Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1922, Page 3

ADVOCATE LISTING OF COMMITMENTS American and Chinese Dele- gates See Need of This in Considering China. OPEN DOOR PRELIMINARY Action Is Believed Desirable Before Effort Is Made for Revival of Article IV. The listing of all the foreign claims and commitments in regard to China, both secret and public, with the Washington conference _is regarded in American and Chinese circles as necessary to proper consideration of the entire question of existing com- mitments in China, the last on the agenda of the conference relating to China. It was indicated today that such action is highly desirable before any effort is made to revive article IV of the Hughes open docr resolution, which was designed particularly to bring about a review by an inter- national board of existing conces- sions in China, and which was laid aside when the first three articles were adopted British Support Assured. A spokesman for the British dele- gation last night denied that the British delegation had any desire to kil le 1V, and said that the dele- gation styod ready to support it if it comes up again. Sir Robert Borden, the « dian_ representative, had merely suggested that the first three articles be adopted and the fourth left unacted upon, in the hope now of expediting the business of the con-: ferenc The first suggestion made in the far east committee yesterday, that the time had come for a presentation of the commitments in China to the conference, was made by Secretary Hughes, chairman, in calling atten- tion to the fact that “existing com- s hou been ‘i d in the deration of the agenda. lington Koo of the Chinese dele- gation immedintely acquiesced in this Suggestion. He followed this with a proposal that full publicity should be given to all these mitments re. garding China. Mr. Koo also de- clared that the vaiidity of these com- mitments should be passed upon by the committee. Sugzestion for Harmonizing. A third suggestion advanced by Mr. Koo was thot fter validity of the existing commitments or claims was determined steps should be taken to harmonize them With one another and with the principles adopted by the committee. Tt was Well known. he said. that there were claims and commitments which might have equa) validity per se, but which might conflict with each other. 'y spokeswan for the British said ast night, however, that “this con- ference is not going to consider these commitments.” He added that there are hundreds of them and that it \ould take a judicial body a long time to go over them. He suggested that the proposed board of reference, pro- vided for in the open door resolution recently adopted, snould be the body to do this work. If it is to be done. He took the position, also. that this conférence will not deal with existing treaties, “as such,” but that it deals only with “subjects’ which may touch on existing treaties. U aring the committee meeting ves- terday Sir Auckland Geddes, speaking for the British, said his delegation was fully prepared to publish all the commitments of the British govern- ment in China. The vast majority of them, he declared, already had been published. If the iist were to include all the trade treaties which might fouch China, however, he suggested that some time would be required to SPECIAL NOTICES. “Pleasure out of “the unusual” 8 |:.ln wpraying in_ the Holy Spirit’” 11 .. Pastor . Hes Swem, Sunday, 7th and Eye ne. TAM A E Ter and mechanic Addrees IT MAY ‘e that the undersigned purchase Chinese restaurant busi- et Arthue Chiness Restau- Oth st. D.W “I!l‘ lvl"h!“ " vestaurant shonld presen ‘e January 20, 1922. PAUL (ith best of referen il Star of claims against same to me before BY THAT M. Sehwartz r A Rollins, 455 K eaid Frank A. T once_to M. 600 Tth et s, . s.w. Apy claims agaiost s are to be presented at wartz, care Lloyd R. Turner, LLOYD R. TURNER, Agent. M. SCHWARTZ. 208 NOTICH IS HEREBY GIVEN OF THE I ‘tention_to make application to the Comm aioners of the District of Columbia on January 24, 1922, for a charter of a corporation. the proposed name of which is Merchants Baok #nd Trast Company. 1t character and object ¢t carry on @ safe deposit. trust, loan and morteage buciness. The proposed corporators are Peter A Drury, Peter M. Dorsch, Michael 3 "Keane, Frank P. Harman, 'jr.: Roland Rob- bins, Joseph H. Keane. Willinm Henry White, John Zanier, Vincent L. Toomey. John Walsh, 30 Ernest Mitchell, Harry R. Carroll, Gustav Fnchholz, E I, Herrell, Joseph A. Berber- jeh. John R Waller, Wade H. Ellis. Abner H Terguson, J. Castle” Ridgway, Leo K. Dru Jousph A. Raflerts, E. W, Porking, 8. A, Kin- arry Bulkiey and Joseph 'A. berly, Barty WILITAM HENRY WHITE, Attorney for Incorporators. _ad-stwkfordwk: Ford Salesman Must _be avle to furnish own car. Experienced man desired. Replies_treated confidentiaily. Apply letter only. 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A third cable, from Tsing- tao to Sesebo, in Japan, and which was constructed by Japan after her occupation of the former German- leased territory in Shantung, is to be operated-by a Japanese and Chinese joint commission, subject to terms under existing contracts to which China is a party. The Japanese delegates also.agreed to hand over to Chinese control, sub- ject to fair compensation, two wire- less stations in the leasehold, one at Tsinanfu and another at Tsingtao, at the moment the Japanese troops are withdrawn from these points. The Chinese and Japanese will re- sume their conversations tomorrow, when ‘they will discuss salt mines. AVERAGE VALUE OF CROPS DROPS $21.22 PER ACRE No Parallel in Records for 59 Per Cent Decline, Bureau of Mar- kets States. There is no parallel in the records of the bureau of markets and crop estimates to the fall of $21.22, or 59 per cent, in the average value per acre of the ten ‘crops constituting nine-tenths of all crop production, which occurred in the two years from 1919 to 1921, it was announced today by the Department of Agriculture. The decline was found by the depart- ment to have been from $35.74 in 1919 to $14.52 in 1921, 5 The meneral trend of the average | was downward, the department’s fig- | ures show, from about §14 per acre in the years immediately following the civil war to hardly $8 in 1896, the ! lowest point in the industrial depres- sion of that time, 11 was said The average per acre advanced to $16.49 in 1913 and reached the “peak.” $35.74. in 1919, The fall in a age, the department said, after 1919 “was more rapid than the a nt at the beginning of war, even more rapid than the ascent when this country became a bellig- erent. If the average value per acre went ‘up like a rocket’ it came ‘down like a stick."™ — e make certain that the canvass was } accurate. i Limited to Official Matters. Baron Shidehara, in turn. expressed Japan's general approval. declaring it Wwould not be difficult to give a list of all the commitments to which the Japanese government was party, but that it might not be so easy for any government to ascertain the precise nature and terms of engagements en- tered into by nationals. He added that he assumed the suggestion re- ferred only to tliose agreements to which the governments themselves were parties. To this Secretary Hughes replied that certainly no government would be expected to list obligations of which it had no knowledge. but that private understandings might easily be of great importance, as in the case of the Chinese Rastern railway He suggested that the governments should agree to list the engagements in which they have an interest, which were made by them or on their be- half, or to which they were related, or of which they had knowledge. France's acquiescence was expres: by Albert Sarraut, who declared_tl all treaties between France and China had been published Reretofore, and might be obtained in any one of \several books put out in this country and abroad. SPECIAL NOTICES. 3 NG OF THE STOCK- holders of W. T. Galliher & Bro., Inc., for the election of trustees for the ensniog year and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before said meeting will be held at the principal office of the corpora- Washing: at WASHI! The partnership heretofore existing between George Dounis, Louis Dounis and Constantine Lrnard has this day been mutually dissolved r the firm name and style of Savoy TLunch, at 444 Ninth st. n.w., will be continued by Louis Dounis and Constantine Lynard as co-partners under the name Savoy Lunch. AIl persons baving claims against said partnership are requested to present the same to Louis Dounis and Constantine rd. DOUNTS, CONSTANTINE LYNARD, TOOMEY & TOOMEY, Attorneys. WANTED—TO CAREY A VANLOAD OF FUR- niture_from Washiogton to Philadelphla_and New York. SMITH'S TRANSFER AND STOR- AGE CO. s FROM THIS DAY I WILL NOT BE RESPON sible for any debts unless contracted by my- self. CLINTON L. SERRIN, 4507 Conduit rosd; Junuary 17, 1022, YOU REMEMBER ME! John Hodges, the Bookbinder 1011 E Street N.W. Ground Floor. Bookbinding has not advanced in price and now is the time to have it done. Bring in your old books and have them bound. 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The final draft of the naval or five- power treaty is now understood to be ready for the signatures of the heads of the delegations to the arms con- ference, with the exception of article { XIX, which relates to fortifications. One of the most important articles in the treaty lists the capital ships that the powers shall be allowed to retain. America’s quota consists of the following: Maryland, California, Ten- nessee, Idaho, New Mexico and Missis- sippi, all ranging around 32,600 tons; Arizona _and Pennsylvania, 31,400 |mns each; Oklahoma, Nevada, New York, Texas, 27,000 to 27,500 tons Arkansas and Wyoming, 26,000 ton: each; Florida and Utah, 21,825 tons each, and North Dakota and Dela- ware, 20,000 tons edch. The total tonnage of American capital ships re- tained is 500,650. The British list follows: Royal Sovereign, Royal Oak, Revenge, Reso- lution, ~Ramilles, Malaya, _Valiant, Barham, Queen Elizabeth,” Warspite, Benhow. Emperor of India. Tron Duke, Marlborongh, Hood, Renown, Repulse, Tiger, Thunderer, King George V, Ajax and Centurion. The total British tonnage is 580,450. The Hood ranks at 41,000 tons and all of the other British vessels are below the maximum of 35,000 tons hereafter to prevail In the case of capital ships. Preamble to Treaty. The preamble to the treaty says: “The United States of America, the British empire, France, Italy and Ja- pan, desiring to contribute to the maintenance of the general peace and reduce the competition in armament, have resolved, with a view to ac- complishing those purposes, to con- clude a treaty to limit their respective naval armament and to that end have appointed as their plenipotentiaries (here follow the names of represent- atives of the powers in Washington.)” The text of the article of the new treaty dealing with aircraft is as fol- lows “Article IX. No aircraft carrier ex- ceeding 27.000 standard tons (27.43: metric tons) displacement shall be ac- | quired or constructed for or within i the jurisdiction of any of the con- { tractinr powers; provided. however, at any of the cting powers v. without increasing its tonnage or ‘aireraft carriers. build not more than two aircraft carriers each of a tonnage not more than 33,000 (33,528 metric tons). “And in order to cffect economy any ! of the contracting powers may use for th purpose any two of their ships, whether already constructed or in | course of construction, which would otherwise be scrapped under the pro- visions of this treat Conversion of Vessels. Another paragraph of the treaty of importance is that relating to the conversion of vessels, which reads | textually as follows: lause 3 (second part of the rules for scrapping vessels). Not more than one capital ship may be retained for these purposes by any of the contract- ing powers. “Of capital ships which would oth- ervisc be scrapped by this treaty in {and after the year 1931 France and Italy may each retain two sea-going s for training purposes espe- | either gunnery or torpedo ! France and Italy, respec- | tively, undertake to remove and de- stroy their conning towers and not to use such ships as vessels of war.” Article 111 of the treaty pro- vides for its duration and method of transactions follows: Article XXIIL ~“The present treaty shall remain in force until December 31, 1936, and in case none of the contracting powers shall have given notice two years before that date of its intention to terminate the treaty, it shall continue in force until the expiration of two years from the date on which notice of termination shall be given by one of the contracting powers, whereupon the treaty shall terminate as regards all the con- tracting powers. Such notice shall be communicated in Wwriting to the | government of the United States, which shall immediately transmit a certified copy of the notification to the other powers, and inform them of the date on which it was received. The notice shall be deemed to have been given and shall take effect on that date. Within one year of the date of the receipt by the government of the United Staes of a notice of termination by any power, all the contracting powers shall meet in con- ference.” GOLD-MAKING UNLIKELY. Survey Says No One Has Produced It in Laboratory. Chemists need not hope for nor economists fear the prospect of gold being produced in the chemical labo- ratory, according to a statement today by the geological survey. “No one has yet succeeded,” the statement said, “in making gold or in obtaining it from any other chemical element. The feat cannot be safely called impossible, but it is fairly cer- tain that if any chemist should suc- ceed in transforming into gold some substance that has hitherto been re- garded as a simple element, the proc- ess would be so difficuit and costly as to make the gold fur more expensive than the natural metal.” R —— ' For Colds, Grip or Influensa and as a Preventive, take Laxative BROMO | QUININE Tablets. The genuine bears the sig- l...mn. of E. W. Grove. #(Be sure you get BROMO.) 30c.—Advertisement. AGAIN HEADS COMMITTEE. Mr. Fess Re-Elected to Conduct Republican Campaign. Representative Simeon D. Fess of Ohio was re-elected for a third term as chairman of the republican congres- sional committee at a meeting last night attended by representatives of various states. Other officers elected were: First vice chairman, Representative Ford of In- diana; second vice chairman, Represent- ative Tilson_of Connecticut; third vice chairman, Representative Tincher of Kansas, and treasurer, Milton E. Ailes of_this city. Representative W. R. Wood of In- diana was made chairman of the ex- ecutive committee. . RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED. Resignations of Ensign Carl Koops, attached to the battleship Florlci-;, and Ensign Archie Paley, attached to the U. S. S. Stribling, have been ac- cepted by the President. " WANTE Vs HousestoSeIP- We have immediate purchasers. Phone or write description. Union Realty 1410 G St. N.W. Opposite _ Keith's SUPREME FURS BIRD'S e Furs at Half Price —-may mean much or lit- Hudson [omay mean, Seal the fure: " Bid fore on the ki Coats Reind rarely appearing | Now $975 | Rpea, Jismy yines ssx, 30 MO FRIDAY, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, $1 A DAY; CABINET, $12 A WEEK IN BULGARIA SOFIA, Bulgaria, January 20— Members of Congress, cabinet offi- clals and other government chiefs in the United States who have been wont to complain of slender salaries may find satisfaction in comparing thelr remuneration with the salaries paid some of the public servants of Bulgaria. This country pays its members of parliament $1 a day and its cabinet members $12 a week. Newspapen editors and reporters, too, will find parallels in their wages and those paid to members of the “fourth estate” in Bulgaria. Six hundred levas a week (at the present rate of exchange about $4) is con- sidered good compensation for ed- itors, while reporters receive about ‘half this sum. In contrast to these modest sti- pends are the salaries which Bulga- ria has to pay members of the repa- rations commission and other allled bodies in Sofla, the head of which is sald to recelve 200,000 levas (about $1,500) a month. CRANE PICTURES MR HOOVER WARNS RUSSIA OF TODAY OF STRIKE IN VIEW “Intellectually Dead” Is Men- tal Status of Home of the Reds. - Expressing the strongest opposition to the United States ever having any relations with Russia until the entire Russian government has been repudi- ated, Charles R. Crane, former United States minister to China, who recent- 1y spent six weeks touring Russia in his private car, spoke at a luncheon held at the Russian embassy under the auspices of the committee for Russian relief, headed by Mrs. Robert Lansing and Princess Cantacuzene, to day. Besides sketching the hopeless general conditions in which the country has fallen, the brutal tyranny of the bolshe- viki, the status of the church and army, fear, disease and starvation that are found on all sides, Mr. Crane told graphically of the disastrous effects of the red regime on education, the ad- vancement of the professions, art and the total lack of the ordinary comforts and pleasure® of life. He said that if the United States were given Russia as a territory there would not be in- tellectual men enough found in Rus- sia to form the nucleus of a provisional government. “Intellectually Dead.” a is intellectually dead.” said Mr. Crane, in describing the mental status of Russian people. “The great university at Tomsk is a mere mock- ery of its former standing, with its poorly clad, poorly fed group of pro- fessors going through the motions of running a university. They are with- out supplies of food. fuel. light or equipment, with only dead books and the merest pretense of meeting the needs of the thousand students. who likewise go through the desiring 1o be educated. ¥ “Terrorism constantly overhanging and systematically applied is slowly crushing out of Russia all educa- tional and professional activity. for what Is true of Tomsk is also true of Men “Ru; motions of the entire educational system. of brains shut off from contact with the balance of the world for four vears, deprived of books and news- papers, except such as the bolsheviki oose to issue, living under a com- pulsory employment system and the terrorist espionage. mever knowing what hour may bring their exccution, cannot keep their mentality even nor- mal. . True in Other Lines. “This is true in other lines also. Physicians in the hospitals reported the same mental incrtia. The hos- pitals are merely buildings into which are taken ill and woundcd. There is no medicine, no soap or other cleans- ing material, no sheets, no appliances for sick relief whatsoever. Physicians even have ceased the farce of writing prescriptions, since in all of Russia there are literally no drugs accessible to the public. Deprived of medical journals and unable to keep abreast of the discoveries and innovations in their profession, the medical men of this unfortunate country are also retrograding. “It would seem as though the over- culing principle in e bolshevik pro- gram is to vitiate, corrupt and delil erately demoralize the population, ard toward this end the country is ration- ed on the most meager living allow- ance, for which each must do his al- lotted task. 5 Rusaia’s Show Place. Moscow, Mr. Crane said, is the show place of the government, 5o to speak. Here the bolsheviki were camouflaged, and, with their best foot foremost, tried to give impressions of energy, life and capacity for their govern- ment. Instaded in an old Russian palace, with a full complement of servants and lackeys, certain for- eigners who were the commissars’ guests were treated to a prosperous! appearance. Insufficient food, the horrible black bread they serve, dis- pels the illusion, since it is sour and toueh and a far crv_from the bread Salesmen -Attention Have you considered the opportunities offered you in the antomobile business? Have you considered what your po- tential earning power ' might be in America's second largest industry? Look about you on the streets of ‘Washington at the number of cars and realize men no more capable than you have sold them. Are you in & rut? If so—why not get out of it Are you & o-getter’ ? Are you one of the kind who can say, “it shall De done,” and then go and do it? That is the kind of man we want. If you are a “go-getter” address Box Office, telling us _about Yourself. Replies strictly ~confidential. I 0.J. DeMOLL {of former days at Moscow, which wes Says Stage Appears to Be Set for Walkout of Bitumi- nous Miners. Secrctary Hoover yesterday gave warning of an impending general strike in the nation's coal industry, declaring that the public should know what to expect when the national agreements covering wages and working conditions of miners expire April 1. “The stage,” he said, “appears to be set for a strike in the bituminous coal flelds about the last of March.” The Commerce Secretary did not in- dicate what the government's plans for meeting such an emergnecy were, but said there had been no confer- ences between representatives of the administration and the miners and operators for about six weeks, with no further discussions looking toward adjustment of controverted questions scheduled at this time by the govern- ment. 5 The impression was gained, how- ever, that the administration was re- garding without undue alarm the pos- sible approach of such a strike situa- tion. Negotiations Set Afoot. As the time has approacned for the construction of new wage scales and working contracts between the miners ard the employes in the union fields, negotiations have twice been set on foot between the mine workers and the employes, with Mr. Hoover as the representative of the govern- ment, taking a tentative part. Oper- ators in the union fields, declaring that non-union coal producing terri- tory has been taking an increasing proportion of the bu s, hav said to be worth a journey to eat. Mr. Crane declared the refugees to be the most precious people in the world and said that they were the most necessary element to save, for their_value in_reconstruction ITAMINES )| are an essential factor in promoting healthful growth Scott’s Emulsion is far richer in the fat soluble A vitamine than cream. [t aids growth—builds health! AT ALL DRUG STORES PRICE, $1.20 and 60c. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. 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TOKIO, January 19.—Japan's gov- ernment party, the selyu-kai, must be held responsible for maladministra- tion at home and abroad, says the platform of the kensei-kai, or oppo- sition party, formulated at a mass- meeting preparatory to the resump- tion of the diet next Saturday. Among the announced policies of the kensei-kai are: Co-operation with the powers for maintaining peace, uni- versal suffrage, regulation of prices S0 as to lighten the burdens of the people, limitation of armament, devel- opraent of education, naval retrench- ments and imprivement of popular economic methods. Viscount Kate Gives Views. Viscount Kato, president of .the party, delivered a speech in which he expressed regret at the maintenance of Japanese troops in Siberia, by: which, he declared, Japan had gained only the enmity of Russia and inter-| national_suspicion. He saw no reason to decry the! work of the Washington conferenoce, | since he said the kensei-kai had first | advocated the restriction of arma- ment. But he deplored what he called disregard for the spirit of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Dissatisfied With Ameriea. He expressed dissatisfaction Wwith America's attitude concerning limita- | tion of naval armament. If the United States did not intend aggres- sion, he declared, It was unnecessary to Snsist upon a 10-to-6 ratio of cap- ital ships, instead of proposing al more positive plan of restriction. The four-power treaty, he thought, was Insignificant, beyond accomplish ing the abrogation of the Anglo- Japanese alliance, but the speaker; found merit in the declaration in; favor of peace on the part of the strong powers. He ascribed the failure of the Shan- tung negotiations to impatience and ! indiscretion on the part of Japanese ! authorities, who, he said, had shown unnecessary haste in_ the restitution of the provinoe to China. He said general military reorganization was | necessary, in line with the proposed | naval limitation - of red nounced their purpo: cing | wages when the contract expires, | while John L. Lewls, as president of the United Mine Workers. has, in| speeches before union gatherings and | statements, asserted that the men would accept no reductions, but would seek increases. v The Yot/ en. January 20 Is it costing yo : too much to live? Good Housekeeping will help you solve the cost of living, help you save on the cost of clothing, groceries, fuel, enter- tainment, etc. It will bring joy and efficiency into your home. In the big February issue, 61 features and 7 stories. How about taking a copy home to- February night? GOOD HOUSEKEEPING out today The Realization of Thrift is Home Ownership You owe it to the family to provide a Home where rental annoyances will not be felt. You owe it to your estate to own real estate. Don’t Hesitate about the financing. 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