Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1921, Page 1

I Member of the Associated Press ! The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to || the use for repablication of all news dispatches | | eveditea to it or not otierwise credited in this | paper and also the loca! news published herein. | All rights of publieation of special dispatches Lerein are also reserved. | | WEATHER. ¢ Fair and somewhat warmer tonight; followed by rain tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 64, at 2 p.m. today; lowest, 37, at 7:30 a.m. ‘ o | today. Full report on Page 23. £ Closing New York Stocks. Page 29. No. 28,340. pos Entered as second-class matter t office Washington, D. C. - WASHINGTON, D. C, Ve WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, JAPANESE MAY ASK | PLEDGE ON PAGIFIC _ INACGEPTING RATIO Believed Ready to Agree Ab- CHINESE LIMIT PARLEY WITH JAPAN TO 2 POINTS Demands for Open Port at Tsingtao and Respecting of Vested Interests Alone To Be Discussed. By the Associated Press. | Shantung railway. which dated be- The Chinese arms conference dele- |fore the war. Transfer to Japan, solutely on U. S. Proposal, But Want Condition. AMERICANS TO PROMISE IF JAPAN RECIPROCATES Tuture Building on Naval Bases and Fortifications, Not Dis- mantling, at Stake. BY DAVID LAWHENCE. What's behind the Japanese reluet- dnve to aceept the American figures tixing the ratio eof present na strength on a b of & for Great Eritain, 5 for the United States and 3 for Japan. The wrier has had an opportunity to exanine the offici#ecorrespondence issing between Japan and the United States in the secret s jons wherein the American Navy explains in detail the method by which the 5-5-3 ratio wus fixed. Tt is an open-and-shut case. | The formula used takes account first the Japanese estimate of her own ot strength based upon the tonnage fig- ures she herself furnished, and also! tikes inte account every contention made by the Japanese and works out finally te a § 3 every time, It is a plain piece of ithmetic and the} andary of all who have had a " to learn how the American cam was worked out is what pos- objection the Japanese havé to acceptance. it . Naval Bases May Be Iswue. The conclusion being generally reached. partly from things the Jap- anese themselves are saying and the hints they let fall the secret <8 is that the neése are getting ready to agree olutely to the American estimate existing naval strength, but are planning to condition their acceptance upon another agreement with respect for fortifications and naval bases in the Pacific. This question has hereto- fore not been raised by the Japanese in the official conferences, though in the mectings with the press the Jap- 1ese delegates have emphasized the importance of fortifications. © American gelegation does not partly from in al f4ai the intreduction of the fortifica- ton problem. though, of course, it y i hardly wish to explore that con- wversal fleld until a definite under- «nding has been reached on the #:s of the original Hughes program cuncerning limitation and reduction ¢l vessels afloat as well as under construction. American View Genero: V. hen fortifications are considered, view of the American delegation be found to be most generous. + Jupanese cannot contend that the Jiuses of the United States in the Pa- cifiv are of any value, American naval eiperts say, 1f the Hughes program { reduced strength goes into effect. hat the Japanese really want is a simise that the United States will st build up her present fortifications wdd new bases. This pledge prob- would bhe forthcoming if recip- | rucated by the Japanese. Naval bases bear a distinct relation- siip to naval strength if they are itliciently near the scene of possi- Wle naval operations. If the United Siates were to conduct an offensive \.ar against Japan, the naval base at «avite, in the Philippines, would have to be much more effective, it is con- tended by the American experts. than it is at present. and the very fact that it has not been reinforced. the Amer- icans contend, is proof of the pacific intentions of the United States. The fortification of Guam, however, is considered by America as more of a defense of Hawail than an outpost for offense, though, to be sure, the American view is that the Japanese themselves know how little value are the present facilities at Guam. Desire Not Made Clear. The trouble is the Japanese have not yet made clear what it is they do want if they agree, as seems inevitable, to the 5>—5—3 ratio. The American dele- gates have explained, of course, that the Japanese are not eager to take into ac- count vessels under construction. Of course, if taese are eliminated the 5—5—3 ratio would be disturbed, but the American contention is that a ves- sel on which money has been spent is to that extent 3 part of a country’s ex- jsting paval strength. First the Japa- nese contended that predreadnaughts Jined not be excluded, even though more than twenty years old. America’s ex- perts included them and still came to « >—5—=2 result. The representatives of the United States went still furtier and included the Mutsu in the Japanese estimate of her own strength, as a part- I\ completed vessel, and still reached a 5—3—3 conclusion. The Japanese for sentimental reasons want to keep the Mutsu, as she is 98 per cent cemplete, but the United States has a battleship of similar strength also nearly com- pleted, and the original proposal to scrap everything under construction still stands. Stands Firm on Principle. Secretary Hughes is arguing that| i once the principle is violated the! whole structure of the American pro- posals is broken down. He insists lhat the vessels under construction must be counted in any ratios and must be scrapped. The United States Jhus spent $330,000,000 already on ships in the process of building and the American delegation has told the anese that the public. opinion of this country would not countenance 14« loss of such a large sum of money less Japan was willing also sto ap everything she was building. uwther words, the sentimental fond- 1ess of the Japanese for the Mutsu ix largely counterbalanced by a sen- tinental fondness for the $330,000,000 already spent by America. he big issue is slowly emerging, cever. It is not the dispute over ox of existing strength but forti- ations . and. collateral matters on h the Japanese are not eager to siree at once, The attitude of the «unferees does not indicate hopele: 3 but confidence that the differ- which have appeared will soon bo resolved. ; : (Copyright, 1921.) th i P gation in the direct negotiations on| however. of properties seized by Ja the Shangtuns question, inaugurated |Pan in the region since the Wit today, will, according to Chinese| spokesmen, proceed on the basis that there are only two points on which China is prepared to negotiate and that these are Japan's demand that Tsing-tao be declared an open port| and Jupan's demand that vested in- terest be respected. The latter would be only partially susceptible to nego- tiation. The question of opening Tsing-tao for the commerce of all nations on equal terms, it was asserted in Chi- it was said, would at least have to form t of a serious study by the delegation. the sub Chines China, it was stated, cannot nego- Nau-Fu i tiate control of Tsing-tao-Tsi railroad. and China has not from her position, taken at Versailles, that Shantung be unconditionaiiy re- turned by Japan, which the Chinese hold leaves nothing to negotiate on that point. The Chinese delegation is understood 1o have sifted the Japunese conditions outlined in the recent exchange of notes between Tokio and Peking. 1o find a possible basis for the negotia- tions now to begi h would Eive nese circles, has already been vir- China what the Chinese people con- tually agreed to. » ider fundamental: Absolute, un- In addition, China might be willing | divided control of the railroad which to concede the transfer to Japan of | —— = —— e Sons in the mines alons the | (Continued on Page 4, Column 8.) cone DESTINY OF PARLEY BEFORE THREE EN Mr. Hughes, Mr. Balfour and ISTAGE OF NEGOTIATIONS AT ARMS CONFERENCE INDICATED AT GLANCE The situation today in the arms parley negotiations is as follows: The naval deadlock is complete. The technical experts have ad- journcd sine die, leaving the prob- lem to the three principal dele- gates. As Mr. Balfour is leaving i | town over the week end, it seems Admiral Kato Face Task | doubtful if any definite results : will be registered before next of Succeeding. esi by to China has been persuaded Britain and the Unitea States negotiate directly with Japan un- der the auspices of the confercnce regarding the return of Shantung BY N, 0. MESSENGER. | Two eminent statesmen and a re-| nowned sea warrior, brought together | in the American capital from widely | separated lands, stand today as three; IFRANCE MAY MOVE T0FORCE GERMANY INTO RECEIVERSHIP State of Bankruptcy May Be Declared as Alternative for Moratorium. { ALLIES WOULD EXPLOIT AUTONOMOUS RHINELAND | Administration of Former Empire'sl Affairs Seen as Only Hope to Cellect Reparations. i i Associated Press, PARIS. December 1.—A ship for Germany as a bankrupt. with, an autonomous Rhineland to be «3 ploited by the allies for reparation | purposes, is likely to be proposed by | France as an alternative to any mo-| ratorium on reparations that may be | suggested by Great Britain, it was said in official circles here today. | The allies, it is held by French of-| ficials, have full authority under the! terms of the treaty of Versaille take Germany's affairs in hand to administer her resources in a man- ner similar to that pursued by the| Turkish debt commission. | Urged by Poincare. | Former President Poincare, w much talked of as the probable ssor of Premier Briand in the next| governmental change, recalls in his weekly review of the poli tion that the treaty of Vers gives the allies the right, in Germany defaults, to control he toms duti taxe: exportations and coal production. He says this must be demanded if the reparations cemmis- ' sion thinks it is obliged to give Ger-! many further time. { The negotiations understood to be| receiver-| DEMANDSKEEPING British Press Would Adjourn 1921 -FORTY-SIX PAGES. Or IRISH TRUCE in whose hands rest in large measure | to China. This seems 10 be a com- mighty men upon whom the atten-, promise between the Japanese tion of the civilized world is fixed and| viewpoint, which contends that i this question lies solely between the destinies of the Washington con- ference. Mr. Hughes, Mr. Balfour and miral Baron Kato constitute the trio, fifhked by other distinguished states- men, who have for the time being deputed to them the delicate duties of | sful | negotiating to a hoped-for succe: composure problems which now vital- 1y concern the object of the confer- ence. Dramatic is the picture which the imagination conjures of these three international titans meeting in grave and serious converse to agree upon questions whose non-settlement might ‘bring woe to the world, and .whosé hapby adjustment WHI bave {ar-reach-| ing effeet upon all civilization. Sensible of Responsibility. The mind's eye readily visualizes them as profoundly sensible of the weight of care resting upon their mortal shoulders and with the ele- ment of individual responsibility ex- tended to them to the utmost degree. For the next twenty-four hours and more the Washington conference will be in the stage of personal contact and consideration of vexing questions while these men confer, aloof from public participation. It is taken for granted that what they agree upon will be subsequently indorsed by the | The | larger body of the conference. paris peace congress had its “big four,” and today Washington recog- nizes the "big three” of the hour. Japan's senior delegate to the con- ference, Admiral baron Kato, is recognized as wielding potential in- fluence in shuping the outcome of the armament limitation conference, for he is expected to announce the de- cision whether the entire superstruc- ure of the pending plan for limit- 1g naval strength shall stand_or come crashing to destruction. The best judgment continues to be that it will stand. Britaln Agrees With U. §. The general understanding is that the American contention of Japan's alternative proposition being unten- able is concurred in by Great Britain's delegation, as well as the naval ex- perts, who agree with the American naval experts. If that understanding be correct, Mr. Balfour and Mr. Hughes would appear to be in unison in an effort to convince the Japanese admiral that the success of the con- ference depends upon Japan's concur- rence with their view. A prevailing thought in official and dipolmatic circles today was specu- lation upon the possibility of Japan putting forth -suggestions of ~some other objects she has in mind in con- | nection with naval limitation and re- lating to far eastern questions. The general talk reflected the possibility of Japan having in mind, as essential to an agreement yith the American plan, proposals for limitation of forti- fications in the Pacific and the main- tenance of naval bases within strik- ing distance of her shores. Naval Bases May Be Taken Up. It is recalled that in the public ut- terances of the Japanese delegates and naval experts there ran repeated | references to the importance to Japan ot fortifications and naval bases. In near-conference quarters no surprise would be felt should more definite| propositions on these questions be shortly forthcoming. General gratification exists over the enlistment of the good offices of Mr. Hughes and Mr. Balfour in behalf of {an effort to bring China and Japan together in the settlement of tke Shantung question. The undertaking is regarded as a happy augur for suc- cess of the conference in holding out the hope that Shantung can be dis- posed of “out of court.” ‘This hope is based upon the con- sideration that up to this time Japan and Ckina have been unable to even get together to discuss Shantung and {he situation presented an apparent- 1y hopeless impasse. —_—— AMERICAN CITIZEN KILLED. Hartmix is Victim at Santa Cruz, Bolivia, is Report. The Killing of an American citizen pamed Hartmix at Santa Gguz, Bo- livia, November 29, was reported to the State Department today from La Paz. The message stated nothing further was known concerning the man than his fiame and the fact that he was an American. N Japan and China, and the Chinese viewpoint, which contends that it is an international affair. It is ible that the question, what- happens in the private nego- ! which begin at 3 p.m. to- day, will ultimately come before i the full conference. In the far eastern committee | Japan s announced positively { that it cannot withdraw its troops | from Manchuria: has given rea- sons for maintaining its police in China. and has added that as to the Hankow and Shantung regions it is simply looking for an “oppor- tunity” to withdraw the Japanese garrisons. B ~ No committees meet today. Regarding the Anglo-Japanese alliance, whose abrogation was or- iginally’ understood ‘to be a sin, aua nen of American partieipation na naval and far eastern agree- ment, ther¢ continues to be the most complete silence. (Copyright, 1921.) STEADY EXCHANGE Effect of German Payment to Be Met—Suggestions by Reserve Board. By the Associated Press. Decision has been reached by the Federal Reserve Board to send an ad- viser to the forthcoming conference of foreign bankers called by the ex- parations commission to discuss ex- change stabilization, it was said offi- cially today at the Treasury. The board, officials said, has signi- fied its willingness to be represented at the conference, which will consider specific methods of preventing sudden exchange fluctuations resulting from the January payment of the German indemnity. The date and place of meeting of the conference have not been communicated to American offi- cials, who regard the whole mater, as yet, to be still in the form of a pro- posal. * ‘Will Present Suggestions. Treasury officials asserted it was probable the American representa- tive at the conference would present suggestions for avoiding disturbance methods have not been disclosed, al- though very much the same/ ideas were Delieved to be held by the foreign banks of issue. One method understood to be un- der consideration would be a pro- posal to avold the payment of the indemnity in jhe money of any one country. Instead of requiring the reparations payment to be made in American dollars, as in_the case of the last installment, it was believed that .a cushion might be provided against a sudden exchange drop by. spreading a portion of the payment over into Dutch or some other ex- change. It was not known as yet, officials sald, whether the next "reparations payment would be m American dol- lars, as it might be called for in i pounds sterling or the French francs, ! but the effect on the exchange of any one country whose money was used for indemnity purposes would be the same. Task Before Conference. The proposed conference, it was be- lieved, would devote its attention pri- marily to some method by which the January reparations payment might be made with the least disturbance to the exchange values of the money of any of the various nations. Treasury officials.did not intimate who the reserve board's adviser might be, but it has been considered prob- able that Roland T. Boyden, the Amer- jcan at meetings of the reparations commission, might be designated, pos- sibly with the assistance of an agent of the board. NEEDLE WORKERS STRIKE. CHICAGO, December 1.—Five ‘thou- sand needle trades workers employed by the Chicago Cloak ard Suit Manufac- turers’ Association, walked out today because of a new sysiem of piece- work pay. 0 ‘ Officers of the association said no at- tempt would be made to reopen the shops at present. U.. BANKS TO HELP! of exchange ratios, but as yet deflnite | going on now in London between the British government and represet tives froin ermany are regarded French official circles as a for the alleged sgparate action of France in making an agreement with the Turkish nationalist government at Angora. Delicate Situation Realized. Much anxiety, is expressed lest France should find herself faced with complete in reprisal that the question of reparations was above all a French question, and that Great Britain was interested only to the extent of 2 reparations, whereas France lays claim 10 52 per cent of the German payments. Therefore, it was declared, any arrange- be resented. ‘The situation of the entente.d ed among French government as_exceedingly precarious, in view of what they describe a5 Dervousness shown by Great Britain and Ttaly. Some officials expressed doubt taat the French government would agree to arbitration of the reparations question by the league of uations, if such action should be proposed. The officials at the French foreign of- fice_were very guarded in their com- ments today in the absence of Premier Briand, but it was made clear that the London negotiations relative to a moratorium for Germany were regarded as not in harmony with the principles of the entente. CONFER ON FINANCES. ~ British and German Representa- tives Meet on Reparations. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 30.—Consuit: treasury between Dr. Walter Rathenau, former German minister of reconstruc- tion: Dr. Simon, a German ‘economic expert, and Sir'John Bradbury, fne British delegate on the reparations commission, and other Britishers. The Germans also met certain bankers, with whom they discussed questions concerning the obtaining of advances to cover Germany’s January and Feb- ruary reparations payments, and glso the possibility of a moratorium. It is understood that Dr. Rathenau also is proposing here a plan, similar to the Wiesbadern agreement between Germany and France, looking to the rehabilitation of devastated France, applicable to Great Britain, Belgium and Italy as well as to France, Irish Affairs May Interfere. It is still not known whether Irish affairs will permit the cabinet to con- sult on thé situation with Sir John Bradbury tomorrow, or whether there will be a further postponement of sach a meeting. In any case, Dr. Rathenau will remain in London until Saturday. His visit here is consid- ered important because it is expected that he will rejoin the German gov- ernment. While most of the London news- papers are looking to a moratorium as the most likely source for aiding Germany, the Westminster Gazette says the experts now think a mora- torium is not the best way out of the difficulty, and favor a long-term loan issued from bonds guaranteed by the league of nations. Hope in America. time the project takes shape,” says the newspaper, “America either will be a member of the league of nations or will consent, like creditor nations, to §uaranlee the bonds. Germany would offer her first guarantee by pledging all her assets and giving her solemn word to repay the bonds in about forty years' time. With a 1 per cent sinking fund they could be made repayable in forty-two years, free, would be sufficient to make the bonds popular, Germany, paying the interest.” The newspaper expresses the belief that the floating of bonds would give France a positive interest in the eco- nomic recovery of Germany. SEE RETURN OF RATHENAU. of course, Expect Him to Assume Duties of Minister of Reconstruction. By the Associated Press. BERLIN. November 30.—The return of Dr. Walter Rathenau to the post of minister of reconstruction in the near future is predicted as.a result of the negotiations in which he is en- gaged in London. These conferences are viewed here as gsmplementary - to the recent visits to lon of Hugo | Stinnes, director deutsche of .the Gen- eral Electric Company, and Banker Rothschild and other’ financiers and indystrialists, whose personal efforts are expected to result in a ‘radicdl reyersal of the policy of the allies as regards reparations. . Substitute Paymenta. " Dr. Rathepau is supposed to be act- ing in th® interest of the Wirth gov- ernment in an effort to propose pay- —(Continued on Page 4, Column 6.). N | | tions were in progress today at the| “It i3 thought probable that by the | and it is thought 4 per cent interest; tax | [ tion accord between Great Britain and Ger- |is being urged today by a conside French officidls pointed out to- | 1. section of the British pr g | suggested i per cent of the ence to | | charge of the direction of affair: Conference, But Prevent Renewed Bloodshed. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December f the truce in Ireland. whatever may happen to the peace negotiations, 1.—Preserva- 1t achieved that this be through adjournment fixed date a month oy six weeks hence. " The Sinn Fein publicity department ment arrived at by Great Britain in the | here reiterated this forenoon that it absence of French representatives would foxpected further meetings between OV ment »nd the Sinn Fein et b ima Tt 1n belleved arrange. ments regarding the .truce will be Convidéred at the mext meeting. The original truce terms provided na plan for its cessation, and it is felt, it is said. that even if it devel ops that hostilities must be renewed provision should bLe made fixing a definite date for abandonment of the pact instead of letting the truce break down without notice, which has been considered in many quarters the prob- able outcome. Hunt New Pecce Avenues. The government heads are bending their entire efforts to seeking some un- explored avenue of negotiation, but it is believed all possibilities of settlement have been exhausted during the lengthy parleyg whica seem now to have ended. As to*how long the truce will last un- der present conditions there iz no in- dication. The Sinn Feiners have ex- | preszed the view that there will be no formal denunciation of the pact by either side, and this leads to the beliei that any spark of combat set off in Ire- land with the peace movement ap- parently deadlocked may start tae con- { flagration anew. Premier Surely Coming to U. “Whatever the result, Mr. oyd George will go to Washington, a Downing street official id last night. Respecting this it was stated at Sinn Fein headquarters that “such a move on the part of the premier would not be viewed with patience or without sus- i for the reason that if Irish- n support was weakened in the question of the premier’s visit to the United States the Sinn Fein might be forced to modify its demands, -upon which it feels now in a position to per- sist.” DECLARES LIMIT REACHED. De Valera Says Sinn Fein Will Make No New Proposals. By the Associated Press. ENNIS, Ireland, December Eamonn De Velera yesterday delivered an address in the town hall here in which he declared if peace in Ireland was not brought about “it would not 1.— |be because there is not the will on the part of Ireland to make it, but because those opposed to us in Ire- land do not want to make peace with u: 1 may tell you,” Mr. De Velera con- tinued, “that we stand today, no mat- ter what other peoples say, exactly where we stood, and for the prin- ciples for which we stood four years ago. We have gone as far as we can go consistent with those principles. for peace; we cannot and will not go any further. If. we go further it would be for us to betray those prin- ciples which have been fought for by generations of Irishmen for the past ! gix hundred or seven hunrded years. “We counted the cost four or five years ago,” Mr. de Velera continued, “and you who have had the ex- perience of those years assuredly will hot suggest that anybody having or Who hold the standard you entrusted to them, should for a moment give away our principles.” CRAIG'S SPEECH FLAYED. |Irish Bulletin Says He Is Merely Carrying British Policy. | By the Associatéd Press. DUBLIN,” December 1.—The Irish Bulletin, the organ of the dail grienn, declares that Sir James Craig’s'speech rejecting the British government negotiations for an Irish settlement, belonge not to the twentieth century, but to the days of feudalism. The Ulster premler, however, is logical, according to the Bulletin and is only executing the British policy. g “The Belfast parliament was created to destroy Irish unity” the Bulletin continued, “and the speeches in that parliament were merely an endeavor to carry this purely British policy for a British purpose into effect. . Peace is to be made impossible rather than the faet of Ireland’'s geographical, mn?mic, tradition: historic snd political unity showld be admitted.” of the confer- | Yesterday's Net Circulation, 90,715 D. C. CHINESE STUDENTS STAGE DEMONSTRATION Chinese students resi g in Was a up to the headquar- delegation to the at 5 avenue, placed asuring about th ch side of th {ton today mar ters of the Ch Himitation of [ Massachusetts ns, each m by six fe nference, ms o and fe 1 entr: n which messages urging restitution of L0l ntung and opp “direct” nego- | regotiations.” The othe irestitution of Shantung. | ome of the members of tion said that the fably be allowed to re jthe rest of the atterno. 1 pos ribed to the plac sipns was that Chinese questic iday especially are ving tl | tention of the co LITILE GRS BODY FOUND BUTCHERED Corpse of Woman Also Dis- covered With Throat Slashed by Knife. CHICAGO, December 1.—Following an all-night search for little Margaret Coughlin, three years old, her dis- “Complete the would pr in there for pur- the | wash boiler in the home of Mrs. Ralph Persis, fifty-two years old, a neigh- bor. Shortly afterward the body Mrs. Pensis, with throat slashed b butcher knife, was found on the s ond floor of the Pensis cottage. Police Pensis. the woman's husband. Poiice who called at the home, the last place the child was Pensis | seen yesterday, found the doors locked this morning and could get no an- | swer. Finally they broke the door down and forced an entrance. In the basement they discovercd the little girl's torso in the wash boiler, sitting on @ pile of paper which had been fired. but the flames had gone | out. Several feet away one leg, wrap- ped in paper was found in a card- board box. The other leg was found later a block away from the house. Police found Mrs. Pen: on the bed upstairs. The body wi still warm. The police believe she kill- i ed herseif. o Mrs. Pensis told police vesterday that they last saw Margaret Coughlin about 3 o'clock, when she came to the house with Josephine Pensis to play. In a few moments she said, she com- plained of pains in hgr stomach and ran out of the house and across the street to her own home. RIOTERS IN VIENNA Great Demonstration Before Parliament Precedes Prop- erty Pillaging. By the Aseciated Press. VIENNA, December 1.—Rioting of a serfous nature broke out in Vienna to- day" following a great demonstration before the parliament building, where red flags were raised on improvised masts. B The crowds then began smashing windows and looting shops dealing in articles of luxury. < Large crowds also attacked a num- ber of fashionable hotels, most of which being those where foreigners reside. The New Bristol was the first of these hostelrigs to be assaulted. Its great doors re battered down, thus permitting the crowds to pour through iInto.the building. They began to break windows, some of which were as high as the third floor, and to hurl bedding and furniture .into the mob crowded in the street below. The Old Bristol Hotel later suffered the same-fate, its costly furniture and rich tapestries being hurled out to the ’cheering crowds which packed the streets surrounding the dbuilding. The Grand Hotel, the largest in the city, and then, in turn, the Hotel Jm- perial, also were looted. The activ- ities in these hotels, however, appear- ed to have been confined to the lower floors. The Vienna police were apparent helpless, many squads of them bein| seen standing quietly by as onlookers. 8 SN . two | were printed | g faced every representative | ‘entering the house when he arrived for luncheon today e sign read: “We direct membered body was found today in a} immediately began a search for Ralph body lying | FLAUNTRED FLAES WO CENTS. 1. SUSPENDS 41 FREE PUBLIATONS {Estimated Saving Between | $5C0,000 and $1,000,000 Annually. i Sam tod of fo n o n free ple. 1t {this will | from halt a {lars annuaily The time for allowing these Le published expired today. The oy again be issued until there is new legislation on the subjéeet or un- til the joint commities on print {aftr hearings, has determined that these are not periodicals, journals. magazines or other such pubiications. i | Unele {lication I'kn uspends the pub- of hest which been hix ty-one zines have irculation v ong the pec t saving of riously actual million to a million dol- is estimated an an | magazines to fwould shut of the blication of some then fi off | mugazines it w. . 1e B said that the c {000 2 year to publish these 2 {then 111 have been discontinucd with lan estimated saviag of § jwould make the remaining japproximately $1.300,000. $2.5,00, i. Since Naval Magazines Included. Among the maga which will be discontinued are Roade, Jou inal of Agricultural Research. Experi- ment Station Record, Monthly Labor Review, School Life. eight or ten printed by Indian schools a num- I ber issued by the ¢ on board ship. { _Commerec reports, issued by the iBureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, are not included becau. they are specifically authorized by | 1aw. It was admitted in the office of the joint committee on printing today that it may be possible that more than forty-one magazines will be di continued because the joint commit- tee as now organized has never gone publica- rmined spended. > o extend over the list of government tions or definitely de which ones were to be s When an effort the time of public Jjust ed by Representative Johnson of Washington through a minority re- port. He argued on the score oY John persuant to the the joint comn: on printing made a careful investi tion of all government periodigals. which showed that 2 rnals, mag- | economy. Representative pointed out that fof March 1, 1919 azines and periodicals were being published by various branches of the government at a cost of $2,500,000, Runy Wild Ten Years. Representative Johnson emphasized that a saving of $1.200,000 was made bY the discontinuarce of 111 of these publications, and that many xovern- ment agencies on account of the fight | being made against them voluntari | withdrew their publication then, by agrcement. five Kovernment newspapers or maj zines have been discontinued. Repr ! sentative Johnson said the joint com- | mittee on printing has. on file, appl cations for the continuance of forty ome publications. There are for more probably which need attention. There were on June 30 last a total of 342 government printing plants in the United States and dependencies with an appraised value of $1,026,000, not about sevent including the government printing office. For ten vears the printing of gov- ernment publications has run wild,” said Representative Johnson. | Today’s News In Brief Japanese may ask pledge in Pacific In accepting haval ratio. Page F Destinies of conference rest on three men. 3 Page 1 Reserve Board to send adviser to conference for steadying exchange during German payment. Page 1 Na may rush warship to take C. W. Morse off French liner Pai Page 1 Little girl's body found butchered while woman lies near with_throat | cut. Page 1 British press demands keeping up truce, even if Irish negotiations are adjourned. Page 1 Citizens approve Education week. v Page 17 Alliances things of pagt, declares Lord Riddell. Page 17 Civic secretarieg. of Washington form new organization. - Page 17 Lenin sees United Statex'and Japan at war. Page & ‘Whittlesey gave no indication of pur- pose previous to leaping overboard from steamer. Page 13 Railroad Labor Board's open-shop ruling expected to save $50,000,000 for roads a year. Page 3 France may propose receivership for Germany. Page 1 Schiool committee to_confer with rated citizens. Page 17 Two years ago when President W son vetoed the paragraph in the sun- dry civil appropriation biil which | nce | MAY RUSH WARSHP 10 TAKE. WORSE OFF FREACHLIER iDepartment of Justice Said to Have Asked Navy Aid in Return of Ship Magnate. {WANTED IN U. S. FOR QUIZ | ON HIS SHIP CONTRACTS {Took Stateroom on Steamer Paris Under Name of C. “Morris.” Company Official Says. 153 e Awsociuted Pres he Justice Department was under- “tood today to have asked the Navy Department to send a destrover to in- tereept the French liner Paris and ‘k Charles W. Morse of New York, who is reported to have left the country in the face of a grand jury investigation of h.s =hip contracts. Jt was understood that a naval de- |stroyer would be put to sea from French port within a few hours to hring intercept the Paris, which left New | York last Friday WhHile neither Attorney Gene Daugherty nor other Justice Depart- ment high officials would discuss th reported departure, it was learned the every ageney of the would ke used in effecting his return to this country. governmen Radio Sent to Ocean Liner. The sistance for u=- Departim the the department’s reque from the Navy | was understood to ¢ | that" the legal questions the return of Morse would be threshed oft when he was brought back. 1 | mediately upon receipt of the report | that M had left the the department was understood to have radioed the liner Paris to hold Morse | w involved in country | for return to Americ anvass of the various department the government showed that sev- 1 had been aroused by the reports that Morse had left the country. In every howeve | fused to discuss the | official quarter the nerhaps er a_passp go. the tim such papers not matter. suggest the shipbuilder rt issued som limit of ore having ex- jm d months ar_on ired The Navy Departm cording fo its off eived the request io dispatch a de- stroye here was evidence, how- ever. thut several of the cabinet of- hud been in _communication the sailing of Morse first was rted dust night. t up to noon. ials, liad not re- Granted Passport Months Ago. State Department officials today said that Mr. Morse had been granted and {a passport several months ago, |that fhis passport presumably | zood at the time of his sailing. ports, it was said, ordinarily are good for use within one year of the time of issuance. 1t was pointed out, how- ever, that no passport is necessary for la citizen of the United States to lea 1thix country, although evidence of hix American citizenship is required in | virtually all countries before his ad- mittance, and the State Department issues passports as the mast conven- {ient prosf of American citizenship. Ambassador Jusserand of France alled at the State Department shortly after noon and went into conference with Secretary Hughes. It not disclosed whether | the matter of Morse's departure on the Pa which { under international law is French ter- | ritg was under discussion. | Officials refused to reply to a num- ber of questions bearing on the matter. such as how an American destroyer id intercept a vessel flying the rench flag and how Morse could be compelled to return 1o this country in | view of the lack of legal proceedings | against him. | MORSE ADMITTED IDENTITY. : oL T Official Says Stateroom Was Made Out to “C. Morris.” NEW YORK. December 1.— Josepi Bourgeois, publicity director of the French Line, toduy confirmed report- that Charles W. Morse, whose ship- ping contracts are said to be unde: investigation by federal authorities. sailed for Havre, France, last Friday on the liner Paris. He =aid he wax at the gangway of the steamer and personally examined the passpor: which had been issued to Mr. Morse Bourgeois said that as he had not een the name “C. W. Morse” on the pussenger list. he asked Mr. Morse if he was not “C. W. Morse, the ship- ping man.” Morse replied “Yes, yes, according to Bourgeois. He said Mr. Morse occupied stats room No. 239, which had been made out to “C. Morris.” Members of Mr. Morse's family here would neither confirm nor deny the report that he had sailed. They said they believed he was either at Wash- ington or New London, Conn His Career Spectacular. Mr. Morse has had one of the most spectaculart careers of all the bix figures in American finance. For years a power in banking and shipping_ circles, he faced his firsi serious clouds in 1908, when suits wer. filed against him for more than $200, 000 on promissory notes. Mr. Morse then was abroad and his counsci cabled him to return. On his arrival here he was arrested ana later convicted of having misap- plied the funds of the National Banl of North America in this city. In November, 1908, he was sentenced 1o fifteen years in the federal peniten- tiary at_Atlanta. Then his wife began a fight for her husband that attracted nationwide in- tere€l. Every art known to a loving wife was employed by Mrs. Morse Lo make her husband a free man. Morse had® protested to the end of his trial —and after—that he had committed no wrong, but had followed practices common to nearly every business man of his time. Taft Commuted Sentence. On January 18, 1912, President Taf: commuted the banker's sentence, the recommendation of the Attorn General based on a report from th surgeon general of the Army, which said, in part: *Careful review of re- ports makes it clear to my mind that he is suffering from a combination of diceases due to degenerative changes which are incurable and progressive. The reports show that the condition both of the kidneys and heart: i8 growing worse, and In nion the prisoner's duration of ~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 2} 'Y