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FOUTED A. D. 1867.VOU CTVin-No. 95.
WILMINGTON, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING; DECEMBER 11, 1921.
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
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TO RAISE RATE
I SCHOOL TAX MOVE
r0WARDSSETTLEMENT
Kepresentative Matthews,
Schools' Champion, Presents
Measure
vWIMUM RATE WOULD
BE SET AT 39 CENTS
Multitude of Disputes To Be
Settled ir nui is
Adopted
nr ruock: barkley
rv'FIOH- Lec- 10- The nouse made
...nirovers.v
of Bertie, cnairman ot lions.
committee,
introduced
heretofore
a l"' ... hnarrfs nf nommission-
. :ii , a iii unit; ..-.
-i by ci'ui'i.'
,J -hool purposes and raising the
ruin tax rate for the operation
Bx Vi fmm so to 39 cents.
,1 'i,i SCIH.'"-" i.w...
"r rntative Matthews, who has
Mrnnk.n'l the cause of the schools
h q series of heated debates in
thro?p.l.' introduced the bill just be-
afternoon and
tAro aa n'u i
Jirtii vtl m 1 1 T 111 13
i "U . 1io i inn n 1 rrTV
it if expected to be. reported
l-M v and no doubt is entertained
(aunctvi. . sit
that it will go
iiy ii?
.'...AMO-'l
both bodies witnout aimcuny.
l'" . . j I, V Ir I n mil Tl t r
,,,e out of court, for It provides that
;rv levy heretofore made by the coun
' r.-.ini nnrnoses shall be legal
ties i"- '''-' . . , i i :
j 1?rni!t tile CUUIIUCB nuim -
""nnttwl tho levy of a tax in excess of
SO 'cents to place the new rate at 39
cents. , - , v
mo. th,i counties na.e icvicu
naximum rate as provided, the nominal
'sav hare in the equalization fund of
the tatf department of education, the
new' rate making- it possible for the
department to distnouie we i"-
portienaiei im"". -"-
TO etllC Liispuirs
jf he bill es through it will settle
multitude of disputes in several
counties, i p. re'nt1
Mature fixed the maximum scnooi
tax"rat9 at MO cents but property val
uatin reductions that followed caused
a reduction in revenue wnicn maae me
Id-cent rat nusumcieni. ine coiisb
iiuenoe was that manv counties found
it impossildf to operate their schools
for six months, as required by the con
stitution upon the revenue yielded by
The 3'j-rent rate. The state depart-
!ate the law Miner man r je
nf thft constitution. instmcxea tne
counties to raise the rate above 30
cents. Some counties complied with
this instruction but others objected -on.
?he ground that the law specified only.
30 cents. The validating of rates pre
vious! v fixeH and the raising . of the
limit from 3u to 39 cents will clear up
this dispute and make possible the
providing U" wsufficient revenue to op
prat schools in all counties for six
months.
Representative Matthews got this
Mil to committee without argument,
liut another b'li introduced by him
ausd considerable debate. It provides
Mr th consolidation of high school
districts so as to allow the leyine: of
taxes and th issuance of bonds. Dis
cission centred on a provision of the
'ill that would allow the consolidation
a special tax on the districts which
tad not previously voted a special tax.
bill finally -was referred to the
"(liir atonal committee on motion of
Speaker Harry Grier.
Funding Bill Passes
The school funding" bill went through
'he house on its final reading- today
without opposition from the floor with
only four vote? being recorded against
:t. It will -o to the Senate Monday
ht and its supporters are expecting
'' to get through there by Tuesday or
ttednesjlay.
Representative Tarn Bowie, who yes
t'r'iay introduced an amendment pro
Vldlns that the $71,000 premium money
reahzzed from the sale of state bonds
S'ioiM be used to Day off a part of th
nool fund deficit, with the assembly
'tmS an appropriation to cover the
nder of the ?71.000 deficit, today
J-tMrew his amendment , and this
matiy facilitated the passage of the
Ucler its provisions the state treas-
uer hnrnft tn A i- t a .
Mcit.
resulting from debts owed eoun-
marto appropriation of $400,000,
n'u; nesro schools by the state board
i,Pp duca,ion- The bond premium
"Wi -V p0 to the Pembroke Indian
Jjl in Robeson county.
n rvi'- withdrawing his
S-mT!- "cusslon of which yes
liil I ,e!a-ve,i a vote on the school
B-ooki t a.nother attack on Dr. B. C.
"iHnns he did not approve
MBv.In.etll0'JS used by tne state su-
ft Zn nt f education in handling
atraartlTeTlt's flnances. This attack
hn-racted little attention among the
chor.i ",p,nbers- however, and the
fina; L,.",h"S bl11 went through on
' r.ddmg by a vote of 83 to 4.
coms ,n'cipaI "nance act did not
Uue i it3 flnal reading1 in the
Jionri . '! is expected to go through
atek-7, .-sin and to be sent immedi-
uo senate.
o Opjosdtloa Seen
'.iaP-sil,0.n is reported in the sen-
?ainst f-ith
er the school funding
r-r the
Thuf,,3JvanU-rPS shuld be passed by
rai . 3th lieir passaere the aren-
outip,. "f. 'r 'ly have performed the
(iUM': hlCh 5t was called into spe
fc'rs to.il ReaIiz'ng this, the mem
'Jladinfy renewei efforts to insure
Nav , f ment of session by Sat
t:n'fixi next week- A Joint resolu
'v for m nfxt TuesJay as the final
?so,i v, 1 "'auction or bins was
f?nate ,t . house and sent to the
anri w 1 be supported In that
'liosrul?6, therehy paved 'for
' wa, "Sf the 8eslpn by the 18th.'
''csi bi'u .u ned that tna multitude of
v!:(iars of v . have crowded the cal
,th wayMde bousea bft droPP
SrjL' house tnAav Tn.A...l
' bijf tL ?niolPh. sought to ha-re
'-"lunueQ en Page 2.)
Watson Has List of Hundred Ex-S
lesfafv to Illaal H
lumDs to out). A
WASHINGTON, Dec 10.The nama .
of more than one hundred fnrm.r
service men were presented today to
the senate committee by Senator Wat
son, Democrat, Georgia who . askd
r ,D?ff"5" tO' testi-
that AmericJ; .V"" f
to dPatti ir, oWr XT i. . i one1' now 'n the service. The offl-
of tr?al bv rt tn'S??"' 6 rishticer,s e was not revealed, nor that
or. trial by court martial. Df hia rr. wh v..n 4 v
There was no intimation as to how
many on the list would be summoned.
wound sTit thVP;minef " that I Senator Watson stated .that he de
wee Af.?o names next! sired to return the picture tonight,
wee. Assurance, however, was erivn hut hir i-.t o os-iT
.enator Watson that evervl nerson
JLC I"-!6 ?A".eZ? to7i2?. the record, although Mr.
were prepared to give testimony di
iecuy Dearmg on the -charges.
Comporade with the turbulent meet
ing yesterday, the session w.s ex
ceptionally tame, enator Watson, the
only witness .read extracts from many
,nlove towards settling the school tax letters in which soldiers declared they
today wucii jvcjjicocuiB- .icTf ui uumoers ot illegal execu
une soldier wrote that on a .
transport taking him to France four- see if any were the same
teen were thrown overboard and' At the outset of the hearing, after
mTTne?. r- n appafent reason. (presentation of a letter from Assls
lhe Georgia senator undertook to 1 tant Secretary Roosevelt, of the navy
amiuuncea max ne i
would prove that the war department
list of eleven executions did not In
clued all the men illegally hanged
and shot to death by order of super
ior officers. A picture of what seem-
POSSE FINDS BODY OF,
NOTORIOUS BAD MAN
Tom Slaughter, Arkansas Out
law Killed by Escaped Pris
oner in Woods
LITTLE ROCK, Dec. 10 (By Asso
ciated Press). Finding of the body of
Ton? Slaughter, notorious bandit and
outlaw, toy a posee in the woods 20 ' miles
northwest- of Benton today, corrobor
ated the story of J. C. Howard, one
of the six other convicts, that Slaugh
ter gave a chance for liberty when he
made his escape from the penitentiary
here yesterday, that he shot Slaughter
while the latter's back was turned.
With half of the face shot off, and
a wound in one eide, the bandit's body
was-found lying on its side. According
to Howard's story of the affair, he, shot
Slaughter while he was . reclining
convicts had built after they had aban
doned the automobile in which they!
escaped from the penitentiary,
"'Howard said the seven men. c'twb
whites and fiflve negroes, kept together
and escaped posees which trailed them
several times, and late in the after
noon came to the secluded spot,, where
they camped.
Howard said that Slaughter was
slitrhtlv naler than usual, but betrayed '
no sign of emotion. He occasionally -
warned the other members of the party
that he would kill them if they
'slackened."
Howard, said he watched his chance
and got the promise of Jim Wells and
Clifton Taylor, two of the negroes, to
"frame up" on Slaughter and the other
negroes. The plan was carried out as
crofi The nee-roes. watching:
oftTo or mre districts ad the levying their chance. disarmed the other ne
groes as they slept, Howard then
shouted and as Slaughter started to
rise to his feet, shot him three times.
The negroes who were not in the
pot fled, and Howard said he and
Wells and Taylor attempted unsuccess
fully to capture them. He then re
turned to the fire, he and the negroes
gathered all the pistols they could find
and went to the farm house where they
surrendered last night.
Slaughter's body was taken to Ben
ton this afternoon.
Thousands crowded into the little
town of Benton to view Slaughter's
body. The crowd was so dense and so
insistent that officers laid the body on
a wagon on one of the principal streets,
and permitted the crowds to file by Jn
pairs.
An investigation disclosed thai: there
was a bullet wound In tSe dead ban
dit's back as well as the head and side.
STATE TROOPS AGAIN ,
ACTIVE IN KENTUCKY
Soldiers Busy After Attack on
Lost Creek Jail
JACKSON, Ky.. Dec. 10. State
troops again are on the -march in Ken
tucky. A detachment of national
guardsmen from Whitesburg and Haz
ard arrived here late tonight and will
leave at .dawn Sunday for the Lost
Creek section " of Breathitt county to
join a sheriff's posse in a search for
nine men who early today killed , one
youth and. probably fatally wounded
two womeir in an attempted Jail deliv
ery here. .
The guardsmen were ordered out to
day by Governor Morrow after a band
of mountaineers had attacked the
Breathitt county jail, in an effort ; to
liberate prisoners they thought incarce
rated there. The prisoners, three under
life sentences, had been removed. Ap
pearing at the jail residence about 2:30
o'clock this morning, they demanded
the prisoners. Oscar AUen,A deputy
jailer, answered them by throwing the
Jail keys into a dark room, and dropped
when 'the invaders started firing.- His
wife and sister, vMfss Maggie Allen,
came out of their rooms and Mrs. Allen
stepped in front of her husband, whom
she thotight wounded.or dead. -She was
shot down, as was her sister. . s- Albert
Robert, 21 years old,, a. nephew of
Jailer A. A- Allen, then appeared and
started shooting at the men. .They .re
turned the fire, fatally wounding him.
Without making an attempt to search
the jail, th band of .men departed.
Mrs. Allen, who It was ; erroneously
reported today had, dled.,1s In a critical
.-.ntfAm.. Her aisterrittaw U suffer-
llnc frora-four bullet wounds. .
a k- , . v,v
njeck of a condemned soldier, -with
several standing; on the platform, and
scores on the ground below, was given
to the committee by the senator, who
e""fied lfc was taken by a col-
tor last night, as the testimony show
ed. rmnya i i
bnieids declared it was not worth
while as evidence, if the man who
made it could not be found to tes
tify. Colonel alter E. Bethel, assistant
judge advocate general, from whom
the committee obtained tile list of
icieveu iegai executions, was Instruct
I 1 1 . T.
ed tn r.hAPV fViA n-
department, deny ne h hart flr.ot Vianrl
knowledge of the killintr of a soldier
! by an officer and the subsequent trans
ier or the officer to another command;
Senator Watson explained that the
(Continued on -Page Two)
COMMITTEE APPROVES
FOREIGN DEBT PLAN
Europe Could Pay Debts Not
Later Than 1947, at 5 Per
Cent Interest
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Funding of
the eleven billion dollar d&bt oved the
United States by foreign governments
into obligations maturing not later
than June 15, 1947, and bearing inter
est at a rate of not less than five per
cent, would be authorized under the
funding bills as finally, approved today
by senate flaance committee.
Chairman Penrose announced that
these and other provisions written into
the house bill had been agreed to by
Secretary Mellon, who attended ,the
committee session, and the Democrat
members of the committee. He added
that the rewritten bill would be re
ported to the senate on Monday and
called up Tuesday by Stoaator McCum;
ber, raii king Republican on the com-
duid be pafd semi-annually and the f
minimum rater which would; be per
mitted under the "hill 'five pef cent, is
the;! rate on : the existing obligations,
most of which are in the form of the
notes, of the foreign powera.,
v Under . another amendment approved
by the committee four of: the five
members of the commission 'Which is to
conduct the funding negotiations Vrouild
have to be confirmed bi'. the senate. The
provision making the secretary of the
treasury chairman oi the committee
was retained. " .
All of the changes in the house meas
ures, it was explained, . were in line
with those proposed hy Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina, ranking Dem
ocrat on the finance committee. The
house bill left to the commission the
questions of the maturity dates of the
obligations and the amount of inter
est to be paid, and proposed senate con
firmation of only su $h members of the
commission as were not cabinet offi
cers. Parts of the house bill approved
would provide that:
No part of either the principal or
interest of any ot the debts could be
cancelled. -
The bonds of ono government could
not be accepted in ayment of debts of
another government.
The authority of the commission ex
pires in three years after the passage
of the act and that the commission
mak.e annual report to congress, such
reports to be included in the regular
annual report made by the secretary of
the treasury.
The total owed to the United States,
principal and interest, by the foreigw
nations, is $11,329,281,228, including
$394,245,351 in principal and) Interest
"from Russia.'
JUDGE REMAINS SILENT
ON NOT GUILTY PLEA
Motion in Raleigh Case Not Yet
Decided By Court
RALEIGH, Dec 10. Judge H. G.
Connor in United States district court
today had giveu no intl mation of his
ruling on the motion that he directed
a verdict of not guilty as to. George
Scott, former ms ruber of the New York
automobile squad on trial with four
other defendants for Interstate traffic
In stolen automobiles. The motion was
lodged by counsel for Scott Friday af
ternoon when .the government rested Its
case. At that time, Judge Connor re
served! his decision and. dismissed the
jury until 2:30, Monday afternoon.
When the trial will be resumed.
': At this time defendants C. J. Kelly,
of , Sanf ord, N. C, ani Scott unless.
Judge Connor directs a judgment in
his favor, will put on evidence. Three
other defendants, A. W. Hoffman, a
major in the New York national guard.
Frank Moran, of New York; and Harry
C. Raig, . of . German town, Pa., have
testified as.1 state's witnesses. All ex
cept Hoffman, admitted theft of auto
mobiles which, they declared, were sold
through Hoffman or directly to Kelly.
Hoffman denied that- he knew any of
the automobiles he participated for
Kelly were stolen
NO NEW DEVELOPMENT
PEACE IS
EXPECTED FOR TIME
Supporters of Anglo-Irish
Treaty Confident Pact Will
Be Ratified
ulster is pleased
by Sinn, fein break
LiONDON, Deo. 10 (By. Associated
Press).- No striking . developments in
Irish affairs are expected' before the
middle of next week.' The prime min
ister, is pending the. week-end at
Cheqruers Court; he had ' no further
meeting today with . Sir James Craig,
the Ulster, premier,, who conferred with
Austen Chamberlain, the- government
leader in the house, and will report to
his cabinet on Monday."
In the meantime nothing? i likely
to be known of Ulster's attitude toward
the settlement, more especially since
the revelation of th-split In" the Sinn
Fein, which was received with, a show
of satisfaction in Ulster. . '.
The most significant news of the day
was the convening of the meeting of
the Catholic Hierarchy in Dublin on
Tuesday, which, in view rof the princi
pies already expressed by the bishops,
, is expected to make a . decided pro
' nouncement In favor of the. treaty.,
About 120 members of pall JEreann
will attend, the Wednesday meeting,
and " these at' least 80,' according to
estimates of- Arthur Griffith and' his
followers, will vote for the treaty. Even
this substantial majority, in the opin
ion of the same men, will -be .exceeded
should the Dall'Treann, as Is considered
quite possible,"- decide 'toy refer the
question to a plebiscite of the Irish
people.
There was much unoffifficlal discus
sion of the situation among the mem
bers of the Dail Ereann in Dublin '..to
day, but what ever differences of opin
ion prevail they do not . disturb the
good feeling, and there seems to ,be a
determination on the part of-.tooth .Sinn
Feiners and the government thatr'the
truce shall not be violated.: Thls de
sire to preserve the utmos'i friendli
ness was emphasized by Michael Col-r
lins, in a statement to the;ssbciated
Press correspondent. 7 -
The belief eema to prevail in Bel
fast that should the dlsasreement in
the Sinn Fein result in the' retirement
of Mr. DDe Valera; - bringing Mr. Grif
fith to the premiership, 'witbJpifi Col
lins as finance. minister. -aoj', wctfrarodV
dation between, .the. north: V
would trOTe"ailer tnaii if" Mr. De'Val'r
era. were head ot the southern fctrrern
ment.
Assail Peace Pact
NEW YORK,' Dec. 10. Attacks on
Great Britain and the peace she has
offered Ireland, voiced by speakers at
the convention . of Friends of Irish
Freedam today were cheered to the
echo by more than 1.T00 delegates rep
resenting every state of the union.
Daniel S. ohalan, who' was elected
premier convention chairman, received
an ovation when he declared the Irish
in America would never be satisfied
and would never cease work until Ire
land was granted a government "with
the same institutions and the same
freedom--that America has."
Justice Cohalan also attacked Brit
ish interests which he said were seek
ing' to control American operation."
Edward F. McCweeny, of Boston, told
the convention of work the Knights of
Columbus are doing in an effort to
bring about revision of public school
histories which, he declared, omitted
important phases of the early struggle
of the American colonies with Great
Britain.
John P. Grace, of Charleston, S. C,
was elected a vice-president.
RICH LIQUOR STJPPIiT '
IS FOUND OIT YACHT
PENSACODA, Fla., Dec. 10. Be
tween $60,000 and $80,000 of contra
band liquor was found today when
the Yacht Glendov&r, burned and
sunk in the bay near St. Andrews
last Saturday morning, was raised un
der the supervision of federal pro
hibition officers.
The yacht was towed into St. An
drews and later Prohibition Officer
Abt of Pensacola, and Special Agent
Kissinger, of Tampa, arrived and took
charge of the burned yacht.
No arrests have been made and the
vessel's owners have not appeared to
claim the damaged ship.
"WINS TRACT MEET
, DURHAM, Dec. 10. The University
of North Carolina won the cross coun
try race with Trinity and Elon colleges,
held at Chapel Hill this afternoon. Mar
lette, of Elon, was the first runner to
reach the tape, his record being 16 min
utes and 23 "seconds for three miles.
Trinity and Elon were tied in points,
but second place went to Trinity owing
to a ruling that the team having the
best record 'rom position at the close
of the race in case of a tie.
Tomorrow
'famine Westbrook, Butterfly,
is the title of the opening chap
ter of "The Better Man," the new
est serial by May Christie, author of
a number of, love serials, which will
appear In the Star tomorrow morn
ing. The serial will apear daily
in the Star. '
Camille Westbrook is one of those
loveable young '-things so admirably
adaptable to the role of heroine in
a story of love and romance, and
you are going to like .right off. Then
look out for the man from the. land
of adventure, he's going to sur
prise you.
You will be no less interested in
other characters in Miss Christie's
new novel as that able , writer un
folds her story .o" the; advent of love
into . the", lives, of .two. young people.
Tomorrow morning?; First "install
ment of '"'Th'e "Better 'Man.w ; t-.
FOUR-POWE
PEACE IN
TO WORL
DETERMINED OPPOSITION TO PACIFIC
TREATY ALREADY
Senator Reed Denouncea Four- power Agreement as "Damnable
and Treasonable" Borah, Irreconciable, Shuts Himself
in Office and Refuses To Make Statement
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (By Asso
iciated Press.) Indications -of opposi
tion in the United States jsenate to
ratification of the .four-power Pacific
treaty developed today withiji a .few
hours after - the new pact an
nounced to the world at a plenary ses
sion of the armament conference.
Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri,
one of the irreconcilables in the long
and. successful fight against the treaty
of Versailles, in a formal statement
denounced the new quadruple nuder
standing as ."treacherous, treasonable
and damnable" and predicted that
"there would be a fight and a hot one."
Other senators of the irreconcilable
group fop the most part withheld-comment,
but speaking privately indicat
ed an unfriendly attitud toward and
treaty, while Senator Reed said he did
-nsv k-vror- tr tnglra tVim fl o-Vi t 9 Inn A
Bq Of lfiijio? leading Re-
publican irreconcilable, was one of
those declining to comment, locking
himself in his office with a copy of
the document. -
Republicans Pleased
Republicans generally including most
of the leaders, however, predicted ratl-
ficatlon of the treaty by an overwhelm
ing vot and in this prediction to a
greater or less extent were jolnod by a
number of Democrats, including lead
ers on that side of the senate chamber.
Many senators on both sides refused to
commit themselves, declaring they
wished to study the pact, while a con
siderable proportion of the member
ship was absent from the. capital ow
ing to the week-end recess. .
Democratic senators In a number of
instances said they did .not - attach the
importance to the document as a peace
measure that was claimed in Repub
lican quarters and described , it as
"innocuous" and as having a great
similarity to the leagueo f nations
covenant.
Some Democrats pointed to article
two of the new treaty which binds to
signatories if their rights in the Pacific
islands "are threatened by .the aggres
sive action of any other, power" 4 to
communicate- "with one another fully
and frankly,. in. order to arrive at an
understanding as to the most efficient
measures, toeaken,; 3q?m&&i
particular situation." ;TniS. they,Jia Kb
differed but little from artloleten, of
the league covenant, ;whichJthe'Repub
licans found most objectionable.
Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, one
of the Democratic spokesmen in the
senate, in his comment said in this con
nection: "The. best parts of the treaty are
-those provisions -taken from the league
of nations covenant. . If more had been
taken it would have been better."
Reed Oppoacs
One of the principal ; effects of the
treaty, both Republicans and Demo
crats agreed, .wound be its termination
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance
Senator Reed contended that the
treaty was an alliance and crave the
United States only one of four votes
and pledged the United to make war,
if necessary, in support of -British,
Japanese, or French interest - in the
Pacific.
"The real purpose of the treaty Is
cunningly masked by fine phrases,"
Senator Reed declared. "It is a ver
bal photograph of Elihu Root but not
withstanding its sugar coating it is
nothing more nor less than a quad
ruple alliance between - Great Britain,
French, Japan and the United States,
by - which they mutually bind each
other to exert their joint power for the
control of the Pacific and for the main
tenance of the rights of each in their
insular possessions, and Insular do
minions in the region of the Pacific
ocean.
"If we sign this treaty, we bind our
selves to go to the assistance of
Japan, Great Britain and France in the
event that their insular dqminions in
the region of the Pacific are threaten
ed. I have quoted from the preamble
but the purpose is made plain by ar-
DECLARES ARBITRATOR
CANNOT SETTLE STRIKE
Armour Official Says No Dif
ferences Exist Now
CHICAGO, Dec. 10. HBy Associated
Pressi) The strike of packing house
employes throughout the country can
not be settled by arbitration, Arthur
Meeker, vice-president of Armour and
company, declared ;tonight in a state
ment outlining the present situation
in the country's . stockyards.
Mr. Meeker declared the packers had
agreed with their employoa over
wages through the employe representa
tibn plan recently instituted and hat
consequently there were no differences
between the packers and their men..
"The few workers who have walked
out can do as they please," Mr. Meeker
sai'd tonight. The great bulk of the
employes are well satisfied and have re
mained loyal to their employers. These
are the men we are interested in and
since there is no need for arbitration
where there is no dispute, naturally
we are not seeking an arbitrator."
Mr. Meeker was approached today by
U.WI"1 St.r" .H?
packers took
the attitude that there
was nothing to arbitrate.
''There is no occasion for discussion
arbitration between meat packing con
cerns and those few of the men who
have left their jobs," said Mr. Meekers'
statement. "Out plants- throughout
the country were ' able to operate at
about 80-per cent of normal during the
past week ' and there, is no indications
that the public vroUld be iieriously in
convenienced. It is . our expectation
that we will - lie operating in normal
manner within a week." v i v ;
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TREATY
lAT PLENAR Y SESSION
GROWING IN SENATE
tide two. That article plainly means
that these powers will assemble and
will agree on the methods to be em
ployed which of course that they will
jointly go to war if war is necessary or
by their combined power of threats in
timidate other nations.
"It is not only an entangling alliance
but it Is an alliance which entangles
us in the Orient, compells the United
States to support Japanese or English
or French claims if the majority ol
the four powers shall so determine.
It is an entangling alliance again at
our friends, the Chinese, and against
our friends, the Russians. It) has alH
the inquities of article ten of the league
of nations and none of its virtues It
indeed that article possessed any vir
tues. JSot to Consent
"So far as I am concerned, I will
never give my consent to submit any
question vital to the United States to
the arbitratement of a triDunai in
which we have one vote out f o four,
particularly when all of the foreign
powers are very, likely to have inter
ests In common and those interests ln
timlcable to the United States. More
over, I will never give my, consent that
the vote of Japan shall ever at any time
determine an American policy. Above
everything I can never give my con
sent to a treaty by which three tor
ItaLs.rcall0 uponlusBto sacrifice the i
v. , , trwxrcK, in,"61"-" Ui lur are inreai
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controversies thousands of miles from .
our shores.
"The proposed treaty is in my Judg-
ment treacherous, treasonaoie ana the American dele?atlon and wa 'fol.
damnable. It will be rPjdated by th lQW&d expressions of approval by
AinerleBa.peaple when It Is undenUK)i . th() plenipotentiaries of Great Britain.
This conference was called for alleged Fra j .It , hJ Belgium
nurnnu nf ?reeine unon limitation olnM, , ' . ' . B '
nurbose of asrreeins upon limitation
armament and therefore met with the
good will of all of peace and of Ameri-
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ca .but -it..nas. . naicneu an.
egg. If it is sanctioned by President
Harding then he has repudiated all hia I
niiMti riftcls.rationB' -made during his
-
campaign. The American people in
due course win Know now vo ucu uui
that kind4 of perfidy.'
- Senator Sterling, Republican, South
nalcota. was One of those who pre
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b rotarwhftimingiy."
,.;. , imt CWlta ter
"The treaty marks a great step foH
Ward," ne flam. ai aoes not
for an alliance and does not cripple
us. we - nave removea cgnCiiuiB
danc-er by entry into this treaty be
cause our insular possessions might
become subjects of seriou3- disputes." .
Senator .New, of Indiana.. Republi
can member of the foreign relations
committer, said the treaty was a ;
most. complete -and satisfactory assur- official copy of the treaty, and Senator
ance of peace and the -greatest security ; Lodge, said tonight that this act of af
of further economic stability that could J flrmation was to be interpreted as'
have been devised." j meaning- that the document has been
"It leaves nothing to be desired," j "approved to all intents and pur
Sentor New added, "It is a treaty poses."
which does not obligate us. to mix in;
some one else's quarrels, but it ;re
ludes serious disagreements among thu
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good faith can guarantee anything."
Senator Norris, Republican, Nebras
ka, said he did not "attach as much
importance to it as Secretary Hughes
does, yet I think it is a very valuable
step toward peace."
Senator Shields, of Tennessee, a
Democrat irriconcilable," on the for- i
eign relations committee, sjid he was
not prepared to discuss the treaty's
"merits or demerits" but favored "an
adjustment of. controvers les between
any nations toward China and the far
east.
'T do not favor a Pacific protec
tional alliance in violation f the trad
itional policy of the limited, States
against entangling alliances or it in
terference in the affairs of nations,"
Mr. Shields added.
Senator Jones, Republican, Wash
ington, praised the trealy as "a great
achievement which will ?e very effec
tive In making for peace in the Pa
cific. PROGRESS IS NOTED
IN CHINO-JAP PARLEY
Considering: Control Of RailwaV
in Shantung
WASHINGTON, Deo. 10. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Considerable progress
was made by the Chinese and Japanese
delegates when they took up today
consideration of control of the Kiao-Chow-Tsinan-Fu
railway in Shantung,
according to an official statement.
China through its delegates de
manded complete control cf the road
and declared herself ready to operate
it as a unified system. Th! Japanese j
. . . ,
were told that China would make com- I
pensation for its return. ' j
Thls assertion was made as a result
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of the contention of the. Japanese that
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under the reparation .agreement under
the treaty of Versailles, Japan would
road.
The Japanese declared they would
requlre time to coneider. the Chinese
proposals and an adjournment
was
taken until Monday.
Ambassador
Shidehara appeared, for Japan in the
negotiations, for the first time since ' is
recent illness.
Minister Alfred Sse, -of, China, de
clared after the meeting that substan
tial 10 ogress had been made and that,
the situation looked "very hopeful."
1'. X. C. ftUIXTET LOSES "
DURHAM, Dec. 10 : The University
of North Carolina basketball team was
defeated by the Durham Y. M. C. A.
team tonight, 41 to io.; ' ' v . : 4.
TO KEEP
(NEW AGREEMENT TAKES
pjjQE QF WORRISOME
ANGLO-JAP ALLIANCE
Great Britain, United States,
Japan and France Included
In New Pact
AGREEMENT PLANNED
TO LAST TEN YEARS
Provisions Have to Do WitK
Regions of Pacific
Ocean Only
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (By Asso
ciated Press.) A new quadruple agree
ment to preserve peace In the waters
of the Pacific was announced to the
world today by the United States, Ja-,
pan, Great Britain and France.
As a consideration of the interna
tional realignment. Great Britain and
Japan agreed to consign to the scrap--head
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, long"
viewed with appresenslon In both
America and Asia.
The provisions of the agreement,
which Is In the form of a ten-year
treaty, are confined to "the region of
the Pacific ocean." Under them the
four powers are to respect each others'
Son if a dispute arises or If the
ened by any other power.
Announcement of the treaty terms
was made at a plenary session of the
-i.iit5 mciiiericmas ana rortugai.
To be binding on the United States.
the treaty must be ratified by the sen-
ate several of whnsA mCmh. w.v,
held comment tonight nendine a fur
nudy of the text. "opn"w-w
A, ...
ucviai cu vii i l uy ssome oi
cont.5iohiA
the "irre-
0 - w
as was the Ver
sailles treaty fight, . but Republican
leaders and some Democrats declared
ratification was certain.
Not Signed Yet
The -f-Hsfgnatnres 6fgepv;-sta
an
may.
held until the question of navul ratio
has been settled definitely. , The naval
sUUatlon remains unchanged nendimr
word from Tokib.but there is general
confidence that approval of the Ameri
can "15-5-3" plan will be made unan
imous in the verv near future.
In lieu of signature, the principal
delegates have put their initials on the
The treaty agreement is expected in
itseir to- Hasten a decision not only on
the naval ratio, but on all the other
issues before the arms conference. The
delegates believe they are over the top
of the hill, and a British spokesman
went so far tonight as to- characterize
today's session as "practically the
break up of the conference" so far as
major considerations a're concerned.
One of the first impulses of some of
the senators was to compare and con
trast the treaty with the league'of na
tions covenant which so lately was the
center of a bitter senate fight. By an
official spokesman of. the American del
egation it was pointed out tonight that
a feature of the covenant on which at-
tack was concentrated is omitted from
the four-power peace, agreement. In
article .10 of the league the members
agreed to "respect and preserve" each
others' territorial integrity, but n the
new treaty the pledge is to "respect"
territorial rights in the Pacific.
Difference Shown
The omission of the guarantee "to
preserve" the integrity of foreign na
tions is declared by the American dele
gates to constitute an all-important
distinction between an alliance and a
compact for peaceful solution of future
controversies.
In presenting the treaty. Senator
Lodge said it had been accepted' by the
i United States subject to a satisfactory
conclusion of the negotiations, now pro-
ceeuuig over me isiu.uu ol x ul, anu aiso -with
reservations relative to the man-
dated islands south of the equator. It
was explained by American spokesmen
later that the attitude of the American
government in respect to mandates had
been in no way modified by the treaty.'
At Its open session today, the arms
conference also gave formal approval
to several of the resolutions on Chi
nese problems adopted by the far east
ern committee of the whole. The "four
points" of Elihu Root, the declaration
on extra territoriality and the agree
ments relative to China's neutrality and
future treaties affecting her were in-
eluded in the resolutions thus spread
formally on the records of the confer--
ence .,
Although the plenary session occu-
Pied attention of the delegates un-
til afternoon, the Japanese, and Chinese,
i ,.u
in harmony with the purpose to press
collateral issues to a conclusion, held a
meeting late in the day and reported
ations over Shantung. - Next week the
far eastern committee will resume its
consideration of the Chinese situation
and it is possible that another plenary,'
session win De neia . eany next weeK'.
to record the agreementjon navl ratio'
The hour devoted by the conference.
to the four-power treaty- constituted
a memorable chapter in the history of y
diplomacy. Assembled about the big
green table' in Continental hall, flanked
by the advisers and by galleries packed
with the notables of many nations, the
plenipotentarles expressed in' counten-;
ance , and bearing" as well in spoken
words their realization of the import
of the new international alignment
they had effected. " -'::.'v'
- Senator. Ixdge's'' address of present-"'-
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uvea , .me powers .nave Yiot-'fU Jefrtv, '
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