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n Weather Today RAIN TONIGHT AND tllURS . DAY; WARMER i bm for poblieatio oi all am dlttwtctua aradtud I lorol " publbhsd. THE SALI8UUBY KVKM. i 1N fU8T to a itmbn of Tba Aaaoeutad Pnm aad i iu tlx aUrnooa rsporta. VOL. 18. NO. 7. SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 1922 PRICE 2 CENTS Pl'17 G .FIVE mm ipra. -la WMfiig ir sic lElTS AGlEEMlff HUGHES IB' BODES we 1 VOLGA DISTRICT Old Women and Children Ar Being Consumed, Relief Worker Says in Letter to Headquart ers. Philadelphia . Feb. 1. Drasti nicturns of lifMhearcdncss and t-stoW the cheering smile of American amid tho starving hordes of Ritsvia are drawn by neulah A. Hurley, of New Hope, . Pa., row a member of th Quaker T,'ief unit, in a letter from the Volsra district to headquarters of th-' "lit here. After describing (.tie utter deso lation in her own immediate .dis trict, whore the bodies are "idled ' like cord-wood n nnarter of a mile away," Miss Hurley tells of having received a letter from an other rplicf worker, Deris White, who is stationed 40 miles from a nilrond Miss White "beeped more help." Miss ItrH'Mr said hut nskrd that hew ,ond "some one wih no heart for it a c"un' task." She reported that "cannabslism hn? benn in the ruMy'i" districts nd old women f.A children have followed the ets nnd doe- that have already been consumed." RUSSIAN CANNIBA LISM REPORT IS CONFIRMED Tendon. Feb. 1. nr. "ridHof Vongpp. who jg rlosly identified w'th Russian relief, expressed himself in a pessimistic manner in statement to press renresents five fh's "fterioon regarding the f8mino in Russia- "it is too lste t n'"r h ni1rt nf Russio." he declared, "whatever done thev will die bv the mil li"ns. "Livock 's dvic cvry. wtp. and if nntbiwr is done hr, wijl presently be none remaining. Twenty American dollars w"1 keen horse al've. but a human life can be saved for 15 shillings: that snm would keen a man alive until the ne harvest. , " "Yu bikv talk about the, ;hor VJTrs'ofwan but these TOT)letsuf fex fo" wepVs and months before they d'e. Their bodies ar noth ing but skin and bones, but the famine stricken do not come to that tte until many days have pa'spd." Asked if there was nv truth 'n the reports of cannibalism. Pr. Nansen reilied that, there was, but ssid It was not widespread as yet. "In mpny rlaces the peon! ire eating dead bodies." he added, "but in the Samara regions tv are beinninqr to kill one another." Dy. Nansen will anneal to5 the British peonle tomorrow night for Russian relief, FORGE LANDLORDS TO FURNISH HEAT New York. Feb. 1. Seventy-five nlicemen vi"( asciened todav o r-ecial diitv throughout the city tn rr force the house heatin" rnd snnitary rule laid down. by Health Commissioner poeland in an ef fort to check further spread of the influenza enidomic. Dr. Coneland rnnounced that he would taki im mediate legal steos against house ewnrrs who failed to. provide suffi cient heat. Particularly drastic action will bo taken against landlords who pro vide insufficient heat in houses where there is either influenza or rneumonia, he said. GOVERNOR INAUGURATED AT RICHMOND TODAY (By The Associated Prcu) . Richmond, Va., Feb. 1. E. Lee t Trinkle, of Wytheville,' was inau gurated governor of Virginia ,to day, succeeding Westmoreland Davis. Judge Joseph L. Kelly, president of te state supreme ' court, administered the oath. Junius F. West, of Suffolk, at the same time became lieutenant governor h s brother. Judge J. F. West, also of the" state supreme court, admin istering the oath. Governor Trinkle is 43 years old and a Democrat. COTTON MARKET Steadv Tone in Cotton. New York, Feb. l.-The steady tone noted in. the cotton market yesterday was in evidence again today and prices showed further rallies on continued covering ac- companied by reports of slightly better spot deAiand. The opening was firm at an advance of 7 to 22 points In response to relatively firm cables. Opening Firm. New York, Feb. L Cotton fu tures opened firm. , March . . . . . . May . . .... . July October . . . . . December . . . 16.60 16.45 16.00 15.68 15.50 Concord Market. -iConcord, Feb. lw-Cotton sold for 1$ on the local mark, CHAMPION FIGHT FAN IS 101 i:m'L:.:S. MRS. PATRICK J. CONVEY Omaha, Neb. Feb. 1. Mrs. Pa trick J. Convey, at the age of 101, claims she is the champion fight fun of the world. Recently she journeyed to Sioux City, la., to see Pal Moore and Young McArthur mix in a f.:Ui; encounter. "Why not " she queries. "I love fightin' wtth f.sts. I saw the first fight when I was 14 years old. Twas in Ireland." A year ago Mrs. Convey, who has had a doctor but once in her life, Underwent an operation. She celebrated the successful outcome by dancing a jig. BE0PED1E19 - I, i i i i i - Effort Being Made to Have Woman From Every County Attend School of Instruction. l?o.h. Feb. 1? Miss Elizabeth Wellv. Hirectw of s-hoo's for adult l"! tes. of the Stte Densrnnt " sr-iour- hat he aeho'O nf eduatio or' teiToj adult Veiip-rs' will he hejrl 'pis venr f ,T'ii 19 to .To"' in ro,"rt." with he sheville Nor mrl spboJ at Ashevle. An i"s now beinqr made bv M! Ke1'" to h-ve one or me f rfy nqA COliiV in he fAp pttnd this FpTinl of 11- stmctinn ""H sh is allinpr nnon ""e-'s cl'ihg end othT ""aniTa ti"."! I e"h cnty n1ecf a ca nnhln wmni w" with the nn .f..l of eo" sunertnten- )ot shels ahe'l voTete wrJt. V- n t'e "ifV o' ejchi' "dult herinnrs. In eoun'i'es vih wa nnhonl systems it is snr crpcifi tt a st1'' vkeT fv seh "itv ho nimpfl. Th ehs mak- the sleftions ssVe"! " T'',- -Mo .-ses of their teacher to th" srhool. ."The r'sn e orfanirinq a school f enr'ption for teaching native kunpn)) rew o"t of " fo""'"' !r no'w's " sn'd Miss Velly" "The yi"' inter"" end siiprort of he Tnhlc anthoritst.iv' l'MHe'hin: inteli'-it. c-cdinaHon of t Iftti' nu'i" aceies! fi 'eate1' nwpr of ti-'inM eachers, and aduate nihlic funds. "Tn orHer to meet those "id H if oii wjrtinse to brine into this school ona or mow womni 're epfh c"iv in our state, '''he busi ness of thisrt itTonen will be tri- fr.oj.jW to find th bst. iolnlfl of rttVin t.h" native dult. il'ite'se" nrphlem i"n their own ronnties and linV t wo"k with th nub , ; hools and otbr agencies h" which it nmpt' be done SV that women xpay be gien defnt and intensi"n tr,iniT,r for teach) na tive adult, beginners, the Jollow in" co'es pre offered: "1 Methods for organ'Tin" pnd conHr"tinT community schools for adnlt hefinners; 10 hours bv Elis betb Kelly. 2 -Texts, materials, methods and outlines of subjects to he used in teaching adult, begin ners; 20 hours by Mrs. Elizabeth Norriss. 3 Plays, aongs. games and contests to be used in com munity schools; 10 hours by Alton C Roberts." . These instructors will be assist ed by members of the summer school faculty who are especially trained to teach certain phases of the reouired subjects in each nr 1 tl. ... course, n urun iruni uvuci iuivcs will give' in lectures accounts of the outstanding features of their plans and results obtained. JAPANESE MARSHAL DEAD London, Feb. L Field Marshal Prince Yamagata, one of the few remaining Japanese 'elder states men, died at his home in Odawara today, says an Exchange Tele graph dispatch from Tokio. He was iq his 84th year, ' IK ADULT SCW 10 V OPERATION Ml R. R. DEFENDED l i . Former Director General McAdoo Asserts Meas ures Taken Then Call for No Apologies. (Br Th AaMcUlH Trnt) Washington, Feb. 1 Measures taken during federal control and operation of the railroads of the country "call for no apologies," William G. McAdoo, war time di rector , general of railroads, do clared today before the senate inter-state commerce committe, and statements ' 'of seven of the ablest railroad1 men in the United States" were presented by him to support his declaration.. ' "These measures," Mr. McAdoo quoted railroad men as saying, "were caused by war conditions and efficient operation of the railroads in support of the government dur ing theh war justified every act of the administration during that period." Mr. McAdoo, who appeared at the committee's Inquiry into pres ent railroad conditions, also quot ed the executies to the effect thai "it was impossible to avoid the increased wages which were grant ed and those which are pending are inherently the result of the same causes." The executives ascribed the necessities for the increases to "war industris surrounding the railroads on all sides," paying war prices for labor and depleting the. railroad supply of labor, part'eu larly the supply of skilled labor." COAL MINERS WOULD JOIN RAIL WORKERS (B7 TIm AmAtri Prm) Indianaoolis. Ind Feb. 1. The United Mine Workers of America are willing "to unreservedly nool their interests with the railroad or ganizations and Btand with them in resistance to the pronosed attack on wage schedules," John J. Lew's, internat'onnl president of thn miner? dclared in a statement to ay. The statement was made along with the announcement tat an invitation to participate 'p the "..I": lu !u.p"?Jc'D":e ;VnP hc-wmk win mo miner raa nen 1 ent to nmfs of the s:itn it". DANK HEAD INDICTED , 'By Thr Aavrl'lnl Prw Boston. VpH, 1 . Mar M'che1!. nresiflent of the dfunct Cosmono itan hapV and trust "omnanv. was "yaigned tod" on five secet in Hiripta ?n which he is eharo-eH nril l"en',Vs airrpat:n one m'llio' fi" hundra thoisnd dol 'ars f"udnlent loas and cover 5 faJie reno'ts "nd entWs. with alterino- promissnrv nnn, ln nlpaded "niltv and ws admitted t ha'l in the of fftv thousand dollars supplied by relatives. BANK OF CsevTi,!,F ROBBED OF $12,000 Carte-svil'e. 'Oa.. Ti'eb. 1 Fn tWn th PanV of Cassville for he seonrJ time w'iin a weV mh. Vers rnaHo nwsy with annror'mat0- 'v if?ono last niht. .according to wM received here t.oJiay Te loot consisted of libert" bonds, countv warrants, "otes and oto" nitn hi't no cash, it i"s pa''', as tvp robbers pnarntv made no effort to enter the m""" safe. Th previous vis't resnlt'" in w'tiVff more tan 'tamno w:th the vntt, combination and "'fl e'-'s said they thought th ra rKharS v,0rp amatenra and Jag night's visitors professionals. WAREHOUSES IN OPERATION Lexington, Ky., Feb. 1. Four million pounds of tobacco were de livered to the warehouses of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Marketing Association when those outside Lexington were op ened yesterday for the first time this season, it was announced at headquarters tonight. As was the case when the houses here opened last week, it was said that grow ers received more money in ad vance for their crops this year than they sold them for last sea son. No reports of dissatisfied growers were received. Tobacco buyers tonight con trasted conditions as they existed today with those of the opening day for marketing the 1920 crop. Low prices paid for the weed then caused so much dissatisfaction that in several cases the ware houses were colsed for a time, : AFTER NEGRO FUGITIVE Officer J. H. A. Lyerly went to Wake Forest las( night after Le roy Rhinehardt, negro, wanted for robbing another man in this coun ty several months ago and who made a get away and has been eluding the officers since. The of ficer will return with the prisoner today. King of England collects a bowl of porridge annually as rent from the lord of the manor of Adding-ton, RESIGN AS DEPUTIES TO COIOMATTS Resignation Was Called it is Stated in Raleigh Were Appointed By Old , Commission. (BY MAX ABERNETIIY) Raleigh, Feb. 1. Governor Mor rison called for the resirtion of deputy commisioners TT w. Fen ner, of Raleigh, and A. J. Hauser, Winston-Salem, .of the State De partment of Revenue, it is learned from an authoritative source here today. The deposed tax collectors will relinquish their work with the State department soon and Com- a rt ITntt. will namn men to fill their vacancies. Both 1 ve been much gratified over the officials were appointees of the old attendance and interest shown n State Tax Commission which func- the work of the tnst.tute. not only tioned under the State Corpora-1 by the workers of Sahsbury but tion Commission until the Legis-1 throughout tha county. It is be lature divorced the departments I'ved I that the inst.tuU just closed and created the new system as it is 1 will do much toward stimulating now being ooerated. No charges j the Sunday School work of the of any kind have been preferred I airainst Messrs. Hauser and Fen ner and they quit their posts with good records. There has been no formal an nouncement made from the reve nue department as to the release of the two deputies but it is an open secret here that neither Depu ty Fenner nod Deputy Hauser p-ave theh kind of support of Cand:date Morrison which Governor Morri son expected. That's what the capital hears and in the absence of anv authoritative statement from Commisioner Watts it ?s taken at face value. Dissatisfaction with the reles- of the two men has been heard, even some supporters of the ad ministration thinking that the governor could have overlooked their lack of faith back in the days when the three-cornpred n!. mory scrap was underway. No body knows whether Hauser and Fenner were act've. in the support of Gardner or Pare. or wheth Mhey were active at a'l. Prohablv il. - j rnml..un.. Watts knows, hut t does no an pear that either f. thiitt5mr." ties turned any vote one way, or tn" other. ' . ; . . .. ' But thev have ben to'd' to et out and m"ke w- f- strictly Mor rison parv'sans, so the storv r" Commissioner of I-abor ad Priptin" f'ves the following fi. .ur" w ?nTK 01 T.ne x tree emniovment Dureaus" m the,i,0 - Aa.nA. ..j. .." : St-t" for January: rhlottl Jw575!Tiw ' ni,enshoro. 10Q. T,lp h. "77: W!lminrton. lei"h. 77: w "mlngton, 311; Winston-Salem, 151." DtTTnnrrri BA. In 'ull coonerati"" with the to- BALI OTTNa V(K POPR , dfmart.mPnt. 100 wom-n are TO BEGIN TOMORROW.!" wearHp v-hite arm badges Pome, Feb. 1, fBv'he A.ss-ciat- ,) The sacred "olle" c". morrow in conclave for the ed Pres venes tomo election of a new nona Th Italian. French and Soapish rov ernments. wh'ch formerly ''qiie'' the ri"ht to veto. h"'e informid the holy see sm'-onciallv that they have no desires in the mattr, the Ttalisn woemment in addit'on issninirf f denial of thn r-vjo-t tVat it favorod Ca'nal Moffl. arnhhf shon of Pisa.T"T'" Ttal'sn p"v-rn-ment has no candidate," said thhe statement. STATE EXPERT BODY TO ASSIST ON INCOME BLANK Mr. J. E. Body, an expert from the office of Revenue Commissioner A. D. Watts at Raleigh, will be in Salisbury four days this month to assist any who may desire h:s ser vices in making out their state In come blanks, the services of which will be free, the state sending hin out to serve the taxpayers m this capacity. Mr. Body w:ll be hern tomorrow, Thursday, February ?. and also Friday 3 and will be back again on Thursday and Friday of next week, February 9- and 10. He will make his headquarters at Sheriff Krider's office in the court house while here. GENERAL R. R. STRIKE ORDERED IN GERMANY Berlin, Feb. 1-The executive committee of the railroad men's union has declared a general strike on the railroads to begin at mid night tonight. The vote was 20 to 15. NEGRO CONFESSES TO CRIME New Bern, Feb. 1. -Under a grilling by police officers at tho .hospital early yesterday Joe Dixon, the negro who with a gunshot wound in his left side, had been un der guard there since Sunday, morning, broke down and confess ed to the attempted burglary of the home of R. R..Grimsley on North avenue at 2 o'clock Sunday morn ing, admitting that he was the vic tim of 14-year-old Herman Grims ley'a gun. . IDAYffllOL MEETING 51 Schools Were Repre sented at Three Day Meeting in Salisbury Next in Greensboro. Final sessions of tho Rowan County Sunday School Institute were marked by a full attendance. The convention which closed Tues day night has been in session for the past three days. Sunday School workers from all pcrts of the county attended and the rec ords a how 51 Sunday Schools were represented. There were present in the various sessions of the con vnt'on 24 preachers. 2.1 Sunday School superintendents and 236 Sunday School teachers. Dr. C. M. Van Poole. President of the County organization and other officers of the Association county ana as an impetus ior kcv ting the spring and summer work in the county under way. Mr. D. W. Sims, General Suner intendent of the North Carolim Sunday School Association of Ral eigh and Dr. Wm. A. Brown of the International Sunday School As sociation of Chicago, 111., were the principal speakers at the sessions of the institute. Bothh Mr. S'ms and Dr. Brown go direct from Sal isbury to Greensboro to begin a similar institute with the workers there; The meeting at Greensboro will open Wednesday afternoon, February J. During the four weeks that Dr. Brown will be in Nrth Carolina ass'stipp- the State Superintendent in meetings. ennvepMnn have al-re-dy beep held in R-sleie. Ashe "ille.. Bnrlinton. and Oariotte TnntltuS will also he held in Oe"sharo W'nston-Salem and fharitto. Jn this neriod of tm. w" f'nis stated tat ootins hld r 1 prpv'ons f'aes had been finp but said Sal'sburv , bsti, tnte wap eveh better thanjanv held previouslv. I WOMAN TRAFFIC COPST PROTECT CHILDREN Washington, ""eh. J.-Tlarme'' h the 'ncreasing mm'he- of trt a'dent, fo s;hoo' children n repn-in tht th wollre foro ' I- WasHne-to" is pot. adouat- in erorsmr eftlcers. Women of the "connett.eS for the r, iiation 0f t-l at. comci wh 1j .l ' .uu.. "'v1' . . VPS rpr. ,and -hen children eo to and from , scMo'. a"i st.anflinir 'n the streets near ',,;ols- rearless of wsther, t- , "a'f an'townibH" end -treet car ( irm" to 't P"hool children by Jn Safety. The "copnettes" are nro. vided w'th notebooks to pote nnm tr of offendiPT pntomobiles "hich 'efu-e to obev signals, and the police department "onvises ar rest n all reported violations. Tte women who are thus serv ipKr pre doine it ps a duty to school chfoVpn and without pav, even contributing from their own funds for organization, postage and other incidental expenses. CARR1FD WHISKEY TO HIS WEDDING, LOSES BRIDE AND FREEDOM Boston, Feb 1. Antonio Silva, arrested at Springfield two weeks ago with six quarts of moonshine that he was bringing to his own wedding, and held . in jail there since then, lost not only his liquor but his bride. - When his" case came up in the Federal court here on the c harge of illegally possessing liquor Silva plead guilty and the Court was about to declare sentence when the Prosecuting Attorney announc ed that Silva's bride-to-be had married another man. Judge Peters said 'Silva had ap parently suffered almost enough, and declared the sentence to be one more day in jail. 2 FRENCH SOLDIERS KILLED IN SILESIA 'By Th. AiaarUtal Pnaa) Berlin, Feb. 1. Two French soldiers were killed and twenty five wounded in disorders on Sat urday night at Petersdorf, Silesia, according to the latest reports from Gleiwitz. Shots were ex changed while soldiers were searching houses for arms. CANAL NOT DAMAGED. Te AamlatW Prwi Panama, Feb. 1. The Panama canal was not affected by the earthquake yesterday morning. The movement was not strong enough to be apparent generally but was registered by the seismo graph as a prolonged tremor. Will Power Won a Place In Grand Opera for Her . .... - : : -w .:. , - 1 i s . " 1 ELIZABETH (By Ruth Abeling) New York. Jan. 3t. STlizabeth Lennox, a minister's daughter, and a few "ears a" a resident of Gend Rar'ds. Mich.. ued to hep Hth tha church music by playing th" nien apd organ. But M'ss Iennox couldn't sing. Sh couldn't, carrv 11 tune. Toda" Elizabeth Lenpov Is one of the few rellv suc-essfpl Amer ican sinsrers. she has been in rand orn anr is now on concert tour. Tha answprt Elizpet.h Ippt wanted to sii more than anything else in the world. . "A soprano voic was needed m tne cho'r pf my father's church." SVS MisS lennox. "T rd to fi'l tip p1pp and found that I couldn't sin" at all. "Thns vra dark davs 'or me." continued Mi" Lennox, "to sin" was the only thing I really wanted to Ao. "I kent perfectly t'U boi'. mv disanpoiptment. thousrh you know Break Over Measure to Refund $11,000,000,000 Foreign Debt to Be Healed at Once. (By Th Associated Prssal Washington, Feb. 1. -Early ad tiist.mnt of the differences be tween the senate and house on the ' measure to authorize the refund ing of the $11,000,000,000 foreign debt is looked for today, following passage of the senate bill. . Three Republicans Borah, La foUette and Norris joined with the solid Democratic minority in opposing the bill which was put through the senate last night by a vote of 39 to 25 giving authority to a commission of five members, headed by the secretary of the treasury, to refund the foreign debt into securities maturing in not less than 25 years. The bill as passed was amended by a provision stipulating that the interest on the refunding debt be not less than 4 1-4 per cent. Amongf the amendments failing of adoption was one by Senator Simmons, Democrat, of North Carolina, proposing to add to the measure a soldier onus provision with cost of five way adjusted compensation plan to be paid out of the interest on the foreign debt Over the protest of the Democrats a motion carried to table the amendment. SCORE FIREMEN OVERCOME. Br Th Associated Press) Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 1. Nearly a score of firemen were overcome 4day by smoke while fighting a blaze in a building of the National Biscuit Company in a downtown district. Although they were re mo ed to hospitals none are said to be in a serious condition. Ha! a dozen alarms from the bi section of the city kept the depart ments busy late last night and early this morning. . 4 The entire loss, however, will not be approx imately over 100,000, 1 TO ADJUST SENATE LIQUOR ROBBER AND HOUSE SPLIT CONFESSES GUILT K 1 1 1V ,0? . . - LENNOX a personage is no place for family complaints and continued playing for Sunday school. "Finally, when I entered Chicago upivaraitv mv career beiran. "I de-ided that. I should get bach; my voice in spite o( everything! As soon as I reached Chicago I se cured a teacher. My spending money all went for lessons. I skinned classes hid slighted -nr studvine -everv bit of my career I put into my voice. . ' , . VThen, one. day ,fter I'd been atodvlng abmrr" a yeAiJierja chnreh audition rested and through a drizzling rain I went to Warr"i Avenue Congregations ... church, stood nn thpre with my legs shak-. ing ard all the wet. clothes on an" spng for the church committee. I was the last of a lone l'ne of othe girls, just as wet and shkv as I, who wre comnetinp or the place "And I got It with the voice I had rprlaimed!" . "And no one knew until then." added Miss Lennox, "that I wal evn trvini? to pin." Chicago Inspector Ad mits That He Entered Conspiracy With Gang of Crooks. (Br Th Associate Press! . Chicago, Feb. 1. Police an nounced today that Scott Burnett, en inspeator in the department of revenue, had confessed .today tJ participation in whiskey robber ies totalling $500,000 within the past year. Burnett, it was said, confessed implication, in the robberies of homes of the most prominent citi zens in Chicacro and the north lake suburb, including the recent rob bery at the home of Maurice L. Rothchild, where ten thousand dol lars worth of rare liquor was stolen, Burnett, the police say, told how he was detailed on an investiga tion of liquor in the homes of the rich in Chicago and how he was in duced by a band of notable crooks to enter into a conspiracy with them to rob these places. SWEPT OFF HIS YACHT; ; SWEPT BACK AGAIN Newport News, Va., Feb. 1. Gordon Woodbury, former assist ant secretary of the navy, was swept over the railing of his yacht Half Moon 40 miles off Cape Charles Friday night but was re turned by a wave to the ship, it was stated last night when the yacht, formerly the Germania, pri vate yacht of former ' Emperor William of Germany, was towed to Old Point Comfort in a damaged condition by the Standard Oil tank er Japan Arrow. ,4 Several members of . the Half Moon's crew were also swept over the rail, it was stated. All but one were rescued. The Japan Arrow came up a few minutes later and and got a tow aboard. fV; ,;: ,.,,. ' .Seals find their way home after swimming up to 3,000 miles. STATE SECfiETARY OUTLINES TREATY . ON NAVY GUTTK Resolution Providing for the Sovereignty of Chi na Taken Up at Fifth Session. Washinfton, Feb. 1. At 12:30 o'clock this afternoon Secretary Hughes nresentcd to the arms con ference the text of the treaty lim iting naval armaments. . , Te netire time today of the ple nary session of the conference the fifth of its course bad b?en up to thr.t moment consumed with presentation and ' adoption of the committee resolutions providing for the return of certain sovereign ties to China and announcement of a settlement of the Shantung dis pute. The naval treaty was not read but Secretary Hughes outlined its terms and declared that to far aa capital ships were concerned "the integrity of the plan proposed oh behalf of the American , govern" ment had been maintained." De scribing the terms of tiip naval limitation treaty and outlining the result agreed . unon by the "biff five" followed the dramatic an nouncement of the American pro posal by Secretary Hughes at the ooeninsr session of the conference November 12. Jusf before presentation of the naval treaty and after the resolu tion affecting China had been nuickly adopted without dissent the Shantung agreement was announc ed and described with satisfaction by ronrpBentatives of China and Ja pan. Arthur J. Balfour, head of tre British delegation, described it as "the crowniiip work of Secretary Hughes and the representatives of China and Japan" and then threw in another surprise bv flatly an nouncing that Great Britain would hand back to China her lease on Wei-Hel-Wei. , j Secretary Hughes n presenting tho naval treaty said he would nt read it because eopies had been distributed generally. He then gave a somewhat detailed review of h principal terms and stated that the Original America tt propose 1 its Ao . capital shins,, while, changed in de tail, hod been adopted substanti ally. Ths interWt" t the plan presented on behalf of the Un'ted States." said Mr. Hughes, ' "ln been maintained and the spirit in which the proposal is made and ye ceived has dominated thfl entire negotiations and brought theTO to a yprv successful conclusion," . .. j There was applause when Secre tary Hughes ald the United States had retained, the number of .capital shins proposed en Novem ber 12 and that Great Britain and Janan were Uuated similarly, the later w;th the exception of the tlw battleship. Mntsn; The effect of te retention of the Mutstt. Mr. Hughes eontinued.mad"! recessarv changes in the original Amorican program 'n which two dread- . naughts of the West, Virginia class pre to be completed and the hat- tleshin North Dkota and Dela ware then scrapped. ' . In the Ame"can proposal. VWr. Hughes Baid. four principles had been governing. They were: 1 First AH capital sh'pes now buildmg "and contemplated be aban doned.' ' . ' ' ' .Second That there 'be further reduction of naval armaments by the scrapn'ng of older sh;pa. f Third That resrard be had to ex isting naval strength of the pow ers. . ' : ' 1 : Fourth That can'tal ship ton nare be used as a basis for deter mining proportions' of auxiliary; craft. ' ' ' " ' '.' These four principles Mr. Hughes said had been applied in negotiate ing the naval treaty and had gov erned its agreements., , :; ' i There was a ripple of applause when Secretary Hughes announced that the battleship Oregon would be retained for non-combatant pur poses because the state of Oregon wanted to keep it for historical and sentimental reasons. j , Mr.' Hughes in conclusion fcaia no more extraordinary or signifi cant treaty , probably had ever been, negotiated. Obviously . it means an enormous saving of money and the liftirTg ,'of very heavy burdens from the people. "This treaty absolutely ends the race in naval campetition, and at the same time leaves the security Of power unimpaired, but it moans more," said Mr. Hughes. ' "Tha best thing is the spirit manifest ed by which we were able to reach a conclusion. We are f taking great, forward step to establish a reign of peace," he concluded. . After Secretary Hughes had con cluded M.' Sarraut, of the French delegation, . began - -speaking In French, saying that the decision of France to the naval armament treaty "ia sincere."- Japanese edible bamboo has been successfully inrtoduced bito the southern part of - the Unite! States. ;
Salisbury Evening Post (Salisbury, N.C.)
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