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SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGJiTR CTWEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC 14. 1921.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
PRICE; FIVE CENTS
Education Measure Passes
REPRESENTATIVES OF FOUR GREAT
House After Warm Debate
POWERS SIGN NEW PACIFIC PACT;
AGREEMENT ON NA VAL RA TIO NEAR
House Votes 68 To 15 To
Senate Votes Itself Into Tie
Validate Levies and Fix
Tax Rate
T T
iews
OS
STili UNDECIDED
BORAH MUST FIND
BEITER BASIS OF
ATTACK ON PACT
On Long's Eject-.
ment Bill
BALLOT SHOWS 19 TO 19
ABOUTAHITUDE
TOWARDTREATY
Democratic . Senators Will
- Study Four-Power Agrees
V ment Carefully
tar Heel senators
'not yet committed
'General Opinion Is That Ja
pan Gets, Far Mora Out of
' Pact Than Any Other Na
tion; Signing Document at
Stat Department An In
formal Affair
The News snd Obeerver Bureau,
60S District National Bank Bldg,
Br EDWARD t. BR1TTON.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dte. 13. The ttl
. tude that the Democrat! of the Sen
ate will take a to tre four-power
treaty ia up in the air. At the firat
Vuth the indications were that it
would receive almoet the aolid Dent
cratie vote, but further considers.
tioa of it and ftt effcett are aueh
H to bring the plain Intimation
that there i a reversal of opinioa
niaf on.
Ia the Democratic eloak room there
wil an informal conference thia
afternoon in the "conversation" tomo
IS or 14 Senators taking part, and
at the result, 10 the understanding
is, a policy of silence for the present
was agreed upon so that full eonsid
ration might be given to the mat
ter. It ia the understanding among
newspaper men that Senator G'i
Criticised the action of those of his
Colleagues who have announced that
they favor the treaty for the reason
that they regard it as "better than
nothing because it appears to be a
step in the direction of the League
of Nations." A statement from one
Democratic leader was that there
was "unquestionably a movenieut
developing which might result in the
Wilson Benators lining np against
the treaty, as they did against
. the ticrman American treaty."
Tar Heels Studying IL
Neither Senator Simmons nor Sen
ator Overman have definitely taken
a position with regard to the treaty.
They are studying it, and say that
they propose to give full consider
tian to the matter before they Align
themselves. It la uodorttood that
' aeithcr of them are pleased with
it, and 1 that with other Democrats
they are giving ft most careful
consider tioa to ita torn. Tlx first
announcement that President Hard
in would at one rush the treaty
to the Senate for ita ac tioa waa fol
lowed today by an official statement
from the Whit House that Preti-
nen uaraing is going to be in no
hurry" to submit the treaty to the
Eenate, -that its members know its
contents and that it ia better to al
low them to study it thoroughly bo-
fore asking ratification. In some quar
tors the opinion is that thlt.lt mis
take, that if the administration could
force a vote in the Senate this week
H would win by aa overwhelming
majority, that delay will mean rati
fleatloa only by a narrow majority.
wnue soma aold that if the Bena
tora who are fighting the treaty
can stave oft a vote till in Febru
ary that they may be able to rally
83 votes against the measure, this
the number that would defeat it. It
looks very much as If it ia the League
f Nations fight again with the op
posing, lines largely reversed, with
some of the "irreeoactlablei" again
-in the irreconcilable class, meaning
Benatora Borah, Beod, LaFollette
aad Bhields, with the addition of
Senator Tom Watson, of Georgia.
The position of these is that this
is a new entangling alliance, a port-
nwrthip in an enlarged Anglo-Jan
nese alliance, which has been re
farded here as standing menace
to our interest and to the peace
ot the Faeifie.
Japan Gets Bl En.
that Japan has secured far more
at of the limitation of armamenta
eoafcreneo in the four-power Pa-
, eifie treaty than any other nation
Se the view taken by Senator Bobin
so a, of Arkansas, and Senator Over
man, aa well as other Democratic
Senators. Senator Overman has pro
Bounced views on the subject, and in
regard to it has the following to
sty:
"Japan gains by the four-power
treaty far more than she .loses by
the abrogation of the Anglo-Jan
aneao pact. Ia the new agreement,
- three powerful nations the United
Btatet, Great Britain, and France,
-Join- in recognizing her right to re
tola her insular possessions ia the
Pacific, and ia promising (o join
with her la resisting any aggros-
Joa, armed er otherwise, agaiast
any sf her insular territory there.
"Ia the Anglo-Japanese pact.
Japan had only one nation, although
a very powerful one, to back her
1 an, instead of three.
, ''Barely, Japsn eught to feel some
wast slated ever MS greatly la
crossed strength sf her pocit as
a world power which is famished
' her by the snbstitatioa of the aew
treaty for the eld sae. The aew
, sa aaqnettlouibly places at her
disposal the immense moral, weight
at least sf the ' combined military
, and aaval ' forces of the. United
States, Great Britain, "and France,
- which, ooopled with her owa, ooght
to prove meet eaeenragiag to her
ia her already strongly entrenched
- position ia the Facifi sad Tar
East" -- .
Aa Informal Ceremony. ,
The signing this morning of the
- roar-power treat pact for peace ia
ths Psoitis was a more sr lees la-
t formal affair. The repreattiv
sf the four govern meats to sign-
US uaitcd mates, crest Britain, ja-
aVrJ (Contiaaed from page twoj) ' '
WILL OFFER RESOLUTE!"
TO NAME COMMISSION
Connor, of Wflion, Wants
Study Made On Ke-estab-
lithing Equality'
The Honss Torterday morning
passed by a vote of 0 to IS the
Matthews bill validating all levies
that have been mads by the coun
ties for the support of the schools,
and filing 39 cents as the limit to
which rtaiea may be raised in conn
tics that have not already goae
beyond that limit.
Representatives Dougton, Everett
of Richmond and Speaker Orier
fighting for the measure designed
to bring order out of the chaotic
State into which the State 'a taxing
system has degenerated, admitted
readily that the bill offered ao per
manent solution for the situation,
and that if the Stats is to main
tain an equalizing fund for schools,
the next General Assembly must take
soma step to restore equality of
property valuation.
New Tas Cemmissioa.
Ths first step la that .direction
wiU be taken at tb morning ses
sion today when Kepresentauve
Connor of Wilson witl offer a reso
lution calling for ths appointment
of a commission to study eat seme
method by which the counties will
be restored to aa equality that will
make possible an equitable distribu-
(Continued oa Page Two.)
TO SEVERE TEST
i
Defense In Automobile Case
Introduces Many
Witnesses
Illness of one of ths juroors took
half a day from the trial of C. J.
Kelly and four other defendants
charged with violating the Dyer
Motor Vehicle Theft Act yesterday,
but when United States District
CtsVt recessed for the night, ths de
fense had completed the examina
tion of Kelly, ths Banford automo
bile dealer had beea not thranrh a
severs cross examination by District
Attorney B. F. Aydletr, and the de
fense had introduced s dosen addi
tional witnesses.
1. C. McDonald, the juror who was
ill when court was scheduled to re
sume its sitting yesterday morning,
appeared in at 2 :30 in the afternooa
and the trial waa resumed. It is
now hardly likely that it will go to
the jury before Friday.
.In the last half hour oa direct
examination, Kelly made a sweeping
denial of all violations eharged and
testified to by his associate defen
dants, A. W. Hoffman, of New York,
Harry Craig, of Germantown, Pa.,
aad Prank Mi.rau, of New York. - He
likewise denied testimony offered by
William Nolan, New York State pri
soner, who waa also a witness against
him.
In reply to Craig'i testimony that
he sold thirty five stolen automo
biles to Kelly, the Sanford dealer
declared he had bought only nine
or ten from Craig and did not know
that any of these were stolen.
On cross examination, a new angle
devolped on the episode of the twice
stolen automobile about which Craig
testified. Craig had told the jury
that one of the ears he sold Kelly,
he had stolen in Dnrhsm, and that
oa the night after he had delivered
te ear to Craig, he stole it from
Kelly and brought it to Raleigh
where he sold it again.
Wins la Crap Game
District Attorney Aydlett tried to
make the defendant Kelly, admit
yescterday afternoon that on the
night of the second theft, he had
made Craig and Prince drunk and
had then, won from Craig all the
money he had paid him for tl s stol
en ear. He denied that he drank
(Continued on Page Two.)
HUNGARIAN ASSEMBLY
RATIFIES U. S. TREATY
Exchange of Ratification
With Hungary Completes
The Peace Statu
Budapest, Dee. IS. Ths national
assembly tonight raitfled tre treaty
ot peace between Us United States
and Hungary-
Count Albert Appoayi, ehalman of
the committee ia charge of the peace
agreement, ia an address in the
chamber after the ratification said:
"Though ws are not yet acquaint
sd with America's future world vol
ley, this separate treaty is proof of
aer aisiniereswaness as a aer era,
eers wish to htln ia ths reconstruc
tion of eastern Europe. This single
pesos .which was aot dictated, ree-
vgM immjmij mm Rj),fiiH
FORMAL KATIFICATIONI
COMPLETE PEACE STATUS.
Washington, Dee. (By The As
sociated rreos. Batifleatioa of tas
treaty of peace betweca the TJaHed
Btstes aad Hungary asdMwea mo
mentarily expected her lor Boats
tuns. When ratiacatioae bar been
exebMgtd, it is i expected that
proclamation sf peace, will be issaed
la Washington as ia the of the
other former enemy powers, thai
eomplatiag ths peace status. Diplo
matic machinery will the be) estab
lished through th appotatmtat f
aipioaaus aaa. oaeniar eqeera,
KELLY SUBJECTED
AFTER AN HOUR'S DEBATE
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Thirty-one New Bflli Intro
duced' and Calendar Vir
tually Cleared
The warmest debate and the closest
vote of the special session was last
night called forth la the Senate by
the bill offered by Senator Long, of
Halifax, to provide easier means of
ejectment for tenants cultivating
land for or employed by the owner
of the land. After more than hour
of spirited discussion, s roll csll de
veloped a tie vote with 1 recorded;
en each side, the presiding officer,
Senator Swain, having already voted.
Senator Long changed his vote aad
lodged a motion to reconsider whi'h
he ia expected to call ap some time
today.
The Long bill was the only eon
troverted subject brought, before the
Senate at either the morning or night
sessions. The Stubbs bill for a con
stitutional convention and the Long
bill providing publicity for. the nets
01 ui vommissioner ox ocvrnnv anu
the State Board of Equalisation were
shelved at the morning session. and
before the Senate adjourned at mid
night everything else that had al
eamulated oa the calendar and
nearly all sf the SI bills introduced
at the two sessions had - been pasted
or rejected.
The present law governing the
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Driver of Automobile Killed
and Fireman of Train Se
riously Hurt
Bed Springs, Dee. 13 Almo Gil
ehrist, of Wagram, was instantly
killed thia morning at 11 o'clock
when the automobile he was driving
was struck by Atlantic Coast Line
passenger train, No. 64. The train
was wrecked and J. E. Mangum
flmmin. ana mi J. W. Vinmm. of
' Kslslgh, was sarioasly injured," He
was givea medical attention' here
and then rushed to Hightmtth Hos
pital at Fayettevills.
Ths wreck occurred at ths Bed
Springs Oil Mill crossing aear here.
Following the crash ths engine, ten
der, express car and coaches of the
passenger train ran into a siding
fifty yards beyond the crossing and
were derailed. The locomotive turn
ed over in two feet of mud, with
the tender at right angles to the
track. Fireman Mangum was caught
between the eab and tender and his
left side was badly torn. Engineer
Butledgs escaped anhurt- - -
Gilchrist, th driver of the l
chine, waa instantly killed, ' being
caught by the locomotive and buried
under it when it was derailed. His
body waa terribly mangled. The
body waa taken to a local nndertak
inc establishment and later remov
4i to his home by relatives.
Fireman Mangum waa conscious
when removed from the wreck. He
was hurried to a local dtug etore,
where he wns given emergency at
tention by Drs. Hodgen and McMil
lan, and then taken to the High-
smith Hospital at Fayetteville.
Although badly shaken ap, aone
of the passengers of the train were
injured. The train was in charge
of onductor Campbell and Bjg
neer Butledge and operates between
Fayetteville and Bennetfaville, 8. C.
A wrecking crew from Florence is
clearing up the wreck.
John W. Mangum, of Raleigh, city
electrician and building inspector.
received news of his son being in
jured in the wreck yesterday morn
lng aad left for Bed Springs oa aa
afternoon train. Ths message stated
that medical attention waa being
givea at Bed Springs and that it
was hoped the young man's injuries
were aot of a serious aaturs. Mr.
Mangum had aot learned that his
son had beea taken to a Fayette
ville hospital at the time. he left
for Bed Springs. ' Young Mangum is
So years old sad has been ia the em-
poly of thetAtlantis Coast Lias for
a aamber of years.
HOLMES MURDER CASE
TAKES A NEW TURN
I. T. Clarke, of Kn Eux
Elan, Offers Reward of
$100 Tor Slayere
Pittsburgh, Ps., Dec IS. Police
investlgstion ot the death of Leroy
Ho Vines Morris, whoa body, with a
ballet In tho breast, was found Sun
day Bight ia a North Sids park,. took
a asw turn today with the appear
ance ia a Pittsburgh aewtpaper of
aa advertisement offering $100 re
ward for "information leading to the
arrest sad eoavletioa of tho murder
ers sf Leroy Holmes Morris. Ad
drees E. Y. Clarke, K lane rest, At
lanta, Ga."
The police admitted that la. ens
f Morris' pockets they feaad aa aa
plleatioa,' properly filled oat, 'for
membership in ths Ka Kiux Klaa.
Three mea already aader arrest is
connection ' with tho killing vers
held ia three police stations for pre
liminary he airings, after eaaaiiaa
tioa by th police. -,
SERIOUS WRECK
AT RED SPRINGS
Nival Ratio and Chinese Sit
uation Offer Only Points
of Attack
PRESENT INDICATIONS
POINT. TO COLLAPSE
Generally Beliered That See-
retary Haghei Will Stand
Firmly For ItaTal Holiday
While Chinese Oet More
Out of Conference Than
They Expected
By PRANK H. BIMONDS,
Washington, Dee. IS. Three days
of initcstigation and exploration of
the possible extent of oppositioa te
the four power treaty in the United
Statee Senate has led to the genersl
conviction that as the situation
stands there it no prospect of a
serious, much less successful resist
ance. If Senator Borah and his as
sociates who have declared war upon
the treaty cannot And in the later
developments of ths conference
sojue . U'Ur , basis, for opposition
mere is general agreement that their
fight will collapse. Therefore, the
question is raised tonight where, if
anywhere, eaa be found new strength
for their opposition.- '
It is obvious that there are two
matters etill unsettled, in both of
which an unfavorable outcome might
contribute to strengthen the Senate
opposition. These are, of course, the
itsue of the naval ratio and the
problems of China. In both eases.
aowever, :t is essential to recotniie
at the outset that all present signs
point to an outcome wioh will leave
little correlation for the senate ir
reconcilable.
Might Attack Naval Rati.
The discussion over the naval ratio
centers more and more about the
Mutsu. Two solutions seem to have
been proposed with respect of this
snip. The one contemplates nreserv
lng the ratio bv livinir the Mutmi In
Japan and permitting the United
States and Great Britain to add two
ships to their own numbers. The
second Solution is based upon a re
arrangement of the Japanese fleet
which would save the Mutsu but
would require the elimination of two
cruisers.
Washington bellevaa that M,
Hughes will make a determined nt
against any preservation of th
W-8 ratio at the coat of increasing
ias ioisis or ail three nations. After
all it is prettr clear that tha wkni.
public picture of a naval holiday, of
iumtauon or naval atrnth
of s refaction of naval expenditures
wouia do injured if not spoiled
if Great Britain and tl. lUii.rf
mates had to construct two nn K.
neships. Here might be an attack
ing point for Senator Borah and
other opponents of the four party
ircaiy on lapilOI Mill.
Japanese Position Obsraro.
As usual, the Japanese position re
mains obscure. Those closest to the
Japanese delegation in Washington
report a growing feelina- of dtK.
-pointment and dissatisfaction with
ins result ee far achieved here from
the Jspsnese point of view and there
have been manifest explosions from
part of the opposition press in
oio ana eisewiiere. in a measure
me Mutsu has acauired a sentiment. i
value in Japanese eyes which makes
the problem of the naval ratio more
uimeuii to adjust.
As to the Chinese situation, there
is bo mlstakins the fart th.t a.
the whole the Chinese have so far
fared better than some of their best
friends expected and the danger of
vuineae rerusal to sign the sgrce
ment which must ullimt1v h. fri
ed, covering the Chinese situetion,
a danger which was very real last
week, has diminished, although it
cannot wholly disappear until the
ena or tno conference.
Shantung Real Fighting Point
Aner all, Hhantnng is the real
fighting point in the Chinese situa
tion bofh from the American and
the Chinese point. Unless all signs
sou vnina la now to receive Shsn
tung and the all-important railway,
subjoct only a payment by her.
It ia recalled that the main basis
or dispute between Chinese and Jap
anese grew out of the fsct that
while In tho Eino-German as-ree-
mentv whleh covered the Shantung
miway, originally, China possessed
the power to acquire full control
of the railroad by purchase, thia
right was suppressed in all Japa
nese proposals for joint operation.
Together with Bhanttine-. China ia
likely to get both the French naval
bass la the south and the British
holding at Wei Hci Wei. She is also
vigorously demanding the retraces-
tioa of Kowloon, the British terri
tory oa the mainland facing Hong
rtong.
Obviously. If 'the Chinese repre-
eeatatives contrary to the advice of
their friends and advisors should re
fuss to tiga the forthcoming agree
ment because of the failure of the
conference to expel the Japanese
rrom Jdanenuna or dialing their oe-
eopatioa of Port Arthur and Dalny,
sttca a refusal might give new
strength to ths opposition on Capitol
HUU This circumstance adds to the
present strength of the Chinese po-
sitloa aad perhaps a little to the
worry of th Americas rcprsscnta-
lives ta ia afreaee.
in turn, Un, Washington pays
very little attention as ret to the
disturbance which sr noted in the
Seaate. There ia a feeling that the
opposnioa Is fishing la troublod
waters; but al ret cannot be said to
have had anything remotely resem
bling a bit.- Hope of success for
th campaign against th treaty
rem to depaad apoa failure of
Air. tlugh program la the matter
f th naval rati r a break dowa
(Ontlawt ea Pag Tw.),
OHLYONEPOINT
TOBESEnLED
Japan Indicates Conditional
Aflreement To The
"5-5-r Plan
WANTS TO KEEP ONE
OF NEW BATTLESHIPS
Plenary Seiaion of Confer
ence to Receive Announce
ment of Naral Agreement
Expected Before Week
end; Probable Chang-el In
Betained Shipe
Washington, Dee. IS. (By the As
sociated Press.) Announcement by
the Washington conference of agree
ment en the 5-5-s ' naval ratio
between Great Britain, Japan and
the United Btatet loomed tonight
aa probable before the week-end.
A plenary session for. the purpose
is expected by some delegates.
Japan haa indicated conditional
agreement to the "5-5 3" ratio. Her
acceptance was coupled, however,
with a request to substitute the
new bstt'esbip Mutsu for the old
12 inch gun ship Betsu in the list of
ships she would retain under the
Hughes proposal.
Jsaaseee Decision.
The decision of the Japanese gov
ernment waa communicated infor
mally to Mr. Hughea and Mr. Bal
four" by Admiral Baron Kato and
was discussed today by the full Am
erican delegation at a conference
attended by Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt Later the "Big Three"
of the naval powers, Messrs. Hughes,
Balfour and Kao, again met, this
time Mr. Boowvell, Admiral Coonts
and Bear Admiral Pratt, of ths
general board, attending the ses
sion. After this meeting it was said
that only "one very small point'
remained unsettled.
Probable Change.
It was indicated, that both the
American and British groups were
opposed ia a general way to chang
ing tt list of retained ships of each
power as would bo necessitated if
Japaa retained tkt Mutst. This op
positioa, however, is xpected in
conference circles to five wsy if
tho Japanese are insistent In that
ease, it waa learned, the United
States probably would retain the
battleship Colorado and Washington
in place of the Delaware and North
Dakota and the ten-year naval holi
day would of necessity be modified
to permit Great Britain to con
struct two additional ships.
Difference la Ohm.
The Japanese proposal .to retain
the Mutsu in place of the Sctsu
is in line with the contention of
Japanese naval experte during the
first discussion of the naval ratio
that experts of all aations were
agreed that ships armed with 12
inch gum eould apt lie in the battle
line against modern craft armed with
14 inch, or 10-inch rifles. Both tho
Sctsu snd the Delaware and North
Dakota are 12-inch gun ships while
the Mutsu and the Colorado and
Washington each carry eight 16-inch
rifles.
Great Britain haa ao battleship of
a type ss far advanced at the Mutsu
and the Colorado and Washington.
The heaviest British naval guns are
10-inch. Presumably if provision is
made for two additional British
battleships to take the place of the
two oldest ships of the King George
V class oa the present retained list,
vessels of the Mutsu type tnd arms
ment would be added. The four
super Hoods planned by the British
and to be abandoned are more than
40,000 tons and ditplacement and
beyond the 35,000 ton maximum limit
proposed in the American plan.
Doesn't Want T Balls.
It has beea indicated that Great
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ALL B. AND 0. SHOPS
TO CLOSE SATURDAY
Thomandi of Railroad Shop
men To Be Thrown Oat of
Work Indefinitely
Baltimore. Md- Dee. 13. Thou
sands of shopmen employed by the
Baltimore snd Ohio Bailrosd will
be furloughed indefinitely Saturday
when tbopt ever the entire system
will be shut dowa.
Business depreasioa and th aecet
title of effecting economist were
"givea by official of th road
prompting th action.
Neither Daniel Willard, president
of the road, aor C. W. Oaloway, vlee
president ia eharg of operations,
would venture aa opinioa as to bow
long the shutdown would continue,
About 13 shop, Mr. Galloway esti
mated, wet the total of the system
aad all of them would bo shut down,
Tho principal of these srs in Bol
timore, Cumberland, Pittabarg, Key
aer, W. Va- Uaeevllls, Ohio, Cia
einnati, Ohio, and Washington, D. C.
President Willard said that th
move had beea decided apoa be
cause of butluos depression which
had resulted ia a severe falling off
ia business, for th road tad thaJeeurred. At first it was thought
necessities for' effecting ceonmieVfthat hit Beck wat broken but later
wherever possible, Mr. Willard also
ealleer attention te th fact that it
ha beea customary oa son roads
to close dowa for a tin at th bolt-
km mmnXtiA mtomm f Ska wawVam
I themselves preferring to enjoy this
' V&& M, aoitaa Vnp.
Legend Of Indebtedness
Needs To Be
Bulk of War Debta Cannot
Be Paid. Saye H. C Welle; Britain Ready And Willing
To Pay, But Ae America Already Hat the Cold, It
Would Flood Thia Country With Manufactured
Good
By H. G. WELLS
(By Arrsngement with the New York World and the Chicago Tribune)
Ia the official proceedings of th Wsshington Conference the War
Debts ere never mentioned. It is aa improper subject.
r "TV
la the talks
writings round and about ths VYsshington Conference
the War Debts are perpetually debated. T)ie nature of
the discussion is so curious snd interesting, it throws
so strong a light upon the difficulties that impede our
path to any settlement of the world's sffairs upoa the
sound democratic
brief analysis of
pesos situstioa is to be complete.
Ia private talk almost universally, in the weekly
and monthly publications that are here called "hull
brow,'' I fined a
of these War Dcj)ts and War Preparation debts as between Bussia and
rranee, and Deiween the European allies and Britain, sml between Hrit.it
and America, and the bulk el the indeesartr snd -rensmrtrm eVht nt m
manj to the allies, cannot be paid and
sooner inai inia leg-end of Indebtedness is swept out of men's imagine
uuu, me sooner we snail gel on to
SILENJpiJDE
Would Give Reoublicans
Chance To Explain What
New Treaty Is
-Washington, Dee. IS. The atti
tude of Democratic Benatort on the
Pacific four-power treaty for the
time being will be one of eilenee,
some of their leaders declared to
day after a canvass of the situation.
The Democrats, it was explained, de
tired to avoid discussion which
might interfere with the armament
conference ,and also to give the Re
publican readers opportunity to sub
mit an explanation of the "intent"
of the quadruple pact.
There were several other Senator.
however, who decliaed to be lilted
at conenrring ia a policy of silence.
Their reasons were said to have in
eluded those assigned by Senator
LaFollette, of Wisconsin, a Republi
can "irreconcilable'' in tho Versail
les treaty right, who. issued a state
ment today setting forth hit oppo
sition to the new four-power treaty.
Mr. LaFollette, in his statement, de
nounced the tre.sty as one which
would provoke rather 'than avoid
hostilities.
The crui of the Democratic posi
tion as advanced by one 1 Senator
was that It was not known what had
gone on behind the closed doors of
the conference sessions and, there
fore, Henatora were in no position
to criticize or recommend an agree
ment, the basic reasons for which
had not been officially disclosed.
One question said to have been
broached Informally was whether
the real purpose of the treaty was to
take a ttep toward world peace or
whether it amounted to an alli
ance to insure world domination of
commerce" for the powers concern
ed.
The question at to the definition
of the meaning of Article Two also
was said to have arisen in debate.
Senator Robinson, Democrat, Ark.,
said later that in his opinion where
Article Ten of the Lesgue of Na
tions covenant required unanimous
vote of the council before action
could he taken, Article Two of the
Pacific agreement permitted a ma
jority of the contracting parties to
rule.
While most of the Democrats In
dicated their willingness to await
a Republican statement before
speaking on the treaty, Senator
Reed, Democrat Missouri, one of
the League of Nations "Irreeoneil
ables" said he expected "to have
something to eay about th propo
sition within a few days."
M'MlLLIN TO COACH
LOUISIANA ELEVEN
Danville, y. Dee. 11. The
Centre College football team
will play the University of
Arisena eleven at Ben Diegn,
Csll f orals, December It, It we
aaaoaneed by the athletic ef
cialt hero today.
"Bo" McMillia, Ceatre's star
Sssrterback, today accepted aa
offer te cesch Centenary Col.
lege, Bhreveport, Ls-, aeit ea
soa. It was Mid th eoatract mil
far hi servic far three year
L H,e a year.
MORGXiiTOHr FIREMAN MAT
BE FATALLY INJURED
Morgnaton, Dee. 13. Herman
Wall, Morgantoa fireman, wat per
haps fatally . injured tonight when
h was kaeeked from the truck by
a ladder and nit th cement street.
Th company was responding to
alarm for fire ia Lane's Tire and
VtfenulrJng Pleat. At the truck
rounded th corner, the aeeident
examination showed skull injuriet
from which after a time he begaa
to revive. At thl hour he It aliv
and. though very seriously injured,
has a few chance to recover. The
fir waa conquered before it had
faiaM aa headway.
DEMOCRATS FLAN
Swept Away
Be Paid And Ought Not To
and discussions snd the journalistic
bssis of a world wide will, that some
it ia necessary if this ootliae of the
very seneral airechiant that th hulk
ought not to be paid and that the
tne wort; ot world reconstruction.
Only on of these debts Is
even remotely payable and that is
the British debt to America. But
with regard to that debt ths situa
tion rises to a high level of aluiurd
Ity. The British authorities it is an
open secret hsvs been offering to
begin the liquidities of their debt
now. They cannot pay in gold be-
causs most of the gold in the world
ia already sleeping uselessly in
American vaults, but they offer what
gold they have and in addition they
are willing to get their factories to I
work snd supply manufactured goods
to the American creditor, clothes,
boots, automobiles, ships, agricul
tural and other machinery, crock
cry, and so on, and so on. Nothing
could be fairer. Britain it full of
unemployed they mutt be fed anyhow-
and if America insitta upon
her induatriet being buried under a
pyramid of gold and manufactured
articles, the British bankers and
manufacturers believe they can, with
an effort, manage the job and pull
through. The eichange may take
some strange flights aad divee in
the process, the British system, mty
collapse eves as the German aytem
teems to be eollspsing but it ls a
strained situation anyhow. Ths Brit
ish think the effort worth trying and
the risk worth tsklng. And so be
hind the scenes it is Washington
rather than London that wants at
present to hold up the payment of
the British debt.
Germeay Can Pay la Part.
Only one other of the outstanding
debts looks st all payable at the
present time and thst is so much of
the reparations debts of ftermnny to
Prance aa etn, be paid ia kind, in
building material and manufactured
goods not produced in France. THe
idea of any other European debt
payments la full is just nonsense.
The gold ia not there tnd the stuff
is not there and there is no shil'tv
to produce anything like sufuVieat
stuff under present condition.
Now the interesting thing about
the situation her is that the under
standing people in America do not
teem to be explaining thit very aim
pie situation at frankly aa they
might do to the msss of American
people, or st lesst that this expla
nation has not got through to the
American people. There is a wide
spread conviction, which la sedul
no.lv sustained by the lest intelli
gent or lest scrupulous organs of the
Amerinan press, that the wicked old
European countries, and particularly
Britain, that arch deceiver, are try
iug very meanly and eunningly to
evade the oaynient of a righteous
obligation. Every effort to present
the financial and economic disorder
of the world ss a world task in wnicn
th nrnanerous and fortunate Ameri
ca niin.e may reasonably piny a lead
ing, intelligent ana neipini pon.
misrepresented in this fashion. There
s a vast vague clamour xor repay
mentaimed at Britain. Dealers iu
the old Irish hate business and the
Crmii hate business, now a little
out of their original stock of griev
ineea. loin Wltn snrm oui hi
ted Hindus, in warning the simple
American eltiten against counsels oi
financial sanity as though they were
inairllous nronasniTda. Dull! al issi
an Englishman is sorely tempted to
an exaanernted "Well, take your
debt!" which does no justice to the
patience anu ininiiiriw - -
England or America.
Britain willing 10 ray.
Let us ba. clear upon one point. So
far at the British debt goes, the
Americans can have it, if they pre
fer to take that line. The British
here in Wsshington snd the British
writers here are here because the
Americans invited them to come to
discuss the world situation and the
oossibilitiot of world peace. They
ire not here to beg. The time it
not likely to trrive when one Eng
lish-speaklng community wiH beg
from another. It certainly ha not
arrived now.
IT . . T im Aw AtiatlnatA M.
Ilever in tie common sense and good
will of the American peopl aad I
do -not believe that a press cam'
tnitu. designed to make a great peo
ple behave after the fashion of some
hysterical back street Oriental
usurer who hit ttruck a bad debt, it
likelv to do anything but recoil te
vercly on tho hetd of those wh
hav let it going. And I era aot
a believer ia that sort of "Tact'
which would avoid reminding th
Amerieaa public ot h eirsua
(Continued aa Pag Twol .
American Reservation Makes
Document Inapplicable T6 .
Domestic Questions - T
.and Mandates
NU rUKMAL CtntMUNT
ACCOMPANIES SIGNING
'OF IMPORTANT TREATaj
American Copy of Treaty
How Goe To "Treilden
Hardin;, Who Will Submit
It To The Senate For letU
flcation; Intimated That
Chief Eifecutivo Will De
lay Sending Pact To Sena
tors Until Conference)
Neari Decision On, 0the
Important Matter; Sign
ing Occurs In Ante-loom'
of Secretary Hughes' Of
flee In Presence of Large)
Assembly of American and .
foreign (afflcials
Waahingtoa, Dee, 13. (By the Aj
eoemted Press.) The" fourpowet
Pacific treaty, with a reservation aa
Inched to make it inapplicable t
purely domestic questions and to tha
American mandate policy, was form
ally signed today by the plenipotoa '
tiaries of the United States, Ores
Britain, Jspan and France.
American ( Reservation.
Th reservation, presetted ia writ
ing by the American representative)
and accepted by all the others, do
claret that the American attitad
toward Pacific mandates shall aot bo
affwted by th treaty and that th)
trenty hrovlaion for a four Dowel'
consultation on question arising eves'
the racine islands shall not he eon
strued as applying to any. problem
which in international law are only
of domestic concern.
Ne Formal Ceremeay.
No formal ceremony accompanied
the affixing of seals and signature.
The eigning took place in the ante
room of the office of the Secretary
of State in the presence of a largo
com pa ay of American and foreign
official advisers and clerks. There
wat no speech making, and repre
sentatives of the press wer aot ad
mitted, Now Coot T Bardlag.
Th American copy of th treaty
now go to President Harding, who
will tubmit.it to the Senate for rati
fication. He probably will not take it
to the Capitol in person, tnd he map
delay it submission until the arms
coafarence it nearer decision oa
the other important points before it.
It wat indictted at th Whit Hons
today that Mr. Harding taw a resv
son for acting htttily.
CONFERENCE MAT BEND
8ENATE FOUR TREATIES
Waahingtoa, Dec 13. (By th A
soelatad Press.) It bow appear
likely that there will be four or
mor treaties to send to th Senates '
when th arms ennfercae it vr.
and some of the Democratic leader
want to see all of them before thgV
decide on a course of action. There
i a growing impression that th)
naval ration and the Far Ess tent
declaration and perhaps slso th
tgreement on naval bases ia th
Paeifie, will be written into forraal
treaties which may be pending ia '
the Senate simultaneously with th
four-power pact and that relating
to the mandated Islands. President
Harding also hopes tha soms tort
of an agreement will be reached be
fore the conference adjourns for f
tur meetings to talk over inter
national problems. It it aot pro
poted to write such aa agreement
into treaty form, but it may be eon
munieated to the Senate at part of
the general accomplishments of th)
conference.
CURLEY WINS BOSTON
MAYORALTY CONTEST
Boston, Dee. 13. Former Mayor
J.imet M. Curley waa elected mayor
of Boston today by a plurality of
2,313 votes over John B. Murhpy
former Fire Commissioner, ia on
of th elosest mayoralty contests ia
th history of th city. Tht other
two candidates ran far behiad. Th
vote was: Curley i 73,868; Murphy;
71,134; Charles 8. Baxter 4,243 1
Charles 8. O'Conner 10,812,
WASHINGTON CLUB TO
TRAIN AT TAMPA, FUL-.
Tampa, Fla., Dec 13. Th Wash.
iugton American Leagu Club win
train agaia In Tampa, aeeordiaf tm
Manager W. F. Adams, of th
municipally-owned Tampa Bay ho
tel. which has received President
Clarke Griffith's signed contract for
accommodttiont for the squad for .
thirty days beginning March 1.
PHILLIES TO TRAIN '!
AT LEESBURQ, FLA.
Leetburg. PI., Deo. 11 Leetburr
hit been definitely selected a a
tprlnt tftlnlng eamp-for ttrThil:.'
adelphia National Leagu baseball ,.
dab, according to a telegram r. ;
aired todav bv th local ChssahoT
Lot Commerce from Prwideat W. I
Baker, ot th clup,
MEXICAN WOMAN CITES
BIRTH TO EIGHT CHILDRElf .
Mexir ,CUoy, . Dec 13. Fiona ;
Taapio comes a report published
by II Universal that Bsaara Bart ..
quit Ruibjo st that plan far birth, ;
yesterday to ight hilar' bat
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