VOT. T,X 0 10 019 Entered at Po rl 1 a n d (Oregon)
VULl. liA -VJ. J..JJ.J Postofflce ., Second-Class Matter
rOltTLAXD, OREGON, FRIDAY, XOVE3IBER 4, 1921
26 PAGES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Nlr,D BUGLE CULL HEARD
CITY PAYROLL SHOWS $7000JN DIAMONDS
HARVEYSWATS
BRUMFIELD SUFFERS
NERVOUS TOOTHACHE
CONVICTED SLAYER TOO WEAK
TO WALK UPSTAIRS.
PHENOMENAL GROWTH
LISTED AS STOLEN
300Q MILES AWAY
Jl'DGE LEAVES AT MIDNIGHT;
COU11T CONVENES TODAY.
1914 TOTAL $11,803,000; THAT
ROBBERY OF APARTMENT IS
REPORTED TO POLICE.
OF 1020 $16,816,000.
BEEBE, SOBBING,
DEMIES ALL GUILT
Murder Suspect to Face
Linn Grand Jury.
POLlCYTO DISARM
ANOTHER
WORLD IS SHAPING
U. S.- Anglo -French Al
liance Impossible.
LORD DERBY'S HOPE DASHED
American Policy Fixed, Says
Ambassador.
WAR AFTERMATH VIEWED
Political Peace Established, but In
dustrial Peace Remains Yet
to Be Brought About.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 3. (By tne Asso
ciated Press.) George Harvey, United
States ambassador to Great Britain,
told an audience at the Liverpool
chamber of commerce tonight that
It was futile to hope that America,
as Iord Derby recently had been sug
gesting, may some day be brought
Into a definite alliance with England
and France. ,
This statement was made In a di
gression from an addresB on econom
ics anj the international industrial
situation, in which the ambassador
attacked communism and socialism
and defended Individualism. He re
called Lord Derby's statement in an
address In Birmingham, in which the
latter voiced the conviction that the
success of the Washington conference
would mean peace and that I'.s failure
would mean war in the immediate
future. He also recalled Lord Derby's
suggestion to ex-President Poincare
of France, that an Anglo-French al
liance would be desirable in the In
terests of peace. Intimating . the
"strong hope" that America might
eventually Join the combination.
America's Policy Unchanged.
"Now it seems to have been my un
happy lot since I have been In Eng
land," continued the ambassador, "to
dispel illusions respecting the atti
tude of the United States. I can con
ceive of no more effective service on
the part of an envoy than to set forth
frankly any certainty which may bear
on the immediate future, however
disappointing It may be to his hearers.
I feel impelled to say frankly that the
hope voiced by Lord Derby must be
regarded as futile.
"Our first president fixed the for
eign policy of the United States clearly
and unequivocally when' he adjured
his countrymen never to enter a per
manent alliance with any other power.
This policy has been reaffirmed by
practically all his successors. It was
reiterated with great positiveness in
our latest national campaign by our
present president and was confirmed
by a majority of the people.
Forget M, Says Harvey.
ln view of these circumstances,
am I doing more than stating the
wholly obvious and Inescapable fact
when 1 pronounce the entrance of
the United States Into any perma
nent alliance, however desirable that
action might seem, to be an utter im
possibility? May it not be, then, the
part of wisdom to avoid discussion
or even suggestion of a proposal
which, however praiseworthy it may
be, could hardly serve any purpose
other than to feed enemies and dis
tress friends of both Great Britain
and France who live In America?"
Ambassador Harvey in dealing with
world economics, said the aftermath
of the war was- hardly less discon
certing and devastating than was the
war.
"At the expiration of the ensuing
week," he continued, "we shall have
reached the beginning of the fourth
year following the armistice. Kven
then we shall only be approaching
what we hope may prove to be the
first definite and enduring settle
ments looking toward the lifting of
burdens and the establishmant of
international agreements or under
standings foreshadowing prosperity,
which can be attaini-d only through
the assurance of tranquil relations
amung the powers."
Industrial Teare Desired.
There was. he added, political peace
In a broad sense, and It was indus
trial peace that now was being sought
and which must be obtained.
"We must face the issue squarely
and manfully," he said, "as befits our
race. The first fundamental principle
that we must recognize Is that eco
nomic laws are superior to, legisla
tive enactments."
He declared supply and demand
constitute the basic law of all Indus
try and that a period of what nor
mally would be termed overproduc
tion should now follow the long pe
riod of underproduction. Instead, how
ever, he declared both England and
America had been persistent in under
production. "While the employer, reluctant to
Vlspose of present stocks at lower
prices. Is willing to sell for prices
approximating the ante-bellum stand
ard all goods hereafter produced," he
continued, "employes are asking more
money and shorter hours now and
still more money and still shorter
hours hereafter. On the part of both
employers and employes it Is a fatu
ous policy thus to mock the funda
mental laws of economics. It is a
perilous policy, which, if applied to
International affairs, immensely In
crease (lander of war. Applied to
(Concluded on Tag 4. Colu m cT.
Crowd Dense as Trial of Woman
Accused of Murdering Hus
band Conies to Close.
TWIN FALLS. Idaho, Nov. 3. At
midnight tonight the Jury In the case
of Lyda Meyer Southard, alleged mur
deress of Edward F. Meyer, her fourth
husband, was locked up for the night
and Judge Babcock left his chambers
In the courthouse. Court will convene
at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. The
closing hours of the final session were
taken up by the address of Frank L.
Stephan in rebuttal and the instruc
tions of the court to the Jury.
So dense was the crowd that it took
several minutes to clear the room
when the Jury finally filed out.
Paul Vincent Southard, husband of
the defendant, convinced of his wife's
Innocence, gave credence to a street
rumor that a verdict might be ex
pected at any moment and began ar
rangements for special hotel accom
modations for the night in which to
receive his wife.
EXILE TO GO TO MADEIRA
Arrangements Made to Kecelve
Charles and Zita.
LISBON, Nov. 8. (By the Associ
ated Press.; Arrangements have
been completed to receive ex-Emperor
Charles and ex-Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary
as exiles on the island
of Madeira, according to a telegram
today from Funchal. chief city of the
island.
BUDAPEST. Nov. 3. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) When Premier Bethlen
today introduced in the assembly the
bill calling for the dethroning of ex
Emperor Charles and the ousting-of
the Hapsburg dynasty from Hungary,
there were cheers for Charles by the
legitimatlsts.
Elsht days of mourning for Hun
gary because of the country's humilia
tion through the escapade of Charles,
has been ordered by the minster of
the interior. .
A
PIONEER OF 1852 IS DEAD
L. Matliews of Roseburg, Succumbs
to Fracture of Skull.
ROSEBURG, Or., Nov. 3. (Special.)
L. Mathews, 74, for the past 69
years a resident of this city, died this
morning as the result of a fractured
skull, suffered yesterday in a fall
from an auto truck lu which he was
riding. The truck was driven by his
son, Andrew Mathews. A sudden
lurch made by the machine threw the
passenger to the pavement. He was
removed at once to Mercy hospital,
and it was thought at first that he
would recover.
Mr. Mathews was born In Missouri
and came to Oregon In 1852. He
served with the Oregon volunteers in
the Civil war and then settled in
Roseburg. He leaves three sons, four
brothers and two sisters, all of whom.
reside in this city. The funeral will
K& Vulfl tn m nrrnur
LIBERTY BONDS WAY UP
Victory Issues Also " Reacli New
High Levels on Market.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3. All liberty
bonds and victory loan Issues today
reached new high records for the
year, presumably the result of the
federal reserve board's action in re
ducing rediscount rates.
Odd lots of victory 4s rose to par
during extensive trading in that issue,
with substantial gains recorded in
the liberty issues, notably the i
per cent series. The highest records
for victory 4a was 99.82, the low
est 94.70.
CLARK STATUE UNVEILED
Exploits in Northwest Epitomized
in Bronze Groups of 1 Figures.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Vs.. Nov. 3.
A bronze group epitomizing the
achievement of George Rogers Clark,
a native of Virginia, in exploring and
acquiring the northwest territory,
was unveiled today. Dr. Albert Le
fevre of the University of Virginia
faculty, presented the monument on
behalf of the donor, Paul Goodloe
Mclntyre, of Charlottesville.
The statue requires a pedestal 26
feet in length and comprises seven
figures. Clark, "Hannibal of the
West," on horseback. Is represented
as parleying with Indians.
2500 CARS ARE ORDERED
2 SOU Steel Uoiulola Coal Carriers
Arc to lie Built.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3. An order for
2500 steel gondola cdal cars, costing
about 14,500,000, was announced today
by H. K. Byram, president of Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.
This was said to be the largest or
der for railroad equipment placed
since the roads were returned from
government control,
LUMNI HEAD IS ACCUSED
Jackson I. JShanners Charged With
Grand Larceny.
BELLING HAM, Wash., Nov. 3.
Jackson P- Shanners, until recently
superintendent of the Lurani Indian
reservation near here, was charged
with grand larceny in an Information
filed in the superior court today.
Shanners is alleged to have cashed
a $50 check, without having funds in
the bank with which 'to secure It. He
is reported to be in Canada.
Notes as Distinct as
Though Sounded Nearby.
TEST FOR ARMISTICE DAY
Wires Carry Sounds From
San Francisco to Arlington.
ECHOES BOOM FOR YARD8
National Cemetery Nooks and Hol
lows Iteverberate to Latest Mar
vel In Communication.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 3. The
call of a bugle, the chime of bells
and the voice of men were swept
3000 miles across the cont'nent from
San Francisco today to be hurled out
over a wide stretch of ground about
Arlington national cemetery with
every note, every vibration of the
bells and every spoken . syllable as
distinct as though sounded a hundred
feet away. Yet the sounds originated
in San Francisco, the speaker stood
on the roof of the civic auditorium
there and the music came from pho
nograph records played in the build
ing on which he stood.
It was the dress rehearsal of the
mechanism by which President Hard
ing's voice, as he speaks the nation's
homage on Armistice day over the
casket of America's unknown dead
from France, will be carried to an
audience waiting before the ampli
fiers in New York and to another
thering in San Francisco. Tele-
aph wires by the thousands of
miles, linemen by the hundreds, tel
egraph operators by the score were
needed for the test, as they will be
needed on Armistice day.
X Doubts of Sneceae.
High officers of the army and the
officials of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company, which is
making this contribution to the mem
ory of the dead soldier, had no
doubts of that success after the first
sentence spoken' at San -Francisco
was clearly audible to them at a half
mile distance from the amplifiers at
Arlington.
Similarly, there ivas a long read
ing of speeches from the stage of
the amphitheater here to be carried
out over the wires to San Francisco.
The voice of the reader went on and
on, and the few who witnessed the
test, first listened to this from every
point about the great marble struc
ture to a distance of more than half
Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.)
WE UNDERSTOOD THIS
Value of Products Increased From
$55,697,000 to $196,380,000,
According to Census Bureau.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, Nov. 3. While the
number of manufacturing establish
ments in Portland grew only from
837 to 849 in the period from 1914 to
1920, the number of persons engaged
in such establishments increased from
14,421 to 31,469, according to a report
made by the census bureau today. In
the same time the payroll grew from
111,803.000 to $46,816,000 and the value
of products from $55,697,000 in 1914
to $196,380,000 in 1920.
In the same period Salem's manu
facturing establishments' grew from
67 to 84, the number employed from
934 to 1341, the payroll from $552,000
to $1,504,000 and value of products
from $2,846,000 to $9,435,000.
Astoria's establishments grew from
57 to 78, persona employed from 1375
to 1641, payroll from $1,063,000 to
$2,447,000 and value of products from
$4,587,000 to $13,399,000.
Eugene had 51 manufacturing es
tablishments in 1920 as compared
with 37 in 1914, and in the same
period the number of persons em
ployed increased from 322 to 649, pay
roll from $206,000 to $582,000 and
value of products from $810,000 to
$2,442,000.
HOME WRECKED BY TRAIN
Domicile Being Moved Across
Tracks Is Demolished.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Nov. 3.
William R. Smith Jr. of Cornish, Utah,
is today without a home as a result
of an Oregon Short Line train de
molishing it, according to word re
ceived here.
Smith was moving his three-room
frame house across the railroad tracks
to a new location, when a train came
around a curve and crashed into the
structure. The furniture, which was
in the house, was reduced to frag
ments and littered the right-of-way.
U. S. ROAD BILL PASSED
Measure Providing $75,000,000
for Highways Goes to President.
WASHINGTON, D. C Nov. 3. The
$75,000,000 good roads bill for federal
aid in highway construction was en
acted finally today and now goes to
President Harding for approval.
The senate tonight adopted the
conference report, which previously
had been approved by the house.
NESTOS' MAJORITY 4011
Returns From All but One Precinct'
in North Dakota.
FARGO, N. D., Nov. S. The major
ity of R- A.. Nestos. Independent,
elected governor of North Dakota In
Friday's recall election, was 4011.
This was according to unofficial re
turns today from all but one pre
cinct. WAS TO BE STRICTLY A
Mrs. A. C. Boucher, Wife of Oper
ator of Traveling Carnival, Says
$1200 Mink Cape Was Left
Theft of diamonds valued at about
$7000 from her apartment at 20V4
Grand avenue was reported to the
police last night by Mrs. A. C. Boucher,
whose husband is a cafe proprietor
and operator of a traveling carnival
which at present is stored in Portland.
jtrs. Boucher said she was absent
from the apartment from the morn
ing of November 2 to 8 P. M. Novem
ber 3 and that during that time some
one entered it with an ordinary paes
key, pried the lock from her trunk and
took the Jewelry, overlooking a $1200
mink cape which hung in plain sight.
She was unable to give Detectives
Price, Hellyer and Leonard, who In
vestigated, any' Information which
would assist them in solving the bur
glary. Among articles taken, which Mrs.
Boucher said were insured with a
Portland firm, were the following:
One pair gold drop diamond earrings,
each of three karats, white stones set
in platinum; one woman's diamond
ring, 2 karat, white Tiffany setting;
two woman's rings set with white dia
monds, l'A karat. Tiffany setting; one
cluster ring set with three emeralds
and 18 or 20 diamonds, each diamond
of V karat; two rings, cluster of dia
monds set in platinum, about -karat
white stones; one genuine pearl neck
lace, pink, the largest about the size
of a pea.
BROTHERS FOUND DEAD
Two Fatalities at Seattle Evidently
Due to Gas Poisoning.,
SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 3. James
C. Dahl and Albert Dahl, trothers,
each apparently between 25 and 30
years old, were fomd dead early this
morning in a hotel at Kenton. Death
apparently was due to gas poisoning,
though whether suicidal or accidental
had not been ascertained today by
Coroner W. H. Corson.
The two young men had registered
their address as Crookston, Minn.
The door and window of their room
were closed and a gas heater was
turned on when the hotel proprietor,
aroused by the smell of gas, investi
gated. WOMAN SUICIDE ON TRACK
Powers, Or., Resident Steps In
Front of Logging Locomotive.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Nov. 3. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. J. B. Hill of Powers,
aged 35, stepped in front of an ap
proaching Smith Powers logging train
and was run down end killed last
night. Fireman Langston, who saw
the woman's act, expected her to
cross the tracks, but was dumb
founded when she halted before the
locomotive. Just as it was upon her.
The coroner's Jury declared the case
to be suicide.
BEAR-HUNTING EXPEDITION,
PRELIMINARY HEARING HELD
Killing of John and William
Painter Is Charged.
NO REMORSE MANIFESTED
Grief Appears to Be Over Alleged
Injustice of Confinement in
Linn County Jail.
ALBANY. Or.. Nov. 3. (Special.)
While protesting his innocence, Car
son Douglas Beebe, so named by his
parents but known generally as Pete
Beebe, was bound over today without
ball to await the action of the Linn
county grand Jury on two separate
charges of murder in the first degree
This action followed a preliminary
hearing held this forenoon before Jus
tice of the Peace Olliver.
District Attorney LeweUing filed
two complaints. In one of which Beebe
is accused of the murder of John
Painter, and in the other of the mur
der of William Painter, the former's
l-year-old son. October 19 was
given as the date of the commission
of each murder. The bodies of the
two men were ur.earthed Tuesday
from a grave In the timber on the
elder Painter's farm, between Lebanon
and Lacomb.
After the hearing xieeoe was re
turned to the Linn county Jail, where
he must remain until the next session
of the grand Jury, which, will prob
ably be held the last week of this
month. Under normal conditions
Beebe will be tried at the next term
of the circuit court, which convenes
December 5.
Beebe Sobs In Cart.
From the time he entered the Jus
tice court until he left Beebe sat with
head bowed, either in his hands or
resting on one hand placed across the
back of a chair. During much of the
time he cried and sometimes sobbed.
When officers told him to "brace up"
his answers indicated that he was
crying because of the alleged injus
tice of keeping him in Jail rather
than remorse for a crime he may have
committed.
"I ain't done nothing to get In here.
I didn't do it." he said when Sheriff
Kendall told him to stop crying. Pris
oners In the Jail said he cried most of
last night.
When Beebe was brought before
Justice Olliver he showed absolute
Ignorance of court procedure. It was
impossible to make him comprehend
the nature of the proceeding. When
the court asked him If he wanted an
attorney he didn't know. "Whatever
Is best." he said.
Court Appoint Connatel.
The officers told him they wanted
to be fair with him: that he should
consult an attorney, and gave him an
opportunity to secure one. He said
he had no money to hire an attorney,
so Justice Olliver appointed Gale S.
Hill, for many years district attorney
of Linn county, to defend him.
Beebe's attitude did not change as
District Attorney Lewelling read the
two complaints, embracing charges,
conviction on either of which may
mean death. When the district attor
ney read the part of the first com
plaint charging him with shooting
John Painter he ejaculated "I never
done It."
After a brief consultation Mr. Hill
said Beebe desired a preliminary
hearing and this was held at once.
The hearing was comparatively brief.
Sheriff Kendall related the facts dis
closed by the Investigation regarding
the commission of the crime and
Beebe's conflicting statements. The
defendant did not take the witness
stand at ail.
Though Intense interest Is mani
fested in the case here only a few
were present at the hearing today.
This was due to the fact that it was
not known at what time the arraign
ment of the alleged murderer would
take place.
Beebe's rarr.ta Notified.
Though this is the third day Beebe
has been in jail here, accused of a
double murder, no member of his
family' has come to see him. His
father, Carson C. Beebe. and a
brother, George Beebe, were in Albany
yesterday at the request of officers,
but did not go near the Jail.
In fact. Beebe's parents had not
heard of his arrest until yesterday
afternoon, when Sheriff Kendall went
to their home eight miles east of
Albany to request the father and
George to come to Albany as the dis
trict attorney wished to ask them
some questions regarding Pete and
the gray team of John Painter which
Pete had taken to his father's farm
the day after Painter and his boy
were slain. Pete had told his parents
that Painter and the boy had both
left the farm, leaving him In charge
and turning the personal property
over to him.
Mr. and Mrs. Beebe had not learned
that the bodies of the murdered men
had been unearthed or that their son
had been charged with the crime.
Apparently the Beebes did not fully
(.Concludes, on P Column 4.)
Penitentiary Warden to Return Re
movable Bridge to Dentist's
Mouth; Little Food Eaten.
SALEM. Or., Nov. 3. (Special.)
Dr. Richard M. Brumfield, who arrived
at the Oregon state penitentiary Mon
day night from Roseburg under death
sentence for murdering Dennis Rus
sell of Dlllard. Douglas county, was
weaker today than at any time since
he entered the prison. This was an
nounced by K. H. Compton, warden of
the penitentiary, tonight.
The warden said that Dr. Brum
field today was suffering from severe
toothache, but because of his weak
condition he was unable to walk up
the long flight of stairs leading from
the main corridor to the hospital. As
a result of his weakened condition
the prison dentist was unable to ad
minister any permanent relief to the
patient today. N
The removable bridge taken from
the dentist's mouth following his ar
rival at the prison Monday night will
be returned to him tomorrow, the
warden said. The bridge was exam
ined closely by penitentiary officials
and they scouted the report that it
was used by Dr. Brumfield in his re
cent attempt to commit suicide while
occupying a cell In the Roseburg Jail.
The character of the cuts, they said,
Indicated that the dentist used a sharp
razor blade.
Dr. Brumfield has eaten but little
food since he entered the prison. His
chief diet is milk, egg-rfogg and
other liquids. Should he continue to
grow weaker It may be necessary to
remove him from his cell to the hos
pital ward of the prison. In this
event he will be under the watchful
eye of special guards at all times.
Mrs. Brumfield, who is making her
home at Willamina, has not visited
her husband since Tuesday.
MAN, 109, DIES SUDDENLY
Centenarian Found Dead in Bed
Had Not Been III.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., Nov. J.
Rafael Olquin, 109 years old, was
found dead In oed at his residence at
Sandoval, near here, today. He had
not been 111 and had led an active
life despite his age.
He is survived by six sons and four
daughters.
$231,487,500 IS ALLOTTED
Subscriptions for Treasury Certifi
cates Total $811,064,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 3. Sec
retary Mellon announced tonight al
lotment of S23i.487.500 of the treas
ury's recent combined offering of 4'A
per cent and 414 per cent certificates.
Subscriptions for the new issues, i
he said, totaled $811,064,000. .
TRAIN WRECK INJURES 17
Engine and First Couch Derailed
Xear Lewis Centre, O.
COLUXrBUS. O., Nov. 3. Seventeen
persons were Injured when the en
Bine and first coach of a Pennsylva
nia passenger train en route from
Columbus to Sandusky, O., were de
railed at Lewis Centre, near here,
today.
None was Injured seriously.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature. 54
degrees; lowest, 40; cloudy.
TODAY'S Cloudy and threatening, proba
bly followed by rain.
Foreign.
Ulster premier to Join In London confer
ence. Page 8.
U. S.-Anglo-Kreneh alliance Impossible, de
clares Ambassador Harvey. Pace 1.
National.
City's payroll shows remarkable growth,
according to census report. Page 1.
Committee probe of hanging charges may
he dropped. Page 6.
$430,000,000 total cut In United Statea ex
penditure for fiscal year 11122. Page 8.
Prince Tokugawa, head of the Nipponese
arms delegation, urges peace. Page 6.
Senate big factor in arms meeting. Page 3.
Senate rejects sales tax. Page 2.
Election of Governor Wil3oa causes gen
eral upset in New Jersey, saya Tumulty.
Page 2.
Bugle call heard 3000 miles away. Page 1.
Policy to disarm world shaping. Page 1.
Pomeatie.
New York threatens to distribute milk.
Page 8.
Carriers to give notice of new pay cut.
Page 9.
Mine unions plan injunction fight. Page 4.
Cincinnati looking for better tlmea. Page 4.
New York women repudiate birth-control
resolution. Page 6.
Pacific Northwest.
Southard murder case at Twin Falls.
Idaho, goes to Jury. Page 1.
Parents take home 7-year-old slayer.
Page 7.
Beebe. murder suspect In Linn county Jail.
aaserta he is Innocent. Page 1.
Brumfield suffers nervous toothache.
Page 1.
Sport.
Willis is booked to fight Martin. Page IK.
Everett high school to play Columbia to
day. Page 14.
Big Ten conference la football puzzle
. Page 14.
Commerce defeats Benson, 14 to 13. Page
14.
Plane nose dives In 1.10-mlle race. Paga 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Lccal wheat pricea at lowest point sines
11113. Page 17.
Chicago wheat slumps with no foreign de
mand. Page 17.
Stock prices advance with cut In rediscount
rates. Page 17.
Vew York terminal to be ready to handle
northwest lumber In SO days. Pago 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Salvatore Samaena, pianist and orchestra
leader, divorced. Page 18.
1925 fair Oregon's opportunity, declares
Harry Frank of New York. Page 20.
Budget for county farm la approved.
Pag lU.
Chamber Is after big new ships. Page 20.
Reserve banks cut note circulation. Page
1.
ToO diamond rubbery of east aide apart
ment reported. lage 1.
l
America to Propose Far
Reaching Reduction.
SALIENT FEATURES OUTLINED
Public Opinion to Play Part
in Conference.
NAVIES FIRST SUBJECT
Questions of Far Eastern Diplo
macy Not to Be Kept Long In
Background at Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 3.
(By the Associated Press.) The poli
cies and programme of the American
delegation to the armament confer
ence are beginning to assume definite
outline and If the expectations of
official Washington are realized the
opening day will see a sequence of
developments something like this:
Presentation of a concrete Ameri
can plan for far-reaching reduction,
of naval armament.
Consideration of such troublesome
problems of the far east as may
naturally project themselves Into the
picture.
Meantime, an effort by the United
States to keep the negotiations in
the open so that public opinion may
exert its pressure toward r radical
accomplishment.
Salient features of the American
naval armaments proposal have been
established and, although details re
main to be fixed, there Is reason to
believe the reductions suggested will
be sweeping enough to convince the
world that the United States meant
business when It called the confer
ence. Long Study May He Aakrd.
It would cause no surprise If lead
ing naval powers found It necessary
to submit the plan of this government
to long study before they determine
on their course. Should the reduc
tions proposed prove unacceptable It
Is believed likely that the American
delegates, having one taken the Ini
tiative, would invite the powers to
present some concrete counter-proposal.
All evidence surrounding the con
ference of the American big four with
their naval advisers has pointed to
inclusion of a set of maximum reduc
tion figures In the plan to be pre
sented by this government.
It Is concciv,blo among American
officers that some far eastern prob
lems may be brought eharpiy Into
Issue as soon as replies are made to
(he Initial proposal of this govern
ment for naval reductions. Naturally,
other powers will desire to set forth
their reason for the attitude they
take, and In the consideration of these
rtusona the conference may swing
away from the question of armament
for the moment and address Itself to
the causes for armament.
Public to Get Facta.
Determination of the American gov
ernment that these exchanges shall
be kept as far as possible from the
realm of underground diplomacy was
reiterated today. Officials say their
plans for giving publicity to the pro
ceedings are so complete as to assuro
the press fullest Information consist
ent with public policy and give publio
opinion ample opportunity to play an
intelligent part in shaping decisions
of the delegates.
Secretary Hughes, chairman of the
American delegation, is expected to
hold dally conferences with news
paper correspondents, and in addition
It is possible frequent statements may
be Issued.
No official has been willing to re
veal details, bat there has been ap
parent a desire to lay bare at the
outset of the negotiations, the full
extent to which the United States
would be willing to go In limitation of
armament.
Naval Arms to Be First.
The Impression that such a method
may not lead to an Immediate agree
ment has been given color by the ap
parent intention of some other pow
ers to pursue an opposite course and
enter the conference setting a high
figure as the measre of the naval ar
mament they consider requisite, to
their national safety. Japan has in
dicated she would suggest the neces
sity of maintaining a navy equal to
any which might enter her sphere in
the far east, a proportion which naval
experts say Is well in excess of her
present power.
The naval armament question is
considered certain to be the first to
occupy attention of the conference,
but it is not the expectation of offi
cials that the live problems of far
eastern diplomacy will remain long
In the background. As the conference
Is viewed in prospect. It is believed
that the diplomatic and armament
angles may develop simultaneously
so that Instead of having a fixed pro
gramme of consecutive subjects, the
delegates will fall Into the practice of
considering this or that problem as
occasion may bring It to the front.
The American delegation held no
meeting today but Secretary Hughes
and other hlgn officials spent much
of the day receiving special calls
from foreign delegations. Four cl
the delegation, the Japanese,
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