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Grandi Talk Again iFails of Agreement When Neither Will Yield. (Continued From Pirst Page.) tively that they are ready to under- take discussion of any phase of limita- tion and reduction as soon as European political® problems can be crowded out of the wa;. The presence of battleships on the eomference agenda does not mean that their abolition will be discussed, but only their limitation. Some memgers of the American delegation have care- fully emphasized this point. Prime Mmister Macdonald will re- main at Chequers, country residence of British prime ministers, until tomor- row night. He entertained the delegates from the British dominions today. Morrow Stimson's Guest. Secretary Stimson rested over the ‘week end at Warren House, Stanmore, an estate north of London that he has rented. He entertained a few guests in- formally, including Ambassa Mor- row and Mrs. Morrow. Ambassador Morrow did not leave London until late in the afternoon, having had his second long talk since arriving in London with Premier Tar- ‘The two men are old friends. Mr. Morrow’s greatest talents as an inter- national negotiator will be called into play if he attempts to reconcile the Pranco-Italian differences. Discussing the situation with news- paper men after his conference with Signor Grandi, M. Tardieu seemed more Qistressed by rumors in the British press than by anything else. Tho Prench spokesman said the French delegation came to London with one ot its objectives a compromise formula for estimating naval strengths. ‘Since this ‘was expected of PFrance, for the press to accuse the French of attempting to upset negotiations at this early stage called for deunciation in the strongest terms. The most definite success of the con- ference thus far was the world radio t. tered over the globe had heard the ad- dress. ‘With the delegations still reticent on details of their informal work, the ques- tion of publicity for the business meet- ings of the full array of delegates still " H discussed. Favors Having Press. be! Tt understood that Secretary i THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON Admiral H. K. Tu of the Chinese Navy (third from: right) and members of his party, now on a tour of the principal naval stations in the United States and Europe, being shown through the naval aviation section of the Philadelphia, Pa., Navy Yard. The tour is being held preparatory to the establishment of a Chinese navy. —Associated Press Photo. NAVAL PARLEY BY M'KELLAR Senator Lauds Action of Rob- inson and Reed Favoring Open Sessions. Says People Would Not Ac- cept Agreement Forced Through Without Publicity. ‘ Protesting against holding the ses- sions of the London Naval Conference in secret, Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, in a speech in the Sen- ate yesterday, commended Senators Joseph T. Robinson and David A. Reed for their stand as American gelegates in favor of open sessions. Senator McKellar declared that se- A was counting on putting into efTe his plan to surrender the seats of of his advisers to American re- m'erx. but it was learned today that suggestion’ had not ‘yet been made . in conference session and ihat it was likely to meet with some opposition by foreign delegations. . ‘The lack of authoritative and detailed announcements thus far has given lati- tude to rumor mongers. Today they had a regular field day, with predictions that France was to sink the con- ference, that the delegations ‘were drifting away from the influence of Prime Minister MacDonald and that the conference with them today was ‘very much a riecessity. A British spokesman emphatically T ey N ot eh eports and volced again | » 'great mistake. It be’ recalled Pproceedings. o '"a".“h?”"“.:uru."‘eé:'fix“a hen e nt Hoover an . n: ‘when One group of the American delega- | tne - jqtter was -here, were secret and tion. which_bag # -particularly | the public has never been taken into l‘“‘*"‘{m h“‘e“""‘ ! g P5naval ex-| their confidence, - apparently on_either occupied offices in the. Ritz. Hotel: with- out having given or being called upon to advice.” The ‘admirals them- s or months of preparation | for the conference preceded the sailing from the United States and the naval of political understanding which ing worked out before the real question of naval power and disarma- " ‘ment is broached. D S — - LOW FLYING BANNED IN PLANE REGULATION Department of Commerce Puts New Amendment Into Effect to Check Accidents. ‘The Department of Commerce has * just put into-effect an amendment to the air commerce tions which has for its purpose the elimination of air- craft accidents in which low flying is & contributing factor, it was announced yesterday by Clarence M. Young, As- sistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics. “The air traffic rules prior to the amendment,” Mr. Young said, “limited the altitude at which an airplane may fly over open country to a minimum of 500 feet, except under the stress of weather conditions. The amendment, which becomes effective immediately, places the absolute minimum altitude of an airplane carrying passengers for hire at 500 feet under any eircum- stances other than for the purpose of taking off and landing. In its applica- tion the new requirement gives a pilot but one alternative in the event he is forced by weather conditions to descend below such established minimum alti- tude. and that is to effect a landing 8t the earliest opportunity, either by returning to his point of last departure or going to the nearest landing field or other area suitable for an emergency landing. Preliminary reports received by ,the Department of Commerce from s inspectors on the West Coast and from other sources concerning the re- cent aircraft accident near Ocean Side, Callf, indicate the necessity for such & minimum aititude requirement and that it will be an exceedingly important safeguard in the future operations.” 17 ESCAPES IN RECORD. California Prisoner Given Life Term as Habitual Criminal. LOS ANGELES, January 24 (#).— Monte Wilson, ';)t}eo fi?fin‘em to 17 Prison escapes, after his arrest here re- cently for robbery, pleaded guilty yes- y and was sentenced to Folsom Prison for life as an habitual criminal. Wilson said his last escape was from gfl Pederal Penitentiary at Atlanta. e once was convicted of participating in a gang murder at Elizabeth, N. J. and was sentenced to die, but obtained « pardon. R O ENCRNAT | WHO CHANGES OWNERS. tion for $172,000. Central Broadcasting Co. Buys ltul DAVENPORT, Iowa, January 25 (#). ~The Central Broadeasting Co. of Dav- cret sessions gave the negotiations “a black eye to start with.” He asked whether it was the purpose of those behind this conference to “put through their own will and then drive it through without regard to the people’s views.” ‘While he said nothing about prospec- tive Senate action on any agreement coming out of the conference, his re- marks were looked on as indicating that such an agreement may be ex- pected to encounter close scrutiny in Senate circles. Holds Secrecy Is Mistake. Senator McKellar said: “I note in the papers that the dis- armament conference in London has side of the water. Great questions like this should not be settled by govern- mental agents in secret. - The a knéw what is going on when their vital interests are being contracted about. “I want to take this occasion earn- estly to commend Senators Robinson and Reed for their stand in favor of having open sessions. Of all interna- tional covenants, this particular one should be open and openly arrived at. The very fact that the conference holds secret meetings, from which the newspaper men are excluded and from which the public is excluded, is enough to raise a doubt in the minds of all fair-minded citizens as to the propriety of such action. “The conference had better take the advice of Senators Robinson and Reed and have open sessions. Why should SECRECY HIT AS "BLACK EYE" SENATOR McKELLAR. the people be excluded from any knowledge about the proposed negotia- Is it the purpose of those be- hind this conference to put through their own will and then drive it through without regard to the people’s views? Why should the people’s business be conducted in private in this conference at all? It is their business and in my judgment these agents of ours are going far beyond their duties in con- duct the negotiations in secret. It gives them a black eye to start with and ought not to_be done, and as an American citizen I protest against the holding of these conferences in secret.” A serious proj by one of the naval powers at. London Limitations" Conference that a five-power non-ag- gression . agreement be s would meet immediate objections from Wash- ington on the ground that the Kellogg' pact already serves the samie purpose,] on a far larger scale. B This was the response in official quar- ters yesterday to informal intimations from London that the French delega- tion had in mind some proposal under which the five great naval powers rep- resented at the conference would agree not to attack one another. Proposal Censidered Doubtful. No one in official circles here believes such a proposal will be made. But should it be offered for consideration it would not be acceptable to the United States. The administration here would regard acceptance of such an agree- ment tantamount to saying the 52 nations who signed the Kellogg pact did not mean it when they agreed to settle their disputes only by pacific| means. NAVAL REDUCTION URGED BY MELLON IN DECADE REVIEW (Continued Prom First Page.) connection,” sald Mr. Mellon. “Like most people, I am never entirely satis- fied with progress, no matter how great that progress may have been. But certainly, when we look back on con- ditions as they were 10 years ago and compare them with conditions today, there is no reason to be dissatisfled with what has been accomplished. In fact, the one thing which comes to mind is the comparative quickness with which we have left the war behind, as cpn- trasted with other wars which many of us can remember.” “You mena the Civil War?” “Yes, I was thinking particularly of the long struggle which the Southern States were obliged to make before they regained anything like their former economic position. Even in the North there were troubles enough—such as the panic of 1873 and the large debt which the Government inherited from the war—a debt which, I may say, it managed to pay off with about the same rapidity, relatively speaking, as we are doing today in the case of the debt left us by the last war. Of course, try, whereas the whole world was af- fected by the last war.” “You feel that thers has been a general improvement in conditions throughout the world since the war ended 11 years ago?” U. 8. Moving in Right Direction. “Yes, we have been moving steadily | and in the right direction, As we have gotten further and further away from the war, the various nations have real- ized the necessity of adjusting them- selves 13 new conditions, both within their own borders and in their rela- tions to the outside world. New trade currents have come into existence. Debts and taxes and reparations have had to be taken into account. Cur- rencies have had to be stabilized, and, last of all, the bitter feelings engen- dered by the war have had to subside. It has been & period of readjustment, and, as such, it has been both difficult and confusing. But all periods of transition are like that, and out of the present one has come the conviction that mutual concessions must be: made in order not only to preserve the peace of the world, but to improve working they are entitled.” “You think, then, that conditions in the world at large have more stable and that the average man's chances have thereby improved?” Dawes Plan Filled Need. port has exercised its option to buy :é‘#mumwflounullohu(or ,000. ‘This was announced today, by B. J. , chairman of the board of di- fectors. ‘The call letters will be combined, -the i “I think even the worst t would agree t s true, It is necessary to point out only a few of the fo Peailze how for we have come from to realize how far we have the immediately foll the emw“ " aa 0ot untd the the Civil War was confined to one coun- | d put into operation in' 1924 that the | world felt that it was at last on the | road to financial reconstruction. The corhmittee who framed that plan very wisely limited its scope to certain defi- nite objectives. These they stated to be, first, the balancing of Germany's budget; second, the stabilizing of Ger- many's currency, and third, the deter- mination of the amount of reparation payments which might be made by Ger- many and transferred to the creditor governments in the immediate future. It was not within the jurisdiction of the Dawes committee to fix the amount of Germany's reparation liabilities. Never- theless, that committee succesded in evolving a plan of settlement which should operate for a sufficient time un- til confidence could be restored and a final and comprehensive settlement could eventually be agreed upon. The Dawes plan more than fulfilled expec- tations, so that last year decisive steps could be taken in the direction of a final settlement. As a result, we have what is known as the Young plan, un- der which the total amount of German annuities is fixed, and also the division of those annuities among the several creditor governments. That such an agreement could be reached is a defi- nite step forward and should prove of enormous value to the world.” “You spoke just now of the debt set- tlements as constructive factors in ar- | riving at the present situation. What | o you mean by th: Debt Settlements End Uncertainty, “I 'mean that, with the settlement of the debts, an element of uncer- tainty has been eliminated from the international situation. So long as they remained unsettled, they con- stituted an unknown quantity in the balance sheets of both debtor and creditor governments. Currencies could not be stabilized. Credit was affected; and extension of trade among the various countries was seriously re- tarded. Ours is one of the chief ¢red- itor governments and so the responsi- bility devolved upon us to put an end to this uncertainty by proceeding at once to a settlement of the debts owed to this Government by foreign nations. ‘The last agreement, as you know, was the French agreement, which was ap- proved by this Government last month and brought to an.end the long drawn-out negotiations which the in stimulating world trade and mak- ing for more prosperous conditions throughout the world.” “How about the United States?” “The amazing thing about this coun- try is the rapidity with which it has left the war and its effects behind. Of course, we were not so hard hit as some of the other countries. Nevertheless, the burden imposed by the war was not inconsiderable and would have becomeé more serious if the American people had not started promptly and with de- termination to get their house in order. ‘The money cost of the war alone in this country amounted to more than $37,- 500,000,000 on June 30 last. Our pub- lic debt, which was slightly over $1,000,~ 000,000 in 1916, had jumped, at its high- est point, to more than $26,000,000,000 three years later. It had been reduced to less than $16,500,000,000 on Decem- ber 31 last, and we are proceeding % | whittle it down each year at a rate which, in a reasonable number of years, if the present debt-reduction program is continued, will substantially eliminate this enormous drain‘ on our revenues. Along with the debt reduction, this country has followed a balanced policy of tax reduction. Taxes have been steadily lowered from the fantastic levels which they, reached during the war. In the last 10 years there have been five major reductions in taxes, with the result that the burden of taxation has been greatly lightened, as regards both individuals and business, and many taxpayers in the lower brackets have been relieved entirely of any lability for Federal income taxes.” “You made a statement once—in one of your annual reports to Congress, I think—that the large proportion of the Government's revenues goes for the payment of past what extent is that still true?” ‘War Prevention Still Costly. “That statement still holds true. My last report to Congress ‘shows that for the current fiscal year approximately two-thirds of all Government expendi- tures, exclusive of postal expenditures, g0 for national defense, for military , retirement pay, annuities, 1d War allowances, life \ce rclaims and for payment of interest and principal of the public debt. All of these expenditures have to do either with the liquidation of past wars or with the prevention of future ones. I use the word ‘prevention’ advisedly, for it 1s obvious; I think, that such prepa- rations as we feel obliged to make for national defense are made with a view solely to that end, or for the preven- ‘tion of future wars. It is true, never- theless, that war is still responsible for the major part of our expenditutres, and it is in the light of these facts that we must give our whole-hearted sup- port to all intelligent and honest efforts on the part of the various nations to bring about a reduction in the heavy burden of armaments to the lowest point consistent with the safety and peace of the world. It is augury full of hope that in the new decade which is just opening we should be concerned first of all with the efforts being made at London to make peace more sure by coming to an agreement regarding naval armamen: (Copyright, 1930. All Flyer Fails to Set Record. PORT DARWIN, North Australia, January 25 (#).—F. C. Chichester, lone British fiyer, arrived here today from the Dutch East Indies, complet: a trip from England in 36 days. He left Croydon December 20 in a tiny Moth airplane, hoping to beat Bert Hinkler's record of 15 days between England and the Australian continent. He is a New Zealander and a former pilot of the Royal Alr Force. Copyright Change Planned. BERLIN, January 25 (#)--The minister of justice today indicated pro- mulgation soon of a law _extending the term of copyright from 30 to 50 years after the death of the author. Such a law would be similar to the British law enacted in 1911, MUSIC Jascha Heifetz Recital, Playing with the characteristic tech- nical wizardry that has raised him to one of the highest places among violin virtuosos, Jascha Heifetz demonstrated again last night at Constitution Hall that he has lost none of his original power. Just as Kreisler's inspirational mel- ody may be said to be the highest point of his art, so with Heifetz there is a perfection of flexibility in the bow and fingers which places apart from his contemporaries. There is no other artist who can so surely make an audi- ence believe that violin pls is the simplest thing in the world. And no one on the concert stage can render more inherently difficult technique. Mr. Heifetz demonstrated this per- haps most _effectively in the first move- ment of the Tschaikowsky ‘“Concerto.” Alt] h not infallible in some of the los, his octaves and harmonies were without fault, and he ran through the most difficult passages with his usual abandon, His tone, too, some- times criticised as unemotional, was of United States has been conducting with 15 countries. The total amount as funded is about 11'2 billion dollars, and the present value of payments - vided for by the lfiuemenu is llll?m less than seven billion dollars at 4} conditions and make life more secure,:per cent, or about 57 per cent of the if men are to be given the incentive . which they must have and to which | aggregate debt prior to refunding.' “You spoke a moment ago of cur- rency stabilization. This' has been done in practically all' important coun- tries has it not?” ‘World Trade Stimulated. “Yes,” sald Mr. Mellon, “Japan was the last important country to return to a gold basis and effected the stabiliza- tion of her currency only a few days ago. The return to a gold basis of such countries as Great Britain, Ger- mulz.llmy, Prance and g besides, has been a fortunate g the United "States; and, in addition to that, it has had an important effect ithe purest, and especially in the “Ave Maria” gave proof of his imagination. The first number on the program was a little known “Sonata in F Poser of 1his”elghieentheommiry el of e nth-centry seems to be somewhat in doubt, but even if he has never written anything else his concerto was pleasantly remi- niscent- of Mozart and in spots of more sensational modern composers. Follow- ing this came the more familiar ‘Tschaikowsky “Concerto,” of which the large audience was particularly appre- clative, and Mr, Heifstz concluded his am with shorter selections, of whlfl: ‘t‘h own ;’Ho{m y‘:hntw" was e most_sa X per"e:l after he had obllg{n(ly played half encores the audience D.. C, JANUARY 26, 1.5, T0 PROPOSE BATILESHP DELA Big Saving by Postponing Replacement to Be Urged at Right Moment. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily New! Copyright, 1930. LONDON, England, January 25— Save money—prodigious sums of money —by postponing the replacement of | battleships and prolonging their life. | That will be the advice given to the five-power Neval Confzrende at tie righe=» moment by the Ameriean delegation, i One makes no apology for returning again and again to the battleship, bew cause it, and not the grujser, was what really brought about this conference, M is true the Macdonald-Dawes and the Macdonald-Hoover conversations were mainly over cruisers. Great Britain and America sought an understanding about: combat parity in cruisers and a limitation of their number on some agreed basis with the other naval pow- ers. They were searching for economy and non-competition in the cruiser fleld. But battleship ‘programs of replace- ment following the 10-year holiday as provided for by the Washington treaty were the actual stimulants of quick ac- tion. _That holiday ends in a year or two. If nothing were done in the mean- while Great Britain, Japan and Amer- fea, not to mention the lesser mari- time powers, would be up against ex- penditures for naval armaments (pos- sibly of doubtful value) economically ! outrageous and morally disastrous. Governments Show Concern. No government, East or West, could face the prospect complacenily. Japan was particularly unhappy over the Dos- sibilities. Great Britain viewed them with little less concern. And President Hoover resolved that no such foolishness d future wars. To | d as ‘the laying down of 15 35,000-ton American battleships in the next 12 years at a total cost of $750,000,000 should be committed if he could find means of prudently preventing it. There you have the chief reason why the five-power Naval Conference is now | sten sitting in London. What then is to be done about this troublesome Lhelmm- enon of the sea—this bulky, haughty, floating “marine bully,” as the French statesman, Raymond Poincare, might call 1t? Prime Minister Macdonald, rhetorically anyhow, has its “abolition.” He hardly can taken literally about that. His meaning prob- ably was that Great Britain would be ready to abolish the 35,000-tonner—to put something smaller in its place. Japan would follow Great Britain on that line. Japan very greatly desires lighter battleships with reduced gun calibers. And America may not prove obdurate to the argument in favor of those reductions. Not every American here would say s0. Some of us are stiff-necked. Some of us say, “We will not give up the 35, 000-tonner. The world battleship sit- uation as it stands suits us. gives us, having regard for distinet maritime advantage. Britain proposes a change we simply shall say no and the matter will be .” That sounds definite—as if it were the last word—but it probably is not. President Hoover hardly can be suspected of having a closed mind on the battleship question. Questions to Be Asked. ‘Why bulld any battleships of any size at present? Why not extend the 10-year naval holiday indefinitely? Why not let the battleship situation remain as it is and turn some $2,000,000,000 or their equivalent into productive en- terprise with its immeasurable benefits, material and moral, instead of into swollen battlecraft with their flagrant mockery of such ents as the Briand-Kellogg pact? ‘These are the questions the Amer- ican delegation is going to ask, and an argument will go with the questions. The argument will sound something like this: “For eight years the battle- ship situation has been satisfactory. There is no reason to expect that it ‘would Yrove less satisfactory for a con- siderable time. To begin battleship re- placement now would be not only costly but lacking in common sense.” It seems almost certain that that mmem will carry the day. It cer- ly will please Japan, and how could it fail to please Great Britain? PR A N TS 19 Held in Assassination Plot. MEXICO CITY, January 25 (#)— Nineteen persons, including several ‘women, are being detained by the police on charges of plotting to assassinate several important persons. Police Chief Valente Quintana re- fused last night to disclose the nature of the plot, which was still under in- vestigation. El Universal learned that the prisoners were apprehended in a downtown building, where they were holding a meetin, Dartmouth m:e. DARTMOUTH, N. H.,, January 25 (#). —The boys at Dartmouth are inclined to think an inquiry to them should have gone to Harvard. The editor of the University of Kansas year book sent the Dartmouth Delta Kappa Epsilon two dozen pictures of Kansas co-eds, asking that the year book's queen be chosen by an Eastern college with the reputation of being rich and exclusive with a country club atmosphere. The Dartmouth boys obliged, however, They feel that as judges of beauty they are unsurpassed. Harriman Off Jury. NEW YORK, January 25 (#).—Fed- eral Judge Bondy has under considera- tion a motion to strike from the list of jurors the name of John n, cousin of the late E. H. Harriman and nephew of Mrs. Willlam K. Vanderbiit. Examined as a talesman in a Jones law prosecution, Harriman saild he would not vote for comviction in a liquor case. Assistant Federal Attorney ‘Watts moved that Harriman be Jjudged unfitted for jury duty. FOR RENT Four Rooms, Kitchen, Bath and Reception Hall. Electric Refrigeration. Reasonable Rental 2001 16th St. FOR RENT Three Bed Rooms, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath and Large Reception Room. Electric Refrig- eration. Reasonable Rental THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Road 1930—PART ONE. _SIDELIGHTS ON LONDON Style Appears Most Popular to Americans—Briand Suggests Borah—Stenographers BY WILLIAM HARD. By Cable to The Star. e LONDON, January 25.—All the dele- tes 10’ the Five-power Naval Cén- ference have now departed into caves for private conversations with one anothgr, in multiple criss-cross fash- ion from delegation to delegation, at their séveral hotels, and all reports regarding the results are keyhole sur- mises and guesses—with the best guess being that so far there are no results at all and that there will be none of any consequence for many days. Time is given, therefore, for survey- ing the lighter and alleviating circum- stances of the occasion. F<lirs Wakstsuki, head of the Japa- aese aelegation, i3 seeking information rding aychery clubs in England. Mr. Wakatsuki does not play golf. In his native land he exercises himself by shooting arrows from a bow at distant targets. He h for similar feats here. ‘The American delegation eonhtains the biggest number of golf enthusiasts. It alsp contains the largest number of fashionable addicts to white edgings to waistcoats when wearing full morning dress. The British delegation is very negli- gent in this regard. There are no white edgings among them. The American delegation is on the whole much the best dressed of all. . Aristide Briand of the French dele- gation is the best roller of handmade cigaretles, with materials drawn loosely, but marvellously and skilifully from a pocket. M. Briand is able to roll his own as well as any American cowboy. He has no objection to allowing ashes to fall and repose on his waistcos The general appearance of M. Briand's attire, from a fashion standpoint, is on a parity with that of Senator Borah. ‘The English newspapers continue to describe the stenographers of the Amer- ican delegation as resembling movie stars for beauty and for luxurious furs. Immense envy and jealousy has been created among Engiish stenographers by the statements of English journal ists, saying that these American stenog- raphers get a dally allowance of $4.50 just for food. , another high standard been set for English ographers by the published repo: that the American delegatio stenographers go to bed by 8:30 o'clock. It is further reported in the press here that many of the 12 sarines accompanying the American delegation are university graduates and that they mingle in a perfectly democratic man. ner with their officers. At St. James Palace in the apart- ment known as Queen Anne’s drawing room, where ‘the delegates meet, the fireplace has been supplemented with electric heaters especially in order to reconcile the American delegates to staying on here. Some English edifices are provided with steam heat, which is here called central heatinz. The Eng- lish then turn off the central heating and open the windows let in the fog and cold and are as comfortable as if the central heating had not been in- stalled. They are thus abie to be both ¥:at | modern and happy at the same time. All London is laughing at the witti- cism of the facetious American journ: ist who described Premier Macdonald’s plous but cautious naval utterances as “a mixture of Jesus Christ and Jelli- to find opportunity | Set Good Example. Witticiems Liked. coe.” The British are never offended by any joke at their expense. The best joke nevertheless of the whole conference so far is the sugges- tion of the French Admiral Degouy, who proposes to solve the naval ques- tion ' by establishing an -international league of nations, European, humani- tarian, universal peace fleet, consisting of six battleships, eight large cruisers, 10 light cruisers or large destroyers, 20 small torpedo boats and 12 mine sweep- ers. Great Britain would provide three- tenths of the fleet, France, Italy, Spain and Holland one-tenth apiece, and the remaining three-tenths by Ji Slavia, Turkey and Greece. The only surviv- ing problem would be to find an enemy for this fleet to fie: An amusing but highly rignificant feature of the conference ‘s that when- ever any representative of any British domain rises to speak, he spends an enorrous amount of time expressing his loyslty to the King and thanking the King for speaking and for recovering his health. This is no mere polite form. The intention is to emphasize the fact that the British dominion delegations owe no allegiance to the government of Great Britain, but only to the King [P himself personally. (Copyright, 1930.) REOPEN POWER STUDY. Kentucky Sena! Provides Hearing on Falls Project. FRANKFORT, Ky., January 25 (#).— The Kentucky Scnate yesterday opened the way for hearings on the question whether Cumberland Falls shall become & power plant or a State park by adopt- ing a resolution providing that any one interested in the project shail be given a hearing. Both houses of the General Assembly already have adopted resolutions invit- ing former United States Senator T. Coleman du Pont to renew his offer to buy the falls site and adjoining acreage at a cost of around $200,000 and present it to the State. for A5 CRANTON BIL DANGERS' ETED Hold Passage Would Affect Potomac Development. Passage of the Cramton park-pur- chase bill, which is scheduled to come up on the floor of the House on Thurs- day under a special rule, “would make extremely difficult, if not entirely im- possible, the development of the Po- tomac River, either for navigation or power,” the National Rivers and Har- bors Congress, with Tewmmrumrves at room 824 i the Cclkred; Building bare, asserted yesterday in a prepared statement, issued over the name of its secretary, 8. A. Thompson. Referring to the survey of the Po- tomac River basin, with regard to irri- gation, navigation, hydroelectric devel- opment and flood control, now under way under the direction of Maj. Brehon Somervell, district engineer for the War Department for the Washington area, the statement put ‘this question: “Will it not be better, therefore, either to tpone consideration of the Cramton bill until the re of the engineers has been recel and studied, or to so amend it as to allow the immediate pur- chase of those lands which are suitable for park purposes only, but delaying a decision whether the gorge and the Great Falls of the Potomac shall be used for navigation, power or recrea- tion untll such time as all the facts are known?" WHITE USES TALKIES. Armour President Speaks to 11 Meetings of Officials. CHICAGO, January 25 (#).—F. Edson White, president of Armour & Co., used the lkies” last night to address 11 officials’ meetings simultaneously. - ‘Two meetings were in Chicago. Others were in New York, East St. Louis, IIl.: St. Joseph, Mo.; St. Paul, Minn.; Oma. ha, Nebr.; Fort Worth, Tex.; Okiahoma City. Kansas City and Sioux City, Towa. 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