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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, NOVE3IBER 22, 1021 i t 0 T PROGRESS L Experts Award Formal Meet ing to Big Three. AMERICAN DATA SOUGHT Nature of Material Not Disclosed; Japan Not Committed to Flve-Flve-Thrce Ratio. WASHINGTON'. T. C, Nov. 21. (By the Associated Press.) There were strong indications today that definite progress toward an agreement on American proposals for naval reduc tion and limitation was being made, although no definite action was taken. The "big three" of the arms lim itation conference Secretary Hughes, A. J. Balfour and Admiral Baron Kato met in Mr. Hughes' office. Kach was aided by the chief naval experts of each power, but so far as could be learned the discussion did not set bevond further talk, over ng ure as to tonnage and other matters in the American plan. The fact that the experts had made such nroirress as to award the formal meeting to the heads of the three delogations chiefly concerned in the naval programme was regarded as significant, however, ana roresnauuw ing some early conclusion. Anrftber Meeting Likely There was evidence that during the conference the American experts were asked for and also received further particulars as to the American pro posals. Mr. Hughes, Mr. Balfour and Baron Kato were forced to leave for the far eastern conference before the experts were ready to separate, but it appeared probable that there would be a further meeting tomorrow when the additional data presentedvtoday had been received. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, presi dent of the sub-committee of naval experts; Admiral Coontz and Rear Admiral Pratt, chief American ad visers, went at once to the navy de partment on leaving Secretary Hughes' office and work started im mediately on getting up the data re quested of the American group. The nature of this material was not dis closed. There is no indication that any change in the American proposed "five - five - three" ratio of fleet strength will be considered by the American group. That ratio, how ever, under the American proposal would not apply for ten years or until replacements begin at the end of the ten-year building holiday. Jniian Not Committed. American naval opinion does not easily accept any suggestion that ad ditional shinp to those proposed in Mr. Hughes' plan be retained by any power. That was based on the fleets as they were on November 11 as the "zero hour" for application of a cut and decade of building. The Japanese contended, it is understood, that the battleship Mutsu, proposed to be scrapped, was actually so nearly a finished ship on that date that she should be retained. In that event, it seemed highly probable the United States would retain one or two of the new battleship now afloat, but which she has offered tg scrap. The point has not been threshed out yet by the experts, however, nor has Japan def initely committted herself, it is held, to the five-five-three replacement ratio. Nippon Answer Awaited. Other phases of the American pro gramme were under discussion today. Representations were understood to have been made by British and Japa nese experts as to the effect the American plan would have in connec tion with the obsolescence of ships during the ten-year period, the shape each navy would be in at that time, and other highly technical institu tions which the experts alone can appreciate and understand. It was said in some quarters that the Amer ican group admitted that all of these considerations were not fully re reviewed in shaping the proposal. That study now is In progress along several lines by all experts. In anv case, however, the British have given unqualified indorsement, according to authorized British spokesmen, to the fundamental princi ple of the American plan, the "five-five-three" ratio, and settlement of tbis vital first point awaits Japan final answer. American opinion re gards other matters as routine to a large extent. STOCK SHOW BIG AFFAIR INTERNATIONAL) EXPOSITION AT CHICAGO NOV. 2 6-DEC. 3. Valuable Animals Assembled From Two Continents Intended to Increase Wealth of Nation. CHICAGO, Nov. 21. The interna tiorral livestock exposition at the Un- ion stock yards, November 26 to De- cejnber 3, was instituted primarily J for the improvement of domestic, animals but it has, In the two decades of its successful operation, acquired other phases until its many diversions place it in the front rank of national entertainments, in addition to its standard educational features, accord ing to officers of the exposition. Dur ing the even spectacles there will appear the aristocracy of the equine species a horse show with the added attractions of cattle and sheep. Here the east and west will actually meet, the cow pony contesting popularity with the blooded riding horse, the coacher and the Jumper. The most valuable seed stock In the world, cattle, swine and sheep are as sembled from two continents, consti tuting an international exhibit in the broadest sense of the term. There will also be a grain and hay show. According to officials the mission of the International livestock exposi tion is economy of production, there by increasing the wealth of the na tion, directing the vision of this gen eration into profitable channels. New Law to He Reviewed. WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 21. Re cent legislation by congress regulat ing future trading In grains and pro viding for the admittance to member ship in grain exchanges of co-operative farmers' associations will be re viewed by the supreme court. An nouncement was made by the court that arguments In the case would be ':eard the week beginning January V Posi master Fight Is On. I'ROSSER, Wash., Nov. 21. (Spe cial.) Gordon Moores may not get 11 PLAN SEEN (the appointment as postmaster at Kennewick, despite the fact that Representative Summers announced that he had decided to recommend Mr. Moores. It was understood that Dr. Summers controlled the appoint ment. County and municipal politics have since been stirred from top to bottom and great bitterness has de veloped among the rivals who seek the Kennewick postmastershlp. Mr. Moores threw the whole matter open to further adjustment by telegraph ing to Representative Summers ask ing that he withdraw his Indorse ment. He then agreed with the other candidates that they would Jointly submit to the regular civil service tests to determine who Is best quali fied of the various applicants. Of ficials influential .In the appointment are lending further effort to de termine which candidate is the most popular among the patrons of the Kennewick postofflce. FIRMS ARE INCORPORATED Palm Investment Company Is One of New Institutions. SALEM, Or., Nov. 21. (Special.) The Palm Investment company, with a capital stock of $5000, has .been Incorporated by Charles J. Dondero, J. A. C. Fruend and Gerald Goodsell. Headquarters will be in Portland. The articles) of incorporation were filed in the state corporation department here today. Hugo Koch, J. T. Edwards and Luclle Koch have incorporated the Standard Commercial company with a capital stock of $5000. The head quarters will be in Portland. The Panthorn Dye Works has been Incorporated by Corwln Van Pelt, S. Pollitt and Eva J. Pollltt. The capital stock is $2000 and headquarters will be in Portland. CHATTEL LOAN IS COSTLY Mortgage Holder Pays $111 Costs to Protect 92 75 Interest. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov.. 21. (Special.) Otto Michaells of Camas today found that it had cost him $111 to collect a chattel mortgage for $275 on a barber shop and he has a barber shop on his hands. Mr. Michaelis took a chattel mort gage on a barber shop In Washougal. the property of R. R. Flanagan. About two weeks ago ' Flanagan was ar rested In Portland on a charge of passing worthless checks. He is yet in Jail. Michaells got judgment against Flanagan and the barber shop was sold, Michaells being the only bidder. He had to pay $150 to protect himself POWERS AGREE ON CHINA (Continued From First Pa ire.) opportunity for the commerce and equity of all nations throughout the territory of China. "4. To refrain from taking ad vantage of the present conditions in order to seek special rights or priv ileges which would abridge the right of the subjects or citizens of friendly states and from countenancing action inimical to the security of such states." Tuberculosis Percentage Falls.- SOUTH BEND, Wash., Nov. 21. (Special.) Strenuous efforts are be ing made by County Agricultural Agent Beck to free Pacific county cows of tuberculosis. In four years the percentage of infected cows has fallen from 1.04 to .24, a drop to one fourth the former percentage. The work of cow testing was introduced only five years ago and a record has been kept for but four years. Through the efforts of the county agent, more than 90 per cent of the herds in the county were signed up for the test this year and so good was the show ing that the federal ' district agri culturist was assigned to Pacific county to carry on his work. The agent hopes to have tested 99 per cent of the cows in the county by January. This district shows a very small percentage of tubercular cows in this year's testing. Union Pacific Train Service East During the Storm Blockade. During the storm blockade between Portland and The Dalles the Union Pacific will operate twe eastbound trains dally until further notice as follows: One train will leave Portland Union station at 9 A. M., but will run via Tacoma, Yakima and Umatilla, thence east via Pendleton. The other train will leave Portland Union station at 8 P. M.. running via Tacoma, Yakima and Umatilla, thence east via Pendleton. No. 12, the regular train for Spo kane leaving Portland at 7:30 P. M., will be annuled. There will be local service between The Dalles and Walla Walla via Pendleton, also between Umatilla and Spokane and between Pendleton and Spokane. There is no service on the Bend, Shaniko, Condon or Heppner branches. Adv. For Colds, Grip or Influenza and as a Preventive, take Laxative BROMO QUININE TableU. The genuine bears the signature of K. W. Grove. (Be aure you get BKUMO.) 80c. Adv. Object to burning $ $ $ uselessly? Phone Broadway 70. Edlefsen's. Adv. Read The Oresronian classified ads. (Three Friendly Gentlemen VIRGINIA BURLEV TURKISH The perfect blend of the thret perfect cigarette tobacco in one perfect cigarette one-eleven cigarettes 20forl5 I A yione C eleven CHlfJA IS HELPLESS, JAPANESE ASSERT Pekin Government Held Inept, Irresponsible. AUTHORITY COUNTED JEST So-Called Republic Declared Fie tlon Financial Aid and Direc tion Held Imperative. BY ADACHI KINNOSUKE. (Copyright by the New T.irk World. Pub. lished by Arrangement. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 21. The following la not an officially stated Japanese view of the far eastern questions. Quite the contrary, but it represents the views - and senti ments of the Japanese people con cerning the Chinese declarations. Both the ten demands the Chinese presented before the conference and the Japanese comments on them given out through Admiral Kato are really meaningless. "Integrity in China." '"the open-door policy," and all the rest have been a regular football in international conversations (and largely conversations only) over that hopeless country for more than a quarter of a century past. They have whiskers on them and are about as old as many other diplomatic Jokes which have been insulting the Intelli gence of the patient public with an astounding longevity. What is the use, say a number of Japanese here, of the great powers of the world sitting in conference here In Washington and solemnly en gaging themselves to "respect and observe the territorial integrity and political administrative Independence of the Chinese republic,-1 when there is no such thing as "the Chinese re public" save in the comfortable imag ination of the, gentlemen of the Chinese delegation who represent the Pekin government? Authority Mere Jest. What is this Pekin government? In the very metropolitan province of Chili, in which Pekin is situated, there are quite a number of spots, according to recent reports. In which its authority is a mere jest. Out side of the province of Chili it does not take a prophet to see how the commands of the Pekin government are regarded by the people at large, and by the tuchuns. and by the civil governors, for that matter. Witness, for example, what hap pened when the Pekin government commanded the tuchuns of several provinces, including Chang-Thos-Lin, of Manchuria, to go and retake Urga, the capital city of Mongolia, from the Russians under Baron Ungerstern burg. Under such conditions, just what Is the value of Chinese assur ances such as the following; "China, being in full accord with the principles of the so-called door of equal opportunity for the com merce and industry or all nations, is prepared to accept and apply it in all parts of the Chinese republic without exception." Does Mr. Alfred Sze mean that the government which he and his colleagues represent can carry this promise out in that section of China under the sway of the so-called Can ton government? Canton Not Represented. It Is no state secret that the Pekin government which he and his col leagues represent could not induce the southern government to aaa a representative or' two of Its own to the Chinese delegation to the Wash ington conference. Does Dr. Alfred sze mean mai timist. Even so, does his optimism think it within the realm of practical politics, for example for the present Pekin government to mane jr. sun government at Canton cancel a cer tain concession ror executive ex ploitation of coal and other re sources In the province of Kuang Tong, to a certain British Interest by merely commanding it to ao do.' Again, if the powers were to agree to take away existing limitations uDon China's political. Jurisdictional and administrative freedom of action, who is going to assure the powers that the life and property of foreign residents In China will be protected In a way that will satisfy American, European and Japanese governments and peoples? Is the present Pekin government going to do this? If HAZELWOOD ORCHESTRA J. N. F. Colburn, Director TONIGHT'S PROGRAMME 6 to 8 and 9:30 to 11:30 - 1. March, "Lorraine". . .Ganne 2. "Summer Days" H. S. Perkins 3. "Serenade, Roccoco" Helmund 4. Intermezzo, "Al Fresco".. Victor Herbert 5. Song, "If You Could Care" H. Darewski 6. Selection, "Fortune Tell er" Victor Herbert 7. "When Shall We Meet Again?" .. Egan and Whiting 8. Fox Trot, "Oh Me, Oh My" V. Youmans A delightful programme every night, 6 to 8 and 9:30 to 11:30. Washington St. Hazelwood CONFECTIONERY and RESTAURANT 388 WASHINGTON STREET Near Tenth STOUT - LYONS DRUS CO. ONE-CENT SALE- NOW GOING ON! YOU CAN BUY A $5 CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR Ic Both 9trel THIRD A NO MORRISON AND WASHINGTON flHEET, NEAR FIFTH. it wished to do so, has It the power, even in the metropolitan province of Chili, in which Pekin is located, let I alone In all parts of the 18 provinces oi China?, These are the things which may- make the Japanese say: New Realme Essential. "Would It not be a good Idea to make sure of a house before we worry too much about Its wall dec orations and arrangements of rooms? Therefore the Japanese public opinion looks to the Washington conference to discuss the ways and means to lift China out of the chaos of official corruption and official tangles which once bore the proud name of the mid dle kingdom. And If the conference cannot do It now, then evolve a prac tical method In trying to help the Chinese to build a new regime out of the wreck of the old."- It may be noble and "eloquent to discourse learnedly of the democratic ideals of the Chinese republic before the world conference, but would it not be asking too much of the pres ent minister of finance at Pekin to realize them? For when he is being tormented every day by half-starved university professors and hungry Judges, who even sometimes go to the length of boxing the ears of his ex cellency, the latter must indeed be more than human, not only to ling of the glories of Utopia, but to trans late the dreams into facts. An Associated Press report, dated Pekin, November 18, told of a "heavy run on all the Chinese banks" and that "the Inspector-general of the imperial maritime customs declined to save the critical situation with the 14,000,000 taels of trust funds in his hands." Finances la Bad Way. The downfall of practically all the dynasties which ever reigned over China has always been heralded by one and the same Inevitable sign, the utter collapse of Its finances. That is a historic fact which has been clear to students of Chinese history for many thousands of years, so that a man running along the highway must see and read Its meaning. This Is the reason why the present condi tion of the Pekin' government seems to carry an ominous meaning. And this also Is the reason why the first efforts of all the friends of China should be centered along the line of financial assistance to China In some really helpful way and this naturally involves some sort of foreign control of Chinese finance, which does not appeal to the Chinese officials in the least. But It Is becoming more and more plain that the good medicine is bitter to the mouth, especially to the taste of some of the soft-money art ists of China; but there seems to be no help for It. NEWBERRY GASE TO WHIT TILTS BETWEEN' -DEMOCRATS ENLIVEN SENATE'S DAY. Fight Makes Way for Conference Report on Revenue Measure and Vote Is Not Set. WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 21. The Ford - Newberry senatorial election contest in Michigan was laid aside by the ' senate tonight probably not to come formally before the body again for several weeks. After a day of discussion in which Henry Ford, who is contesting the seat of Senator New berry, was both denounced and de fended and which was enlivened by a heated tilt between Senators Will lams of Mississippi, and Watson, Georgia, democrats, the election con troversy was sidetracked to make way for the ' conference report on- the revenue bill. No agreement as to a date for a vot was reached, but the understand ing developed that but little further consideration would be given the case until late in December. By that time. 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