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vol. lxi-xo. 19.10Q EPfyy f.s--,-,:.: PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS STEAM AGAIN RISES. FROM MOUNT HOOD SLOT PEOPIJE OF PORTLAND VIEW CliOUD. MODERN GIRL FREAK ARMY PRUSSIANIZED SAYS PORTLAND MAN MIXED JURY ACQUITS EX-CONVICT SUSPECT VOMEX SMIIiE AS JOE DALE IS FREED OF BURG LAKY. MORDEH WITNESS IS REPORTED SEEN OF PARENTAL LENITY BY ARMS PARLE StS. BALDWIN ASCRIBES LOW 3IAJOR XICHOIiSON C03IPLAIXS ' TO PRESIDENT. MORALS TO NEGLECT. TASK 1 I 1KB' VICTORY WITHOUT GLAMOR Last of Covenants Are Signed and Se'aled. ' CEREMONY IS SHORT ONE Conference Example to Im bue New Hope, De clares President. TASK TAKES TWELVE WEEKS Way Declared Pointed to Peace and Much Is Ex pected of Sessions. WASHINGTON', D. C. Feb. 6. (By the Associated Press.) Its cov enants finally signed and sealed, the Washington conference was passed on to hislory today by President Harding as "an example to imbue with new hope all that dwelt in ap prehension." Speaking before a plenary session which brought to a close the nego tiations begun 12 weeks ago at his invitation, he declared that the rec ord of achievement voiced in-courageous tones te first deliberate and effective expression of great powers "in the consciousness of peace, of war's utter futility." Before him lay, newly signed, the treaties by which the world's pre dominant nations engaged to limit their navies, to guarantee a new deal for China and to set up an interna tional concord to keep the peace in the Pacific Atmosphere Is Cleared. "It matters little," he said, "what we appraise as the outstanding ac complishments. Any one of them alone would have justified the con ference. But the whole achievement has so cleared the atmosphere that it will 6eem like breathing the re freshinir air of a new mora of promise. It may be that the naval holiday here contracted will expire with the treaty, but I do not believe it. Those of us who live another decade are more likely to witness a growth of public opinion, strengthened by the new experience, which will make na tions more concerned with living to the fulfillment of God's high intent than with a genius of warfare and destruction. Message Follows Signing. "Since this conference of nations has pointed with unanimity to the way of peace today, like conferences in the future, under appropriate con ditions and with aims well conserved and definite, may illumine the high ways and byways of human activ ity. The torches of understanding have been lighted and they ought to glow and encircle the globe." The president delivered his mes sage soon after the formal signing f the treaties had been concluded, and when he finished the conference closed, as it had opened November 12, with prayer. Within a few min utes some of the foreign delegates already had left Washington and most of the others will go tomorrow. Final Approval Given. Four of the treaties and a supple ment to the fifth were given final ' approval today, but their red wax seals had been attached in advance and the entire ceremony occupied less than an hour. No other busi ness remained and the seventh and final plenary session ended at 11:13 A. M-, one hour and 11 minutes after it was called to order. In the order of their, signature, the instruments to which the pleni potentiaries affixed their nantes were the four-power Pacific treaty sup plement, excluding the principal Japanese islands from the scope of the pact, the five-power naval lim itation treaty, the five-power sub marine and poison gas treaty, the nine - power general far - eastern treaty and the nine-power Chinese tariff treaty. Of the three other treaties result ing from the negotiations, that re lating to Shantung was signed Sat- unlay and those dealing- with cable I riehtY In Tip "nd allocation of for- oa rs a. Column 1.) -Uead of Woman's Protective Body of Police Bureau Reaffirms School Dance Opposition. r ; Lack of old-fashioned parental tu thority. which commanded respect and obedience, is responsible for the modern girl of today with immodest nd expensive gown, grotesque hair dress, rouse and lip stick, in the be lief of Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, head of the women's protective, division. This sentiment is expressed by Mrs. Baldwin relative to the general low erica; of moral standards in an ex haustive annual report submitted yes terday to Police Chief Jenkins. v Mrs. Baldwin reaffirms her belief that dances should be prohibited In f the public schools of the city for the reason that, in her opinion, the dance Is the greatest cause of juvenile de linquency. Relative to public dances, Mrs. Baldwin states that operatives of her division have taken 159 minor girls from public dances during the last year. There were S13S public dances during- the year, of which 179 were held In grit. s. In the future parents of minors found in public dances will be prosecuted, Mrs. Baldwin asserts. A summary of the work accom plished by the dlvfeion during- the year discloses that ,255 runaway or missing girls were. located and re turned to their parents." There. were 39C casec of domestic troubles in quired into and Ironed out by the di vision, and 39 cases of criminal as sault investigated and prosecuted. ODD CREATURES VISIONED Relics of Strange Animals Found on Australian Plain. MELBOURNE. Feb. 6. Animals similiar to those which populate de lirlous dreams roamed about the great plateau which reaches its culminating point in Mount Kosciusko, it is de clared by Professors Skeats, Richards, and David, who have just returned from an expedition to that region. Among the creatures which left relics in that district were an elephant-like wombat, a gigantic emu, a marsupial rhinoceros, and a fierce and powerful lion which also was a marsupial. The time when these creatures were common to the plateau Is estimated to have been 100.000 years ago. CIGAR SMOKER ACCUSED Violator of-Zion City, 111., Anti- Tobacco Ordinance Faces Trial. - ZIOX CITY, 111.. Feb. 6. Charged with smoking a cigar In violation of Zion anti-tobacco ordinance, Martin Ruesch was today released under bonds of 5200 and his trial set for February li. Bert Ray, charged with interfering with the police when they tried to arrest Ruesch after finding him smok ing on a street corner, was released under similar bond and Miss Margaret Fletcher, a friend of Ruesch's, charged with opposing and defying an officer, will appear for a hearing tomorrow. FUNERAL SPEEDER FINED Hearse Driver Pays $30 for Going at 30-Mile Gait. DENVER. Feb. . Edward Tomlln, a negro taxlcab driver, was fined 130 and costs today In police court on a charge of driving a hearse at the rate of 30 miles an hour on a down town street. "Judge, I had to make two funerals Saturday afternoon.' T o m 1 i n ex plained. "I was late to the first and was just trying to get "to the second one on time." 79 BODIES ARE RECOVERED Dosen Other Victims Are Thought Buried Under Train Wreckage. TOKIO, Feb. 6. (By the Associated Press.) Seventy-nine bodies had been recovered today from the wrecked train winch was burled by an avaiancne oaiuraay u iioigiwi j 4 station. Thirty-three injured passe n- I gers also had been extricated. Most of the victims, according to advices reaching here, were crushed when the roofs of the coaches col lapsed under the weight of rocks and snow. It was believed today that at least a dosen bodies still are buried under the wreckage. FISHERMEN THOUGHT LOST Seaplane Leaves Gulf Coast Resort In Search of Men. ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., Feb. . Marine men here today expressed fear that five winter visitors from Paints ville. Ky.. who left Pass-a-Grille, a gulf resort near here, yesterday on a fishing trip In the gulf, had been lost and a seaplane left here today to search for them. Members of the party were Major William Rioe. an army officer; George B. Rice, Henry M.. John Fl and Robert Stafford. RITES FOR PRINCE BEGIN Funeral .Services for Yamagata in Progress at Tokio. TOKIO, Feb. s. (By the Associated Tress.) Funeral services in memory of Field Marshal Prince Arltomo Yamagata. who died last week, began here yesterday and will continue Feb ruray . Interment will be in Gomakui-Oi. one of the richest and most powerful Buddhist places of worship in former j-eaxa, .. IS ELECTED POPE Benediction Bestowed on Crowd of Thousands. THRONG WAITS IN THE RAIN New Pontiff Appears on Bal cony of St. Peter's. AMERICAN IS ABSENT Choice Is Completed Without Par ticipation of Archbishop O'Connell of Boston. ROME, Feb. 6. (By the Associated Press.) Cardinal Achille Ratti, arch bishop of Milan, has been chosen supreme pontiff of the Roman Cath olic church to succeed the late Pope Benedict XV. His coronation as Pius XI will take place February 12. After the announcement of his election the pope appeared on the outside balcony of St. Peter's and be stowed the benediction on the thou sands who had waited patiently in the rain in St. Peter's square the first time this has occurred since the breach between .the state and the church in 1870; for 52 years the bless ing had been bestowed from within the basilica. American Cardinal Absent. The election was completed without American participation. Cardinal O'Connell, archbishop of Boston, ar riving when the new pope was bless ing the multitude. "Universal pacification is the key note of the new pope's policy, 8 in dicated in a statement issued by Prince Chlgi, marshal of the conclave, which made reference to the first blessing bestowed by Pius XL Con tinual conciliation Inaugurated by his predecessor, probable reconciliation of the state and church, which have been estranged for so many years, and an appeal to all nations to re store peace are said to constitute the most essential alms of the Vatican policy. ,h . Gasparrl Retains Office. Cardinal Gasparri will retain his office as papal secretary of state. This announcement almost Imme diately after Pius XI had summoned the high pontificate. Is regarded as significant Benedict XV require'd 24 hours for the appointment of Car dinal Gasparrl and never previously had a newly elected pontiff chosen his secretary of state before two or three days. That the new pope has decided to exercise his fujl authority was shown when some cardinals, attached to what has become known as the "irrec. oncilables," attempted to persuade him not to appear on the outside bal cony. He listened to the arguments and then aid: 'Remember, I am no, longer a car- (Concluded on Page 4, Colunui 3.) THANK Mz fit 5 . ... Classmates and Friends Promoted to Power Without Regard to Efficiency, Says letter. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 6. Dec laration was made today by Major Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson of the 3d United States cavalry that he had sent a letter to President Harding charging tnat "the army is suffering from a reign of Prussianism," but at the White House and war department It was said that no such letter had come to the attention of officials. The major, whose home Is In Port land, Or., but who is a patient at Walter Reed army general hospital here, made public copies of his letter, which he said he had directed to the president at the Isk of court-martial for insubordination. His letter declared "a veritable reign of terror exists among junior officers of the army today" and that "this la caused by the unhindered power of the clique to have any offi cer discharged from the service by operation of what Is known as the class B law." "Prussianism and inefficiency flour ish In the army, because men rise to power by favoritism instead of effi ciency," the - letter added. "Class mates and friends are appointed to lead instead of the most efficient man for the job." Secretary Weeks said while he had heard of the letter he had not seen it and he was informed it had not I reached the department. White House officials stated empnaticaiiy iney iuu not seen the letter although Major Wheeler Nicholson aald he had mailed it special delivery Saturday. v Officers In the adjutant-general's department looked up the record of Major Wheeler Nicholson today and found, they said, that he had been a patient at Walter Reed hospital sev eral months, having been transferred there, according to the records "for observation and treatment" after hav ing been shot by a caretaker while attempting to enter the quarters of Major Colby at Camp Dix, N. J., one night to sleep after finding his regu lar quarters locked. Officers said that the records also showed that the major had been sent to Camp Dix from Fort Ethan Allen. Vt., where he was attached to the Third cavalry, for trial before a mili tary court on charges of being absent without leave and making false offi cial statements. The major denied these charges today, saying they were but a part of a "plot to get him." Publication, of the letter was one of !the chief topics of conversation today among officers at the war de partment, but none would comment for publication. The career of Major Nicholson since the signing of the armistice in 1918 has been stormy. He was assigned to the army of occupation and came under the command of General Sladen, who is now commander ol West Point. Major Nicholson later was returned to the states and ordered placed on a class B status. He appealed to the war department for a reversal of the order and charged that the conduct of General Sladen toward him had been of a "Prussian" character. Major Nicholson' was reclassified and got an A rating on the army lists. The charges made by Major Nichol-J son were laid before Senator Wads-" (Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.) HEAVENS THEY'VE STARTED Fair Jurors Hear Criminal Case for First Time In History of Multnomah County. "Not guilty!" v . . . Joe Dale, possessor of seven aliases and a police record filling a ledger page, smiled. KIs young wife threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. His 3 -year-old son clung to his legs affectionately. . He had been cleared of a charge of burglary byv,the first "mixed" Jury rwhich ever sat on a criminal case in Multnomah county. There were seven feminine jurors among those who an swered "It Is" to the question yester day afternoon of Circuit Judge Ga tens, "Ladies and gentlemen, is this your verdict?" One Frank Tanner awoke in his room in a lodging house on the night of November 6. 1921, and found a man in the act of extracting 25 in bills from a pocket of the trousers draped over the foot of the bed. He yelled, the man fled and Tanner pursued. Others joined In the chase. The cap ture was made by Patrolman Hama ker. ' The" fugitive collared was Joe Dale, a young man who had served a sentence in the Nevada penitentiary for burglary -and who had been ar rested on various theft charges by the police of Great Falls, Mont.; Spokane, Seattle, Sacramento and San Fran Cisco. Something was said at the time about liquor and the "wrong room." Yesterday the defense offered for Dale by Attorney Paul Dormitzer was more simple. Dale was not there at all. It was claimed. His wife said he wis not home and that she had given him some money to "sober up" on. She was sure he was not robbing any body. Just where he was at the time of the robbery and how he happened to be running was not explained, for he did not take the witness stand himself. The fact that Dale had a long crim inal record was not revealed in court, for his failure to testify in his own defense prevented George Graham, deputy district attorney, from Intro ducing such evidence. The Jury retired at 3:60 and re turned the verdict at 4:40. Some of the women were smiling. "Our coni'ictionB were the other way," confessed one of the fair jurors to Deputy -Graham, "but we ,don't think you Droved your case. There was a missing link." "I do hope, your .husband goes straight from now on this ought to be a lesson to him," said another to the radiant wife. "I'm sure he will, dear," responded Mrs. Dale. Yesterday was "ladles' day" at the courthouse. It was the first time in history that women invaded the local circuit court for jury duty. Judges appeared with spotless collars, new neckties and fresh shaves. Bailiffs and clerks had "spruced up" for the occasion. ' Presiding Circuit Judge Tucker ap portioned the women to courts where trials were scheduled with the same nochalance as he directed the men to report. There was no confusion and before long the mills of justice were grinding along at their accustomed speed, despite the presence of nu- merous hats in the Jury boxes. As great a proportion of women sum- (Coucluded on Page 6. Column 2.) UP HILL! Missing Taylor ex-putler Thought in Carlin, Nev. FULL DESCRIPTION IS ASKED Key to Mystery of Killing Is Believed Held. LARCENY CHARGE TO DIE Lenience Promised if Information Is Given Police Party That Made Visit Is Sought. LOS ANGELES, Cal., - Feb. 6. A man, said to answer the description of Edward F. Sands, alias Edward Fits Strathmoye, missing ex-butler to Will iam Desmond Taylor, Klain film direc tor, and believed by the Los Auf eles detectives to hold the key to theolu tion of the murder, was in Carlin, Nev., tonight, according to messages received by the Los Angeles police. The messages from Carlin were from Constable Berninz of that town and were relayed to the police de partment here by the telephone opera tor at Elko, Nev. They said Constable Berninz was convinced from the descriptions he had read of Sands that the butler was in Carlin' and had chosen that tows as a place to hide from the Los An geles authorities. Friends Believed Giving Aid.. , Berninz said he believed friends of the man were keeping him informed of developments in the Taylor case. Berninz added that the man he sus pected of being Sands planned to leave for the east tomorrow on a Southern Pacific train which he would board at Elko. The constable .asked that a full de scription of Sands and all necessary details of the Taylor case be sent im mediately to Sheriff Harris at Elko. The police said this would be done. A motion picture actress was sub jected to what the police termed a "long and gruelling" questioning at her home here tonight in an attempt to obtain a clew to the murder of William Desmond Taylor, director. . The actress, who was said to be widely known, but whose name the police withheld from publication, was questioned by Detective Sergeants Cato and Cahill. What they learned they kept to themselves, but they admitted they were seeking to develop the previ ously advanced theory that Taylor had been slain by a jealousrival for the affections of the actress. Several Declarations Made. Miss Normand made a number of declarations "on her word of honor" to newspaper Interviewers. "Were you ever in love with Tay lor?" they asked her. "Not in the way one means when he uses the expression 'in love," on my word of honor, no," she said. "Get it Btraight. Our friendship was based on comradeship and under standing." ' "Did you know any woman who ' might have been jealous of you j who . might have loved Taylor?" "On my word of honor, no." "Or any man who might have been jealous of the place he occupied In your esteem?" "On my word of honor, no." Jrug Parties Unheard Of. "It has been hinted hegave drug parties. Did you ever hear of them?" "Never, in God's world; never, on my word of honor." After some other questions, she said: 'And, oh, please say that I never heard of that pink silk night robe they say is missing from Mr. Taylor's apartments." But Henry - Peavey, the negro house man, said He ought to be ashamed of him self for. saying I asked him about other girls going to Mr. Taylor's house," she exclaimed. I saved him his job once when Mr. Taylor wanted to fire him." Larceny Charge to Be Dropped. If Sands can be found, the complaint against him charging grand larceny, now in the hands of the police, will be dropped, it was announced tonight by Captain of Detectives David Adams. Sands, he poli-oe frankly stated, is believed to hold the key to the solu tion of the murder of the director and they are centering their efforts' upon locating him. Captain Adams stated that as the complaining witness, Taylor, now was dead, the case could not be taken to court without him. Therefore, he added, if Sands could clear himself from all connection with the death of the motion picture direc tor, no other charge would be placed against him. ... Police records show that a warrant charging grand larceny was issued against Sands August 3 last by the district attorney. This was after Taylor had returned from England and reported to the authorities that in his absence Sands had been robbing him. Taylor stated then that a large quantity of jewelry and clothing was missing, and he blamed Sands. About two weeks before Taylor was (.Concluded oa Pas 3, Column &.) Reports That Crater Is "Smoking," However, Are Heard Every Year and Usually Are Clouds. Crater rock on Mount Hood began to emit steam again yesterday after the column which first spouted forth on January 29 had disappeared en tirely for a period of five days, and for the first time Portlanders were able to see It plainly. Many varying reports concerning it flowed into The Oregonlan office from all quarters of the city. When first noticed, about 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon, the new colv umn had the appearance of smoke and seemed to be decidedly of an eruptive nature. One Informant who noticed the phenomenon from a posi tion of vantage on the outskirts of the city reported that the emoke came in gusts, ascending between 500 and 1000 feet above the mountain top, then spreading out and blowing to the north. He said the smoke was black. L. IT. Pridemore, stantloned at Gov ernment Camp on Mount Hood, said over the long-distance telephone that it was not smoke, but steam, such as had emerged front Crater rock from January 29 until February 1, and de clared the volume was nowhere near that attained by the column on the second day of its first recent erup tion. When told that many persons In Portland had seen what appeared to be a stream of heavy, dark smoke blowing off the mountain top for more than an hour, Mr. Pridemore said he had not paid particular at tention to the peak during the after noon because he believed the steam to be the same as it was a week ago, and if any such eruption had occurred he had not noticed it. Viewed by a reporter from an east wir.flf.TO- nf h Yeon building, the mountain was clearly outlined against dark sunset clouds and a stream of vapor or some grayish substance could be clearly discerned, and people In the same office said the volume had diminished considerably then from what it had been about 4 o'clock and for a half an hour afterward. The emission of atcam which oc curred on January 29 attained a col umn height of about "200 feet on the second day, then receded to a height of about 70 feet, where it remained for two more days and then gradually died down to nothing. From Febru ary 2 until yesterday the mountain ton was obscured by clouds and could not be seen even from Gov eminent camp, so it is not known whether there was any steam emerg ing during that time. . A small column of vapor could be vaguely discerned last night upNuntil the time darkness descended on tn city and gradually obscured the peak from view. ITALY. HONORS AMERICAN Medal Posthumously Conferred on "Lost Battalion" Leader. BOSTON, Mas3., Feb. 6. King Vic tor Emmanuel of Italy has awarded the Croce di Guerra posthumously to the late Lieutenant-Colonel Charles w. Whittlesev. commandeT of the "lost battalion." This was announced at headquar ter, of ' the fh-st army corps area today. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 56 degrees; minimum, 45 degrees. TODAY'S Rain and colder; winds "becom ing northwesterly. Foreign. France considers debt-refunding law" great blow. Page 5. Cardinal Ratti of Milan Is elected pope. Page 1. Twenty-one are killed in Indian riots. Page 20. Red revolution imminent in Germany. Page 7. Irisfti conferences fail on boundaries. Page 4. National. Task completed by arms parley. Page 1. Record of arms parley Is six completed treaties. Page 2 Hughes' victory is without glamour. Page 1. Anti-trust exemption for farmers attacked in senate. Page 3. Major Nicholson, Portland, tells president army is Prussianized. Page 1. Domestic. Cable "communication with- Germany will be restored. Page 3. Missing Taylor ex-butler thought in Car- Hn Nev. Page 1. Mississippi governor accused of wronging woman. Page 4. Pacific Northwest. -Mother of IT-' says father is bolshevik. Page 6. Girls who staged riot at Washington state school put in jail. Page 13. . State budget committee to elect secretary soon. Page 4. Sports. Lightweights to have their innings tonigfct. Page 14. ' Grapplers of India lauded by native. Page 14. Reputed gambler loses damage suit against Seattle club. Page 15. Commercial and Marine. Wheat prices in northwest . advancing , steadily, fage zu. i Higher foreign markets send Wheat up at Chicago. age zu. Japanese freighter brings 1600 tons of mis cellaneous ireignt ior roruana. rage 6. Portland and Vicinity. Irreducible fund Is goal or Rivervlew cem etery trustees, rage o.w Steam rises again irom Alount Hood. Page 1. Ku Klux Klan gives $250 to chest. Page 7. Head of woman protective bureau files annual report. Page 1. Friends urge Judge Cake to enter race for governorship. Page. 11. Mixed Jury frees burglar suspect. Page L Proportional t class rates effective Sunday are suspended. Page 10. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 20. Dr. Wayeon objected to extra help to dis abled veterans, is testimony at hearing. Page 12. Blind school head defends his record. Page 12. State-wide organization to foster borne life planned. PagA12 . War Heroes Bemedaled Peace Hero Has None. GREAT-GENIUS IS SHOWN Arms Parley Does So Much Good it May. Take Long to Realize it All. BRITAIN GIVES UP SEAS Domination Now Is to Be Shared Ocean Mastery Peacefully Settled. BY MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright, by the New "Sork Evenjiiwc Post. Inc. Publish-ed by Arrajig-emetnt.) . WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 6. (Special.) Just as the conference on disarmament began we gave General Foch 29 college degrees, a baby wildcat and an honorary mem bership in the New York bricklayers' union, and almost any day here in Washington you can see a score of generals going about the street bowed doyn under the weight of half jton of metal, more or lesB, in the shape of crosses,, crescents, stars, bars and other miscellaneous forms of what those among them who have a sense of humor occa sionally call "decorative hardware." But in a day or so, I suppose, we shall see Charles E. Hughes quietly taking a boat to Bermuda for a rest, dressed in a black sack suit a good deal less ornamental than that of the assistant purser. "All Over But Shouting." As sonfeoBe remarked at the ses sion yesterday: "It's all over but the shouting, and I suppose there won't be any shouting." This is not as it should be. I know a very wise person who has given much thought to war and its causes. He says, we shall have to find some way either to take the glamour away from war or else to give glamour to the victories of peace. The persons and organizations, the churches and colleges, who three months ago were most usefully building up a favorable atmosphere for this conference through prayer and other forms of organized spir itual effort, ought now to put their minds on finding some way of mak ing what has now been accomplished as striking, . as glamorous if you please, and as .long remembered as, let us say, the Armistice day cere mony of last November. Perhaps the formal sinking of the ships, if they are to be literally sunk, may provide the opportunity. Conference Great Thing. How great a thing this conference is has bo aften been said that it is useless to say it again in mere gen eralities. For complete realization we shall probabTy have to wait for time and, perhaps, for generations of fulfillment. But it can be taken as a fact that there are in these treaties not merely one but several factors, each of which standing ' alone is a turning point in human history. ' One thing so far lost sight-of that it is hardly even mentioned is the fact that through one of these trea ties Great Britain surrenders the undisputed mastery of the seas. It is true she is not stripped of it by force; but, voluntarily, in the inter est of a new order in the world, ad mits an equal partner. That this happens through the processes of conference does not de prive it of the fact that this con ference becomes the equivalent of any pf the great decisive sea battles of history. Sea Domination Divided. Domination on the seas is no longer, as it always has been in the past, the possession of a single power. It now is handed over to a mutual partnership of nations. The mastery of the sea which Britain now, so to speak, turns over to the trustees, has been within her sole possession for 200 years. Before that Holland had it, and before that Spain and Portugal, and, so on all (.Concluded on I'lu 1, Column 1.) cD 101.0E