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THE SU3ITER TFATjCHMAX, Esta consolidated aug. 2,1 IRELAND ! FAILS TO ACT i ONJREATY D a'i 1 Eireann Ad journs Until Janu ary Without Having Accepted Peace Pro posal Dublin, Dec 22 (By the Asso ciated Press).?The Dail Eireann, by a vote of 77 to 44, decided late today on a motion submitted by Michael Collins to adjourn, further debate on the Irish treaty until Tuesday, January 3. It was not the motion itself.. but an amend ment to the motion, on which the vote was actually * taken. The amendment, introduced and sec onded by opponents of the . treaty called for continuance of sittings day and evening until action was taken on the treaty's ratification or rejection. . The defeat of the amendment automatically decided the motion. With few exceptions, so far as could he observed, the vote followed the party lines of those favoring or opposing the treaty. Nobody tonight believes, of eourse, that if a vote nad.been tak en on the treaty itself the majority would have been so great as the vote on the adjournment notices gave it supporters, but there is not doubt in the minds of those wno have been following tlie debates carefully tha t this vote roughly approximates the sentiments for and against the treaty, who assert that it was not a fair test as: many of rthe deputies on boik-sid.es, es pecially the country members, dis liked the idea of the debate con tinuing through Christmas and vot ed for adjournment1 in order that they might get home for the holi days. In fact. Countess Markiewicz, j one of the. strongest opponents of the treaty, seconded Mr. Collins' proposal, apparently having in m*nd as indicated by a satirical seconding speech, the possibility ofj the debate ? continuing through j Christmas day and night and over- j looking the possibility of a party i division on the motion. Mr. Collins showde Veagemess to j rush his motion through to quick I division. He sammasily checked j Mr. Milroy, who interrupted the taking of the-vote to have the ques- i tion cleared up as to whether depu- j ties representing two constituencies ! should have two votes, Mr. Col-1 lins declaring that he would not ] hear of having the fate of Ireland decided on the question of a tech nicality. I When it became apparent that there was to be a party line up on the vote the atmosphere became tense with excitement. Many of the spectators failed to understand the ?gnincanee of the proceedings and the greatest bewilderment was manifested upon the announce ment of the result of the vote. De Valera's face was stem and grim when the figures were announced | Considerable elation was shown by j Collins and his adherents. Des-1 mond Fitzgerald, minister of propa- I ganda, who supports the treaty, | said tonight he believed that not more than ten opponents of the treaty voted for adjournment, in-! dicating a majority of 13 for the treaty. Pierce Beasley, an active Sinn Feiner, who intended to speak this afternoon for ratification, informed The Associated Press correspond ents here today bef ore the vote was taken that he could not make a guess on the outcome of the treaty, but believes that "the fate of Ire land is trembling in the balance." Ennts, Ireland, Dec. 22 CBy the Associated Press). ? The Clare county council, the constituency of Eamonn De Valera, today voted 17 to 5 in favor of the treaty between Ireland and Great Britain and re-; quested Mr. De Valera to use his influence for the maintenance of national unity. The resolution admitted that there were grave objections to the treaty, but declared that there was no rational alternative to Us at ceptance. "Rejection of the treaty," says the resolution, "would be almost certain to involve us in a war to annihilation, because our people will be divided, and because world j opinion, instead of being with us as i at present, will be against us." Copies of the resolution were j sent to Mr. De Valera and other! Clare representatives. j London, Dec. 22:?According to a dispatch to the Press Associa tion from Dublin extraordinary scenes occurred in the Dail Eire ann over the adjournment motion. A reference by Arthur Griffith to the length of Mary MacSwiney's speech, brought Miss MacSwiney to her feet with a tearful remark. "For 74 days I sat through Brix ton (meaning Brixton prison; and I think I have a right to speak for the honor of my nation." Another incident occurred when the Countess Markiewicz referred to Michael Collins "having faced Premier Lloyd George night after I night until Mr. Collins was worn ? out and" wearied." To this, ac- ? cording to the press association^ Mr. Collins reiterated: "I never was worn out and1 weary." ??Well, he admitted that he was bllshrd April, 1850. 881. MAYOR HYLAN FACES JAIL SENTENCE New York Officials Charged With Il legal Use of Public Funds New York, Dec. 23.?Mayor Hy land and other members of the city board of estimates face a jail sen tence for contempt of court unless they restore to the city budget be fore December 25th $3,000,000 al leged to have been illegally de ducted from ''the civil service pen sion funds. ? ? ? Henry Watterson Laid to Rest Simple Services Held in Jack ; sonville With Only Family Present Jacksonville, Dec. 2S. ? Henry Watterson rested today from his la bors. With only the members of his family present and the hour of the service unannounced his j body was placed in a vault to re main until spring, when it "will be taken to Louisville where it will be buried by his mother and father. ? ^ * Relief For Starv ing Russians President Harding Signed Twenty Million Appropri * ation Bill Washington, Dec. 23.?President Harding today signed the Russian relief bill, carrying appropriations of $20,000,000 to be expended by American- relief administration, the funds becoming immediately available. ? 4> ? I Pinewood Will Organize Farmers Aroused to Necessity of Diversification and Cooperation Chairman A. C. Phelps of the i Sumter County Committee of Pro gress, County Agent J. Frank Wil liams one* E. I. Reardon, secretary of the Sumter Chamber of Com merce, will assist in the organiza tion of the ninety-live square miles of Clarendon county, known as the Pinewood section into a systematic plan of crop diversificating, co-op erative marketing, creamery and live stock industries at a big mass meeting soon to be held at the au ditorium of the Pinewood Graded and High School building in the town of Pinewood. The Young Men's Business League of Sumter will also name a speaker and co worker in this movement. Mr. DesChamps and Mr. Briggs of Pinewood called on the secre tory of the Chamber of Commerce Thursday and requested that speak ers and plans be furnished for the organization along tne lines of di versification suggested by Clem son College and being put into ef fect as far as possible by the joint activities of the Committee of Progress, Young Men's Business League and the Sumter Chamber of Commeice by meetings, publica tions and bulletin information throughout Sumter county. Messrs. Briggs and DesChamps promised to have committees appointed to whoop up the coming meeting at Pinewood and said that this sec tion is wide-awake to the necessity of organization and co-operative marketing, truck growing, canning factories, butter-fat production, sweet potato curing and storage I houses and other live at home methods. That is the community and town ship spirit necessary to get things going for next year's agricultural and busine.33 activities in Sumter and in adjoining counties of Lee and Clarendon. The three organ izations above mentioned fee! that Clarendon and Lee counties ore within the legitimate scope of the activities of these bodies, and will gladly cooperate with Lee and Clar endon county farmers if called up on to do so. Shortage of Ministers Episcopal Church Faces a Serious Problem New York. Dec. 2??.? Th. Epis copal church faces a serious prob lem through the decrease in the number of young ministers, there being only one minister to twen ty-five hundred communicants in the country( the investigating com mission reported. _ somewhat befogged." retorted the countess. '?I did not.'" shouted Mr. Collins at the top of his voice. The press association says a veri table babel of voices followed the exchange, but that ultimately Countess Mariewicz apologized to Mr. Col'ms. "Be Jost and Fear : GOV. COOPER PARDONING PRISONERS Christmas Gifts to Many Convicts on Recommendation of Pardon Board Columbia, Dec. 23.?Governor Cooper today ganted executive clemency to many prisoners of the penitentiary. Included in the list are several murderers, and it is probable that during the afternoon he will issue a pardon to Dan Mur phy, dean' of the state peniten j tiary. The pardon board made its : recommendations to the governor this afternoon, and the recommen dation was made that Dan Mur I phy be "pardoned. Murphy is the ! man sent to the pen a quarter of a j century ago for the alleged murder j of County Treasurer Cope, of Or- j j angeburg, who stated to this cor- i respondent, last week, that he did | ! not want a pardon and would j [ not take it if it were granted. I The governor will likely pardon ' Murphy, though he had not reached ! a decision up to three o'clock this afternoon. ' ? ? ? . Railroads Waste Much Money Labor Leader Lauck Asserts That Two Billions Could Be Saved Yearly Washington, Dec. 2.?"A saving of $2,000,000,000 annually in the operating costs of the railroads of the country might be realized if the earnings of the roads were not improperly diverted," W. Jett Lauck, identified with the American Federation- of Labor, declared to night in reply to a statement is sued in Chicago on Tuesday by C. H. Markham, president of the Illi nois Central railroad, who took ex ception to what he termed "a cam paign of abuse" by certain labor leaders. Mr. Markham in a public state ment to the employees of his road criticized the testimony before a senate committee recently of Mr. Laupk "of the railway employees' department. American Federation ef Labor," and others as being ."without a shred of evidence." Ho further suggested that should his 'employees, after investigation, find the testimony of their leaders to be unwarranted that they "as honest j men publicly disavow the men who thus misrepresent you" Mr. Lauck in his statement to night said that if President Mark ham and other railway executives hope to retain the loyalty and co operation of their employees "they should be scrupulous in ascertain ing and stating the truth frankly ond openly." He said that the con structive policy of the railroads had only embraced three points which he classified as "abusivo attacks upon all those who speak for the employees, the reduction of rail way wages and the grabbing from the public treasury of the largest sums obtainable." Such "a sel fish, restricted and evasive policy," he added, "will not stand the test of public scrutiny and can not long endure." Action of Marine Approved Mail Car Guard Who Shot Two Students at Denmark Did Duty Washington, Dec. 23.?The post office department has approved the reports of Marino Guard Carl W. Mays, who shot and wounded two college students, near Den mark, S. C. on December 17th, following their refusal to leave the train. Naval Ratio Def initely Accepted Premier Briand Sends Formal Acceptance to Ambassador Jusserand Paris. Dec. 23.?Premier Briand has sent Ambassador Jusserand, in Washington, a definite acceptance of the. capital ship ratio. France maintains her position regarding submarines and coast defense ships, all hough she is wiling to negotiate. WIRELESS FIRE ALARM SYSTEM New York. Dec. 23.?Wireless telegraphy was used today for rh?* first time to summen firemen, but it proved a false alarm. FAVORABLE TO RATI FICATION OF TREATY London, Dee. 2:). ?? The Dail Eireann's adjournment until Jan uary 3rd is considered here as fa vorable for the ratification of tin peace treaty. Napoleon met his Waterloo and every shirt meets its laundry. tiuni <ot?Let all the ends Thou Ainis't 9 Sumter, S. C, Wednesday, D< TAX REFORM COMMITTEE JEETING To Put in Motion Ma chinery to Bring* About Reform Pro gram in the State Columbia, Dec. 24.?To put in motion the machinery which will 'bring about the tax reform pro gram of the .state, which was adopted at a meeting of tax payers held in Columbia last week, a meeting of the executive commit tee of the now T:ix Payers' Associa tion is to be held in Columbia next Thursday, at 11 o'clock. The meet ing will lie. held with the view of perfecting a program to be sub mitted to the 1922 legislature, 'which convenes January 10. ?. C. W. Coker. of Ilartsville. is chairman of the executive commit tee of the new association. Other members of the committee are Mrs. F. S. Munsell and John L Rice, of Columbia; Hon. E. W. Dabbs, of i Mayesv?le; C. C. Wharton, of ! Greenwood; H. C. Harvley, mayor ! of Greenville; B. F. McLeod, of (Charleston; W. B. DeLoach, of jCamden; C. P. Hodges, of Marl i boro^and J. D. Prothro, of Aiken. The new tax program was initiat ed at a meeting in Columbia on De cember 14. In sending out his call for the committee meeting in Co lumbia, Mr. Coker says: 'The question of taxes is imminent and urgent, and if the program of the tax payers' association is to be made effective at the next meeting of the general assembly, we will be obliged to act promptly." The Tlx Payers' Associati'on is a spontaneous development of senti ment among the people demanding tax reform to meet the necessar ily increasing cost of government and the need for additional sources of revenue. The main idea in the entire program is the creation of new sources of revenue without in creasing the per capita burden of taxation. To reach property not now being taxed is described as the "big idea" in the new movement. The main planks in the platform adopted at the meeting in Colum bia on the 14th, and to be further considered when the committee meets next Thursday, are as fol lows: 1. The enactment of certain changes in the constitution propos ed at the 1921 session of the legis lature. 2. The enactment of a tax on gasoline. o. The creation of an occupa tion tax. 4. The enactment of an inheri tance tax law. G. An increase in the corpora tion license tax. 6. An income tax. based on the principles of the federal income tax law, not to exceed ten per cent of the total federal tax assessed against each tax payer. 7. The elimination, as far as possible, of all taxes on tangible and visible property for the sup port of the state government. The tax situation in South Caro 'lina will be the biggest problem before the legislature next year. It is expected that legislation will be enacted which will be of an un usual nature, and the forthcoming session is expected to go down in the state's history as a remarkable sitting. Negroes To Be Barred From Patronizing House of Representatives Restaurant Washington, Dec. 22.?Protest against the practice of permitting negroes to patronize the house of representatives restaurant was made today by Representative As well, Democrat, Louisiana. In a letter to Chairman Ireland. Repub lican, Illinois and Democratic mem bers of the committee which is in charge of the restaurant man agement. Mr. Aswell said four ne groes had been noted eating in the restaurant during the past few days. The Louisiana member ask ed by whose authority the negroes were admitted and whether "this is to be the practice of your commit tee under the present administra tion. ?'Gentlemen of the House," Mr. Aswell's letter continued, "should have this information now so they may know whether to keep their families, friends and themselves away." Assurance is said to have been given that hereafter the restau rant would be restricted to white pel'SOUS. ? ? *> Hard Blow to Suffs. Leader of Missouri Women's Organization Defeated by Negro _% St. Louis, Dee. 24 ? Miss Marie A jut s, the legislative representa tive of the Missouri Women's Or ganization, was defeated for dele gate to the constitutional conven tion by f'.enj. Bowles, a negro. The district includes a part }f the ex clusive residence sections. The Marines must be careful to ask a man if he is a train robber before shooting him. [ an it be thy Country's, Thy God's and 1 ecember 28, 1921 TRAITORS AND ENEMIES FREE FROMPRISON Eugene V. D e b s and Many Other Viola tors of Wartime Laws to Be Releas-j I ed Christmas Day i j I Washington, Doc. 23.?Eugene j j y. Debs, former Socialist candidate ? ! for president, serving a sentence J of ten years at Atlanta poniten 1 tiary for violating the Espionage I Act, and twenty-three other per sons convicted on various charges qf hindering the government dur ing the war with Germany, re- ! ceived today from President Hard- \ { ing commutations of sentences to j 'become effective Christmas Day. At.; ! the same, time five former Ameri- j j can soldiers serving life sentences I J pronounced by a military court for j j the murder of a British officer j while serving with the American \ j army on the Rhine received full pardons, effective Christmas Day. j The action was taken after the j department of justice had studied apparently the cases of 197 persons serving sentences for violating ^r-time laws and after Attorney j Cfifneral Daugherty had discussed j tae situation at length with Presi dent Harding who was said to be ' desirous, if possible, of granting | some pardons for Christmas. The commutations, it was explained, do ! not operate to restore citizenship' lost by the felony convictions but j the pardons do. Several of the civilian offenders v-ill be deported j to the European countries of their j ! nativity, two are under observa- j tixm at hospitals for insane an4 ! others are now out on paroles i wjhich were granted by President Wilson. I The commutations and pardons were announced personally by Pres { ident Harding who took the action j j in accordance with the custom of \ j extending clemency to federal of ! fenders*at the Christmas season, j The . five soldiers given full par | dons are: Carl J. Bryan, James A. I o'Dell. Roy Youngblood, George i Van Gilder and J. B. Richardson, j all serving, life terms to which they i were sentenced while with the j American army on the Rhine fcr j the alleged killing of George Lance- | ' Hold, a former British officer. Among those whose sentences were commuted were: Charles! Ashleigh, a former newspaperman, j and a writer of poetry, who was i convicted at Cnicago for conspiracy j under the Espionage Act and given | j a ten-year sentence. His setence j J was commuted upon his agreement j to accept deportation to England, j the country of his nativity, o ? ? Premier is Optimistic Japanese Head Sees Chance to Escape War Paris, Dec. 23.?Premier Baron Takahashi of Japan is quoted by the Tokio correspondent of the newspaper Excelsior as declaring: "The quadruple Entente which for Japan ^rep laces the Anglo-Japanese alliance is much wider in bearing and removes all chances of war." "I venture to say," he continued "that the Washington conference has opened a new epoch in the Pa cific and the ? rid. 1 not only be lieve that Lie Entente will result in making the Japanese, people happier, because it will lighten their burdens, but further that by j reason of the guarantee we obtain the position of Japan is strength- j j ened in the Far East." I in regard to China, the premier j was quoted as saying: "China is in an advanced stage of I decomposition. It will be an un- | i pleasant situation for Japan and a j j misfortune for China, if, as the re 1 suit of her anarchy, she does not j eooperate with the friendiy powers ! seeking to bring about her unifica- j i tion." I Baron Takahashi characterized j the report that Ja^an had designs i on the French Indo-China as "an ?absurd fable which has no founda tion in the past and will not have j ' in the future." ? ? ? j Chicago Murderer Convicted! Chicago. Dec. 2:?. ? Harvey Church, who is charged with the murder of two automobile, sales- ; men, was found guilty and sen tenced to death. Church killed Carl Asmus and Bernard Daugh erty, when they delivered an auto mobile which he promised to buy. j Nine Killed by Storm | Memphis. Pec. 24.?Nine persons' j were killed, a number injured and : I property damage estimated at tw<> j hundred thousand dollars resulting] I from a wind storm sweeping over ! Critendon county, Arkansas. The j j killed were caught under falling; , buildings. ? ? ? ; New Niagara Power Canal Niagara Falls. Dee. 24.?Water was turned into Chippawa Queens town Bower Canal of the Ontario Hydro-Electric commission today. SOVIET GOLD j OFFERED FOR i REUEF^WORKi Moscow Bolsheviks Agree to Give Ten Million in Gold for Famine Sufferers London, Dec. 24?The Soviet government ha." agreed to give the American relief administration ten j million dollars in gold to use in j the purchase of food and seed in j America for the Volga famine area. ? ? ? White House Defends Four Power Treaty President Harding Says He I is More Than Satisfied ! With Work of United States Delegates _ i Washington, Dec. 23.? President . Harding in a formal statement to- I day declared that the differez\ces j of interpretation which have ar.sen Over the four-power Pacific treaty are to his mind "unimportant" and ! that he was "more than satisfied" j with the work of the delegates. He also asserted that an unjus tified charge had been made that j the American delegation is "with holding informal ion" and that he could not permit such a charge to be unchallenged. Reverting to another feature of j the fight that is being made against the treaty In the senate, j Mr. Harding asserted that the pact contemplated no "alliance or en-1 tanglement." It is in full accord, he j said, with cherished American tra- j ditions. The president asked that "tin-1 important" controversies as to in- j tepretation should not be per- j milted to obscure the major pur- i pose of the treaty which, he said, j was to preserve peace and to pro- j vide for a means of consultation j when peace is threatened. Dan Murphy's Case; - Governor Cooper Wants to; Pardon Murderer But Kei Prefers The Penitentiary. Columbia. S. C. Dec. 24?Gov-! crnor Cooper has not as yet par doned Dan Murphy, though the pardon board Friday recommended that he been given a full pardon. The governor stated that he will not take action in the case irnmed- I lately, in view of the fact that the aged prisoner recently stated that he did not want a pardon, and ! with the great amount of publicity j Dan's case has been given, he pre fers to wait awhile.. It is thought likely, however, that the governor will pardon Murphy. The chief magistrate, stated today that he would hardly let Murphy's! statement that he doesn't want j his freedom affect his course. Mur- j phy was sent to the penitentiary more than Quarter of a century' ago for the murder of county \ treasurer Copes, in Orangeburg county. He has all along denied Iiis guilt. He now says, however, that he doesn't want to leave the penitentiary, because the world isl a quarter of a century ahead of! him and he will never catch up. J Outbreak in Egypt British Troops Rushed to I Gizeh Where Mob Attacked j British Office i Cairo, Egypt. Dee. 24.?A mob is reported to ha v.- attacked the I government office in <:izeh, a su burb, and British troops have been! rushed to the scene. Cairo is ouiet. \ The disorders were due to Egyp- i tian Nationalist agitation, a num- j her of students raided the govern ment survey offices, but the troops subdued them. It is reported that five natives were killed and twenty j wounded. j <????? Another Confer ence Suggested! Italian Delegates Want One With Broader Scope ?ffil*** s Washington, L>ec. 23.?The Hal- ; ian deb-gates have suggested that another conference of a broader scope be called to deal with sub-j marines and auxiliary craft. BRUTAL CRIME IN NEW JERSEY _ Xew Brunswick. Pec. 23.--The mutilated body of Tesstie Kuehar ski. aged five, was found packed in a suit case in the hotel where she was brought by a man claim- ; ing to be a grandfather. Death I was due to strangulation with bed ticking. o ? ? ? No cotton market today. Mar ket closed until Tuesday, Decem ber "7th, for the. observance of tl."| holidays. i THE TRUE SOT1 SBg LJJU-SHSSggg ? F. ft TROUBLE I STARTING JNJGYPT Two British Warships Rushing to Egypt And Others to Fol low Malta, Deo. 23.?Two British warships have been ordered to Egypt immediately. Other ships have been ordered to be ready to leave on short notice,,on account of trouble with the Nationalists. ? ? ? England Stands Alone Against Submarines France, Italy and Japan For Undersea Boats?No Final Stand by America Washington, Dec. 22. ? Great Britain's plea that the submarine be banished from the seven seas was presented to the arms confer ence today, .but it received no sup port from any other power. In turn, the spokesmen of France, Italy and Japan replied that they regarded submarines, when properly employed, as a le gitimate and valuable arm of naval streng: h, and were unprepared to see them abolished. The American delegates took no final stand on the question but suggested that the conference turn its efforts toward such a revision of international practices as would prevent a repetition of the ruth-1 less submarine methods of the j world war. A further exchange of views on i the British proposal will take place j tomorrow unless France, whose representatives again are awaiting instructions from their premier, is ' prepared to go ahead with the de layed presentation of estimates for j auxiliary craft she desires to keep i under the naval reduction pro-'' gram. New B>ank in Spartanburg Capital Stock of Two Hun dred Thousand Dollars Spartanburg, Dec. 22.?The Car olina National bank of Spartan burg. with a capital cf $200,000 and $20,000 surplus, has been for mally organized, according to an nouncement made tonight, with t .e following officers: President, % 1 liam S. Glenn; vice presider.: \ Howard B. Carlisle and Arch Calvert; cashier, J. Wirron W * son. Horrors of Russian Far he More Than Two Hundre I )y ing "Daily Moscow. Dec. 23.?The ath rate in the Russian famine du .ict is increasing, over two hunared dying daily. The American relief workers r e feeding over eight hundred tl ousand children. The European relief organization is feeding less than one hundred thousand. GENERAL DIAZ WELCOMED HOME Naples, Dec. 23.?General Diaz has returned home and was receiv ed with an enthusiastic welocme. RUSSIAN DIAMOND SMUGGLERS CAPTURED Berlin, Dec. 23.?Russian smug glers have been captured attempt ing to bring over the border prec ious stones hidden in black bread and switches, one sandwich being studded with diamonds valued at millions of marks. WEIGHT OF CHILDREN Washington, Dee. 22.?The fed eral children's bureau reports that American hoys under six years of age average one-third to half inch taller and a pound heavier than j^irls. The negroes showed a de ficiency as compared with whites. SAILORS ANXIOUS FOR WORK Jacksonville, Fla.. Dec. 23.?Lo eal seafaring men have asked the shipping corporation that they be sent to sea on vessels at half the curi-ent wage in cash and the other half in stock of the corporation. -m> o ? RIVAL FOR JACK DEMPSEY'S TITLE New York. Dec. 24. ? Frank Rose, a Bohemian heavyweight, is suggested as a possible contender for Jack Dempsey's title as cham pion. .? <t> ? The Morse code requires a dash after each interval of financial ac tivity. * HROX, Established June 1, 1860. VOL. LII. NO. 39 a i .tum, eg ??- ? 1 BRITISH PLEA AGAINST USE OF SUBMARINES Great War Proved That They Are Ef fective Against Non - Combatants Only Washington, D^c. 22.?(By the Associated Press).?An 8,000 word communique by the armaments committee of the Washington con ference after today's meeting was in the form of a paraphrase of the statement made for the delegation of each power with respect to the British p-oposal that submarines be abolished as a naval weapon. The argument of Lord Lee. of the British admiralty, came first. It stated the view of the British gov ernment to be "that what was re quired was not merely restrictions on submarines, but their total and final abolishment." Lord Lee presented the follow ing estimates of respective subma rines tonnage: United States, 83,500; Great Brit ain, 80,500; Japan, 32,200; France, 28,360; Italy, 18.250. He pointed out that under the American proposals of 90,000 tons each for Great Britain and the United States and 54,000 for Japan, the United States could build 6,500 tons, Great Britain 9,500 and Japan 2.1,800. with the other two coun tries in proportion. "He felt bound to say," the para phrase continued, "that it seemed to him very strange to put J^foro a conference on the limitajHjfc of naval armaraer.t proposals dfHfced to foster and increase the t^^ of war vessels,* which, according to the British view, was open to more objection than surface capital ships." Lord Lee said friends of the sub marine contended that it was a legitimate weapon of weaker pow ers and an effective and economical means of defense for coast line tnd maritime communications. "Boit contentions could be challenged c technical grounds and "were clear ly disproved by recent history," the paraphrase said. Lord Lee declared that methods of location, detection and destruc tion 'of submarines had proceeded much further than the development of submarines themselves and greatly reduced the value of sub mersibles against modern war craft. He said he believed Ger many had used 375 U-boats, in the P war, of which 203 had been sunk and that* ihe capacity of the U-boats in "legitimate naval war fare" had bdfen "almost insignifi cant." "No less than 15,000,0 )0 British troops had crossed and recroesed the English channel during the war and not one mar. had been lost . from the action of submarines ex cept on board hospital ;-hips,'* the paraphrase declared. Lr.ttr "some 2,000.000 United States tioops had been brought across the Atlantic and the submarine had proved equally powerless," in their case, it added. "In fact," the communique con tinued, in presenting Lord Lee's argument, "the U-boate whether considered as an offensive or a defensive weapon against any sort of organised naval force had proved almost contemptible." Taking up the arguments as to coast lines, Lord Lee pointed out that Great Britani alone had al most a3 much coast to defend as all of tho other powers at the con ference combined or "four times the circumference of the globe." In addition, he added. Great Britain had the longest trade route to pro tect. "It was partly because our ex perience had shown that they were not effective that wa were ready to abandon submarines," Lord Lee said. "The late war had made it abundantly clear that the greatest peril to maritime communication was the submarine, and that penl was especially greet to a country which did not possess command of the sea on the surface. Hence, it was to the interest of any such power to get rid of this terrible menace." Lord Lee asserted that subma rines had "achieved real success" against merchant ships only and made the following summary of what German submarines had ac complished agauist mercantile ves sels in the war: "No less than 12,000.000 tons of shipping had been sunk, of a value of * 1,000,000,000 apart from their cargo. ' Over 20,000 noncombatants, men, women and children, had been drowned. It is true that this action had been undertaken t in violation of all laws both human and divine. The German excuse for it had been its effectiveness. They had used the same argument as in the case of poison gas which had set a precedent which appear ed likely to endure for all time now that nations had been driven to re sort to it." Lord Lee argued that the sub marine menace could be bani^.iv.d only by total abolishment from the sea, adding that this was the in tention of the treaty of Versailles, which forbade Germany to con struct submarnies for any purpose. You can tell we are a nation of idealists. The heroine of the nov el may ha poor and ignorant, but she always has shapely ankles.