1?Secretary Hughes addressing ai
"Light of the States" for the confer?
' Washington monuipent in center.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Conference May Agree on Naval
Armament Reduction Plan
Within a Few Weeks. '
HUGHES' PROGRAM APPROVED
Suggested Minor Modifications Are
Being Discussed?China Pleads for
Reoognitlon as Independent Nation?League
Council Gets After
the Serbs?Progress on
Tax Revision Bill.
By EOWARD W. PICKARD.
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IT APPEARS that the prophets In
Washington were all wrong. The
great conference seemingly Is going to
reach and sign an agreement on limitation
of naval armament without waiting
to settle the problems of the Pacific
and the Far East. This tendency Is1
- Boprotflrr WllPtlM' dOWD
right action In laying before the conference
In its first session the American
proposal as to navies. Briefly,
that proposal Is that the United
States, Great Britain and Japan agree
to suspend naval construction for ten
years, and during the succeeding ten
years build only for replacement; that
all uncompleted capital ships and
many other specified capital ships be
crapped at once; that the aggregate
capital ship tonnage be limited to 500,000
each for England and America,
and 300,000 for Japan; that the sea
power of the three nations be uaintalned
on this basis. There are other
features of the program, but everyone
is familiar with it by this time.
The conference, and the world, were
at first astounded by this unexpected
laying of the American cords on the
table, and then the plan was greeted
with loud and universal acclaim. The
delegates of the other nations could
not, If they would, refuse to indorse
it, and at the second open session
Great Britain, Japan, Italy and
France, formally accepted It "In principle,"
with minor modifications.
These, as set forth then and later,
were as follows:
1 By Great Britain?Limit size and
tonnage of submarines; permit construction
of one capital ship a year
during ten-year period to retain shipyard
facilities; permit retention of
more light cruisers and gunboats to
police the high seas; reduction in
number of naval ship building yards.
By Japan?Increase of Japan's naval
strength to 70 per cent of British
and American; cessation of construction
of naval bases and new fortifications
in the Pacific.
By France?Allowance of eight capital
ships to safeguard French colonies.
By Italy?Allowance of six capital
efhlps to protect Itallun Interests.
J A committee, of which Col. frieo
(lore Kooseveit is cnuinnai^ set to
work at once to study tHe plan and
proposed modifications, and by the end
of the week It was predicted an agreement
would be reached within two or
three weeks. Among the American
experts there was considerable opposition
to the British suggestions,
and the Englishmen dropped the Idea
of one battleship 9 year.
Japan's proposition that there be no
more naval base? or fortifications constructed
In the Pacific was expected,
and perhaps proves a bit awkwtmj,
for tpe United States. It mewiS the
"hhandonment Of worl^ arid. r.Uins in
the Philippine D'Jtch Jiarbor and
elsewhere Which have been considered
most necessary for the safety of our
possessions in the Pacific If not for
that of our Pacific coast But If Mr.
Hughes' general program Is accepted
by the other powers It would seem
the United States cannot well decline
to accept this plan of Japan. In the
shlp-scrapplng proposal America hus
been most unselfish and perhaps she
can afford to be as generous In other
matters.
WHEN the time came to put forward
plans for settlement of
the problems of the Far East none
of the great powers seemed ready
WHEELS TURNING IN RUSSIA
Bolshevist Government Said to Be
Fostering Organization of Capitalistic
Trusts and Combinations.
Moscow.?Trusts and combinations
are now openly fostered by the Bolshevik
government. Every day brings
announcements of new combinations
of small factories to which the soviet
government has granted a concession,
and there Is frank discussion of the
necessity for organizing and combining
rmament conference at Its opening s
nee. 8?Illuminated Jeweled portal <
with a program. But China, whost
status is the crux of the situation
set before the Committee on fas
eastern affairs the demands of th<
Asiatic republic. Dr. Alfred 8ze
head of the Chinese delegation, wai
the spokesman and he held a pre
llmlnary conference with Amerlcai
officials and In his demands followet
their advice In all except one point?
the creation of a permanent court 01
arbitration In the Far East Chlni
asks respect for her territorial lntegrl
ty, restitution of seised provinces ant
regions, abandonment of special rights
monopolies, privileges and extraterrl
torlal rights, and withdrawal of forelgi
troops from her soil and permlssloi
to direct her own domestic aflfalri
and govern her own Internal and
foreign policies. She does not demant
that all foreign monopolies ant
privileges In China be abandoned ai
once, but that she be given a chanct
to put herself on a level with othes
powers and that as time goes on ant
conditions warrant the economic ant
political fetters on her be loosened
The British delegation approved th<
Chinese demands In general, especially
the open door policy and the abandon
ment of "spheres of Influence." Tht
Japanese, It was understood, acceptet
the Chinese program In principle bu
would Insist that withdrawal of In
terest In China should Include all
foreign powers. The Chinese dele
gates say they make their demands
In behalf of all China, Including th<
onnthorn ruir+ whprp Sun Tat Set
holds somewhat precarious sway
and that Manchuria, Inner and oute:
Mongolia, Tibet and Turkestan are In
eluded In "the Chinese republic."
It Is believed one result of the dls
cusslon of China's program may b<
the friendly abandonment of the Anglo
Japanese alliance, and the Brltlsl
would be glad to see this source o
trouble replaced by some form of agree
ment by the great powers.
f^RANCE, as has often been polnte<
* out. Is especially Interested In th*
matter of reduction and limitation o
land armament, and Premier Brlani
took the lead in this, though he ha<
no concrete plan nor any workini
agreement with the United States dele
gatlon. In his speech he discusse<
the military situation in Europe
particularly as it effects France, se
forth the number of men under arm
In the various European countries ant
a/Ia nlnln *Ka mannno A# thn l) At
uiuuc jjituu uiy uicuuv.v va uiw
forces, especially In Russia. Nor di<
he neglect to call attention to France';
peril from Germany which, he noted
Is a nation of 05,000,000 while Franc*
numbers but 85,000,000. It Is plni!
that the French, will not consent t<
plans for radical military armamen
reduction until the Russian and Teu
tonic threats are removed.
OVER In Europe the League of Na
tlons feels that Its authority Is be
lng flouted by Jugo-Slavla, and It hai
determined to show that It can stoj
a war. Therefore It advanced th<
date of Its Paris meeting and took uj
the patter of the Invasion of Albanh
by th$ Jh? iatfer be<SI
dhlered to get out of Aibanla and {<
observe the boundaries of that stati
as established by the allied ambassa
dors, but In effect, at least, they dls
regarded both demands. They did
however, disown the troops In A1
banla, claiming they are lrregulari
over which their government has n<
control. Meanwhile those "Irregulars'
are said to be threatening Tirana, th<
Albanian capital, and the sltuatioi
Is about the sume as at Vllna when
the league scored a failure.
V T * "T>T ^T\rci uv.rntors nf AnRtrln
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Hungary, have been landed 01
their Island of exile, Madeira. Portu
gal consented to care for them then
but the expenses, reckoned at abou
$80,000 a year, will be paid by th<
states which formerly made up thei
empire If the plan of the council o
allied ambassador^ Is carried out,
PRESIDENT Harding last Monde;
signed without any ceremony th
proclamation of pence between th<
United States and Germany and ther
Is much debate as to whom he wll
select for ambassador to Berlin. Firs
choice among the guessers Is Con
gressman Alanson B. Houghton o
Corning, N. Y. He was bortl In Mnssc
chusetts flfty-elght years ago, gradual
ed from Harvard and the unlversltie
Industries In a way to Insure thel
success In the future.
It Is difficult to believe that a go\
ernment which so recently denounce
all the processes of capitalism Is not
openly advocutlng and assisting thel
adoption.
The grent effort of the economl
council of the government Is to ge
small industries started which wll
supply the smull manufactured article
required nil over Russln, such n
household utensils, kitchen equlpmeni
garden tools and small hardware.
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lesslon. 2?Capitol Illuminated by the
irected for the conference, showing
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of Gottlngen, Berlin and Paris, am
, speaks German and French.
t Next Jnnuary Germany Is due to pa;
i a reparations Installment of $100,000,
, 000, and In February a quarterly pay
s ment of about $60,000,000 on exports
- Her financial experts are wondertai
i where It Is to come from and thi
1 allied reparations commission In ses
- slon In Berlin Is working over th<
t problem. The commission believes th<
i Germans can raise the money for thoa
- two payments and urge them to do *
1 as a show of good will. There wa
i, reason to believe that if they did, thi
French delegates would consent to
\ grant concessions for the rest of th<
i year. The commission rejected aplaj
i of the Industrial leaders of German;
to pawn the country's Industries a
1 a guaranty for the reparations pay
1 ments; Instead It suggested that thi
t Industrial Interests make sacrifices fo:
5 their country Instead of trying to prof
r it from Its misery.
That Germany la miserable In somi
1 respects Is made evident by the riot
- In Berlin caused by the lncreasinj
* cost of foodstuffs. Many shops wer
J looted. High prices, of course, an
- caused by the decline of the mark.
5
| T TLSTER still stands firmly, or stub
^ bornly, as you choose to look a
It, m the vway or settlement 01 tm
Irish trouble. Craig and his cablnel
after studying the English plan, re
3 Jected It as unfair to their part of thi
9 island and offered some kind of i
1 substitute. This the British cablne
In turn rejected, and an exchange o
r notes between Lloyd George and Cral
left the status unchanged. The Ulster
ftes reiterated their determination no
to submit to anything considered i
5 violation of Ulster's rights. Th
British premier's stand was strength
J ened by the action of the Unlonls
party in convention In Liverpool. Th
Irish negotiations are dragging ou
so that Lloyd George may have t
abandon his contemplated trip to Wash
1 ington to take part In the armomen
B conference,
f
3 *TpHE congressional conferepce com
3 mlttee on the tax revision bill ha
J been Ironing out the differences be
* tween the house and senate measure
1 with considerable rapidity, both side
making concessions. One of the In
1 portant actions was the ellmlnatloi
3 of the house bill provisions for th
3 exemption of foreign traders am
3 foreign trade corporations. On Thurs
3 day the conferees suspended thel
s meetings to allow the house to vote oi
^ the question - of surtax rates. Th
? senate had fixed the maximum rat
1 at 50 per cent and the house at 3!
5 per cent The "Insurgent" Itepubll
1 cans of the house were determined t
" carry through the senate plan so th
leaders turned to a compromise. Jus
before the house met President Har
- ding took a hand In the affair by In
- forming the house conferees that i
s maximum surtax rate of 40 per cen
? would be agreeable to the admlnlstra
r
> The house, however, by a vote o:
i 201 to 173, Instructed Its conferee!
i to accept the 50 per cent rate.
)
i 'pHE week In America was not with
I out Its serious labor troubles"
few weeks are. The garment worker
* of New York went on strike In pro
test against the restoration of th
} piece work system. Their leader
I said most of the 00,000 workers quit
but the employers asserted that Q
5 per cent of the workers had refuse*
1 to go out.
s In Chicago there was a short bu
lively strike of the teamsters accom
panled by some violence. The inei
- refused to accept a wage cut of $
3 a week ordered by an arbiter and ac
- cepted by the union officials. Aftfc
8 being out two days they returned t(
t work with the understanding tha
e they should have a rehearing befor
r the arbiter^
I Alexander M. Howat, for twent;
years a leader of the Knnsas mirier
and now their president, was expelle<
y from the United Mine Workers o
e America for his refusal to obey th
e order of the International officers t
e ead the strike In that state. About 4,00
I Kansas miners also were suspende
t from membership. Howat and hi
crowd have fought uncompromising!
f against the Kansas Industrial couri
l- The Colorado Fuel and Iron company'
miners In Colorado struck and stat
s troops were culled out.
r Such factories will require larg
quantities of sheet tin and sheet iror
. which many of them hope to get froi
d America. The present supply In Itm
v sla Is practically nil.
r In cities like Moscow and Petrogra
the government will supply thes^sma
c industries with electrical power,
t The government has granted a cor
II cession to a combination of sm&1
s knitting factories In Petrogrnd, whlc
s will resume work on the condition thu
t, 12 per cent of their output will b
paid to the government In tax.
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Washington. ? Secretary Hughes'
pronouncemeht at the inaugural session
of the armament conference "has
clarified the situation, Admiral Baron .
Kato declared at a reception given at
the Shoreham by Baron Sidehara. '
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