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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Arms Conference Seeks Agree
ment on Submarines and
Light Cruisers.
FRENCH DEMANDS THE CRUX
British Want U-Boat Abolished In
Warfare—Allied- Supreme Council
to Call for Commission on Re
habilitation of Central Europe
Henry Watterson Dies.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
SumfAKINKS. light cruisers and
torpedo boats occupied most of
the attention of the conference dele
gates and naval experts In Washing
ton during much of the week. The way
the controversy, If so It may be desig
nated. developed, Is interesting. First
France asked that she be allowed to
have about 350,000 tons of capital
ships, which would give her a ratio
of BJV She said she wanted to build
from five to tPn battleships, though
not at once, and supported her claim
by showing how her navy had been
neglected dnrlng the war. The othAr
delegates could not stand for tills,
and Secretary of State Hughes mm
munlcnted directly with Premier Rri
and, who was In London. In his
cablegram Mr. Hughes said:
"I feel that the suggestion that has
been made that France should build
ten capital ships In replacement with
a tonnage of 300,000 tons or more sug
gests a program of such magnitude as
to raise the greatest difficulties. In
fact, I regret to sa.V that after can
vassing the matter thoroughly and
taking the best Information I can ob
tain, I am compelled, to conclude that
It would not he possible on this basis
to cnrry through the agreement."
Brlatid at once sent Instructions to
the delegation which permitted It to
recede from the demand concerning
capital ships and agree to the ratio of
1.75 fixed by the conference, so far as
vessels of that class are concerned.
Rut, fjr purposes of national defense,
the French asked special considera
tion In the matter of submarines and
light cruisers. Of the former they
wished .to he allowed 75,000 tons, and
of the latter .100.000 tons. This, In the
aggregate, would give France an aux
iliary naval rating of about 3.5.
Brland said France f»lt she must pro
tect her three coasts, on the Atlantic,
the North sea and the Mediterranean,
and should have plenty of light cruis
ers because Germany Is permitted to
build ships of that type. He also In
timated that Russia might build ves
sels on the Raltlc which Germany
could use against France.. He vigor
ously disclaimed any Idea that there
could he liostllltles between France
and Great Britain.
Great Britain still Insisted on the
total abolition of the submarine In
warfare, and Mr. Bnlfour asked that
a plenary session of the conference be
called so that he and his fellow dele-
Kates could make their plea for tills
In public. But the British stood alone
In thl* contention and It was predict
ed the conference would refuse to out
law the urtdersea boots. However, the
Americans showed a disposition to
compromise by accepting a reduction
of the submarine tonnage allowed
Great Britain and the United States.
Thl*. as It stand*. I* 00.000 tons. The
British anked that at least it be cut
to 45,000 ton*. The Americans Indi
cated they might be satisfied with a
75,000-ton maximum. If this last fig
ure 1* agreed Upon It may operate to
reduce Frauce's allowance, since that
I* the tonnage she Is asking.
PRESIDENT HARDING, while talk
ing to the correspondents Tuesday,
Deems to have made a alight slip which
caused a lot of excitement and sup
plied some ammunition to Borah,
Reed and other opponents of the four
power Pacific treaty, who assumed
there was n division between the
President and Cite delegates In con
struing the agreement. Mr. Harding
in hla Interview expressed the opinion
tlint the homeland of .Tnpnn 11(1 not
conn* within the words "insulur pos-
sessions and Insular dominions" un
der the pact, except as territory prop
er of any other nation which is a
party to the agreement. Senators
Lodge and Underwood hurried to the
White House and evidently informed
the President that the American dele
gation had intended that the treaty
should apply to the' Japanese main
Islands and that the purpose was to
Insure the application of Its guaran
tees to the Hawaiian Islands which
are considered a territory, not an In
sular possession, of the United States.
Whereupon a statement Issued from
the White House which said In part:
"The (.'resident announced tonight
that the' difference In view in nowise
will lie permitted to embarrass the con
ference or the ratification of the agree
ment. He had assumed all along that
the spirit of the conference contem
plates a confidence which pledges re
spect of territory In every way which
tends to promote lasting peace.
"He has learned fnthi the United
States delegates to the conference that
they have agreed to the construction
which includes the homeland of Japan
in the term 'insular possessions and
Insular dominions,' and has no objec
tion to that construction."
The administration considered that
tills closed the Incident, but among
certain senators the effect of the con
tretemps was the preparation of sev
eral reservations to the ratification.
Rorali proposed one providing thnt "no
action of the high contracting parties,
acting under Article 2, shall com
mit any nation, either legally or mor
ally, to use force In meeting an exi
gency." Senator McNary of Oregon,
who does not say he will oppose the
treaty, wants a reservation providing
that nothing contained In the pact
shall be construed as applying to the
Japanese mainland, which probably
would result In the exclusion of
Hawaii. Senator Reed took advan
tage of the misunderstanding to at
tack bitterly the treaty, which he
charged was drafted with the Idea of
"deceiving the people of tile United
States." and declared the job was so
successfully done "that even the Pres
ident was deceived."
XT ,, T "ntll after the holidays, prob
ably, will the Shantung i|uestion
be settled. The .Vl'unese and Chinese
delegates reached an Impasse in their
negotiations and the whole matter was
referred to Tokyo for further Instruc
tions. Dr. Alfred S*c said the dead
lock was over the demand of the Jap
anese to retain the traffic management
of the railroad, and Mr. Hanlhnra said
It was over questions concerning pay
ment for the road and the employment
of Japanese experts. The Japanese
also say the money with which China
Is to pay for the must be ob
tained from Japnnese capitalists.
A WEEK ago It looked as If Great
Britain and Krnnce were about
to reach n complete ' agreement on
Germnn reparations. Both Lloyd
George and Ilrlnnd. us well as their
exi>ert advisers, were of the belief
flint Germany could and must pay
the sums due. Then It appeared they
could not agree upon the method of
payment, and the whole was
referred to the allied supreme coun
cil. which will meet n{ Pannes, France,
during the first week of January.
Italy had stepped In, meantime, with
n strong protect against the discus
sion of vital topics In which she is
concerned, without an Italian repre
sentative being present. The entire
subject of the finances of Europe Is
Involved In this reparations matter,
and the supreme council Is to discus*
the general economic situation and de
cide upon an agenda. It Is said the
council will be asked to Invite the In
terested powers to name a commission
which shall drmw up a general plan
for the rehabilitation of central Eu
rope and Russia. The United State*
«nd Germany will be Included In tlie
representation, and possibly Itnmla
also.
DAIL EIREANN had a fine time
Inst Week with the Irish treaty.
Verbal shillelaghs were used unspar
ingly by both sides, and outsiders grew
rather wenry of the delmte. De
Valera had a surprisingly large fol
lowing in his opposition to the treaty
and their utterances were so pasalo*-
ate that they had their effect on the
emotional Irish. On Thursday Michael
Collins moved that the Dall adjourn
over the holidays, reassembling on
January 3. The motion was carried,
despite the opposition of I')e Valera, by
a vote of 77 to 44. At this writing'the
correspondents in Dublin are predict
ing that the vote on ratification of the
pact will be exceedingly close, and a
tie vote 1s not Improbable. I>e Valera
signified his willingness to have the
matter settled by a plebiscite, and that
course may be adopted. Miss Mary
MacSwiney and other determined foes
of the treaty* asserted openly that
whether It were ratified or not, the
war in Ireland would continue, since
the Irish republic Is far from dead.
The Sinn Felners last week resumed
their-- violent operations in County
Tyrone and County Londonderry. One
of their bands kidnaped 15 men and
the special constabulary tracked them
to Sperrln valley, where a battle was
fought In which six Sinn Felners were
killed and a score wounded.
WAR lias broken out between the
Far Kastern republic In Siberia
and the faction led by MerkulofT in
Vladivostok. The latter, It Is alleged,
Jias the support of the Japnnese, and
soviet Russia is sending troops and
material to help the Chita govern
ment. The Siberian commander of
I'rlamur province has warned Japan to
remove the White Guard and other
armed units from the neutral zone
before noon of Januury 7.
TN COMPLIANCE with the recom
* mendatlon of President Harding,
both the senate and the house have
passed a bill authorizing the President
to spend $20,000,000 in the purchase
of corn, seed grain and preserved
milk for the relief of the starving
people of Russia and for spring plant
ing In nreas where the seed grains
have been exhausted. In the debate
Senator Borah made a fierce attack
on the American government's Russian
policy.
"The Russian revolution In many
respects has been Indefensible," said
Mr. Borah, "but It has resembled prac
tically all the other great revolutions
In history. Our policy towards it has
been indefensible, brutal. Inhuman,
cruel, and Intolerable. The United
Stntes should recognize the existing
Russian government. Whatever we
may think about Its form, it Is the
government de facto and as such It
should be recognized.
"The 1)111 should be pnssed purely
as 8 measure of charity. It won't help
the farmers of this country. I don't
believe we hnve a constitutional right
to pass It. W sets a bad precedent,
htit I hnve not the heart to oppose It.
I simply want to voice my protest
against tlie policy of our government
towards the Russian government."
ANOTHER "bloody revolution" oc
curred In Portugal some days
ago, opening wth heavy cannonading
along the Tagus and fighting In which
severe casualties on both sides were
reported. Cunhn Leal, who had Just
formed a temporary ministry, was
driven Into flight with his followers.
And then apparently the Portuguese
censors got busy, for up to date no
further Information about the revolt
has come.
IN' THE death of Col. Henry Watter
son, which occurred tn Jacksonville,
Fin., on Thursday, United States
lost the last surviving exponent of
personal and Individual Journalism.
For more than half a century his
brilliant, pmverful editorials In the
Louisville Courier-Journal were read
hy his fellow citizens with detlirht.
whether or not they agreed with fils
views. For a (treat many yean he
was an Influential leader In the Demo
cratic party and a prominent figure In
Its national conventions. "Marse
Henry." as he was affectionately
known, retired tn the spring of 1910.
WITH the arrest In Warsaw of
Wolfe Llndenfeld, the Ameri
can authorities believe they have
cleared up the mystery of the great
explosion In Wall street last year.
The roan has made a long confession,
giving the namea of the plotter* and
participants and laying the outrage
at the door of the Russian common
lata
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C.
UNFAIR METHODS
IN SELLING HAY
Conditions and Practices Often
Tend to Make Producer and
Buyer Suspicious.
EXPERTS GIVE SUGGESTIONS
Careful Observations Made at Princi
pal Markets for the Purpose of
Eliminating Loose Methods in
Handling Product.
(Prepared by the United Statei Department
of Agriculture.)
Hay is marketed too often under
conditions and practices that tend to
make the producer somewhat suspi
cious of the buyer and the buyer sus
picious of the producer. Such prac
tices should be eliminated altogether,
In the opinion of the bureau of mar
kets and cr.op estimates. United States
Department of Agriculture, and in a
new bulletin, No. 979, "Marketing Hay
Through Terminal Markets," federal
officials make suggestions as to bow
that may be brought.about. Copies of
the bulletin may be obtained upon ap
plication to the department at Wash
ington.
Loose Methods of Business.
"While a good many unfair meth
xls," says the bulletin, "are at pres
mt practiced by those concerned In
the marketing of hay It appears that
most of them are related to loose
methods of business on the part of
various agencies engaged In the
handling of hay. On the basis of care
ful observations made throughout the
hay producing and consuming sections,
and at the principal markets, it is
thought that some Improvement in the
methods of marketing hay can be ob
tained by observing the following sug
gestions :
"On tlfe part of the country shipper:
More care In (grading, weighing and
loadlng-the hay; better forms for use
In confirming salt*, tabulating and
stating weights, and for invoicing hay;
and more care and accuracy in stating
terms of sale.
"On the part of dealers in terminal
markets: The elimination of the prac
tice of allowing the state of the mar
ket to Influence the fulfillment of con
tracts with country shippers; more
methods of handling in ter
minal markets; better weighing meth
ods and more consideration of contents
of weight certificates; more uniform
grading practices; grading inbound
and outbound hay on the same basis
when hay is bought and sold on grade
designations; and the elimination of
the practice of boosting grades on out
shipments.
Suggestions to Dealers.
"On the part of dealers In consum
ing sections: More careful weighing of
purchases; elimination of rejections
Hay Taken From a Car in "Plug
Method of Inspection.
when price decline Is the only factor;
and better records relative to contents
and weight of a,car when unloading."
The bulletin goes Into the details of
methods followed In shipping and dis
posing of hay at various cities; cites
common trade practices and faults; Il
lustrates methods of car loading and
of selling, and contains much valuable
Information relative to the Industry.
SPECIAL RATION FOR FOWLS
Great Deal of Concentrated Feed Is
Qivsn Where Table Scraps Are
Fed to Flock.
Owners of back-yard flocks, and
sometimes furmers. depend to a con
siderable extent upon table scraps as
feed for the hens. Feed of this sort
varies a good deal In composition with
different families and also with the
season, but in winter It Is usually free
from large quantities of coarse green
stuff And contains a great deal of fair
-ly concentrated feed.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has designed a ration spe
cially to be fed to floods that receive
all of the table scraps. The mash of
this ration Is made up of three pounds
corn meal, one pound bran, one pound
middlings, one-half pound meat scrap.
The scratch feed contains two pounds
cracked corn, one pound wheat and
one pound oats. If scraps are not
available, feed five pounds of cooked
vegetables daily to 90 hens. Two per
cent of bone meal may be added to
the maah without changing any of the
other constituents. Five per cent of
bene meal may be added if the content
at meat scrap to reduced slightly.
~,J .. •*' .* . ■
PUREBRED STOCK IS
AID TO PROSPERITY
High-Grade Herds and Flocks
Are Cause of Wealth.
Department of Agriculture Has Been
Especially Interested in Survey
Conducted in Tioga Cour.ty,
New York. '
(Prepared by the United States Department)
of Agriculture.) -
How closely is the prosperity of a
community related to the proportion
of well-bred live stock In It? Fre
quently It is asserted that purebred
and high-grade herds and flocks are
the result of wealth rather than the
cause of It. In Its effort to throw
light on this question the United
States Department of Agriculture has
been especially Interested In a survey
conducted In Tlnga county, New York,
as a part of the program of work of
the farm bureau, which believes In
purebreds as a contributing factor In
farm prosperity.
According to data furnished the de
partment by Harold B. Fuller of the
farm bureau, the survev revealed the
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BB3jjT
Purebred Sires Are Contributing Fac
tor in Farm Prosperity.
fact that only about 50 per cent of
the sires used in th«' dairy herds of
the county are purebred. The re
mainder are either grades or scrubs.
About 20 per cent of the cows list
ed are purebreds. These animals are
for the most part scattered through
a large number of herds, showing that
the average dairyman is working into
purebreds as fast as financial condi
tions will permit.
In studying the census it is noticed
Immediately that the most prosper
ous sections of the county have high
grades and purebreds. This is not
confined entirely to the valley farms,
since the town of Tioga contains the
largest number of purebreds—3s bulls
and 1,226 cows of any town in the
county. Newark valley Is In hilly
country for the most part, but It is a
prosperous farming section. It boasts
of 08 purebred bulls and 94 purebred
cows among 1,693 animals or nearly
10 per cent. In another town In simi
lar hilly country the agriculture Is
more backward. The purebred cat
tle are limited to 11 bulls and 18
cows out of 506 animals, which is but
little more than 5 per cent. Similar
differences were noted In six other
townships surveyed.
The Tioga county farm bureau is
starting on a campaign to eliminate
the" scrub sire from the herds of the
county. At the fall county fair in
September a purebred bull sale was
held on the last day. The animals
were sold to the highest bidder re
gardless of price. In some cases the
farm bureau will arrange with men to
own a sire as a community enterprise,
and to exchange sires from one com
munity to another as time goes on.
Every effort is made to eliminate In
ferior stock and to place purebred
hulls and heifers wherever possible on
grade farms.
ICE FOR DAIRY AND FAMILY
Amount Necessary Depends Greatly
on Number of Cows Milked and
Ways of Handling.
The quantity of Ice needed for 8
dairy farm jvith 10 or more cows de
pends on Its location, number of cows
milked, and methods of handling the
product. In the Northern States, the
United States Department of Agricul
ture has found that, with a moderately
good Ice house, where the shrinkage
from melting Is r.ot more than 30 per
cent, half a ton of Ice to each, cow Is
sufficient to cool the cream and hold
It at a low temperature for delivery
two or three times a week. Suitable
cooling tanks, however, are necessary
under this estimate.
The half-ton-per-cow estimate for
Ice to be stored allows for a reasonable
waste and also for ordinary house
hold use. If whole milk Is to be cooled
the quantity of Ice stored must he In
creased to IV4 -tons per cow In the
North. To meet the needs of the aver
age family on a general farm It will
be necessary to store about five tons.
VEGETABLE FOOD IS NEEDED
Fsrtillty of Eggs and Vigor of Chicks
Is Increased by Feeding
Beets and Oats.
Tlie farm flock needs more vege
table food In spring than in winter.
The fertility of eggs and the vigor of
chicks'ls Increased by the feeding of
beets and sprouted oats Snd say other
sort of succulent green food.
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