Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1930, Page 4

- DINNER SUBJECTS i Secretary Meet in Day Filled With Many Duties. LONDON, January 22.—Col. Henry L. BStimson, head of the American naval delegation and Secretary of State, sum- moned the delegation to meet today. He will review with them the work ‘which has been done since their arrival and will report on what took place at the “mystery” meeting of himself and Messrs. Morrow, Macdonald, Henderson, Tardieu and Briand last evening. At the headquarters of the American delegation it was said the “mystery” dinner had resulted in real progress in clearing the "underbrush. It was re- marked three nations did not partici- pate in the Washington Hoover-Mac- donald conversations and hence much must be done to clarify points for them on which each is interested. Japan-U. S. Meeting. It was arranged Mr. Macdonald and Reijiro Wakatsuki, Japanese delegate chief, would confer this afternoon in Downing Street. Further plans for con- versations in ‘which the Americans are Interested were not revealed, but it was understood Col. Stimson hoped to spend the night at Warren House, outside London. Members of the French delegation to Downing Street for a chat with Mr. Macdonald and Mr. Hender- son. The conversations were expected to include some details of the agenda of he conference which have not fixed definitely. Visits Downing Street. Secretary Stimson late this forenoon went to No. 10 Downing street, where he had a brief talk with Prime Min- ister Macdonald. tflhe t}:en hurrlre‘d ;o Grosvenor House, the Japanese head- n'orr'n confer with fopr:ler Premier katsuki to arrange for an afternoon conference between the Japanese dele- tes and Senators Reed and Robi discuss naval matters with him and Foreign Secretary Henderson. ‘The British prime minister’s daytime hours are being well filled up and today at 6 oclock (1 pm. Eastern standard time) he will broadcast through the United States. His message, it is un- derstood, will be a short one regarding turned " A directly to some of the nx:t,‘%ble- some problems on its pathway to success. The day's recess between yes- terday’s convening session and ‘tomor- TOW's resum] “in committee” was legat however, British and American, were = it the French u:plnnnm : and candidly the outset so they could be“m in Stimson, Dwight M n, jor- and Aristide Briand presenf There were indications previously that Blahas forcien: micmter Din Graar had resulted in lack of ] conciling Commitiee Too Large. 1t was well understood, however, that make mach progress except e my exce, was that a “big five” constituted to handle problems. In entire method of procedure the gnn.ly from that at 21, and the be lesome conference differs ‘Wash On the question of Italy’s desire for rflty with France, the other powers feel the two nations should be able to settle between themselves, Although no plans have been made for a British and Ame; meeting p their view- of the French was devel- talk Yeve. eanect " some were Thus far the Japanese delegation has the inter- ‘Washington remained momen- ly in the background. There was meul confidence a satisfactory solu- would be possible. Detalls Not Discussed. Actual detalls of Anglo-American ity likewise have been from of OLD-TIME AUTHORS HIT. Bhakespeare and Others Crowded Out, Booksellers Assert. being pushed n shelves the bu writers m'.b! e dding of the Calls Delegates to|servi High Spots on Road to Disarmament LONDON, January 22 spots during the ent: 1919—The peace treaties provided for abolition of compulsory military ice and armament limitation in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Hun- ().~ e 20—A permanent advisory commis- slon was set up by the League of Na- tions to examine and advise the Coun- cil of the League upon technical prub- lems involved in limitation of arma- ments. 1922—The Washington conference was held at which the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Ital limited the tonnage of their capital ships and the caliber of their guns and set up the famous 5—5—3 ratio for jcapital ships of the first three naval powers. 1923—A draft freaty of mutual assist- ance and a definition of aggression were submitted to the third assembly of the League and their adoption was recommended by the Assembly. Draft Treaty Rejected. 1924—The draft treaty met opposi- tion as being too vague in some of its provisions and was rejected. An agree- ment was eventually reached in the fifth Assembly and the “Geneva pro- tocol” was adopted renouncing war and recognizing the principle of comptlsory jurisdiction of the World Court in cer- tain defined cases. 1925—The protocol was rejected by the big powers, but was soon followed by the famous Locarno treaties, drawn to create a feeling of security among European nations. Rejection of the protocol also was followed by the crea- tion of the preparatory disarmament commission of the League to prepare for a general disarmament conference. 1927—The preparatory commission, while failing to establish a text to serve as a basis for further discussion at a | conference, reached unanimity on cer- | tain points. During this year the Tri-Partite Naval been | Conference took place at Geneva on. the invitation of President Coolidge. The United States, Great Britain and Japan Were represented by delegates, while France and Italy declined the invita- tion, but were represented by observers. The conference failed to reach an agreement on cruisers, destroyers and submarines and “adjourned” to give the Powers opportunity for further study. Kellogg-Briand Pact Signed. 1928—The preparatory commission continued its efforts in behalf of dis- armament, but deferred action on a Soviet scheme for universal disarma- ment. Lafter the Russians proposed a plan for partial disarmament. Action again was postponed. The Kellogg-Briand renunciation of Wwar pact was signed at Paris on Au- gust 27, Britain invited the 1929—Great United States, Japan, France and Italy in London. The to a naval conference invitation was issued while Prime ister Macdonald was in the United States on a visit to President Hoover to discuss naval ament. All the powers accepted and it is that confer- ence which opened today. iverpool 'uerto Barrios. it Wilson—World vana THE EVENING STAR, NAVAL DISCUSSION GROUNDWORK LAID Franco - British Memoranda to Be Employed at Lon- don Parley. (Continued From First Page.) cans were thinking. For example, is each power to have all the ships it 13 | wants, or is there to be limitation, and, if s0, on what basis? Is there, or is there not, going to be a new security pact negotiated here which might en- able them to modify their present naval building program? Do the Dritish really accept the transactional proposal’ per- mitt! the transfer of tonnage from one category to another, and if so, how do they think it should be applied? To all this the Americans, at the dinner with the French and the British last night, replied that they would be T with concrete proposals in good time, but that they feel that the British and French should first come out with some sort of understanding, because the British figures even with reference to the United States, seemed to depend on the ultimate size of the French navy— on which the Italian navy, in turn, de- pends. British and French Meet. Today in Downing street the British and French had a long meeiirg. The British still refrain from stating their desires in any detail, saying that they would like to know first what the French think. The French, accordingly, are getting impatient. Andre Tardieu, their premier, says that he cannot stay here indefinitely, that he has other duties in Paris, and that before he leaves he would like to get an agreement in principle which the experts can work out at leisure. ‘There is hope that the uncertainties will begin to resolve themselves before tomorrow's secret plenary session, in- cluding all the delegates and experts, but some of the delegates feel that there will perhaps be nothing definite before next Monday. Meantime, the Japanese and the Italians are standing by in somie nerv- ousness, wondering what is going -to ppen. Now that the conference has opened in a general atmosphere of good will, the delegations are plunging immediately into the intricate task of trying to’ reconcile their national demands. Secretary of State Stimson, Ambas- sador Dwight W. Morrow, Prime Iia- ister Ramsay Macdonald and Foreign Minister Arthur Henderson dined with Premier Andre Tardieu and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand last night at the house of an American resident in London, Keith Merrill, an old friend of Mr. Morrow. The dinner lasted late and all the major issues of the conference, it is understood, were discussed. Conversations Continue. Private conversatigns are continuing all day today. The first full working session of the conference will be held tomorrow, and in order not to make it too difficult for anyone later to recede from his demands the session will be private. When this was announced to the American press, one correspondent cried aggressively “Humph! Secret sessions again, just like at Geneva.” Another instantly rejoined with ,“Yes, and that's hard luck because time you will have no Shearer!” 2| As consolation, the American dele- gates declared that the press wiil kept informed of eve that hap- ns, even if the subjects are discussal private conversations. Hugh R. 9| Wilson, Minister to Switzerland, and Arthur Wilson Page of the State De- 5 | partment have been detailed to this not always grateful duty. Macdonald has had three talks with Foreign Minister Dino Grandi, and yes- s | terday M. Tardieu and Signor Grandi Falcon—La Guayra . Metapan—Santa’ fl g .. Johns. Lapland—West Indies cruise. :unl;lw—fll?;n et mme.—l‘l!lcfil‘:n. a1 . " | Thuringla—Hamburg . DUE SATURDAY, JANUARY 325. Statendam—West Indi 3 Bourdonnais-—BOrdeRux . ..., .January 10 DUE SUNDAY, JANUARY 26. Ulus—Port _Limon. met privately. It is intimated that early talks with the Japanese and the Italians have been less satisfactory than British, American and French talks, for the Italians are too vague and the Japanese too positive. The Japanese, indeed, are showing slight signs of irri- tation, Manchuria Is Issue. The Daily News Conference Bureau has been informed that not only is Reifiro Wakatsuki extremely firm in maintaining the Japanese position as already outlined, but he is also pre- occupied by what is described as a tendency of the other powers to try to neutralize the Japanese sphere of n- fluence in Manchuria. Japan does not intend to raise the Manchuria issue, but seems to have it constantly in mind. ‘The Japanese explain that the disso- 18 ! lution of the Diet at Tokio will not af- fect their position here. Truck Driver Burned. Rufus Thompson, colored, 21 years 3 | 0ld, of 504 O street was seriously burned ¥ 18 street and Rhode Island avenue. of 27 was too large to|Sama: Aconcag Favorita—) . DUE TUESDAY, JANUARY Bremen—Brem Caracas—La Guayra Shympie Soushampion m uthas uthern Cross—Buenos aronia—Ha readian—Bermuda Sibony—Havana OUTGOING STEAMERS, SAILING TODAY. g ar — Gibralf nd_Genoa. ding—Plymouth, Algters, He ‘Cherbours Boney—Havans. 3 an, La e - o v:&-&sy« AL Guarra, Puerto Ca. var—] Soiombta. Marta—Kingston, Oristobal, - b= rn':n:_ Colombla’ and Sacts it EVes: Tadies crutse. i ries. Sud Pacifico—Montevideo and Buenos Alres. New Columbia—Acc; Sac City_Rotterd & % Einar Jarl-Maracaibo. Rewfoundiand-—8t. Jofins. 'ancras—Parnahyba. SAILING TOMORROW. san lé.mm—au Juan and Santo Domingo ivador—Puerto Colombls, Cartagens, Crtstoal 'ounndz:_ ri-g Mo, eun BhipperLondon, inica—t. Thomas, Barbados and Trini- d. relfarice—west Indies cruse. Blutieari—Cobh, Cherbours and Bremer- . Essequibo—Cristobsl. Callso and Valparaiso. Bird City_Helsingfor Hyancinthus—Gapeiown. angu—Bah| Vibors—St. Thomas. SAILING FRIDAY. JANUARY 24. Paris—Plymouth and Havre. Bants CectliaCartasens, COristobal. Callso piad Vaio last evening when his truck caught fire while in a gasoline station at Bl_lx?t’h e man was taken to Sibley Hospl- Freedmas jured tal and later transferred to Hospital. when due. Deposits maoy be on ;unnh[y o; monthly basis as you . MORRIS WASHI Will Rogers Says: LONDON.—Well, the whole thing was nothing but a Democratic con- vention with a silk hat on. The King made the best speech, then showed his real intelligence by leav- When speaking he was facing the American delegation. When he went out he happened to think, so he sent four men back and they carried the gold throne chair out. That will go on record as the first lack of confidence shown. Either that or it was a foreclosure. I was proud of our gang. Only one of them spoke, Stimson's was the next best speech to the King's. There ‘was eight speeches for England and one for America. What we want is parity in speeches and limitation of oratory. We stood during one speech, sat through eight and slept through 12. Three solid hours of compliments and not a single row- boat sunk. All England’s colonies made speeches declaring their al- leglance to their crown. After it was over Joe Robinson told me he come pretty near getting up and de- claring the great Commonwealth of Arkansas stood steadfastly behind whatever America did. Oh, yes, Dawes was late and missed the King's speech. He thought they were voting on Warren for Attorney General. Oh, and the fog! Old settlers here that come over from Germany when the present royal family was established said it was the foggiest day they couid remem- The only foggier day than this was one time. when King Henry the Eighth couldn't see a wife in front of him. Dawes couiin’t see whether his pipe was lighted or not. Then they had to translate all the speeches into French. For what France will do at this conference, it wasn't worth the time. Oh, I was lucky. I sat right next to the wives of our delegation. During the dull moments Mrs, Morrow was telling me what an awful fine son-in-law Lindbergh had turned out to be. Said you would be surprised how he had reformed and settled down. Said that some days he wouldn't fiy over 500 miles. When Mr. Stimson sald we will stay here till the world disarms, his wife says, my Lord, and the rest of the wives shook hands with me and bid me farewell forever. Every speaker said the eyes of the world are upon us. Say, Vith that fog on, the eyes of the world couldn't have found us with a telescope, After héaring all the interpretations Mrs. Gibson said to me, “Now you know what it is to be an Ambassa-~ dor and diplomat's wife.” The Irish Free State man spoke with the only Oxford dialect and was disappoint- ing to everybody, for he started no argument, bt MISSING IDAHO BANKER RETURNS ALMOST FROZEN, Man Who Left Institution Open With Funds Unguarded Un- able to Explain Action. By the Associated Press. ) January 22— Kraemer, manager of the State Bank of Worley, who musteriouzly disappeared Monday, leaving the ba: vaults open, came back yesterday al mm frozen and unable to explain hi action. Police of the Northwest had been asked to search for the banker. Directors sald aothln; seemed wrong with his ac- counts, The vaults were left wide open, cash was in the tills, and the key to the bank was left on a counter as mer, Who was in sole charge of the bank, w-lkggd out, leaving the funds un- guarded. Members of his family explained to- day that the banker had just completed some intensive work on the books, which :-u;ht have caused a nervous break- lown. TIN ROOFS PORCHES BUILT R U Ay i S EMODEL GERMANY FORESEES STIMSON AS LEADER Papers View Great Britain as Anxious for Reduction in Armament. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 22.—Although a non-participant in the Naval Confer- ence, Germany is watching closely and German correspondents in London sent extensive reports on their impressions of the opening ceremonies. A London dispatch to the Vossische Zeitung expresses bellef that Secretary of State Stimson will be the peace- Tllk" °|£| th;lwntm?:m 'ghel l)euu;;:‘het Igemeine Zietung s eclares tha “the only important s o tary Stimson’s,” addin ‘the Ameri- cans feel the spiritual leadership is theirs. They are filled with the mis- slonary spirit and accordingly are out to _g:rnve the oud“"é” Rk e correspondent says that Mr. Stimson's speech, which could be in- terpreted as mainly directed against France, made a great hit. The M Po: d opinion forgin Post expresse that Great Britain, because of de- velopments in submarines and aircraft, had lost her isolation and. accordingly was anxious to hold down such naval lr]!;!lm!nt as constitute danger to her- self. The paper predicts the powers will retain sufficlent naval armament to start a war, . COAST GUARD CUTTER, DISABLED, SEEKS PORT Steamer Unalga, Damaged by Striking Sunken Rock, Proceeds on Own Power to Sitka. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., January 22.—After striking & sunken rock between Sound Island and Olga Point at the southern end of Neva Strait at 11:35 a.m., the Coast Guard Cutter Unalga was head- ing toward Sitka under her own steam, She radioed to the Coast Guard station | here late yesterday. The radio said the cutter was not leaking and that damage, if any, was small. Complete examination will be made at Sitka, the message reported. The Unalga was built in Newport News, Va, in 1912. She is a steel ves- sel 190 feet long and has a displace- ment of 1,181 tons. ‘The sugar crop of Porto Rico is worth 000 & yea THE FEBRUARY SALE OF LIFETIME FURNITURE $100,000, BANK Under Supervision U..S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. That's what Hill's will do for you.. Easily, cleans system d:izhou« or_upsetting 3% Tonss sysem and so hal b Fhind stops cold ours—because HILL'S STOPS COLDS IN A DAY burnsup bowels, griping stor hoso Demand GRATEFUL RELIEF SUPPLANTS ANXIETY OVER NAVAL PARLEY (Continued From First Page.) ter across the luncheon or dinner table than in a committee room. It was amid such intimate social sur- roundings that Woodrow Wilson and the big five Paris peace conferees did their real business. Last night's Anglo-Franco-American pow-wow in Stratton street was de- signed to clear away some underbrush which obstructs the way to the solution of certain major problems. PFrance is the country whereat these prelirinary opsrations are chiefiy aimed. Already the conviction is wide- spread that success or failure at London rests principally in her lap. Tardieu's opening statement yester- day is found to be wholly conciliatory despite references to the “limited task™ upon which the conference is embark- ing and “increasing amount of guaran- tees” which France requires for security in addition to the League covenant and the Kellogg-Briand pact. Col. Stimson made a significant gesture when he admitted the ‘relation- ship between land, sea and air forces, which constitute national defense.” Viewed as Concession. This is an unmistakable concession to the French viewpoint that arma- ments cannot be subdivided into cate- gories in any scheme of disarmament. ‘Tardieu’s readiness to tackle naval armaments at London as opening the way to “success of the whole effort for disarmament” is a substantial departure from the position the French were thought to hold, namely, that nothing the London conference might do could have anything but advisory interest for countries comprising the League of Na tions. It is yet undisclostd whether PFrance is ready to recede from her | position that global or all inclusive gross tonnage should be assigned vari- WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRING | Clocks Called For - Delivered - Gur 615-15' Sheek Natlona) 7280 Next to Keithy ous countries instead of tonnage by al'll\} ln:m npumnc development emerges from the conference’s opening fil\ That is the plain inten- of all the delegations not to seek any naval m! t London. Their al buil between now and 1936. to induce nations to Macdonald calls “risks of peace” in that interval, ‘Want to Fix Habit. Having accustomed themselves to save money on their navies and get along with less swollen armaments, it is the obvious expectation that when another conference is convened six years hence, the limitation and reduc- tion habit will be so fixed that further progress will be easy. This is what Mr. Stimson meant in the House of Lords when he said, “Naval limitation is a continuous process. We regard disarmament as a goal to be reached by successive stages and by frequent revision and improve- ment.” Mr. Macdonald has vastly popularized the s of the conference among his own people by his stirring references to the undying vitality of sea power to sx‘mm :&llsuncm “'!‘he premier’s epigram, “Our navy is no mere super- flEllLy to us. It is us” 1§ ringing through Great Britain today. It stirs g, g et ingoes. 1{ those fear Ma s it l?hnrc;l‘nxenklhln'l lflg shield” on the a erican parity, exclaims, “we these words of the prime minister 1 govern the British policy, If we rightly understand them mean no reduction in the British navy will be accepted which diminishes ~national security. They're what the British na- . | tion expects of its government, “National sentiment hasn’t changed on this subject since Tennyson wrote “The Fleet of England Is Her All in All" Within limits of safety we are ready to agree with other naval powers. Reason- ableness of the words they used yester- day inspires hope that such an agree- ment may be found.” / AIR PATROL PROGRAM. Arctic Squad Plans to Leave Spo- kane Today if Weather Permits. SPOKANE, Wash., January 22 »— Weather conditions’ permitting, Ma. Ralph Royce today planned to le nis Arctic flying patrol on the first of the return trip to Seiftidge Field, E)ch. hteen of the twenty-two ships reached Spokane, the western terminus of the test flight to experiment with Winter flying conditions and equipment, Two _ships were forced out of the | emotions even in his fiercest political uadron and two transports were to be picked up en route toi Michigan, S MODERN WARE- HOUSES OPEN STORAGE PRIVATE LOCKED ROOMS Merchants T 9, MOVING—PACKING—SHIPPI TORAGE ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF WO T 171417 20-922 E S 1111 SEPARATE ROOMS FOR PIANOS AND WORKS OF ART REASONABLE RATES PHONE NATL. 6000 FOR ESTIMATES orage Co. flnt N.W. 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