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| SERVED WITHOUT PAY. $COR DROP BANK-CHECK (TAX AS BONUS AID ittee Agrees on Other ays of Raising Huge Sum £ for Soldier Help. 3Py the Associated Press. ;‘_ A tax of 2% per cent on the un- “@ivided profits of corporations as & part of the woldiers’ bonus reve- Wue program was agreed upon to- Way by n House ways and means subcommittee. © A slight increase In parcel post Fates, to yield a tot; of $20,000,~ ©00 a year, alxo was understood to Bave been agreed upon. Reaching a final agrcement on the soldiers’ bonus tax program, a House ys and means subcommittee decided today against a tax on bank checks. The progrash was not made public, but it was stated authoritatively that with the exception of the bank check tax It was “substantially the same” s thatg given out last cvening. | Other Proposcd Taxes. This program included one cent gallon on gasoline, estimated to yield | $70,000,000. Twenty-five on automobile: Five dol transfers, Increased a a cents per horsepower $50,000,000. s per $1,000 on real estate 20,000,000, b documentary stamps. with th rate on the transfer of stocks and boads at one-tenth of 1 per cent, $6€4.000,000. | Double the present 10 per cent tax i »us where the charge ex- $70.000,000. H 30 cents a thousand | An increa on chewing | and smoking 1ol 5 00.000. Tostal Increases Opposed. Members of the committee declined to say what tax, if had been sub- i | | stituted for the check levy, but it was stated that the committee had decided against any increase in either the first or second class postal rates. Increased parcel postal rates were under consideration, but whether they ‘were approved was not made known. Chairman Fordney said the program agreed upon would be submitied to republican leaders on the Senate finance committ with a view to agreement between the two mi tees. After such an agreement reached the program would await ap- proval by the entire republican mem- bership of the House and Senate ! committees. It w said that until there had been a final agreement be- tween the two committees the exact| details 7 m would not be made cement among the members of the subcommittee. Statement by Wr. Longworth. Representative Longworth of Ohio acting chairman ‘vcnmn;__iu-? ord- either in first-c postage rates, but added that there had been! some discussion of an advanced parcel | post rate. i The bonus taxes will be temporary, Mr. Longworth said, extending over ! a period of three yvears, and will be | designed solely to take care of thej cash ‘payments to be made to former service men during the two and one- half years beginning on January 1 2923, i Members of {the subcommittee fig-| timent | ured that on the basis of estimates| furnished by Treasury experts the! $350.000.000 yearly needed for three years for the cash payments could be obtained from the eight sources out- lined. Exact rates In each case re- main to be fixed. but the subcommit- tee expects to have the entire pro-{ gram completed b. turday It then | passed upon by the majority ers of the ways and means com- ?( €4 and under present plans will submitted in turn to republican embers of the Senate finance com- ittee and to President Harding. 5 Decumentary Stamp Taxes. ‘Graduated increases in the various| nds of documentary stamp _taxes w_in force were discussed in the dommittee, with sentiment said to in’ favor of imposing th riof capital stock and bonds. The re suggested was one-tenth of 1 1 transfers, whether iginal or subsequent. The present is one-twentieth of 1 per cent in | e case of the original transfer and ! pe-fiftieth of 1 per cent on each sub- | ngworth said that by xes over these different rees the burden would be fairiy well istributed among the people and yet jould not fall particularly heavy upon y one c He thougit also that| is plan would result in the mi imnml interferen with the improvement committea | business_conditions: “iWhile Mr. Longworth's ws dealing with the tax problem, the | dher subcormittee; under the direction of Representative Green of lowa. began working on the bill. It was said that nd changes would be made in the five tional plans written in the original rdney measure, but that several al- | tions in some' of the administrative | tures were planned. ! Clause Stricken Out. i It 16 iOne important change was made ypsterday, the committee striking ot the provision requiring the Army apd Navy Departments before mak- | ilg payments to former service men 12 ascertain and deduct any amounts that might be owed the government by the men growing out of their war service. Brig. Gen. Lord, budget of- er in the War Department, told | the committee that the cost of ex- amining the records of the more than 4,000,000 men who served with' the oxlor.‘ would exceed the amoupt that the government would obtain under this provision. _In the House, Representative Perl- man, republican, New York, intro- dupced a bill proposing a general in-| crease in the inheritance tax rates designed to yield an additional $300, 000,000 a year revenue. Mr. Perlman .31,4 this would go a long way toward ing the banus. The Tates proposed by Mr. Perl- jan are graduated from 2 per cent on net estates not in excess of 350,000 and 50 per cent on net estates excéeding $10,000,000. This is double existing rates. | Rumor Mr. Root Received $250 a ‘Week During Parley Unwarranted. ©Official denial is made at the State Department of the published report t Elihu Root received $250 a week his services as a delegate to the s conference. Undersecretary jetcher today said that every mem- ber of the American delegation served without compensation of any kind, the statement that Mr. Root had ived pay was an-unwarranted re- ,ctlon on him. ES RAIL WAGE CUT. sge scales of railway employes 1d not be decreased, no matter what the Interstate Commerce Com- may take in modifying existing d rates as a result of its in- gation concerning the general level transportation charges, Frank L. ne, statistical expert,” testified to- on behalf of the raflroad unions. 3 estioned by Glenn L. Plumb, author of the “Plumb plan” for triparite con. of the railroads, agitated during thi f, Mr. Warne said the unions’ stand that “‘there is ng economic law that s any relation whatever be- n rates as such for :{nmporuuou formed.** b and Mr. have mnot Chaplain of American Legion Teaches Boxing Declaring that bunk,” the Rev. Blackma elected national chaplain of holds dances The chnpizin, known on the side an the ¢ Fighting Parson.” offered to do friendly battle in the ring with any A. E. F. chaplain in France. ORDERED S REPORT Indian Self-Government to Come From Evolution, Not Revolution, Says Minister. By the Associated Pre: LONDON, February 10.—The Indian government has crdered the imme- diate arrest of Mahatma K. Gandhi, leader of the non-co-operationists in India, to the Daily Sketch. India is gradually to take her place artner in the British common- ons, a fed- the ideal British policy as described by the secretary for india, E. 8. Montagu in a speech today. He belleved that all that was necessary for the success of this policy was patience and sin- e : We are in favor of ‘s they call it, within the empire will lead them there in the only way we belicve they can be successfully led there.” he declared. “It is pa- thetic that those disturbing the peace in India today bear on the fore- front of their banner the demand for precisely the same ‘swaraj.’ or s government, but they think they Zet it faster by revolution. It is by evolution. not revolution, that progress is possible; therefore there is no way of dealing with their efforts except by the rigorous en- forcement of the law and the severe repression of those seeking to disturb TR WOULD CANGEL ALL ALLED AR DEBTS Otto H. Kahn Aiso Urges {U. S. to Take Part in Genoa Parley to Aid Europe. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 10.—Par- ticipation in the Genoa economic con- ference and cancellation of the allied war debt, both to be undertaken only when world conditions show improve- ment, last night were suggested by Otto H. Kahn, banker, as measures by which America could relieve the universal economic and social “mess.” He spoke at the annual meeting of the National Institute of Social Sciences. he said, were “the war, the peace and our own cussedn Divides Up Causes. would divide them in this fash- ion,” he added, “War -responsibility, 40 per cent; peace, 25 per cent, and our own cussedness, 35 per cent. Before canceling war debts, banker said, tion should be settled under con ditions which the Germans could meet: that the budget of all nations be put in a state of equilibrium, trade barriers between nations eliminated, and foreign exchange stabilized. Concerning_the Genoa conference, the United States should jnsist, he asserted, on a free and unrestricted the discussion and a definite settlemenz’ of the Russian question before Amer ican delegates took their places at the same table with Lenin and Trotzky, or their representatives. America’s Great Chance. Mr. Kahn said nothing has troubled or cursed the world more than the “violation of the Wilson stipulations on reparations.” “This question must be settled,” he added. “It is hopeless to think of a revision of the treaty, but the natural force of circumstances will bring about such a revision. America is in a position and has a wonderful op- portunity to aid stricken Europe.” Dr. Austin E. Fletcher was elected oresident and Secretary of State Hughes honorary president. WANTS BUDGET DETAIL. Byrns of Tennessee Asks President to Explain. A resolution “respectfully” request- ing President Harding to inform the House in detail just what savings had been effected by the ‘budget sys- tem was offered yesterday by Rep- resentative Byrns, Tennessee, ranking democratic member of the House ap- propriations committee. - Mr. Byrns stated that according to press reports the President recently had announced that result of the work of ths bu bureau a direot saving of $32.000,000 and an in- direct saying of $104,000,000, had been effected during the Jast six months. It such savings actually were made, Mr. Bryns said, there is no need for a deficlency appropriation bill. He called attention to the fact that the President- within the last week had submitted to Congress deficlency esti- matce totaling approximately $180,- Both the President and Budget Di- rector Dawes, according -to Mr. w in_announcing “alleged savings’ hav talked “in most gemeral™ wero_ az In His Sunday School ue Inws are “all newly Amer- hin Kan., and teaches hix Sunday school puplls how to box. other ‘The causes of the present situation, 1 the reparations ques- | DE BON DEFENDS FRENCH INTENTIONS Attacks “Legends,” Stating His‘Nation Alone Gained " Nothing by Parley. By the Associnted Press NEW YORK, February 10—It Is time “that the legends which have been published on the intentlons of France during the last three months were wiped off for good,” 4dmiral De Bon, French delegate to the arma- ment conference, told the American Committee for Devastated France. By the naval treaty, he said, France limits herself to one-sixth her nor- mal sea power, while other countries reduce “about one-third of the ex- traordinary power they gained by the race of armaments, (o which they have applied themselves during r cent years.” Including colonial pos- sessions, France has longer coast lines to protect than lhe_l‘nllcd States, he added, in defending the French position 'regarding subma- rines, Admirai De Bon said it was Inad- missable to represent France as be- ing the champion of the submarine. He termed it a supreme insult that “some one dared to pretend that France had warlike ideas susceptible of being directed against her allies of yesterday, England, and even America, who were her comrades-at- arms. K Action on Submarines. was not France who voted against the abolition of the sub- marine at the Washington confer- ence,” he said. “It was all the na- tions present except Great Britain— all other nations, including the United States, found themselves of it was practically impossible 16 do away altogether with the submarine. “If France kept to the program of 90,000 tons as the limit of her sub- marines, it was because it was the American figure given by the first propositions of Mr. Huxhes. He answered criticisms of France's military establishment by ing that eeurity was needed, and he asked where the treaty was that W 10 guarantee France's security, and “what is left of the league of nations, considered as the almighty protector of the peace?” The admiral said that “in spite of the unnecess unjustified and un- accountable agitation which enta gled the work at the Washington col ference, “every one is justly praising the successful results.” He rema ed that France was the only i which did not get a material b- jout of this understanding.” i o New Guarantee of Safety. She has no new guarantee for her securlty in any part of the world, he_said. Before long.” {unhealth, mosphere {have lived for sume time will be r luxed. Those who, even oefore Ww= left France, described us as com over to the United States to Selfish benefits in some bad plot, priv- {leged treaties, renouncement of all our debts, etc., and who have so much {contributed to develop that extraor- {dinary campaign of the press against u W tired of .\Ul;:\ b}u l\dlfrul attacks. And justice wil At imted to the honor, the lovalty and enerosity of France as to her peace: fal intentions in_which no other country is beyond her. —_—————— OFFICIAL DOUBTS STORY OF SHOTS FIRED AT CARS i he continued in which we | { | | Richmond Public Safety Director Comments on Reports That Gun- men Made Attatks.™ ™ By the Amsociated Press. : 3 RICHMOND, Va., February 10.—No further reports of street cars being i fired upon by automobile gunmen had { been received by the police today. and cars were being operated without difficulty throughout the morning hours, according to Chief of Police Sherry and_officers of the Virginia Railway and Power Company. Thomas S. Wheelwright, president of the traction company, said today, after learning of the reports of at- tacks upon cars, that he would rely upon the police for protection in any { emergency. It was reported that four | cars were fired upon last night. | “Reports of street cars being fired jupon are greatly exaggerated,” sald Col. William M. Myers, director of { public safety, today. “I believe the i reports are being circulated expressly for the purpose of terrorizing the ! people, to prevent their riding on street cars. We have had a very care- ful investigation by the police depart- ment, ‘and we have been unable to substantiate the stories of gunmen in automobiles attacking cars.” —_—— JLACK OF HEAT CLOSES SCHOOL EIGHTH TIME 1 John Bnrrnngh;l Building, Newest in Local System, May Have to Change Plant. { Lack of sufficient heat again today | caused the John Burroughs School, at 18th and Monroe streets northeast, i to close. Difficulty experienced with {the heating plant already has result- ied in ordering the school, the newest in the graded system, to ba closed eight times since its opening last October. It was closed yesterday morn- ing and reopened in the afternoon. The trouble with the heating plant has not been definitely determined, although school authorities believe there are several contributing fac- tors. The plant is a high-pressure one, requiring the services of a high- class licensed engineer, which school officials have been unable to obtain at a basic salary of $720 a year, plus the $240 bonus. A fan also is needed, it is said, to force the cold air out of the rooms in the early morning. Engineer Commissioner Keller has inspected the school and has indicat- ed that steps will be taken to adjust the heating plant to operate satis- factorily. It may be necessary, ac- cording to the authorities, to change the plant from high pressure to low pressure, to permit its operation by an unlicensed engineer. GETS $100,000 VERDICT. - Woman Whom Stockman Refused to Remarry Wins Suit in Court. SHERMAN, Tex., February 10.—Be- cause he did not remarry her after a jury decided that Mary Green the common law wife of Eo‘;“# ;o‘b‘h:h !l,lra. dRmo::(ns ls:t;‘v;er d was held by a court jury l::::"& have been the le wife of ‘Bobbit, but awarded her $100,000. She sued Bobbit, wealthy stockman, for $250,000. ARRESTED FOR SMOKING. Resident of Zion Cify Placed Under $200 Bond: E ZION, 1., February 10.—Charged with smoking & cl tte in public in violation of the Zion anti-tobacco nance, Martin Ruesch was ‘re- under bond of '$200 and his 14. Bert Fay, fer! ‘with the po- to arrest Ruesch the same opinion in deciding that it | - |PRESIDENT PRESENTS TREATIES 1y TO SENATE URGING RATIFICATION (Continued from First Page.) flict. Much as it was desirable to lift the burdens of naval armament and strike at, the menace of /competitive construction and consequent expen- diture, the executive branch of the government, which must be watchful for the mation’s safety, was unwilling to covenant a reduction of armament until there could be plighted new guaranties of peace, until there could be removed the probable menaces of conflict, submitted for your approval such “ important "relatlonship, another, that, though not interde- pendent, they are the covenants of harmony, of assurance, of conviction, of conscience and of unanimity. These we have believed to be essential to perfect the fulfillment which the Con- gress has in mind. End of Contradictions. As a simple matter of fact, all of the agreements, except those dealing direct- ly with the limitation of armament, take the place of various multi-power treatles, arrangements or understand- ings, formal or informal, expressed or implied, relating to matters in the Pacific ocenn, in which all the powers signatory were essentlally, if not equal- ly, concerned. The serve to put an end to contradictions, to remove ambiguities and establish clear understandings. % No matter what mental reservations have existed, or what doubts may e prevatled, because here was an ex- periment new in many phases, all of the powers came to the conference knowing it was to deal with very prac- tical situations affecting their inter- national relations. There was mutual interest, quite apart from the greater achiovement for wo to common understanding ' was to be practical and speedily arranged. If it has developed a new-world school of diplomacy, let it be 50 called. It re- vealed the ‘ends aimed at in the very beginning, and pointed the way to their attalnment. The powers in took the world of the Pacific ns they found it in fact. They dealt with actu- lities by volunt and unanimo {agreement, and have added to mankind's assurances and hopefully advanced in- ternational peace. It {8 worth while saying that the powers in this conference sought no oncert to dispossess any power of its irights or property. Al the signa- itories ha up certain rights [ which as i contribu- { tion to and peace, but at no sacrifice tional pride, with no regret or rescntment to later me in conflict. Some relinquished certain rights or prerogatives which hey had asserted, notably in the set- ent of the Shantung controversy, dealt within a covenant quite apart from the group herewith submitted. But every concession was a ing one, without pressure or constraint. The conference record is quite un- paralleled, not slone because there was the maximum of good cighborliness throughout the »ut_common rejoicing in the i and the separations in de- partura “were marked by genuine cordiality, good wiil. and new hopes. No Punishments to Infilet. is not necessary to remind you that the work was not directed any power or group of powers. There were no punish ments to inflict, no rewards to bestow. Mutual consideration, and the com- mon welfare, and the desire for world peace impelled. The conclusions reached and the covenants written neither require nor contemplate com- pulsive measures against any power in the world, signatory or nonsigna- ory. The offerings are free will; the conscience is that of world opinion; the observance is a matter of national honor These treaties leave mo despoiled. The delegates of every power participating adjourned with every right and every authority with which they came, except that which was willingly and gladly given up to further the common welfare. 1 can assure you the nine powers hav brought more closely together. they are stauncher neighbors and friends, they have clearer and better estimates of ‘one another, they have seen sus- picion challenged and selfishness made to retreat, they have keener and more sympathetic understandings, and they are more strongly willed ‘for right and justice in international relations than ever before. I beligve, with all my heart, the powers in conference hive combined to make the world safer and better and more hopeful place in which to Ii It_was a helpful thing to have the conference reveal how common our human aspirations are and how easy it is, when the task is properly ap proached, to reconcile our national as- pirations. There are mutual and es- sential interests affecting the welfare and peace of all nations, and they can not be promoted by force. They can be revealed and magnified in that understanding which, it is now proven, the conference of peace pro- motes, and the same understanding makes compulsion and despoilment hateful in the eves of mankind. Treatles Submitted. The treaties submitted, seven in num- ber. are— The covenant of limitation to naval armament between our republic, the British empire, France, Italy and Japan. The treaty between the same powers in relation to the use of submarines and noxious gases in warfare. The treaty between the United States, the British Empire, France and Japan relating to their insular possessions and their insular domin- ions in the Pacific. declaration accompanying the four-power treaty reserving Amer- ican rights in mandated territory. An_agreement supplementary the four-power treaty application of the term * session and_insular domi relating to Japan. A treaty between the nine powers in the conference relating to prin- ciples and policies to be followed in matters concerning China. A treaty between the nine powers relating to Chinese customs tariff. rges Prompt Approval. I invite your prompt approval of all of them. It is quite impossible to readjust our naval program until the naval treaty has your sanction, even though you urgéd its negotiation. It is not possible to make the readjust- ment, in full confidence, until the whole program has commended itself to your approval. I am not unmindful, nor was the conference, of the sentiment in this chamber against old world entangle- ments. Those who made the treaties have left no doubt about their true import. Every expression in the conference has emphasized the pur- pose to be served and the obligations assumed. Therefore, I can bring you every assurance that nothing in any of these treatles commits the Unite States, or any other power, W any kind of an alliance, entanglement or involvement. It does not require us or any power to surrender a worth- while_ tradition. It has been said, if this be true, these are mere meaning- less treaties, and therefore valueless, Let us accept no such doctrine of despair as that. If nations may not establish by mutual understanding the rules and principles which are to govern their relationship; if a sov- ereign and solemn plight of faith by leading nations of the earth is value- less; if nations may not trust one another, then, indeed, there is little on which to hang our faith in ad- vancing civilization or the furtherance of peace. Either we must live and aspire and achieve under a free and common understanding among peo- ples, with mutual trust, respect and forbearance, and exercising full sov- ereignty, or else brutal, armed force will_dominaté, and the sorrows and burdens of war in this decade will be turned to the chaos and hapeless- ness of the next. We can no more do without international negotiations and agreements in these modern days than - we could maintain -orderly | neighborliness at _home without the prescribed rules of conduct which are more the guaranties of freedom than the restraint thereof. ‘World Hungry for Peace. The world has been hungering for a better relationship for centuries since it has attained its larger conscious- ness. The conception of the league of nations was a onse to & mani- fest world have 1t power to defining the Therefore all the treaties| one to| new agreements | peace, and a way { found | nference | feeling | been | unger, Whatever its fate, (R ingness to be a part of jt has been expréssed. That unwillingness has been kept in mind, and the treaties submitted today have no semblance or relationship save as the wish to promote peace has been the common inspiration. The four-power treaty contains no war ccmmitment. It covenants the respect of each natfon's rights in re- lation to its insular possessions. In case of controversy between the cov- enanting powers it is agreed to con- fer and seek adjustment, and if sald rights are threatened by the aggres- | sive action of.any outside power. these friendly powers, respecting one another, are to communiceté, perhaps | confer, in order to understand what action’ may be taken, jointly or sep- arately, to meet a mcnacing situation. There is no commitment to armed force, no alllance, no written or moral { obligation to join in defense, no ex- pressed or implled commitment to ar- {rive at any agreement except in ac- | cordance “with our constitutional methods. It Is easy to believe, how- ever, that such a conference of the| four powers is a moral warning that {an aggressive natlon, giving affront to the four great powers ready to fo- cus world opinion on a given con- troversy, would be embarking on a hazardous enterprise. Frankly, senators, if nations may not safely agree to respect each oth- er's rights, and may not agree to confer if one Lo the compact threatens i trespass, or may not agree to advise if one party to the pact Is threatened by an outside power, then all con- certed efforts to tranquillize the world and stabilize peace must be flung to the winds. Elther these treaties must have your cordial sanction or every proclaimed desire to promote peace and prevent war becomes a hollow mockery. Eyea Turned to Pacific, Weo have scen the eyes of the world turned to the Pacific. With Europe prostrate and penitent, none feared | the likelithood of early ‘conflict there. But the Pacific had its menaces, and they decply concerned us. Our terri- torial interests are larger there. Its Waters are not strange sees to us, its farther shores not unknown to our citizens. Our earlier triumphs of com merce were there. We began treaty relationships with China fully eighty ars ago. in the youthful vigor of our republic. and the sailings of our clipper ships were the romance of_our merchant marine, when it successful- 1y challenged the competition of the world. Seventy years ago Commodore Perry revealed Japan to commerce, land “there followed that surpassing development of the island empire, with whom our unbroken peaca found a most gratifying reflex in the con- ference just closed. A century ago we began planting the seeds of Amerlcan friendship in {Hawali, and seventy years ago Web- ster told the Senate that the United tates could ‘“‘never consent to see Ithese islands taken possession of by cither of the great commercial po ers of Europe” Whether it was des- tiny, or the development of propin- quity, or the influence of our colon- ists, or faith in our linstitutions, Ha- me under the flag in 1895, and s today as a part of our re- I rejoic { public Led to South Seas. The lure of the waters or the march of empire, or the call of commerce or {inscrutable destiny led us on. and we went to the south seas and planted with Spain came our sponsorship in the Philippines, and the possession of Guam; and so we are deeply con- cerned in the mid-Pacific, the south seas and the very center of the far east. We crave peace there as we do on the continent. and we should be remias in performing a national duty if we did not covenant the relations which tend to guarantee it. For more than a half century we have had a part in influencing the affairs of the Pacific. and our present proposed commitments are not materially dif ferent in character, nor materially greater in extent.’though fraught | with vastly less danger, than our un- dertakings in the past. ‘We have covinced the onlooking and | interested powers that we covet the possessions of no other power in the | far east, and we know for ourselves | that we crave no further or greater governmental or territorial responsi- | bilities there. Contemplating what is admittedly ours, and mindful of a{ long-time and reciprocal friendship with China, we do wish the opportu- nity to continue the development of our trade peacefully, and on equality with other nations, to strengthen our tles of friendship. and to make sure the righteous and just relationships of peace. Holding the possessions we do, en- tertaining these views, and confess- ing these ambitions, why should we not make reciprocal engagements to respect the territory of others and contract their respect of ours, and thus quiet apprehension and put an end to suspicion? Cites Apprehension. i | There has been concern. There has ! been apprehension of territorial | greed, a most fruitful cause of war.| The conference has dissipaged both, and your ratification of the fovenants made will stabilize a_peace for the breaking of which there is not a shadow of reason.or real excuse. We shall not have less than before. No i one of us shall have less than before. There is no narrowed liberty, no ham- pered independence, mno shattered | sovereifnty. no added obligation. | We will have new assurances, new freedom from anxiety, and new mani- festations of the sincerity of our own intentions; a new demonstration of that honesty which proclaims a righteous and powerful republic. I am ready.to assume the sincerity and the dependability of the assur- ances of our neighbors of the old world that they will respect our rights, just as I know we mean to re- spect theirs. 1 believe there is an in- violable national honor, and I bring to you this particular covenant in the confident belief that it is the out- standing compact of peace for the Pacific, which will justify the limita- tion of armament and prove a new guarantee to peace and liberty, and maingained sovereignty and free in- stitutions. 3 No -allusion has been made to the treaty restraining and limiting the use of the submarine, and the prohibi- tion of noxious gases in warfare. Since we are asking the world's ad- herence, it is easily assumed that none in’ America will hold aloof. Relations to China. Nor need I dwell on the nine-power treaty relating to principles and poli- cies to be followed in the relationship of the signatory powers to China. Our traditional friendship for the ancient empire, our continued friendship for the new republic, our commitment of more than twenty years to the open door, and our avowed concern for Chinese _integrity and unimpaired sovereignty, make it easy to assume that the Senate will promptly and unanimously assent. China's own satisfaction in the restorations cove- nanted - here has been officially - ex- pressed, quite apart from the testify- ing signatures. p Perhaps I may fittingly add a word which is suggested by my relation- ship as a former member of the Sen- ate. I had occasion to learn of your very proper jealousy of the Senate's part in centracting foreign relation- ships. Frankly, it was in my mind when I asked representatives of both the majority and minority to serve on the American dglegation. It was de- signed to have you participate. And you were ably represented. Concern of Senate. The Senate's concern for freedom from entanglements, for . preserved traditions, ~for maintained inde- pendence, was never once forgotten by the American delegates. If I did not believe ‘these treatles.brought us not only new guaranties of peace but greater assurances of freedom from confliet, Y would not submit them to your consideration. ¥ Much depends on your decision, ‘We havejoined in giving to the world the spectacle of nations gathering about the conference table, amiu the convictions of peace, free from all , to face .each other in the contacts of reason, to solve menacing p E:n- and end disputes ‘and clear isunderstandings. -k | Fleten SEESU.S.ASFUTURE % Bt o MEMBER OF LEAGUE Former Secretary Redfield Commends the Work of Arms Conference. EW YORK, February 10.—As- erting that “the results of the ar- manent conference call not for criticlsm or cynicism but for frank approval,” William C. Redfield, Sec- retary of Commerce under President Wilson, in an address before the National Institute of Social Sciences last night declared that “soonery or later this country | enter upon the permanent league already in existence.” “When N President Wilson returned from Versailles he told his cabinet that Japan promised to- surrender Shantung, and that he believed Japan would keep its faith,” Mr. Redfield ! said. Meets Expectations. an has met Mr. Wilson's ex- pectations. China is placed in a better position than she has ever o cupied before. A definite standard has been reached in regard to the naval forces of the world. The United States ought mnot to be absent from further international or economic conferences. Having entered International conferences, a oming inevitable step must be that sooner or later this country will en- ter upon the permanent league. Judge Charles Evans Hughes was elected honorary president of the in- stitute for 1922, with Austen B. president, and Lewis L. ireasurer. —_— TWO ORIGINAL ERRORS IN PARLEY, SAYS LONG ' Failure to Invite Germany and Intermingling Political With Arms Questions Called Mistakes. By the Associated Prees. ST. LOUIS, February 10.—Two great “original mistakes wers made at the arms limitation conference at Wash ington,” Breckinridge Long, formerly assistant secretary of state, declared in_an address here. Failure to invite Germany and bringing political questions into the armamerits discussions were men- tioned by Mr. Long as these two ‘original mistakes.” Germany was technically in a state of peace with the United States at that time. he added, and was interesed in armament cuts than any other country. Mr. Long then turned his attention 10 the secrecy with which the ses- sions were conducted, and asserted that “silence has not meant approva of everything that was done at the conference, and now the matters should be laid openly before the pub- c. “Armament cuts should have been discussed by themselves. for once dis- armament is achieved,” he said, “the far eastern question is solved.’ POOL TO BE HURRIED. Hope to Finish Work Before Lin- coln Memorial Dedication. Efforts are being made by Col Sherrill, in charge of public buildings and grounds, and, his assistants to complete the big reflecting pool West Potomac Park, between the Lin- coln Memorial and Monument. before the date fixed for the dedication of the Lincoln Memo- rial, May 30 next. Excavating_work already Clarke is com- | pleted, and what remains to be done nd { is the waterproofing of the pool the construction of the surrounding coping. The pool is to be lined at the bottom and sides by layers of cinders, cotton, felt and cement. and the water treated =0 as to reflect all the prin- cipal features of the adjacent land- scape. Bids have been invited for the new work, the cost of which is e mated at £150.000. —_— DRUGGED; THEN CHOKED. ! ‘Woman Found Dead With Rags Bound Around Neck. CHICAGO, February 10.—Mrs. Bes sie Greenberg, about forty-five vea old, was drugged and then strangled to death in her home. supposedly by burglars. The police and firemen wer, summoned when smoke was scenj coming from the windows of the house. They discovered meat burning on the stove and then found the body of Mrs. Greenberg in the dining room The woman's neck was bound with rags and a gag was in her mouth. The police learned from neighbos that Mrs. Greenberg had hired a ne- &ro to wash windows and believe that this man committed the crime. Three negro suspects were taken into cu: tody Mrs. Greenberg, the mother of six danghters, died from the effects of chloroform, and not from strangula- tion, according to doctors who exam ined the body. LATEST “ARMS” MOVE. Senator Would Remove Historic Swords From State Department. Following in the wake of the arma- ment limitation conference, a reso lution to limit the State Department's remaining “armament” was reported fovorably yesterday by the Senate foreign relations committee. The resolution, -introduced by Mr. Lodge o Massachusettes, would traxsfer from the State Department to the Nationa Museum the historic swords of Gens. George Washington and Andrew Jackson. world opinion on any menace to peace more intimately | in | the Washington | ———————————————————————— \fackall tells the Commissioners that LEADERSATODDS OVER IRSH FUNDS | | :De Valerasand Collins Dispute Use of Treasury of Republic in Cahle: Messages. Eamonn De Valera believes that the “treasury of the Irish republic is at the disposal of opponents by reason of a majority of dail, elreann,” whilc {Michael Collins is taking the stand that “the dall funds are being used for ‘dail purposes only; naturale, they are at the disvosal of the ma- Jority.” € Thege views were made public yes- terday when the American Associs- tion for the Recognition of the Irish Republic issued the texts of cable messages from De Valera snd Col- llins which were replies to a resolu- tion adopted by the executive pm - mittee of the association at New Yp k on February 4. 3 4 The resolution was sent to De Va- ‘ ru and subsequently published. Tt {reaflirmed adherence of the associa- tion “to the objects for which it i= constituted: that is, the securing of the official recognition of the republic jof Ircland by the government of the United States and the support of that |republic by such lawful means, finan- icial or otherwise, a8 may be neces- - ERNEST W, CA!"’./ Former elerk of the House ways a menns committee, who has been pointed chief of the custome divisi {0f the Treasury Department. Mr. | Camp is from Saginaw, Mich,, and suc- eceds George M. Ashwort! era’s Reply. onn De Valera's reply stated: 1 resolution received. Irish ns are ready to abide by a plebiscite free qf threat of war. We challenge the British government to this test of the real desires of the Irish peopie. The treasury of the republic is at the disposal of our op- ponents by reason of a majority of tha dail eiremann. Our immediate peeds are funds to counteract a hos- the press and to explain the tru meaning and effect of the treaty and to organize public opinion in view of the possible election. The people al REGRETS HOLLAND - hoid the republic [ Collins® Statement. Michael Collins said “The dail funds are being 1 Foreign Minister Says Nation| ed for daily purposes only: natura they Should Have Accepted | i a e aikpora of the majorits The inference that they are being :sed for any purpose other than dail { purposes is wholly without justifica- { tion i “The provisional government I« i financing its own wctivites down fo Washington Invitation. { By the Associated Press | THE HAGUE, February 9-—Di cussing Holland's foreign es tes | the minutest d tail. Can assure ou ouse ’ soreign { and ion that the peop |in the house of commons, Foreini %yiycountry will be given an early iMinister Van Karnebeek also Te-|opnortun [viewed the country's foreign rela-,accent or ; freaty, The pro fons. He explained that it was a |Visional government threatens no wa ditty Hollanll! o%ed Merseit “asfs vos | O ose "’,‘;’:’;:”':"‘f;;;:’:’:“ 4 jlonial power to have accepted an in-1 o o010 Mr Colline b aRDE |vitation to the Washfngton confer- did ing whether thed tion said it did not understand hi fenc limitation of armament and | reference to the uses of dml‘funm { i 5 { tement that the provisional ar e . He described th {far eastern affairs. He described the | jtalement Sitthe provisionhl {four-power pact arranged at Wash- e Irishmen who oppose the treaty lington as a genuine endeavor to pre- | Why do you assume either De vent conflicts in the Pacific. Valera or contemplated such a 8 possibility”” it inquired. “Do you i Peculinr Political Powition. g SR U e Rl e Jonkhcer Van Kzrnebeek explained |5} an, SO obtkl ihow Holland, not being a SIEnatory |con: o arsnat ito this treaty, came into a peculiar | 7J, Coliins to stat Ipot 1 position. He read the *offi- | wpat oh imrds awhit {cial text of America’s declaration to {respect Holland's possessions in the Pacific. Therefore, he added, Holland they in th and + of the free s stion or plebi orters of the w is now participating in that pact, and | public wo e allowed to use ars the Washington conference has im- | funds now held by the dail and sul.- portant significance as to Holland’s | scribed here for the support of th future. republic. Defending the leazue of nations. tho foreign minister said he did not its political tinge. but he wz i tica? gt i e wis ALLEGED PLOT TO OBTAIN He pointed out that the co- | $357,0m UNLAWFULLY operation of the supreme council and the league of nations had been Suc- ful in many instances in pro-| ng desired rest He defended | % d the attitude of the’ ch delegation ;Owners on Trial for Claiming In- as against Argentina's proposal to; admit all states to the league, whether | they subscribe to the rules or mnot. | This, he said, would be contrary to the covenant of the league. ky te to International Court. an Karnebeck, briefly but warmly, paid tribute to the new international court of justice. He announced that negotiations would be resumed with Belgium regarding the treaty of 1839, |and said he was convinced a satis- factory solution would speedily be reached. Discussion_of the revision of thi treaty in 1919 led to an acute situ- ation between Holland and Belgium. MACKALL GIVES { of Cape Maisi, Cuba, as the result of {an explosion.’ The crew escaped in ia lifeboat. {” Owners of the vessel maintain the Endicott struck a floating mine. The zovernment claims {Blown up by explosives placed aboard :in Norfolk. | APPROVE ENVOYS NAMED. Senate Committee Members Act on Those to Central Powers. President Harding’s nominees for surance on Schooner Destroyed by Explosion at Sea. Va.. February 10- harge of conspiracy for ollecting $176.000 war {risk insurance and $151,000 marine in- i surance in the sinking of the fou masted schooner Charles G. Endico by an_explosion at sea on February s, has opened here in United s ‘court before Judge D. Law- rence Groner and a jury. The alleged conspirators are J. & Vasconsellas, president of the Penin- {sula Transportation Company of New York. and his_brother, Joseph Vas- consellas of Taunton. Mass.; *Capt {James C. Cook, master, and Russell L. Beatty, alias Charlie Anderson, of New York and Norfolk. The Charles Endicott, built in Bath, Me., twenty years ago, was consigned with a cargo of S11 tons of coal to Manzanillo, Cuba. On the Proposal to Bring About Rec- { iprocity With Maryland | Ready for Consideration. { i { Following receipt today of figures from J. N. Mackall of the Maryland {state roads commission, the District {Commissioners are now ready to begin !“’"’"d”a‘m" of the proposal to bring | o adors (o the three former cen- jabout automobile reciprocity with|{r powers vesterday received the in- {Maryland by gradual substitution of }dorsement of the Senate foreign re- {a masoline tax in lieu of the present|lations committee. i !“"“,,1 horsepower fee. { “The nominations of Representative Alanson B. Houghton of New York. Mr. Mackall today forwarded to theito be ambassador to Germany: Albert | Commissioners a copy of the bill|H. Washburn of Massachusetts, to be i whi; as c {minister to Austria, an eodore [which has been introduced in the:F ANl Ot Tilinois. to be minister aryland legislature to carry thely, Hungary, were reported favorably zasoline tax plan into effect in that{to the Senate, With confirmation de- istate. One paragraph of the bill au-|clared assured. horizes the governor to take steps to| . .Lne committes also made a favor- ; X o/ aple report on the nomination of l"’r"l‘;‘fc':,“b:"éaf‘ff;:fi:“f&’ pyith the Dis-| preq Morris Dearing of Missouri, as- i « sistant secretary of state, to be min- In_his letter of transmittal fater to Costa Rica, REAPPORTIONMENT LOSES Mr. ithe gross amount paid by Washing. { tonians for the registration of auto- among them. Your government en- ! mobiles in Maryland was $248,294.60, couraged. and has signed the com-!including solid tire vehicles, which pacts which it had much to do in|represented $27.324. fashioning. If to these understand-| “The total receipts of the Washing- ings for peace, If to these advanced !ton office for the same period were expressions of the consclence of lead- | $336,438.56," wrote Mr. Mackall. “Of ing powers, if to these concords to |this &mount $33,762.06 was collected guard against conflict and lift .the |for registration, interest and notary burdens of armament, if to all of | fees for operating permits. The dif these the Senate will not advise and |feregce, $54,381.90 represents fees for consent, then it will be futile to trymotor vehicle registration paid by} again. Here has been exercised every | Marylanders who applied at the office:| caution_consistent with accomplish- | in the District of Columbia. | ment. Here was a beginning on your In my opinion, these figures do not | advice, no matter when conceived, |represent accurately the amount paid and the program was enlarged, only | by residents of the District of Co- | because assurances of tranquillity [lumbia, as t i number. of | were deemed the appropriate concomi- | Marylanders who are employed or who have established places of business in | tants of the great experiment in arms | U ictrict of Columbia, who apply d receive their registration at Executives Reapon oty ) their business addresses instead of I alluded a moment ago to MY |their Maryland home addresses. knowledge of the viewpoint of the Sen-| “You can see, however, that these ate, from personal experience. Since i House Committee Votes 8 to 6 Against Change. By a vote of 8 to 6 the House census committee refused to recommend passage at this session of a bill to reapportion the membership ®f the House on the basis of the new census. Chairman Siegel said that an:-effort might be made to get a reapportion ment bill before the House and Sen- ate despite the stand taken by the committee. Reprelel}l&(h'e Siegel, who said he was one of the six who favored action on the legiftation, declared there was a demand on the part,of many House members for digposition of the ques- tino, and predicted that.a republican caucus might be held in the near fu- ture, in the hope that republican members of the census committee figures show that the amount paid by that experience I have come to know the viewpoint and inescapable respon- sibility of the executive. To the ex- would be instructed by members of {their party to-report a reapportion- ment bill. residents of the District of Columbia is much less than the figures which Col. Keller reported as being con-| tributed.” —_— {HUGHES PLANS VACATION. | Secretary Sails Wednesday Ior! Bermuda, to Bemain Fortnight. Secretary Hughes, who will take a fortnight's vacation in _Bermuda, plans to leave here next Tuesday, sail- ing from New York Wednesday morn- ing. REPORT ON PILOT BILLS. Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. February 10. The house banki and currency committes / today made an advance report on all the gflc! bills intro- duced this 'he that ecutive comes the closer view of world relationship and a more impressive realization of the menaces, the anxie- ties and the apprehensions to be met. ‘We have no rivalries in our devo- tion to the things we call American, because that is a common consecration. None. of us means to endanger, none of us would sacrifice a cherished na- tional inheritance. In mindfulness of this mutuality of interest, common de- votion and shared authority, I sub- mit to the Senate that if we cannot join in making effective these cove- nants-for peace, and stamp this con- ference with America’s approval, we shall discredit the influence of the re- public, render future efforts futile or unlikely and write discouragement where today the world is ready to ac- claim new hope. Because of this feel- ing, because I believe in the merits of thése engager -I submit them .to The House. in the Jast Congre: passed a reapportionment b, bu! the measure was never approved by the Senate. B —— it L WOMAN DIES OF BURNS. | Mrs. Willers, Threw Hbrself Upon ‘Badiator at 8¢ Eligabeth’s. Mrs. Emmae Willers, -forty-twa years old, wife of William erm, 304 Flizuvath's Hoapjral absat 7 306 clook iZa) lospital about 7:38 0'clock this. morning uM;-! “m.‘:;_ mvad #ix days ago from a hot radi- r. s Mrs. Willers had been_a patient in .t'hgi hospital since the latter part of uly. Bix days ago the patient was found suffering X ' threw-