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Tie News audi Observer THE WEAtREX Xsrta Csrellaa. Rala Sstarday end pta-hably avaday warmer Sas arway mUn Beaauy tBna .WATCB LABEL - yser mm. Send r-avswal t days e-Ue esptrsdea ha sewar svsid bWh slagle eosy. VOL.CXTV. NO. 170. TEN PACES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1921. TEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS AIUS HEEDED TO PUSH WORK ON N.C.R1Y$ Report of Chief of Army En gineers Shows Money To Be Asked For NO NEW PLANS ARE OUTLINED IN REPORT Appropriations , Tor Worth Carolina, waterway! wui , Be Made Under New Con- anions mis xear; war is Brewing With Begird To "Soaked" Scallops Nfi tad Observer Bureau, SOS District National Bank Bldg. Br EDWARD I. BRITTON. (By Special Leased Wirt.) Waahiagton, Dm. 18. The report f th chief engineers of tho amir, wad public today, (Wat information of the nmounts to bo naked of Coa prrsa for improvements, completion and maintenance of rivers and har bors of North Carolina. No new plant re eatftasd? The WpoK retting- only af 1ne completion of 'work nailer way and maintenance While the report tells ofitthe amounts to be asked, these will later b determined in tho rivars and harbors bill, but even that this year, will be made ander new conditions, if tho budget prepared by Director of the Budget Dawes is followed. The total that General Dawes figures for all river and harbor work ia the United States is 2I675.0O0i while last, yeai there was something like 46,000,000 appropriated. Appropriations far North Carolina. For improvements, completion and maintenance ia the deepening aud - widening and clearing navigable streams, the appropriations for .North Carolina are: Beuppernong river project, 65 per cent complete. Balance on hand availage, $15,052; needed to complete $15,000; amount requested, $15,000. Mantes bay, no additional fuada asked. Wsierway connection Swan Quar ter bay with Deep bay, no appropria tions asked. Balance on hand $1,299. Pamlico and Tar rivers: Amount available U,12, amount asked for maintenance $17,000. - Fishing creek: No appropriation asked, Abandonment of project asked. Mouth river: No field work done la "year aad no additional fuada asked.' Balance available $705. Bay River: No proposed approprla tioas next fiscal year. Balance avail able $900. Neaae River Work Neuse River: Work ia deepening fend widening, channel As a result . i . . i i . i Vi wora ox jvur mere is rrpur.cu a clear channel from New Bern 75 illes above. On hand available for maintenance, , $13,901. Appropria tion asked, $15,000. Smith's Creek: No work done in year. Project 92 per cent complete and abandonment proposed. Balance en hand, $1,500. Swift Creek : Clearing channel "from mouth to Vaneeboro. No work and no expenditures in year. Bal ance available, $800. Appropriatioa asked, $800. Contentnea Creek; No field work la year and no expenditures. Bal ance available, $1,649. Appropria tioa asked, $1,600. Work is clearing stream so aa to obtaia depth of three feet from mouth to Btantonsburg. Trent Biver: Widening sad deep ening channel. Clear stream obtain ed between New Bern and Trenton. Bounce available, (1,600. Appropria tioa asked, $2,500. Channel connecting Through fare Bay and Cedar Bay : Dredging work during year and project completed, securing channel sixty feet wide with limiting depth of six feet at mean low water. No request for appropria tioa. ' Bess f art Harbor 'Harbor of Beaufort: Project 03 per cent completed with regular Use of boats Norfolk to Beaufort made possible. Balance available, $3,397. Asked to complete work, $19,000 aad for maintenance, $24;S00. Beaufort Inlet: Deepening inlet bat no filed work in year. Balance available. $26,697. No appropriatioa asked. Ia the above croup, listed as Group B" the amount ttatel at available U $44496 with aa appropriation of $20,000 needed to complete work aad t2,500 asked for maintenance. ' Harbor of Befuge at Cape Look out: Only maintenance work daring year. Balance available $30,452. Amount needed to complete work, 8,152490. Asks for aprpopriatioa Cane Pear Biver: For work at aad below Wilmington ia dredging an I - - a .1 .t..nn.ll 1fe.lai.MI intl HI . "' y available, $187,5.12.52. Need to com plete the work. $215,500. Appropria tioa asked, $90,000. Cape Fear Biver for work above Wilmington! Balance available, $27,. 873. Amount needed for completing work, MM. Appropriatioa, ask ad, tlSiO. . . . . KortH feast Biver t Work ia clear ing ehatinel. Bnlaaee available, $28, 863; asked, $3,000. ' Black Biver t Balance available, $3,536; asked, $2400. Waterway from Norfolk to North Carolina sounds: Balance available, $84441 lao appropriatioa eased. ' Inland waterway, Norfolk to Bean fort Inlet. Balance available, $130, 52; sit! mated so complete work, $4,291,000; appropriation ashed, $400,000. : -T-:. , hteherria Biver Balance, unex pended, -11900; ae appropriation asked. " v.' -I ' - Boaaohe Biver i Reported 80 per eent complete aad aa appropriatioa asked. Balance available, $4,572; seeded to aoanpleto the work, $42400. New began Creeks Approved pro ject, completed ia 1920. Ne, , ad- (Continaed 3W Page Two.) j Adjournment Planned for Senate Devotes Two Long Sessions To Clearing Its Calendar BIG MAJORITY FOR BILL -ABOLISHING PENALTIES Measure Believed To Be Doomed In Honse; Pifhts On Local Bills - The 8enste yesterday devoted a morning and night session of about three hours each to clearing; the cal endar of a large accamulatioa of bills originating ia the House of Representatives ia order to pave the way for final adjournment, which is now scheduled for Monday night, with the clock moved op aa til Tuesday. The most protracted debates of both sessions were occasioned by local bills, two party divisions in the morning being followed by a lengthy debste over a bill to extead the corporate limits of the towa ef Morganton. The proposed new area includes the villsge of the Alpine Mill, owned by the Erwin interests of Durham and the bill waa strenu-ouety- -opposed"'- the ground 'that the mill was established 11 years (Coatianed oa Page Two.) Ti F STATE TENANCY State Board of Agriculture Invites Four Men To Join It In Inquiry A thorough survey of the tenant farming situatioa in North Carolina was provided for by the Beard of Agriculture yesterday when it adopt ed a resolution requesting four prominent students of tenancy to co operate with two members of the State Board of Agriculture ia mak ing plans aad prosecuting investi gations. The four Itudcnts of the tensney question asked to serve oa the com mittee are: B. F. Brown, director of the Division of Markets and Ru ral Organlzatioua, N. C. State Col lege; Dr. C. C. Taylor, Division of Markets and Rural Organisations, N. C. State College t Prof. ' . a Branson, Department of K 'I Eco nomies, University ef No: Caro lina; and Dr. K. C. Lindemnn of the Department of Rural Economics, N. & State College for Women. The Board adjourned' yesterday afternoon after having provided a budget of $.113,518 for the work of the .State Department of Agricul ture for the next year. The resolution adopted follows, "WHEREAS, The alarming In crease ia tenancy presents one of the most serious problems now eon fronting the farmers of our State and other states. In 1880 only one American farmer ia four was a ten ant, whereas now practically two out of five are tenants, and the percentage Is higher in North Caro lina than In the country as a whole. Our public men as well as our agri cultural leaden are bow becoming aroused to the seriousness of this evil and there is general demand for a thorough Investigation of the whole problem with a view to dis covering precise facts aad suggest ing definite remedies. Therefore be it "Resolved by the North Carolina Board of Agriculture that we hereby request four men in North Carolina who have given prolonged study to the question of tenancy and land ownership in this 1 state and other stater and rn foreign countries namely, Mr. B. F. Brown, Director of our Division of Markets and Ru ral Organisation; Dr. Carl C. Tay lor of the Division ef Rural Econo mics, Btate College of Agriculture Engineering! Prof. K. C. Branson, Department of Sural Economics Of our SUte University; and Dr. E. C. Linde'maa of a similar department of. ear- State. College tor Women together with two representatives of the Board of Agriculture to eome together and make plant for a thoroughgoing study and investiga tion of the whole subject of farm tenancy aad proposed remedies, pro ceeding immediately with sueh stu dies and investigation as they are themselves prepared to carry out, and making plana for the co-operation of all these institutions la pro secuting each additional surveys and investigations as are deemed aeeee- REPORTS MOONSHINE SYNDICATES IN N. C. Kohloss Tells Commissioner Haynes of Gigantic Or- sanitations ' Washington, Dec lt-'Opsra-tle of gigantic moonshine sya. ' aUeatoe la North Carolina waa re ported to Piwalbltiss, , Commie. " atone Hayear today y R. - A. . Eshlsss, prshlbUisa director fat the State, The Federal ,'eommle. atoaet gave I set rwetlews . that vary passible atop ha takea to break ap the eradicates. - "There are at least two' each syndicates,' Mr. Kemless said, . ''alleged to ha operated by mea waa stand high la tkeir-eem. inanities, la a hsslases way aad . stherwlae. While aat pereoaally ' Ma-aged, they fnrnath aappUea and aaaaey to little fellewa whet are Mng tlM work.' . .- Mr. Kshlssa reported & eaa tsrra aad deetraetlaei ef fatty aUlla la sixty daya la North Carolina, 4 D MAKE STUDY 0 of Legislature Monday Night Will Be Tuesday, However, On Legislative Records When Gavels Fall HOUSE WIPES SLATE - " CLEAN W ERRORS Educational Bond BUI. and Municipal Finance Act Are ?aeted Af sin Recalling " both the Municipal Pi naaee Act and the Validating Act for school taxes from the Senate, the House yesterday morning re considered all of the votes by which they had been advanced past the third reading, sheared them both of all amendments, sad started them away toward enactment again unen cumbered with any appended pro visions whatever. Third reading In the Honse today, the first reading la the Senate, with the immemorial turning forward the heads of the clock to hasten the dawning of a aew legislative day Moaday night will complete the leg islative routine of repairing the defective Finance Act, and validat ing the school income. Adjournment some time after the haatened mid night ' is probable, unless some further parliamentary ; usage Is Beg- (Continued ea Fags Two) The News and Observer To day Presents First Offer ing For Xmas Service In aecordnnee with a custom un broken during the last few years. The Newe aad Observer through the eo-operatioa of the Associated Chari ties, offers a number of opportunities for Christmas service to the poor aad needy of Balcigh. Twenty of these are presented this morning, and from day to day, new ones will be given to the total of half a hundred or more. Action of the Raleigh Kiwsnii Club yesterday to eo operate with the As sociated Charities ia earing for i fty families at Christ mss time, reduces the normal number considerably. The families and individuals rep resented fat the list of Opportunities hsve been investigated by the Asso ciated Charities. They have been found needy aad deserving. Ia some cases the actual wsat of eeeasities is not so acute as the need of bumaa sympathy and a touch of Christian kindliness. This can be determined only by a personal visit. The procedure as usual Is first, to select the Opporunity desired, sec ond, telephone The News aad Oh. server for the name and address, and third, to visit the individual or family in order that a proper under standing of the situation may be bad. Here are the Opportunities: Opaartaaity No. 1 Woman with two smsl children snd mother. Husband deserted. Wom an works ia mill. OpporteaHy No. S Mother and daughter, both old and feeble. Daughter does hand work. Opportunity No. S Old lady, eeble, works all can. Very deserving. Opportunity No. 4 Widow with two sons, both work and very smaat. Opportunity Ne. 8 Father, mother, and three eons, ( years, 5 years, and 1 year. Father been sick, only has temporary work. Oppertaaity No. Widow with six children, nil who are old enough work. Mother has been very sick. Girls, 22, 11, 0, snd 4 years; boys 13 and IS years old. Oppertaaity No. I Very old lady and one son. Son works, lady haa bee a siek. Deserv ing. Opaartaaity Ne, 8 Two old ladies work ia the mills; one girl $ years old. Opportunity Ne, $ Man, woman, and four children. Man has tuberculosis, works whea able. Girls, 13, 10, and 5 years; boy 7 years old. Oppertaaity No. 10 Two old ladies, both feeble, work whea can. Oppertaaity Ne, 11 Man, woman, and two little girls 7 aad 8 years aid. Maa sick, works whea able. Oppertaaity No. IS Very hard working family com posed ef man, woman, and four chil dren. Oirls 10, 12, and 14 yean old; boy S years old. Opaartaaity Ne, 18 Woman and two children, girl 12 years and boy years old. Huibaad ia hospital. Deserving. Oppartaaltr No. 14 Very poor aad hard working family composed of maa, partially bliad. woman aao two girls, U and 4 years old. . . Opaartaaity Na 18 - Old couple, maa blind, woman feeble minded. Deserving. , Vppartaalty No. 1 Tory eld lad and two feeble minded ehildrea. Very pathetie aad deserving ease, . 1 Opportunity No, IT Widow aad very hard worhiaur and deserving aid couple aad one gUL . . Oaaertaaltr Na. IB .. . Van, womaa, aad three boys 4, 8, ana e years old. uirt 4 meaths eld. Husband has tuberculosis, womaa sick ia hospital. Opaartaaity Ne, If Maa, woman aad ehildrea maa works; girls li, 10 aad f years aid; boys 14, s aad 8 years aid. , A Opprtaalty No. M " Widow with ive ehildrea! artels 11. 7 aid 1 year aid, aad beys 14 aad years aid.. Womaa werka. but la OPPORTUNITIES ARE AG fery poor eircumsta-cls. - KELLY CONVICTED ID AIL EH TO GETS FIVE YEARS AND PO FINE Hoffman and Craig, Convict ed WitfrSanf ord Man' Af ter Long Deliberation SCOTT AND MORAN GET ACQUITTAL IN CASE KeDj Appeals and iu&g Con nor Fixes Bond At $25, 000; He Spends Kijht In Jail; District Attorney Aydlett Makes Offer He Tendered To Honeycntt C. J. Kelly, Saaford automobile dealer, was sentenced to Ave years ia the Atlsnta Penitentiary and fined $5,000 in U. 8. District court yesterday 'for intercalate trails ia stolen automobiles whea the jury, ut ter four hours drligeratioa oa the ease started Wednesday, December 7, brought in a verdict of guilty against Kelly, A. W. Hoffman Ma jor iar th New York Nations! COird; aad Harry Craig, of -Oermantows, P, Gearge Scott, suspended mem ber of the New York sutoniohilc squad, sad Frank Moran, of New York, defendants in the same indict ment were acquitted. Kelly, who through counsel W. B. Jones and E. L. Uavia gsvs notice of appeal, spcat the .night in jail pendiug arrangements for $24,000 bond required by Judge H. G. Ca aor. 80 ended the first of a group of twenty-odd cases involving alleged wholesale larceny and aale of auto mobiles in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Jfortta Caro lina worked up by Department of Justice agents. Twelve defendants and nearly one hundred automobiles figure in the group and over three hundred witn-sses are necessary for thlr trial. The idirtmenta were drawn nnder the Dyer Motor. Vehicle Theft Act snd the ease is declared to be the biggest ever brought un der the set. Kelly and Scott were the only de fendants In the first group who fought the indictment. The other three having made confessions were used as government witnesses. They were held yesterday under bond for the next term of United States Dis trict Court. - Aydlett Makee Offer District Attorney Aydlett, pray ing judgment on Kelly gave the de fense sn opportunity to accept a proposition similar to that offered A. J. Honeycutt, Neuse merchant convicted of receiving stolen goods knowing them to have been stolen. Honeycutt, sfter his conviction pleaded guilty in several other eases against him, accepted prayer for judgment continued, and re ceived the fine of $.i(KiO and five year sentence first imposed, thus wiping out remaining eases. Attorneys for Kelly announced that the defendant would plrsd not guilty in all cases, and declined the government's proffer. It wss then that District Attorney Aydlett asked for the limit snd Judge Connor im posed it. At the same time, the District At torney snnouneed he would not prsy judgment on Hoffman and Craig who are necessary links ia the ehsia of evidence which the government is relying upon for conviction In the remaining cases. Moran, who wss acquitted, was allowed his freedom under $1,500 bond; Harry Craig, under $2,000 bond; Hoffman $2,400; and Scott, $3,000. Under federal court procedure, a defendant who has been sentenced cannot testify. Two-Hour Charge ' Judge Connor began his eharge to the jury st 10 o'clock yesterdsy morning, after the entire day pre ceding had been given over to argu ment by counsel; For two hours the eharge continued, most of It being devoted to the mass of evidence for and ngalnst Kelly, about whom the court battleawngcd. To Judge Con nor, however, no court proceeding Is (Continued on Patre Two) THE EJECTMENT BILL (The AstWitle) Tunes) The ejextment bill which has the General As sembly by its ears is mi unworthy atternpt at legisla tion and should newer be enacted into law. It would destroy many of the traditional rights which the tenant nowa enjoys and would place) him at the mercy of a capricious landlord. It is perhaps true that the present system works a grave b justice in many imtances. It hamstrings the property-owner when he attempts to do what he wui with his own. Occasionally he finds himself in the unpltasant position where his own property is used by others to his hurt But it is a poor remedy which rererses the roles and fires to the tenant only the rights of sufferance. .Tho cotton mill owners do not strengthen their case when they appear before the public as advocates of such radical kgialation. They have other means for fighting their indmtrial battles without haring to W sort to immediate ejectment of their tenants. . This bill should nerer hare been btroduced at this time. Its nahrral mult is to inSame industrial hates and to mtroduce a new source of discord. .The present bousing slsorUge m North CarcJina gives to the . Uncords ther orerwhelnung asdrantage.' Why should they sttompt to predpitate a jht by geeldnj ailed power? ' ; .v''' .'.V1- w'-vV". : VOTE MONDAY ON NEW PEACE PACT Vote To Be Taken At Public Session, Says Official An nouncement BRITISH PARLIAMENT RATIFIES AGREEMENT Prolonf d Cheering Greets Announcement That Both Houses Had Accepted Pact Bj Larje Majorities; Uls terites and "Die Hards" Tight Bitterly Dublin, Dee. l.-(By the Asso eiated Press.) A vote on the ques Uoa of ratification of the peace treaty between Ireland and Great Britain will be taken at a public session of the Dail Eiresnn Mondsv morning st II o'clock, according to nn announcement made public to night signed by Eamon do Valera snd Arthur Griffith. ,,,,,, , BOTH HOUSES VOTE FOR RATIFICATION OF TREATY London, Dec, 1. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Prolonged cheering greeted the announcement this aft ernoon that both houses of me Brit Ish Parliament hsd rat i lie 1 the treaty creating the Irish Free eUnte by emphatic -majorities. The House of Commons, immediately after ths vote wss takea approving the reply to the King's jpeerX.fntrA.iha throne, which meant ratification of the treaty, recessed until Monday to await action on the treaty by tho Dail Eiresnn, which is deliberating ia Dublia. Fight To the lad The Ulsterites aad ''Die Hards' fought bitterly to the end in s desperate attempt to turn tho tide, which it was clearly seen from the first would overwhelm them. Charges of broken pledges were hurled at both Prime Minister l.loyd George and Austin Chamberlain, govern ment leader ia the House of Com mons. Major Robert O'Neill, speaker of the Northern Parliament and other Ulsterites, emphasised that the pro viaion of the treaty relating to the ap pointment of a boundary commis sion to drew the line between North and Bouth Ireland in eaao Ulster decided to remain aloof from the treaty waa inserted without the con sent of Ulster. MISTRIAL ORDERED IN CASE OF ROBERTSON i Ahoskie, Dec. 16. After being out sll night, the jury in the esse of J. H. Kobertson, charged with simple ssssult on an Ahoskie wo man, reported today that it was unable to agree and Judge Lloyd Horton ordered a mistrial. The Jur ors in , the trial, which waa held at Gxtesvllle, remained in the email jury room in the court house all night without sleep. At half after eleven last night, Judge Itorton consulted with the jury as to possible agreement. At that time it waa reported that they stood five to seven snd throughout the remainder of their deliberations the same vote stood bothe sides claiming to have the seven votes. The trial will eome up again at the next term of Gates court, which will bo held next March. The State dismissed the eharge of assault with intent to commit rspe after it had put on lta main witnesses. The ease wss moved from Hertford to Gates for triat. The case was argued yesterday afternoon with the court house crowded to capacity, most of the spectators being from Ahoshie. R. C. Bridger opened for the State aad waa followed by Judge Francis D. Winston for the de fease. The other speakers alter nated as follows: W. E. Dsniel for the 8Ute, D. C. Barnes for the de fense, Stanley Win boms for the Htnte sad A. P. Godwin and W. H. 8. Burgwyn for the defense. Solic itor Ehringhaus closed for the SUte FRENCH 'COMPLICATE PLAN FOR REDUCTION OF NAVAL STRENGTH OF BIG POWERS French Demand Creates A Crisis In Conference TREATY DOESN CALLJOR ARMS Administration Spokesmen Take Notice of Attacks On New Pact Wsshington, Dee. 10. (By ths As soeiated Press.) While another as sault on ths -four power Pacific tresty was in progress today ia the Senate, administration spokesmen took their flrst notice of ths Senate iiKiw'wo an4.Ut.lt -be knows that they .did not regard the treaty as iniptsing an obligation to take up arms. No provision ef the n ;w agreement i was declared in highest adminis tration crclca, obligatna i.ny ons of ths four powers .to take military measures in pursnsnee of decisions reached" by consultations among them. It was sded that any seen tuarantve did not in any seats rep " resent the spirit of the treaty. Make Interpretation Tho officials were not willing to go further ia iatetpreting the pact, but in rcsporve to questions thiy re Iterated their understanding that the "region of '.he Pacific Oeean," as the term is used in the trrnty text, in cludes the principal ialnnds of the Japanese empire and Australia snd New Zealand as well. British spokes men have endorsed that applieatioa of the terra and have declared it to be the unanimous understanding in which the treaty was signed. - The attack on the treaty In the Senate during the day waa made by Senator Heed, Democrat, Missouri, who referred to the queetioa of in eluding Japaa proper within the scope of the pact and declared aa obligation waa included for protec tion of Japanese territorial Integrity. He agata characterised the arrange ment as aa alliance by which the United Sttes would have little to gsia and much to lose. Road Continues Attach Senator Reed also declared the four-power piss might compel the United Btates to go to war against China or Russia. On this point, offic ial administration spokesman hsve insisted repeatedly that the treaty in no way uffeets the msinland of Asia aad could not be invoked in relation to questions srising within Chinese or Russian jurisdiction. Further then this, there bss been no attempt by the administration to interpret or explain the language of the treaty, repeated queries meeting with the response that the text ef the treaty speaks for itself. The same attitude of ailenee has been sdopted by sdministration Sen ators andaftcr the three-hour at tack on the four-power Pacific tresty today by Senator Heed, Senator Cur tis, of Kansas, their party whip, an nounced that there woald be no dis cussion of the subject antil It is frrmally submitted by President Harding. Mlaimim af Debate Mr. Curtis' statemeat was made, it wss understood, as an explanation for the fnrt that ae speeches hsd been made in fsvor of the treaty snd in reply to the sttaeks of Senators Keed and Borah, Republican, Idaho. Taken in conjunction with ths party policy of the Democrats, who have decided to maintain ailenee, leaders on both sides predicted a minimum of debate oa the aew pact until af ter the armament conference is ended. At that time, it has been in dicated, all of the agreements reached ia the conference will be forwarded to the Capitol. Senator Bred, however, announced another purpose. He proposed to send "the treaty to tho Americas people just as was dona with the treaty- of Versailles,'' aad he pre dicted that by the time the voters have an oportunlty to act oa the question, "they will know that this treaty haa all of the vicea charged to ths treaty of Versailles, with none of its virtues." I 1 SUNDAY'S OLD RELIABLE Seaday'a Hewa and Observer rill present the asaal Banker af readaaiev timely artlclea. If ysi are aot a regaur aahacribar place rear ardor with year newsdealer at once ae better still aead la pear ardor fat a eabecrlptlaa. If yea are aad already a aaascriaer. Mr nulla filhha will have waaderfal article aa tho aew slg. nltcanta which la given to Christ, mas tale year by the Dasanaameat Conferee. frank Slmeaee will have ens ef hie searching at seise af the vsr. laaa rnsaraaUoaal mevesj at Wssr- William Jennings Bryane Sua.' day erticU aa the Sanday school lessen la already af great valss aad it will appear aa asaal tamer. Peals aa the alb asrlsl peg will ttU af "riding aa the reli- wrlth Marshal Fsch. ' Jason r, TamaHy'a spicy, chatty stories af the White Beeee will he enaUaaea. These are last a few af the asocial arUdea, Specs fsrhids the mentis ef sit It is aasagh as aay chat ths Senear Newe aad Observer wW he ap as-las asaal staadard. : Simonds Doesn't Think prance. WUI Risk. Scraps, ping Naval Program CONFERENCE TURNS TO EUROPEAN PROBLEMS British Unalterably Opposed To French Nary Eqnal To That of Japan By FRANK H. SIMONDS Washington, Dee. 16. Raring set tied the question of nsvsl holiday and naval ratio as betweea them selves, Orest Britain, Japan and the United States -are -now Bndtrrtakttigi to persuade France and Italy to ac cept that naval rank which would fall ia with the "5 9 3" agreement of the other naval powers. For ths moment there has been a crisis pro duced by the Trench demand for equal tonnage with Japan, a demand which will be relur' ntly echoed by Italy, since Italy, without any de aire to build, feels herself compelled to be .strong as 1'ranee, - In the -remote contingency that the French di-mand remains unmodified the whole progrsm of naval limitation and naval holiday so far aa it has already been agreed upon might have to be scrapped. Reterns so Rarese With this discussion of French and Italian naval strength the con ference sctuaTly returns to Europe, at least for the next few days, and will find itself involved in exactly the same kind of dinpute which at tended ths brief discussion on land armaments following M, Briand'a speech here. Great Britain can aot coaaent that France and Italy shall have equal strength with Japan with out disesrding her traditional pol icy which haa been to be as strong aa the two nearest Laropeaa naval powers. Fas see bat asked for 840,000 tons ef capital ships; Italy will ask for A similar strength, and the strength of these two combined navies would be aa seven to five ia respect to the British. British strength la Europe would be further reduced by sueh first class units as were em ployed ia ths eastern waters. British View As to French contentions, the British point of view hss been made quite elesr. The most important sealines of the Britieh empire pass through ths Mediterranean. These lines might he dosed to British mcr ehant ships in rase ef war If France and Italy are allied against Britain, since the combined French and Italian navies woutd be superior to the British. Therefore, the British insist thst the Anglo French -Italian ratio shall be "5 2 2" and some British sommentators place the French snd Italian figures as low as 1.7S. Closely connected with the French proposal in the matter of capital ships is that claim which France is sure to make a little later when the queetioa of submarines comes up. There hsvs slready been some sharp exchanges between the British and the French ia the matter of subma rines, and it is perfectly certain that the British will leave ao stone un turned in their effort to abolish or at least to reduce to lowest terms the submarine navies of the tea powers. Underlying Optimism Despite the prospects of a sharp battle thrre is, however, a good deal of underlying optimism here as to ultimate outcome. It is not be lieved, despite the statements which have beea made for the French in recent days, thst they actually mean to force ths fighting in the matter of capital ships. This i ths mjre unlikely because in sueh a fight the United Ststes and Great Britain would in the nature of things be eloeely allied, Great Britain oppos ing the capital ships as a matter of security the United States inter vening with the desire of ssvlng the Anglo-American-Japanese agree ment, which has been made and ac cepted tentatively, but which woald have to be revised extensively if Frcaeh aad Italian navies were to be expanded. Ia the larger sense the whole naval ratio and naval limitation pro gram, which at least from the po pular point of view constitutes the largest single achievement of the conference, would be placed ia jeo pardy if France stuck to her present demand. Land Armament It la even conceivable that should France show herself uncompromis ing ia the mattef of sea arraameats the question of land armaments which has beea tacitly dropped at If, Briand't request might ho called up again and eome aetloai takea which from the French point ef view weald be undesirable. Tno Amen eaa official attitude .with respect of the rreaek stand ea land arma ments has beea on the whole very sympathetic, hat there will probably be a very profound change ia this direction If France should endanger the whole structure ef naval limits- tioa aad naval holiday. AMa. Africa. Dm. CBv the Associated Press.) Camins Relet Basse, the French eempoaer, died aere guaaeniy iiua morning. Desire Capital Ship Building rrogram That Would Scrap Whole Btffr1 Three" Agreement UNEXPECTED PROGRESS ' BEING MADE WITH FAR " EASTERN DISCUSSIONS Tentative Agreement Be tween Chinese and Jap anese Delegates for With drawal By Japanese from The Kiao-Chow Sallroad In Shantung; British Pre. sent Proposition for The Abolition of The Snbmar. ine, But No Discussions Take Place ; French Ka Tal Attitude Leaka 0t , and Delef ates Want la. yestlgationv of How It Happened; British, Amer ican and Japanese Dele, rations Opposed To The View of Prance Washington, Dec. 10. (By The As sociated Preset The negotiations for reduction -of jiaval- -aransmente struck an unexpected obstacle today while the Far Esstern diseussloae were making unexpected progress. ' France furnished the latest eompll estjen ia the naval problem, aad -although details of her attitude ware carefully concealed, she waa repre sented as desiring to launch a capital ' ship building program on a scale that ' would scrap the whole Ship sersppiag plsn sgreed on by the United States fir.f n.u: ..j t ...... u wMran Settle Railroad Matter. Ia the Tar Eastera conversations . the question of Japanese withdrawal ' from the Kiao Chow Railroad la Shaahiag, which twenty-fear hears age seemed to have reached a stage of considerable delicacy, was eraaghf Mddealy to the point of a tentative agreement betweea the Japanese aad , Chines delegates. Other issues of the arms eon fere new remained at a standstill, although in the Senate the attack oa the four, power treaty was renewed by Senator Reed, Demoesat, Missouri, and ad ministration spokesmen took notice of the debate long enough to any they did aot regard the treaty aa obligating the United States to take military action. :liaES3 Abolish Sahmariaa. In the new naval committee ef flf-' teen, the British formally present, ed their request for abolition af the, submarine, but discussion waa de-i ferred and It was indicated that the point would not be pressed with any hope of success. The request was all but lost sight of in the stir created by presentation of the views of Fraace. What actually happened with re spect to the French proposal waa screened behind the interdiction of secrecy that surrounds the meetings of ths committee of flf teen a se crecy which was agreed upon today . by the committee itself. Aa effleisl spokesmsa of the British delegation, however, made bold to say that the French had presented a buildiag pre gram that would give them tea 35,000 ton super-dreadnaughts during the tea years subsequent to 1925 aad thst (treat Britain, the United States and Japaa all had objected. Storm Brewing. . Developments thst followed this disclosure gave evidence of a brew ing storm over the question of secrecy for sessions of the commit tee. The French declined to com ment, saying that "under the diecip- . line of the State Department" they . were pledged to keep quiet An official American spokesmsa followed the same course, sstlrfg that the situ- auon was mat tne committee met at 11 o'clock and adjourned at twenty miniltu tan mm, ...U . . . morrow. Want Invastlgstlss. "Both the French and Americans expressed surprise that anyone hsd ventured to revesl what transpired behind the closed doors of the com. mittee room and there Wera hiata among the French that aa Investiga tion shsuld be instituted. Oat ef the . tangle the only national attitude to be clearly enunciated was that of the r British. They said frankly they could not approve the French plan," since it would give to Franca by 1933 a great preponderance af aew, . 1 flrst-class ships-over every nation ia the world. If France bnilt, they said, Great Britain mast build, tee. ., Italy waa also represented -ae die- , approving the French plan, hot ae insisting that she must keep abreast of France- ia aay rearrangement ef nsvsl strength. . REACH AN AGRIRMENT 01. -SHANTUNG RAILWAY MATTER - Washington, Dee. IS. (By The As- ! sedated Press.) A tentative agred meat to retura the Klso-Chow-Tsln. eafa Hallway la Shsntuag to China within sine months was reached to- day during the eoavertatioaa he . twees Japaaeee aad Chiaese - dele gates. An agreement was also being approached sa ether points concern-. lag the mode of payment, it wsa aald ' by the Chinese! ',..; It was decided that the road ahoald paid for la iwt tall meats, but ae decision waa reached an the period ever which 83,000,000 gold Germnn marks, the price agreed epos, woo!. he spread. . . . - . ' ' : -