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WATCH LABEL Mi yaa pspr. a inmt It dan bfr explrettoa U ardar to avoid mieslag a (lag) py. - THE WEATHER - rttttt - Nrtfc - ftrallna Flr Tsesday h4 Wsdaesday; 11 UU tkaag la tompratar. lime server SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. VOL CX1V. NO. 166. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 13. 1921. PRICE: FIVE CENTS News aea Old) 1 HAMMER HUONG FINE RECORD FOR Seventh District Congress man Boosted For Commit tee Vacancy . COLLEAGUES THINK HE'S FINE TIMBER Friends of Tar Heel Watt To Put Him In Place Hade Vacant By Congressman flood's Death; Soy Bean Tariff Propaganda Pnnc tared By Congressman Ward The News and Observer Bureau. 603 District National Bank Bldg. By EUWAKD E. BR1TTO.N. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Dec. 7"! -That nitta tion to business pay is again lllus trated in the easj t. William C. Haaimer of Anhchoro, Representative Trow tne sr'vehth "Nbrth Carolina district. Though this is but his . first session of Congress his. attea- Hon to affairs before it and his close study of matters coming before com mittees of which h is a member has had its effect in drawing at tea tion to him as a working member of the House. Especially so has this attention coma because of Ins work as a member of the District of Co lumbio, committee, his activity in behalf of a five cent rate of car fare and reduction in the excessive coat. of mils, "in Washington. Beraure he has leen fo'inl to be a working membtr, aid bee use it has been learned that ho has political sense of a high older, there is bo ing most serious talk among mem. bers of Congress that he is the man to fill the position of chairman of the Democratic congressional earn- pnign committee, made vacant" by the death at Congressman Hal Flood of Virginia. The only obstacle in the nay is that this is hi: first term ia Congress, but aguinst this it is being urged that. hi is a man quick to make acquaintances and friends that he has the capacity ami the political judgment necessary to fill the position. It ij held that 1922 will TERM be a year when the Democracy has ; the opportunity to do big things at the polls in the congressional elec tions, and those wh are talking of , Mr. Hammer any that he Is the man -snf -whw-wwrtd make aa aWe TttidiT, that " ie if real "lire wire" Democrat who knows how to do things. 1 Ward lnveatlrates Tariff. v Congressman Htllett & Ward fiaa had communications from parties ia North Carolina asking him to favor a protective duty on soja or toy beans. He investigated and found that there were more soja beans raised ia his district, the First North Carolina, than in any other. Congree sionsl district in the United Htates. His investigation also revealed the fact that there wero but 52,000 bosh els of the beans imported into the United States, rot enough to feed the hogs in his county, about 25,000, for one week, and thit incidentally there are about l.Vl.mvi hogs ia his district He replied to the com muni cations calling for a protective t:iff for soy beans that in view of this he eould aee no rnasos for a protec tive tariff for these. In reply he was told that it wis the oil from the beans tor wmen protection was sought. He investi gated some more and found that in this country there was produced 64, 000,000 pounds of refined oil frem aoy beans, that America consumed M.000.000 pounds and that we ex- ported !,000,000 pounds. Btating this fart in hie eeeona repij n added that he thought the protective tariff waa to prevent excessive Im port and ot to deal with exports. He has had no. reply to hia knock out statementa of facts about a pro tective tariff for aoy beani. Invite Harding Te Speak. President Harding was today waited oa by the committee from the United States oOdd Koarts Assoeia tioa and invited to attend the aixth annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. He stated that another engagement at the time of the meeting would pre Tent hia acceptance, but gave the noaltivs nromise to visit Arizona on his trip West next summer and take mote of the roads. Mrs. Harding also received the committee, and accepted the invitation to accompany her hns- "hand. Col. Venetian Cameron, of Btagvllle, president of the Bankhead National Highway, wat one of the "eommittee which had OB it repre- . sentatives from fourteen States. among these Governor Campbell and ' Senator Aahnrst of Arisoss. The ia sitatioB oa behalf of the two asso ciations waa delivered by J- A. Kountree, director general of the United Statea Good Jtosds Assoeia i - ties, G overs or Tatnpbell speaking for Arizona, ia presenting the Invi tation to Proaideat Harding, Mr. CaaiDbell. wife of the Governor, and ' - Mr. Albert E. Therntoa, of Atlaata, f saalrmaa of the Womass Commn- aiea of the Baakhead National High .j way dasoriatioa, exteadiag the iari- Htioa to Mrs. Harding, who talked ' . quite at length with the ladiee of , tlut committee. 'New GrBebss) ltanatoJ, The long wait to Wars who m the choice for poetauater at Oreoaa- her seme to aa tad today wha th ProrMeat seat to the Be mate the " temluatloa of fceacee C Caadley to he poetataater at that Blare, llr- ' 1 Chaadley otood third ia the bat of eligible. J. H. AnaJeld beiag flrat oad 8. A Bodgia. aeeBad, another tiase ia which It koldi geeod tint the M ahwH U Srtt. Tho pt BiUoa parya $300 year aad Ure kaa ks vaeenew aiaw May V, W0. b odditiM to taes oa the elifiblo Ma Ue aoor ppUeaata who etood th xasslaatieei were: .Uaaed aa jstga OUto J Want PubUcity On Watts; Propbse Primary Repeal J. Elmer Long Introduces Bill Calling For Notice On All Tax Rebates MEASURE IS EXPECTED TO PROVOKE BATTLE Her Direct Attack Is 'Made On Witts Bnt Friends, It Is Said, WiU Besent "Pitileea poWieitj' for Qx act of the Commissioner of Revenue and the State Board of Equalization was provided for in a measure presented to the eSnate by J. Blmer Long. The bill requires full notice by corpora tions asking rebates, pjiblie hear ings and teh publication of aa an nual report. Called to the calendar the bong bill went through its see end reading but was held up on ob jection by Senator Bams, who stated he did not understand the bill. This s.ud the primary repeal bill were the Senate headlines for Monday night These measures, which are expect ed to provoke, heated controversy were accompanied by a score of less iaiportant legislative proposals and the Senate indicated ita lark of faith lit the possibility .of- aly ad-, journmeut by tabling he Wright resolution pissed hf the House on Saturday providing that bo roll call bills shall be introduced after today and contemplating final adjournment on Saturday. The anti primary Mil was fathered by 8cnator Hams, and is identical with that offered ia the House last night. CT Tk mosnra was nroDoeed ia the House at the regular session but did aot reach the Senate. The bill regulating the acta of the - (Continued oa Page Two) TO GOJN TODAY Wilf Present Bill For Consti tutional Convention This Morning Senator Harry Stubbs has aa uounced that this morning he will introduce in the Senate a bill sub mittinr to the next r nl election the. question of a e "al eon veation. The bill i the af fi rotative totee of t. of all the member of each branch of the General Assembly and it ie expected that the Scaate. which passed it overwhelmingly at the regular sea sion, wilt De aiaea to aci upon the measure today in order that it may be sent to thi Hoaw of Hpre secta'ives, where .'t wae defeated last March. First Introduced la 1M7. Senator 8tubba first introduced the bill back ia )SK)7 and it waa reintro duced nt every subsequent session until 1917 when the measure re ceived the necessary two-thirds vote in both branches of the legislature and an election was rodered. How ever, war waa declared betwoeB the adjournment of legislature and the next general election ana oy general consent the question waa not euo mittcd to the people and no conven tion has ben held since 1875. Senator Btnhbs, who has alternated between the Housa and the Bennte for the past fourteen tensions hae several times seen hia pet measure passed in the branch of which he was a member only to have it killed in the other body. This hsppened at he regular aessioa of the present ieneral Assembly, when the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 43 to 4 but it was lost in the House. A number of representativee who voted aninst the measure ia the reeular sessioa have already ex pressed themselves as being favorable to it now and it is eoBaidered mat under the leadership of ex-Speaker Walter Murphy, who haa also been a staunch supporter of the bill since it was flrat introduced, the bill haa a good chance of paasage in the lower House. But while the bill ha formidable support it ha also strenuous opposi tion and a stiff fight is expected when it reaches the lower House. The fight against was led last March by Representative Doughton, who is reported to be still opposed to It pasaage aad Governor Morriaoa aad Commissioner of Revenue Watt are also said to have actively aligned themselves with the opponent of the bill- New Bin Dtfereat. The new draft of the Stnbbe bill differ ia two importaat particulars from that pawed by the Boaato at the regular seaeioa .Th question of eoBveBtloa' or ae eoaveatioa' wUl, if th bill passes, be submitted to the voters at the general electioa ia November, 1922. It wa originally proposed that delegate to the eoa veatioa be sieetod at the nam time, bat it is bow provided that a special electioa be held for that parpoae oa the seeoad Tueoday ia April, MS, it bsiag specified tV the ceveatioa (hall oasemUej oa Wednesday after the (ret Monday ia May. Thi chaatja waa made ia defer aee to the views f a ansaber of mem bers ef both Hosjaea waa exprrseed the belief that delegate weald be af a aigher eaiibre If they were aot toejaired to affer themselves a aoa- dtdatM before the eoaveatioa shoald Ueeata a certainty, aad if taair eaeee eejl be removed freea the that amwBHaaie a recast rlcctioB. , i Oaty Oa StttJag. TV" other baportaat chase 'ro- merc the sreviaioa, that the ooa eoaUoa aboald reoea for tixty day, after a aeaetoa af thirty day do eatoi tolely to tha abrnhmieti of Bameata to ta peoaeat j(CaUaa4 fag. TwaJi ' STUBBS MEASURE House Committee Will Hear Primary Repeal Bill This Morning EVERETT ASKS ASSEMBLY TO OPPOSE 4-P0WER PACT Bnih of Hew Bills 'in Honie Banishes Hope of Ad. jonrnment BrpwafTrf the State-wide primary, defeated substantially, at the regular session of the General Assembly, took a eecond start in the House of Representatives last night with the introduction of a measure by Repre sentative Neal of McDowell, pro riding for the scrapping of the present system of nominating can didates for State office, but leaving the use of the primary oa a piece of county machinery to the option of the county. The primary repeal Dill wae re ferred to the Committee oa Prop ositions and Grievances and will come up for a hearing before this committee this morning at 9:30. Within aiirht of tha exniration of the tentative time limit for the introduction of Btr legislation1, members of the House rushed across practically every piece of legisls tioa that is ia sight for the present sitting of the General Assembly. Many aeats were vacant, members having aot yet returned from their week-end tries home, and a num ber have obtained permanent leave of absence. Condemnation of the strongest sort of the Four Power Treaty adopted at the Disarmament Conference last Baur'day waa offered in a joint re so (Continued on Page Two) KELLY TESTIFIES Denies Transactions Alleged By Government Witnesses In Automobile Case C. J. Kelly, Sanford automobile dealer, one of five , defendant on trial in Unjted State Ds'.rlct court on charge oi interstate tram- m stolen automobiles, took the stand ia. hia own behalf yesterday aftor- aooa OS the first wUness for th de fen. When court recessed for the evening he wo ftill en th stand, after an hours examination, counsel for the defense asking for more time in which to review transcripts of the evidence of last week. Indications yesterday were that the rase would not be completed beore Thursday. Kelly declared that he had never made arrangements with A. W. Hoff man, major in New York National Guard, one of the defendants who. testified against Kelly as a govern ment witness, by which Hoffman would act a hi agent ia New York for th purchase of ears. He denied ail knowledge of the Cadulae touring ear which Harry Craig, another defendant and gov ernment witness, testified he had sold Kelly in exchange for three stolen Fords. He d ied ever having aay conversation with Frank Moran, defendant and government witness, or with William Nolan relative to securing etolen automobiles fcr him. Since 1919 when he went into the automobile business in Sanford, the defendant testified, he handled 1100,000 worth of ears. About fifty of these, he aaid, he aecured through Hoffman aad ninety per cent of the fifty were pew ears. Not all of these were sold la Sanford, he testified, some of them being disposed of ia South Carolina. Hefsnaa TostiSe Agala. When th automobile ease wa re lumed in the Court yesterday after noon at 2:30, District Attorney E. F. Aydlett, who announced that he would rest his ease Friday, with the privilege of introducing a little more evidence a sooa aa witnesses arrived, offered several exhibits, principal one being registrstion cords which Major Hoffman alleged George Scott, one of the defendants, snd former member of the 7Tew York Automobile Squad, had given him when, for a eoniidertkm of $300, Scott agreed aot jn follow np laiormauoa ae naa secured that automobile Hoffman' .hid bourht from More sad Nolan hid bees stolen. District Attorney Aydlett oue- tioaed the witaeee furUier eoaeera- ing the alleged arrangement be tween hia aad Scott, aad oa cross lamination Jaae W. Osborne, attorney lor Beott, continued the probe. atecttos CeavarBattoa Asked a to th exact eoavenetioa which passed betweea him aad Scott, the witaees declared eould aot recall what was said verbatim. H related, however, that Scott ap Breached him, asking if he knew that all th ear h had bonght from Moraa aad Kolas were it o lea. Whea th wita expressed sarpriae, Beott, a aiid, assured him it was a fact aad farther that h weald be arrested. 1 aaked him If there was aay way to atraigktea it at," testified Hoff man, who declared that Scott agreed to Bocept snoBey aad that,' aa th spot, he gave Scott betweea 7S or 1100 aad at ether time gavs aim eaoogh to mak W00. T mtrer aa aa JUloa tat tw ford which h alleged was thea in hi peoaoaaio, Hoffaua "said that Scott gars aim' six rogiet ratio sards. tw t Which a thea tiled at, aa tea to Cedilla tad f or a lord. IN OWN BEHALF any Taaoa at d -TaklBf th Btaad la hi own behalf, XCoatlaaod aa) fag ThJxtoaJ FIRST DEBATEON FOUR-PLY TREATY ON SENATE FLOOR Senator Borah Attacks Ar ticle Two of Agreement ;. With Japan REAL DISARMAMENT BECOMES NECESSARY Senator Jim Bead, Another ''IrreconcilaDle" Also At tacks New Treaty While Senators Poindezter and Robinson Defend It; Moral Obligation, Says Borah Washington, Dee. 12. Th Senate got its first taste today of the fight promised by several Senators on the new four power Pacific treaty. The pact was both denounced and do fended in the course of two hours of discussion. As st ths opening of the long fight on tit Treaty, of, Versailles and its League of Nations covenant practically all of the new quadruple treaty wai read ia to the Congrei sional Record la advance of formal submission. Borah Breaks Silence The attack today came from two "irreconcilables" in the Versailles covenant controversy, Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, and Reed, Democrat, of Missouri. Breaking the silence he had maintained since the treaty was laid before the world. Mr. Borah spoke more than an hour devoting his attention to Article two of the new treaty which he compared to Article Ten of the Ver sailles covenant. lie declared that the treaty compelled the armament conference to make "real disarma ment" an actuality or make the treaty a "straight ont military alli ance." i Mr. Borah xplalned that his atti tude toward th treaty would be governed to an extent by progress of the conference toward "real dis armament'' and settlement of Chi nes questions. The work of the Washington conference, he said, would be "discouraging" if it ad journed without barring, by terms of th treaty, the use of submarines, poisonous gases and other bar barous" weapons of warfare. Defends Article Tw Defense of the pact, conducted largely by Senator Poindegter, Re publican, of Washington, resulted in th opening of ths whole question of what obligations were entailed upon the United States by the new agreement. Senator Poindexter told the Senate that some seemed unduly alarmed about the pact and de clared that Article Two could not be construed as ths equivalent of Article Ten. - Senator Reed, breaking Into the debate at this point, said Senator Poindexter 's statement- meant that th new treaty wa worth little as a binding agreement. He aided that if the United State wa not going to obscrv it moral obligations, such as he contended were contain ed in the treaty, the country would become "the laughing stock of the whole world." Mr. Borah said be regarded the moral obligations of Arti-.lj twu as compelling the use of force, as trongly as did Artirlj ten ef the League and in this wis support?! by Senator Robinson, Democrat, Ar ksnsas, who declared that take" to gether articles one and two of the treaty were "even stronger" than Article Ten. Mr. Robinson added, however, that he was entering no objection to llio psct. 1 "How woul they oppose an, ag gressive policy on the part of pme nation, for instance," interrupted Mr- Seed, "in event the conference (Continued on Page Two.) Col. J. Bryan Grimes Favors Constitutional Convention ''Considering that we have had ao much patchwork and so many make shift amendments to our Constf tutioa recently, I think that we are in need of a Constitutions! Conven tion, if it can he properly safe guarded," say Colonel J. Bryan Grime, Secretary of Stat, in a communicatioa to The News and Observer brought forth by Sunday' front page editorial on the need ef such a convention. Colonel Grimel thinks that the fatal defjt of other constitutloaai convection bill haa been the sbeene f a provision for its ratification. Ia hi letter to the editor Colonel Grime says: Sir: "I bar read your editorial for th seed of a Constitutional Conven tion. Coasidariaf that we kav hod so mnch patch work and so many makeshift aasendmenta to our Cos- sfltutUa reeeatly, I think, thit we or la aoed of a Constitutions! Con vention, if it can be properly safe guarded. "Ia aa act to eall a Convention f Ik peopi of North Carolina pas ted by th General Assembly i 1917 there' wa a fetal defect ia that, there waa bo- protiiioa Is th set for a tatiSratioa by th people ef the work af th Coaveatioa. The bill calling a Coaveatioa, passed by th Seeute ia 1921 aad defeated la the Eaa ef Bepreecsta tivoa, did aot prwvid for th rati leatioa ef th work ef th Conves ttoa by th people f th Btst. If th Omattoa I to to tsksa a gatkeriaf af rf raUiivto,' PRESIDENT NOT TO CALL CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN DEBTS Neither Will United States Be Represented at Euro pean Parley REPARATIONS IS KEY TO WHOLE SITUATION No Beal Progress Toward Eeonomio Reconstruction In Europe Until England, France and Germany Can Get Together On Payment of Penalties For War By FRANK H. BIMONDSf Washington, Dee. 12. President Harding will not call an economic conference to meet in this city at the cloie of the present conference If, as seem likely now, aa economic conference i called to meet in Brua Psels or some other European capital early in the year, the United States will not be represented unless there ia a very radical change of mind. These two circumstances which be came known 16dy' constituted a very severe disappointment to not a few of the representatives of the foreign countries in this city, many of whom have recently expressed the hope that the United States would st lesst share ia a European econo mic discussion, which has been msde inevitable by the rereitf German de fault. The American decision would seem to be based upon two factors, one foreign and the other domestic. It is the prevailing point of view, ss I pointed out in my last Sunday article, that no useful end -can be served by any economic conference as long as the reparations issue re mains unsettled, and there is no American desire to undertahe the responsibility and the obvious dan gers incident to bringing abont such a settlement Reparations Famishes Key From the American official point of view, the key of the whole situa tion in Kurnpe at the present time, though the United States Is only in terested in the economic acpects, must be sought in the reparation! Issue. The idea that the watch of the world can be set to ticking again while Great Britain and France are at loggerheads over reparations is held to be manifestly absurd. The United States hat very great inter ests at stk, these interest repre eented, by her foreign trad which continue te declln with obvious evil consequences in all directions. But the eontemparary question is: What useful purpose ran the United States serve by participating in any conference as long as the fuudamen tal conditions remain both unsound and unstable t There is a very widespread belief here that no real progress will be made toward economic reconstruc tion in Europe or in the world until England, France and Germany ran reach agreement on the whole sub ject of reparations. There is no dis guising the fact thast American ex pert opinion is on the whole fnr more sympathetic to the British than to th French point of view. At the Taria ronfetrnee and since the Pari conference American .ex pert opinion, official and unofficial has continued to believe that there was not the slightest prospect of collecting from Germany anything like the sums which were expected at Paris and actually named in the decisions of last May. But the Uni ted States is not one of the partjes to reparations and haa no intention of undertaking to participate in a discusson which would obviously lead to a request for American assis tance, financial and otherwise. Beetile Te Caacessioas. Th decision not to participate ia on economic conference ia also (Continued in Page Two.) or 'a an assemblage of the people,' their ordinances wall be final the organic law. If they are regarded as "delegates," which is becoming ths more generally accepted view, the Constitutioa would be submit ted to s referendum of the people. A requirement for popular ratifica tion would strsngthea the bill, and I believe, the people will expect to vot upon th new Constitution. "Th Constitutioa ef th Conven tion of waa voted apoa by the people. The Convention of 1M5 amounted to little, though some of its proceedings were declared valid. The Constitution of lSAS was ratified by the people. The eall for a Conven tion in 1872 wss defeated by the people, under Grant' threats. Tho amendment of 187S-T3 were ratified by the people ia 1873. The Coa veatioa of 187S wss ratified .by the peop'e. Tier has never bees held a Convention who work wss not submitted to th peopls, Bales it ws ths Convention ef 1861 i aad Chapter 17, Laws ef J 80 -J1, "Aa act concerning a eoaveatioa ef the people' ia lectins tea required the rdiaaaaee ef th eowvewtioa to be ratified by "a majority ef the qualified voter." Of. eoarss, all th omsadmeats la tit past hav bee passed spOB by vet f u peo ple. . . "It argaed that th CoBveatloa would be ,-Bprm" aad eould aot be required to wbialt ft Coasti tatioa to the people. Thi eon be easily remedied by Twqmiring sack (Catlaa aa Fag Tn I JAPAN RETAINS CONTROL OF ISLAND OF YAP UNDER AGREEMENT WITH AMERICA New Four-Power Treaty Beginning Of New Way Distinctive Feature is Participation of Two Possible An tagonists, America and Japan, In'An Agreement With England and France Called In To ;AssiMf;Hr'Gr! Wells Says. By H. ii. WELLS (By arrangement with the New York World and the Chicago Tribune) The read rr mil have seen verbatim reports of the speeches at the fourth plenary session of the Washington conference and he will knon already what decisions were banded out to us from the more or less secret session that prepared them for us. There has been a" good deal o(. discussions hen about the secret sessions, snd certain indignation at their secrecy that 1 do not share. It ia a matter of deeenry rather than concealment that men speaking various languages, representing complicated interests, and feeling their way towards understandings, should not be exposed to embarrassing observation and com ment until they have properly hammered out what Ithey have to say. It is far better to digest conclusions un.l r rover and to present the agreed upon conclusion. This wv af m.. 1 no. offense against democracy; no conspiracy against juiblicity. Thr mischief of secrecy lies ia secret treaties snd secret understandings and not in "protecled' interehangesi There b no sound' objection "to secret bs r gaining in committee, provided that finally the public is informed of the agreement arrived at and ef all th considerations in the ear gum. """" " The conclusion nnivniincad are im BIG INCREASE IN COTTON ESTIMATE Government Dept. Claims To Have Been Misled Previously Washington, Dee. 12 In announc ing it final estimate of cotton pro duct ion for thi yer a 8,140,000 bales, which is 1,800,244 bale more thsn given in th preliminary esti mate in October, the Department of agriculture placed the blame for the estimates earlier in the season on "persistent and widespread prop ganda at planting time aa to acreage, and lack of travel funifs which pre voat4 statistician of th govern ment Jfrom personally inspecting and checking reports. Ths crop reporting board, th de partment of agriculture announced, "wo forced to accept growers' re port! of acreage reduction, which were biased by propaganda and gen erally believed." In a statement issued with the government's estimate today the de part ment of agriculture said: "The December eottoa report, for casting a total crop of 8,340,000 bales, is much in excess of earlier estimates during the growing les son. It may be will, therefore to explain the principal factors whirh account for the difference between the early promise and the last esti mate. 'Acreage. (1) persisteat and widespread propaganda at planting time for a reduction in cotton acre age of from 33 to SO per cent as compared with 1920, (2) Propaganda supported by large carry over from previous season, low prices below rost of production ia 1920, reduced foreign construction and demand with great financial loss to growers in IS-'1! and lark of credit at plant ing time, (3) acreage reduction re ported st planting time by growers affected ler propagnada, (4) lack of travel funds prevented statisticians of the bureau from personally in specting and checking acreage in their states in 1919, 1920 snd first half of 1921, (5) crop reporting board forced to accept growers re port ef acreage reduction which were biased by propaganda and gen erally believed, (6) since July 1 field statisticians have been able to travel snd their reporta indicate that the growers reports on June 23 ex aggerated the reduction in acreage. It appears that while many growers actually reduced their acreage, others took advantage of the props gaoda sentiment for reduction and proceeded to increase their own acreages, (7) the estimate of the seres Be in cultivation of June 26 was corrected when checked against data submitted by growers nt that time, but it now appears thst the data opon which the estimate waa (Continued en Page Nine.) 20TTON ESTIMATE TAKES MABKET BY SURPRISE. New Orleans, Dec 11 The crop estimato of S,S4a,M bales by lb Desartmeat of Agrkaltw took th eottoa market completely by ssrprm today aad Immodistoly after th lasaaar af th Sgaros there wa break of III to 111 Bwiat or Ja sbwit M M s bal aa the reaast of seillag from all parts f th belt. Th trade amorally expected a report of vary Mttl ever eight saillssa bale, th average gwess of III akssab of th easts -raaag ssard stoat aa boar be for Ah resort was assess, being MMN balas- Jast before the Scares were pat sat Jaaaary stood at 17.14 a aaaadl ha toss taaa Sve mlaataa it draapad to IMS. March stood st 1TJI bad drapped to 11M. It waa aa af to sat stropa aaa ssastoa laarroral ssMtas aad a tremsadaa vwlaat of hoe Is wsa a Mtowtag the heavy astllBsj l lg fi th Wag sad wall t Trtaa portant enough in themselves; but to all who care for the peace of thi orld they are far more important in the vista of posnihilitiet they open up. Certain nojshle precedents arc established. The four Knot rrolu lions do put very clearly those idian of withdrawal and abstinence whirh must become the universal rule of conduct between efficient and po liica:Iy confused or enfeebled States if the peace of the or d is to be preserved. That is the New Way in international politics. It is the le ginning of the end of all Asiatic im prrialisnis. And following up its assent to these resolutions the conference oted upon certain special applica cation of them. The abolition, df the eitra territorial grievance, the right of China ss a neutral pomr to escape the fate of Belgium and the right of China to be informed of the articles of any treaty affect ing her, were established aa far na a resolution of the conference eouid vublish them. 'reataree" Senator Lodge. And- thea came Senator Lodge. tor the fourth plenary session "featured" Senator Udge, Just a previous ones hsd ''featured" Bee retsry Hughes, Mr. Balfour and M. Briand. Fifteen years ago I came to Washington and Senator Ixidge showed me a collection of prehistoric objects from t'eutral America and tolked very delightfully about thoui. Fifteen years have changed Wash ington very greatly but they have not changed Senator Idge. He seems perhaps just a little slenderer and neater than before, but that may be a change in my own stand srils, and it was entirely in charac ter with my former Impressions of bim that in putting ths Four Powers treaty before the conference he should indulge himself and his hear ers in a vision of the realities of the Pacific, the multitudiuus interest of its innumersble islands, its in finite variety of races, customs, eli mates and atmosphere. It wss a most curious and 'attractive phase of the always interesting conference to have this gray headed, cultivated gentleman breaking through all the aUtract jargon of diplomacy and ins'itarism, ill the talk of powers, radii of action, fortification, spheres of influence, and so forth, in his sttempts to make us realir.e the physical loveliness and intellectual charm of thi enormous area of the world s sorfaes thst th Four Pow er treaty may perhaps ssve now forever more from the fesr and hor rors of war. The proposed four-power treaty which thus starts upon its uncertain but hopeful journey towards ratifi cation by the Senates, Legislatures, and governments of the world is es sentially a departure from the nor mal tradition of the treaties of the nineteenth century. It ia the first attempt to realise what shall I call itf The American Way or the Niw Way in international affairs. its distinctive feature is the rjarticria tion of two possible antagonists, America aad Jcpaa. Instead uf a war, they make a treaty and call in Britain and France to sm' It is a treaty for peace and aot sgainst, an antagonist. I think tha tthe dif ference between "treatire for" and "treaties against" is one that seeds to be stressed. The Angti Jparie treaty was s "treaty against," a treaty against first, Bussia, thea Germany and thea against soma vaguely conceived assailant. It is a great thing to have Japan and England cordially immolating that treaty, now that this four power treaty of the New Spirit may be bora. Greet Speech By VIvlaaL After Seaator Lodg tm V. VI viani with i very fine, if guarded, speech. M. Viviaai is n great spesk- er, bat he is not merely eloqueat, aad I Sad people here sayiog little about his woaderful voice or his evertoBos ssd sndertoses or hi ro mantic charm, but mnch about the subtle thiegs hs said. Ia a gathering that is teas with Sttention sas is opt perhaps to transfer oas s thoaght sad expeetstions to the gathering a a whole, bat it seems to m that whea M. Viviaai rose te weleoas thi great bogiaaing the Pacific w were aU thinking: "Asd hew mock farther sad to what ether regio ef th world are yea pro pared to xtsd th spirit aad method ef this Pacific haadf There hi axtbr rather thread bare treaty (Caatlaaed a aaa) Wa) " . United States Secures Cable and Wireless Privileges His v a. . . rur wnrcn we ttas Contended ABSOLUTE EQUALITY ACCORDED BY TREATY TO TWO GOVERNMENTS No American Radio Station Will Be Installed So Long As Japanese Plant Is Ops rated Without Diicrlm ination; Immediate Valns of Arrangement To United States Lies In Conces sions That Insure Ameri- can Control of Cable Be tween Yap and Guam; Text of New Treaty An nounced In Washington Washington, Dec. 12. (By the As sociated Press.)- The American and Japanese governments have compos ed their differences over the Pacific Island of Yap, and sre urcnarinn to sign a treaty by which Japan retains adiiiinsitrativo control over ihe island and the Cnited Btates recures the cable and "ire less priv ileges there for which mUm haa mm. tended since tho Pari -conference. 1 in the same treaty Japan s League of Vtions msndate over Yap snd all the other Northern Pacific Is. ijuuti foriiw.rlv im.lap I eruignty is give'n recognition by ths i mien rentes on certain stipulated conditions. ThetA rnn.litinHa In. elude provision far free admission vi missionaries ana protection Of American interest in tha tn-nlaf.l territory and require that Japan, snail report ia me Lnilea wtstee s well as to the league en detain) of her administration of the mis date . The Yap cable and wireless rights, regarded as highly important be reuse' of the Island's advantageous position ia the center of the Pa cine group to the south e Japan are accorded liy the treaty te ths American ami J.-mnnoM mcnts and Nationals alike, on term ef absolute equality. In the exercise of thess rights American Nationals sre to be free from taxes, liccsiiug, censorship nnd every form of dis criminatory supervision-, snd in ad dition are to be aided by the Jan anese government in securing th needed property and facilities. The immediate vslue of the ar rangement to the I'nited State I- truiiecBsiuui w un mgasa to cable communication hati they insure complete American goa- iroi or uie existing ralile betweta Yap and tiuain. 'oniilrhla km. nortnnr- uAma ia a 1 f l.d - i -' -- can officials to the radio privilege. aiuiougn ii is to be agreed la the treaty that no American radio sta tion wi'l be installed an la a. the present Japanese plant is ep crated without discriminatory ex actions. (Signature of the eonvenlioa is expected within a few day,' easing of the principal canter for controversy betneen Washington, and Tokio and bringing to as sad negotiations which have covers! period of several months. rinal instructions to the Japanese delegates to accept the latest Amer ican proposal for a settlement are understood to have been received from the Tokio foreign office last night. . TEXT OF NEW TREATY IS GIVEN OUT IN WASHINGTON. Washington, Dec. 12. (Bv Th As sociated Press). The text of a treaty between the United Bute and Jspsn covering an agreement as to the status of the Island of Yap wa mnae punne roaay at the rttste De partment. The points of the agree ment are ae follows: 1 It is agreed that hs Carted fitwte shall have free oceest to th Island of Yap on the footing orSa tire equality with Japan or any other nation, in all that relate to the landing and operation of th existingYaj) (iuam cable or of any coble WnVh "may hereafter be laid by the I'nited State or its Bstionab, t It is also agreed that the Uai ted State and ita national srs to be accorded the same rights and priv ileges with respect to radio tel graph ie eerviee as with regard to rsbles. It is provided that so long as the Japanese government shall maintain on tha Island of Yip aa adequate radio telegraphic statiea ro-opemting effectively with th ca bles and with other radio station a shin and ahores, without discrimina tory exertions or preference, tha exercise of the right to eetablieh radio telegraphic station at Tap by th United Htrte or its sitings! . hall be suspended. : ,- S-It is further agreed that th United Slate shsll enjoy la th Island of isp ths follow lag righto, privileges sad exemptions ia rehitioa to electrical eomauaieatioa: (a) Bights of residence witheet r - strirtioa; and rights of acquisition aad smjymest ef aadistarbed pee-.. a -auvH, ,wi m iMa a. watu j . - I: T .L - rnjHaUll -Jii m , H va m mJ fMH M-fc tioa sr their respective aatieaali an ytvywt i j a vi Mmvn ia pvi- seasl sad real, including had,, bsilding, residear, . Deas, Work , asd a pp ateam aces. . . : (b) N permit r Ucaas to b re quired for th nJoymBt af aar af Use right aad privileges. . T -. --" () Each asaatry to M free to yrta boU ad af tt cable, sithw j.CaiUd aa pog Olrto "