The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 15, 1921, Page 7

' i ‘ | maining what they are, with the } China still being flouted, with a new ; | 4 -|Phonographs | The Li ot has made grand opera PEACE PLAN THREATENED BY FAR EAST Disarmament a Farce Un- less Japan, Britain, U. S. Agree on Policy BY W. B. COLVER WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—An Rereement between the United States and Great Britain and Japan as to the size of their i navies meets with the approval | of nearly everybody here. But Unless these three countries can come to an understanding as well with regard to the Far East « al holiday will prove in the end a criminal waste of time and money, Failure to agree on & common | y in the Orient™can mean but ‘one result: namely, that America, | Britain and Nippon are irreconcilabty at odds there and that force will ulti mately be resorted to. FPar-sighted statesmen consider it an absurd paradox to conceive the! conference winding up in agreements with regard to scrapping of navy, Dut in full discord over the Pacific. Should this absurdity happen, how. ever, it could only result later in a stupendous expending of public treas ure on hurry-up orders of war ma teriais supplied by profitering con-| tractors demanding panic prices for | _ their wares. POWDER KEG _ IN THE ORIENT ‘The nations’ proud savings with ) Billions raised by war levies would Be swallowed up in a jifty While Secretary Hug! ramatic struck the populaF fancy, ob- servers acquainted with the powder keg tondition in the Orient are loath to construe him as meaning that the | arms question can be disposed inde- ‘aon aid of the Far Eastern prob They contend the unconditional scrapping of battleships and a naval holiday without first removing the cause of war is but a mirage and of- fers no guarantee of peace. With Japan's ambitions in Asia re- a American policy of the open door in scramble for portions of a disrupted China impending, and with the Japanese, American and British poli- cies in the Far East clashing in a dozen other ways, they feel the con- ference has a tougher job on its hands than agreeing on naval ton- | Sage, importagt as that may be and is. . Then there is the AngloJapanese alliance as much in force today as ever, and will so continue until de Rounced by either Britain or Japan. if stands now it menaces only the States, whatever Japanese or tt statesmen may say to the contrary. COULD DOMINATE _ GREAT AREA If the Orient ts lees unsettled Japan's position tn that part of the world will be strengthened in ratio to the measure to which the nations dis- arm. Total disarmament would be tantamount to making Japan a pres- ent of Asia, for a handfm) of her troops, already on the spot, could dominate the Asiatic continent and all Britain and America combined couldn't prevent it—without a navy. | Under Secretary Hughes’ plan par- tial disarmament coupled with the al- Nance would give Japan more than a two to one advantage in Far East- ern waters, while even on paper the chances would be eight to five. Secretary Hughes has done a his- toric thing, students of Fer Eastern affairs observe. ‘He must now adopt similar tactics =e to the Pacific, hs @ mere vacation for a few hs or a few years, this is to be. | followed by a break-neck spendthrift effort to make up for lost time, while known and loved in a WATCH CHESTOMETER; IT REGISTERS THROB OF SEATTLE’S HEART Wateh the “Chestometer,” It is the thermometer of Seat tle's philanthropy It is four feet wide and 15 feet high, and stands atop the Bon Marche building It is easily seen from Second ave. and Pike et Its indicator hand points to the growing amount of money being raised for the city's great charita ble community chest ‘ARBUCKLE JURY NEARLY CHOSEN Expected to Be Completed by Night SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 15.--Bx tra police had to be called out today to hold back crowds surging thru and around the hall of justice, where Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle was on trial on a charge of causing the death of Virginia Rappe, The tedious work of selecting a | Jury was resumed @t 10 a m., with ang added that the the possibility of completing the jury before night. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 15.— The Arbuckle jury will be com. pleted by night, it was predicted today, before the opening of the second day of the trial of the movie comedian for the death of Virginia Rappe. Five jurors—one woman been tentatively accepted sides. ‘The primary question in the exam ination of each juror is, “Are you an Arbuckle fan?” If the talesman an swers in the affirmative, he is asked, “Do you think that, as a movie actor, he should receive more consideration than an ordinary gentleman?” Monday's session developed a bitter wrangle between attorneys, during which Gavin McNab charged the state with intimidating witnesses, and District Attorney Matthew Brady offered to resign if the charges could be proved. Arbuckle’s trial is proving the big attraction to the curious public which it was expected to prove. Minta Durfee, a halfdozen celebri ties whose names appear in maga. wines and the like, and flocks of pretty women vie with the big comedian for public attention. Because of the vast array of at torneys, their secretaries and court attaches sitting inside the raft, Minta Durfee, Arbuckle’s wife, cannot be beside her husband. She has been assigned a seat immediately behind him in the first row spectators’ chairs. Half of the section given over to’ spectators is assigned to women. Prospective jurors occupy most of the remaining seats, but probably after there will be some room for men, Balfour Denies He Would Weaken Plan WASHINGTON, Nov. 15-—The British reservation on replacement tonnage under the Hughes plan is “not intended to weaken the sub- stance” of the 10-year naval holiday. Arthur J. Balfour made this plain tn @ brief informal talk following the arms conference meeting, this afternoon. have by both &@ superior enemy pounds away at American ports, but a really sound peace is what the United States de mands. The only possible foundation for that is: 1—Cancellation of the “AJ” 2—J'nderstanding with regard to the Far East, and 3—A downing of arms. HENRY M. WHITE, United States immigration commissioner in Seattle for eight years, submitted his resig- nation to President Harding Mon- Gay. million homes, May we assist you in bringing the grand opera to your home? We Have: The Victrola Grafonola Bush & Lane And Sonora _ Prices $25 and Up We Carry Columbia and Victor Records Ask us about our Educational Department 1519 Third Ave. fiush s lone Piane G6. Main 3587 Everything Pertaining to Music HERE’S MORE ABOUT Schanzer, of lauded the taken “program ese acceptance, Carlo the Ttalian delegation olear bold paition Hughes, praising his action.” “We of the Italian delegation trust, we hope, that your proposals, when accepted, will be of the most benef cent effect,” he sald, Premier Briand, of France, de clared that his nation is in complete accord with the program for limiting | armaments. | “Today, from the expressions we | have heard from the different great Jnations here represented, we all know we are in complete accord up on the first of our great problems, that of naval armaments,” he «aid “I can express the hope and the lef that we will be of the same ac | cord tn ali the others,” Secretary Hughes did not tay hi Far East program before ference today © expreased the | deepest gratification with the ap ; proval by Great Britain and Japan} and France and Jtaly of the Amer fean proposal for limitation of naval | armaments. | Hughes then suggested that the public seasions of the conference be dissolved pending his call Hughes called an immediate meet ling of the committee on armaments Fur Eastern committees would meet Wednesday morning. The conference then adjourned. Amertea and Britain are profound ly Interested in naval matters, “not from any reason of ambition, but from the hard, brutal necessity of facts,” sald Balfour. The United Stat |nable, doubly protected, wholly tm jmune from the particular perils which menace the British empire, he | jwaid. He outlined the British post | tion, showing how the Brtiish Isles depended on food from overseas for | | their population, with no more than |reven weeks’ supply on hand at any time, e BRITAIN LIVES BY SEA POWER “It you can see that ‘picture with | all that it implies, you will under jstand why every citizen of the Brit.) jish empire knows it is by sea that lehe lives and that ff sea power is by of the con stands impreg DISARMAMENT MEET | will ask that sh lacking the empire must perish,” Britons are not lamenting their Weakness, Balfour stated, but merely understand the strategic weakness of their position. “It is known to our enemies—if we have any,” said Balfour, t Rh not be forgotten by our friends | The Hughes plan is the greatest | ever conceived, of its kind, Balfour said. It would be folly to pretend that it ts a cure for all the world’s ifs, |however, he added, pointing to the Umitations of the three principal naval powers, “Again, it dots not touch the ques tion of land armaments, which every man coming from Europe feels to! be of paramount importance,” he “What it does is one of the big- gest things ever conceived by constructive * The American will be received ned the world gen “full, loyal co-operation,” predicted. cUT SUBMARINE 18 SUGGESTED There are details to be dealt with, however, Balfour said. For instance, and only ss an example, he said, “our experts think too large a tonnage of sub- marines has been allowed The amount allowed is, I believe, far in exetss of the tonnage now Posseased by any nation.” Balfour suggested the confer- ence ought to consider the ad- visability of preventing entirely construction of these large sub- marines not intended for defense whose whole purpose is attack, and which only serve to add to wars and sorrows. | No matter what modifications are | made in the American plan, on ad-/ |vice of technical experts, the main structure of it will remain forever, he declared. It ts easy to show that the limita tion plan will reduce taxes, stimulate industry and relieve burdened gov- ernmenta, but “there is something in this scheme that is beyond mere! numerals, That goes to the root of the highest national morality,” Bal- four said. “This scheme makes idealism practical. It takes hold of the dreams that poets have pat be- fore the world for centuries,” He read a telegram from Lloyd George saying that the British gov. jernment had closely followed the jopening session and whole-heartedly |indorwed the position outlined py | Harding and Hughes, | Prolonged applause followed this. | Balfour's speech @vas sometimes in- terrupted by warm expressions of approval from the galleres, partic jularly in his acceptance for Britain jof the Ameritan plan. | EXPECTANT CROWD | IN AUDITORIUM The second plenary session of the great arms parley was under way | promptly at 11 a. m. today, | Tense and expectant, the crowd in | the big hall waited for Arthur Bal- | four to arige to his great height and officially announce the British posl- tion on the program, All eyes were [on Balfour as Hughes brought the conference to order, | At the Japanese table sat Admiral Baron Kato, his stoical face giving (little indication as to whether he would officially reply in behalf of his country The Japanese and Chinese delega- tiong were eagerly waiting for the United States to take the lead by an nouncing its Far Eastern program. Hughes reported the formation of a committee to handle arm limitation, composed of the tions of the five principal powers. This committee, he sald, would have power fully to go into all questions. involved and make recommendations to plenary sessions of the conference. Likewise, he reported formation of a nine-power committee on Far East ern questions. The committee organ. ization was approved by the confer ence without dissension, BALFOUR STARTS ACCEPTANCE TALK “It will now be in order for the conference to IMten to discussion of proposals heretofore made by the United States,” said Hughes. Balfour opened his speech by pay ing a high compliment to the states. manship of Secretary Hughes, Balfour thereupon began speech. He spoke extemporaneously, with saly a few notes before him, i “America hag added another anni. his T I s STARTS ON PAGE 1 basis for replacement of the various classes of veasels. This subject should be referred to special consideration by naval experts. “When such modifications ar powed I know that Am pro- the ric jand other delegations will co thom with the same desire moet ideas as we have to meet theirs, ‘Japan has never claimed nor had any Intention of claiming to have a naval establishment equal of clther the United x will show conclusive ly that she had never in view preparation for offensive arma ment,” The British reservations referred to submarines and replacements Kato announced Japan would pre sent a plan of tonnage on replace ments, He indicated clearly Japan be giv a more fa vorable ratio than accorded under Uh Hughes neh KATO’'S SPEECH TRANSLATED When Kato announced the inten tion of Jepan, which seemed to as sure the success of the American plan for limitation of naval arma hin various statements were with thunderous applause officials, diplomats and apectato! tions in the con ference hall The leader of the Japanese navy} and of the Japanese delegation, who in also one of the ranking members of the go nment in Tokyo, spoke In bis nath tongue, his words be interpreted immediately after by his personal interpreter HIROHITO MAY BE MADE RULER /Plan Regency for Japan Crown Prince BY CLARENCE DUBOSE (Copyright, 192%, by the United Press) TOKYO, Nov. 15.—-Hirohito, crown prince of Japan, may soon be made regent, with practically all the powers of emperor, it was learned on high ext authority here today. Some think that before the Wash- ington conference is a month or six weeks ol Hirohito's regency will have commenced. This action, now being considered in councils of state, will result from ii! health | of the emperor, who for more than a year has been unable to perform any functions of his position. When Hirohito becomes regent he virtually will be emperor of Japan. No one knows how long it will be thereafter before he will sucesed to the mikadosbip. An official bulletin from the tm pertal household department some weeks ago announced as grave the health of the mikado. Since then nowspapers in Japan have been for. bidden to discuss the emperor's health. It ly known with absolute relia. bility that councils of the most In- fluential and powerful government forces are being held for the pur- pose of considering making Hiro. hito regent. ANGLO-JAP PACT MAY BE DOOMED British Delegates Working on Substitute WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—British representatives were reported today working out a substitute for the An glo-Japanese alliance, Details were withheld, even whether a triple bund America, England and Japan—was contemplated. eee Navy Holiday Would Save $200,000,000 WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—-Ub ward of $200,000,000 would be saved in prospective construction cost by | the Hughes plan, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt told the ad- visory counci} yesterdays afternoon. The following subcommittee chair: men of the advisory council were named at the meeting: Executive, ex-Senator Sutherland; ; land armaments, Gen, Pershing; Far |Kastern, Representative Porter, | Pennsylvania; naval armaments, Ad | miral Rodgers; new weapons of war- fare, C. A. Thompson, Ohio; general information, W. B. Thomp . New York. Lloyd George Okehs American Speeches WASHINGTON, Noy. 15.—Arthur J. Balfour, head, of the British dele. gation, today received the following cablegram from Premier Lloyd George: “The govetnment has followed the | proceedings at the open nession of |the conference with profound appre: leiation and whole-heartedly endorse your opinion that the speeches made by President Harding and the secre- tary of state were bold, statesman- like utterances, pregnant with in. finite possibilities. Nothing could augur better for the ultimate success ot the conference “Please convey to both our most sincere congratulati French Officials : Discuss Arms Meet} PARIS, Nov. 15.—The superior counci! of national defense met with | President Millerand this afternoon to | discuss the Washington arms con ference. Among those attending were Minister of War Barthou and Minister of Marine Guisthau. |versary to the calendar,” Balfour said, “November-12 will be marked with gratification by the world, al most as much as November 11—Ar- mistice day.” He caused a laugh when he said Hughes’ big secret “was perfectly | kept” up to the time he “uttered the | memorable words that have now found an echo in every part of the world."’ Those who heard, he said, felt that “a now chapter in world history had been opened,” } Natives of Tibet strick out their! tongues us a form of salutation, EATTLE STAR WORLD'S HEART PROVED SOUND] FREDERICK & NELSON | FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET Bryan Enthusiastic Over | Conference Events BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (Copyright, 1981, by the United Pros.) WASHINGTON, Nov, 15,—Wash ington is the center of world inter lent today. Dis jnation# expressing approval of the What morality! atches are coming in from all nation’s stand on disarmament a leswon in international The times used for the concealing of ideas language of diplomacy is some crafty suggestions and crafty an swers pass between crafty diplomat isty and they are approved by crafty politicians, | | Government control by a few for |selfinh ends has often continued over |periods of yours because jthority had force to back them and becaune the people were ignorant of the real ends pursued. The present conference has get a new precedent and practically unanimous ap proval proves that is the ent policy,” eyen in international af fairs. M D MAY BE MISLED, BUT HEART IS SOUNL The heart of the world is sound the mind may be misled by sophistry, | but the heart of the multitude re- | sponds to an appeal de to it in language that can be understood, The people can understand what one-half means, whether It is a half of a loaf or balf,of « know what “10. yea months, 620 weeks period of relief from war, such an amount of relief from the burdens of War as has never come to the human race before those in au its ‘honesty in all ita history ; Is it strange that the world ts happy? Is it strange that politicians, \regurdiess of their private views, fall into line and applaud? There ts con. |] tagion in a crowd. Everyone who hag attended a na tional political convention of either | of the great parties knows how en thusiasm will spread until cold hearts become warm and skeptics bec jenthustaste. DOKS AS IF WORLD I} TO BE RE-BORN Thin in more than a political con |Yention and this stirring of the heart if now as ephemereal as a wave of applause. It looks as if the: world is to be born again, It swings from the philosophy of Nietasche to the philosophy of Christ. It may take some time to settle down to the new philosophy, but when the world starts to disarm, other thingy jeome as a matter of course. Neitz sche taught that war was not only necessary but desirable. This con ference declares that war ix not only undesirable but unnecessary. It haw started out to abolish war and that means that the whole basis of inter national relations is to be changed. The mame reasons that lead to the reduction of navies will lead to the reduction of the armies. 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Seek Habeas Corpus for Mrs. Obenchain SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov, 15.—A petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking the release of Mrs, M lynne Obenchain, of Los Angeles, held in connection with the murder of J, Belton Kennedy, is expected to be acted upon by the state supreme court sitting here today. The court late yesterday denied the request of attorneys of Mrs. Oben- chain for a writ of mandate asking the dismissal of Mrs, Obenchain or | an immediate trial, Her attorneys charged that she had been held tn jail more than the 60-day limit set by law. The only remedy for the petitioner would be another petition asking the supreme court to vacate the order of the appellate court which had previ ously denied the writ, and directing a rehearing in the supreme court. Raze Exposition | Buildings at U One of the last of the Alaska Yukon-Pacific buildings on the uni versity campus, the Y. M. C. A Men's building, has been demolished recently and other exposition build ings will soon follow, The “Y."" building was condemned as unsafe by the superintendent of grounds ar ilding 10. Bl well, The is now occupying part of a frame building, formerly used for art classes, The baleony of the state museum, the forestry building of the ex: sition, has been declared unsafe, and the entire building may be vazed soon/) The library of the university is atother frame structure that will (not serve much longer, ‘ | glaring at each other in 1904, England —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Exceptional! Hand-made Sleeveless Jackets and Hand-crocheted Sleeveless Jackets in the style suggested in the sketch, combining Black or Gray with Lavender White with Pink, Blue or Lavender —also’ Plain-rose and Copenhagen-biue. Con- venient and cozy for wear under jacket or coat, or for house wear. Priced low at $1.75. “THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE t. Britain Is Vital Factor in Far East BY WM. PHILIP SIMMS WASHINGTON, Noy. 15,—Japan and the United States stand today precisely where Japan and Russia stood on the eve of the Russo-Japan- one war. And unless the diplomats gathered here for the arms conference shatter precedent and play fair, America has hardly a ghost of a show to escape trouble in the Orient. England, under these — circum. stances, has become « vital factor, if not the vital factor, and her attitude will largely determine whether there is to be peace or war in the Pacific. When Russta and Japan stood had just become Japan's ally, With out England's moral and financial support, Japan would not have dared tackle the great Slav bear, But hav- ing England's support, Japan struck For Russia stood in her road to Man- | churia, — Today—whether rightly or wrongly | makes little difference-—Japan consid ers the United States in her way. China blocked her ambitions in Korea and she licked China. Russia op- | |}posed her in Manchuria and she} llicked Russia, Only America re-| ;mains, and she would like to brush | America aside as she did Russia and China. To make the try, however, more than ever needs England. Nippon wishes the AngloJapanese alliance renewed, not so much be cause she thinks Great Britain would fight on her side against the United ‘States in case of war, but because ‘she fears that, without the alliance, it is possible that Britain's moral support might go™%to America. With England as an ally, Japan hopes Canada, Australia and New Zeuland might be coerced into re maining neutral,.and that Engtand’s influence in China would be strong lenough to keep that country out of the conflict. In short, unless Japan 1s assured Jof England's benevolent neutrality, there is little likelihood of hér allow: she ing her Asiatic policy to carry her to such an oxtreme as war with the United States—at least for a long time to come, ‘ The feeling is.pretty general here that thé backing of Great Britain, more than any other one thing, has been responsible for Japanese aggres- sion in Asia. Deprived of this sup- port, administration officials believe, Japan would adopt a more reason- able attitude. A dismal failure in the past as an insurance against war in the Orient, | the alliance is considered here an actual menace to peace today. A strong effort will be made here to have it supplanted by a more gen- eral understanding, which will give Japan her full rights, but which will not secure her in her claims to “par- amount interests” in Asia. 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