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a f Cmnr. " li i, . i ' i i 'It ...fll.ltl.ITt.il TODAY 1 l r, Ss rv 'VT. a cAr,su::A r.c:.:: i::v;:rAr:n c? cctpjctiye i:eals, clew a::d r.iUA:LE in r.Ev.s ir,v;:E, a:;d a FBor..ojER cfsquthern resources.: CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMJBER 19, 1921. PRICE FIVE .CENTS, DAILYEVEN CENTS, SUNDAY 1 1 I! J apahese Viewpoint On Proposals - TosBe , Ccf-nlte and Specific. v APA.7SV IS NEXT STEP Ur.!I:l States Cannot Take Lead In Far Eait Problem. SECOND IN , INTEREST ! Attention Not to C Allowed to C Distriictsd From Drama .";;:'NvtJ!VropotaL y'.'"-.: a r- t V V, V f WASHHf OTO!, Nov. IS. (By tto mnrimlt PmWAt tOBKSr-ow'g tweet tn of th Btoe"4Awbs-ss. jkie WU,ers of tfte Jspswnse eV4 fniilofi Vu nrearat a statement of life Aaperae, stewputat U UN propO-SUS Of UN vammtw -r - - vt : r r -f nuurrMmant. over the far i ; em question wtll not be permitted to - distract attentive f vom or lessen the v value of Ui Vmoi.itratlon result-; ' from Mr, Hmh" JrtntUj. uval ropo of ImI bnrdtr. ThUU tbo I kr of tb aitMUoa at tb momrat whcn-tH Bfof-hrKtfr m 1. Biiuoo, UkM op far' Irtra protF- I I lorn . i i'-.;-'-. , t . Thr bi4 bit a rotral xp ' Ution that th Usitml te la pub- ' lio eoaloa would lar aowa a protram '-in tha tr tut u tfraetle.aa that la , tbo iMtur of th Hmltatton of aaTalJ . rnurmenia. inn wmm nm yimtrnt' tir ob UM fcnowledga that Mr. Hug ha t oad very atronr conTioiionm ma iv u Booaaaltjr of profound change ia -tornatlonat 4aUnga with China and - particularly with Japanese policy in ' roeont jraara.."-" I praeUoa, howeror, K wag llnpoa- yaibla for tha Unltad Stataa to undor ' uk to promt anr auch prograni In , .tho far aaot and particularly - In . .China, whar tho Unltad 8taU haa oavtr aaMrtad any political, military '- or azcluaivo oeonoaqlo cUhna. r Had Mr. Huchea on Tntaday oup 1 pltmantod his araw attoranca by tha 4 I praaotttaUo of a drastic far aastorn . protrran ha would In fact baro aanr , od a oldmatum npoa thaapaaoss. r Compfomlsa with that would hav i hs dimcult- Not only would this v fnaws aan th eaaa, but tha tain v Which had oaaa mada Inatsotly In , t th 41artnmant proposal iniht toff-pa yp-' & rrUZZL'Zi l - It aacms port sotly slaar now that - Hr. Hnchaa has adopted tha military ' V maxim which warns against pursuing i two ma6r sfftnaiTSs at th sams , , Um. Unostlonahly It la tolnf to 4 oaak for a muoh aompromls as is ' ' poislble. as much pdjusUnont aa Is . ' poaaibU ln th far asst. Thar ars a rvry largs aumbr of qnastions la which acraiBni Is poaslbla. .Thar - ;r l b In which no agroamsnt t smris bow within th rsalma of poa , Sslblllty. T Insist npoa a complete , prograni woald still wrack ths whole , cnfereBce. Therefor Washington ' expect that Mr. Horns wUl do the ' bast possible to tha far asst.: while ' Mntinalnt to consider th disarm mail nhus MS T1U.L , , ' . - 4 A forcible reminder of the alffleut- ' ties in us painway ot suen a jparo - t was supplied by tha Chines proposal - submitted to th far east committee v of the confsrenc today. My Jtpsn- - e friends deacrlb this as another ' i bombshelL Apparently, but perhaps ; only apparently, they were taken tin. aware. -v 't-'Jt'', w'.. The irat response of the Japanese ' tc tha Chinese proposal wtll be an In ' sistence that It may a mada spselnc ' ' and dellntte. sine th. Japanese ai--' leg that it la vagus and Indefinite , and meaningless In its present form. One th Chinese proposal la reduced ' t auob terms Japan will consider the i qncsttoa as to whether she la to make :'---V counts r-prepoeal or oU-,i-v,w- Tha present slsw of th Japaneee to that th Vnttsd States win not sub. "43 mtt a full program In ths far sast , , bat . will, withhold hsr hand until . Japanese, Chineet and perhaps Brtt- sh programs are presented and then - 1 sndsavor to find a basis of agree 4 ment so far as such basis Is posslbl. 11 . China 1 represented here ably, and ' ; China's polvy la .bound to light - ' against any final or temporary ad . . justments In -the Far East which . Is ' . mads ; at the expense of Chinese - v fright -or 'Claims. Beyond all else, , China Is not ready to mske any con cession in th matter of Manchuria. , and th far eastern question centers t y there. . ' . " ' "r I. But ta th midst of all the .bewll- derlng and oonfllctin"; reports of to t night the fact remains patent that 4 i Mr. Hughes haa deliberately made .k .'iii.'.' .wSA-sWataaaSpSBMSBaa i. (Ceatlsasd 4 . , sa fan fwel , , Unsettled and rain today; fair" and maah oKler.8unday. . . Thick for on animals this winter ' also means a warm 1122 summer forN ::.: ! :r li - - I Xj i' vi.. " ' i I n. . ........ ,J 4 J". . ' - - - - , . " -" of Chinese FAT TUnXEYS AT 20 CENTS AT CHESTER - Ai.t. ... .it ., t - ' " .. plel te Ths Observer,". CHKtoTEB, S. O, Von'llo th people of this aectio are very sancl) totereptcd la fAe eMormoas prior beiaf paid tor. torkeys t atartotte, CoiaaabU and Orrew rfflc, wbea one oa toy all the torkay they waat bere at M coat a poend. and fbey are toe, f attar' keys at thatv':. A largo anunber of sutrarys were raised iff county this year and aad Bsaay of tbera are bHag offered for Qalw a aomMr - of farraer tore found that the turkeys as great kob weeril klUera, aad wbea taned loose fas a fteld tan of boB weerlls alckJy anake way with Urge ambers of - tbeat,:; The foaag tarkeys ssyeraally tM.se a funt appetite for the weerUa. . 1EHIHE Probably by December 1, Says ?! Raiirjoad ' Labor Board. : AFFECTS About soo,qoo To Tako Up Rules and) Working. ' Conditions for Mairitenancs" ,otMy:fL1n Wsirt r s . m ' a CHICAGO Nor. lT--(By ths As sociated Preaa)--Tha TJnlted States railroad labor board announced to- alghf that Pw working mla for th atoakspi saafte ' pi aaaaly i tflw completed and larasd la time tsrb-eome- effeetlf December j:rrr. Issuance of ths jule, tinder a r cent decision, of th board, parse th way. for consideration of requests which may be Hied by th roads for rsVlsloat of the shop craft - wag achedutoa. .N&'f.t ' k : The aew- ahop craft 'rules will affect- approximately lOo.sOO ma' oa all class one railroads la the coun try Only M railroad ars directly concerned In th present case, ths ethers not baring tastr suomlaslens la proper shops when the case was taken up, but, hoard members anti cipate that all the class one rail roads will probably carry out , the dedal on without further bearings. . 'Board's Ulslf asml. . T Th board's statsmtnt, tawed t4 Bight.' said: - .,:?'. . "Such satlsfaetory progress dar ing tbs tat week haa bee made In th consideration of rules and, work ing oondltlc-ons for the ata - shop orsfta that it Is altogether probable that theee roles will be completed anad win besom effective December l." ' ,., i t The-board member said tonight that the new rules have been prac tically completed. Ia teas than ; live months, while the . national agree ment, which they auperssds, requir ed the 1 attention i railways. gov ernmsnt and labor representatives and experts for seven months before It was completed. , Tha labor, board'e work on the rules, was Interrupted by the threat, eneed railroad strike which was averted October; J 7. A fsw days previously -ths board had .announc ed that no' further wage reductions for any classes of employes would tbs considered by the board until work ing rules and agreement In dispute for. that class of employee had been paassed ob." . .-. ', Many Disputed tjaeetloa. - Ths board, it 'was indicated 'to night, will next- take up for; con sideration the rulaa and 'working' condition for the- maintenance -of way employes. There ars a- largs number of disputed question regard ing these rules ay-eady before the board and statistician have pre pared atoetof the -cases for -present talion.' " ' - Ths national agreement, which ths new rule will displace, was first brought before -the railroad admin istration In January ltll. v ; -. . ? It was' submitted to a committee of ft men. 14 representing the am- ployss and 14 the roads. This com? miues conataerea ins ruies tor tour months after whlo hths findings were rev ewed by th national boards on railway wages and working-conditions. ' The ' railway, administration then passed on ths rule r -1 ' Steps for revision ot the national agreements before the labor board, were taken April It, 1110, after ths railroads ,and their employes had finished preliminary negotiations both, as ' to wages and rules and f working conditions ' without reach ing any agreement- ; Tne board nas tented ths decision by ordering fur ther conferences r betwee -nemployes and the rosds on rules and Working condtlons, The results were report ed back to ths board, which in July began the w6rk of . formulating new rules. - ", ' POSTMASTERS APPOINTED. . (By H. K. O. Bryant) r. -WASHINGTON, Nov. It. Eva Perry has been appointed' postmas ter at 'Maple vllle and Albert W. Hodgson at MeatrJ7ampt in Watauga countyt succeeding Jos. U. Morets, re- signed. ' ' - - " ' - ?resenfe"d Todav I "" I 1 I EFFECTIVE SOON t , , , Marshal Foch May Stop in Charlotte on Present Trip ' ! f 4 ' . ,. ., ',. . I ' : : . . (sr j t - ,.f. !.'!. . Has Been Practically' Determined That Train Wiir Stop Here Few ttinutes at Least Bulwinkl and - Overman1 r BV H. E. C BBTAHT. ; , WA8IIINOTON, Nor, 1. Repre sentative Bulwlnkl and Senator overman are trying to has Marshol Poch stop In Charlotte on his way home from California. They think they will succeed. In a letter of Col T. JU Klrkpatrick today. Mr. Bulwln kls explained ths tltuaUon as fol lows; .f i;jf?.Jif? t'i--'!.i!:."ii'' "In accordance with the request In your telegram. I Immediately call ed upon Colonel, Parker, tha Amer ican army officer, who was detailed as an aid for Marshal Fsch, Colonel Parker agreed that, upon tha return of Marshal Fpch from Los Angeles, he would hare ths train atop In Char lotte for a short tlms In order that the people might see ths marshal. I asked him ths date and also tried to get him hare th train ston for some h-ihree or four hours et least. . Hs re quested i that I call back the next morning. I -did so, asd found Sena tor Overman there, and ha bad a commission from ths ettiseas of Ral eigh asking ths marshal to atop In Raleigh. Colonel Parker stated that that would b impossible, bat that hs would 'atop ths train in- Oastosla for a few minutes and at Charlotte. "I called to bis attention ths fact that the color of one of the artillery regiment at Fkysttsrllis was ta be decorated by Marshal Foch, and ask- ea mm why this ceremony could not take plao In Charlotte. He stated Woman NamedDele&ate To General Conference' - - By . Eastern Metjiddists 1 K Packing Houss Employes See t, l Arnour.oV Company, ifcnd Xra- ploye Taks Uad Exp&cttJ to . 7'"" BsFolloVsdby.Ws.v-1.? --r-- d fk4 ,' .CHICAGO, ljov. II (By the As sociated Frese) Kmployea of "Ar mour .: C'.M la ;.alV tday through their pmnt goWafttf f em mlttee agreed wtth-offlclata ' of the packing bouse that a wage reduction-Js necsesary and ' fixed its amount. The cut is effective ? No vember ft. :j 'V ' ' 'v , This Is the first time ta the history of the Industry that a wags reduc tion haa been Arrived tn such a manner. ' -, , Tonight officials ot Swift A Co. an nounced that, after an allTday con: ference. the repreeentatlves of the Chteag assembly ot employee naa voted that a reaajusunen. m was waa aecessary: had extended a vote, ot confidence in the management and hade voted to leave the wage read Justmeat to the diacreUoaof i. the management. " : Reductions for various classes of employes of ths- Chicago assembly, practically correepondln , to those Axed by the mployea of Armour Co- effectlre.en earns date, Noveia ber St.. were thea announced by company offlclala who said they ex pected the other It assemblies of employes)! '.tak slmflar ctlon.' .U - Employes of Swlft Co.. Wilson ds Co. and th Cudahy Packing leoro pny, who are holding plant confer eacea, are expected to accept sim ilar reductions, and Morris A Co. haa announced that It will follow the ex ample of the others. . All of ths big, fire except Morris Co. last spring Inaugurated the "plant congrea yatem of employes' partloicatioa In the management of the Industry. - The agreement between - Armour 4b Cow and Us. employes followed a two-day conf ranee. Twenty-four employes, 'representative of .he plant councils in jnine cities, met with an anst number of company officials. Th books were opened , and the financial situation ot tne company explained. The question was put to a vot and the following reductions adopted;1 U:v ; For piece workers, eight per cent; unskilled is-borrgiltlng- 4S-nta hour or Jess, seven and one-half cents: asml-skiUsd labor getting' 41 and 80 crnts aa hour, three cent A minimum wage of tl cents an hour for adult female labor la provided. ' These reductions apply to plants In Chicago, St. Paul, Sioux City, Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas City. St. Louis and Denver. - -. Whan the reductions are applied to the plants of the other members of the big five, m.Ooomen- and women will be affected. ' in the final assult, a far larger number will be dlrectlr concerned, aa wages In several hundred smaller packing irauses.are based on the big five aoaletC. v' ' ' ' ' ' ' . No change la mada... in working conditions or'the forty-four .hour week guarantee. Todaya action, officials :y . said, marked a new departure in jAmerl. can industry. ' Whlls ths plant con gress idea has been tried - with varying success In other lines, the packing houses were the first na tional Industry to attempt this meth od of employ representation in the management NOMTffATIOX CONTntMBD. . v H. E. C. Bryant) - -"WASIlhVGTON. - Nov. IS Th nomination of Alexander Ju. McrW kill for collector of the port at WU snlnatoa was oonfirmed today. Working. V that hs would thlnkabout.lt A Be llered that U waa oosslbls. I again asksd him the date approximately that he would get to Charlotte, He told ids to come back at the same day. At :S8 hs was pot ready to give an answer and asked my see. rotary to call again at t o'clock, and at I, when my secretary called upon him, he liked that he come back at 7:t last night- I went to ths. hotel at T:l and could, not find bm high vr low, . .. ., ."f do not think there ia any doubt but what be will stop Charlotte. For how long at ths present time I cannot say, and I would suggest that you and ths. mayor of Charlotte some time later en telegraph or wire Col onel .Parker, of the United Statee army on board Marshal Focfc's train, tendering an invitation to visit Char krttv I think the trip they left oa last night is a short trip. . - r; -1 understand that they wilt pass through Richmond on the 24 and go from Richmond directly to the west; touching JUm Angeles, then -back by the Southern Pacific to New Orleans, through Atlanta and Charlotte to Washington." It will be impossible for the marshal and his party to go to Fayettsrill or Raleigh- and, under these circa msances, it might be ad rlsa1e,r you. think best.. to get in touch with General Bowls at Fay etieville and tiave him - to .osqueat that tbs color of hi regiment be decorated m Charlotte." r , rJr-r, urs. tverett, pr Rockincnam, . Profits by New Church Law. ADJOURNMENT ON SUr::AY Change in Name cf Church. Is Suoflcstsd to:Ccafcrcnc INSURANCE M PREACKEri Ti Ctron iAtJdrass Admfttinjj Younf Preachert Into Church ; : NXW.BKRN. Nor. lt.---The North Carolina conference of th Methodist Episcopal VrfJUrcb, soutn, in session tore today availed Itself of the new law of trf church allowing women equal right with male members by electing its first woman delegate .to tab - general conference in the per eon of Mr. J. - Legrande Everette, of Rockingham. '1 -. . " ' Reverend The. N. Ivey, D.-D, ed ltor of The Christian Advocate, Nahvllle,Tnrw waa elected t lead the delegation of this conference at Hot Springs next spring. Reverend M. T. Plyter, presiding- elder of the Durham district, we ths only other clerical, delegate ; that r was sleeted today, Joseph O. Brown, nresldent Lot tbs Clttaen Natleoal bank. Ral- etgn,- lea ta toyrdeiegbUsn. Another feature of today's session waa ths reception into full connec tion of two young mlnlaters who tod been en trial -Tor two years. In re ceiving these young men Bishop Darlington delivered a strong ad dress, setting, forth the' reequlse meats of ministers of ths Oospel. He emphasised the meaning and im portance of the ministry. - He told the young men that he. feared we are pronsTto drift away from holy things."'"' V'.J - Bsitop Makes Address. ; H '"SsMe men." said th bishop, "go through lif treating their ministerial duties as a. huge Joke. I' want you to: always have reverence for divine thing If you cannot answer In ths affirmative the questlos that I am about to ask you, and then keep them. It would be .better for you to leave here bow. . . Some, men do not keep their word. " They promise not to use tobacco, tor -instance, and then use it. -1 am not a crank .on that subject, hut I am a crsnk about preachers keeping- their vowa"- y- The bishop admonished the young tne to devots themselves wholly. to - 'f A PROCLAMATION I Whereda,'' Til Anserloan I Red . Cross is af gystera of national re lief ia time of peace for the ailti tatloa of suffering aased by war, pcstUeaoo. , diaaasa, xamlne, fire, loods aad 7 other great' national calamities; .,), , mereas, Th can front ex-service men aad their families at in creasing front year to year) "' Whereas; The Cbarloue chap . tor is the only organisation In this commnnlty eralppnd and prepare ed to parry on thta work; ,v .,; Therefore, I, Jamea O. Walker, mayor, do urge aad ttnpresa upon each tttiaea of Charlotte the bq portonoo of assisting ia the drive that Is bow oa. , First by JOIN INO THE RED CROSS, and next bv giving a few minutes of hi heart aad ttme ta getting ouVre to JOIN. J AXES O, WALKER. Haror of the City pf Cttarlotte. SEilliTE m OOUDT fiBDUT jutiiiiK Plan for Arms Limitation Has - Roused Pciitical ; Jealousy. HUGHES 'IN LIMELIGHT Old Guard Frightened at Pros pact of Hit Becoming aTreti- - dontial Possibility..' ' ' BT IL & CL BBtAHT. ' WASHtNQTON, No "l l.---Tb admlnlstratioa laar for tbe'llmtta tton' of arms has aroused - poetical anitnostUog ' and' i ' JeaousJes''' that threaten to Interfere with the prog ress of the arms conference... By giving. Secretary Hughes credit for the proposals now under eonstdera lion the press of the world has stir red up strife and trouble. -: ; Friend of ths president and gome members of the cabinet not In the limelight Just now ars watching the Hughes wave of popularity grow wnh fear and trembling lest It turn Into a- prealdenUal boom. . For sev eral week a very subtl movement has been on foot to popularise an Old guard-leader for, the presidency, and Mr; Harding I not one of -ths, men la mlad.V----. '.- v . About th hotel lobbies here It bat been auletly but cleverly stated by visiting republicans from big re publican states that Mr. Harding is Nt one term man, and the next Pres ident wUl b a powerful man of transcendant abiUty.r This had bo ceme very common, and theee men tioned la connection wHh it' were ot the protectionist wing of the party. Secretary Weeks waa of lfreterred to. l 'i . jf;. ! "-Mlt-'W i -y.i Hnghes 'la Uratatght. '. Immediately after the -American proposals were made, to the arms oonfsrencb the name ' ot Secretary Hughes began to be used. H was In stantly apparent that old guard lead ere dlsliksd that, and would try to ebecklt. Mr. Hughes Is not popular with' republican members ef Cob great who thriven poUUcal patron age. ., . Tbl mteFestlng' aubros situation flared up today, whs a carefully written story, giving President Hard ing full eredy for. .the proposition submitted to the arms conference appeared, i Members .' of Congress were ba-y. aU day apeuIUnr. td where, the foundation for the story eiue. and Were dlspesed to charge f friends of the President with patting it eat to curtail th Hughes tainv u was pointed out that Senator Borah Introduced his resolution for a con ference oa arms four months before Mr. Harding manifested any interest in theubject,ir'v";'.' nrr-. I At the capttol there Is a feejlng that th White House has bitten. -off Inore than It can chew In lugging ths far eastern question ' Into ths arms conference. There are Intimations that it, would Uks to turn It loose, but cannot do so gracefully at this stags of the game. . By adding this to ths call for the conference the President got away from ths Borah proposition to that extent. " It waa. explained Pr members of Congresa today-thai tod not the far eastern question, been Included the arms conference could put through a f sary Creditable 'program: for the Iimiuriod of naval . armament and get away from Washington Inslds ot a week or It day 8pscuIaUon as to what turn ths far eastern question will-take la rlfe.here. That the ad ministration Is embarrassed over the situation now developing to ad mitted by friends of the preside nf. Senators Are . Skeptical. v.' j ' Members of the aenats are mani festing ksen Interest In ths Harding Or Hnxhee scheme. ' Many of them r aVepUoal. . They want to se Just-j what th proposiuon is oeior toey commit themselves to Its support. . "The plan sounds good," said en ator Overman, . a leading- democratic members. of ths senate appropria tions committee,! today, "but If It must b embodied in a treaty the senate will bald at raUflcaUon if the navy to' to be cut down. Many sena tors doubt tbs wisdom of . agreeing to any program that . would ! enable Great Britain and Japan ts combine their navies and endanger the Unit ed Stite, I have found In a casual survey in the senate that -on sober second thought many senators would not vote for treaty comprising such a proposition as that .bow beforajths arms conference, - MEDICAL BEER'S DAYS' ' . CONSIDERED NUMBERED '7 ' . , - Senits Finally Adopts Conf er " ones I "Report "on t Anti-Bear BillflJow XJprio"Harding. 1 WASHINGTON Nov. It.., The brief days of "medical , beer were considered, numbered i .today : when the senate" by a vote of St t St, finally adopted -th conference report on the vanti-beer bill. ' L a r with legislative action con- -eluded, the bill, fought over for months,' now goo to the Uresl ' dent.' who Is expected to give it " " his Approval "Within; ths It day ' period In which he can act. It was thought possible, howevr..; that there might be a few days delay while an opinion as to th :t constitutionality ot ths measure ' 'Was received from the attorney general., ' Until the PrssMent's pen goes v on the bUl manufacture and sale , --.by physicians' prescriptions will " continue, the treasury - depart- -' ment announced, but In all quar ters the leas of life for"medl ' eat" beer was not placed beyond 16 days, although ths beer bars . went down only a few weeks ago - with the issuance of the treas- . urvs beer tegulatlena f v y" Ontr an hour's debate, but of extra fervid character, preceded ths-senate vote-todayPiohlbl-. f tion advocates and opponent clashed sharply during the final discussion, limited by agreement. ,,.2 T. i, vi . ,.'f IV .-,( ft , . j ' I JAPAN'S ATTITUDE LEAD SPEEDILZ TO SOME PLAIN TH SET FI! UlS'LIlf , v f r 9 f ' t i i Says ; French Army , jjjas Pre vented War Since the Armistice THREE . OR FOUR' "lIMES - i i e ' 'i " Will . Atk American People, to Place Themsetvss In France's - Position, $ays Prerruer. , ' it,-: ;--r;;i. '' , e " WASHINGTON. " Nov. ; f it.(By thsAssoclated'Preea) War would have broken out In Europe three or four times since the signing of (be armistice had It not been for the French ' army. Premier . Briand de clared tody in a conversation with American newspaper- cot respond ents. 4, .t .'.i 'hi?-',:' - The French premier waa discuss ing bla forthcoming speech Monday before the third plenary session of the arms conference, which he said would not be an oration but rather aa explanation. f-i.--., . r- "1 shall ask the American peo ple,1' said he, no - plsoe .themselves in ths position of the French peo ple, for three-quarters of an hour and rarvey- the European' situation as we see it and feel It - Trance- does-eiot -want a large army any wore thnrr u dd. We wish It were posslb l to reduce It below the minimum' that we now have ta mtnd, but w -must, as we are alone, secure ourselves. J ' ; "Franc ' Is not asking for any guarantee. ' she to , not ' asking for anything. It It Srrre possible for Great Briutn. the TJnlted States aad Italy to aay If yow are attacked we will to with you. thea it would be possible for us to diaarnv r But If yon simply say do not to afraid; trsnqnilixe yonrselvrs-.sTo one to fto tng to attack jom' .that to not sux-.Sft-wl4ii4i(iii $ . Thr is th Jtusslan army - of bns mUlloa and at half-. ' You must say -why do you mention that? Russia ia aoi attacking you.".Poln4 la the only barrier. If France had not bad a strong army last year the barrier would hare fallen. The soviet troops would have been In Germany. There would have been anarchy in -central Europe. No, we must hare an army to secure our selves and maintain order." - -. v' r Submarine Question. ' : . M. Briand turned other sub jects. .. v,.,,:-.v-..v. .we cannot iook upon the sub marine question in the same way ut Mr. Balfour," he continued. "France must defend herself on tare sett anad we have poftoanijti remote from our country. Mr. Balfour s-id nothing respecting ma'ntatnlng com munications that would not apply te ua France abandoned her construc tion program of ltll when the war earns on. and nearly all of our light vessels - were destroyed during the war. They have not been replaced. The French navy of today cannot be taken 'as a proportional standard. The Frsnch prim minister did not go further on the submarins ques tion, although hsjwas pressed with question. Hs replied that as the na val experts were tn process oz de termining limitation he must wait until they had arrived at conclusions. Soon tojtctnrn Home. . ' T shsH be sorry to leave at an Interesting moment in the , confer ence." continued Mr. Briand. "I left Frence when parliament was tn full course. - Several Important and deli cate questions are being delayed by my absence, particularly the French budget I have no right to remain away longer because If I, did, my valise would be orerpacked with too (Ceallased jim rage Twe on TBBTH Conference and Other -Big Features-Tomorrow In addition to ths full night and day leased wire reports of Th Associated PresSi-Ttoeaewer temorroor the full teased wire report of International Service. 'TljU comhlnaUon give reader of Ths Sunday Observer the service of the world's greatest news gathering agency, supplemented by special news articles by a number of the world's great writers,' dealing with world movement such a ths armament conference, now In session at Washington, which Is the overshadowing event in current history irom the standpoint of all nation;" i-" t 4 '., ",;V ' ' - i ' - - BeaLdss tto Valegrsph reports, The Sunday Observer tomorrow will carry- special articles on tha , Washington conference. by Frank, .H. J almonds, f am quo Interpreter of international event and movements; George Bernard Shaw, England' great publicist; Dr. p. K.'C. Tyan, secretary general of h Chines, delegation in Washington;' Cornelius VanderbllV nd others. v - v.'. Ctocond Installment ot the Life Story of Lloyd George, "From Welsh Cabin to Britsh Cabinet," series of articles by Harold 8pender, will appear' tomorrow. Among other features for . tomorrow are- William J. Bryan's Weekly Bible Talk: The International Sunday School Lesson, by Dr; W. T. Elltot "Forward Observation Post;", Fraternal Order Paget "Echoes .from Clubdom;" several pages of society news of the Caro lina; a' colored comic' section of four pages, featuring "Jiggs;" severar pages of "Mad m Carolina" news and view; pages devoted to the wholesale Interests, ihe autpoKtbH Interesur'and the i motion picture people all ta addition to the day's news' of Charlotte, ths Carolina-, thf natlon7an(rtha wortdr-"-fc'''-'- TMrnisSmmMG SOUTHERN SPINNERS . : 'MEETyAT GASfONIA ,'.i - ptiUtU The Oa-srver, r . ,s . . GAHTOXIA, Kov, ApproX Imately ISO spinners of the epta. aero' sectioa of the Southern lea 1 tilo association met la CtoMoma today for. a ooe-day session. The meetings were held ta the cham ber of commerce,' -. t"t: A-' . Pareley ' tecbaical 1 dtsousskms obasnmed tto' greater part of the saornmg? seesion. ; ProMenM o spinning, of employment aad gea era! mill conditions together with tto more varied and detailed dis eaaalont of yarn weight, Variance n aambers, hnmkllty, eta, form ed tto general tread of tto die '.Iiancheon was served. at 1S:S0 m the topttot . amieav David Ctark, of Charlotte, presided. Ser. era! abort speeches, avdodlng- a word of welcoaar from - A. O. Myers, presldeat of tto chamber of c-nmerce, wero4aade. . . ... At the concinaloa of the after aooa -esskm, aa aatomobile rid over tto city was given the vis- Distinct Progress Being Made Toward Ultimate Agreement TECHNICAL EXPERTS; BUSY Representative., of Five, Na- " a tions ueaiing - witn nugnes. i Plan Ars Optimistic ' ' ' t WASHINGTON, Nor. 1. (By the Associated Press). Technical . ex perts of the five governments : who are dealing with Secretary Hughes' specific proposal for naval reduc tions and limitation-feel that "dis tinct progress Is being made toward ultimate agreement. l" ' There has been. It is known, a considerable ' elaboration ' of , the American proposition ' aa It was tersely .stated by Mr Hughes, f In the directness of his statement to the conference. Ihe American sec retary of state did not pauss to ex plain how-the various ratios ot ton nage strength suggested for the three major naval powers had been Arriv ed at. This work is now understood to. be going on among ths experts paving ths way tor detailed discus sion of th-pton::'-:'':a;s.iySy - It to certatrr-that British naval ex perts regard their country aK al ready committed, through. Mr. Bal four's speech of acceptance, to what might be called the "l-t-t ratio" of naval strength as between Grea( Britain, the United States and Japan. That to regarded In both) Americao and British circles as th heart of the matter. - Formal announcement hr Admiral Baron Kato for' Japan that h would .ask an upward revis ion, of tne general tonnage ratio to give, Japan a slightly higher pro porttonate status does not leave it entirely clear, however, as to the extent Japan retards herself as com mitted to the American proposals, at first glance, Baron Kato's speech of acceptance waa generally1 construed (Ceatbned aa Pass Tws , . MAY 'I rijis -mm. mm America Vin'Resiit'SLlicra- ly Any Material Ch;3 j! FROM c:ed Far. Eastern - Negotiations at ; Standstill Until Tod'ay; FuMt Conference Moitday, '-.' . . ' t i - - 1 1 (WASHINGTON, Ifov. ? It (By th' Associated , Press. ) Japan'a're quest for an Increase m th pro portional strength of her navy ma lead speedily to som plain tali across , the - council tables of thf arm conference. ':: : -: j'-;. y ' -V r Th, Americaa delegation stands ready ito dispute stabbornly " any material ehang from th ratio S"t forth ta th Americaa plaa. c ; : That ratio, it waa emphasised' b" highest . authorities today, re flee Jec'' ; e.ef exlslung proportional strength so cannot be altered : without setting a .fundamental ' prinelpla . the whole nlan. ... v t I r- in effect, tne 'American - ngurei would give Japan six fighting sh' to every It owned - by the Uniu l States and every It owned by- Gr t Britain. The Japaneee have hlnte :. our never iormauy announce a, t;.. they want seven to .lt. : .The nav. I . experts ef the United States resr r believe that fir, to It to nearer t i proper allotment Great , Brltai i haa accepted the six to It plan U principle, but her spokesmen- have been silent about the new Japanese proposal iZ':ti't -'' 'r ' 'f- - . i Diplomatic Strortle Brewtr--? -- If It turns out-that the V 'v greater" naval force stir i t -Japan by Admiral Barrel 1 ? t amount to the add . f t -tie cruiser to the J n t .then the emphatic oLy a it t American - delegatee may not t deemed nece-aaryi-.;:' w- 4- bends a real, change m proportion; it . to declared on authority that a determined, diplomatic 'struggle wLl result. i , . . ' " " The ' clear . delineation of the American , position -on this vsubjort served: to. turn attention again to. naval armaments today, while the standstill to permit the powers to work- out' details of their pollc -Neither the conference -nor any of its committees met during the day. but the nine delegate will assem ble tomorrow In executive 'seasloa to resume their discussions of the far east, ' '. - , . v . Coincident with th dtoclolur c( th' American, viewpoint on -navat . reductions, it waa revealed todar that the administration does not propose to limit the armament agreement, if there to one. to the nations : represented in the Wsht tngton conference. ' Whether a treaty 'or simply '"understanding" would come out ci the aegotiationa administration of ficials would, not predict, but it f said that whatever the form ct tions would be asked to psrtictr.. : Without Action by ' Congress. . i Shoald ao treaty requiring e -) confirmattoa result, H was s . i to tto belief of the adminlw that tto. whole 'armament -tetfui program could be pat throcU v. -out conKTrMional acttoa. .. . - TidiiiallMl ,I.Hlnt!iiu'nMlt policy do aot require toe ar. rer t of Con-iTeas, and oQcials any ,t proposed scrapping of warsu,' J could to accomplished ander r ' eral" authority already possessed 1 the ecatiee,:''-::;t: P., -Sr .?'.... There waa- every Indication' to night that air the power would g Into tomorrow's i far eastern con ference fully prepared to expre their view on the plaa pre-stl an a basis of discussion by Chi. -During the two days recess 1 1: foreign, delegations bare. been, it s touch with their governments, . although not all may desire to mai. detailed statements of their view, at this gtoawot'.fh ,'MeaotUUni. -' (here to a general expectation t .'at some proM l.l ba (c..''!s. ' ' The Jananese, , In' particular, i d lea ted that thsy preferred to have their policies developed step by sten as the negotiatlone continue, ans wer prepared to ask; for an Inter pretation : of. some of th Chine It points." snd seemed espec; Interested In the proposals for U re-examination of all compacts fsctad. . Should Xhlna desire to re open' what Japan regards aa "clo ' Incidents," ths step will to oppo? determinedly. ' - ' 1 - -i , British Favor China. 1 General support of China' ai" ! rations , tot anatlpnal dsvslopm . free from' the festrictlons t hitherto have surrounded h" expressed 'today among the I delegatee who aeeiarea trteir t ernment was ready te give no t extra territorial , privilege as v "n fhliutaa rourta were audclent 1 i Vreloped to s guarantee 'justice,' stnniar-' attitude, .already ni ' Indicated br France and the V State 1 i' i ';.-'- i The Chinese delegates therr Wtll - go into tomorrow's r with ths attitule t t bv ' down heir dlara'-y ot r Is some one else's move. 1 preparing? for no frthes r but say they will r ! Cest?Md a hr PIIOP in 4W V RATION -; stajsalAwtbAiibMe . - . ... :0
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