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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
China and Japan Persuaded to
Negotiate Settlement of
Shantung Question.
LATTER'S STAND ON TROOPS
Hanihara Says They Must Be Main
tained in Manchuria —Negdtintions
for a Moratorium for Germany’s
Reparations Debt—lrish
Peace Plans All
Blocked.
Bv EDWARD W. PICKARD
HOW to bring Japan into line for
the solution of tlie problems be
fore the armament conference was the
question last week in Washington.
That appreciable progress iti the mat
ter was made was encouraging, for
the island empire lias many claims that
it does not willingly relinquish, if
there were no other reasons for ap
proval of the conference and confi
dence In Its final results, enough could
lie found in tjie fact that its doings
are condemned by (lie press of tier
many and by the “Friends of Irish
Freedom" in the United States. But
there are plenty of other reasons for
optimism.
Committee meetings, discussions by
expert advisory bodies and private
"conversations" were continuous
throughout the week, and from the
progress made It was deduced by tin*
most hopeful that the conference
might end the major part of its work
before Christmas. That tills meeting
can accomplish everything desired is
out of (lie question, so President Har
ding's suggestion (hat there la* a con
tinuing series of conferences is meet
ing with favor throughout the world.
Senator Borah naturally registered
his objection because lie fears the plan
woultl result in the formation of an
association of nations which would he
as had as lie considers (lie League of
Nations. The Fn'orli also are with
holding entire approval because it is
understood (lernnlny and Russia would
lie Invited to send delegates (o such
future conferences.
For the first time In two years
Chinn consented to treat directly with
Japan concerning the evacuation
Shantung. Secretary Hughes and Mr.
Balfour brought this about, persuad
ing the delegates of the two Asiatic
nations to meet In their presence and
thresh out the complicated problem,
it was agreed that their decision, if
they reached one. should he referred
to tin* full conference. China still
demands that the ownership and opera
tion of the Shantung railway he re
stored to her. If Japan yields In this
a settlement seems possible. As for
the withdrawal of troops from China.
Mr. Hanihara says Japan Is ready to
agree to this except In the ease of
Manchuria.* There lie insists, the re
tention of Japanese troops and police
is absolutely necessary to protect the
zone of the South Manchuria railway
from bandits. Moreover, he asserts,
It is lii accord with the treaty of Pe
king of 1005. Japan, according to the
di legiite. will withdraw its troops from
Shantung when China Is aide to pro
tect tin* railway from Hankow, from
north China when the powers agree
that conditions warrant it, and from
the line of the Chinese Eastern rnll
wny in Siberia “as soon its the evacua
tion of Siberia by the Japanese troops
is effected.”
Chinn's demand that extraterritori
ality la* abolished will la* referred to
a commission which is to report fifteen
months lienee. This indicates that an
other conference on tin* Far East is
contemplated, which Is in accordance
with President Harding’s idea.
It is up to Japan's delegation to
accept tlie Hughes 5-5-3 naval ratio,
for the Japanese naval advisors stand
put on tlielr demand that Japan lie
granted a TO per cent ratio. Tills is
voiced by Admiral Kato. The United
States absolutely will not yield in
this, and it is hacked by Great Britain.
It was freely predicted that unless the
Japanese gave in tile conference would
end quickly In failure —a disaster for
which Japan surely would hesitate to
take tlie responsibility. Two other
nations ore showing marked interest
in lids matter of ratio. France be
lieves her naval strength should lie
equal to that of Japan, and Italy
wants a navy as powerful as that of
France. It may he these claims will
prove distasteful to Great Britain,
which feels that she must maintain un
questioned control of tlie Mediter
ranean because that is her pathway
to India.
THE pernicious anti-French propa
ganda conducted by certain writers
in Washington took anew turn when
Stories were entiled to Italy telling how
Premier Brinnd had spoken roughly
and insultingly to Signor Sclianzer of
the Italian delegation. This was for
mally and flatly denied by Secretary
I-lughes, item* Vivian! and Senator
Sclianzer himself, but before tlie truth
could catch up with the falsehood
serious anti-French riots had taken
place in several Italian cities. Briand’s
farewell interview in New York also
was so distorted by tlie propagandists
that it was made to appear distinctly
unfriendly to Great Britain. Chancel
lor Wirtli of Germany drew up a note
of protest mi Rriand's speech to the
conference which should he highly
pleasing to Mr. 11. G. Wells, since it
denied In detail tlie truth of tlie pre
mier's statements and asserted ids in
sincerity.
HUGO Stlnnes, the Industrial mag
nate, Inis been in London in confer
ence with Lloyd George and other of
ficials. and Hr. Waltlier ltathenau, who
followed him is still there. Their
chief mission was to arrange a mora
torium for Germany’s reparations
debt, and theta* are strong indications
that they will be successful. If con
vinced that Germany will pay a part
but is unable to pay all, Lloyd George
probably will favor the plan, whici
Is approved by Sir John Bradbury, the
British member of the reparations
commission. The French member, M.
Dubois, is opposed to it. and if lie
cannot he converted It may be the
decision will rest with Colonel Logan,
who represents tlie United States on
tlie commission.
An nlterniftlve to the moratorium is
proposed by certain French authorities.
This Is a receivership for Germany as
a bankrupt, am} an autonomous Rhine
land to he exploited by the allies for
reparation purposes. Former Presi
dent Poincare has pointed out that
the treaty of Versailles gives tlie allies
.the right. In case Germany defaults,
to control her customs duties, taxes, ex
portations and coal production. lie
said tills must lie demanded if tlie rep
arations commission thinks it Is
obliged to give Germany further time.
Stinnes and Rnthenan, according to
reports, have also discussed with Eng
lish leaders various great industrial
propositions, extending even to a
European railway trust and tlie ex
ploitation of Russia.
SERIOUS riots broke out in Vienna
Thursday, due to the rising price
of bread. There was much looting of
shops, and many Americans were
robbed and roughly treated. The
stock exchange was wrecked.
ANOTHER crisis in the Irish peace
negotiations! And tills time it
certainly is a real crisis. Indeed, it
was the opinion of leaders on both
stiles that nothing short of a miracle
could Avert entire collapse of the
negotiations; and that in that ease
warfare would soon he resumed in
Ireland was taken for granted. Tlie
Ulsterites absolutely rejected the
latest British plan because It required
them to enter an all-Ireland parlia
ment. in which they would be in a
minority. When it was suggested that
a plan could be arranged by which
Ulster retained her existing rights un
til she changed her mind, the Sinn
Fein pence delegation replied that
such a tiling could not he considered.
The southern Irish Insist on nn un
divided island and are equally firm in
their refusal to swear allegiance to the
crown. Knmonn de Valera says they
have gone as far as they can or will
go. and though at tlie close of the
week British cabinet members were
searching earnestly for some hitherto
untried avenue to agreement, they were
almost hopeless.
It was semiofficially announced that,
THE NORTH GEORGIAN, CUMMING, GEORGIA.
whatever the status of the Irish
negotiations, Premier Lloyd George
would start for America on Saturday
to attend the armament conference.
At Sinn Fein headquarters in London
it vvus said that sucli a move on the
part of tlie premier would not he
viewed with patience or without sus
picion, for the reason that if Irish-
American support was weakened in
consequence of the premier’s visit to
the United States tlie Sinn Fein might
be forced to modify Its demands, upon
which it feels now in a position to per
sist.
Lord Rotliermere, brother of Lord
Northcllffe. suggests that, if the
negotiations fail, a cordon he drawn
around tlie six Ulster counties, all
British troops lie removed from Ireland
except those in Ulster, and an eco
nomic blockade of the rest of the island
established, the ports being closed by
tlie royal navy and all exports pro
hibited.
A SPECIAL committee from the
United States senate lias arrived
in Hayti to investigate tlie occupation
of that country and tlie Dominican
republic by American troops. Senator
McCormick of Illinois, chairman of the
committee, told the Hnytinns that
senators wore there as impartial and
loyal friends, “animated by a spirit of
collaboration, to seek an economic and
political basis for tlie future progress
of Hayti and to discover and assure
means for maintaining in your midst
social and administrative order, peace,
justice, education, and prosperity.”
THE general conclusions* of flie
report of the Wood-Forbes mis
sion to the Philippines were made
public last week. The gist of the
document is that the United States
should withdraw completely from the
islands, or else that the hand of the
American government there should he
strengthened. As for immediate in
dependence for the Filipinos the report
says: “We are convinced that it would
he a betrayal of the Philippine people,
a misfortune to the American people, a
distinct step backward in the path of
progress, and a discreditable neglect
of our national duty, were we to with
draw from tite islands and terminate
our relationship there without giving
tlie Filipinos the best chance possible
to have an orderly and permanently
stable government.”
The commissioners do not find
against the capacity of the Filipinos
for self government, but rather that
they have not had a fair chance. They
lack experience and trained leaders.
Congress is urged to give the gov
ernor general authority commensurate
with liis responsibilities, and it is
recommended that in case of a dead
lock between the governor general and
the Philippine senate in the eomflrma
tlon of appointments tlie President of
tlie United States lie authorized to
render final deeds! n. Such a deadlock
is already threatened over Governor
General Wood's appointments which
are being held up by the Philippine
senate.
THE federal railway labor board
on Thursday handed down a de
cision promulgating 148 new work
ing rules to govern the six railroad
shop crafts and supplanting the na
tional agreement of 1919. The rules
create for the shop crafts a modified
version of the oapn shop and, it is
believed, will result in a saving tif
$50,000,090 a year to the roads. The
unions affected have about 400,000
members and are flic sheet metal
workers, boiler makers, electrical
workers, car men, blacksmiths and
machinists. The minute classification
of work for the various crafts is
abolished by the new rules. A man
in one craft may do labor formerly re
stricted to members of another craft.
The board members stated, however,
that the principle of the open shop
now established will he more theo
retical than practical at the present
time. The hoard Is now ready to take
up requests for wage Increases and
cuts.
P OI,LOWING the example of their
l fellow workers in New York, the
5.000 members of the Ladies’ Garment
Workers union of Chicago went on
strike because the employers insisted
on restoring the piecework system.
Tills, say the employees. Is a return
to old sweatshop conditions.
ADJUSTING NAUY
REDUCTION PLAN
that anglo-japanese treaty
SHALL BE ABROGATED NOW
TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
TACITLY ASSUMED BY HUGHES
Questions of Shipyard Labor and
the Large Scale Building of Sub
marines Are of Especial Interest
to Great Britain.
By EDWARD B. CLARK
Washington.—-If the eiirting alli
ance between tlie British and the
iJapanese were to continue in effect
after tlie American secretary of state’s
navy proposition lias been accepted,
two alien countries would be as one
country dominating the United States
in the event of possible war. Naval
disarmament and the continuation of
the Britisli-Japanese treaty are de
clared here to be inconsistent one with
the other.
The United States would not have
made Its partial disarmament proposi
tion if it had not believed in advance
that the treaty between the two other
countries was to he abrogated. Tlie
British and the Japanese probably will
find a way to drop their alliance and
to do the dropping placidly.
In articles by tlie writer hereof,
which have been printed from time to
time, tlie statement has been made
that the British-Japanese treaty was
doomed,' and I believe that I had all
sufficient authority for the prediction.
In fact, for once in a lifetime, there
was a willingness to go on record as
a prophet with no fear in abiding tlie
issue.
Government authorities in Washing
ton seemingly hope today that the
country will not jump to the conclu
sion that, because certain exceptions
are taken to tlie Hughes navy program
by Great Britain and Japan, opposi
tion is meant. There are certain
natural objections, economic objec
tions largely, to a few of tlie pro
visions in the American program.
These will be pointed out and argu
ments for a few changes will be ad
vanced, but the program virtually in
its entirety will be carried through
to accomplishment.
Labor Problem Will Be Solved.
It is easy enough to understand
why countries with great warship
building yards should try to find some
means of letting their workmen
“down easy.” A ten-years’ naval holi
day will mean the scattering of
trained warship builders into fields
of other occupations. Certain replace
ments of ships are allowed under the
proposal. Great Britain is trying to
find a way to obviate tlie necessity of
increasing the difficulties of her pres
ent unemployment situation. A prop
er way, one which will not add to the
dangers of tlie peace of the world,
probably will be found.
The British conference chieftain,
Arthur J. Balfour, has announced that
Great Britain accepts tlie American
proposal in principle. Japan already
also virtually lias done this. There
will be discussions and some ex
changes which look like heated argu
ments, but the goal of naval disarma
ment sought by the United States will
be readied. It is believed today that
soon the whole matter as it pertains
to the navies of tlie three nations
chiefly concerned, will be cleared up.
Interest then will center largely on
matters pertaining to the restrictions
to be placed on new weapons of war
fare. Poison gas is first in the list
of interest as it is in tlie field of effi
ciency. The arguments over this
matter will he warm. It is predicted
that no restrictions will lie placed on
experimentation in tlie chemical field,
hut that some agreement will be
reached by which poison gas will be
taboo in war, but this will mean that
the taboo is on only if some other na
tion in wartime does not break it’s
word.
Great Britain and Submarines.
Naturally enough Great Britain ob
jects to a continuation of the building
of submarines on a large scale. The
United States in its proposition did
less in the way of cutting in the sub
marine paragraph of the program
than in any other of (lie paragraphed
propositions. Great Britain has a tre
mendous ocean-carrying trade and it
does not believe, therefore, in allowing
other countries, if it can be prevented,
to build great offensive submarines
which can destroy that trade.
The American navy officials recog
nized the validity of the British posi
tion from tlie Britisti point of view,
hut seemingly they think that domina
tion in one branch of the sea service
Is necessary to tills country. This
matter still is to be thrashed out.
The chances are that a compromise
will he reached.
Before the conference Is over it is
probable that the planting of mines
at sea in time of war will be given
consideration. There always have
been regulations which were supposed
to govern the creating of mine fields
and the prevention of mine sowing in
tlie paths of ordinary commerce.
These regulations were broken during
tlie great war. Some attempt will be
made to establish rules that will have
some chance of tieing effective if war
again unhappily shall come.
Some Knew of Hughes’ Plan.
An English writer has said that
Secretary of State Hughes’ navy re
duction proposal struck the visiting
delegates to the great conference
"straight between the eyes.”
This is only another way of saying
that the Visitors were
the point of being stunned >. ss
ness, the during and the abruptness
of the American secretary of states
navy cutting pronouncement •
truth, perhaps a good den
tonishment was more in the s
than in the reality. . i
There is conviction here that both
the British and the Japanese expecte
something of this kind. In ac .
can say almost that lie knows thej *
expected It.
A good many of tlie writers of com
ment on Washington affairs who *
tempted to forecast the proceeding
of the conference constantly 1
giving expression to wonder that t
United States did not suggest in ad
vance tlitit it might have something
concrete to propose in the way >
limitation of armaments. The sugges
tion was, apparently, that the ,S a •
War and Navy departments had bee
asleep. , ....
It seems that these writers should
have known that sanity of though
suggested that the United States, hav
ing called the conference, must or
necessity, in order to make it a success,
have something to propose at the out
set in the way of reduction of arma
ments.
No Cause for Resentment.
There were British subjects in Wash
ington who were not connected with
tlie conference in an official capacity
who felt some resentment that the
American secretary of state should
propose such a plan, without so much
as a courteous preparation of the
minds of the British and the Jap
anese delegates to receive it.
It is likely now that most of these
visiting foreigners who were in an
early mood of resentment have had
another thought on the subject It is
generally believed here that the British
and the Japanese delegates knew that
something concrete was coming from
Secretary Hughes, and while they did
not know its exact nature, they were
not dynamited out of their seats by
surprise when the “explosive" pro
posal came.
Something over a month ago the
British prepared a navy reduction
plan of their own. It was not in
tended, of course, for presentation to
tlie conference because tlie United
States being the inviting nation, the
British looked to us to take the initia
tive. But the plan was ready as a
basis for comparison with any plan
which was offered. This proves that
the British knew something of the
kind was coming and were ready to
meet it. It can he said with definite
ness that the British naval reduction
plan ran along tlie same lines of those
presented by the American secretary
of state.
Admiral Kato has spoken very free
ly about Japan's view of Secretary
Hughes’ proposal. Of course he can
not say, nor can anybody say, today
that the plan will he entirely* accepta
ble to Japan, but a Japanese authority
has told me that there is no question
at all that ultimately Japan will meet
the United States in its naval re
duction proposition, and perhaps even
may be willing to go it one better.
France's View Interesting.
Today it seems that the French
opinion of the proposed navy scrap
ping program is the most interesting,
because tlie French look at sea power
matters from a point aloof. I think
I may safely say that what follows is
substantially the French view:
"The peoples of the world will re
spond from their hearts to the proposal
for an actual beginning of limitation
of armaments. They once waited for
America to declare herself, ami later
powerfully to act in war. They know
America’s achievement after she once
had made the war proposal. They
know that her achievement in peace
will lie just as great now that she lias
made known her plan to blaze a trail
which will lead to tlie goal which the
masses seek.
“The words used by Secretary
Hughes meant action. When once
three great nations unselfishly strip
themselves of much , of their armor
the lesson must reach even tlie peoples
of those lands whose leaders still may
be aggressively inclined. They also
will so strip themselves. There is no
nation that does not look today, as dur
ing the years of war, to America for
moral leadership.
“America lias struck bodly. She will
win and tlie world will win with her
Tlie very force and disinterestedness
of her naval proposal must bring con
sent. The rest will follow.”
“Hungryometer.”
Most people eat when they are hun
gry or when it is meal time, but an
inventor has worked out a device by
which one may tell if it is “scientifical
ly” time to eat.
The “hungryometer” (as it is called)
works on the principle that our bodily
temperature depends chiefly upon food.
After we have eaten a heavy meal our
temperature rises. It is like shoveling
fuel into a furnace. More fuel, more
heat.
The “hungryometer” is maoe up of
a coiled thermometer arranged in a
case that will slip into the waistcoat
pocket. It keeps a record of the heat
of the body. When the temperature
falls below a certain point, it is time
to eat.
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