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' ' - . Dfflfel.ti.'.A . . . m-- j ... World, State and Local News Daily FOUNDED A. D. 1867 -VOL. CVin.0. 105. WILMINGTON, N. O, WEDNESPAY MQRNING, DECEMBER 21 1921; OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. ''"' 1 . . - - i " r - . - . . . FIRST HAND TESITMONY SUPPORTS CHARGES OF WATSON gix Witnesses Examined Yes terday and Charges of Hangings Made. ALLEGES HE WITNESSED A DOZEN EXECUTIONS V" S1IINT0N, Dec. 20. None of the X witnesses appearing today before a senate committee was able to give hand evidence to support harges iv Pfnator Watson, Democrat, Georgia, iat American soldiers had been hang-.H-i without trial in France. George H- Taylor, of Philadelphia, thili ami frail and under treatment as himself explained, for epilepsy de t'ar. (1 lie had seen twelve soldiers hanjred. or one more than the number oifiJiaily listed by the war department 1? executed in accordance with court martial verdicts, approved by General persuing:. Taylor, confused as to the nuniht r of victims, testified at first he ; aJ seen three, and then under direct questioning increased his figures to four, jumping finally to twelve. All o these, he declared, were put to death in and around Is-Sur-Tille in the pe riod from April to Juxig 1919. No instance could the witness say he k::. w whether any or all of the twelve had been tried by a military court. ' Kecause of the evident physiclal weakness of the witness. Senator "Wat son suggested that army officers, in . hiding:- Col. Walter Bethel.' assistant juice advocate general, retire from ;iu'" room, explaining that Taylor was subject to epileptic attacks and that the presence of officers might disturb him. But the former soldier announced he wanted the officers to remain. Testimony by Henry L. Ceott, 22 years old, of Kenmore, Ohio, that he ha : seen two soldiers shot down in cold :,;cod a '"Major Opley," commander of the third battalion 116th infantry, brousht a quick and sharp denial from Maj. Hiram L.. Opie, at his home at Staunton, Va.. who was in charge of that organization and who announced he would be grlad to go before the com mittee. Scott was positive in the as sertion that he saw both men killed, at different times, that" the first shoot ing of a courier, was witnessed by sev er:?! hundred men and that he alone ;a.v the second. -i' - Having Major Opie in mind as com :rander of the battalion, Colonel Bethel pressed the wltne closely as to the fpelling- of the name and later inform fi Chairman Brandegee privately that Scott evidently was referring to the Virginian. But Scott stuck to- "Qpley." In making sweeping denial of the charge. Major "Opie, at: Statmtoji.- d- r'ared in & tatemenT' "ThaT'e Scoft "u-rites himself down as a skulker by his own testimony" that he belonged to another outfit and never should have Wn in the fighting line with the third iattalion. , Although he did not know of his own knowledge of any executions without trial?. Robert A. Harrison, of Wilming ton. North Carolina, told the commit ;Cf lf. ' had witnessed two lynchings," rn conducted by "Hardboiled" Smith. The soldier, he said, was put to death f' r refusing to sweep a stockade with tooth bursli, that the killing, as he' rnom'i.ercd. took place on December :J. 191 at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, sid that he saw the lynching from a iiftance of 300 yards. The other man iyr.ched, he said, was a Mexican, who 'as strung- from a tree by officers and n en, for a crime against a woman. In an effort to clear up what he re tarded as the confusion in Taylor's testimony, Chairman Brandegee sug s'sted that Colonel Bethel question the witness concerning the twelve execu tions he ('.aimed to have seen with hifl wn eyr s. Early in th6 hearing Ool fnfl Bethel, filed with the committee th official war department list of 11 amnions, with places and dates, emitting only the names out of con sideration for the families of the dead. "Hp department list showed that two ir'ldiers were handed after trial at Is-Sur-Til!e, and it was the officer's con tention that Taylor was present, with ftiiev men and officers. Taylor's testi mony was regarded in the nature of a f'tifirmation of Colonel Bethel's con- i'jsirn in this respect, as he did not Know tne name of one of the;two S0I7 oi'-rs executed at that place. After hearing witnesses tomorrow t eotmmittee will adjourn until after tfce liolidavp. IQIIDATIOX OF LIBERTY ISSUES UPSETS BOJTDS NH'.v YORK. Dec. 20. Liquidation 'i-'Tty bonds at extreme overnight '-'hi:-' of 70 cents to $1.24 per hu'n r"l dollars to and from $2 to $3.70 ;r,r!i th-ir high records of a montlt ' ten.!ed to unsettle prices on the" r'Ni exchange, today. " explanation accompanied the re r, J n'. v'hii n occasioned much sur '0 in quarters where only recently , ' hnd been predicted for some of "'Is." !SJll,,s before the year's end. ,:. J'" 'i-eeulative character of the f; s "Perations was evidenced, how- i lJy lhf' fact that most liberty is- r' '""vi-red a considerable part of .',ss,s before the close, on what t"ie.j U) 1)P snort covering. : l n-s in the entire' bond list on .'',"llan?(! approximated $20,000,000 ... 1 "!iS totnl tho tiirnnvtr In 1 h- tv -ues represented almost fifty c-f-n let or notes were the only govern- , " ar notations to hold firm? the :;,s .''osin? within a small frac- f'f th p year's maximum at. 100.06.' V"OST AT LUNCHEON M GOVERNOR CAM MORRISON IVkm,,.;1'"1"1 to Te tar r t v -, . ... Dec. 20. Ang-us Cor' McLean, democratic natlona-l fi'mv ' "Iiin irom North Carolina ana 1 1 ' I rfWa3 host at a luncheon at' the 'iir,n lm htel today to Governor Mor- his r r 1S nere ror a snorx rvu .. guests were, Joseph F. xum- lf , " - Kinott of tne war i fn I ()Urd Mangum Hplman, of. Per tf ,,.""-y. and Judge Tim- AnsDury, Ih. ""r in honor of the 'governor LITTLE uy MAY BE NO AGREEMENT IN DAIL EIREANN BEFORE AFTER HOLIDAY RECESS; NOT COME TODAY ANYWAY DUBLIN, Dec. 20. (By Associated of et8h,T:A. ? close of todays session of the Dail Eireann it was clear that a decision on the treaty would not be taken before Thursday afternoon at the earliest. Some of the; members were even of the opinion that adjourn ment over the Christmas holidays may be . necessary, among them Michael Collins. ; Arthur. Griffith, head of the pleni potentiaries, and ' Eamon fte Valera, who is strongly opposing the' treaty, are agreed,' however, . that suspense would be bad for the. country. As a matter of fact, judging by the atti tude of the people of Dublin, the whole country is fairly sick with uncertainty and anxiety. It was made evident today that the Dail Eireann will tolerate no form of thV loir y aa"101iai members, lae Stea.icer annAnnoa V,n-.T t- i tvo)- : V L, i their names, and probably others will desire to be heard, the idea, appearing to prevail that each member is in duty oouna 10 explain his vote to his con stituents'. 'The trend of sentiment in the par liament is eagerly watched, and ob servers present throughout the days proceeding were of the opinion tonight that the prospects of ratification have improved. One speaker sharply criti cized the attitude of some of the mem bers, suggesting that, though they would vote against the treaty,, they really hoped t would be approved. This tended to confirm the reports that several deputies, . though unwilling to expose the country to the consequences of rejection, wish to maintain their personal position as true Republican. s The main force of the-attack on them was based on the argument that even de Valera has abandoned the idea of. a republic and framed an oath recog nizing the king as head of the com munity of nations with which Ireland is to be associated. The most exciting speech at today's meeting was that of Dr. Patrick Mc Cartan, known as the "first ambassa dor of the Irish republic" to the United States who condemned everybody im partially and declared emphatically Eastlake Is Cleared of Charge Murdering Wife; Start Life Anew Verdict Comes After 27 Min utes Deliberation; . Miss Knox to be Tried Feb. 3. MONTROSS,. Va., Dec 20. Roger D. Eastlake, navy petty;., officer, charged Ottielmmrfsr; of his wrfMaiTjriti HtltheI?thom"rJat foeach; on September' 30 last .was this" aiter-4 noon found not guilty by a jury in , ... '' s Westmoreland county circuit court here. The verdict was returnea at o:u p.) m. 47 minutes After the Jury wasi given the case. When the words "not guilty" were pronounced, Eastlake smiled. His moth er, Mrs. - S. M. Eastlake, and his sis- ter, Mrs. Mabel Chambers, who had occupied seats directly behind the de fendant, rushed, to his side and show ered him with kisses. . W. W. Butzner, chief counsel for the r defense, thank ed the court and Judge Chinn dis charged the jury. T felt certain , those twelve men would not believe that I murdered my wife," said Eastlake, "I will ask to be transferred to' another naval station and will start life anew." Eastlake is said to be still a petty officer in good- standing in the navy and , under construction of the rules is understood to be- obliged to report immediately for; duty at the Dahlgreen groving grounds where he was when his wife met her death, according to the' testimony he gave at his trial. Lieut. Commander J. H. Green, East lake' superior officer, was in court and, at the request of defense - attorneys, granted Eastlake a leave of absence for three days. Eastlake left tonight for Fredericksburg accompanied byt his mother, slater, brother and a cousin. Efforts will be -made tomorrow to 1 ave his children brought to him from Catonville. Md. Attorney Butzner plainly displayed his elatlcn at the verdict. "It- was wbolly a Question of the prosecution r resenting legal proof of client's guilt, he said, "and this we felt was Im possible as be was innocent". . Commonwealth Attorney Mayo who cr.ducted the prosecution said I thmk I t roved tl at xCastlake was present on the morning of the crime and -eel tl'at Justice has been cheated. I rait confident of a verdict t second degree girder would be rendered and that would have sufficed the ends of 3us Hce Of course I bow to decision of tie jury and will give my best efforts t,y cinvlct Miss Kn-x when she comes ycrhorrminutes Com rronweS Attorney Mayo lake In his arguments to the, jury Se referred to the petty officer a the Vilest of characters" and said , "as Hy as Miss Knox undoubtedly gap, fi at compaied with Eastlake she seem Va i Vina a lily of the.yalley.-v,'She ictibn she rad with this mlrable Crlfeknox the Baltimore imrse, clareediny with EaX! rotider will fce placed on trial, Web- rvaiy 3. i ' r BACK TO ton HOLIDAYS. BAP4 to tfce Star.) - ' tT 2ft. Hollls T. States n .th the fam nas . . . - the Christmas "-'r, wenrv. Win fly of WSDru..- niver . ' i-rrr- i n th univer- ston, Protessor V Chanel Hill. Hfi'fathlr, George T. - Winston, now a !Jtot Ashevine,r was president sityr His resi3 Mft IS a. - o - iversity: m the nineties, being elected to th. presidency afteraeveral tArs'service as professor of La.tfn 7 SommaSer Winston was in the class ofm; '.Upon leaving the university Se - went Uo -the Navftl Academy and completed the fotit, years? course there. For the last 20 -years. V has seen va ried service in the nfty. that the republic had been abandoned in Dublin before the delegates crossed to London. He evoked great applause by expressing preference for Griffith and Collins, who, he . said, did their best, over the "quibbteysamong whom he included de Valerit-who criticized the delegates in the -Day Eireann, while fighting them op noi difference of serious principles ' Dr. McCartan denounced ' the whole Dail Eireann saying they; all went into the .boat of British imperialism. He was uncompromising republican,, recog nising kings as out of date, and he ob jected to any association with the British empire. There' was- no real difference between the opposing geo tions of the cabinet, he asserted; they were all wrong. The men who died had died neither for .this treaty nor for . . . ' ' r 'Xf -j . tne ae vaiera aocujnent. The repub 11c of which Eamon de Valera was president was dead. i In conclusion Dr. McCartan . saw no way out, for there was a divided cab inet, a divided Dail Eireann, a divided army and a" divided country. He de clined to vote for the treaty, or tor chaos and therefore would abstain from voting. . , The narrowing of the issue between the opposing sections in ' the Dail Eireann cabinet was the maim feature of the debate. Several members en deavored to elicit the terms submitted at the private session last week by Mr. defValera, with the object pf prov ing that -his disagreement with Mr. Griffith was not worth fighting for. One of the speakers suggested as: a way out. of the difficulty submission of the question toj two typical consti tuencies, naming South Cork and East Clare, the latter being "de Valera's own constituency. De Valera laughed loudly at this suggestion. " War as an alternative to the treaty was generally recognized by all the speakers, and it is understood that the retirement of the members into pri vate session for an hour.- in the .after noon was for the purpose of examin ing the position or the Irish republican army, in case the treaty was rejected. American Interests Want Two Cent Duty on Cuban Raw Sugar Cane Sugar Interests of U. S. and Porto Rica Ask-Duty of Senate Finance Committee WASHINGTON, Dec. . 20. -Amean pounaon -cwban raw sugar, while JS;5fUCa vd ma",uf.c; turers urged that the duty be made 2.5 cents a, ounov Te JJojSgJ,-" tne1 f ordney bill Is 1.6 cents a pound. increase, of six-tenths of l cent ' over tne unaerwoon law rint-v nn tVia same rate as is how in force under the emergency , tariff act. -. Spokesmen for the American beet and sane interests in concluding the presentation of , their case, declared their case, declared their industries were threatened with destruction and would be forced to suspend if the pres ent duty were continued. This would leave the entire American field open to the .Cuban cane industry, they said, adding that events last year when raw sugar w"ent . t6 22 ;-l-2 cents a pound in dicated what would happen to Ameri can consumers' under such a condi tion. .. The witnesses said tfce issue before congress was whether-the American sugar Industry, which now supplies half the nation's need, was to be sac rificed to aid Cuba. They said there was no disposition to injure Cuba, and that if production in that country was reduced to somewhere near the pre war total of -2,000,000 tons, -or half of the amount consumed annually in the United States, the Cuban industry could be put back on its feet. Louisiana- producers , charged that the American producers in Cuba were the American refiners who always. had fought .against a duty on Cuban sugar. They said that if" the American indus try closed down the refiners would be in a position to . maka; big profits out of fhe American public. They and the beet sugar . .industry spokesmen also declared that the Cuban producers had 1,2-50,000 tons of sugar from last year's crop which they were threatening to throw on the American- market at one cent" a pound. --- --- r; , - - - Representatives of the beet sugar industry said the two cent duty asked for was necessary because of the dif ference in costs -in the. United States and Cuba. Spokesmen for , the Louisiana cane industry said the cost of producing their sugar was greater than that or producing the beet prod uct and that consequently they were asking for a rate a half a cent higher than the beet interests requested. In a brief filed wrth the committee, Gray Silver, ' Washington representa tive, of the American far bureau feder ation, suggested that the maximum rate on sugar be made 1.6 cents a pound with authority iven" the presi dent to increase this rate. "If at any time it should become evident that American producers were losing ground to the detriment of the coun try." WEATHER FORECAST WASHINGTON, Dec. . 20. Virginia: Unsettled, possibly lisht rain Wednes day; Thursday partly cloudy and con siderably colder. ' North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia: Cloudy and unsettled Wed nesday and Thursday; . probably rain; colder Thursday. Florida: Generally fair Wednesday; Thursday cloudy, probably rain in ex treme' north; not much change in tem perature. - Extreme northwest Florida: Unset tled) probably rain Wednesday and Thursday; colder Thursday. Alabama: . Unsettled, probably rain Wednesday; colder in interior; Thurs day cloudy , and much colder, probably rain in south. . ' Tennessee:. Cloudy and colder Wed nesday, probably light rain; cold wave in ' west Wednesday night; " Thursday generally, fair and much colder. 1 AGGO PUSHED iiiffllliuE ANtt OniERlQliiSflONS '-i"-,5';.. British and French ; Premiers - Discuss 6enfiaititeraUo and Kindred .Qutipns FRENCH JlND ENGLISH IN ACCORDLLOTO GEORGE LONDON, Dec 20.(3?, the Associat-ed--Press.) Not much- ? progress has been made thus far,, it. was learned o niHt, in the conversations wich .are going . on between Aristide Briand, the French premier,, and - Pavid Lloyd George the British ,'prlii..pUnister,: on German Preparations ' and 'kindred ques tions. s -' -;-,'' ' 't- The two premiers met ' again this morning at the official jretdence of Mr. Lloyd George,. bt did -not 5;ef together this afternoon. -K' Talking to the Assoeiafftd Press this evening, M.' Briand said: jhe -was un able to give an details of the-con.-versatlons, which- rangeover a wide field, including reparations and the in tentions of 'France shouldOermany fail to meet Iter Jflnanetate1liiations due January 15,- The Frerfahpremier emr phasized that :hfs cohversations with Mr. Lloyd Oeorgedid;ot Constitute a conference, whloh could -bel called only after an ariwrd;'haa.vleen,r reached in an exchanjgof:-:Viewfcfj".'g;' ' To an observation: tktfce effect that today's Lonijon" papeTst?POk0 'Pt ' the "French naval puzzleT ;he Wash ington conference andsug'gest4 that M. Briand's recent statemeiit did "not square with the announcement of tne French delegation: in " Washington, M. Briand replied warmly: jthalthere were no such divergencies, as. had tbeen in sinuated. On . th .cpntraryi - b. declar ed, he was is full agreement with-' the French delegation'. aiod'-tBe,elaIros they had put . forward - in - France's behalf, uring the further course of .the conver sation M. Briand -complained some what bitterly of, -'what- he!" termed the suspicion with which certain quarters had judged France's - defensive naval measures. . ,v- -A:V:'-f:?4 , . ' .- "People seem - to forgetrH declared ;M Briand, "that'-'rano.;i$;.'''varrounded by three seas- the ; North siea, the- Atlan tic ocean and the Mediterranean. More over, . France needs " a Cnatry. to protect her distant colonies wltW their sixty million inhabitants." "It is curious,-" the -pfemier added, with animatlfth,;' ',thatJTa soon . as France mentions - her need 'for a navy the people raise their hands in horror and cry 'French VmiUtajrism whereas th past-two years haVa iufflciently i shown that France unswervingly pur- su.stpAUPoz;ea.ceottv'Knw;-.we TIiiWGTO:lftAJWjgTlFIlE ?' BEFORE fSEATB COMMITTEE WASHINGTON. t)ec. 20. Robt. . :A. Harrison, of Wilmington, . told the special committee investigating Wat son's charges.; today that he had seen lynching parties while in the service but never saw any hangings. He is a boilermaker and served two years and two months as a member of the Amer ican Legion with Canadian forces, and from the spring of 1917 to the end of the war with American forces, Seventh field artillery, first division. . . He said that in the fall of 191T he saw 35 or 40 men hang a soldier from the limb of a tree an dthe insignia on the body showed he was a soldier of the sixteenth" infantry. The man was a Mexican. "Accbrdlng to the inform mation given me, it was a case of get ting rid of this man, or else certain officers would have been cashiered," he said. He also witnessed an execution in rear of a prison stockade near Paris after the armistice. The' victim was Benny King, of Wilmington, . he said, who had asked for his money when registered at the prison, where they were held as A. W. O. L. He declared he and others were sent to the front as punishment without rifles, helmets or gas masks. " He was gassed. This; ijiras after Colonel Hol brook, seventh field -artillery, he said, had applied vile Tanguage for his fail ure to control a horse,' and he had re plied -in kind. Col. Hobrooks, he said, did not appear ' and Harrison had no lawyer. THEASTJRY DEPARTMENT CONTROL FARM LOAN BOARD DEFEATS AIM WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, ?ontrol of the treasury -department - over the af fairs of the farm loan board lias re- suited in defeating the aim of legis- i latlon enacted for the .purpose of a'id- lng the farmers of the country, Sena tor Fletcher, Democrat,' Florida, charg ed today. While the farmers were in "distressing conditions" he asserted the agency created by ..congress to aid them was being restricted by the treas ury department to annual bond issues of between f 150,000,000 and $200,000, 000 whereas the amount of issue, he sard, "should be several times greater." He estimated that a bond issue of $1, 000,000 a, day is necessary to meet present conditions. ;"But the treasury department is not interested in agriculture," Senator Fletcher asserted, "and does not want the bonds for the bonds for the farmer to come into competition with other bonds to aid commercial, Industrial business and trade enterprises. The, department w ants to hold the market for those securities, and the farmer's bonds 'an go hang. The system in stituted for the benefit of the farmeis has ceased to functions POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF DYER ANTI-IiYNCHING BILL WASHINGTON, "Dec 20. An agree ment to postpone consideration of the Dyer antl-lyhching bill, until after the Christmas recess was reached late to day by house. leaders after several hours of ineffectual efforts to maintain a quorum. 1 : -Opponents of the measure blocked ef-r forts to begin debate by an effective fll-; ibuster. For several ' hours business was suspended through lack of a quo rum. : - . " ' , A ' Under a resolution adapted last night after a spirited flght 'the 'bill had right of way with the -understanding it was not to be pressed tola . final vote - be fore congress suspende'd activities for the holidays -" :-t .. - - ... . .. v FRANCE TONNA GE on Difference In Opinion as to Homeland of laoan Not ----------- ar 4- WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (By the Associated - Press.) President Hard ing, in a statement issued tonight, stat that he had no objection to a con struction by the armament corif erence delegates that - the four power treaty includes the principal islands of Japan in Us application. The statement said: "When the President was responding to press inquiries at the afternoon in terview today he expressed the opin ion that the homeland of Japan did not come within the words 'insular posses ions and insular dominions' under the four power agreement except as terri tory proper of any other nation which is party to the agreement. "TJiis expression," the statement continued, "has been emphasized as a division between the President, and the delegates to the conference in con struing the four power agreement. -' "The President announced tonight that the difference in view in no wise will be permitted to embarrass the conference or the ratification of the agreement, v He had assumed all along that the spirit of the conference con templates a." confidence which pledges respect of . territory in every . way which to promote lasting peace. "He has learned from the United tates delegates-.-to the corif erence that they have agreed to the. construction which includes the homeland of Japan in the terms 'insular possessions and insular dominions' and has no objec tion to that construction." The language of the treaty thus brought into' -question nas also been MOVES the subject of senate; discussion, and , nree houT ,and hlf which con tra .hnn. r,,,i.i., Koa. --n the if erence circles hoped would bring a tenant inn a rf nnnnnanta nf t t i fl cation, spokesmen, for the American delegation have said repeatedly that the major Japanese .group must be re garde das included within the provis ions pf the agreement. When he set forth an opposite view today, Mr. Harding .was said by offi cials close to hi rato have acted with? out consultation 'with his state depart ment - advisers . and , without . any defi nite purpose of. '.announcing the atti tude of the .administration. It was de clared that he merely was voicing a personal opinion. ' and, had . nothdnght of .precipitating a clash in conference circles, . : , : ' 1 The effect on the delegates, , however, was..- immed.iately '-apparent.-; None ;of them,- wtuldVS -nrnienV - but , among nese alike there ywas evident a desire to Tiave - the attitude or the - American government clarified at once,. " The American delegation held a meeting, and as Senators Lodge and Underwood .were hastening to ' the whiter blouse British spokesman ' not directdy con nected with the-British delegation was telling ' newspaper "correspondents that a. view directly opposite. totthatVof the President had -been communicated to the' other ' powers by .the : "Am'erlcan plenipotentiaries ' during"; the-' negotia tions. : 1 i Baron Kato head of the' Japanese, was kne of those -who showed greatest interest in the" President's attitude A pledge of secrecy, said ' the Japanese statesman, prevented him' from divulg ing whether there had been an agree ment as to application of the treaty to the principal Japanese islands, nd he added that "the meaning adopted at the time of signing might be changed in v the uture, so I can say nothing at this time." In British quarters, it was said that it was the -British and Americans who took the lead in framing the treaty so as to apply to all the Japanese group, and that the Japanese for a time op posed the arrangement. Arthur J. Bal four, head of the"" British, was declared--to have been inSistefit on in cluding the major Japanese5 islands1 if the British dominions of Australia and New Zealand were to be taken in. Definition of the' geographical scope of- the treaty, as finally agreed to, is included in Article one of the agree ment, and is as follows: "The high contracting powers agree as between themselves to respect their rights in relation to their insular pos sessions and insuiar dominions in the region of tne Pacific' ocean." , As interpreted by Mr.-Harding n his conference with the correspondents, this .language would, not apply to the mainland or so called "mainland is lands" of any of the. contracting pow ers, lie was said to ieei tnat Japan proper would no more be included among the Pacific islands, for purposes of the treaty, than would the main land of the United. States. The islands of the chief Japanese group were con sidered by him as constituting a party to the treaty rather than a possession or dominion to be dealt with by it. ARMAMENT CONFERENCE MUST BANISH SUB IK DUTY IS DONE CHARLOTTE, Dec. 20. Unless the submarine, "that outlaw, that assas sin of the sea is destroyed root and branch, and agreements reached for dection of land armament and solu tion of the problem of aircraft the greatest danger of any possible future war," the armament conference- will no"t Kave4ived up to the rneasure of its duty and .privilege, declared Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy in an address today before, the Char lotte Rotary Club, t In its achievement toward naval re duction the conference has made ' a "spiehdid gesture", pointing the way to world peace said Mr. Daniels, but thus I Huffines has been appointed postmas f ar the conference has made no prog-1 ' ter at Spout Springs. Nominations ress toward reduction of any arma ments except dreadnaughts. While armies cost more than navies, armies have been the force upon-which mili tarism has been based in the past, the submarine was a greater factor in the world war than all the capital ships and bombing planes will be the "great est danger in any possible, future . war." rTJnless'we take steps to reduce ar maments on lands," he said, "we shall not have , gone far," adding, that' while dreadnaughts have been" considered the back bone or-- a . nation's fighting; strength, s tthe backbone 'was ' tied up lln harbor" during the world war.. ' V'--' -.". .- ' ' - : . ' ACCEPTS CAPITAL hl .MM f to mm X What Conslit Embarrassi erence . . , . -j SETTLED SHANTUNG CONTRMSlh IS NOW A MATTER FOR TOKIO Negotiations Between Japanese and Chinese Delegates Come to An Abrupt End. BOTH DELEGATIONS FAR APART ON RAIL ISSUE WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (By Asso ciated Press.) Settlement of tjhe Shantung controversy now rests witli Tokio. ' . - The conversations between the Jap anese and Chinese delegates ' which have proceeding during the past three' weeks outside of the Washington con ference proper under the "good offices of Arthur J. Balfour, , of Great Britain, and Mr. Hughes, late today came to. a sudden halt with "both delegatiQnT apart on the qtfestion of payment f or and administration of the Tslng Ta- Tsinanfu railway, the heart of the dis pute. After a session lasting more than about a satisfactory agreement be-, i lwcc" L"e B "uf' "c delegates announced ' they could go no further in the . conversations without instruction from Tokio. The meeting then adjourned "sine die" without agreeing on the major issues. "We got to the point where we could not proceed further," said Dr. Koo, of the Chinese delegation, after the meet ing. " The principal stumbling block, which was regarded tonight as threatening the entire Shantung negotiations, was the Japanese proposal that Japanese experts be appointed .by the Chinese in the service of the railway. "We have already gone beyond our instructions' and .can go no further without receiving - - .ins tructi TokJOj - said- Mr. Hanlharath' nal Janaaesa delegates '. atte conversatlbns.' ' ' We have made., con cession after concession until we can make no more. The Chinese delegates have receded on no point."! . . Replying to a question, Mr. Hani hara said that . the Japanese consid ered the question, of , appointment of a Japanese traffic manager of the rail way "essential to an agreement," as a safeguard to efficient operation of the. road and to assure protection to the Japanese financial Interests in volved. Details of the "efforts of the Chinese delegates to meet the Japanese on every point" were given the Associated Press tonight by one of the Chinese delegates. Decision of" the Japanese to discon tinue the discussions, according to the delegate, was . made . known to the Chinese in a formal statement ready by Mr. Hanihara which stated that the Japanese delegation "could not recom menu any settlement of thhe railway question" and that the whole matter "would be put up to" Tokio for. deci sion on that basis. Continuing, the Chinese delegate 'gave an outline of the negotiations: j questions involved in the return from the railway to China, including trans fer within nine months as a compro mise of the Chinese proposal for a six months period, solution of the matter resolved itself into a question of "mode of payment." Agreeing to the Installment plan in principle, the Japanese wanted to know What security they would have for fu ture payments,, and were offered Chi nese treasury notes. To this reply the .Japanese said they must have 'these secured, and the CfMnese countered with an offer to pledge the revenues of the railway. The Chinese finally offered to spread the payment over 10 years with an option to make a final settlement after three years. The Japanese suggested five years as the option period. The Chinese, asserting: that this would be only two years longer than their pro posal, suggested about two years be added to the full term of 10 years mak ing it 12. This was declined by the Japanese, who then opened the ques tion of cash payment, asking what as surance they would have that China would pay if the road was turned back. They asked that 32,000,000 Chinese dol lars be deposlted.in a neutral bank be fore transfer was Desun. China agreed to rake deposits every three months over t4e nine months pe riod, to which the Japanese finally Agreed the road should be turned back, if other details were satisfactorily ar ranged, but the Japanese' delegates re plied they could not 'accept periodic payments and read their formal deci sions to discontinue the conversations and refer the question to Tokio. POSTAL NOMINATIONS (Special to The Star. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. David A. were submitted to the senate today, as follows: . Amelia B. Stepp, Black Mountain; George T. Whitaker, Franklinton; Joshus P. Jessup, Hertford; Wesley L. Norman, Bannerselk; Thomas E. Har well, Catawba; Walter Mogan, Eller bee;,Grover L. Harbinson, Maiden; EH D. Byrd, Ronda. ' PROBIINENT MAiV SUICIDES CLAYTON.. N. d Dec. 20. Ernest L Hinton," ago 65, who was 'prominently connected .with. many, business enter prisesi in tl,Is section, committed sui cide' at his home here tonight- ' i j ' ' R71J 7 f f SHIP CONFERENCE ARINE ISSUE Italy and France Get 1759000 Tons Under U. S. Plans British ,Want Plenary Session to Present Plant For Aban- donment of Sub. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (By the As sociated Press.) Acceptance by France with reservations of the American pro posal of 175,000 tons in capital ship each for France and Italy swept .the; arms conference forward tonight tov its next major problem the submarinsir' issue. Italy, it was stated officially,' already has accepted the 175,000 ton figure, conditioned only on its accept- ance by France. Formal announcement of French ac- ceptance ajtd details of French reser-: vat ion s apparently , were reserved by the sub-committee of fifteen for the full naval committee of the conference, called to meet Thursday." ''The sub-, committee did break "Its silence suffl- ' rciefetiy, however, to publish the mes sages exchanged by-Secretary Hughes and Premier Briand whioh led up to the action. of the French delegation. The messages) were read and discussed by theuhwcommittee but the official com munique disclosed no more than the texts of the cablegrams. ? -s a - i f. 'The premier's message showed that reservations .attached t acoptance of the 175,000 "capital ship tonnage had to do with "light cruisers, torpedo boats and submarines." This has serv ed to bring the conference to a stand until the submarine Issue can be solv ed, when the five power capital ship agreement will be comnleted a.ntnmati. j cany. it is assumea the full naval committee was called to lay out a m-o- gram for. .the discussion of submarine and anti-submarine craft as the two are interwoven in French and British opinion. ' This implies that the auxiliary craft elements of the American plan must be shaped into agreement before -the conference committees can return- to ratify the capital ship agreement. A directste-p toward bringing up the submarine-jlsfeue in its first phase the British proposal, to abolish sub mersible, war .craft entirely was tak en during theidayThyritish delega tion .M.keftjtnAi-.'PlenariisssUti- of the ;co.nfrenc; ?be called J termit date hJ" nbt been' jaounceclrt&night. at sucn an open session , Lord Lee for the British grofrawlll jset out In detail the technical and Other reasons why the British believe that subma rines should be banned by the world as naval weapons. He will read his statement, it Is understood great care having been taken in its presentation. But there are Indications that even in that statement the British will show!,' lack of conviction that the conference; will share the British view on subma rines. It will, it is understood set out also the secondary British proposal, that if submarines are to be retained.," the tonnage allotments of each power be cut far below the existing strength : principle of the American proposals. There is also a suggestion in British . quarters that should neither of these, views on submarines prevail, the, British would deem it necessary to seek radical increase in their allot ments of anti-submarine Craft as a measure of self defense. . That means more light cruisers and destroyers and possibly, airplane carriers, for all of marineTeaPnS US6d aa,nst ub-' Jhw tbl6 corresPnJence between Mr. Hughes and Premier Briand shows tnat as conference chairman, Mr. Hughes dealt very frankly with the situation created by the French pro posal to build 10 new capital ships. 1 regret to say," he . said, "that after canvassing the matter thorough ly and taking the best Information I can obtain, I am compelled to conclude that it would not be possible on this s Tr carry throueh the agreement". x..r i?Urhes added after Pointing out that the retained fleet agreement be tween Great Britain, the United States and Japanese was contingent on "an appropriate agreement with France and Italy" and that "there will not be the slightest difficulty in making an agreement with Italy if we can reach a suitable understanding with France" "You will observe the attitude of France will determine the success or failure of these efforts to reduce the heavy burden of naval armament. The American chairman also stressed his view that the French premier's; statement indicating to the conference "the particular situation of France with respect to land armament" seemed to point to "the very great importance to reduction in naval armament". "At this time," he added, "when we are anxious to aid France in full r re covery of her economic life, it would be disappointing to be advised that she was contemplating putting hun dreds of millions into battleships." . ' That portion of Premier Briand's reply is taken as acceptance of -the American 175,000 capital ship tonnage proposal and beyond the strict letter of which, itIs indicated, . the French group in the. committee of 15 did not go today, reads as follows: v - "With regard to the tonnage'of capi tal ships, that is to. say, attacking ships, which are the most costly, J have given instructions to our delegations in the sense' which you desire. I ;am certain that I shall be sustained by my pariament in this view. . "But so far as the defensive ships are concerned (light cruisers, torpedo ' boats and, submarines) it would be im possible for the -French government, without putting itself in contradiction with the vote of. the chambers, to accept , reductions corresponding to those which wr- accept for capital ships under this formal reserve which you will certainly understand". ; Mr. Hughes pointed out to the pre-" mler that -:- strict . application to - the French navy of the rule of reduction of tonnage applied in. the . provisipnal agreement between Great Britain, the (Continued on. Page Two) . ftcung- anei be XWfeld dmtinr th .wek alffinuirh e : 1 - . i -J! .. ii -:.:r. h ie . 1 i ,. r - - ' If! f 1 4 .1. - l! i r r: , i v : ' " " X
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