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BORO DAILY NEW WEATHER Fair an Colder Talari Saturday Fair. , You Want All the Ieu$ About Buiinest Read the Ads Daily VOL. XXV. NO. 164 ENTCIED AS UCOND C1.ARS I1ATTR at nwrorncit. (iRULvaioao, a. C GREENSBORO. N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1921 hAil.T Ann ntftDAT. IBAY, II 7. '-. m rn rail PRICE FIVE 'CENTS dau.1 gm.1, ru ran GREENS SHANTUNG DISPUTE UP TO AMERICA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE ONE HOPE NOW IS FOR " A NEW ELEMENT TO BE Tl Japs and Chinese Say They Have Gone Far As Possible. , MORE SUBMARINE TALK . Day's Debate On Restriction of Submarine Warfare Brings No Results. TO RESTRICT AIRPLANES abeommlttee Deeldes Abandon .Any Effort To Limit gtreagtk Of , Airplanes But Want Tkem -i,. To Respect Hwmanlty. ..' , (By Auoclitta Fraa.) ' t. - Washington, Dec. 29. Th arm con ference naval committee spent all of today debating proposal! to reatrlct submarine warfare against merchant craft, but the delegates rot no further than a general understanding to re affirm existing principles of Interna tional law. 1 A dispute over phraseology blocked formal adoption of an afflrmatorjr reso lution, atld . the subject was laid aside for consideration by a special sub committee on drafting. The naval com mittee itself then began what promises to be a prolonged debate over the American proposal to prohibit use of submarines against merchant vessels altogether. Meantime the subcommittee on air craft decided to abandon any effort to limit the airplane strength of trie powers and to recommend Instead that an attempt be made to agree, on re strlctlonshat would make air warfare1 conform .'with considerations of hu manity. Even such regulations, how ever, were said to be considered by subcommittee members as difficult of formulation. All the other naval and far eastern discussions before the conference re mained at a standstill during the day except for an Intimation from the Japanese that only meditation by the United States and Great Britain could save the Shantung negotiations from final deadlock. It was declared both for the Japanese and Chinese that their governments had gone as far as pos sible toward a compromise, and hope of a settlement was seen only In the possibility that some new element would be Injected Into the conversation. rnere were indications mat tne na val experts of the various powers were ifar from an agreement on the propo sal that airplane' carriers be limited, and all the foreign delegation were waiting on further Instructions as to the American proposal to establish 10. ooo tons as the maximum else for any auxiliary warship. There aleo was a halt ea remaining details of the capital Rhlp agreement Itself, a proposed meet ing of experts to work out a replace-, ment chart being postponed until later in the week, Capital Skips Agree On. Se far as the capital ship question Is concerned, all the delegations appear to regard It as good as settled, al though several details remain to be discussed and no draft of a treaty em bodying the agreement has been pre pared. France has accepted, subject to a reservation which she has not yet fully explained, so that considerable discussion may take place before even that part of the work of the confer ence is ready for final approval. In regard to still another conference problem generally considered as set tled the new four power Pacific treaty there were signs tonight of re vived discussion among the delegates because of the suggestion of Japan that some action be taken to clarify the scope of the agreement In Its rela tion to the major Islands of the Jap anese empire. Baron Shldehara of the Japanese delegation, after a discussion of the subject with Secretary Hughes, took the Japanese request to Arthur J. Balfour, head of the British, and It was said afterwArit that anm j.i.it. clarification scheme might be brought forward formally In the near future. In view of the difference of opinion on the treaty's scope between President Harding and the American daleaataa. the Japanese think there at leaat should ne an exenange of formal notes among ine lour powers setting forth the meaning or tne paot beyond dispute. They are said to desire that the main Japanese group of islands be not In cluded under the treaty, but on the other hand the British desire that Aus tralia and New Zealand shall be within its scope. To Flgkt Ratileatloa. ... Although the senate is not in session, echoes of the proposed fight on ratifica tion of the four power agreement con tinue to reach the delegates. In a for mal statement today Senator 'King, Democrat, Utah, referred to the treaty and set forth a summary of what he called the "monumental failures" of the Washington negotiations. The ratification right also was dis cussed during the dav hetwn a.n.. tor Borah, Hepubllcan. IdahOv a leader ui me anti-treaty forces, and Joseph P. Tumulty, former secretary to Wood-' row Wilson, In a conference which at tracted wide attention and aav. imn. tus to speculation as to what attitude may- u. taaen oy tne former president. Thus far no intimation of Mr. Wil son's opinion of the treaty or other conference issues has figured in confer ence circles. It is known, however, that he ha taken a keen Interest in all that transpired, and ome of his friends are said to believe that he may In some way make his Position known before very long. 'Neither Senator Borah nor Mr. Tumulty would nay whether the t (Continued on Page Eight. "" 1 DBMAKD9 NOT A PROPER " ' BUBJ1XT FOR CONSIDERATION Washington, Dec. J9. The Chlno Japanese treaty of 1915, known as the II demands is not a proper subject for conslderatlpn by the Washington" con ference, If based on any question of validity or any campaign to see It abrogated, Vice Foreign Minister Hani hara, ona of the Japanese delegates, reiterated tonight during a discussion of far eastern topics with newspaper correspondents. ' Thermometer Readings. . The temperature m Greensboro and vicinity yesterday, according to A. R. Horry, local government observer, was: High 4,.,. M Low ........... 31 Gotham's Crime Wave Shows No Abatement Kew York. De. ' Mr Freak en tries were made en tke crime akeet of tke metropolitan district today, wkea tke casualty list for tke Ckrtatmas tide eutkreak mounted to aevem killed aad Ave seriously wounded. Wltk bandits kasy botk within tke city aad oat. tke day's over, skadowlna crime was aa attempt to kold ap tke Flrat National bank la Pearl River, N. Y, la walck two bank officials were slat, aad a client aertoaely wounded. Anotker kit of daring was re ported from tke keart of New York's Great Wklle Way Broad way aad Forty-Bret street- wkere tke patrons of aa automat res taurant were commanded ky rok kera to tkrow ap tkelr haads. Tke kold-np yielded aid and tke rob bers escaped la a taxlcak after running aua fight wltk tke police. la addltloa tkere earn to light tke tkeft of Sl.000,000 worth of army supplies from the Brooklya base aad tke arrest of tares civilian employes ky army Intel ligence officers ou a ekarge of smuggling tke articles out of tke reservatloa la motor trucks. Figuring also oa tke erlms chart was tke arrest of nine mea. ekarged Wltk fur robberies Involv ing 7(l,000. Tke gang Was ar rested, after a fight, wlthla a block of a poHce statloaw E Last Services At Louisburg With Whole State Mourning. THRONGS SEE OLD SMILE Pass Body, Lying In Stated Heap ed yvith Mowers, Faying' Tribute to Idol. HUNDREDS YIELD TO GRIEF Dlstlngulsked loan Of State Meet Wltk Humble To Do Honor To Dead. Inanlte Pathos la Grief Of Mrs. Bickett. Th. OnwMhnro Dill. N. "'108 HtreauiU N.tlonvl ,ol tide.. W.-BOUT, '".-at- Raleigh, Dec. .9. Thomas Walter Bioketf Louisburg home, which sent him so exultantly to Raleigh five years ago, received him this afternoon for his long stay. . ' ..-The little town which offered him to the state "with such acclamation took him hack today with a solemn pride. It burled Its bowed head Into Its face and wept as Rachael for her children. For Bickett waa Loulsburg' most lovea cnua and In the bosom of the (lace which had mothered him and all his aspirations for service he would undoubtedly have chosen to sleep, Dhe heartbroken Ingersoll, weeping over his dead brother, drew a fanciful picture of beneficiaries of a loving service cringing a blossom to the grave and burying the idolised man "beneath a wilderness of flowers." It took no imagination to see the same thlna- tn. day. The bier of the former governor. borne Into the capltol for. a stay of two nours, was oovered and surround ed with flowers, and the grave in the family burying ground could not be reached tonight without rolling back the floral mass that walls the tomb or the dead. smiling la Deatk. . The funeral service over the for mer governor, who died yesterday morning, following three rapidly i re curring stroxes or paralysis, were held from Christ Episcopal church this morning at 11:10. Two hours fcafora that time the body was borne into the retunda and laid In state.. Soldiers of tne moth infantry, the governor's le gion, guarded the casket and took turns at their service. When the hi door on the Hlllsboro' entrance opened a stream of people began pouring through the oapltol to the New Bern exit. The dead former governor, lylnsr as though asleep, wore the smile that a hundred thousand have" seen light nis iace as preliminary to some charm ing story. Tire throng, looking on his kindly features, could not repress their remarka on the perfect likeness to that borne In life. Today for the first time It was learned that not once, but thrice, did paralysis strike the Tar Heel idol. The first stroke at 9 o clock Tuesday night sent him shlek Ing and almost blinded to the foot of his afflicted wife's bed. Another 16 minutes later must have destroyed the effects of a momentary rally. A third at 10:10 prostrated all the functions of life. Yet with the last natural movement a torture and a ecream, the death of the gentle-spirited Bickett found his features fighting back for their natural pose and they were written there for ever. The natural repulsion at looking on the dead vanished. The lovers of Bickett saw him as he was. The service at Christ church was 'conducted by Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire of the North Carolina diocese. Rev. Milton A. Barber, rector of the parish In which former Governor Bickett held his membership, and Rev. H. M. Lackey of Saint Saviour's parish, Raleigh. The congregation, which over-ran the church, was made up of quite the most distinguished citiiens In ths state. The Supreme court, the council of state, the Wake County Bar association, and the heads of all lo cal institutions in the city, attended in a body. Governor Cooper, of South Carolina, a great admirer of former Governor Bickett, came to represent his state, and President David Hous ton, of the Federal Farm Loan bank of Columbia oame as a kinsman. Many members of the general assembly were also here. The eholr sang "Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand.'' "Jesus Lives" and "There Is a Blessed Home." Mrs: Bick ett, attended by her sou William, and her brother, Dr. Richard F. Yarhorough had chosen, in spite of an Illness of a week, to follow her dead idol to the end. Bowed with a comfortless grief, (Voatinued on Pag .four.) An Effective Political Alliance Is What France Wants. HUGHES IS DISAPPOINTED He Pinned Hopes On Naval Side of Conference and Submarine Issue Is Unsettled. JAPAN IS STUBBORN AGAIN kaatuug Negotiations Hang Fire, Wltk Japaaeae Holding Oa to Railroad "Itlgkta," While Cklaess Are Just Aa Obstinate. Dally Nwi Mumu nj Ttltcripb Oflto. 623 AlbM SulliHw IBr Unas Win) By C, W. (ilLUERT. rmiti. uti, bi rktluklisiu rubl! UAnt.t Washington, Dec. 29. No future con ference upon .submarines I In sight. The American delegates know nothing about one. : While the present atmos phere prevails in Europe, no good could be achieved by calling one. On the contrary only harm would result, for the conflict between the nations of Europs would stand out mora sharply. In seven years It is expected that there will be a further meeting to con sider what shall be done at the end of the naval holiday and at such a gathering the Issue of submarines and auxiliaries may be taken up. In the meantime, only a pact with regard to Europe similar to that with regard to the Pacific will make an agreement regarding the modern In struments of warfare possible. France, given such assurance as Mr. Wilson and Mr. Lloyd George offered her In the tripartite defensive alliance, would be content to leave the protection of her Interests on the sea to the British and the American fleets. Without such assurances, she sees herself being abandoned by her late 'allies, particularly by England and left to ahlft for herself and In such olrcumstances she Insists upon the na tional right, to arm herself as effective ly aa possible. Facing the alterna tive of moral Isolation or political Isolation she has chosen moral Isola tion. . Mr. Hughes Is plainly disappointed over the turn the conference has taken. He elected to pin all his hope upon the naval aide of the meeting. The far eastern aide has not been stressed, Mr. Hughes Insisting upon no program In the far east but trusting to Japan to make ooncessions out of regard for American popular opinion. On the naval side of the conference two great objects were to be gained, a Saving In the cost of naval arma ments and a promotion of the cause of peace by ending competition in war ship among nations. The first object has been gained. The scrapping of battleships and the naval holiday in capital ship construc tion will save the United States, Eng land and Japan a large sum of money. It Is aa exaggeration to say that the ulldla-o -ewhraarineu surd anti-sub marine craft which will take place during the holiday will greatly reduce this saving. Submarines ar cheap, and anti-submarine preparation Is largely- a question of organising ths smaller merchant craft of a nation. Its trawlers and faster small vessels. The second object of the naval com petition has not been gained. Naval competition remains among the na tions. It has merely been diverted Into new channels. Instead of trying to outbuild each other In battleships they will try to outbuild each other In submarines, light cruisers, destroyers and anti-submarine craft, Mr. Hughes eliminated competition or was In a fair way to do so among the stronger nations, only to find a new competition had sprung up as a result of the war, one between the weaker nations and the stronger ones. Poorer nations saw In the sub marine the light cruiser and the air plane their opportunity to defend themselves and to make themselves politically Independent of the greater powers Into whose orbit they must In evitably gravitate if they could not arm themselves effectively on the sea. France Is such a nation. Italy Is such a nation. And there are others in Europe which have not been Invited to this conference. Mr. Hughes did not perceive this situation among the smaller nations and did not make allowances for It, But International conferenoe always have their surprises. Ths American delegation, having run up against an Impossibility which lim its the results to be achieved from a naval agreement, the far eastern aide of the conference takes on a new Im portance. It has been lost sight of for days. If substantial result ar achieved In the far east the disappointment that springs from the failure to limit mod ern Instruments of sea warfare will be mitigated. It ,wlll be the part of diplomacy for Mr. Hughes to employ pressure to se cure an Improved position for China. Up to this point there ha been no sign of his Intention to do so. The Shantung negotiations still hang fire, Japan standing aa obstinately op posed to a prompt relinquishment of her control over the railroad there as the French have been to the restriction of submarines. At no time has It looked more like a break on this lasm than at present. The example of the French may have Its effect upon elthtc China or Japan or upon both. A settlement of the Shantung Issue would greatly help Mr. Hughes. An acceptance by China of the results of the far eastern conference would nlso aid him. But neither of ' the results may be confidently predicted. Either may be achieved by a quick change In diplomatic methods by the Americans, a stressing of the United States' posi tion on the far east. , RALEIGH TRAINMAN SHOT ON TRAIN IN RICHMOND Wklta Youtk Held For Firing Bullet Tkat Injured J. A. Lsmpley while ......... j .. , Train Waa Moving. ....,, (Bprrlil to Ualli Km.) Richmond, Va., Dec. 29. Joe Wood son, H-year-qJd white youth, was held today for a hearing January 19 on the charge of shooting at a southbound Seaboard Air Line train with a rifle while It was passing through South Richmond yesterday and Injuring J. A. Lampley, a flagman, of Kalelgh, N. C. The bullet passed through a window, striking Lampley In the forehead. Lampley was sent home on a train last night after receiving treatment at, Me morial hospital here. Although the bullet apparently penetrated the skull, It did not pierce the brain. It Is hoped that Lampley will be able to return to Richmond by the time the youth's case Is called. The boy, It Is alleged, told Special Agent Harry Sweet, of the railroad company, who arrested him that he fired merely to break the window and did not ex pect to hit any one. MOTOR DRIVEN matmvm- wwWH'i1wi.'iql Kv:- ' V , ' ' t.. . Si..'.:...;'.......... ..." ...':.., w A1 . .c uum h, ouch to Hnuwn the New York, New Haven ana Hartford railroad. They have been tried out by officials o( the company and are pro nounced a success. The buses, which are motor driven, resemble the motor oar In many resnects. Thev have, how ever, air brakes and several simitar railrpad appliances. Three oars of this type ana more win oe oraerea. AMONGTHESTATESIN Tar Heel Crop Worth $60,000,000 to the Producers. AVERAGE PRICE 20 't CENTS Total Production In State 291, 264,000 Pounds Kentucky Leads In Pounds. TUBERCULOSIS ON DECLINE Trend ef Tuberculosis Deatk Rate All Over Country Is Downward, Wltk , tk Decline Gradual la Nortk Carolina Blare 1916 . Dsitf Newt BureM and Telcfripb OhVs, 123 AlbM ulUlu Leutd Hint By THEODORE) TILLER Washington, Deo. North Caro lina's tobacco crop this year was worth Ixty million dollar to the producers of ths stats. This Is the showing made In a special report prepared this after noon by the department of agriculture covering tobacco production tn the UaltasVsltataa fov-the year 18llr -North Carolina haa become the banner tobac co state In value of produot - Kentucky produced more pounds of tobacco In I!l than did North Caro lina, but the 'value of the Tar Heel crop was greater because of the high er prices received. These two states were, far In advance of all others In the union, together producing about one-half of all the tobacco grown In this country. The figures for North Carolina were as follows: Acreage under tobacco cultivation, 488,000; average yield per ,aora, 608 pounds; production In the state for year, 294,284,000 pounds; average price received per pound, 0j4 centa; total value of crop In dollars, . $80,824,000; value per acre, 1123.82. Kentucky had 286,000 acres under tobacco cultivation, with a yield per acre of 846 pounds. Her production was 125,710,000 and the price received 1 E Va centa per pound. The total value of the Kentucky crop was $60,48,000; valua per acre, $131.13. 10 Centa to 41 Cents, The highest average price paid for tobacco went to the Connecticut pro ducers, 41 cents per pound. However, Connecticut produced only about 46, 000,000 pounds and the monetary re turn was $18,480,000. The lowest price paid was for Florida tobacco, 10 cents per pound, but the Florida yield was only 2,600,000 psundB. The report of the department on to bacco was one specially prepared by the bureau of crop estimates and represents ths latest figures obtain able by the federal department. It waa not Issued In the regular bulletin of the department of agriculture, but was made public aa soon as the figures were assembled today. It furnished and up-to-the-minute resume' of the tobacco situation for the year now ending. ...., .., ..... .,,,,. . .. Figures of the bureau cover 1$ states producing tobacco, with North Caro lina and Kentucky as the hnadllnera. Informative data relating to the yield of certain of. the other states are aa follows: Louisiana, with . v ,oo acres In tobacco. Is at tint f."k of the list, with a yield of only 4tu,00o pounds, with a value of $158,000,v Virginia produced 81,850,000 pounds, which were sold at a price of 20 ft cents and brought In (Continued on page four.) $26,000 GIFT MADE FOR UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP Mrs. Graham Kenan Gives It To VSm tabllHh Kellowaklp In Honor of ,,r' I-ate Husband. (Hciil to Ililli' Nnrj. I Chapel Hill, Dec. 29. Prof. Horace Williams has received a letter from Mrs Graham Kenan Inclosing a check for $26,000 for the establishment of the Graham Kenan fellowship In philos ophy In memory of ker lute husband, member of the class of 1904 In the university. The details of the application of the Income of the fund are left to . Pro fessor 'Williams," who la' Kenan pro fessor of philosophy here, Graham Kenan was one of his students for two years and there existed a close friend ship between thent, One thousand dollars of the amount, according to the directlona of the donor, Is to be used the first year, and the remaining 1 215,000 Is to constitute the permanent fund. The annual income, which will be about- $1,600, does not have to go to only one student at a time but may be divided between two or more, accord ing to the nature of the advanced work to be done by them and the place at which it must be done, nor does It have to be used In accordance with a rigid rule year after year. Full dis cretion Is given to Professor Williams and whatever advisors he may call In to aid. . Graham Kenan was a first cousin of the late Mrs. lldliert Ulngham, who bequeathed to the university an In come of $75,000 a year for Kenan professorship. BUSES TO SUPPLANT gmaysmssyf ' - 5 ...yr- - i J .V . in the pnotirupn, will shortly replace , The Anglo-Irish Treaty Plans Being Carried Oyt DE VALERA, RIGHT Now Generally Recognized That Dail Has No Power to Ratify the Treaty. A BATTLE TO THE FINISH (ft AaoneU rrm 1 Dublin, Dec. It. -Although nb com promise between the opponent and ad vocate of the Anglo-Irish treaty In the dall elreann ha yot been attained, fu ture, plan designed to avoid wrecking the agreement are being carried out, It is generally recognised now that Eamon D Valera wa right In stating that the dall ha no power to ratify the treaty. The treaty Itself prescribe the mod of ratification to be held by the member elected to lit In th bouse of common of southern Ireland, which wa constituted under the horn rule aot, oi. i820, hut whlah actually never met and which, except for the purpose of ratifying the treaty, probably never will meet, Its membership Is nearly, but not quits, the same aa that of th dall. , The dall Include . some members from Northern Ireland and excludes four elected to the southern parliament from Trinity college. The Idea I that after the dall approves of th treaty, which it I expected to do by a com paratively small majority, the ratify ing body named In the - treaty shall be summoned. The dull member who are dissatisfied with th . treaty need not attend this gathering, It Is point ed out,, and thus their colleagues, plus ths Trinity members, might ratify the document unanimously. The dall would still function as Ireland's only recog nised elected parliamentary assembly. A provisional government would be formed under the treaty, and the dall elreann could act as a check on Its functions. It will lake many months for the new Irish constiutlon to be put Into working order; In the meantime It Is hoped the differences between the slnn foln leaders might be adjusted. There Is, however, a possibility that Mr. Do Valera, Austin Htack, Charles Durgess and Krsklns Chllders may, as De Val era ha said, regard the new provision al government as an usurpation, and campaign against It. Some of Mr. Do Valera' most Influ ential and valued friends outside the dall have seen him and urged the de sirability of accoptlng the treaty. They are said to have come away convlnqed that on the ground of principle he Is entirely uncompromising and will fluht tha matter out, whatever th conas quences TO SURVEY BITUMINOUS COAL SITUATION SOON Hoover Wsnls To Get At Hoot of Rea son For Intermltteury of Produc tion and Kmpliiyment. Washington, Dec. 20. A survey of the entire bituminous coal situation In th country will bs undertaken by a special staff of the national unemploy ment conference, to be appointed next week, Secretary Hoover said today. Buch a survey, Mr. Hoover explained, wa recommended by the conference with special reference to Intermlttency of production and employment In the Industry. It would probably take sev eral months he added, and would be financed by funds raised from coal men, although the cost was not ex pected to exceed $6,000 or $7,000. It would not extend to anthracite coal, he explained, as thero was very little Intermlttency In that branch of the coal Industry. Further Inroads at British coal Into American markets was reported by Mr. Hoover, who declared that the British were now selling coal at less than cost In anticipation of greatly increas ed production In Kngllsh mines. More British contracts for coal, he stated, had been 'let In the West Indies and some llrltlsh coal was making its ap pearance on the Pacific coast, although mainly In the form of bunkers and was not regarded us a serious competi tion to American coal there. ANHKYII.l.K Vol Tir K1I.LKI) BY FAII, 1 WHAHP HOIK fffw.itt m ttatir i- Ashevllle, Dec. 29. James J. Nichols, Jr., 17-year-old son of ,1. J. Nichols, Sr., owner of a large laundry here, was killed this afternoon when he stumbled In an open field and fell across a sharp rock Nichols and another boy were hunting near Ashevllle. The two were running across a field when Nichols fell on the Jagged rock, lie died an hour later. War Finance Advances, Washington, Dec. 29. Approval of 117 advances for agricultural and live stock purposes, SKKregatlng $3,699,000, was announced today by the war finance corporation. The loans In cluded: (J.orKla $202,000 and South Carolina $C6,0ov. STEAM TRAINS it-am trains on the suburban tiutfa of have already been placed on the road One Charge Is Left Against Gov. Small (ST AxxIsM Pnas.) Waukrcaa, Ills.. Dew. tsWOov. Lea Mraall today wa freed of ev ery charge against klm except tkat of eoaaplrlag wltk l.leutru ant Gsveraar Fred K. sterile; and Veranu Curds ta defraud tke statu of I ,000,000, during Mr, Sterling's term as atat treasurer. All charges ef embrsslemeut during kls , uwa term aa statu treasurer veers atrlrkea f rem tk rreard. partly ky Judsra Claire A. Edwards, aad partly ky tk state, and tks court alsu- unasked a ekarge of operating a nslliaee gam. A misslasT ward, tha pesltlea at a bus, tkrsa ewers la drawlutT Indictments, and tke shuttling af a pile af papers aceaaated for tha victories by tk geverasr today. , . hi i ii i in' in I. Minister Trotzky Saya Army and Navy or 1,595,000 Men Must Be Increased. HE MAKES FIERY SPEECH Moscow, Dea. M. (By - Associated Press.) The soviet army and navy, now totalling 1,696,000 men, must not be reduoed but, on th contrary must Increase training and be prepared for war -next spring and summsr In the event that outside foe carry out their plan to attack aovlet Itussla, declared Soviet Minister of War Trotsky In a fiery speech before th ninth all-Rua slan congress today. " Enthuslastlo applauss - greeted Trotsky when he said ths Japanese were aiding th whits guard aggres slon In ths far east, and added: "Th Impudent Imperialistic beasts of prsy must know that beside the four power which have Just concluded an agreement among themselves there Is still a fifth soviet Itussla and th red rmv1 Trotsky announned (o th congress the capture of Kharbarovak, In 81 berla, by the white guards "In the presence of Japanese bayonets." "Now can ws remove our troops from the far east?'!. He demanded rhetori cally. "No, ws can only regret there were not enough of them. But waj ar certain that In ths future enough red bayoneta will b there to hold back the pressure." - "The red navy Is Insufficient," he continued. "At the hands of the Rus sian white guards and foreign lm perlallsts the navy suffered a number of merciless shocks, but thoss who bs lleve the red navy can be forgotten are mistaken. We don't know how future world history will turn out, but we know we must preserve the human and technical kernel of our red navy." WAST Till!: UOVKHNMENT TO GUAHANTKK WHUAT PHK'KH New York, lec. 29. "The ourtall ment of the acreage devoted to staple farm products, suggested by ths secre tary of agriculture, would be evidence that our civilisation has gone to smash," Benjamin C, Marsh, managing director of the farmers national coun ell declared In a statement here to day. "Millions of people are starving In the world and millions are underfed In the United States" he said. "Ws must have the government guarantee the wheat growers the cost of production and control wheat products through to the city bakers." rlprerast by Btntes. Washington. Dec. 29. Virginia: Fair and coldor Friday; Saturduy Inureas Ing cloudiness and warmer. North and South Carolina: Fair Frl day and Saturday, colder Friday; warmer Saturday. Georgia:, Fair Friday and Saturday, colder In east and south Friday; ris ing temperature Saturday. Florida: Fair Friday and Saturday, somewhat colder Friday; warmer In north Saturday. Kxtreme northwest Florida, Ala bama; Fair Friday and Saturday; warmer Saturday. Tennessee: Fair Friday; warmer In west Saturday, Increasing cloudiness and warmer. Louisiana: Friday fair, Svarmer In northwest, Saturday fair, warmer. Arkansas: Friday and Saturday fair, warmer. Oklahoma: Friday fair warmer; Sat urday fair. East Texas: Friday fair warmer in north; Saturday fair. West Texas: Friday fair warmer in eatjt, Saturday fair. RUSSIA GETTING READY FORAWARJNSPRING Conference Field of Collision Between European Rivals. WATCHING GUESTS FIGHT In Addition to France and Brit ain, Japan and China Are At It Again. WORLD'S NERVES TOO SORE Tke World Has Nut Progressed rat Kauugk From War Psychology Ts) Make Work of Beoaomle Ha- , kakllltutlaa Possible. Dtllr Ntwa but.ui ind Ivlitrtph OrHre, Sll Allies SulWIni I r Lturt Win) By FRANK H. glMONOI. (Coprrtfhl. 1111. IN McChin Nmotpst Sr41f4t. I Washington. Deo. ti. Twenty-four hours after the crisis precipitated by the French decision in th matter of th submarine th Washington confer- v. a. ,ii .amain completely paraiysea by Us effect. Slowly but surely thl fact becomes patent that th Ame.-lcanl capital, suppossdly th seen of a peace conferenoe, has been the field of an other hlstorlo collision between two European rivals. Mr. Hoover one described th pres ent conferenoe as a "red carpet leading to a party." By "party" he meant an economic association of nations. To day Washington's first reaotlon is that there "ala't going to be no party." Again, a so often In the past three years, economic rehabilitation waits upon th accommodation of political questions. Looked at from th broader view point, th real problem raised by the Washington conference wa whether th world, and th European world In particular, had progressed far enough from . war conditions and war psychology to msks ths work of economic reconstruction possible. The answer waa wrlttsn yesterday. It pm phatlcally has not, Aaglo-rreurk Flgkt. France and Kngland came her to fight for Amerloan Indoraement for their Buropean policies. Irt th battle ths British won. French diplomacy wa pitiable and French strategy hops leas. But what th British representa tives neglected to take Into account wa that th Trench had th veto power In th oonferenc and th ex roll of th veto power would lead to disaster In th conference. After yesterday every American can" perceive how thing stand. In iKurope. They can peroeive that until. Great Britain and Franc can compos their quarrels eoonomlo reconstruction Is quit Impossible.. W have been jex' mltted to sit In reserved seats at eur own party and see our guests fight That Is the long and th abort of how, the situation move te Kurop. No on Imagines despite Mr. Balfour', speech of yesterday, that Oreat Britain and Franc ar on th vsrgs of war. But what Is clear beyond teradventur Is that - triers can be no economic restoration In the world until Franc, and England ar able to strike a new bargain. They may do It at Cannes; they may do It at a later oonferenc In London or In Paris; but until they do It ther I not going to b real old fashioned peaca In th world. Meantime tha quoatlon of th hour Is how completely ths Washington con ference Is going to he wrecked. All depends upon far eastern questions. A clear, definite and comprehensive set tlement hers might restore th situa tion, but unfortunately there It no present promts of this On th other hand, the hew which come alike from Chines and Japanese sources Is frankly void. Th Japanese whisper that no mora concession on Shantung Is possible. Th Chinese reply that their representatives will not sign th prospective nine-power treaty a It standa or a It seems likely now that It will ultimately stand. It Is suggested that Japan might now win great American applause by bowing to American public sentiment. But It Is equally strongly pointed out that tha temptation to follow ths French eisniple Is trem-mloua. Th wsstsrn powsrs ar no lunger united; why should Japan yield more? Failure here will be charged to France but success at Japanese expense would ad vantage th United State more than any on else. Remaking Four-Power Treaty. Moreover, the Japanese are now at work remaking the four-power treaty. Everyone know now that Mr, Balfour wa responsible for ths extension of this treaty to cover the Japanese home land. Mr. Hughes was neutral; M. Vlvianl didn't care. Only Mr. Balfour wanted It and he wanted it to cover the pride of Australia and Naw Zea land, both of which wanted an Ameri can guarantee against Japan If th Anglo-Japanese alliance wa to be eliminated. Mr. Shldehara, representing . Japan; nhtActd when the nrononnt was mailt,. asked for an adjournment, finally con sented the next day, but always feared Japanese public opinion would resent the obvious reflection upon Japanese prestige Included In an unilateral guar antee. Now Japan wants th ' treaty amended. Th United State, with th senate fight coming up, wants It amended, but there remains the prob lem of Australia and New Zealand. If Japan goes out how csn New Zea land and Australia be retained, accept ing Mr. Balfour's original argument that dominion pride would not permit that the dominions receive more than Japan? But IT Australia and New Zealand go out, then what If they still desire that they have some guarantee to take the place of ths Anglo-Japanese alliance? May ttiny not ask that the old alliance be preserved and the pro posed treaty scrapped? Every American agrees that the treaty must be amended If It Is to pass the senate. Every Japanese agrees that Japan will not now stand for ths assault upon Japanese self-respect which the treuty discloses. But how can the British square the circle of their own dominion problems? This Is the pending question. But beside the Anglo-French clash all (jIhc Is subordinated immaterial. In significant, conceivably some things may be saved yet from the wrookage: certainly the danger of Anglo-American naval competition Is eliminated; probably a similar Amerlcan-Japanes rivalry disappears. These are certainly something, hut the main thing th world asked, required proof of the ex istence of an atmosphere of peace In the world, a "red carpet" leading to a real economlo conference with politi cal disputes exercised, to use Mr. Hoover's figure can that be achieved now? At best the program of saivtg for the conference does not yet ap pear. At Paris we talked of open covenants, openly arrived at. In Washington we are disc.ussinp; secret disagreements publicly proclaimed.
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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