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Y 2o $Y MAXMILIAN HARBEN, Germany's Foremest Publicist. By Cflé to The Star. BERLIN, December 3.—But for Homer we should know nothing about the Trojan wars. So today we need a word 'from Sec- retary Hughes. world may know what has been at- tained at the Washington confer- ence thus far—and what has been pre- vented. 2 “The reports from Washington are all too meager. This is due not alone 10 excessive cable tolls, but to nation-| al bias as well. The world is not in & position to give comprehensive Judgment. Declared to Seek U. S. Favor. We know. however, of ome thing that has been prevented at Was ton, and that is the limitation of mies, France believes that she does not dare reduce her army. In addition she wants a strong navy. 2 navy par- ticularly strong in submarines. Unless 1 am mistaken she wants these so that the United States will consider her a valuable ally. Premier Briand's speech sounded magnificent—even to those accus- tomed to-the best opera baritones— and this baritone is not only an ora- torical master, ‘but he is a friend of ace. D.Brllnd is much changed since he de- fended a friend in court for saying the tricolor should be thrown upon the ash pile. But at the same time it is ridiculous to doubt his desire for peace and equally ridiculous to pro- claim this adroit statesman as a servant of militarism. Statements Held Foolish. It is equally foolish to doubt what he said about the danger threatening Germany. Ludendorff's followers are very numerous, and the public mind has not yet been demilitarized. But what: Briand said we have heard before. Official Germany before the war made speeches, saying that we would wear heavy armor only if compelled to do €0 by the threats of our bad neighbors. From those same gquarters come the extraordinary heresy of the im- minenee of an Anglo-American war. ‘What coukl be slilier? The day such & war was declared Great Britain 'would lose her empire. Qur Emperor Wilhelm, in his dreams of a land route to India, imagined alliances with Chinese man- darins, Indian maharajahs, with the Japanese, with Mexico, the Turks, the Persians and Afghans. Sadly enough, the French parlia- in foreign affairs, and have no better ‘understanding of the peychology of man diplomatist. France needs a Talleyrand, who regained diplomati- cally what Napoleon had lost. It 'wae a cunning idea for France to “squeeze” England into ylelding on European questions by making a “POP” OF BOTTLE Guy Innes, associate editor of the Herald, Melbourne, Australia, now “covering” the conference on limita- tion ‘of armament, was awakened about 1 a.m. at his hotel here by a loud rapping at his door. On open- ing the door he found a messenger 'with a wireless message addressed to him. He opened the message, expecting an important query. He read ome 'word, “Pop.” For an hour Mr. Innes lay awake cudgelling his brains to discover the 'meaning of the cryptic “Pop.” Then a light on the matter, and he cussed ong and out loud. Before Mr. Innes arrived in Wash- ington, Delamore McCay was cover- ing the conference for the Australian Mr. McCay set out for Lon- “As soon as I get outside the three- nile limit,” he told his associate, “I m going to open & bottle and it 111 be champagne. And when I do am going to wireless you.” Keeping Australia informed as to be proceedings of the conference is 0 purely physical fifteen hours ‘That is, when rd2y morning in Australia, due to he arrangement of the time. The i however, is excellent ransmitted from Washington Pelbourne in the brief time of ninety minutes. As a rule, however, it re- quires four or five hours 1o get mes- ges A Kato—s name to comjure with in| Papanese circles at the Washington con- ference—is a common name in Sapan. ere are many Katos in that country there are Smiths and Browns and fones sn this country. But the name has no particular meaning in Japanese, for instanee bas Smith or Brown ih erican. A long time ago there was famous warrjer in Japan of the name Kato, and it may be that he is re- ponsible in a measure, for the wide se of the name toda: There are two Katos of great-im- ce at the eonference. js Admiral Baron Tomasaburo 0, head of the Japanese delegation nd at home minister of neval affairs. other is Vice Admiral Kanji Kato, he chief of amily name. “Keeping up with the Katos” is & is giving some of the corre- be mentioned in connec- the pame of Kato and its ide use in Japan, that there is in apan now another Admiral ato, not to mention & Viscount Kato, nd a mflmh:-:f the .z:nn? lower ouse also name of Kat ‘There “Wm “opposition” party in ry country that has & representa ve form of government. and that in- ludes nearly all the world today. Not 1l the so-called “opposition” parties ve sent representatives to Wash- on things pan, where he took the lead in the ovement for reduction of arma- .- He i» a man of great ability, of wealth and a publ me of Japan’s largest newspapers. e is & man of at {nfluenee in his eountry. He is co munication with the FRANCE FACES DESERTION BY FRIENDS, SAYS HARDEN an Publicist Warns Couniry of Sheri- sightedness—Charges Intrigue and De- ‘claresWorld Co-Operation OnlyCourse. | so that the whole THE SUNDAY Women Told He Has Brought | Sex to Front by Four Arms In selecting four women to serve as members of the advisory council of the American delegation to the arms conference President Harding was praised as being the first to recognize and acknowledge the great possibil- ities of women in world affairs by Miss Louise Owen, a Londen newspa- per womany in an address at the flflhl annual banquet of the Women's Bar i Association of the District of Colum- bia last night at the Burlington Hotel. separate treaty with the Kemalists in Angora. ‘But ‘that tremty can 'be effective only a short time. It offends and challenges Britain to Tetaliate on. ther ally. It is as clumsy and near- sighted as B'rance's theory of offer- ipg Amcricams, who are not .chil@ren. a reserve supply of submarines with which to fight England. 4 h, “Framee Is Not Womld.” Briand hoped to show the Frenc chamber ‘that he -wag 'strong, but But reasonable folk ‘might ask ff it was worth while o o all the .way from Paris to Washington only to report & negation before &| This acknowledgement of the worth world that is longing for positive' of women is sufliclent in itself to results from the conference. Briand|stamp the president as a man of great forgets that France is not »Emne.lwucmn and with a broad vision, Miss and that Europe is not the world.| . “Women throughout the Agricuttiral France, ‘with a sure, " Miss Owen added, are gradu- market for her luxury exports canally convincing the men that they are live without great imports. She has/competent and qualified to shoulder only thirty-mine millions of popula- |any burden in solving the problems tion, has huge colonies and no un-|of nations and if wars are to be empioyment. Great Britain and Ger- | stopped for all time it can be accom- many, and ewven the United States.!plished only through the help of the are nmow -dependent upcn huge ex-|women. However, in the advance- ports, and they cannot allow the|ment of the sex no one can deny that work of their peoples to be hindered.|the women of the United States are and oversess 'markets e¢losed and. setting fhe pace for their sisters in ruineu, just for the sake of France's|the other countries of the world. fomfortable economic Security. TheY| Eurepe Watching U. §. Women. mentarians of today are not schooled | d! other nations than the pre-war Ger- | |written & book in Eng! Jt is prepared f| M. Carteron an in ! where he served cannot agree that everything in, Germany and the east shell remain] econompically aterile. Secugity for thirty-nine million French against sixty million Germans is only attainable permanently by af- fording an equitable economic oppor- tunity from which ‘United States of Europe might grow, s0 that even the military leaders would Tecognize the utter folly of another ruinous war. Puty Lies in Co-Oparation. France continwes to consider her- self the axis on which the earth moves. 1f she fails to realize that her duty today, as well as the duty of all nations, Hes in international co-opera- tion, with each nition contributing its strength toward a rebuilding of the world, then she wnust prepare to see all whose 4nterests lie in such co-opera- tion turn againat her, not maliciously. but so grouped economically that even Mr. Hughes' promised moral solidarity with France would soon loosen. France is the only nation which does not_realize that the treaty of Ver- sailles, even just, is worthless as a constitution for a world which de- sires progress a.nd not the obligation forever to gaze upon dungeons amd hospitals. Germany also once had the delusion of bei a balamce between Russia and England until they united against her. The danger of such blunders is smalier since England’s policy is being lirected by tiwe dominions of her empire instead af by Downing street. It is probable thst a British-American understanding comcerning the Pacific, Asia and sea power will give a hope of commercial resson which would be better even for France than hysterical cheer for greedy oritors and an eternal fear of a neighboris convalescence. (Oopyright, 1921.) BY WIRELESS ROUSES IRE OF THIRSTY EDITOR delegates bere, and dods not hesitate to express his views to them. He has . which, by the way, he speaks very well, on the “proposed reduction of neval arma- ment of the United States and Japan,” which Pe has presented 3o President Harding and to many other influential men in thie country. Mr. Mochisuki has & suie in one of the finest apartment houses in Wash- nEt ‘When he is at hame—in his apartment—he dons Japawese garb made of rich silks, but when he goes forth he wears the conventional dress of the west, as, of course, do all the Japanese now here. For the benefit, first, of the dele- gates and then of the public, the sec- retariat general of the Washington conference—in plain English, the chief executive officer, who looks after all the arrangements for the conference—has - established a bu- reau of information in the confer- ence wing of the huge Navy building. ‘The bureau is located in the lobby of the Navy building, 17th and B streets northwest. Jt opens at 8.30 am. and remains open while there is any ac- tivity about the conference building. to give infarmation coneerning: Location, official and residential, of delegations and persons connected with them. Location of committees, technical experts, advisers and press repre- sentatives. All classes of transportation. Places of interest, hotels, shops, gov- ernment buildings, banks, organizations and, whenever pessible, hours of church services. ‘The bureau is ready to obtain with- out charge for services, rail- road and steamship accomodations, hote] reservations, reservations for tickets for theaters, ball games, etc., in New York, as well as in Washing- ton, and to arrange itineraries to places of interest in America for those members of the foreign dele- gations who may desire to travel. ‘The conference bujlding also has been provided with a special post of- fice of its own. near the bureau of information, where stamps may be obtained, mail posted, and informa- mail matter: tion regarding s may be obtained. ‘EXPECT BUSY WEEK. Several Organizations to Attend Fair at Convention Hall ‘This will be 2 busy week at the ‘Washington fair and business exposi- |tion which i» being staged at Conven- {tion Hall under the auspices of the {Knights of Pythias and the United Spanish War Veterans. A number of ‘Washington ecivie, fraternal and pa- triotic organizations will be the guests of the arrangements cemmit- tee. Tomerrow night several hundred members of the Knick Club and the Daughters of America will visit the exposition. Almas Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, will attend the affair with their ladies Tuesday nlfht. The shriners will be accompanied by the Almas Drum Corps and the Oriental Band, in full regalia. Music during the evening will be furnished by the Almas Glee Club. For the benefit of the ckildren there will be a dog and cat show held every n! begi: 2 Canines and felines of every descrip- tion will cut up capers for the delec- tation of the crowda GO TO NIAGARA FALLS. - in |Members of French Delegation Make Trip to Border. By the Associated Press. Several members of the French arms delegation left Washington yes- terday to visit Niagira Falls. . ‘The party included Albert Sarraut, minister of colonies; Mme. Viviani, wife of the former premier; M. Ponsot, d M. Bassee. M. Ponsot will leave the party at Nisgara Falls and go to Montreal, as consul-gemeral for semie e the first germs of a | clubs, churches, | Bdna J. Sheehy, “All Europe watches the progress of you women in this country and 80 far we have been eager, to follow your steps. There must alWays be a close relationship between our two nations. We must stand together and we must put aside any petty dif- ferences of the past and avoid silly misunderstandings of the future, if ‘We are to set the example for other and smaller nations. More than one hundred members of the association, the majority of them practicing attorneys and their guests, were assembled about the banquet table. There probably has never been & gathering of women in Washington where there were present as many eminent and highly trained members of their sex as was present at this function. Noted Feminine Leaders. Notable among them were Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, and Mrs. Katherine Phillips Edson, tWo of the four women members of the advisory council at the arms con- ference; Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, member of the rxecutive committee of the republican national commit- tee; Mable Walker Willebrandt, who as assistant attorney general of the United States holds the highest legal position ever given a woman in the government; Mrs. Albert H. Bruegge- man, recently appointed to the United States Employement Compensation Commission: Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the children's bureau of the De- partment of Labor; Miss Mary O'Toole, recently appointed as the first woman to serve as a judge of the Municipal Court in_the Distriot, and Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, for many years one of the leading woman attorneys of this city and honorary president of the Women's Bar Association. Each of these women made brief addresses. The dinner was opened by Miss Emma M. Gillett, president of the assocfation, who, after lauding the advancement of women, especially those in the District of Columbia, in- troduced Miss Elizabeth C. Harris, vice president of the association, to preside as toastmistress. Miss Mabel M. Owen was chairman of the com- mittee on arrangements. Other Guests Present. S Besides those mentioned, there were present Mrs. Sarah T. Andrew, Miss Nila F. Allen, Miss Rebecca L. Blaine, Miss Harriet H. Barbour, Miss Mar- garet Blaine, Miss Jane Bartlett, Miss Vera C. Brungart, Miss Marion Clark, Mrs. Charles F. Consaul, Miss Rowena Compton, Miss Helen H. Ep- stein, Miss Helen Eisenhardt, Mrs. Ellis, Miss Grace Eddy, Maud Fell- heimer, Miss Harriet Freeby, Miss Pauline M. Floyd, Dr. A. Frances Foye, Miss Sarah Grogan, Miss Zoe Verne Greacen, Mrs. Sharlie C. Hurd, Miss C. Greacen, Miss L. Headle. Mrs. Halsy, Miss Helen F. Hill, Miss Clara Hay- den, Miss Rosalia Jones, Miss Jean- nette Jewel, Mrs. Julia A. Jenner, Miss Helen E. Jamison, Miss C. Lari- more Keeley, Mrs. Arthur Kellam, Miss Adelia V. Kinney, Miss Bird L. Ludlow, Miss Ara R. Lerch, Miss An- nabel Matthews, Mrs. Paul Monroe, Miss Ida M. Moyers, Mrs. B. Shelton Matthews, Miss Agnes Minnick, Mrs. Charles B. Munroe, Miss Grace McVey, Atiss Catherine McFall, Miss Alice Mo~ Vey, Mrs. Leslie R. McKennon, Miss Maud Napier, Miss Nunan, Miss Mabel Owen, Mrs. K. 8. Outwater, Miss Dora Palkin, Miss Katherine Plke, Mrs. Pyatt, Miss Quick, Mrs. Helen D. Reed, Miss Mary J. Raymond, Mrs. Charles H. Ruth, Mrs. Grace Hays Riley, Miss F. G. Richmond, Miss Adele M. Stewart, Miss Ella J. Sullivan, Mrs. Lucy L. Still- man, Miss Marie Saunders, Miss Marie A. Easby-Smith, Miss Adele Smith, Miss Miss Ethel M. Smith, liss Florence F. Stiles, Miss Saunders, H. K. Thompson, Miss May War- ner, Miss Letitia H. Wardwell, Miss Albertie Wright, Miss Eunice K. War- ner, Miss E. Sweeney, Mary E. Laird. R JAPAN SEEN FACING PARTING OF WAYS (Continued from First Page.) [ing in Japan and the seiyukal, it s | i believed, will want to go before the people with a record”of results ob- tained at the Washington conference. A yielding by Japan on the matter of ratio without :advantages in the way of security in other directions would, it is believed, have ‘an unfa- vorable influence upon the future of the government party. The assassination of Premier Hara is often referred to these days by Japanese as having been genuinely a loss to the nation, because he had succeeded in harmonizing the liberal | ! i views of the civic elements of the! empire with the more militaristic con- ceptions of influential circles grouped around the army and navy. The re- moval of the prime minister throws a greater responsibility upon’ the shoulders of Admiral Baron Kato, ‘who is trying to solve the great prob- lem of meeting the desires of a mod- ern and ambitious Japan without go- ing so far as to endanger the success of the Washington conference. TWO NOTABLE SPEAKERS. Addresses to Be Made by Mrs. Up- ton and Frederick Palmer. The national councii -for the limita- tion of armaments will hold interna- tional forums at its headquarters, 632 17th street, tomorrow, Wednes- day, Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Uptoh, vice chairman of the republican national committee, will speak tomorrow after- noon at 4 o'clock, and Frederick Pal- mer, author and war correspondent, will speak Wednesday at the same hour. 3 D Butterflies protect their bodies from cold by folding their wings to the utntest at night time, i g betrothed of Crown Pri; STAR, WASHINGTON, -D. C.v DECEMBER 4, 1921—PART 1. Phoiograph was tak the en ax the woods with a friend, agak two guards following them eclosely. OFFICIAL: STATEMENT OF PARLEY ON DISCUSSION OF CHINA LEASES‘ (Continued from First Page.) that she would eventually return, not as the former aggressive power, but as a great democratic nation. The misrule of Manchu dynasty which had aggravated the situation had also disappeared. The very fact that this conference was being held at Washington for the purpose of arriving at a mu- tual understanding on the part of the powers indicates an added rea- son for dispensing with the neces- sity of maintaining the bslance of power in the far east, which was the principal ground of the origi- nal claims of the different powers. In the absence of that necessity the Chinese delegation believed that the time had come for the in- terested powers to relinquish their control over the territories leased to them. Integrity Prejudiced. The existence of such leased ter- ritories had greatly prejudiced China's territorial and administra- tive integrity because they were all situated upon the strategical point along the Chinese territory. These foreign leaseholds had be- sides hampered work of national defense by constituting in China a virtual imperium in imperio, i. e., that is an empire within the same empire. There was another reason which the Chinese delegation de- sited to point out. The shifting conflict of interests of the different lessee powers had involved China more than once in complications of their own. It would be sufficient to refer here to the Russo-Japa- nese war. which was caused by the Russian occupation of Port Arthur and Dalny. The Kiachow lease- hold brought upon the far east the hostilities of the European war. Furthermore, some of these terri- tories were utilized with a view to economic domination over the vast adjoining regions as points d'appui for developing spheres of interest to the detriment of the principle of equial opportunity for the com- merce and industry of all nations in China. In the interest of not only China, but that of all nations, especially for the peace of the far east, the Chinese delegation asked for the annulment and an early termination of these leases. But pending their termination this would be demilitarized, that is, their fortifications dismantled and the lessee nations to undertake that they will not make use of their several leased areas for mili- tary purposes of any kind what- soever. The Chinese delegation were, however, fully conscious of the obligations which would fall upon them after the termination of the leaseholds. The Chinese govern- r t would be prepared to respect and safeguard the legitimately vested interests of the different powers within those territories. Mr. Viviani spoke for France, as follows: After having taken note of the request made by the Chi- nese delegation December 1, 1921, the French delegation states that the government of the republic is ready to join in the collective res- titution of territories leased to various powers in China, it being understood that, this principle being once admitted, and all pri- vate rights being safeguarded, the conditions and time limits of the restitution shall be determined by agreement between the Chinese government and each of the gov- ernments concerned. Mr. Hanihara stated tion of Japan as follow: ‘The leased territories held by Japan at present are Kiaochau and Kwantung province, namely, Port Arthur and Dairen. It is characteristic of Japan's leased territories that she gbtained them, not directly from China, but as suc- cessor to other powers at consid- erable sacrifice in men and treas- ure. She succeeded Russia in the leasehold of Kwantang province with the express consent of China, and she succeeded Germany in the leasehold of Kiaochau under the treaty of Versailles. Japan Hopes for Salution. As to Kiaochau, the Japanese' government has already declared on several occasions that' it would restore that leased territory to China. We are prepared to come to an agreement with China on this basis. In fact, there are now going on conversations between representatives of Japan and China regarding this question, in- itiated through the good offices of Mr. Hughes and Mr. Balfour, the result of which it is hoped will be a happy solution of the prob- lem. Therefore, the question of the leased territory of Kiaochau is one which properly calls for separate treatment. ‘The only leased territory, there- fore, which remains to be discuss- ed at the conference, so far as Japan is concerned, is Kwantung nce, namely, Port Arthur and airen. As to that territory, the Japanese delegates desire to make - it clear that Japan has no inten- . tion at present to relinquish the important rights she has lawfully NG SO acquired and at no small sacrifice. The territory in question forms a part of Manchuria—a region where, by reason of its close propinquity to Japan's territory, more than anything else, she has vital interests in that which re- lates to her economic life and na- tional safety. Want Interests Safeguarded. This fact was recognized angd assurance was given by the Amer- ican, British and French govern- ments at the time of the formation of the international consortium that these vital interests of Japan in the region in question shall be safe- ed. In the sed territory of Kwan- tung province there reside no less than 65,000 Japanese. and the com- mercial and industris' interests they have established taere are of such importance and magnitude to Japan® that they are regarded as tial part of her econmomic life. It is believed that this attitude of the Japanese delegation to- ward the leased _territory of Kwantung is not against the prin- ciple of the resolution adopted on September 21. Positi of England. Mr. Balfour pointed out that leased territories, though normally all described under the same title, were held under very different and varying circumstances. The Japa- nese delegation had already indi- cated that Shantung and Manchuria respectively were held on entirely different bases and must be con- sidered from _different points of view. Great Britain had two dif- ferent kinds of leases, and these, as he thought the Chinese delega- tion itself would admit, must be held to stand on a different footing one from the other. Mr. Balfour referred first to the leased territory of Kowloon extension. Why, he asked, was it considered necessary that the leased territory of Kowloon should come under the same ad- ministration as Hongkong? The reason was that without the leased territory Hongkong was perfectly indefensible and would be at the mercy of any enemy possessing modern artillery. He hoped that he would carry the conference with him when he asserted that the safe. guarding of the position of Hon kong was not merely a British in- terest, but one in which the whole world was concerned. He was in- formed that Hongkong was easily first among the ports of the world, exceeding in this respect Hamburg before the war, Antwerp and New York. Mr. Balfour then read the following extract from “The United States Governmen Commercial Handbook of China “The position of the British colony of Hongkong in the world's trade is unique and without parallel. It is a free port except for a duty on wine and spirits; it has relatively few important in- dustries; it is one of the greatest shipping centers in the world; it is the distributing point for all the enormous trade of south China, and about 30 per cent of the entire foreign commerce of China. The conditions of. Hongkong in its relations to commerce are In every way excellent and the government centers all its efforts on fosterin, trade, while the future is being a ticipated by increased dock facilities, the dredging of the fairways, and other improvements. The merchants, both native and foreign, give spe- cial attention to the assembling and transhipping of merchandise to and from all the ports of the world, and with the world-wide steamship con- nections at Hongkong the neces- sity of retranshipment at other ports is u to a . minimum. Hongkong is the financial center of the east.” 3 Testimony Declared Impartial. Mr. Balfour said he could not add anything to this perfectly im- partial testimony to the conditions of absolute equality of nations under which the affairs of Hong- kong are administered, and the motives on which they are con- ducted. The lease of the Kowloon extension had been obtained for no other reason exce&t to give security to the port of Hongkong, and it would be a_great misfortune if any- thing should occur which was cal- to shake the confidence of using this great open port, in its security. He hoped he need say no more to explain that Kowloon extension was in a dif- ferent category and must be dealt with a different spirit_ from those leaséd territories which had been acquired for totally different mo- tives. Mr, Balfour then passed to the question of Wel-hai-wei. The acquisition by- Great Britain of this lease had been part of the general movement for- obtaining leased territories in 1898, in which Russia, Germany and France, as well as Great Britain, ‘had been concerned. The motive which had animated the in acquir- ing Kisochau had been largely to secure ‘agonomie domination. The mosive of the Hritish government, on the other haamd, in acquiring the.lease of Wel-hai-wei had been PRESIDENT Mm ; BETROTHED TO NEW REGE.NT or ssean. (ENWARS TASES = AT BAR BANQUET GOMPERS' APPEAL Limiting Naval Armament “Magnificent,” But Not Enough. By the Associated Preds. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, dis-!By Radio to The Star. cussing the armament conference in a| LONDON, December 3. — Lloyd statement last night, declared an George has been straining every nerve agreement on the limitation of naval 'to get to the Washington conference, armament would be “a magnificent achievement,” but it the conference o- ¢ realizes that the British people stops there it cannot be said to have [®XPect much of this gathering. sugceeded. <o the| Furthermore, public opinion is be- it e great powers agree to e il- American program for limitation and i orL5 reconciled to the possible fai reduction of naval armament it will;ure of tre Irish negotiations, while at be a magnifcent achievement of tre- the same time hoping for an indefinite mendous importance and significance,” | prolongation of the truce. said Mr. Gompers. “But if the con ference stops with the naval program Indunstrial Treuhles Grow. it cannot be said to have succeeded.| The British view of the Washington That would be but a beginning of conference has grown in Interest, be- success.” jcause our industrial troubles are forc- The labor federation leader, who is INg themselves upon us with increas- a member of the advisory committee |ing insistence. In° the month which to the American delegation and or- | elapsed since the situation was ganizer and honorary chairman of the dealt Witk in a special session of par- unofficial general committee on limi- llament, the number of unemployed tation of armament, went on to say 'has increased to nearly two millions, that “every person who sincerely ;and it looks as if the isolated efforts looks for an end of wars must hope |[Of the past have been but feeble With the deepest fervor that the con- [Voices crying unavailingly to the ference will go beyond naval limita-[8pirits of the vasty deep. tion and strike hard and true at the| Twenty-five million pounds sterling causes of war.” were pledged for credits to stimulate | “To destroy sixty-six ships and to trade, but so far there has been no fail on the far eastern-and Pacific problem,” he asserted, “would be a transient victory in the shadow of disaster. The conference must go on to the deeper questions upon which the issue of continued peace reall: hangs.” » % 1,000 UNION MEN . INFIGHT ON WAR Speakers to Answer Plea of Gompers and Demand Limitation of Arms. Seven thousand speakers, it planned, will carry the message of limitation of arms and ultimate world peace to the American public under direction of the general com- mittee for limitation of armaments, organized here several weeks following a call by President Samuel (‘lomvers of the American Federation of r. A Statement to this effect was is- sued last night to tke labor press of the country at federation headquar- ters, where Chester M. Wright, direc- tor of publicity for the federation, is handling this angle of qublldly for the general committee. “The general committee has begun the publication of an official bulle- tin," the statement said. ‘This bul- committee and conveys important in- { formation to the public. “A speakers’ bureau has been or- ganized ‘under expert supervision, with a list of more than 7,000 speak- ers on country.” This announcement is taken as the first indication of the methods by messages of the plans for world-wide peace, which was the object of its formation. JAPANESE ARE GUESTS. Visiting Business Men Entertained by R. S. Norris at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, December. 3.— Viscount E. Shibusawa with a party which_included M. Zumoto, M. Mast- 1suda, Dr. K. Obata, Dr. Y. Hosaka and Yaiti, Japanese business men, today = were guests at a luncheon gi = Botecy given by Ro-: S. Morris, former ambassador to Japan. . Tomorrow they will be the guests of John Wanamaker and Mayor J. Hampton Moore. DR. TAYLOR TAKES NEW POST Dr. Hawley O. Taylor, associate . physicist at the bureau of standards, has resigned to take charge of the elec- trical department, division_of rehabili- tation, Franklin Union, Boston. A Taylor was formerly radio engineer of ! the Signal Corps of the o |phyflcln of the National Electric Sig- naling Company, Brooklyn, search associate ‘at the Institute of Technology. and re- usetts connected with resistance to the economio domination of China by other powers; in fact, it had been based on a desire for the main- tenance of the balance of power in the far east, with a view to the maintenance of the policy of the open door, and had been in- tended as a check to the predatory action of Germany and Russia. Mr. Balfour lald emphasis on the fact that the convention of July 1, 1898, confirming the lease, gave no economic rjghts or advantages to Great Britdin. There had been no question of its being a privil port of entry for British com- merce, nor for the establishment of British commercial rights to the exclusion or diminution of the rights of any other power. In fact, on April 20, 1898, Great Britain had announced that “England will not construct any rallroad eom-* munication from Wei-hal-wei and the distriot leased therewith into the interior of the province of Shantung.” As regards the atti- tude of the British government to the request of the Chinese delega- tion for an abrogation of these: leases, Mr, Balfour stated that he had very little to add to, and he did not wish to quallfy, the com- ditions contained in the statement just made by M Viviani, which represented very much the spirit in which the British government approached the question. The British government would be perfectly ready to return Wel- hai-wei to China as part of a general arrangement intended to confirm the sovereignty of China and to give effect to the prineiple of the “open door.” This sur- render, however, could only be undertaken as part of some general arrangement, and he spoke with his government behind him when he said that on these con- ditions he was prepared to ‘give up the rights which they had acquired. The Bri govern- ment's policy was to make use of the surrender of Wei-hal-wel to assist.in securing & seitlement of the question of Shantung. If agreement could be reached on this question, the British government would not hesitate to dp their best to promote & general settlement by restoring Wel-hai-wel to the central government of China. After he had h the senti- ments expressed by Mr. Viviani, Mr. Balfour and Mr. Hanihara, Mr. Koo expressed, on behalf of the ! Chinese delegation, his sincers thanks to them for the spirit which had guided them, and he ‘hoped that this question would be discussed at another opportunity. Further discussion of thl at- ter was reserved The committee adjourned to meet on Wednesday next, the 7th of December, at 11 o'clock &.m. . % nomic 1t {fapsea. uty in every section of the |O stimulation, and the only crumbs of comfort for our workless in the win- ter months-are an increased dole. Yet trade is to us of supreme im- portance, for we have built our eco- fe upon it. And trade has col- It has collapsed because the world Pas spent, and continues to spend, too much of its substance on the manufacture of war weapons. ITrade and employment will come only |by the release of labor forces to the production of exchangeable commodi- ties. ‘Want Land Forees Limited. Hence the importance of both the ‘Washington and the Irish conferences and the growing impatience here with those who expound policies which in- volve a large amount of expenditure or the perpetuation of national or sectional animosities. As to the Washington conference, there is no doubt that British public sentiment would welcome a decision by it to deal more exhaustively with the question of land armament than seems immediately possible. This move would be welcomed even if it is } involved an adjournment and a reas- YOKATA DEFINES TRUE VIEW OF DISARMING (Continued from Firs: Page.) |!rom its present agony. A wise dis- position of $10,000,000.000 of war loans may restore the economic con- dition of all Europe, relieve the dis- tress of the people and thus rescue the world from the present tendencies letin expresses the viewpoint of the |of dangerous sorts and contribute to the lasting peace of mankind.” Sees Hope for Emigrants. Still another allusion to a subject|agreed to ¢ interest to the American people|'SIof ;-'0 was his treatment of the topic of|seccret treaties Parley Delegales, Striking Harmonious Chord, Ready to Make Any Concession in China RISIS IN ENGLAND AID TO ARMS PARLEY HOPES British See Relief for Industrial Situation in Disarmament—Trade at Standstill. sembly on a wider basis of represen- tation. For it is felt to be of extreme importance that France should come into line. The meeting of the Ulster parliament has to some extent cleared the air re- specting Ireland, and pyblic opinion is considering its attitude toward the rival Irish sections and what is to be done if the negotiations should break down completely. One fact emerges with increasing clearness, and that is a feeling of irritation with Irish stub- bornness. Englshmen fully realize Ulster’s great service in the war and her intense and perhaps well ground- ed dislike of Sinn Fein. But she might have made better response to the king’s appeal than the mere assertion of her technical rights. Safe from coercion and sure of last year's acts, she has simply wrapped herself in a robe of self-righteousness. Irish Issue Unsettled. So, after all is saild and done, there is really little change. Ulster blocks the way to Irish unity and Sinn Fein lacks the falth to wait for it under conditions of larger liberties offered. The unfortunate “predominant part- ner” can but hope and wait. Under the circumstances we should welcome an indefinite prolongation of the truce until all concerned may realize the grim humor of the situation. One thing is certain. There will ba no renewal of war from here unless it be forced by the reerudescence of lawlessness and a reafirmation of the right of separation. And even then it might take the form of blockade and isolation after legislation confer- ring a dominion status on the twenty- six Sinn Fein counties. Sinn Fein in the last resort may have the oppor- tunity of living for “themselves alone.” Linked With Arms Problem. But to return to the industrial aspect, it can be said that it is bound up with Ireland as well &s with Washington. No nation or race ean live for itself alone without injury to the structure of society. upon the maintenance of which all that is worth while depends. The employment of the working- man is worth more than armament, and interdependence is better than selfish racial or sectional posturing. If these things, however, are for- gotten or overlaid, the forces of an- archy and disintegration will be im- mensely strengthened. (Copyright, 1921.) STEP TO ADJUST FAR EAST IS IMPORTANT (Continued from First Page.) the German leases in Shantung over to Japan, and the Senate adopted a resolution to the treaty by a very considerable majority, with regard to that feature of the treaty, before defeating ratification. Only Two Outside League, The United States and China, how- ever, are the only powers now attend- ing the Washington conference which did not ratify the Versailles treaty. All other seven powers now here . and the Shantung pro- ng with the rest of it. Also ain, France and Italy had Wwith Japan, made dur- immigration, a question which Japa-|ing the war, with regard to the mat- which the general committee will op- | nese statesmen have allowed it to be erate in bringing to the public the [ understood would not be proposed at the present conference. | ter of Japan's taking over the Ger- man interests. The question of Shantung cannot come before the conference as a con- “The American territory,” dechredié‘{*""’ matter without the consent every surplus population of the world iMr. K. Yokato, “is vast enough for; i i all the powers attending, and seven of them have already d upon the question in the Versailles and the countries that suffer in this|Ireaty, it was pointed out. way have been allowed to look to the United States as a land for the reali- sation of th¢ aspirations of those who seek new life and fortunes. Appre-q ciating at this time the generosity and the assimilating powers of the American people, I believe that America alone can solve this great prodlem of mankind.” “In Japan there may be changes and There is every expectation, however, that the present conference will re- sult in great benefit to China, it was said, along with an establishment of a general understanding on the far east which will aid in the main- tenance of world peace. British Attitude Reasonable. The attitude of the British with re- gard to the lease of the Kowloon ter- ritory, just opposite Hongkong, was regarded here in conference quarters as reasonable. The British pointed modification of political views, but,out that it was vitally necessary for the people of Japan will never take a backward step in upholding right- eousness and honor,” “If America and Japan combine their utmost efforts to realize the samejp, them to have control of this terri- tory, since Hongkong, which they hold, would be an easy mark for ene- he concluded.|my ‘artillery located in the leased territory on the mainland. The Japanese at the committee eeting yesterday made it clear that ideals on both sides of the Pacific.ithey intended for the present to hold we shall have a perfect peace between ' 00 to Port Arthur and Dalny, which us and the whole world would feel its blessings.” DR. HUANG CRITICISES \ ! i i were obtained by them after the Russo-Japanese war. They are lo- cated very close to Japan, have an important bearing on_ her’ economic life, and contain some 65,000 Japanese citizens now. ATTITUDE OF JAPAN:ARMS PARLEY NOT HELD Also Describes Differences Between: Northern and Southern Chi- nese Governments. “When Japen now offers to give up the rights of eovereignty in Shantung for the sake of retaining economic rights, she gives up something she never possessed, in order to secure something to which she is not en- | I NATIONS’ LEAGUE RIVAL Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary General of League, Declares It Still Exists. ROME, December $.—Sir Eric Drum- mond, secretary general of the league of nations, addressing the Press Club titled,” declared Dr. Feng Hua Huang, i today, declared that-the league of na- secretary of the staff of the Chinese delegation to the arms conference, at the international forum held yes- terday by the National Council for the Limitation of Armaments. . This statement was made by Dr. Huang in his discussion of the Shan- tung question. The origin of the difMculty, he said, grew out of the mu of two German missionaries and the insistence 6f Germany upon martial control of the province. But “Germany never demanded that China give up her sovereignty,” sald he. + The only difference in thought of the two governments in China, con- tinued the secretary, was that the northern state “believes .in greater centralization of power, the southern in less centralization of power. Both governments alike demand the return of Shantung te China; both govern- ments alike demand autonomous tariff for China. There is no reason at all to suppose that the two governments will not ultimately be reconciled.” Refusal on the part of certain prov. incess to turn in their revenues to the Peking government bhas embarrased Chius in her foreign finances. Dr. Huang_ continued. “Our five million dollar loan seems to us, however, very insignificant as compared with the billions of dollars and interest also overdue Ame: by Europe,” he said. KNOCKED DOWN BY AUTO. Miss Betty Knighton, 1430 Newton street, was knocked down by an auto- mobile driven by Samuel R. Auley, 825 6th street, ag 14th and H streets yesterday and her face bruised. She was given first ald at George Wash- ington University Hospital. ' Elisabeth Mills, colored, fifty-eight years old, 2706 I street, was knocked down by the automobile of John F. i | l : tions was still in existence and that its usefdlness bad been proved by the solutions of the Albaniaf,. Silesian, I.Iilhu nian and Aland Islands, ques- tions. - Alluding to the Washington confer- ence, the secretary sald: “I know too little of what has been done at the Washington conference to express any definite opinion, but it is clear the conference cannot and must not be regarded by the league’'s supporters as a rival. It is a friend to whom we wish ail success, since all the work done in the cause of peace or for the reduction of arma- ment is done In the spirit of the league. Sir Eric” appeared before the club after he had concluded conferences ‘with various ministers relative to the league's work. CO-OPERATIVE BANK WILL AID WORK IN PALESTINE New Project, With £ 500,000 Capi- tal, to Deal in Short-Term Credit for Development. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, December 3.—Plans for organisation in Palestine of a cre- dit union and co-operative bank, with a working capital of £500,000 sterling, ore Ermouated today by the. camtrai committee of the Palestine Develop- ment League. The project is backed by four Jew- ish organisations of America and ¥u- rope, the reconstruction committee of the jolnt distribution committee, Palestine development council, Pal tine economic council of London and Jewish Calonization Association. Sol Rosenbloom of Pittsburgh, a proponent af-the plan, said the bank would deat largely in short-term credits for CZOp movements, seeds, im- plements, tools and machinery for sans and farmers, and for mer- chandise for aolony groups. An or- ganisation meeting will be held soen in London or Raris, .