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Naval Holiday of Ten Years and Scrapping of Sixty-Six
Capital Ships by Three Great Nations Proposed- by The
UnitedStates at Opernn0WasimgtoriArms Conf&fehee
ews aiKQi oios
V
AMERICA PLACES
CARDS ON TABLE
TO REDUCE ARMS
Announcement of American
" Program For Disarma
ment Comes Like Bolt -
- Out of Clear Sky
PROPOSAL BY HUGHES
TO SCRAP WAR VESSELS
MEETS WITH APPROVAL
William Jenningi Bryan,
Apostle of Peace, Among
First on Eis 7eet to Con
'fratulate America's Sec
retary of State When He
Makes Announcement to
Arms Congress at Open
ing Session; In Statement
to News and Observer, He
Declares That United
States Has Set Pace Tor
World Peace
Tha Newt and Observer Bureau,
03 District National Bank Bldg.
By EDWARD E. BRITTON
' (By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, Nor. 12. laying its
cards on the table tha United States
is the opening of limitations of
armaments conference turned them
face up to tha other nations in the
(ama of reduction of navies and
aid: "It's your next play."
Tha announcement of American
program came like a bolt from the
elear sky. There was no secret
diplomacy about it. The offer to
take a naval holiday for ten years,
to aerap 330,000,i; worth of war
ship now in construction on which
this vast sum has already been ex
pended, fifteen ships in all, two
of tha big vessels already launched,
to sefap tha major part of all the
older battleships, a total of 30 eapt
' tal Teasels, If the plan of its proposals-
for tha (crapping vf capital
ship by Great Brijsin and Japan ba
accepted, was in the language of tba
streets, a "sock dolager.''
Cajna aa Electric Shock
The effect of the big offer for
limitations of armaments was as if
an electric shock had been admin
istered to the big audience assembled
in continental hall. Tba people were
oa their faet at once and tha hall
resounded with the applause of ap
proval. It seemed that Secretary
of State Hughes had sensed the de
sire of America in bis plain offer.
It fulfilled the earlier declarnton of
President Harding for "lees of arma
ment and none of war." as the wish
of this nation.
Tha Associated Press and the
special writers of international rep
utation engaged on the staff of the
New and Observer for the confer
net will tell of the details of epoch
snaking aession and the wide open
American offer, but iu addition I am
giving to the readers of ''Old Re
liable" a summing up of impression?
of sejsian and of American proposal
by "William -Jennings Bryan. He is
writing artieles covering the con
ference for a press association and
is attending the sessions with other
members of press, but he gave for
The News and Obaerver a special in
terview. That he1 approved the pro
posal made by Secretary Hughes was
evident the moment it was made.
Ha was the first man on his feet,
' applauding in endorsement As the
man who as Secretary of State had
secured some 30 peace treatiea be is
without doubt the premier authority
oa the questions at the bottom of
conference.
' Will Be Memorial Date.
The twelfth of November," said
Jlr. Bryan, "may become a date
even greater than the eleventh of
November. Three years ago yeater
day the world was happier than it
had ever been before in centuries,
perhaps in all history. Today's pro
ceedings may open the way to a
thanksgiving day still more joyous
when tha world, can rest in the he
lief that war is in the process of
altimate eitinction." And as he sajd
this bis faet lit up with the enthus;
asm of a crusader who tees coming
th fulfillment of dreams hs has
dreamed for the best things fpr the
people of the world in whose serv
ice he baa gone forth to do battle.
"The most important thing in poli
tiees," continued Mr. Bryan, "is the
drawing of a definite line. The
temptations of politicians is to in
dulge in generalities whereas a spe
eifie program is always necessary
when a step in advance is to be
taken. President Harding's speech,
st the opening of conference laid the
foundation for the statement of Sec
retary Hughes which followed. The
President was positive in committing
tha United States to a policy "Leas
armament and none of war. Sec
retary Hughes worked op to his cli
max nsing words Increasingly defi
nite and emphatic nntil he an
nounced the program proposed by
ihe United Stiles, namely: The dis
continuance of all battleship biuld
ing for ten years and the scrapping
ef more thaa a million and a half
tons, of which tha United States
x t
(CotttUued on Page Two) I
WILL REORGANIZE
SERVICE BAND
Refusal to Play For Armis
tice Day May Cost Band
Appropriation
complete reorganization of the
band of- the Service Company 1st
Infantry, following refusal or fail
ure of some of the union members
of the band to play for the Armisttej
Day parade and celebration in Ral
eigh Friday will be Undertaken im
mediately, according to Captain A.
L. Fletcher, commanding officer of
the 8ervico Company. Captain
Fletcher was yesterday served with
a notice from the Cry Commieaionert
to appear before that body Tuesday
morning at ten o'clock to show cause
why the apptopriarioa of S600 made
to the band by the city ahould not
be withdrawn. ,
An early misunderstanding result
ing from announcement that the
Armistice Day committee would in
vite an army band from Camp Bragj
to play, and disappointment among
union meu.bers of the band over the
employment by the American Legion
of a non-union orchestra to play for
the Armistice Day dance, are declar
ed to e largely responsible for thi
action of members of the band.
Says lt'a Not Strike.
Captain Fletcher, although cha
grined at the conduct of the mem
bers of the organisation, yesterday
explained that it was not a strike.
Members o" the bsnd had not been
fot,mally ordered out, since the or
ganiraton, after the first misunder
standing had been patched over, had
accepted the invitation.
Thursday night, report was made
to Captain Fletcher that union mem'
bers of the band, following the fail
ure of a union orchestra to secure.:
contract to play for the Americas
legion dance? bad received orders
from their organization not to play
for the parade and exercises in the
auditorium. Captain Fletcher imme
diately got in touch with Major W.
V. Moody, official of the Musicians
I'nion, who informed him that no
such action had been taken.
Promised To Be There.
Albert Sloth, director of tlte hand,
was reached and he gave Captain
Fletcher assurance that the band
would be in readiness. But Friday
morning only nine members of the
band were present, seven non union
musicians and two union men. The
pieces were of such character that no
showing could be made and no at
tempt was made to play.
Explanation waa made yesterday
some of the members of the hqrid
received what they understood to be
notice that they would, not be ex
pected to play, after which they
went out of town or went to their
regular work in the mills about Bal
cigh, which did not close down for
Armijtiee Dayi
The action of part of the band is
regarded aa extremely surprising be
cause of the faet that the organiza
tion refnsed two engagements to
play out of town in celebrations from
which they might have received
good financial returns. The playing
in Raleigh waa without compensa
tion. 1
The order served en Captain
FJetcher follows:
"Whereas, the Service Companrof
the National Guard located in Ral
eigh is supported in part by an sp
propriatioo from the funds of the
city, euch appropriation having been
made in view of representations by
officers of the National Guard that
the outstanding feature of the com
pany waa to be 4 band which would
be available to farnish music for all
public occasions: and
"Whereas, such band was organis
ed as a part of said company, and
was, on the eleventh day of No
vember, an essential part thereof;
and
"Whereas, on said eleventh day of
November, being Arinistice Pay, a
solemn memorj.il day, so proclaimed
by the President of the United
States, the Governor of North Caro
lina, and the Mayor of the City of
Raleigh, when a parade ef civic and
military organizations, followed by
patriotic exercises in the Auditori
um, waa an event that attracted
large numbers of people to the city
and drew thousands of our citizens
to the streets; and
"Whereas, said Service Company
Band,' for reasons which are un
known to the Board of Commission
era, refused and neglected to appear
in said parade and to furnish music
for said national and local celebra
tion7 of a day famous in the history
of American arms; now therefore,
"It ia ordered that notice be is
sued vto Captain A. L. Fletcher,
Commanding Offieer of said Service
Company, to appear before the
Board of Oity Commissioners on
Tuesday, the fifteenth day of No
vember, at tea o'clock in tha morn
ing, to show cause why the appro
priation heretofore mad for the
(CoaUaaed asm Pag fee
.Where Proposal For World-Wide Disarmament Wat Made
if' "V t
Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, D. C, where the Limitation of Armaments Conference met js
terday. The building is one of the mot beautiful qt the many beautiful buildings in the capital.
HARDING OPENS
IS
CONGRESS
President Declares United
States Has No Selfish
Purpose
Washington, Nov. 12. Gathered
with the chosen representatives ef
the nations about him. President
Harding today opened the confer
ence of limitation of armaments,
pronouncing its keynote in these
words the'' creed of America in all
the deliberations:
"Gentlemen of the Conference,
the United States welcomes you with
unselfish hands. We harbor no fears;
we have nq sordid ends to serve; we
sospect no enemy; we contemplate or
apprehend ne conquest. Content
with wjiat we have, we seek nothing
which is another's. We only wish
to do with you that finer, nobler
thing which no nation can do alone.
"We wish to sit with you st the
table of international understanding
and good will. In good conscience
ware eager to meet you frankly,
aniL inyite and offers co operation.
The world demands sober eon
temptation of the exisiing order and
the realization that there can be
no cure without sacrifice, not by one
of us, but by all of us.
"I do not mean surrendered rights,
or usrrowed freedom, or denied ss
pi rations, or ignored national neces
sities. Our republic would no more
ask for these than it would give. No
pride need be humbled, no nation
ality submerged, but I would have n
mergence of minds committing all
of us to less preparation for var
and more enjoyment of fortunate
peace."
Reads Speech Slowly.
Mr. Harding rend his speech slowly
and deliberately from small printed
pages which he- held in the ho'lnw
of his left hand. With his right
he punctuated his statements with
driving gestures.
, The first applause eame when
the President declared that the con
ference must have a ''signal influ
ence'' on the fortunes of the world.
There was more applause when Mr,
Harding asked how civilization ever
could justify the destruction of the
last great war. Still again he was
answered by loud clapping when he
said war should be "out'awed" and
the resources of the world turned
into constructive channels.
The audience and some of the
delegations came to their feet ap
plauding when Mr. Harding declared
America wanted ''less of armament
nnd none of war," and wanted to
ork to that end.
The President concluded at 10:53
o'clock.
NEGRO CONVICTED IN
IREDELL OF MURDER
Statesville, Nov. 12. Robert Ben
son, negro, was found guilty of mur
dor in the first degree in connection
with the killing of J. Robert Dish
man by a jury in Iredell Superior
court here today. Sentence has not
been pronounced.
The negro clubbed Dishman to
death when the letter's autsmobile
struck and demolished Benson's bug
gy while it was standing in the road
a few miles west of Sfatesville on
September 18.
DANIELS THRILLED BY
STORIES OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER.
Lmwton, Dkla., Nov. 12. Joaepbus
Daniels, former Secretary of the
Navy, in an address here last night,
commenting on the honors paid the
unknown soldier at Arlington, said:
"The body represents not only one
man who died for his country, but
It represents alike the five million
men who served In the army and
navy in the great war."
"I do not recollect - any stories
that thrilled me more thnn those
carried by the Associated Press on
the unknown soldier," Mr. Daniels
said.
FITE RESIDENCES BURNED
ACCOUNT OF DEFECTIVE FLUE
Angier, Not, 12. Fire believed to
have been caused by - a defective
flue resulted in the destruction of
five dwelling booses hfra-Jhis morn
ing ntailing aa itimated loss of
$3,ocuV -' .v,- ; ,
MP
t
DELEGATES SHOW
Representatives of Various
Delegations Make Speeches
of Good Will
Washington,. Nov. 12. (Br the
Associated Prest.) Seldom haa A
conference of nations assembled in
aa atmosphere of greater cordiality
than that which enveloped the open
ing session of the armament con
ference. From the moment Secretary
Hughes called the conference to or
der until the last delegate bad filed
oat of the hall the deference every
where apparent was a notable feature
of the proceedings. Even the as
tonishment of delegates and specta
tors at the naval reduction proposal
of the American government failed
to halt the exchange of courtesies er
develop any manifestation ef doubt
that the negotiation would be
crowned with success,
8.1 f oar First to Arrive
Arthur J Balfour, head of the
British delegation, was the first
among tfe foreign delegates to
strike the general note to Jisrmony.
He stirred the whole body of dele
gates and spectators to prolonged
applause when le proposed that aa
an extraordinary tribute to Secre
tary Hughes and the United Btates
the Secretary of State set as chair
mini by common consent and with
out a formal election-.
Later, when the conference ap
parently had concluded its business,
the galleries helped the spirit of
good Reeling along by calling for
one after another of the distin
guished foreign delegation untfil
every head of a visaing delegation
had made a speech.
Brland First to Speak
Premier Briand, of France, was
the first to be thus brought to his
feet by an impromptu demonstrstion
of regard from the spectators. Then
followed similar demands for Prince
Tokugaws, head of the Japanese and
for representatives of Italy, China,
Belgium, The Netherlands, and
Portugal. Members of the Senate
and House took a leading part in
the spontsneous demonstrations.
Premier Briand spoke in French,
but with a warmth that movea many
who could not understand him. He
declared France was entering the
conference "with .yi her will and
with all her heart" and waa ready
to make any sacrifice for success
provided only her own safety were
kept secure.
"Here with our friends," contin
ued the foreign premier, "we shall
spenk hesrt to heart and looking
into each others eyes, and we shall
tell you in what situation we find
ourselves, and we shall let you know
all we can do."
Japanese Delegate Talka
Only a few sentences, in Eitgllsh,
were spoken by Prince Tokogavra,
declaring the resdiness of the Jap
anese government and people to en
ter whole heartedly into the negotia
tions. "All hdmaniry," he said, "is In
terested in the great purpose far
which this meeting has been ealVd.
We are here toompose difficulties,
not to create them. "We mean ser
iously to promote true and honest
friendship among nations, not to
impair it. We propose, not to pre
scribe terms or to dictate a consti
tution .to a dubious world, but to
carry out the plain dictates of com
mon sense.
"The world needs peace. It calls
for political and economic stability.
And ifi Co-operate with the -powers
here to worthily represented for the
accomplishment of such a lofty end,
under the guidance of the distin
guished presiding officer, will be for
Japan s source of greatest pleasure."
Italy Ready to Help
Senator Schanzer, speaking for the
Italian delegation, assured the con
ference that Jtaly "will be second to
no other nation in working with
faith and diligence to the end that
the purpose which has inspired your
President in calling "ua to this as
sembly way achieve a full triumph
for the good of all mankind
make on feel that we were al last
CORDIAL SPIRIT
E
General and Enthusiastic
Commendation by Mem
bers of Congress
Washington, Nov. 12. (By the
Associated Press). General and en
thusiaatic commendation was given
by members of Congress today at the
American plan for limitation of nav
al armament. Leaders of both par
ties joined in expressions of sp
proval.
"I feel that the program, a won
derful ideal, is destined for success,"
said Senator Page, Republican, Ver
mont, chairman of the Senuee naval
committee.
''Ordinarily, It might be difficult
to attain, but with leeliag of all peo
ples of the world as it is I feel sore
that tha program, I feaatble, practi
cal and liberal one, from the Ameri
can and also other points of view,
will be translated into agree
ment." Hitchcock Endorsee Program
-t)itmla' views were expressed by
Senator Hitchcock, Democrat, Ne
braska, ranking minority member of
the Senate foreign relations com
m it tee.
"The holdness and candor of Sec
retary Hughes' proposals csptured
everybody, said Mr. Hitchcock.
"The progrsm is enormous and I be
lieve will be a success. I feel proud
that we have such a secretary of
state as Mr. Hughes."
Senator Poindexter, Republican,
Washington, who bus active charge
of naval appropriation bills in the
Senate said the program presented
''a very good basis if properly
worked out and proper guarantees
fofulflllment are given." The gen
eral plan as I. view it," said he.
puts the I nited btates on an equal
footing with Great Britain and gives
upanese a somewhat higher relative
position.
Some Democratic leaders, tnrlud
ing Senator Bwanson, of Virginia,
former chairman of the Senate com
mittee and Representative Padgett
of Tennessee, former chairman of
the House committee, and others
withheld comment.
"I am afraid we have been too gen
eroua st the outset,' said Senator
Moses, Republican, New Hampshire,
of the foreign relations committee,
stating that he proposed further
study of the proposal.
President Haa Authority
One Democratic 8enator pointed
out thnt tho naval appropriation bill
of lit 111 had a rlamu? giving the rrts
ident power to conclude an arma
ment limitation agreement without
a treaty. Another pointed out that
the disarmament clauses relating tu
Oermsny in the treaty of Versailles
declsred specifically that Germany's
disarmament wjis stipulated in order
to prepare the way for other powers
to limit their armament. From the
same source came the suggestion
that Germsny might well be invited
to the present conference, to be a
party to a voluntary agreement of
limitation, at a factor of the French
demands for an army for potential
defense tgainst Germany.
Hlmntena Approves Proposition
Senator Simmons, Democrat, North
Carolirfa, said he was "heartily in
favor" of the Hughes euggestiont.
"I think it was a bold play," said
Senator Simmons. ''I hope that the
other nations will agree to it and if
not it will demopstrate that the
United Stntes has taken the lesd to
ward world pence."
"The plan is a masterly one," ssid
Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah.
"It's conception and presentation re
flect honor upon tho nation. I am
sure that t will bring about success
of the conference."
Senator McCumber, Bepublicaa,
North Dakota, laid the American
plan wat "splendid." "I hava no
doubt that it will insure a successful
outcome," said Mr. McCumber, a
member of tha foreign relations
committee.
"it is a splendid beginning." laid
Senator 'Fletcher, Democrat, Florida.
Hone Leaden Endorae It
Speaker Glllett, of the Bouse of
representatives ssidt
SOUS END RS
ARMS PROPOSAL
"The definitenest ad axpTIcitnees
AMERICA SEEKS TEN YEAR
HOLIDAY m J5UILDING OF
NAVAL WARFARE VESSELS
Ceremony at Arlington
Primarily a Ceremony
H. G. Wells Says America Does Not So Much Mourn
Jragtidy of War As It Seeks To Arouse Itself To
That Tragedy; Contrasts Strongly With
Similar Event In London
By H. G. WELLS
(By arrangement with Chicago
Tribuae and New York World.)
I am writing this just after my re
turn from the funeral, in the
national aemetery, the American
nnknewa soldier at Arlington, a
very stately and moving ceremony,
nnder the bright blue sky and the
rold keen air of Virginia Novem
ber day. The body had been lying
ia state at the eapitol and it was
earned through Washington to the
cemetery at the head of a great pro
cession in which the supreme court,
tho cabinet. Senators, memliert of
the House of Representatives, war
veterans and a multitude of socie
ties marched oa foot, a march of
nearly two hours and a half dura
tion. Much ef this gathering waa of the
substance of all such processions,
hut one or to of the contingents
were rich with association and sug
gestion. There were fifty or silly
very old men, bent, whiteheaded.
one with a conspicuous long white
beard, veterans of civil war that
waa fought out to an end brfore I
waa bora. They came close to a con
tingent of men who had been spe
cially decorated in the great war,
erect and eager still on the better
side of the prime of life. They had
fought la a great fight againat a
division, a separation that today,
thanks to their saenbesa, sal became
inconceivable.
They had fought to seal the Fed
eral union of what were else warring
states. The young men oho marched
before them" had fought in a war up
on a greater stags of the qldwdVld.
Some any the tale w those -dbund
ant heroes will have shrunken to the
dimensions of that little band of ps
thetie and glorious old men. Will
they live as complete an assurance
that their cause wso has beep won
forever, the new war vetersns of the
greater union that has yet to comet
Msny Points ef Contraata
There were many points of contrast
between the ceremony I have just
witnessed in the graceful marble am
phitheatrs in the brautiful Virgin
ian open country and the burials
that have taken place in the very
hearts of Ixindon, Paris snd Rome.
In the fsce of a common identity
of idea they mark an essential dif
ference in the nature :f the oeca
sion.
Ttsterday I went to see the people
nho were tiling past the flag day
covered coffin. It as a crowd fair
ly representative, I thought, of the
Washington population, as one sees
it on the streets, all classes were
repreented but chiefly It consisted of
that well drcewed, healthy looking
middle class sort of people who pre
dominate in the streets of most
American cities. They came to hon
or a national hero, the personifica
tion of American courage and loyal
ty.
Few, I think, were actual mourners
of the dead soldier. The couples
and groups of people I saw hurry
ing up the sloping paths to the en
trance of the eapitol, filing up the
steps to the rounda, or dispersing
on the other side mere characterized
by a surt of bright 'eagerness and
approval.
A Different Sort of Crowd
They contracted very strongly
with my memory of the great col
umn of still and mournful people
under the dark London sky, eight
deep, stretching all ifp Whitehall
and down Northumberland avenue
and' along the embankment, a col
umn which moved on slowly step by
step and which faded away at night
to be replaced by fresh mourners on
the morrow to do honor to the un
known warrior in London. That
crowd with its wreaths snd flowers
represented the familiet, the lovers
the sisters and friends of perliaje a
quartvr of a million of dead men
from London and the South and
center of Kngland. The massed mute
tragedy of its loss was overwhelm
ing. It reduced all the ceremony
that had gathered it to comparative
unimportance. Put the remote dis
tanees of America forbade asywlt
concentration of sorrow. There may
have been thT TelTST'onS and fr'rrritf
of a thousand men at most upon th(
scene st Arlington. The loss of the
District of Columh a itself was less
than n hundred killed. A group of
wounded men rn the amphitheatre
rest of the gathering at Arlington
truck the most rntinite note. The
spared a pertota I grief. They
wef apsred a lest personal grief.
They were sympathizers rather than
tuffi-rrrs.
For Most It Was Rolldsy.
For i' nit here, it wss a holiday, a
1 .r and noble holiday, but a holiday.
P.v it, America did not so , touch
mourn the tragedy of Far as seek
to arouse itself to thst tragedy.
Everywhere The Start and Stripes,
of national flags, wsved and fluttered
and an irresistible expression of
America's private life and bouyant
well being, mingled in the proceed
ings. For most of the gathering,
that eoftin under the great flag held
nothing they had ever touched per-
sonally. It was not America's lost
treasure of youth but rather a
warning' of the fate that may yet
overtake the youth of America, if
war is not to end. At Arlington
throughout tho length and breadth of
America, when, for two minutes st
mid day, all work and movement
stopped and America stood still, an
innumerable host of fathers and
mothers, and wives and friends eould
whisper thanks to God in their hearts
that their tons and their beloved re
mained alive.
And I suppose it Is largely becauso
America is still so much less war
stricken than any of the other bnl
ligerents of the great war, that so
much more powerful a sense o fwill
was spparent in all these proceed
ings. The burial of the unknown
soldier in America was not a thiug is
itself aa it was in Loudon, in Paris
or Rome, it wss a solemn prelude to
action, the act on of the great con
ference which is to seek peace sud
an enduring peace for all mautiml
This note was struck even in the
chaplain t opening invocation. He
said:
''Facing the events of the morrow
when from the work bench of the
world there will hs taken an unusual
task, we ask that thou wilt accord
exceptional judgment, foresight and
tactfullirejs of approach to those
who seo'k to bring about a better
-BBderstanfflng among men nd ne
tions. To the end that discord
which provokes war may disappear
and that there may be world Uan
quality."
And the very line oration of
President Harding, followed closely
upon this line.
Wells' Impression of Harding
I saw the President for the first
time at Arlington. He is a very
big, fine looking man, and hia voice
is a wonderful instrument. He spoke
slowly and very distinctly, his ges
tures admirably controlled. He ts
How can I say f more staucso,ue
than any of the American presidents
of recent times, hut without a trace
in his movements or appearance of
posturing or vanity. Men say he is
a sincerely honest man, determined
to do the 1-est that is in him snd at
ouce appalled snd inspired by the
world situation m which he finds
himself among ths most prominent
figures. Not only in its main cir
rustances, but in msny of its lnel
dentals is the position of the Preai
dent of the I'nited States appalling.
The Prmderit stood in the spat' to
the right of the unknown soldier
snd to the other side of him was a
blsck box upon a stand, a box per
haps two feet by one. This was the
receiver that was to rarry his voire
intensely amplified, to still grtater
gathering in New York, in Sun
Francisco, and oer the whole United
States. Never was human utterances
so magnified.
Kvery syllable, every slip was re
corded. He slipp'-d once st an nnti
thesis snd was obliged to repeat.
iroiu the Atlantic to the Faeitio that
slip was B"ted.
I hae herd much detraction of
the "President, both befor I came
to America snd since I have been
here hut here I -have also found s
growing and spresding belief in him
And this address of his, rhetorical
though it was in a simple and popu
lar American wav, wos nevertheless
a very dignified address and one in
spired by a spirit that is undeniab'y
great. Here is a fine Buying:
"Hia patrittiam waa none less if
he craved inoro than triumph of
cjui.try, ratl.cr it was grer.tcr if he
hoped for a victory for ail .human
kind. Ind -eJ, I revere that citizen
whose confidence in the righteous
nest of his eeti' '.ry it spired belief
that, its triumph u the vjetory of
humanity.
"This American soldier went forth
to battle with no i.st:eo for any peo-
;'e in the world, lu-. h.'ting war and
listing the purpose of jvery war for
conquest.
We are to seek "The rule under
which rcnv.m and r.(fhtiousness
shall prevail." There is to be '"Tin
commanding voice of a conscious
civilization against armed warfare.'
''A new and laitipg era ef peace
on earth." And, with a fine instinct
for effect, the I'res dent ended his
prat on with the Ird s Prayer, with
its sppeal for one universal law for
iiniiktnd :
"Thy kngdom come on earth.'1
Lvery other gossip tells you that
President Harding comes from Main
street and repeats the story of Mrs.
Harding saying: We re jusfr folk.
Secretary Hughes Proposes
Trerpendous Scrapping of ;
Ships Now Under
Construction vV
PROPOSES IMMEDIATE
DESTRUCTION OF 66
BIG FIGHTING BOATS
Subject to Ten Tear Holiday
Limitation, Capital Ships
Could Be Replaced When
They Ire Twenty Yeari
Old; Under Proposed Plan
United States Would Har
Eighteen Capital Shipt,
Oreat Britain Twenty
Two and Japan Ten; Be-,
duction Would Take Placa
Within Three Months Aft-'
er Agreement Is Made
Washington, Nov. 11 (By thw -Asaoeiated
Press.) More draatitv
and far reaching than the snort W ,
dent advocate of disarmament dartd ' ,
to hope, America's proposal, ware
suddenly laid before the Armt Con
ference today at its first session by '
Secretary Hughes.
A ten year naval holiday ia tha
proposal in short, and the United -Btates,
flreat Britain and Japan '
shall tcrnp fit) capital ships, aggro
gating 1,878,043 tons.
Within three months after tha
conclusion of an agreement, the
United States would have It eapi
lal ships; Great Britain $3; pd
Japan 10. The tonnage of tha threw
sat tons respeetively would tinder
jmch .a plan ba 5U0,50; 04,iS0 and
290,700.
Ships when two years old, hitght
bo replaced under the plan, and the
replacement scheme is 51X1,000 loaf
for the United Htotee, 500,000 torn
for Groat Britain and 300,000, font
for Japan. No replacement thlp
could exceed 33,000 tons, v.
The United States would wrap 30
eapital ships aggregating 843,74
tout; Oreat Britain 19 aggregating
583,375 tons, and Japan 17 aggregat
ing m,m tons.
"Very Drastic, Saye Eat, -
The figures include old ship it
ba ac.rapped, shipa building or to-...
which material has been assembled,
Chararterired by Baron Kato, the
chisf Japanese delegate at ry
drastic" but probably suitable aa
basis for discussion, and by Mr. Bal
four, head of the British delegation,
at "a statesmanlike utterance, preg
nant with infinite possibilities and!
most hopeful of satisfactory resulte"
the Anirriian proposal, concrete and
detailed, fell on the opening momenta
of the great conference like a bomb
shell.
The foreign delegalei war ttotv.
nea. rso other word describe
i their
feelings.
Prltcloal Feat arm af
The principal features af tit
American pin a proposed were:
That for not less than ten yearn,,
competitive naval building cease a,
between Oreat Britain, the United
States and Japan.
That all capital ship building -or -planned
bo scrapped and a few rx
cently placed in the water be d
sUoyed nitLiu three months of rati,
fication ef the agreement.
That the older ships of each fleet
'" be destroyed reducing tho -Hritish
force to twenty-two battle
sVps, the American to eighteen and
the Jnpnncoj to 10, eadi ship to b
retained being specifically named.
That during th0 agreement BO
capital craft be laid down except
under s detailed replacement scheme '
inc!udd in the proposal which,
would priv;.e for ultimate equality
of the llnn,h and American fleets
and for a Japanese force at sixty ''
per cent of the strength of either ef v
the other tno.
That all other naval traft b
similarly provided for in the tarn
ratio, specfie figures for aggregate
tonnage ia each class being laid
down.
Disregards - Naval Aircraft
That na'ul aircraft be disregard!---'
in the scaling down proeesset, ad
problem incapable, of solution owing
to the convertibility of commr.!.T
aircraft for war purposes.
l hat no naval building of iy
character be undertaken in afiy of
the three countries on foreign ao
count during the life of the agree
ment. That ho capital slilns hereaftNlM
down exceed 3.r,000 tons.
That the life of battleship inU
b .fixed at twenty years and that
thip to be replaced be destroyed
befor ths replacement vessel it
more than three months passed eom- '
pletioa.
That ao battleship replacement
whatever hs; undertaken for tea
year from lite of the agreement
That to combat craft be acquired
except by eoirsA -uetioa and none be
so disposed of tfcat it might become
part ef another navy.
Ttiat TftmitatiAMA ta vnMfieMt
conversion of Merchant traft fpr
iJ (Continued an yaaa-gwoy IaI - aWetazw
trirh i sirsnntsli
tha moti deeortUve and exhilarating
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