14,000,000. The Commissioners are required by law to keep their estimates Gow: to twice the gevenues which the: expect to receive. In complian: with this law the Commissioners, it | is reported, sent to the Treasury D: |partment estimates amounting 1. about $27,000,000, Reduced Several Millions. It has been reliably reported ti. the bureau of the budget in runn a fine-tooth comb through the Lis- trict estimates reduced them by ses eral millions of dollars. Director of the Budget Dawes was aided in tie task of surveying the District esti jmates by former Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois, who served on the Senate District committes while in Congress. The departments and projects in which the budget bureau made reduc- tions in estimates are not known. 1t is generally believed, however, that the budget officers have eliminated new undertakings not regarded as imperative at this time. Liberal appropriations for school construction, street and road work | settlement of the Irish question were |2nd for improvement in the police and utterly impossible. He said Ulster would not enter an all-Ireland parliament under the present conditions, but was prepared to discuss other enues for settle- ment. LONDON NOT ALARMED. Craig’s Stand Unlikely to Bring : End to Truce Is Belief. By the Associated Press. the Irish peace negotiations virtually unchanged, the political observers in the morning newspapers view the situation with unusual calm. They appear to adopt the view ascribed to official circles that even if the peace movement receives a getback now. it may ultimately reach a satisfactory conclusion based on mutual conces- sions. Not only is a breach of the Irish truce, which has endured five months, unexpected following a possible ces- sation of negotiations, but the news- papers generally imply that all the interested parties recognize the im- iportance of maintaining it. Some jeven go so far as to say that a tacit| understanding already exists be- | twten the British government, the Sinn Fein and Ulster that the truce shall remain unbroken and thus enable the resumption of the negoti- ations at any possible moment, shouild they be suspended at this time. Some writers mention no limit to continuance of the truce, while others suggest that it is to be extended at least over the Christmas and New Year holidays. These hopeful ac- counts regarding the probable main- tenance of peace in Ireland coinclde with many fresh rumors of Premier {Lloyd George's preparations to de- |part for the Washington conference {at an early date. One indication of hope was the re- turn from Dublin yesterday of Robert C. Barton, one of the Sinn Fein peace delegates, Michael Collins and Des- mond Fitzgerald, however, remained in Ireland to await, it was thought, the results of Premier Craig’s utter- | ances in northern parliament and the issuance in London of the British | cabinet’s promised statement on the situation. A statement setting forth |the Sinn Fein position is also ex- pected, although the date of its is- suance is indefinite. Unity Possible Later. i Admission of the possibility that Ulster and the south of Ireland may some day unite “of their own free wills” in the government of all Ire- land is ascribed to Sir James Craig, Ulster preinier, in an interview pub- !lished todzy by the Daily Mirror. { "I do not suy that Ulster will never accept an _all-Ireland council, though | the Sinn Fein says.it will pever ac- | cept any other scheme,” Sir James is quoted as saying. “What we say is, | let the Sinn Fein first prove its abil- ity to govern itself along constitu- tional lines. Let it win Ulster's con- fidence by practical proof of its fair- | ness toward the southern unionists. Then, in the course of time, the two Irish governments might coalesce of their own free wills. “I cannot say whether this would be gaod or bad; of that I am not con- vinced. It might be very bad, for, while Ulster remains a part of the United. Kingdom, England can always land troops in Ireland by way of Ul- ster if Great Britain's safety is jeo) ardized by any cause affect!ng Irisl harbors or coasts.” “If Ulster conceded all the Sinn Fein's demands” he continued, “the | coran, fire departments will be advocated by the city heads when Congress begins hearings on the District bill. Ratio Questions Coming Up. The question of what ratio of Dis- trict expenses should be borne by the federal government also will arise as onme of the important matters to be decided in considering the new Dis- trict appropriation act. A majority of the board of Commis- sioners is believed to be in favor of a LONDON, November 29.—While it is{return in practice to the halfsand- thought here that “Premier Craig’s| statement before the Ulster parlia- still the substantive permanent law, ment today will leave the deadlock in |under which the federal and District half plan of the organic act which is governments each have met 50 per cent of the cost of maintaining the National Capital. 'During the past two fiscal years Congress has in thd District appropriation act changed that ratio to 60 per cent by the Dis trict and 40 per cent by the federal government, in each case stating spe- cifically that the change was tempo- rary, applying only to the fiscal year and to the items included in ihe ap- propriation act. As far as school building_appro- priations are concerned, the Commis- sioners believe Congress is fully ad- vised now as to the importance of those items. Asks More Money for Streets. The necessity for larger allotnients for street and road work, how. er has not been brought forcefully to ‘he attention of the legsilators as hsve the school items. The Commissioners will endeavor to point out to Con- gress at the forthcoming hearings that the National Capital's street re- pair work lagged during the war and should be brought up to date as rap 1dly as possible. An increase of approximately 100 in the personnel of the police force also is understood to be an item which the Commissioners will urge upon the lawmakers. Members of Congress re- cently expressed a willingness to help put the police and fire departments on a more efficient basis. and it is be- lieved they will recognize the neces- sity for larger forces in view of the rapid growth taking place here. WILL OF W. C. EUSTIS FILED FOR PROBATE Many Bequests Made in Document Drawn April 12, 1021 —Widow to Have Income. The , will of William Corcoran Eustis, grandson of Willlam W. Cor- ‘Washington philanthropist, dated April 12, 1921, was filed today for probate. He leaves all his per- sonal and household effects, together with a farm in Virginia and the sum of $16,000, to his wife, Edith Morton Eustis. The widow is directed to dis- tribute the cash according to wishes expressed to her by her husband. A house on M street in Georgetow built in 1791, being the birthplace of Willlam W. Corcoran, is left to Mor- ton Corcoran BEustis, son of the testator, with the request that it be ° transmitted to his eldest son to be re- tained in the tamily. " whole . world would throw its hats into the air in a frenzy of joy and relief. There would be world-wide ' {land would then answer Ulster's com- The last blow, they said, more try-plaints by saying: ‘You accepted the bearidg him down. There he had:met | fifured 1n —£¢Tfli~( 3 Page 4, Column 4) _ today at’ thanksgiving services in the churches and wonderful scenes of happiness. its mind, and turn its: ir] the Sinn Fein began to oppress Ulster | under the all-lreland council, Eng- council; you must manage your own Specific bequests include the follow- Lydia Loudon, a god-cnild, $5.- Margaret Eustis of New ¥ ~me from $6.000 for life; $1,000 each 4 ames B. Eustis and Nellie T. Hel- 1" .:'$5,000 to Corcoran Thom; $5,000 to Helene Annesley of London, Eng- land. The remaining estate is devised to the American BSecurity and Trust Company and to Corcoran Thom, trus- tees, to pay the net income to the widow for lite. It is stipulated that affairs now.' leed, England would Page 14 | a fortnight ago, when he took part in | pe.r} NOT , TRAGEC, P German | the funeral services for America’s un- 16 { known soldier. —— FOUR KILLED IN WRECK. BRUSSELS, November 29.—Four rsons were killed and ten others passenger train collision el, near Antwerp. when the daughter of the testator at- tains the age of twenty-five, or, at her marriage, she shall receive $5.000 annually till the death of her mother. ‘When any of the sons attains the age of twenty-three he is to receive $100,- 000 absolutely. On teh death of the widow the trust estate is to be dis- tributed among the children.