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VlLSOf
J PRESIDENT ENDORSES TUBERCULOSIS CHRISTMAS SEAL CAMPAIGN Y jj j Uflj
IRISH m BLOCKS AT ARMS
AT PEACE PARLEY
l f ; uuni liilmul nun
Wanted To Use League As
Medium To Establish
Independence.
USED INFLUENCE TO
HELP IRISH CAUSE
JSaropean Diplomatic Poll,
del Didn't Permit Inclu
ion of Irish Problem! at
Paris Conference But
League Would Hare Per-
mitted Settlement
WOODROW WlLSOTf'AS I KNOW
HIM, BY JOSEPH P. TUMULTY.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. -
(Continued)
IRELAND.
Many time - In informal discus!
lions with British representatives tiint
ram to the Whit House UNPregi-
deiit -sought to impress upoSPthem
the necessity for a solution, pointinjr
out to them how their failure was
embarrassing our relations with
Great Britain at every point. I am
sure that if he could with propriety
have done so, Woodrow Wilson would
long ago have directly suggested to
Great Britain s settlement of he Irish
question, but, unfortunately, "herious
diplomatic obstacles lay in the way
of an open espousal of the Irish cause.
' He was aadly aware that under in
tcrnational law no nation has the right
to interest itself in anything that
directly concerns the affairs of an
other friendly nation, for by the
traditions of diplomacy such "inter
ference" puts in jeopardy the cordial
relations of the Nations involved in
such controversy.
Long before he became President,
Woodrow Wilson had eloquently de
clared his attitude with reference to
self government for Ireland and had
openly epoused the cause of Irish
freedom. In a speech delivered at
New Brunswick, N. J., on October
26, 19ID. he said:
Have you read the papers re
cently attentively enough to no
tice the rumors that are com
ing across the wafers; What are
the runiArs! The rumors are
that the English program in
cludes, not only self-government
for Irel.ind. but self government
for Scot land, and the drawing to
gether in London or somewhere
else of. a Parliament which, will
.represent the British Empire, in .
' great confederated -State upoa
the model, no doubt of the -United
State ef- America, and hav
ing Its power te the nd of the
world. Whit b at the bottom of
that program! At the bottom of
It is the idea that no lit
tle group of men like the
English people have the right to
govern men in all parts of the
world without drawing them ia- -to
real substantial partnership,
where their voice will count
with equal weight with the voiee
f other parts of the country.
This voice that hat been cry
ing in Ireland, this voice for
home rule, it voice which is
now supported by the opinion of
the world; this impulse is a
apirit which ought to be respect
ed tad recognised ia the British
Constitution. It meant nt mere
vague talk of men's rights, men's
emotions, and men's inveterate
' and traditional principles, but
ft means the embodiment of
tkM things ia something that
ia going to be done, thst will
look with hope to the program
that may come out ef these con
ferences. If those who eonduct the gov
ernment art not careful the
restlessness will spread with
rapid agitation on til the whole
country ia aflame and thea there
will be revolution and a change
of government.
Ia this speech he plainly indicat
ed that hit plan for the settlement
ef the Irish question was the estab
lishment of some forum to which
the cause of Ireland might be
breaght, where the full fore of the
public opinion of the world, includ
ing the United States, could be
brought to play in, a vigorous and
wholehearted insistence upon a so
lution ef this world-disturbing ques
tion. As w read the daily papers, Boa
ts in ing aeeeante of the disturbances
ia Ireland, what a prophetic vision
aaderlay the deelartioa contained
ia the speech of Woodrow Wilaoa ia
18101
If those wh eoadaet the gov
ernment Of Great Britain are net
careful, the restlessness will
.spread with- rapid agitation na
til the whole country it aflamt,
and then tiler will be revolu
tion and a ehaag at Govern
ment . ,
Attftad Toward Cataea.
I recall kit pnsioaat reseat
meat ef th attitude and threat at
Sir Edward Carsoa, leader af tb
Uaioniet ferae i th British Par
liament, when he read the follow
' ing atetmat af Carsoa carried la
the American pre ifter the pa stag
af Home Bala tkroagk th Boat af
Lards la 4a event ef tki pre
pd Parliament bclag thrust apoa
a, w eolemnly and mutually pledge
araelve not. to. 'neogala Ha aa
thetity, , I d Bet ear twopence
whether tki at treassa or at.''
Jpttentalaf Carata'a kitatmaea, tk
Preeldeat aaldt, "I Ikeald bk k
la lb. Aaqaitk. place. I waJ4 shew
thia rebel whether k weald reeag
ala tka aatherity af tk Gevera
meat r Sunt H. Ea eagkt t k
kaaged for traasoa. If Aeqwitk dee
aat aall tkiageatlemaa'a blnff, the
eedtafftea af Barest tad rebel liee. ia
Ireland Will aptwad antil an t
tor. iMiiyiaf wua gentiemea af
Ikh) kind, ark apaajjr adveeat rva-
-.CeaOaae faf Kla X -
Hi 4 t
-'d?s,
j
v F ' I it
W rfi
m Mrs. ILirdinp, wife of the Presidi-nt, isahown here biiying her Christmas seals
crusader. Th 1 P.-e-ident'a letter endorsing the camp if n is also shown above.
Twenty Million for State
Roads in Past Three Years
ALL RESTRICTIONS ON USE
OP WATER IN CITY REMOVED
- With th water line at Like
Raleigh 48 Inches below the (pill
way, th highest level that ha
been reached slice last July, the
City Cammltsionera yeaterday re
pealed restrictions the ase ef
city water that have keea In effect
aince Aagaat 2L
The normal eontanvptioa af
water In Raleigh la J.Mt.OOt gal
Ion dally, bat the restrictions
that kave beea ia force have re
dared eontamptlsn to aboat 1--pM.Mt
gallon dally. For about
one week, when the shortage waa
most state, consumption wa re
duced ta abaat 10, M gallona a
day by pumping at high preuara
only daring certaia koar.
The repealing ordinance, which
remavea restriction af every kind,
14 follow:
"Be it ordained ky the Board
af Cammtaaiancra f tka City af
Raleigh tkat tk ordinance adopt
d Aagaat St. 21. maklag Ik
anlavfal for any paraea, Irm ar
eoraeratloa ta aa the dty water
far tka para af watering lawn,
sprinkling atreeta ar aidawalka,
washing aatomohlle. Illlag tk
tank af locomotive other thaa
yard engine, ar for any Ilka par
poM, be and the same la hereby
repealed the aama t become af
fective Decmber 1, HiV
F
Speaks at Laying oKorner
stone For Fayetteville
Y. M. C. A.
Fayetteville. Nov. 30. Willitm
Jennint-i Bryan today told a Fay
etteville audience that he had niga
hopes that the arms conference at
Washington woald succeed in rid
ding the world of "The Devil's Yoke
typiflod in hit mind hy the burden
of war armament. Speaking to an
outdoor crowd at the ground-break
in exercises in connection with the
beginning of work on a i. H. -. A
building here, America's great apostle
of peace voiced with emphaaia and
evident aatisfaetion his approval of
Mr. Hushes' program.
"When Mr. Harding spoke, ha said,
"he waa very eloquent, bat he wa
not definite. When Mr. Hughes
spoke ke wa definite and the confer
ence gasped ; the whole world gasped
at the boldness of his proposal. But
I have high hope that that program
will succeed.
Mr. Bryan had beea (peaking It
a semi-religious vein, at befitted hir
tubieet. scarcely lifting hit voice,
until le referred to the emblem ef
th yoke, ona af the holiest af m
blems, th price wkick every ere
tar paid to live. Every maa wears
tka devil yok or Christ yoke, ae
declared; "Nations have wore the
devil' yoke, and for generations th
wtrld tat beea wearing th devil's
yoke" he said and thia brought him
ta tk subject of war and peace, aal
ka Lis'afd eat into kis eld time, tls-
iipce. and kit aadiesm stood kak
ed ai h compared tk two miauVt
ilea at th burial of America i at
kaawa e Idler, tk moet tshpreniv
mom rat k kad ever xperiaeed, to
the tea year mleaea tkat wU
prevail ia tk tkipyadt of tka world
wka aot a kammer woald atnke-t
rivet ta baild a ahip af war, leadiag
k believed ta tk day waea an na
bona weald wear tk yok ef Christ,
wkick "la aay," and Hi bardea,
wkkk U light"
PrakM DuWss' Ordef.
At a point la kla speeek kavlng
referred iadireetly ta tka tewiaer
aaa movement, Mr. Bryaa eVakarrl
saddenly; Ty kave a mat nua
kar la Nrtk Carolina, an af tka
greatest la tk eoantry, in my apiav
lea, Jepka Daaiel. And an af
tk f aaat Uinga tkat kaa ka deae
l tki matry, I think, waa wkM
kfrr itmhak? aarwek ijjaee- awt of the
Ravr. - '
' Aa4 tkea U UU kw Uat
BRYAN HOPEFUL
OSrCONFERENCE
V " fOatiBB4 as Pag Tirl
If II u J"-
I ! 11 wn ii. ny
rW SS tW'
Maw a?
i nam am
aknmBtlnai MrMter r '
;t Sasrmitk StnaajaV '
km let City -
r - c
Contracts Awarded Yester
day Bring Total Mileage
To 1,336
AWARDS PAST MONTH
REACH $4,434,298.58
Hard Surface Construction
Doubles Mileage On Grarel
In Kecent Awards
Contract! awarded yesterday by
the State Highway Commission for
highway construction brought the
State's total investment in actual
road work to $20U86.U sine the
General Assembly in 1919 , reorga
nised the commission and Governor
T. W. Bickett named frank Faga
rlts chairmaa.
Thirteen hundred and thirty -ix
mile at roads hav beea built, art
Minder, eoostnietion, . or nnder eoa-
traet, m aaaiuoa to aoverai great
bridget that account for appresi-
mately a million dolart of th total.
Of this mileage, Stl.Ot mil ia af
hard surface eonttraetion, and 995,
48 miles grarel road.
Ill Milea la Meatk
During the past month contracts
awarded totaled ZIP 81 -'. at a
total eoat of N,4M98J, with kard
aurfae roads leading gravel by t
ratio of 130.1 miles to 89.71 miles.
Contracts awarded yesterday for
hard surfaced roadt totaled mor
than the' entire milage when the new
commission went into authority in
1919.
' Indditioa to tka mileage eom-r-leted,
ander construction or nnder
contract by the State, approximately
250 miles of hard surface road, and
.1,000 miles ef improved sand clay
road have beea taken over by the
State nnder th Connor-Doughton-
Bowie road bill, and in the aggro
gat give the ettt th best gen
eral system of roadt in America, in
the opinion of responsible engineers
Folowiag it the tabulation of the
present status of road work in tka
State:
Under Canatraetloa
Miles.
Hard Surface... V9 .31 $3,540 ,541. 42
Gravel ...550.55 5,912,1 37 .84
Bridge . 582,721.63
Under Contract
Milea.
Hard Surface.. .150. 2
Gravel 101.03
Bridge . ,
Completed
Miles.
Hard Surface... 81.53
Gravel .333.90
Bridges ,
4i,29S.25
657,801.54
. 22,44.08
S3.8M.4M.42
S,750,74.5
59,224.90
Approximately one-fourth of th
fund hnve beea derived from '.he
Federal aid fund, with other por
tiona coming from county partici-
patioa ia road work, tale tat for
tutomobil licenses. About 85,000,-
000 of tke amount ka it origin ia
tk bond issue authorized at the paat
teesioa of th General ambly.
Tremendous impetut . kaa b
given eonttraetion during the paat
few weeks through tk pcrfeetiag
of tka engineering ergaaiaatioa ef
the commission, and the excellent
work ef th drafting department
which turn ant tk plan for eat
tt ruction . Both departments ar
working at maximum efficiency, and
tka aext few months will probably
aea th total ef tk State read
work mount t tk neighborhood af
thirty anitlioa. .
Hv Record far Saaadl
Th letting! begiaaiag with Octo
ber Z7, November 8, November IS
and November 29 hav ettabftaked
aew records ia tk United State
for getting road work aaderway,
eeetdiag ta- xperiaee4 eoatrae-
tera wka kave beea ia tb ity dar
ing in weex to suomit Bid a want.
In tkat time SlSJt aailmj af read
kave bee awarded at a total Mat
of 84,414 9158.
Tk total will be furtkar ratrtatta
kar December 9 wka bid are
epea oa proeta ia tka Flrat, Beeead,
Eigktt aad Kiatk Distrieta, appreai
matinaT a prohabl total ef a a
lwa and a half dollars, and apwardt
f 10S mils af additieaml ta4 fat
tke Stat. The itmmlmaw aatiei-
sa dvaait aa s mtth-Om
hegiaaiwg f work ia other state la
tke eprinas aad wUl kit all work
psooRlt whD ta sr at U atae.
pat lev loved, -
- WwnaW
f m lms 0
aW iikp tmamrawlaa t a,
ah altM at tka MM rt km i
Urn Tji-tsiklf m Iml es? U rw
na.ow. Mtt r itf iih4
'.f laaaM ftfnva iBrlf IMtMkM Itaf af
I was) mr mf tk kattleatal lkklMl MaMlatW
Sjft I sTUkatasl maamUa.
. aVl aamanam TS) rwlwStjt sT taWv
ftoshawtaMea, I tll em ! ym amaway k
lall toraa4 U Mbi prwmttei ef v
' kmsmaj4l, saf limit ham aaM tkn trntag
hwtamU saasmsU OsarlataaM $mi ttUe .
' ssil ara. ta rskta- that pasar lmUM
vt saaf ka fartaat hetjiamit. 1 taat taavt taaafw
! tnl-H PlSJalll wW Sll1y
from a modern health
NEW RULES FOR
SHOPEMPLOYES
Rail Labor Board Recogniies
The "Open Shop" On All
U. S. Railroads
REVISED RULES WILL
BE EFFECTIVE TODAY
Far-Reaching- Changes Made
In Boles Which Supplant
The National Agreement;
Greater Recognition of
The Minority Classes of
Railway Workers
Chicago, Nov. 30. (By th Asso
elated Press.) Economies in opera
tioa and increased efficient, esti
mated te reach $50,000,000 a year,
and recognition tike "open shop"
oa au Amtricaa raflroadj were for
east tonight ia the promulgation of
revised working rules governing rail
road shop employe by th United
State Railroad Labor Board.
The new rule become effective
tomorrow, December 1, and take
jurisdiction over approximately 400,
000 men immediately, although a
still darger number will be attested
when the normal traffic conditions
are restored.
Far-Reaching Change.
Far-reaching changes in the rules,
which supplant the national agree
ment made during federal control,
were designed to afford a basis for
permanent stability in the railroad
shops of the country and were de
lared by members of the labor
board to be the most important work
yet done by the board and of much
greater significance than any dec is
ion ia th past, even including wage
teal adjustments.
Large economies are expected to
result from revision of the elsssifi
eation rules, whieh were made mere
elastic, and hereafter will permit
member ef certain crafts to do
minor job previously done by mem
ben of other crafts. Statistieisns
attached to the labor board estimated
that economic! ia operation, in
creased efficiency and larger output,
would approximate $50,000,000 a
year.
Minority Recognition.
Provision for the representation
of minorities who may have griev
ances is another important item of
the aew rules. Under the national
agreement, negotiation for employes
wat placed almost wholly in the
heads of labor organixatioas, with
th result that the railroads and
many industrial and civie Inst It u
tiont declared that the agreement
forced a eloaed anion shop on the
road. Noa-oaioa men fouad it im
practicable te attempt to bring their
grievances before the board and as
tke rules worked out, anion ofBeials
kindled th cases, taking their pre
cedent from the national agreement
negotiation! ia wkick anion officials
acted for the employe! in drawing
up the agreement aader federal eoa
trol.
Th principle ef th open shop
ftablUhed by the aew rules," t
statement by board members aaid,
will ia fact, be more theoretic!
thaa practical at th nreseat time.
sine a large majority of th rail
road akApa are nnionixed and the
xietlng a a ion t ar recognized by the
beard aad by th Trantportatioa
Act aa tapreeeatative of th major
ity. .
Proton Old Rale.
nfot af tke elder workiae- rules.
anetteaed by tk nperieae ef
ytnrs, are preaerved t fun effect.
Many of tke awe rigid rules, how
ever, were considerably relaxed ia
raver ei na roads, altkougk tb
reeognlaed rigkta ef tk mea ar
folly protected aad tke eriaclDla of
eeUeetive Urgainiag aad aaiea rt
eognltioa la retained, at eeatcm
plated by tk Transportation Act"
'Th rale controversy date back
te May 1, J920, whea tka railroads
emerged free government control.
MmeM.bjeetioM te tk natioaal
nyreemtai were made ia a kearlag
wkieb began Jaanary 10, 192L After
ever! aaeatke of. teatimear. tk
rale were referred back te tk la-
dividaal reads, wttk last radioes t
negotiate .wok newinlee a tkey
'aa4 few Tw
Japan Wants Bigger Navy
Than A.nerica and Britain
Have Allowed
CHINA BIG PUZZLE '
UP FOR SETTLEMENT
Harding's Proposed "Asso
ciation of Nations" Wor
rying Some Senators; Sec
retary Mellon Approves
"Muzzle Order" For Talk
ative "Dry" Agents
The VeWs and Observer Bureau,
603 Histrict National Bank Bldg.,
By EDWARD E. BR1TTON
(By Ppecisl Leased Wire.)
Washington, Nov. 30. "Th eon
ference.on limitation of armaments
may bring a blessing iii co operation
and fruition, or a curse of reaction,
disappointment and antagonism"
said Dr. Henry Allen Tupper of the.
rirst BaHfist (h'urch, In addressing
hia congregation just before he left
for a trip South and West. What
will be the answer! While there is
given at regular Intervals encourag
ing words from the headquarter! of
the various delegations at the con
ference, there is to be found an in
creasing pessimistic note among vari
oua apecial writers who are here in
the roles of interpreters of the spirit
of the conference. "Just what has
been done by the Washington con
ference f" asks one of these writers,
and answers his own question by
saying:
"Very little" going on to say this:
"The Hughes proposal has been ac
cepted by all 'in principle.' That
may mean much and it may mean
little. How little it means in this
instance is best pictured by a com
munique issued at the direction of
Admiral Baron Kato, the text of
which is here given verbatim, this
reading:
" 'Because of her geographical
position Japan deems it only fair at
the present time that other interest
ed countries should agree that she
maintain a proportion in general
tonnage slightly greater than 60 per
cent and in type of vessel of strict
ly defensive character, she might
desire even t approximate that of
th greater navies.
N Solution ef Prehlema
- Admitted there has been readied
no eolation ef The problem present
ed by Japan." -The ldtfettnc still
debate th aoestion of chip crap
ping and Japaa still insists that Its
allowance of vessels to remain 1
too small. If Japan refuses to agree
to the Hughet 10 10 6 program and
there it no yielding by the United
States and Great Britain, then the
Hughet program get scrapped it
self. Word it now awaited from
Tokio which will finally determine the
JapanessJ attitude towards naval par
tial diaaraiamont. And there are
continued rumblings being heard at
the United States being relegated
to a secondary role in naval mat
ters, with Great Britain standing
first. One writer of conference pro
ceedings eays:
"At the discussion ef this part of
the agenda continues, one is forced
to ask: 'To what extent did Messrs.
Harding and Hughes consult our
own naval experts! Who was con
sulted and nhat was their advice!
Is it possible that one of our ultra
Anglophile Admirals had something
to do with it silt'
''But the big stumbling block ia aa
to the settlement of the Far Eastern
question. What to do about China
ia the puzzle. Its delegates cry out
against "internationalization" and
back away from a consortium pro
position: in 'it ' financial affair.
There are those who hold that if
another great war it to be everted
the Far Eaat problem must be
solved, and to solve this they take
the position that China niast be set
up aa a state, sovereign, in the full
est meaning of that term. And here
it ia that Japanese and British in
terests as to China come into the
question. Internationaal politics
are playing a big band ia tb con
ference here, and there are tharp
point at latu which may rain all
that ia being attempted anleaa gen
eral agreement can be reached. At
present th conference has done no
thing more thaa discuss what is
sought, th hop being that soon
iher will be announcement made of
agreement being reached ea torn
of the matters being talked over."
Seme Seaatet Worried.
Committee meeting and confer
ences among the delegates to the
arms parley went ea today it usual
behind closely guarded doors. The
American, Britisk aad Japirese rep
resentative took ap a diseunlun of
th flwpoaitiOB ef th Aaglo-J.ipv
ase alliance; tk naval expert a re
tained their diacaisioa ef tb ratio
for warship limitation with th out
look being tkat tke tangle will be
submitted t the priacipsl delegate
for aolatioa; th Far Eaatorn com
mittee eeatiaaed its disenssioa ef
Chinee affair, Oa tk oateid the
In forma tioa from ' J British is that
Lloyd Georg will bring te Washing
ton a plea for America aid In re
storing aad stabilising Europe; mack
Ulk tkat tacr will b anotker -ternatfoaal
confers act witkln ait
auontht, tki t be bald at torn poiat
in Earepe; ttroag eppoeitioa beiag
plan aed by tome Senator to Hard-,
laur't propoeed Aatoclatiea af Ka-
tie.
Thai matter 'f the Harding. tea
eiatioB i aaid te be worrying a
aamber ef Senators. . It s ander
steed tka many ef tkem weald r
fard'aar attempt tryk1nt te1 tfracM
tki. eoaatry la m -aseoeiattoa"
ky mean ef a gatlauaa aftree-
iOenyseed ce, Pata'.TireX
Alliances Of Release By
America, Wells Suggests
Proposes Agreement Between United States, Great
. Britain And FrancelFor Peacemaking Purposes And
Not Against Anyone; Thinks Washington's
"Entangling Alliances" Should Not Ap
ply To Disentangling Ones
By H. f). WELLS
(By Arrangement With the New York World and the Chicago Tribune)
AMERICA AND ENTANGLING AI.LUNCES
The power of the American impulse towards a torld peace is un
deniable. It has produced in succession the great dream of a League of
Nations and now this secoml great dream of a gradually
developing Association of Nations srising out of a series
tf such i 'oviferenees as this one. No ether nation could
have raised such hopes and no other political system hat
the freedom of action needed to give these projects the
substance and dignity which the initiative of the head of
the Rtate involves.
But if these project are to carry through into the
world of accomplished realities, if in a lifetime or so.
this glorious dream of a world peace- -going on, as a
world at ponce must now inevitably do -from achieve
ment to achievement, if that dream is to be realized, cer
tain peculiarities of the American people and the American situation have
at no very distant date to be faced.
All such ratherinra end confer
E
America and Britain Tender
"Good Offices" In Famous
Controversy
Washington, Nov. 30. fBy the
Associated Tress.) Bringing with it
some of the sharpest issues of world
diplomacy, the celebrated Shantung
controversy took its place today at
the arms conference.
The result was an offer by the
United States and Great Britain, ac
cepted promptly by Japan nnd China,
to asm me the role of friendly ad
visers in a new attempt to solve the
problem and end the long and bitter
debate that haa swept over the con
tinent.
American Saggtatlets.
Tke plan for an exerei of
American aad Britisk "good offices"
is understood to hav originated
with tk American delegation after
it became apparent that China bad
resolved to raise the .uestion ia th
conference proper. Secretary Hughes
and Arthur J. Balfour, a respect
ive heads of the American aad Brit
ish groups, will meet tomorrow with
th, Japanese and Chlneae to lay the
basis for the negotiation.
On th eve of the first meeting,
the Chinese delegates announced to
night they would go into the discus
sions prepared to accept nothing less
than unconditional withdrawal of the
Japaneae claims in Shantung. The
attitude of Japan was not set forth
so explicitly, hut it was assumed the
Japanese spokesmen wonld eontend
for the reservations instated on in
the recent diplomatic exchange be
tween Tokio and Peking.
Foreign Troop.
The advent of the Phantnng que
tion at the council table followed
on the heel of a debate on the
general subject of maintenance of
foreign trops within Chinese borders.
which in itself had brought the eon
ference to a consideration of some
of the serious factors in Chino-
Jananese relations. - Hiieaking for
Japan, Vice Foreign Minister Hani
hara declared withdrawal of the Japa
nese troop from several parts of
China outside Shantung must await
definite assurances that the Chinese
ftuthortfte wonld take more' effect
ive steps to maintain order.
At Hankow, said the Japanese dele
gate, repeated disorders had justified
Japan in keeping her troops where
they now are stationed. He declared
the garrison in North China were
remaining under specific authorize
tion of the Boxer protocol and that
those along the Chinese Eastern Kail
way wer acting nnder the Inter:
Allied agreement of 191. The wil
lingnets of Japaa to withdraw her
troops from Shantung, he asserted,
was dependent on the establishment
of aa acceptable Chinese police force.
At a result of the dieraeeion, the
conference postponed it decision
until it next meeting oa Friday.
Among the America delegate the
belief tonight was that some general
declaration of principle might be
adopted finally setting forth the
opinion of the powers that all for
eign troop en Chinese soil without
treaty sanction should be withdrawn
ta toon aa conditions wwrrant.
Radle aad Telegraph
Along witk the general subject of
foreign troop was considered the
problem ef foreign telegraph atd
radio faeilitiee which have been in
stalled ia Cbiaa without her speci
I content, with the srument ap
parently tending toward a reference
of that- feature of the negotiations
to a more general conference on
Peifie- communications to b. held
next year.
Ia it approach te tke Shantung
problem, the coafcrence is said to
kave been laflaeneed by many intri
cate eoaaideratioaa. China's repre
sentative have iadicatod they want
ed tke aoestion raised openly fgr
all ef tke nine nationa to debate,
ad eaeef tk Chinese delegates,
Pr. Wang, declared tonight tkat tke
"good eflSeea' aeeetiatiaaa by a
mea a nua a I that th (abject wa
...... M T
"oauw IB conltrtne. wapia,
a the ether land, haa indicated re
faetaace te aebatiig Shantang t tk
tke accepted tk lavitatiea te Wssk
bujtoa witk tke kadentandiag (kal
SHANTUNG ISSU
UP FOR SOLUTION
fCoattatmd ea Faga T I
1 ences
this are haunted by a pecu
liar foggy ghost called '"Tact," which
is constantly seeking to cover up
and eonecal and obliterate some
vitally important but rather trouble
some reality in the matter. 'Tact"
ia apparently Mf, modern survival of
the ancient 'TjTtbu." For example,
a pleasant Indian gentleman sits
among the Brit sh delegates at the
Conference; "Tact" demands that
no one shall ask him, or of him,
''What do you conceive will be the
place of India in the great World
Association, half a century ahead!
Will it still be a British appendix!"
And "Tact" becomes hysterical at
the slightest ehisper of the word
"Senegalese,' or any enquiry about
the possible uses of the French sub
marine. And. a third question, hith
erto veiled by "Tact ' under the
very thickest wrappings of fog, to
which, greatly daring, I propose to
address myself now is: "How far is
America really prepared to fix and
adhere to anV wide scheme for the
permnent adjustment of the world's
affairs that may be arrived at by thit
Conference or itt successors!
America Meat Fay Price
The other day, a freind of mine in
New York made a profoundly wise
remark to ma. T kit' Mali'
Mid, "that on can have nothing
aad do nothing without paying for
it If you do well, or if you do ill,
Just the same you hav to pay for
iL If a mother wanta to do her beat
by her children, ahe mutt pay for
it in giving up personal ambitions,
dreama of writing or art, throughout
the best years of life. If a maa
ants to do hia beet ia business or
politics, he must sacrifice dreama of
travel and adventure." And what
ever America doea with herself in
the next few years, ahe too must be
prepared to p.iy. If she desires iso
lation, moral exaltation, irresponsi
bility and eolf sufficiency. "America
for the Americana and never mind
the consequences,'' she must be pre
pared to witness the decline and fall
of the white civilization in Europe
and the consolidation of a profound
ly alien system across the Pacific. If
on the other hand, she now takes up
this taak for which she seems so in
clined, aa the leader and helped of
white civilization, the task of or
ganizing the permanent peace of the
raorld upon the lines of the system of
civilization to which she belongs,
then for thst nobler role alto there
is a price to be paid. She haa to
assume aot only the dignity but the
responsibilities of leadership. Hhe
has , not. merely to eipres. noble
sentiments but to lay hold upon the
difficulties and intricacies of the
problem before her. She kas not
mere'y to criticize but to consider
sod sympathize and help, and she
haa to make decisions aad abide by
them.
When America really makea de
cisions, tb abide by them vigor
ously. The Monroe Doctrine was
such a derision. It haa aaved South
America for South America; it hat
saved Europe from a ruinous scram
ble for the Spanish inheritsnee.
It waa the first great feat of Ameri
canism in world pol tirt. The ex
ponents of jTact" will, I know, be
outrsged by the reminder that for
a long time Itie tact approval of
Britain and the existence of the
British fleet provided a support and
shield to the Monroe Doctrine, and
also by the further reminder that
the oiio serious attack upon it was
made br Napoleon III during the
AnSrrkan Civil War at h ch time,
I admit, the attiude of (Jrcat Bri
tain to the dis Ur it.d r-tat.i was also
far from impeccable. But helped
or asailed. the M.mroe Doctr ne
held good. The Washington Confer
ence has developed a. position with
regard to the Faei&e that call now
for aa American decision of equal
ricor. It is as pla'n as daylight that
Japanrse liUrsl tendencies caa be
supported and th aggressive am
bitions of Japanese imperialism eaa
be restrained, that China caa be sav
ed for the Chinese and Eastern Si
beria from f orient eoaqaeat, provid
ed America place herself an equivo
cally tide by tide with tireat Britain
aad Franc In framing aad tostaif
ing a definite system af guarantee
and prohibition In Eastern Asia. Th
Anglo-Japan agreement could be
erded, ia favor af aaek a aew peace
pact aad aa eaatntea etep forward
toward world peace woald be made.
It woald mark aa epoek in world
statecraft BUt tki mean ta agree
ment j
tome fate paendeat might set aaide,
t rm newly elected tStnaAe te-
i tCtianed ea Turn Tw4 "
Proposal For a Seventy Per
Cent Ratio Formally Pre
sented To America and
Great Britain .
REGARDED BY NAVAL .
EXPERTS AS WHOLLY
UNACCEPTABLE PLAN
American and British Dele)'
gates Standing firmly Bft
Secretary Hughes' Pro
posed "5.5.3" Ratio; Jap.
anese Bequest Based On
National Security Instead
of Relative Naval Strength)
of Three Powers; Adpp
tion of Security ProposL
tion Would Upset Entire
Principle of Naval Limita
tion ; Situation Assume!
Delicate Aspect
Washington, Nov. 30. (By th Aa.
toeiated Press Japan's proposal
for a 70 per cent fleet aa necessary:
to her national security instead et
a 60 per cent fleet, has been forms
ally presented to the United Stated
and Great Britain.
Baron Admiral Kato, senior Jap
anese dclrgate, baa coiniuunieatod it
personally to Secretary Hughet and
Arthur J. Balfour. It it tid in
Japanese quarters to have th full
support, of the Japanese cabinet aad
the diplomatic advisory council in .
Tokio, ... JL.
Wholly Unacceptable
American and British naval x
perta, standing together on Secretary
hughes' "5 5-3 plan" aa the only end
fair to all powers, regarded the Jap
anese proposal as wholly unaecepta
ble. In the opinion of som of thd
American delegates, the situation ia
dvlicate, but not without hope that
the Japanese ultimately will accept
the original plan.
Th seriousness of th tarn ef afs
fairs, ia the opinion of th Ameri
cans, ia that Japan in persisting ia) -ker
request for a "10 10-7" ratio
make a ttrok at tk fnadamaataX
idea en which Secretary Hughe' proet
posai ia based. r.
Bated On Seearity 1
Japan's nrgpoaa!, it waa dicloeL
was based not en a calculation of
the strength of the existing Ameri
can, British and Japanete fieett, but
upon her estimate of necessity fos
national security. It wat pointed
out among the American and British
that if eoniidtrntion of nationsl te
curity were to be substituted for 4
continuation of fleet at reduced toasj '
nago, but in the aama ratio at now?
exittt, the whole basis of the coae-
ference would be upset.
On the basis of national security,
it wss said, neither the United State
nor Great Britain would agree te
the 80 per cent ratio whieh 'kj
Hughes' plan would allow to Japkn,
Secretary Hughet tnd hit three
colleagues of the American delega
tion apent nearly three hours to
night debating the tituation. Herts
tofore, the Japanese claim had been
made only informally in th eub
committee of naval experts.
Baron Kato's action awept away al
once the deliberations of the expert
considering the American limitation
plaa. They have had to do only
witk technical questions of tonnage
estimates involved in the American
proposal to limit fleeta on the baeig
of existing relative strength in eapi
tal ships. Japan has now taken the
matter out of that field entirely. I
British experts are ia full accord
with: the American-that th 8-5-3
proposal is the only possible road to
aa agreement that ia fair to aff
powers, particularly in view of the
enormous disproportion of the aeri
flees in ships and money the United
States has ocered to undertake.
TEN CHILDREN DIE
IN CROSSING WRECK
High School Bus Struck By
Fast Moving Train at Red
Bluff, California pi
Red Bluff, Cel., Nov. SO.-Tea high
school student were killed today
south ef here et the Prebert Croat,
ing whea Southera Pacific train No,
15, southbound, struck the high
school automobile bus in whick they
were riding. Pour children aad tke
driver were Injured.
The bus, en route witk children td
school, had suffered an accident aad
was behind schedule. Two driver
were tent from th high school te
bring it in. Another bos era seed
ahead ef the train, bat thit one, fol
lowing closely behind In a dense fog, ''
wa struck squarely and kurled late? -a
blitck airnal. Enclosed ia tke
ear, the children wer nasbl to
cape and their bodie were kurled -
ia. all directions. .
NEGrtO YOUTH SHOT ' ' : .
TO DEATH BY MOB
allinger, Tana- Nov. SOCkuf
d witk aa attack apen a nine year,
eld wkite girl, Bobert Murtoro, IS
year eld negro, waa takta from
effieera ker today aa lyaetec
Tke girl waa attacked last night
and erieatry lajurwd.' Th aegr
waa arrested and jailed ker. A.
mob began famine; tkie mernlaf
aad Abariff YTnt placed Uartere ha
aa aateetebil aad attempted te -rape
tke crowd. Tits mob everteew
tk afllceT, koreT, gelled the t
bey. and being kirn te a poet three
ilea from, town riddled kia fc '
vita UUeta,