Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1921, Page 2

. e gapan’s Counter Proposals. BOREIGNER DIRECTS TRHINA POST OFFIGES Milependent Branches Are to -to Be Closed, But Alien Chief Will Be Kept. JSPANESE SEEK DELAY _ifsk Postponement in Fixing of (fxTime Until Advices Are Re- -ceived From Home. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. -i%he. iridependent post offices of for- Wilgn powers in China are to be closed, Wit the Chinese post office depart- “ifent is to retain a foreigner at_its head, according to the unanimous de- #fdon of the committee on far east- \3%h affairs at the conference yester- adey. All except Japan agreed that the \@ifte for their closing shall be Jan- fgry 1, 1923, but in response to a re- ®liuest from the Japanese delegate for sfne to cable Tokio and ascertain s rether that country's offices could “Ja closed within thirteen months, the “Jate was left blank in the resolution %as adopted. Japan maintains more post offices Ignan any other mation in China. The “hinese report the number including ‘$ostal agencies at 124. The Japanese say the number is mnearer sixty though they do not have the exact ifigures. The Chinese figures also say tie United States has one; Great i 2; France, 13, and express & @elief that Denmark, Sweden and woveral other countries also have of- fipes. * System Reasonably Efficien A#The Chinese postal system is reason- iy efficient as post offices go in the luyient. It and the telegraph system biite one governmental function which ntinues over the entire country, un- Asturbed by the split between the i%orth_and the south or the lesser $3Cars between the provinces. None of 8¢f. battling Tuchuns (military gov- 3F;nors) with ambitions to take every- *$jing else in the country, want to “%gke responsibility for this work. As to speed and reliability, the inase communications of post and %ilegraph compare faverably with R4y other country under similar cir ‘Rhnstances. - Most of the country land communication is by river tyutes or by paths through mountains d plains. A striking illustration of o pride and persistency of the pos- st@l officials in the smallest towns in graintaining communications in even e smallest towns was given last $anr When 1 was up the Honglong er watching the South China rev- mslution. The regular river route to {anton and thence to Hongkong w ZSlosed. The postmaster at Waichow Betarted daily messengers on foot abross country to the railroad. Con- #inuous rain for weeks had made the “iths morasses of clay, the hills were infested with bandits and guerrillas el both sides and the trip required 232day and night of continuous plod- i@ing. One messenger was shot, but mnother reseued his letters and mail vas received and dispatched each Conditions Lald Down. n .the . committee resolution ‘the @Owers agree to abolish their. post es on two conditions. . The first 9 that an efficient. service be main- Tained. The second provides for the wontinuance of a° foreign - director. imce the post gffice system was es- {phlinhed the foreign director has een French. No treaty establishes forcigner in the office. . It is merely :queslion of employment by the Chi- rese government. = Fhe -foreign post offices. with their ‘domestic -rates of postage to their shame countries, deprived the. Chinese * agovernment of a considerable sum in Aoneign_ postage. Mail can be ex- i #thanged between Shanghai and New #¥ork at the same rates as between #Washington and Baltimore. Similar ~eonditions prevajl in the larger cities . MIf China between British and French \:Messessions. while. the Japanese post lafives practically cover the country. - Oplum Paswed Through. he mittee resolution provides t the stoms authorities may in- g ¢ all mail mattér passing through foreign post ¢ffices, except what obviously letfers. The maritime toms. always“have had this right, t there have been many complaints at opium, morphine and other con- taband passed freely through the offices without inspection. The réso- Jution puts the responsibility for any much violations in the future on the seustoms service, which also is under . gereign supervision, its chief being ‘g1 Englishman, and a large propor- Alsn. of its inspectors foreigners. L (Copyright, 1921.) £ —_— i FONFERENCE FACES ITS SUPREME TEST " “(Continued from First Page.) Fiisuffice as an extenuation of fatl- 3@e to'meet the hopes of the world. -Ai2¥hether the claims of naval ex- 'ts on the varying values of ratios of maval strength wouid suffice as such an excuse remains to be demon- Sfated in the further discussions in committees, and weighed in the bal- 2 reason and logic by the think- 2 people of the world. It is poimtedl out that these reports ©f the “committee. of the whole” and the action of the conference itself are to be reported back to a still r committee of the whole—the ren and women of the nations wait- ng, for the ‘Washington . conference o ittaln the objects for which it was summoned. Will Influence Delegates. Tbis considérdtion is expected to céigh..with-the men who are sitting Soriference as the representatives -the masses and classes of the ive :nations whose flags. de- ote the attendance of their plenipo- entiarfes. . Thus it bécomes apparent that the onfidence which pervades the con- erence and its sidelines of a trium- hant outcome is not based upon nere, sentiment nor ideals approach- ng th$ altruistic and unresponsive to ctual “conditions, but is founded on siderations that are held to be all wertul and compelling. e confidencq is not that of s but thé matter of people, eir feet on the ground. §CAN KILLED IN RIOTS Doherty’s Death at Bombay ™ Nov. 10 Officially Reported. The lling of Willlam French herty, an American, in the riots at ombay, November 19, was reported State Departs g the report bllc. announced that passport rec- ds showed that Doherty was born Bentonville, Ark., in 1880, and his rmanent residence was Galveston, . He left the United States early 1918, the records showed, to ac- ept a position with an engineering rm-at Bombay. P After thirty-four years s @ clerk in the District rtment, W. C. Small was retired e Commisgioners today, to take t.in February, 1922, 3 BRITISH DENY PLAN: T0 BRING UP DEBTS AT ARMS SESSION By the Associated Pres The British arms conference dele- gation through an authorized spokesman today took occasion to state positively agaln that there ‘was no intention on the part of the British government of bringing up the subject of international indebtedness at the conference. It was said the conference was adhering strictly to the agenda 80 far as could be observed and the British delegates had no in- tention of asking the other dele- gates to extend the jurisdiction of the conference. They believed that an exension of the agenda would diminish in- stead of increase the chances for complete success of the conference. ——— CROSSESINTOU.S.- AFTER EXPULSION W. F. Buckley Reaches Texas Following Action by Mexicans. By the Assoclated Feess. AUSTIN, Tex., November 29.—Wil- liam F. Buckley, president of the American Association of Mexico, ex- pelled from that country, crossed the border at Laredo this morning, ac- cording to information received by relatives and friends here. d HAD “SAFE CONDUCT.” Barred From Mexico Unless Presi- dent Consents to Return. By the Associated Pre: MEXICO CITY, November 29.—Wil- liam F. Buckley, for whose arrest and expulsion the Mexican govern- ment issued an order several weeks ago, left Mexico City Sunday night, proceeding to Laredo under a “safe conduct” furnished by Foreign Sec- retary Pani. Although technically he has not been expelled under article 33 of the Mexican constitution, it understood it will require “authori. zation from the Mexican president before he can return, which has the effect of arbitrary expulsion. without actual enforcement by officials here. His journey to Laredo, however, was with the full consent and knowledge of the officials in Mexico City, follow- ing his five-day stay in the American embassy, where he took refuge to await developments under the expul- slon order. His case has caused much excite- ment here, where he was well known for years as a business man. When he arrived in Mexico City two weeks ago it was rumored that an order for his arrest had been issued, and George T. Summerlin, the American charge, immediately took up the case with the foreign office. He was told_that Mr. Buckley was to be deported be- cause of his activity against the pres- ent Mexican government, and for more than a_week Mr. ‘Summerlin made futile efforts to obtain a copy of the written charges. Meanwhile, a refugee iy the embassy, Mr. Buckley communicated _at length with the Washington officials, but the best in- formation is. that no instructions as to the course he should pursue were received from_them. On Sunday Mr. Buckley decided to leave the embassy and depart for the United States. Charge Summerlin then communicated with Foreign Minister Pani, who immediately fur- nished the document necessary for the American's safe travel to the border. Secrecy as to his departure was maintained, however, in order to obviate any possibe embarrassment at Laredo through action of Mexican officials not cognizant of the details regarding the arrangement. Tais Sl PRESIDENT IS INVITED TO CORNER STONE LAYING Glenburine, Md., Masons’ Temple Ceremonies on Dec. 10—Commission Men Invite. President Harding today was in- vited to participate in the ceremonies incident to the laying of the corner stone of the new Masonic Temple in Glenburine, Md., December 10. Rep- resentative Linthicum of Maryland, who personally brought the invitation to the executive, said afterward he doubted very much if the latter would be able to accept, because of a pre- vious engagement for that date The President also was invited t attend the annual meeting of the Na. tional League of Commission Mer- chants of the United States. to Be held in Pittsburgh, Pa. early in January. ‘his invitation was extended by a ommittee. composed of R. S, French of this city, general manager and secretary of the association; Chester Franzell of Pittsburgh, vice president of the association; A. D. Hitz of In- dianapolis, former president of the association, and W. 8. De Miller of Pittsburgh, chairman of the enter- tainment committee. The President said he could not leave Washington at the time, but intimated that he might send a per- sonal greeting to be read at the gathering. Henry Lansburgh, illustrious po- tentate of the local Shrine; intro- duced to President Harding yester- day afternoon W. Freeland Kendrick, teceiver of taxes of Philadelphia, and illustrious potentate of the Shrine of that city and former head of the shrine of this country. They were accompanied by a number of officers of the Philadelphia and Buf- falo, N. Y., Shrines. U. S. TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM W. VA. MINE FIELDS Had Been on Duty in State, Due to Strike—National Guard Organized. Withdrawal of federal troops on duty in the coal flelds of West Vir- inia to their home stations at Camp nox and Fort Thomas, Ky., was’or- dorog yesterday by the War Depart- men ‘The exodus of these troops, about 509 in number, completely removes all federal troops from West Virginia, others originally sent from Camp Sherman, Ohio, and Camp Dix, N. J., having been withdrawn several weeks ‘:h;.’cum' e ren Whaduuarions. s Fots area, ors 5 in Harrison, lr?d., recommended this action to Secretary Weeks upon receipt of & report from Gov. Morgan of West Virginia that a regiment of the National Guard had been estab- lished in that state and was prepared to take over the duties of the regular troops. 3 _FILES BANKRUPTCY PLEA. . Harry G. Lenz, dealer in surgical instruments at 628 Tth street north- west, today filed a petition in volun- tary bankruptcy. He lists his debts at $2,230 and says his assets are worth $7,119.73, ‘which includes $6,- 000 worth of ‘surgical instruments. He is ®y Attorney Cran-| New FRENCH IRRITATED OVER SUBMARINES . Antagonism Toward Britain More Acute Than at Any Time Since Armistice. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally NewS. | abroad, in -order that Copyright, 1921. P.LRIS, France, November 29.—The submarine discussion in Washington has aggravated the French irritation into almost open hostility. The tone of the French newspapers may be represented by the statement that “England and France must lay all the cards on the table or go their sepa- rate ways,” but private conversation is even more vigorous. France be- lieves that the English talk in Wash- ington about limiting or abolishing the submarine, coupled with Lord Curzon's speech warning France that ' ever - 'THE ' EVENING - STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, How Secretary Hughes Cleared official communique issued after the meeting of the far eastern committee yesterday follows: “The committee on Pacific and far eastern questions met at 11 o'clock a.m. Monday, November 28, 1921, in the Pan-American building. “The.chairman, Mr. Hughes, at the outset of the meeting, called atten- tion to the inaccurate and damaging press report which has been cabled its unfortunat charagter, inaccuracy and falsity might be noted. He referred to the report that during the discussion in the committee regarding land arma- ment, M. Briand had made statements of an offensive character regarding the Italian army; and that the rep- resentative of Italy 'did not appro- priately resent the statement. “Mr. Hughes said that, as every member of the committee knew, was wholly false, was made out of whole cloth, that M. Briand had said noth- ing whatever reflecting upon the Italian government or “the Italian army, that nothing occurred that re- quired any rejoinder by the repre- sentative of Italy, and that the en- tire report had no existence what- in fact. It seemed to be ad- she cannot depend entirely on her|yisaple that the chairman of the con- own resources, shows"that Britain in-{ference should make this statement tends that Framce shall mot be al-|in order that appropriate note should lowed to act in Europe without Brit- ish approval. Great Britain, on the othter hand, is stirred by France's demand that her submarine fleet shall be equal to that of Britain. England recalls that whereas France if ‘blockaded could live for twenty years on her own re- sources, England, if blockaded, would starve in 2 few weeks. She remem- bers with a shudder how near she came to famine under the German submarine menace, and also is con- scious of the fact that military ex- perts generally are agreed that if Germany had captured Calais she could probably have made the British fleet impotent with long-range guns and could have invaded England. This perhaps explains the vigor of English newspaper comment on the French attitude. Sharp at All Points. The Anglo-French differenc2 is now sharp at all points where the two na- tions have a foreign policy. ‘These in the order of their importance may be listed as follows: 1. Naval armaments. 2. German reparations. 3. The French treaty with the Ke- malists in Anatolia. . 4. General policy toward Poland. 5. General attitude toward Russia. But_above and including all these is the English balance of power policy pursued on the continent for many cen- turies. This policy, clearly distinguish- able since Cromwell's time, was recently re-expressed in Lord Curzon's in which e said that the “conscience of the world would not tolerate the reap- pearance of a great and dangerous power to be a perpetual menace to the peace of Europe. It has been France's historic policy to become the dominant power on the European continent and England's policy to support France's strongest opponent — usually Austria, but Prussia under Frederick the Great and Bismarck. Antagonism Is Acute. Now that France has attained to a degree of dominance in continental Eu- rope, which she has not possesed hithertq since the days of Charlemagne, except for a few brief yaers under Nagoleon, she believes that England is Jetérkhined to prevent her, from-exercising this pre* dominance. On the other hand, some of her military theorists are conyinced that tae new military technique, which includes airplanes, submarines. and chemicals, has obliterated the English superiori n powers gained from her control of the seas. The impression of a neutral observer is that the an- tagonism is now far more acute than at any other time since the armistice, and that it will lead to a conflict unless a profound change in the temperament and policy of bota nations produces the cancellation of their respective tradi- tional policies. It seems likely that the prsent tension will reach a critical stage with the dis- cussion of the future policy toward the German reparations. This should take place after Prime _Minister Lioyd George's return from Washington, prob- ably in January. L MANY REALTORS PLAN: TO ATTEND CONVENTION At Least Thirty Expected to Go to San Francisco When Na- tional Association Meets. Membership in the convention club committee of the Washington Real Estate Board has tripled in the past week, -insuring a delegation from Washington -at the June convention in San .Francisco of the National As- sociation of Real Estate Boards, num- bering at least thirty, it was an- nounced yesterday at a meeting of the club committee in the board's headquarters. A special subcommittee, composed of Thomas *E. Jarrell, H. Clifford Bangs and-William S. Phillips, was appointed to arrange an attractive itinerary for the local group of real- tors and their wives."It is planned to have the delegation make the trip in_a special car. g Secretary John .A. Petty of the realty board has written to San Fran- cisco for hotel accommodations, is said that the Washingtonians will be amply provided for in the matter of reservations. The committee yes- terday authorized the printing ‘and distribution in realtors’ offices of large posters boosting the conyention and also the purchase of small “stickers” for use on correspondence passing be- tween the board and its members. It was stated that the realtors rep- resenting the National Capital are contemplating advertising features. ‘which will attract national attention to Washington and its residential, business and civic features. A num- ber of local merchants have requested that they be permitted to assist in this “booster” enterprise. ‘The convention club, of which Mr. Jarrell is chairman, was organized re- cently to promote interest in the con-. vention by assisting members of the board to save funds with which to make the trip to the coast. The sum of $1,500 already has been put away for club members and the return from this amount, in interest, will be used to defray poster and other expenses. FIND $100,000 IN COINS. Part of English Sovereigns Hid- den in Oil Cans Put in Water. SAN FRANCISCO, November 29.— More than $100,000 of $125,000 in Eng- lish sovereigns stolen from the specie tanks of the Oceanic Steamship Com- pany’s liner Sonoma while en route here from the ‘antipodes has been recovered, and it is expected that the remainder will be found within few hours. - Approximately $75,000 of the money was located concealed in three ofl cans suspended in the ‘water from the stern of the steamer. A length of hose secreted in a ven- tilator in the forward hold contained $27,800. A member of the crew is said to be suspected. .. . —_—————— TR et B 2ot Toods &nd 50 | 87 per cent of hostility nd it | state Commerce Commissio it | gation éf that subject some months be made of it. Viviani Makex Reply. * “In reply to the statement of the chairman, M. Viviani, on behalf of France, spoke as follows: “T thank the chairman for his Kind- ness in adding with hgs high autkor- ity his denial to that and myself. Coming from his lips, this denial has the greatest authority. Not only was the debate always cour- teous, but at no moment did it go beyond the bounds of becoming in- tensity, whick, as a matter of fact, is perfectly legitimate even between aliies when they have before them questions of the highest importance. It is per- feotly a priori that M. Briand could never have said such things as have been put into his mouth. How could he have done so. when the closest bonds of friendship and alliance exist between the two countries. The two nations have always been friends. tent of her cultural and spiritual debt to Italy. The blood of the two peoples has flowed on the same battleflelds for the same cause. the good of humanity. be allowed to turn u: closets harmony.’ Thanked by Senator Schanser. “Mr. Schanzer then cordially thank- ed the Secretary of State for his for- tunate idea in making this statement, which, he said, was quite necessary, | because certain persons outside of the conference had made use of the press to’ disturb the good relations exist- £ Mr. Schanzer We are here fori, wiatem Up Misunderstanding in Italy chairman had used. his high author-. ity to close the unfortunag incident for all time and expressed thanks to Messrs. Viviani and Briand and to every one. He wished to state ggain that Italy cherished only the most cordial feelings toward France, and was sure that he would be able to continue in the work of the conference in an un- ‘changed atmosphere of cordiality toward France and all the other countries represented. “The committee unanimously agreed. “The committee received the report of the subcommittee on foreign post offices in China and adopted it unani- mously, the date on which it shall come into force and effect being de- ferred for public announcement in the near future.” Report on Chia, S The report as adopted is as fol- low! ‘A. Recognizing the justice of the desire expressed by the Chinese government to secure the abolition of foreign postal agencies in China, save or except in leased territories, or as otherwise specifically provided by treaty, it is resolved: ‘(1) The four powers having such postal agencies agree to their aban- donment, subject to the following conditions “‘(A) That an efficient Chinese postal service is maintained; “‘(B) That an assurance is given by the Chinese government that they contemplate no change in the present postal administration, so far as the status of the forelgn codirector gen- eral is concerned. “*2. To enable China and the pow- ers concerned to make the necessary dispositions, this arrangement shall come into force and effect not latér than— Gtive Right to Examine. “*(B). Pending the complete with- drawal of foreign postal agencies the four powers concerned severally un- dertake to afford full facilities to the Chinese customs authorities to ex- amine in those agencies all postal matter (excepting ordinary letters, whether registered or not, which upon |external examination appear plainly ‘to {through them, with a view to ascer- { taining whether they contain articles contain written matter) passing which are dutiable or contraband or { which o vise ol vene cus- France cannot forgct the BFeat eX- | lome remuiations or lnes ot Chinar toms regulations or laws of China.’ “The committee received the state- ment of the subcommittee on extra- territoriality, reporting progress, and -nt from the Chinese dele- Nothing should ! gation asking for the removal of the from the end| of the goal to which we have set our- | China by selves and which we must reach in|treaty ! troops, land wireless stations. various establishments placed in foreign powers without sanction, such as foreign police boxes, and telegraph The committee decided to begin the discussion of | these questions at its next meeting. “The committee also decided that there should be constituted a stand- ing subcommittee on drafting, to be composed of a delegate appointed by each power. “The committee then adjourned to ing between the countries represent- meet tomorrow, November 29, 1921, at ed here. He was delighted that the 11 o'clock SAYS WHOLE WORLD MUST CO-OPERATE~ AGREE ON NAVIES Samuel Gompers, for Unof- | “ficial Body on Arms Limita- tion, Issues Bulletin. Holding that isolation today means now so deeply involved lems that can bg solved only by co- operation that it says: ‘He who is not for us is axainst us,’ " an attack on the idea of “a hermit nation, seif- sufticient, distrusted and feared,” because “the whole world ! in prob-, FRANCE AND ITALY Both Anxious to Be Included in Limitation—French Favor Equal Ship Tonnage. By the Associated Press. The French and Italian arms con- ference delegations, it was learned today, have had occasion to talk with each other on the subject of the rela- tive naval strength of their respective countries. The French position is that France has no objection what- ' TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1921. CATHOLICS GREET NEW ARCHBISHOP Enthusiastic Gathering at l Station Welcomes Successor [ to Late Cardinal Gibbons. Hundreds of Washington Catholics, headed by clergymen, officials of the Knights of Columbus, and of various church organizations, flocked through the gates of the Union station train shed today to stage an enthusiastic informal reception to Archbishop Michael J. Curley on his way through this city to Baltimore, where he will assume the post left vacant by the death of Cardinal Gibbons. In an interview to The Star he ask- ed that the people of Washington be thanked for their cordial greeting and added that he was highly gratified at the spontaneous welcome. “I am most happy to come to this diocese,” he said, “but I am sorry to leave my friends in Florida. I come in obedience to my orders. I will en- deavor to carry them out with the greatest fairness and honesty toward all classes, but I know that no matter how greut my efforts may be or hard I may stri Cardinal never have a successor who will come up to the mark established by him. Speaks of Great Changes. “These days especially are ones in which great changes are taking place. There has been unrest in the world owing to the European strife. Indus- trial unrest has been accentuated in this country especially. I would like to urge that all methods of fair play be put into effect between capital and labor, and that the two bodies so vital to the success of the country get as closely together as possible, cease con- tinual warfare upon each other and work shoulder to shoulder not only for their own mutual benefit. but for the benefit of the great public. “As 1 am the son of a laborer, my sympathy is naturally with the labor- ing men and I feel especially for the millions out of work in this count It is a fine thing at this time for cities to consider the pushing along of mu- nicipal improvements for industries and do what construction work they can at once, in order to give employ- ment to as many as possible. “All this belief is temporary, how- ever. People are seeking for a pana cea when there is no panacea. Al those who have given thought to the situation know that we are suffering because Europe is suffering. Europe has nothing to sell to us and she can- not afford to buy from us. “One of my objects in coming to Raltimore wiil be to meet personally as many members of the church as I possibly can. This concerns not only the clergy but the laity. And, further, 1 wish at all times to be as accessible as possible to representatives of the press, in order that they may commu- nicate to the people what messages L have received from my superiors for them.” Train Arrives at 12:25. The train pulled in at 12:25. Per- mission had been obtained from offi- cials at the Washington terminal to allow certain delegations (o enter the train shed. Many persons, however, crowded through the sates when once opened and the result was that the privilege was extended to the entire group desiring to greet the arch- bishop. Charles W. Darr and Michael Sha- fer, representing the fourth degree, Knights of Columbus, and William &, Auman, state deputy for Maryland of that organization. personally greeted the archbishop and boarded the train to accompany him to Baltimore. Patrick J. Haltigan, representing Holy Name Society of this diocese, also greeted the archbishop person- ally. More than seventy-five members of the Catholic clergy of Washington Were received by Archbishop Curley from the platform of his train. ‘Accompanied by Bishop Shahan and Mgr. Dougherty of Catholic Univer- sity, the archbishop descended for a few moments to the platform of the was launched today in the first bulle- 1 ever to Italy having the same sized |trainshed. where he was faced by a tin issued by the general committee | . on the limitation of armament, an unofticial body organized through the call of President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. The bulletin was issued simultane- ously with the program for action of | the committee. The bulletin is partly’y an amplification of one of the items of the program. Extract From the Bulletin. It_says, in part: - “Either we must set before us the ideal of a hermit nation * ¢ * we must give ourselves to the task of helping the world back to pros- perity and peace. We cannot share ory avy as France, which, it is contend- ed. should eventually be 300,000 tons of capital ships and 75,000 tons of sub- marines. Both France and ly are very anxious that the question concerning the limitation of their naval arma- { ments should come before the confer- ence together with the settlement of the naval strength of the three larger powers, Opposes Absolute Control. Ttaly’s principal interest is that no nation should have an absolute con- trol of the Mediterranean. as other- the advantages of - participation in{Wise she would be suffocated in her the affairs of the world without being affected by its disasters and djkeords. without being involved in its problems and their solutions. If we are to refuse all responsibliities we also refuse participation. The whole world_is now so deeply in- volved in problems that can be solved only by co-operation that it say ‘He who is not for us is against us. Isolation today means hostility.” Regarding the scrapping of battle- ships, the _committee registered wholehearted approval” in the bul- letin, but added: “The general com- mittee believes that this move will lose its significance unless it is un- derstood to be the first step toward moral disarmament. If the will to war persists, converted Into warships, new and more devastating weapons can be in- vented. want less armament and no war. The first half of that wish is in a fair way of satisfaction. of this conference.” Secretary Outlines Program. Outlining the program of the com- mittee, Executive Secretary Williami H. Short points out the following high lights: “The committee will seek informa- tion regarding the conference on limi- tation of armament from all available sources, official and unofficial, and will strive to assist in the formation of an enlightened and insistent public opin- ion on the issues involved. “The committee views the Ameri- can proposal of November 12 for the merchantmen can be The second half does not appear prominently on the agenda own sea. That is why Italy insists that her navy must be at least equal to that of any other Mediterranean country. At present the navy com- peting with Italy in the Mediterra- nean is that of France. Italian official papers place strength of the two fleets as follows: Dreadnaughts—Italy, 6; Franec, 7. Predreadnaughts—Italy, 4; France, 4. Armored cruisers—Italy, 5, of which 2 are obsolete; France, 10, the greater part obsolete. _ Light cruisers—Itlay, 10; France, 5. Flotilla leaders—Italy, 8, of which 3 are under construction : France, 1. Submarines—Italy, 43, of whica 12 are under construction; France, 51. War Losses Replaced. Both Italy and France lost a consid- erable number of their auxiliary ships Our hundred million people | during the war, but their losses were re- placed with the part of the fleet sur- rendered by Germany. Italy and France each received 10 per cent, while England received 70 per cent, Japan 8 per cent and the United States only 2 per cent. WILL FIT SHIPS FOR SEA. MOBILE, Ala, November 29.—In keeping with the policy of the United iStates Shipping Board, seventy-three ex-service men will immediately be given employment in Mobile by the board. The veterans will be employed in preparing the ships in the idle fleet here for voyage, it was stated. This reduction of naval armaments as a|information was made public by the splendid initial move in the organiz-|oficer in charge of the Shipping ing of the world for permanent peace and by its very definiteness as an in- dication of method which offers large | hope for future progress. “The committee will keep before the public the fact that even when all the agenda before ‘the present con- ference is disposed of only the first steps toward permanent peace will have been taken, and that if America is to hold the lead which it has gained by its bold proposals for na- val reduction, it must press for the redemption - of the administration’s pledge to bring the nations of the world Into some organic and contin- uing relationship.” WITNESS QUOTES RECORD. Says Supply Companies With Rail- way Affiliates Make Most Profits. Frank J. Warne, economist for the four rallroad brotherhoods, continu- ing his testimony before the Senate committee on interstate commerce to- 2'day, contended that supply companies, particularly coal and steel, in which railroad officials were interested had been .more prosperous than those :Mch had no direct railroad affilia- ons. ' . Mr. Warne put into the committee's record the names of several hundred railroad officials together with their stock and:- bond holding in such sup- ply housés, as disclosed by “‘:n Inter- vesti- ‘Board. German Cannon Taken In World War Barred As Gateway Ornament By the Associated Press. . CHICAGO, November 20— Captured German cannon are 20 fitting ormament for the gate- ways ot the Cook county forest preserve, the forest commis- sioners ruled today im response battery of photographers. He tien addressed a few words to the crowd ang re-entered the car. In Baltimore today plans have been made for a formal reception of the archbishop. He left here at 1 o'clock, and was sched- uled to arrive at the Mount Royal sta- tion shortly before 2 o'clock. U. S. TO JOIN HANDS N WORLD STEP TO STEADY EXCHANGE (Continued from First Page.) | have resort to credit for the purpose of Gibbons will | paying for their essential imports. These {tates would then give notice of the as- they are prepared to pledge as se- curity for the sake of obtaining these credits and would come to an under- standing with the international organi- zation as to the conditions under which these asses would be administered. “The bonds issued against this guar- antee would be used as collateral for credits intended to cover the cost of commodities.” U. S. Deeply Interested. The United States, of course, being a creditor nation, does not have to guarantee the assets of its own busi- ness men, but is deeply interested in see- ing some guarantee made by the gov- ernments of other countries Wwith which American exporters do business. Obviously the extension of credit by an American merchant to a business man in Austria would be a risky thing, but .if the government of Austria is- sued a guarantee, which in turn is protected by all the available assets of Austria, the risk to the American business man would be minimized. This_plan has been approved in Great Britain and France, but without the membership of the United States the whole fiscal situation has been held in abeyance. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska has beer active in urg- ing- a solution and has brought for- ward a plan for an international bank, through which the whole world could clear its business. The task is stupendous and the rem- edy will not be found at once. Inci- dentally the Harding administration is waiting patiently for the Senate to pass the funding bill which has al- ready passed the House. This would give to a commission appointed by the President power to negotiate with foreign governments with respect to payments of principal and interest on war debts. The important step, how- ever, of consulting with the other gov- ernments of the world, including in all probability Germany, has been taken. It is an epoch-making event in the era of reconstruction. . (Copyright, 1921.) CONSIDER NEW WAGE CUT CINCINNATI, Ohio, November 29.— Instructions were sent out here today from the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Station and ‘Express Employes, by E. H. Fitzgerald, grand president of the 230 general chair- men of the brotherhood, to meet a pro- posed neue’mmd ok the railroads for further uction of wages with a counter demand for restoration of pay to the former basis in effect before the 12 per cent cut was ordered by the Labor Board. is expected that the management of nkflhfln‘lwwfllwfir ‘with chairmen of the brother- 'flh““: Board, Town’s Two Mayors . Dwindle to None as Judge Takes Action | By the Awsociated Press. ATLANTA, Iil, November 20. ~This little Logan county town, which last week had two mayors, today was without any, following a ruling by Judge [ Frank Lindley that mneither Samuel Iddings, chosen by the voters, mor Otto Drehr, named the city co could hold Both relinguished their sumed the powers of a ignoring the city council, sulted in action of the cou unseating him, and the welec tion of Drehr, one of itx mem yor pro tem. will be without = til a wpecial election 1 URGES CARE IN PURCHASE OF EUROPEAN SECURITIES Georgia Commission Official Warns |, j cluded th of Unscrupulous Concerns Of- fering Bonds and Paper. By the Associated Pre: ATLANTA, G November Warning to the people of Georgia to be careful in purchasing European paper money and bonds was issued in a statement last night by Thomas B. Connor, chief examiner of the Georgia security commission. “I do not believe there is any worse fraud being perpetrated in this coun- try than the effort being made, chief-| ly by unscrupulous New York con- cerns, to induce our people to buy practically worthless European gov-1 ernment paper, either in the form of | money or so-called_bonds,” Mr. Con- nor’'s statement sald. Citing_an example, Mr. Connor said | a New York concern, in a circular he received yesterday, offered him'a ten- thousand-mark bond_of the city of | Warsaw, Poland, for $19.85. represent- ing it as a bargain, and saying that| when Poland’s money reached par ti bond would be worth $2,380, and ‘un- nual interest on it al would " be $119. Investigation o Polish ex- change, he added, showed the bond now worth $3 instead of $19.63, and he expressed doubt that it would ever| be “anything but a worthless piece of paper. WOMAN VOTERS TO MEET. i First Pan-American Conference to | Be Held in Baltimore. INDIANAPOLIS. November 20.— Plans are maturing rapidly at the national headquarters of the National League of Women Voters for the first Pan-American conference of women ever held, and which promises to be the largest gathering of women ever brought together in the United States, according to a bulletin jssued by the Indiana “League of Women Voters here This all-America conference will be held in Baltimore April 20 to 29 in connection with the natfonal e tion or congress of the Leagu Women Voters, which organization is responsible for originating the Pan- American meeting. —_— SCORES PICKFORD ACTION Lawyer Calls Effort to Set Aside Divorce Violation of All Law. CARSON CITY, Nev.. November 23. —Declarations that the attempt of Attorney General Leonard B. Fowler of Nevada to set aside Mary Pickford's divorce from Owen Moore “violates every principle of institutional gov- ernment” and “is the first of its kind and should be the last.” were made by Miss Pickford's attorney, Cavin M Nab. San Francisco. in an answe: filed in the state supreme court to| Fowler's appeal from District Judge | Frank P. Langan's ruling upholding the decree. . Miss Pickford was granted a divorce at Minden, Nev., March 1920, by Judge Langan and in a short time | married Douglas Fairbanks. On April 16, 1920, Attorney General Fowler filed an action at Minden asking {hat the decree be set aside “in the inter- ests of the state of Nevada.” Judge Langan upheld the decision last June and Fowler appealed to the state su- preme court. —————— HOBOES AT DETROIT FOR BIG CONVENTION Brotherhood Welfare Association Will Discuss National Questions. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich,, November 2! Detrolt today beeame .the gathering place of migratory workers from every part of the country, who came to attend the annual convention of the Brotherhood Welfare Association. Members of the organization began their convention without a fixed pro- gram, but among the questions e pected to be discussed were the un- | employment situation, the right of | all citizens to vote, Whether they establish a place of residence or not; ' substitution of hoboes’ welfare labor | exchanges in place of private em- ployment agencies and release of all | war prisoners. One of the features of the conven- | tion will be a “hobo éntertainment” | Friday night, at which hobo mu- sicians will sing and recite typical hobo songs and. poetry. Charles Kruse of New York is na tional president and James Eads Howe is a trustee of the brotherhood. URGES LOYALTY TO U. S. Master of Sons of Italy Asks Mem- bers to Become Americans. TRENTON, N. J, November 29.— Every member of the Order of Sons of Italy was urged to become an Ameri- can citizen by Stefano Miele, grand master of the order, in. addressing delegates to the annual national con- vention here. He also proposed that the order create a million-dollar foundation as a memorial to Enrico %flla. A co:fldlllblp ‘portion of his ress was devoted to condemnation of the Ku Klux Klan, SUES FOR DIVORCE. l‘ft‘“ l‘ll"ffila"‘}:.‘ ‘T‘olrbe" h;l filed sul ‘or a lim! lvorce from J. port and. deseriion CThes” were su) on. oy married June 30, 1915, and hlve't(;'r: children. The desertion is alleged to have occurred Angust 8 last. Attorney W. J. Dow appears for the wife. ————a ' ITALIAN DESTROYER SINKS. LONDON, November 29.—The Ital- ian destroyer Centrauro has gone down in the ‘Mediterranean off the port of Adalia during a storm, ac- cording to a dispatch from . Brindisi to the Daily Mail. (The Centrauro is not listed in available naval reg- isters.) % . CUSH GETS CONTRACT. ing of a service umubl'neef‘t-mtof ,350. on Naval Reduction Brings Test for Conference POSTPONE MEETING OF NAVAL EXPERTS Important Conference Delay- ed Until Tomorrow at One Nation’s Request. By the Axsociated Pross. Another meeting of the four Ameri n delegates was called by Secretary Hughes for Iate today. matters, The meeting today of the “big five naval experts, the first general con- ference of the naval men scheduled for nearly a week, was postponed until tomorrow at the request of one of the delegations. No official state- ment as to the reason for the post- ponement or the delegation making the request was given. Th, ng called for today had upon as of particular use it was known t the experts have practically con- examination of the facts which underlie Secretary and figur | Hughes' propoal for a ten-year holi day and a subsequent limitation of 1l armament on the basis of a 3 atio” for Great Britain, the T'nited States nd Japan. Dealing With Exchanges. The experts are understood to ha been dealing for the last day or in the inte#group exchanges of docu- ments with factors of the proposal of second. importance as compared with the application of the plan to capital ship strength. There was some indication that the Japanese had gought the postpone- ment, although this was not capable of confirmation in conference circle ally. It was known, howeve. of the statement last nig Admiral K al ¢ of the Japanes that 11 was hopeful that a 10-10. { ratio would be accepted instead of American 3" proposal. Bec, of this it was suggested that the o mittee of experts might still fac iderable discussion before a srence cdmmittee i. From the Americarn both as to American ex- as to the membership of and the American delegation, it was as perts serted that no alteration of the “5- " ration would be acceptable to the United States. No Real O lacle Seen. Standing on the side lines in a more favorable pogition than the forming of a cool judgment as to the ultimate outcome of the differences that have been developed between the American and Japanese naval experts, some of the delegates of other powers have reached the con- clusion that nothing has really oc- curred that iz likely to prevent a lution of the problem. tes based their belief nviction (hat what has ani- all of the delegations has been so s to infure mutual con- ions and the solution of the is- in a reasonable way. satisfactor: Th GRAND JURY TO PROBE SHIPPING BOARD CASE P SR, Government to Submit Evidence Regarding Transactions in Which C. W. Morse Is Involved. The government is preparing to lay before a federal grand jury here on December § the results of its investi- gation in connection with certain transactions between Charles W. | Morse and the Shipping Board. Re- - been current in Washing- ton and New York for some time that the government was contemplating a grand jury proceeding. Shippini Board officials would make no announcement today. on the ground that théy had no right to talk about a contempiated grand jury pro- ceading. Fletcher Dobyns, special as- sistant attorney general, attached to the Shipping Bourd, however, when asked regarding the report, would say no more than that the case would be presented. The report which has been current has said that others beside Mr. Mors» would be involved. So far there is no confirmation of that. —_— CONTEST ON HANNA WILL INDICATED BY NOTICE ports ha By the Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N. November 29.-—A contest of the will of Daniel Rhoades Hanna, former Cleveland publisher and son of the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna. today appeared cer- tain when attorneys for Miss June Avis Evans filed a notice of appear- ance at a hearing on the proving of the will. Miss Evans' name, nearly blotted out, appeared on the will in a manner to indicate that Mr. Hanna four times diverced. intended at one time, at lcast, to make her Mrs. Han- na the fifth. q Surrogate Slater appointed David Murden, Peekskill lawyer, special guardian for all Mr. Hanna's chil- dren. - Then the hearing was ad- journed for two wecks because of the tailure of lawyers for the estate to appear. Records for Wounded Soldiers. To the BMitor of The Star: On October 29 you published in your paper a request made by the Quentin Roosevelt Unit of the American Women's Legion for unused phono- graph records, the same to be dis- tributed among _various hospitals where ex-service men are being cared for. We find that Tfie Star is always willing and ready to co-operate in a worthy cause, and especially 8o when ex-service men are concerned. It will be gratifying to you to know that we have received about 350 records from this publication. These records will be distributed be- fore Thursday to the Naval, Walter Reed, St. Elizabeth’s and Mount Alto hospitals, and the boys will, I'm sure. be truly grateful for some records that will be new to them. On behalf of the members of our unit I wish to thank you for your courtesy in making€ our wants known and through you the parties who so generously contributed; also the firm of Woodward & rop, who allowed us to make their sfore a headquarters for receiving records. For the benefit of any who did not see the former article I would like to say that Woodward & Lothrop have extended their offer to receive any records that might be taken to their accommodation desk on the F street ide. 1If impossible to take them there you can phone to the chairman, at Columbia 4444. We hope to collect 1,000 before Christmas. We can also use record cabinets. thought some oné who.had recently purchased a mew Victrola would be glad to dix- pose of m: l:hln-Ll ain you, I am, A% “Most cordially. ol?& 8K, RAY;OND.“ . Chairman ‘welfare committee the Quétitin -Ropsevelt Unit of the American’ Women's Legion, *