Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1921, Page 1

s ended at 2 pm. today: Hij 2 p.m. today: lowest, 24, today. Full report on page WEATHER. Tnereasing cloudiness. followed by rain or snow late tonight or tomor- row, rising temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ghest. 37, at at 5:30 a.m. Closing New York Stocks, Page 29. - 9g 955 No. 28,350. R ok b Lt 00 ACRES OF PLAY SITES FOR DISTRICT URGED IN REPORT Lack of Proper Space De- clared Cause for High De- linquency Rate. INCREASING OF FORCE ALSO IS RECOMMENDED Creation of Special Board to Co- Ordinate Activities Favored in Brief to Senator Capper. Declaring the children of Wash- ington have suffered because of an “entirely inadequate provision of proper playground activities” and calling attention to the fact that this element accounting for the high delinquene rate among the children of Washington, the chil- dren’s bureau of the Department of Labor today forwarded to Senator Arthur Capper a report, prepared at his -request, recommending the ac- quisition of 100 acres of land by the city government for playground pur- poses, the immediate enlargement of ihe present force engaged in direct- 13 playgrounds in the city and the tion of pecial board to ordinate the activities of the p grouml department, the board of education and the office of the super- intendent public - buildings and grounds. For the next fiscal year, the re- port states, an appropriation of $203.950. in addition to the total ap- propriation of $180.620 for recrea- tional facilities in the District pro- vided for the next fiscal year, is nec- essary. Larger Appropriation Needed. “If Washington is to reach her goal of providing enlarged playground fa- cilities to meet the needs of her chil- dren,” the report states, “the money row expended will have to be greatly increased. A recreational program for the children of Washington might well be planned to cover a period of five years. The study of the facilitles now available, the possibilities of In- creasing their usefulness and the needs of the different sectlons which cannot be met by existitng facilities indicate that such a program, if it is is one el of Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. | Horse Willed $5,000 To Buy Sugar, Apples, And Provide Luxuries COLUMBUS, Ga., December 16. —Every known luxury in horse- dom ix to be provided for “Chappie,” the little black xad- dle horse. which hax borne Mr. Katherine Endicott, wife of Licut. Col. Endicott, who was killed here yesterday morning in an automobile accident, on many a joyous camter iIn the eight years he has been in the service of his mixtress. Five thousand dollars was be- queathed to “Chappie,” with the hus d as administrator of her extate, to provide for sugar, ap- ples and other things fo; comfort of the money, accord ban be & and “Chappie” is ansured of a life of luxury for several years. BEGINS ITS WORK OND. C. AFFAIRS House Buffer Committee “on; the Job” Inspecting Park Extensions. The new buffer committee of the House District committee was on the Job toda | consisting of Representatives Mills- paugh of Missouri, Sproul of Ilinof: and Woods of Virginia made a per- IRISH PEAGE PACT 1S RATIFIED BY BIG: PARLIAMENT VOTE ‘Overwhelming Majorities in; Favor of Creating of New Irish Free State. . DE VALERA WOULD PUT CODICILS ON AGREEMENT iLloyd Georgg Denies Saying Ulsterf | Might Lose Two Counties. Craig Again in London. By the Associated P LONDON, December 16.—Both houses of the Bfitish parliament rat- ifled the treaty creating the Irish free state by overwhelming majorities this afternoon. The house of commons first adopted the reply to the speech from the throne on the Anglo-Irish treaty, re- jecting the unionist amendment to the address by a vote of 401 to 58. The adoption of the address means the acceptance of the treaty by the house of commons. The house of lords took similar; action only a few minutes later. The | lords rejected the unionist amendment by a vote of 166 to 47. At the resumption of debate on the treaty in the house of commons this fternoon Arthur tienderson, labor ader, stated that the labor party; welcomed the treaty and hoped it | would be ratified. 1 2obert ( i i sonal inspection this morning of the | contemplated connection between Rock | “reek Park and Potomac drives. Mon- day they will make an inspection of | the Patterson tract, known as Camp Meigs during the war, just west of Kendall Green, on Florida avenue. This sube itte ak iam beommittee was taken on| parliament at the inspection tour by Chairman|tacked the treaty, particularly Moore of the Fine Arts Commission ! grounds that it proposed a revision and the chairman of the park commit- ! of boundaries between north and south hington Board of Trade. | Ireland without the consent of Ulster. this park extension | Premier Denfes Report. 1d be made by all means.” said 2 s . rirman Millspaugh of the subcom. | Prime Minister Lloyd George inter- N Sl spaucly ofet oM ivened in the debate and said he un- uch Impressed | derstood the suggestion had been nade that he had said if Stnn Fein | had a majority in the two counties of | -| Tyrone and Fermanagh, south Ireland | would get_the whole of these two! counties. ‘He declared -he certainly | had never said anything of ‘the kind. On the contrary, he declared. all he| er had suggesteed was that the; It will have my heartiest support.” Mr. Millspaugh explained that an appropriation for this work during the coming fiscal year has been asked | for and pointed out that much of the | property which will be needed for the | trorac mtiabel park_extension i already owned by | shkca it aceount, 15 well ax the thel goxcrment | aconomic _and gevgraphical condi- T R AR tions. { }'\While nowhere was there the least | ! doubt that the treaty would be ratl- |fied by a large majority at West- | minster, anxiety was expressed here | today as to its ultimate fate in Dub- {lin, where prolongation of the dail's { secfet session was regarded as an he Fn ~all. adequate; must include j. the following: = Fotiy-nine thousan@ dollars for the purchase of sites; $4.000 estimated as the amount ex- pended for salaries for physical traig- ing.” 3 In his letter of transmittal to Sen- ator Capper, Secretary of Labor Da- vis pointed out that the report is based on the immediate playground needs of the District for 1921. He calls attention to his recommenda- tions for an ideal school system for the Distri printed previously in The Star. which, he states, was con- templated for the city in 1950 or 2000. UP GERMAN PLEA OF INABILITY TO PAY Decides on Definite Action Without Referring to Al- Children’s Health at Stake. " Pointing out that the health, hap- lied Governments. piness and well being of every child | By the Associated Press. depend on the foresight of a city in| PARIS. December 16.—The allied providing a well organized and ade- |reparations commission meeting to- quate playground system, the report|day to consider the German notice of commends Washington for what it|jnability to pay the next two install- has done in the past toward provid- {ments in full and requesting exten- ing recreational facilities. But, the|gion of time virtually agreed that the report reminds, Washington is 1o |commission itself should take definits longer the city of 1300, but the City | ;i on the request instead of of 1921, and the population here has o greadyofire: increased 32 per cent since 1910. ferring the question to the allied gov- While it has been found that the|ernments. playgrounds have been well aemin | 14 way announced that the commis- istered, the report states that if its recommendations are to be accepted |sion would meet again this afternoon 1 i i ports could only be recorded without ! the three agencies c erned in the supervision of recreational facilities should be brought in day-by-day working relation. It is recommended that a board, advisory to the Commis - sioners, be appointed by the Commis- ners, to be made up of a Commis- ner, as chairman; a member of the school board, a representative of the office of public baildings and groun a member of the Fine Arts Commi sion and three citizens representing the business interests, and two wom- en, preferably those who have been identified with the playground de- velopment in the city. All-Year Supervision. It would be the function of this board, the report states, to apportion the 100 acres where most needed, and to co-ordinate the work of the play- ground department with the recrea- tional work of the board of education and the office of the superintendent of public buildings and grounds. Aside from the acquisition of land, Washington should develop an all- year scheme of playground super- Vision, in charge of skilled super- visors who are permanent appointees, the report stated. A majority of the staff_should be employed for twelve months in the year at salaries equiva- lent to those in elementary schools. In illustrating the need for a perma. nent force of supervisors at adequate salaries the report declares that dur- ing the last five years the personnel of the playground “supervisors has besn} practically replaced, with resulting harm to the system. Objective Should Be Set. ‘Washington shouldb egin to work to- ward an objective, the report states.; The pressure to cut down appropria- | tions in the past has resulted in the| money expended being “spread too; thinly” where needed. Washington will be obliged to com- promise in making up for past neglect, the report states, when it comes to serving the “in town” areas in the way of increasing their playground cilities. And, further, the report states, all the skill of the city plan-| ner, the engineer and the landscape architect should be brought to bear on this problem. A playground invest- ment. the report states, should rep- resent more than a temporary expe- dient. Tt should be such as to increase land values as well as add to the recreational facilities of the city. Taking up the immediate need for increased playground facllities in cach precinct, the report prefaces its recommendations by reciting the fact that the total play space provided for the children of Washington is thirty- five acres. There are no playground facilities provided for the children of the first, sixth and eleventh precincts, it is pointed out, while in the larger districts, with a more scattered pop- wiation, the playgrounds cannot serve those who do nat live in_their im- to discuss the matter further. Dr. Mayer, the German ambassador, delivered to Premier Briand today a copy of the German reparations note. The German embassy announced that Dr. Mayer's visit was limited to this errand and that there was no truth in the report that he had presented a formal demand for delay .ln the payments or for a moratorium. Whether the reparation commis- sion’s action will take the form of another note to Germany or the imme- diate transmission to the allied pow- | ers of a statement of the facts, to-! gether with implied recommerdations | had not been determined, but in the | reparation circles it is believed the latter course will be followed. Ma- Jority of opinion in the commission is | 3aid to favor submission to the allies | of an outline of the only three meth- ods considered possible by. which Ger- many could meet the forthcoming ) payments. Would Use Money Held Abroad. The first method, it is pointed out, would be for Germany to use the money held by German nationals abroad, amounting to about seven bil- lion gold marks. To a request of this kind Germany could reply that she was unable to force her nationals to give up this money, and the allies would have no recourse. The second method would be the | use of the gold reserve in the German reichsbank of more than one billion gold marks. Reparation officials say | that while this reserve covers only 1| per cent of the outstanding paper, | and, therefore, is valueless as a guar- ! anty, the German people, neverthe- | less, derive confidence from it, and if | the entire reserve were wiped out | financial chaos with unlimited poten- tialities for harm might follow. , ! The third method indicated would' be for Germany to buy foreign ex- | change with her paper marks, which | method, in the view of the experts, would be even more disastrous than the second method suggested. The experts advocate the inclusion | of these three methods in a note to| the allies, with the statement that these are the only ways open to Ger- many for payment of the next two instajlments and that if, in the opin- jon of the allies, failure to resort to one of them would constitute default, then Germany should be formally de- clared in default of her payments. Result Would Be Serious. The allied experts, in expressing themselves on the situation, declare Germany herself is responsible for | i i rendum on the treaty in southern Ire- BRIAND MAY RESIGN | closed, but the senate refused the re- undesirable symptom. . Some of the Irish correspondents of the morning newspapers were hopeful, others did not conceal their doubts, while one or two werg in- clined to pessimism. As no one, Bow: ever, could profess to certain knowl- edge of what happened at the dail’s private sessions, the respective re- an indication as to their importance. De Valera Wants Codicils. Eamonn De Valera, who, according | to some rumors, was winning many of the waverers to the opposition. was credited by the Daily Mail's Dub- lin correspondent with the intention of asking the dail to vote codicils to the treaty which would alter its ccharacter especially regarding the oath of allegiance. If these were adopted he would, it. was said, ask | for their consideration at a fresh! conference in London. Another report said that Erskine Childers. secretary of the peace dele- | gation, which siigned the agreement | in London, was now strongly oppos- ratification. Another de- cribed the debate as being conducted over a volcano, which might wreck the efforts of the peacemakers. Serious anxiety was expressed in the morning newspapers concerning the delay in the dail, some emphasiz- ing that the longer the decision was | deferred, the greater became the risk of serious breaches of the truce. They ! pointed to the shooting of two con- | stables in Ireland recently as a dan- gerous symptom. For this reason,| the writers decried the idea of a refe- 5 ® land, although firmly believing that | such a test would result in an over- whelming triumph for the agreement. | Quick Ratification Urged. These observers urged a quick vote on the treaty in the imperial parlia- ment, believing that when the agree- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) I ' 1 i i | OVERVATICAN SSUE| Makes Threat in Senate After | Debate Over Rumored Negotiations. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 15.—“If this de- bate on the resumption of relations with the Vatican is not closed to- morrow it will have to be concluded in the absence of the government.” Premier Briand made this threat in the senate tdday when many of the senators, who intend to take part in the debate refused to yield. The gov- ernment had -already asked the sen- ate, without making it a question of confidence, that the discussion be quest by a vote of 190 to. 100—this be- ing practically a defeat for the gov- ernment. M. Briand, in his closing address, left no doubt that if the debate con- tinued beyond tomorrow he would not go to London to meet Premier Lioyd George, but would resign. The royalist senator, Jules Dela- have, in the course of the debate, at-; tacked M. Briand, saying that he had gone to Washington: for the purpose of entering into an -alliance with America against Japan and Great Britain. M. Briand replied: “It is regrettable to hear repeated in the upper French chamber calumnies spread by our enemies while I was at Washington. ening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION OFFICIALS PRAISE STARESSAY OFFER, School Leaders See Great, Benefit to Be Derived From Prize Contest. Efforts of The Evening Star to stimulate the interest of the District public school children in the confer- ence on the limitation of armament, through a prize essay contest. were lauded today by school authorities. At the same time teachers in many | schools called the attention of their pupils to the contest, and many of | them signified their intention of en- tering when it is formally opened. As announced in The Star yester- day, the subject of the contest will be “The s_Conference and Its Significance.” The date of its open ing, the rules and the names of mem- bers of the board of judges will be announced later. Cash prizes total- ing about $1,000 will be awarded children submitting the best essays. _The contest probably will be divided into two separate classes. Contestants in one class will be limited-to students of the high schools, while the other class will bg composed of pupils in the Junior high schools and the upper grades of the elementary schools. Prizes amounting to approximately $500 will be awarded in each class. There will be {a first, second and third prize in each class, and numerous supplemental awards for essays showing superior merit. Superintendent’s Statemen Interrupted in the preparation of ma- terfal he is to present to the joint con- gressional committee investigating the schools, Supt. Frank W. Ballou described The Star’s essay contest as follow: “It is a most excellent incentive Tor | puplls to secure accurate information and a thoughtful attitude toward the conference.” Dr. Ballou indicated that he had been aware of the fundamental edu- cational value of the armament parley proceedings to school children, espe- cially those in Washington, long be- fore this paper's essay contest was mentioned. He pointed out that he already had instructed the teachers to encourage the study of the confer- | ence developments in the cldssroom. Great Benefit to Teachers. Walter B. Patterson, director of special schools, commended The Star for conducting the essay contest. He believes, like the other officials, it will be of great benefit to the teachers in arousing the interest of the chil- dren in the significance ®of the his- torical event. 1t wds pointed out by the officials that the children in many schools have been devoting much time to the stady of the armament conference developments within the last several weeks, which will aid them materially in writing their essays for the con- test to be conducted by The Star. The children, it was said, have been urged to read carefully the reports of the conference proceedings as contained in the newspapers in order that they may become more conversant with the conference problems and the im- portant matters under discussion there. Particular attention was directed to a summary of the conference pro- ceedings as printed daily in The Star as an aid to the children in studying the parley and its developments. WILL SPEAK IN JAPAN. BOSTON, December 16.—Mrs. Mar- garet Sanger, one of the organizers of the American Birth Control League, an- nounced here last night that she planned to spend the month of March, 1922, in Japan, in response to a cabled invitation from a Japanese publica- tlon, asking her to give lectures on birth control in that country. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER. 16, 1921—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. . Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dlspatcbes credited to it or not otherwise rredited in *his papcr and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication «f «peelal dispatches herein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 90,906 e TWO CENTS. ' Vor An extraordinary jtook place in W ! luncheon party hington Wednesday, spoken of as “a meeting of friendl enemies.” when Gen. Hans von Below, one of the most distinguished of the German leaders in the world war, sat down to the table with three men against whom he had fought, three {high in the lists of those who led the British to victory. Gen. Lord; {Cavan, Col. Bartholomew, both of !whom are on the British delegation to the present conference, and Gen. H. K. Bethell, military attache to the British embassy. Accoriing to Gen. von Below's de- scription of the luncheon it must have been very much like several of the Yale foot ball team meeting an old friend. a Princeton star, and talking |the game all over 1n detail, typifying friendly rivalry, but no bitierness. “It was all shop talk.” Gen. von Be- low told a reporter from The Star. Eeing all military men, spending our {lives in the army, and knowing little} else, naturally, the conversation hing- ed entirely on military matters and we talked at great length about the war. There was no mention of polit- ical affairs whatsoever. We talked of | battles, of successes and defeats and their cause and effect. Being all good soldiers and good sportsmen, we were able to forget our former feelings and discuss the war in.an unconstrained and dispassionate way and it was de- lightful.” Praises British Sportsmanship. Gen. von Below, a straight, well built, soldierly figure, but with kindly | eves and a gentle smile, not at all the Prussian type, spoke quite unre- strainedly of this meeting of former | foes. It was Lord Cavan who had stopped the advance of the Austrians in Italy on the Piave and turned them back. Gen. von Below’s brother, Gen. Otto von Below, had been in com- mand. The luncheon talk was center- ed about this and various engage- ments on the western front in which! these leaders had taken part. In a friendly manner-they told each other( how it had been done. Each explain- PARLEY MUST AGT ONTHO PROBLEMS Naval Ratios of France and Italy and Chinese Question Still Unsolved. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. i i Two more delicate and difficult sit- uations in the arms and far eastern conference remain for treatment— determination of the naval ratio for France and Italy and arranging an agreement between China and Japan. The latter phase is regarded as com- plicated by China’s suggestion of the abrogation of the famous “twenty- one demands” of Japan. 1t is quite possible to comprehend the seriousness of these problems fac- ing the conference and appreciate their complexity without the realiza- tion embracing an alarmist view. The conference has demonstrated its 2bil- ity to dispose of other grave difficul- ties in the spirit of concession and reasonableness and there is no Indi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Prize Winning Paintings of the Natiow's Greatest Art Exhibition, Opent Sunday, Are A full page of these wonderful paintings, superbly reproduced, together with world. Art, drama, news—all these find a place in this The Rotogravure Section of Sunday’s Star ng at Corcoran Gallery Contained in- I pictures from all over the 1 Below, German General, Lunches With Former Foes {new British friends and said that the jable of hir career. | i ed to the other how mistakes had been | made. and each praised the other for i particularly brilliant strokes that had | brought success. Gen. von Below spoke. of the fine sportsmanship of his | luncheon was one of the most enjoy- The general has been in Washington for two weeks. living at 2400 16th street. HE arrived in New York three weeks ago. When asked the purpose of his presence here he replied: “I am here because my wife is an American. It may be only a visit, but, then again, I may remain on here in- definitely, and there is a possibility that 1 might go into business in America, but my plans are very vague as yet. My being here has no official significance. 1am a soldier and never have been connected with politics. I have no connection with the present | German _government, and, what is| more, 1 do not want to-hav: His wife was formerly Miss Brice of South Carolina. Determined to Ban Unifor: During the war Gen. von Below commanded troops in both the eastern and western theaters. After the ar- mistice he was a lieutenant general. | in command of the G6lst Army Corps, anil remained with his forces | on the Rhine until after the revolu- | tion, when his command was demob- | lized. Then he went home and took off his uniform. determined never to put it on again. Since arriving In America Gen. von Below has been tremendously im- pressed with the treatment accorded him by his former enemies. i “I was not quite certain how I| should be accepted.” he said, “but on | all sides I have found a sportsman- | jike attitude that has touched my| heart. My friends and acquaintances | have been courteous, tactful and chiv- alrous to a very high degree. When I came I was a little afraid that my welcome would not make me feel very | comfortable, but since arriving my | desire to remain in America has in- creased a hundredfold I was in the United States before, about ten years ago, and at that time 1 took a great attachment for the Americans, but! my admiration and respect for them now is far greater than I ever imag- ined it could be.” CHINESE BANKERS WOULD MAKE LOAN Offer to Lend Money to Pay| Japan for Shantung Railway . Native Chinese bankers have come forward with the offer to lend to the Chinese government the amount of money required to pay Japan as an indemnity for the Shantung railway, t was learned from an authoritative source today. In the committee meeting sitting on the Shantung question it is un- derstood that Japan has agreed to settle this issue_by turning ever the entire control of this important rail- road for a large consideration, which i to be decided upon later by a spe- cial commission. China has already offered to pay the indemnity by direct payment and she has now the oppor- ‘tunity of showing her good faith by the offer of the Chinese bankers. Japan, on the other hand, has en- deavored to put into the agreement the stipulation that the railroad in- demnity should be paid by a loan made from Japan with the railroad being used as security. According to an authoritative speak- er, the Chinese delegation to the con- ference, backed by the Peking gov- | | | ernment, is greatly opposed to this; method. It feels that were a loan to be made from Japan she might be able to put such stipulations onto the loan that the result would be that she would again have actual control of the railroad as.formerly. “The Chinese also believe that if; Japan were perfectly sincere in want- ing only an indemnity for their for- mer holdings she would be willing to take. the money straight from China and not demand that the payment be involved in such a loan. The delegates are understood to be jed until tomorrow at 11 o'clock without § FRANCE WOULD BUILD TEN 35,000-TON WARSHIPS; PLAN HAZARDS PARLEY Americans, Italians and British Solidly Arrayed Against Naval Expansion Scheme Involving Vast Sum. ENGLISH TO PROPOSE COMPLETE ABOLITION OF SUBMARINES IN WAR Serious Situation Sure to Arise If French Insist on Demands. Committee of Fifteen Seeks to Adjust Situation, Bat Decision Goes Over. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The French desire to build ten 33,000-ton battleships in the ten years beginning 1925, it was reported in authoritative circles today. Their proposal has been submitted to the “committee of fifteen” on limitation of armaments. The Italians are opposed to such a proposition, but feel that if the French undertake such a naval-building program they must follow suit. Both the American and British delegations are understood to be strongly opposed to the French program, which, it is believed, would entirely upset the present program for the limitation of naval armaments. Arthur J. Balfour, head of the British delegation, has notified the “committee of fifteen” that the British will propose the com- plete abolition of submarines as weapons of warfare. These were the outstanding new developments in the limita- tion of armament conference, as the “committee of fifteen” as- sembled today in the Pan-American building to endeavor to bring the naval programs of France and Italy into conformity with the plan for the limitation of armaments cntered into by the United States, Great Britain and Japan. May Create Serious Situation. |ltalian naval ratios, it was said. It It was cvident that if France per-!®as "P"u;h-d. o Liat when the con- sists in her demands a very serious'in' L SENiCh the Tour-power Pa- f{‘"?f"’»" v;'m s;rlse with regard 10 cific treaty, a treaty embodying the aeimitationgoliarmaments. lagreement had been drafted and was After the meeting of the committee] submitted. 1t may be that a treaty of fifteen, Ambassador Jusserand, 2| embodying the plan for limitation of "".’:i""" of the French delegation. de- | naval armaments may be drafted be- nied that France was asking for Len fore the conference meets in pienary new battleships. session agzain, though this is mnot The committee of fifteen. it was said. | essential. had a general discussion and adjourn- i announeing any conclusions. f the French and Italians go ahead | with the construction of ten new | 35.000-ton _battleshlps each, as pro- posed by France, in 1935 there will{ have been added to the total naval; tonnage capital ships 790,000 tons. Together the French and Italian) navies, in capital ships, would have 200,000 tons more than either the United States or Great Britain. The view of the American delega- tion is believed to be that France should have a naval ratio of approx- imately 2 as compared to the ration for the United States, Great Britain and Japan, but with the right of replacing some of her older ships. The proposal of France would gi her 350000 tons, in capital ship: which is in excess of the ratio al lowed Japan under the agreement. If the United States and Great Brit- ain desired to keep on an equality even, with France and Italy, under! this proposal of France, beginning at| the end of the ten-year naval holiday. ; they would have to construct seven' new battleships of 35,000 tons in five years. For at the end of the naval holiday they will have only three such ships. " If they were to maintain the! naval ratio proposed, they would have ! to construct ten sucn ships in five! years. | American Point of View. From the American point of view, it is said, the proposal of France brings up a very serious economic situation. | It costs in round numbers between $40,000,000 and $50,000,000 to build a; 35,000-ton battleship today. Both France and Italy, in the ten-year pe- riod beginning in 1925, would be call- ed upon to expend- $500,000,000, ap- proximately, for battleships. ° In addition to this the United States and Great Britain would be called upon to expend a similar amount in five years, after the close of the ten-year naval building holiday. It is felt here that the expenditures of such sums for naval construction would place a great handicap upon the world. Alsé, Japan, which will have only two new 35,000-ton ships at the end of the naval holiday, would necessarily feel that she, too, had to build her proportionate share of these vessels, necessitating a similar large expenditure. French Reason for Proposal. “The French advance as a reason for their proposal that during the war France did not build up her navy, and that it is in & bad way today: that France gave all her energies and! money to her land armies. For this reason, they say, they are entitled to be allowed to build up their naval strength now. The Americans and British and the iJapanese all aré inclined to admit that because of the circumstances {brought about by the war the French and also the Italians should be al lowed to add to their navies now. But that France would make such de- mands as are being put forward was | not anticipated. |""A spokesman for the'British said | today that the British believed the French demands “excessive.” Mr. four is expected to state the British point of view later today with re- gard to the submarines and _the French proposal. The British here realize that the matter is of very great importance to their people at home. Program Seen as Menace. The French proposal is regarded as beigg a menace to the settlement of the “entire program for limitation of naval armament. The reason for the adoption of a naval ratio, it Is ex- plained in naval circles, is to fix the naval strength of the nations—as far as possible—so that it will be prac- tically impossible for them to wage aggressive naval warfare against each other. The ratio, therefore, is of utmost importance, more so than the scrapping of vessels and the halting i | extremely pleased at having a con- crete ofter from the bankers of China, of naval building, when i{_comes to he matter of peace. Of course, the jting the exfumple. the situation, as the German govern- ment had failed to make any serious attempt to balance its budget. They declare, however, that regardless of You are repeating the falsehoods.” The atta came when Senator Delahave charged the premier with negotiating with' the.Vatican, withaut the knowledge of the chamber, ng in secret diplomacy while:he & had Germany's_responsibilities_the allies " (Continued on Lsge 2, cgii..;. 75 ¥Es submitted gracefully to Wasbing- (Coaiinued og 1" b}:nuum ) 9 beautiful section. Order Your Copy of The Sunday Star Today, for the Edition Is Limited. t and they feel that with this backing | naval holiday will be & great bless- the government can put its case be-|ing to the taxpayers of the nations fore the committee in such a way|involved in the agreement. that they can be hopeful of a favor-| When the next open session of the able ‘outcome of the | . conference will be held was a matter 3 nal capital the Shan-|of conjecture today. The conferees must first iron out the French i French’ Request for Ten Capital Ships Opposes Expression of Briand | By the Associated Press. Aunnouncement by British spokes- men that France has asked before the naval “subcommittee of fiftecn” for authority in agreement with the :other four naval powers to build ten 5.000-ton_capital ships struck con- ference circles today with stunning force. The proposal was so wholly out of accord with theories on which the naval conferees have proceeded up to this time that there wus a strong inclination in Lritish and American ircles not to take it seriously. The feeling_was said to rest in part on what ‘Premier Briand said at the sccond plenary session in regard to the American proposals for naval limitation. Referring to Secretary Hughes' bold stroke for an agreement for naval reduction, Mr. Briand said: “You have shown us the way: you have shown us that it is no longer a question of groping for a way out of the difliculty; you have struck out boldly the gbportunity for us by set- 1 may say that we are back of you, Mr. Secretary. Listens With Great Joy. “The question with which we have first to deul here is, of course, one that mainly concerns the great naval powers, but 1 may say for my part that I have listened with great joy to the very large, broad and general adhesion given in_principle by the governments of Great Britain and, Japan.” M. Briand's reference to “princi- ples” was construed at the time as ac. ceptance for France of the four prin- ciples laid down by Mr. Hughes in his proposals. Paragraph A of the four principles stated was as follows: “The elimination of all capital ship building programs, either actual or projected.” ragraph B reads: ‘That regard should be had to the existing naval strength of the confer- ring powers.” In view of these plain statements of the purpose of the conference, and lapparent French agreement in those purposes, officials of other delegations than the French have been wholly at a loss to account for France's desire now to add ten 35,000-ton “post-Jut- lund” ships to her navy by 1935. p< Amerie; Refuse Comment. Members of the American group in the committee of fifteen refused to make any comment on the Fienct proposal or any other phase of the deliberations of the committee. The French proposals, however, swept away even an optimistic re- view in conference circles of the Brit- ish-American-Japanese naval agree- ment announced yesterday. It was plain that the opinion prevailed in well informed quarters that if the French government planned to press for such a naval program outlined by the British spokesman, nothing that has been accomplished up to this time in the naval conference could be made effective. A complete upset in world naval relativities would result if any nation elected to add ten cap- ital ships to its fleet at this time, it was said. If France carried out such a project, it was added, other naval powers probably would be compelled to increase largely present navies and no reductions in new srips would be possible. UTILITIES BOARD BACKS USE OF ONE-MAN CARS The Public Utilities Commission to- day decided that the complaint of the Brookland Citizens" Association against the operation of one-man cars to that suburb was not justified. Walter C. Allen, executive secre- tary of the commission. will reply to the Brookland assoclation, out- lining the reasons of the commission for acting unfavorably om the pro- test. . . The decision of tha commission on the Brookland request follows sim- ilar action taken on a petition signed by residents of the Southwest I.I!I: for remoyal of ome-man cars fi