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WEATHER. Fair today: tomorrow cloudy and ‘warmer, probably rain. Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 35: lowest, 27. Fuil report on Page 19. No. 876.—No. 28,378. Entered as second-class matter post office Washingten, D. C. IRISH TREATY ACCEPTED BY DAIL BY 64 TO 57 AT STORMY SESSION; DE VALER News Is Received With Unbounded Enthusiasm. CONTROL OF ARMY IS NEW PROBLEM Situation Chaotic When Adjournment Is Taken Until Monday. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN. January 7.—The treaty creating the Irish free state was rati- fled tonight by the dail eireann. By & majority of seven votes, 64 to the aail gave its approval to the document signed by its delegates at London. Coincidentally, Eamon de Valera an- nounced his resignation from the presi- dency of tae Irish republic. The news was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and the patient crowds, which had waited for hours outside the unversity building im an- ticipation of a decision, burst into cheering, even before theé official figures were announced. Day of Intense Excitement. Ratification of the treaty came after 2 day of intense excitement and heated controversy. Although the result was as had been expected, the majority in favor of the agreement was greater than had been counted on almost up to the last minute. 2 A tense, strained silence prevailed while the vote was being taken, and a gasp of relief went up from the sup- porters of the treaty when the result was announced. A dramatic scene en- sued, when de Valera stood up and in broken voice, whica vibrated with emo- tion, declared that “the republic” must be carried on. Eventually he broke down so com- pletely that he was unable to proceed. The dail eireann, with one accord, ap- plauded and cheered him. Situation in Chaotic State. The situation at tle adjournment of the dail appeared to remain cha- otic. The dail will meet on Monday, and there is no disposition revealed by de Valera and his followers to abandon the factional struggle. The future control of the Irish re- publican army is tonight the subject of anxlbus speculation, as Charles} ‘Burgess, who strongly opposed the treaty, is the minister of defense. So far as the public is concerned. Dublin seems delighted over ratifics- tion. Arthur Grifith and his col- leagues, on emerging from the parlia- ment, were wildly cheered, and the eity tonight is in jubilant spirits. Says Republic Will Go On. On the announcement of the figures, De Valera rose and declared that the Irish people had established a re- public, and until the Irish people in a regular manner disestablished the republic it constitutionally went on. This would be a soverign body in the nation, to which the nation looked for supreme government. It was the ex- ecutive until the people disestablished it . Nobody was disposed to challenge this proposition, for the general opinion all along had been that dur- ing the transition period Ireland must | Xeep her representative assembly un- til the treaty was converted into an act of parliament and the Irish would have an opportunity to erect a legis- lature of the free state to replace the dail. lowed de Valera. He said he did ndt regard the result in any spirit of triumph. He claimed that the men representing the dail who would be responsible for taking over from the British government control of the Irish administration should get a fair chance. In every country what mat- tered most was public order, and. he appealed to the other side to ap- point a joint committee of both sides to carry on the government. This was greeted with cheers. Mr. Collins declared that de Valera held the same place in his heart as ever. 7 Collins Very Much Hurt. Then followed a violent speech by Mary MacSwiney, denouncing . the result as worse than the betrayal of Jreland in the days of Castlereagh (Viscount Castlereagh, Marquis - of Londonderry, who was chief secretary for Ireland In 1798, was instrumental in carrying the union in 1800). Mr. de Valera rose again, sup- posedly to reply to Mr. Collins’ over- ture. However, he took no notice-of it, and merely appealed to all " his own supporters in the dail to meet him at the mansion house tomorrow afternoon. This evidently hurt Mr. Collins very much, but he quietly said: “If the - visible presence of myself and colleagues is so distaste. ful, there might at any rate be some accommodation between the: parties| w for the purpose of public order.” Minister Burgess immediately re- torted: “I will take care that the discipline of the army is preserved.” % Public Is Bewildered. The assembly then separated. to meet at 11 o'zlock Monday morning. No agenda for that session is in- dicated, and the. only notice of = motion is one by the speaker, Prof. MacNeill, afirming in general terms Ireland’s independence and sovereign status, for which all sections of the dail might unanimously vote. The public is completely bewildered gegarding de Valera's Intention. Arthur Grifith made the final argu- ——e 3 § | Michael Collins in quiet tones fol- St A AGAIN RESIGNS POST | Led Fight for Acceptance i I of Compact With Britain| | | | ARTHUR GRIFFITH, !PRINCIPAL POINTS OF PACT GIVING |IRISH DOMINION The principal provisions of the Anglo-Irish treaty, which was rati- fied yesterday by the dail eireann, and which previously had been ac- cepted by the British parliament, ; follow: H Ireland is to have the same status in the British empire as Canada, Australia and other do- minions, with a parliament of its own, an executive responsible to that parliament and a governor general appointed by the crown. It shall be known as the Irish Free State. Members of the free state's par- lament shall take an oath offalle- giance to the constitution of the Irish Free State and fidelity to the British crown. The Irish Free State shall assume such portion of the British public debt as shall be agreed upon joint- }¥ by Ifeland and the British gov- jernment. The harbors of Ireland are to be accessible, In peace or war, to the vessels of the British navy. At the end of five years provision may be made for Ireland to take over a share of her eoastal defense. Ireland shall have an army of her own for defensive purposes, but it shall not be any larger in propor- tion to the population of the Irish Free State than is the British army in proportion to the population of Great Britain. Ulster is to be included in the Irish Free State, unless, within one month from the date of ratifica- tion by the British parliament, the northern Irish parliament informs the British crown it does not wish to be. In that case it will remain out, and a commission, consisting of representatives of northern Ire- land, the Irish Free State and the Britisn government, will fix its boundaries. It then will continue its present status under the gov- ernment of Ireland act of 1920. Freedom of religion and educa- tion are guaranteed in both ndrth- ern and southern freland. Pending adoption of a constitu- tion of the Irish Free State, a pro- visional government is to be es- tablished by the southern Irish parliament. 4 —_— BOOTLEGGERS A SCOURGE. Director Hayneg Adds U. 8. Is Be- ing Weaned of Liquor Habit. CHICAGO, January 7.—Declaring that America was.béing “slowly but surely weaned” of the liquor habit, Federal Prohibition Director Roy A. Haynes arrived in' Chicago today surrounded by a cordon of secret ser- vice operatives. He declared his de- partment-was “going to kill the evil at the root,” and that slowly prohibi- tion ‘was.coming .into its own. He declared’bootleggers were “a scourge on the earth” and that the American spirit of fair play wonld soon drive the booyegger out of business. He will speak at two churches tomorrow and return to Washington Monday. Hy the Assoclated Press. 2 PRINCETON, N.'J., January 7.— S0 great have been the advances of modern science that .it,would : ot prove surprising if in the near 'uture chemists will be able to make gold from lead, Hugh B. Taylor, associate professor of-phys-.- jcal chemistry at Princeton Upni- versity, soday declared in a lecture. The recent discoveries of radium,- X-rays and electrons have so modified the views of chemists re- garding matter, he said, that light has been thrown. on, subjects that heretofore were mainly philosoph~ ical speculation, 51 v POSSIBLE TO MAKE GOLD OF LEAD, - PREDICTION OF NOTED CHEMIST | BRITISH MAY GIVE | FRENGH GUARANTEE Agreement to Protect Against Unprovoked German At- tack Predicted. | SEE CUT IN SUBMARINES | Reports Say Promised Aid Hinges on Willingness of France to Reduce Her Tonnage. By the Associated Press. CANNES, January 7.—Great Britaih |- may enter into an agreement to guar- antee the security of France In.the event of an unprovoked attack by Germany. This was reliably reported in British circles at the allied su- preme council meeting here this even- ing. 2 1t was pointed out that security for France in .the nature of a British guarantée was one of the basic ques- tions before the Cannes conference. These same circles announce that the proposed guarantee was a subject of discussion during conversations at London between Mr. Lioyd George and M. Briand. In the event the projected agree- ment In reached, it is thought in Brit- ish circles, it will be preceded by a full, frank reconsideration of the sub- marine ratio as between the two coun- tries, some of those commenting cit- ing a report that Great Britain is of- fering the guarantee, provided the French agree to a reduction in sub- maring tennage. Germans to Come. Representatives of Germany some time next week will come to Cannes to discuss with the supreme councfll the reparations proposal to be pre- pared by the allied statesmen. This was decided upon at the second day’s session of the councll today and notification to this effect was dis- patched to the. Berlin government. stipulatihg, however, that the German experts g0 to Paris first and thefa hofd themselves in readiness for the call. As originally fntroduces by Prémidr Lloyd George of Great Britain ‘the proposal was worded so as to ask the Geérman government to send its rep- resentatives direct to Cannes, but M. Brfand vouchsafing the opinion that it was necessary to reach some kind of an agreement among themselves first, it was modified. ‘The communication sent to the Ger- man government reads: “The supreme council will doubtless have need of your representatives be- tween the 8th and 15th of January. You may save time by sending them to Paris to await word from the council.” In introducing his proposal Mr. Lloyd George declared that the pres- ence of German representatives at the Spa conference had proved most useful and had resulted in an agreement which was carried out. Reparations Slow Progress. ‘The work of the council slowed up today when the thorny reparations question came up. Yesterday’'s speedy decision on the calling-of an interna- tional financial and economic confer- ence with the participation of Rus- sia and Germany and the progress made by the reparations experts this ‘morning raised the hope for a time that there might be an early adjourn- ment, but later in the day it became apparent that the council was not so near an agreement as were the, ex- perts. By the, experts it was maintained today that there was an agreement: n principle, but the members of the council announce that further de- liberation was necessary, after which the courcil would recelve the experts’ report and make its decision. The experts, it is learned, have reached an agreement providing for remission of cash payments by Ger- many, providing for the payment of 500,000,000 gold marks in cash and 1,000,000,000 gold marks In kind eac! year over a period of years. = - Comsider Renouncing Claims. In the course of today’'s delibera- tions.Great Britain, in exchange for abandonment of her 22 per cent of the first two payments-in 1922, asked Belgium to renounce in part her, pri- ority claim so that France can share in those payments, demanding at the same time that France ratify the August agreement whereby the first (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) idegs concerning the: nature of the tom, he sald. “We are arriving at new conception of the unjverse; % and this myst inevitably resct on . the fundamentals. of - philosophy. All “the - physical and chemlical properties of the atom are -de- termined by a few specks of. elec- tricity in an almost infinity of space. When the chemist has per- fected his control over the nucleus of the atom the problem of trans- mutation will be solved, It will be _ a8 easy. to change lead into gold “a8:it 1s today to synthetibe water. : The. old problem:of the alchemiist i1s, this ‘study reveals, :the: Kernel & WASHINGTON, D. C, S ol P I ] 101 \ SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1922. THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION. BONUS BILL AGREE Plan for Enactment Believed Reached at White House Dinner. ALLIED DEBT TO PAY COST Administration May Support Sales Tax If This Is Regarded Insufficient. A general agreement for the enact- ment of a bonus bill for former serv- ice men early in tha present session 'of Congress was in: =t the-eon- clusion of a White House or l’i night hetween President nE ah a'number of senators, representatives and members of the cabinet. The plan contemplates, it was un- derstood, that the cost of the bonus will be defrayed, if possible, from re- ceipts from the allied debt to the United States. If these are not sul- ficient, it was sald, it was tentativdly suggested that a sales tax might be supported by the administration for the purpose. Agreements Are Provisional. All the agreements reached last night were provisional, it was em- phasized by those who attended, and subject .to revision if a further can- vass of sentiment among republicans in the House and Senate make it necessary. Other items of legisla- tion under discussion Imcluded the permanent tariff and the refunding Dill for the allied debt. ' The conference lasted from 7 p.m. until midnight, and those present sald that every possible detail of the leg- islative situation was discussed, al though”it was not intended to draw up definite plans or a. definite pro- gram until other conferences had been held. It was indicated that President Harding would call in other representatives and senators later to discuss other-details of the bonus bill, which, it was sald, woul probably be brought up in the Senate in the yery near future as a result of the negotiations last night. i Leaders in Party. In the party which assembled last night were five senators, seven members of the House, two members, of the cabinet, Attorney General Daugherty and Secretary Weeks, and Chairman John T. Adams of the republican national committee. The program followed was identical with that at other White House dinners at which the general policies of the administration have -been discussed since Mr. Harding assumed office. to the executive offices last week several members of the Senate, and also at cabinet gathérings the .gen- eral situation; particularly; with re- ference- to-the tariff legisiation, had en uP. “ s m;:p:kflnflfll the Senate last night/ were Senators Lodge, “Massachusetts; Watson, Indlana; McCumber, * Norih, Dakota; Curtis, Kansas, and Brande- gee, Conneéticut. - From the House came Speaker Gillet, Majority, Lead- er Mondell, Chairman Fordney df the ways and means committee, Chair- man . Madden of the appropriations committee, Chairman Anderson of the Joint congressional commission which i investigating ‘the_agricultural sit- uation, and Representatives -Darrow, and Ssuhders, Indisria, BAPTIZED IN LIQUOR. TERSBURG, Va., January 7.— While' personally leading his.police- o and detectives in w gencral rafé on tigers tonight, Maj. John Otey .| Walker was baptised in. corn liquor poured from an upper window by vOut-of-fown detectives were brought here to investigate and raiding was the oltmax tonight. Many ar ,PUTS WIFE IN STEERAGE, 'gég SAILS FIRST-CLASS, ON BY REPUBLIGANS AUSE HE’S “LEARNED” NEW YORK, January 7.—Moses Melomod, traveling first-class, and his wife, steerage, arrived today from Danzig on the Esthonia. Their two sons, meeting the ship, said it was all right for father to travel in better style, because he was “a learned man.” “I'll learn him something,” said Immigration ~=pector Cowan. He took away Melomod's first- class landing card, gave him a lec- ture on American chivalry and sent him to Ellis Island to remain with his wife until she is exam- ined Monday. OKUMA STILL ALIVE AFTER HIS-DEATH dfx;ulé, in Coma, Breathing Kgain, Message to Hono- “lulu Declares. By the Associated Prees. HONOLULU, T. H, January 7.—A report that Marquis Okuma is still alive and that the news of his death, given out yesterday from Tokio, was erroneous, was contained in a Tokio cablegram received here late today by the Japanese language newspaper Nippu Jiji. Attending physicians were quoted in the cablegram. The marquis, officlaly declared dead yesterday, regained conscious- fiess today and was still breathing slightly when the cabelgram was filed, it declared. His physicians an- nounced that a state of coma into be€n mristaken for death. The news of Okuma's death was not officially announced in Tokio until several hours after he had sunk into the state of coma. Posthumous hon- ors had been bestowed on the marquis by the regent, Prince Hirohito, in the hame of the emperor. It was recalled that a somewhat similar case arose in connection with Field Marshal Terauchi, who, like the marquils, was officially pronounced dead, but regained consciousness a tew days later. He died soon after- ward. “The Japanese embassy, it was tated last night, has received no offi- cial report on the death of Marquis Okuma, the last message received, it is understood, telling only of his serious. condition. --SPROUL-TO ACT SOON, As a prelude to the dinner last{Successor to Penrose to Come From night Presidéent Harding had calied” ' Eastern Part of State. PITTSBURGH, Pa., January.2.—Gov. Sproul, after a conferenve here today with United States Senator William E. Crow,. who 'i8 in a hospital, -said he would fill the position made vacant by the,..death of Senator Boies Penrose within the mext few days. While he had ‘not definitely decided upon the man, he added, he would come from astern part of the state.” Gov. Sproul said Senator Crow was fully 50 per cent better in health” than when he saw him two weeks ago. Crow was appointed- to the Senaté by Gov. Sproul to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Philander C. Knox last fall. . AR A R R A OFFERED $20,000 TO-KILL. 5 ‘who was found slain.in & rear storeroom. Thursday night, was promised - $20,000 to kill. Gonsague Savard, former: Montreal police cap- tain, detectives said &qu)ugl learned .Sfl.lé?lt. alleged New York gum- man, came Bere with two. others of his 1)k, but they quarreled and-he ‘was which the marquis had fallen had, EXPECTS NEW STEP INBUILDING INQUIRY Senator King Tomorrow to Confer With Federal Dis- trict Attorney. HIGH PRICES UNDER FIRE Government Must Complete Inves- tigation—Collusion May Be Shown. Out of the conference between Sen- ator King of Utah and Peyton Gor- don, United States district attorney for the District of Columbia, planned for tomorrow, -is expected to grow some definite action looking to an investigation of alleged criminal conepiracy among builders and build- ling material men in the District which tends to keep up the cost of construction here. Senator King was out of the city i vesterday, but Is expected to return today. At his office it was said that a conference would be arramged be- tween him and Maj. Gordon tomorrow, | when the senator will lay before the district attorney the information {sathered by his investigator which | made apparent that there existed a| conspiracy here which~should be in | vestigated by the grand jury. While the preliminary investigation conducted for Senator King by a prominent local attorney developed certain evidence which pointed to a conspiracy, it was pointed out that! it would be necessary for an official investigation in order’ to bring out the facts necessary to make a prima facle case against those believed xo] be participating in the unlawful prac- | tices. ! | Should the district attorney fail to take up the investigation started by | Senator King there is a probability ithat a senatorial investigation might be sought, 80 strong is the belief that the high costs now prevailing are due to combinations. i The information needed on which to develop all the facts would have to come through an official inquiry by some governmental agency, as the preliminary investigation has gone as far as possible. Even that inves- tigation, it was pointed out, indicated that there was a strong possibility that evidence of collusion, similar to that found during the Lockwood in- quiry in New York, could be developed here by an official inquiry. BANGS REPORTED BETTER. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., January 7. —The condition of John Kendrick Bangs, author and lecturer, who is ill in an Atlantic City hospital, tonight was reported as improved by his attending physician, ‘WHO'’S GOT MY HAT? ARMS DELEGATES, CRY AFTER WHI Member of the Assoclated Press The Associated Press is exciusively estitied to the use for republication of all Bews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein. dispatches. - “Fox Hunt”’ on 5th Ave. \ Supposed Advertising, Lands Furrier in Jail | ; |1 { ¢ Br the Associated Press. 5 NEW YORK, January 7.—Two days in Sall and a Gne of $100 was the punishment imposed to- dny on Auron Koxosky, presi- dent of a loeal retail fur com- pany, for staging a “fox bhunt” ! on 5th avenue last Tuesday as | an advertising ~tunt. e animnl, xearcd | was released in front | public library with itx muozsle bound with twine, dashed under and automobile and wax injured. | | Kosonsky plended gullty to a when #t the | charge of cruelty to animals. Konoxsky pleaded that he hnd | | not Intended to harm the fox | | and offered to give $500 to the Society for the Prevention of The gife Cruelty to Animais, wan refuned. Counxel for the wociety asked 8 prixon wentence, asserting a fine would merely wecure all the benefits of the press nagent stunt. | l | i 1 THREATS ALLERED | INNEWBERRY FIGHT Senator. Townsend, Backing Colleague, Makes Charge in Senate Debate. | | DRAMATIC CLIMAX SEEN| ! | Galleries Are Crowded as Senators Engage in Verbal Battle Over Expenditures. Senate debate on the Newberry case came to a dramatic climax yes- terday when Senator Townsend of | Michigan, speaking in behalf of his colleague, declared that certain in- terests had threatened his political | life if he voted to sustain the fight | of Senator Newberry to his seat over the contest initiated by Henry Ford. H Senator Townsend frankly declared | that if he consulted only his political | | future he might be tempted to be | silent on the whole question of the Ford-Newberry contest. But with great feeling he declared he could not and would not take the easier path, for in 80 doing he would stul- tify himeelf and do violence to his own conscience and courage. Ready to Be Questioned. The Michigan senator, describing Senator Newberry as “the peer of any man in this chamber.” said that | | when his colleague appeared on the | floor tomorrow he would be ready to | submit to reasonable questioning, but that he would not subject himself to cross-examination or heckling. “Ah, T don’t doubt” he declared, “that this good man vho is this moment a senator would give every dollar he had if he had never enter- | ed the campaign. He has suffered the tortures of hell; he has been vilified and accused and blamed, and vinced it's a political job.” Turning to members on the demo- cratic side, lSenntor Townsend told them that there must have been a time when some of them, like New- berry, had suffered from the foolish acts of their friends. Senator Townsend declared he had received letters threatening him with defeat if he attempted to speak for Senator Newberry or voted to keep him in the Senate. “And what will it cost in millions of dollars” he asked, “if this at- tempt to coerce these senators stand- ing with Newberry is carried out? I have seen printed circulars sent out to the people of my state urging them to get in touch with me and to defeat me if I speak or vote for Sen- ator Newberry. Ree: Placing his hands on the shoulder of Senator Jones, republican, Wash- ington, Senator Townsend declared that when the Washington senator first voted in committee to unseat Lorimer and then, after a full in- vestigation, voted to seat him, there was instantly raised a cry to defeat him. «But, thank God,” he added, “the {lireats fell on empty ears and the senator ‘from Washington was re- turned ‘here, despite his stand in the Lorimer cas Again touching Lorimer on campaign ex- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) TE HOUSE VISIT Delegates to the Washington conference are indulging in a new pastime since the New Year White House reception. For want of a | better name it is called *“Who's got my bat?” A1l of the delegates went to the ‘White House in full regalia, which included nice, shiny and in many : cases brand-new silk hats, except, of course, those delegates who wore uniforms. That's how the trouble began. At an unfortu- nate moment the White House , cloak-room ran put of checks for hats. An attendant hurried awa: to get & new supply. But the del gates and other distinguished visi- tors” declined to ‘wait unti] the . checks arrived. With lordly non- ‘chalance they turned in their hats hat, it was almost as bad. Former Senator Root of the American delegation found that some one else had taken his hat and he was forced to wear another. Senator Albertini of the Italian delegation . could not find his headpiece any- where and finally went home bare- headed. Another member of one of the delegations fell heir to a lia that came down over his ears, while still another drove away with a hat that hardly stuck to the top of his head. When all the guests had gone it was discovered that one silk hat still remained in the White House unclaimed. Prob- ably because Senator Albertini had refused to~wear someone else's hat. And now some of the delegates are eying silk hats that pass them by suspiciously. An interchange of hats, as well as-of ideas, before - the conférence breaks up, would be.a real benaflt in some. quarters § t's all the worse because I'm con- | All rights of publication of wpeelal hereln are als reserved. FIVE CENTS. FAR EAST TANGLE HEADS QUESTIONS LEFT T0 NATIONS Conference Swings Into Ninth Week With Knotty Prob- lems to Be Tackled. WARFARE RULES REPORT YET TO BE PRESENTED | Every Effort Will Be Made to Push Through Work on the Far East. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. As the Washington conference swings into its ninth week it is a question only of days before it will have completed its work on limitation of armaments. There remains, however, the far east, with a number of knotty questions still to be tackled. The committee on the limitation of armaments yesterday agreed to ban the use of poison gas in warfare, and the: took up a report of a subcommittee o L aircraft, and this report will be dix- cussed when the committee resumes i3 sittings tomorrow morning. One other subcommitice is to be heard from, the committee on rules of warfare. It understood that this subcommittee wil! recommend that no attempt be madc to draft a complete set of rules of w fare at this conference, but that suc a draft be postponed until a future conference, when other nations may also take part. Naval Limitation Remains. There is still to be lald before committee on limitation of armamen the draft of the naval limitation treaty. The naval and legal experts of the dele- gations have been working for days on this treaty, and it was said yesterday afterncon that the treaty draft would be ready for the committee perhaps on Monday, certainly within a day or two. As soon as the committee has cor- cluded its consideration of the aircraft report and that on rules of warfare and the treaty draft, an open session wil! be held to formally ratify the work of the committee. The way will then be open for the committee on the far east, and every effort will be made to push through its work as rapidly as possible. During the last eight weeXs much of the work on the far eastern problems has already been accomplished, and the delegates, through informal conver- sations, have placed themselves in = position to act promptly upon the questions still to be handled. Shantung Problem Vital. is Of prime importance to the success of the conference in regard to the far east (that ie, China) is a settlement | with in special meetings of the Chineso ! and Japanese delegates, with American and British observers attending. | Late yesterday afterncon the Chin | delegates calied upon Secretary Hughes at the State Department and upon Mr. Balfour, head of the Britirh delegation, at his apartments, and re- ‘horled to them the progress of the | discussions between themselves and |the Jupanese in regard to Shantung; particularly the Shantung railroad, {which is the crux of the question. Mr. Sze, the Chinese minister to the ; United States and member of the dele- | gation, after these conversations with | Mr. Hughes ard Mr. Balfour described |the informal conference as “reassur- ing” and “satisfactory.” “We merely reported to Mr. Hughes !and Mr. Balfour what has been dome at the conference on Shantung with the ! Japanese delegation” he said. “We | explained the position taken by the Chinese delegation.’ r . Farther Away, Says Sze. He was unable, he said, to say when another meeting of the Chinese and Japanese would be held to disouse Shantung. ¢ “Qur contention is,” said Mr. Sse, “that the Japanese in their offer made ! Friday evening were farther from | meeting our demands than they were iwhen they made their offer of De- }cembcr [ g i He explained that the Japanese now propose to have the offices of trafiic | manager and chief accountant of the Shantung railroad filled by, Japanese. In their offer of December 19 the Japanese proposed only to have an associate traffic manager and an associate accountant, he sald. So the question of the Shantung raflroad resovies itself again into & question of control. The Chinese, said Mr. Sze, “do not wish to have the raflroad in name only.” They wish the control of it. i Next Move by Outsider. | The next move in the Shantung | controversy will likely be made by {Mr. Hughes and Mr. Belfour. Unless | they should be asked by both Jap- anese and Chinese dclegations to act as mediators, they could not under- take such work. And Mr. Hughes and Mr. Balfour are anxious to avold, in any way, trespassing upon the pro- | prieties. They made it clear yester- day that the conference with the Chineso was entirely informal. But jt- was considered probable last night that they would find oppor- , | tunity to talk informally with the Japanese. It would be strange If | they 1 not, in view of the fact that they are constantiy meeting the Jupanese delegates. Mr. 'Sze last night, without saying anything about mediation, 83 the opinjon that the “good offices™ &f ‘on Page 4, Columa