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. f 4 ! Treaty Complete With Ex : ception of Article Dealing in Fortifications in Pac ific ' SOME DELEGATES ASK PROVISION BE DROPPED Capital Ships Which May Be Retained by Several Pow ers Are Named .' WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (By The Associated Press) -The fite tnr treaty for limitation of na val armament has undergone fur ther changes In Ua. course 01, final overhauling by experts and :. R sow Is complete except for the article establishing a formica tlons status quo on the Pacific. 1 t When the fortifications prob ( lem will be, solved is regarded by : some delegates as dubious, but in v some quarter there still is hopo ' that a olenary session to announce publicly conclusion of the treaty may be hia eany next ween. 1 Article May be popped Some delegations propose that the troublesome article be drop- bed from the treaty altogether : and be attached to the four-pow- er Pacific treaty already signed are embodied in a separate con ventlon to be drawn later. Conference leaders,, however, are 'going-ahead -on the assump tion that the-provision will remain In the naval pact. In the light of renewed Instruc tions from Tokio to the Japanese . delegation, the naval drafting ex perts will meet 'again tomorrow to . Cry to work out a new phrasing of the article. It was Indicated to night . that the Japanese advices ; from home wfere not entirely con claisve. -1. .''. .V.: Revisions Agreed To It' was revealed today that in the final revision of other portions ' of the treaty, modifications had .been agreed to in the limitations 7 i on aircraft carriers and on meth ods of scrapping and that provi- iJons had been made which would require two years notice from any , power desiring to terminate the convention. The termination stip ulation is applicable only after the Initial 15-year period of the ' treaty's duration and it is pro 1 -vlded that should one signatory desire t terminate the- treaty aft ' er that period,, it will automati cally ' become inoperative i as among the others-, w s Other sections of the text re main virtually unchanged. 1 , - May Convert Battleship . - In the section dealing "with ,air- plane carriers, the proposal to limit Indirldnal carriers to 27,000 tons each Is modified so as to per ; mit each signatory to construct two of 33,000 tons each. It Is pro vided specifically that these may be obtained by conversion of bat , tleships now, under construction but which would otherwise be scrapped. .'. - In addition, France ' ' and Italy each will be permitted to retain '. two of the capital ships Misted for scrapping fn 1931, for conversion Into training ships. For the same ' 1 purpose the United States. Great Britain and Japan each are to be : permitted to retain' one prescribed capital ship leach but in air cases , measures are provided to prevent , me vessels - so 'retained from be- (Continued on page C) LLKESS mm PWEOIOMIAinACK LONDONan. 19- A central News dispatch from Rome says that accordirfg to the Tribuna the pope's temperature was higher than during the day, and that symptoms of pneu monia had developed. r " ' . " . ROME, Jan. M.(By the As sociated Press.) The physicians attending Pope Benedict, Doctors Battalstinl and Bignlnl, after the evening visit, described the bron- chial affliction from which . the pope is suffering, as taking the ussal course. - The temperature -was slightly more than 100, a lit tle higher than In the morning.' i v " :Vatlcn 3fot Alarmed t The Vatican appears to feel that the pope's illness is not grave"? Dr. Marchlafava,' noted medical ; authority, has consulted with the : other physician. : v Monsignor Magone celebrated mass this -morning in an apart ; ment adjoining the pope's bel- . room. " The door to the sick room remained open so that the pontiff - might hear. Many diplomats vis ited the - Vatican oday seeking fin niimi i in I ii 'i I" r i iiUMIffla, JMIIHi I f f r;--- in in , ( T''f n fv ' ' J? f- I -M' V s l 1 r 't ' ' " " i 4 1 i V a & v ' ' N ' k f ft 1M I f, Wj f I H iff -i v f i v j r - ir 1 1 I ' r ' ' v,-w Sonoki Aiatsumoto, 18 years of ae, has been adjudged ihe best looking girl in the Mik ado's kingdom. ADMITS THEFT 1 Mail Indiana Man Says Bag's Contents Were Joshed into River ELKHART. Ind.. Jan. 19. Federal and local authorities con tinued tonight their questioning ot George E. Ecruggs, who admit ted to police today having taken part in the theft here yesterday of a mall bag. The authorities ex pressed the belief that Scruggs, who said he thr$w the contents of the bag into the St. Joseph river here when he found there was no money In it. Is withholding facts regarding the disposal of the loot, which was unofficially estimated to be worth $500,000. Police dragged the river at the point in dicated by Scruggs but failed to find any trace of the bag. They also searched the man's home here and -questioned his wife. . Scruggs statement to the po- police followed an alleged confes sion of Dan Ingram, a negro truckman, to the robbery who named Scruggs as an accomplice. Postal Inspector George F. Ulch said tonight charges of con spiracy to rob the malls probably would be filed against the men to morrow. Wallowa High School ? i Destroyed by Flames WALLOWA, Or., Jan. 19 Fire destroyed the high school build Ings here early today. The loss was estimated at $50,000. The origin of the fire was not deterra tried, but it was supposed to havo canght from the furnace. WALLA WALLA WARMER WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan 19. Relief from the cold came to some extent today when the mercury stayed above zero, the coldest being three. Some suow fell, i A rising barometer Indicate continued cold, weather ofnciala Hate. . news; au or tnem were receivea In the ante chamber, none being permitted to disturb the patient. Optimism Prevails . It Is said that the pope con tracted his present illness last Thursday after be had celebrated mass In the Matilda chapel In the presence of the college of propa ganda; - He received visitors ana attended to his usual pontifical duties until Tuesday. He suf fered i front, coughing spells, dus to irritation of . the .bronchi, and has shown considerable restless ness, i ", : '-.f .. : .? ; - Notwithstanding the optimism, there Is no assurance that the attack has been checked. All that could be said at the Vatican was that the physicians hoped to prevent the spread of the disease 1 ROBBER OF POPE OVETO BE and avoid complications. Show Girl Unable to Remem ber Previous Testimony and Injures Case of Prosecution. GIRL IS ORDERED TO RETURN TODAY Trial of Arbuckle Interrupted i By Gold rTampering , Is Indicated SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19. Mis Zey Prevost, show girl, and leading 'prosecution witness 'dde not remember" if she told the; truth In the first trial, she tes tified today in the second trial of manslaughter charge against Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle. At the: conclusion of her testimony shei wa ordered to return to court at f.0 a. m. tomorrow. No reason was given for the order. The Interruption of the trial by the- Intense cold weather which Is sweeping the state, and which reached Into the courtroom, and thej sudden withdrawal of Miss Prevosl from the stand when ner alleged Inability to remember cer tain efidence was characterized as hostile by the prosecution, were outstanding features today. ." Rrporrers Fingers Cobl Overcoats were brought to the jurors, but a half hour later re cess was taken when the alleged hostile" attitude of MU Pre vosl wa developed further and when the court reporters com plained that their fingers were so stiff with cold that they could not take their notes with the nec essary speed. Miss Prevost returned to the stnd later. She- was asked if Miss, Virginia Rappe, whose deatn was made the basis of the charge against Arbuckle, said "he hurt me" after he was alleged to have fatally injured her at a party in the; Hotel St. Francis. The wit ness said she aid not hear .miss Rappe make such statement. She was shown her testlnrorty in the previous trial. In Which, according to the prosecution, she said that Mies Rappe exclaimed "he hurt me." ' Memory Utterly Gone itlpon the matter being developed- further the witness made the admission that she did not remem ber 'it she told the truth at the first trial. Miss Prevost, who wa3 one of the principal guests at the party; wg on the stand most of the day. She charged that the district at torney took her Into custody and threatened her with Jail if she did not make a statement to tu ef fect that Miss Rappe exclaimed "he killed me.' Later, she said. she made a statement against her will, to "he hurt me." She was not taken Into custody, she said until after Charles II. Brennan, a defense attorney, met her on the street and recommended himself a her counsel "if you need me diambermakl Speaks . HA motion by the prosecution that It be allowed to impeach the testimony of Miss Prevost on the ground it was "surprising" 'and showed her a "hostile witness! was denied by the court. The ruling prevented the prosecution from presenting to the jury cer tain positive evidence offered by Mtss Prevost at the last " trial which she "'did not remember," in her testimony today. Mrs. Josephine Keza, a Cham bermaid at the Hotel St. Francis. testified to overhearing a woman cry no, no, no," ana a man i awer "shut up," while the party was in progress. She listened closely, she-said, and heard the cries repeated.? She was excused until tomorrow- morning at unai adjournment. - Philadelphia Man Named Manager for Portland Team PORTLAND, Ore... Jan. 19. Thomaff I Turner, for five years past acout for the Philadelph! Americans,' has been : appointed manager of the Portland baseball team, accoroding to announce- jniant today by W. H. Klepper president of the club. Klepper said be had favorably considered Wil liam Kenworthy of the Seattle team for the place, but owing to Ken worthy's inability to obtain his release tha deal fell through One Killed Two Injured In Factory Explosion i BROCKTON. Mass., Jan. 19.f One man was killed and two in Jured, neither seriously, In an ex plosidn that tore out the roof of the Gowdy Box Toe company-late today, f The blast set fire to S.S harrels of "denatured alcohol and before ! the flames were checked the buildtng' was destroyed r and three dwelling houses near:, the factory badly damaged. The coat of arms of ' Colonel Merrtweather Lewis, of the pid Oregon Trail fame, will replace the national coat of arms on the regimental colors of the Oregon national roard. This was annonnc ed yesterda by Col. George A. White, adjutant general of Ore- iron, who said that th ? change In tfcs coat of arms was a result of the national complaint growing Identity of the individual state r'. rita j tr ii wiir w ifii i rw units was practically auDinergea by the- United States. Selection of the arms of Colonel Merriweather Lewis was deckled upon by Colonel White as the re sult of a careful study of Oregon's military traditions and its insig n:a. The lwis crest consists of a dragon's : bead - holding in its mouth a band, and interpreted according to heraldry is symboli cal of two army officers. Lewis and Clark, who braved the WU- d-rnew and hosttile Indians in blazing the trail to Oregon. The r coat of arms Selected by uoionef wnite is subject to ap proval or the secretary of war, and upon being approved will be. em broidered into . the regimental J colors ot the state units. big elks mi s t . Mardi Gras is Unqualified Success, Beginning With First Night with a crush that prevented hundreda from hearing the per formers, the Mardt Gras of the Salem; Elks' lodge opened up last night with a success that already Jhstlfles the prediction that the Mardi Gras is the biggest thing evr put on by the Salem lodge. From early in the evening until midnight crowds thronged the SDacious " lodzs rooms, both nn the lower and nnnnr rinnr nri in the card and oool rooms. i While the largest crowds natu rally jfolllowed the performers In me mam auditorium, there was entertainment at. all time to keep the immense crowds circulatine throughout the building. it is in tne ioae room proper that the real entertainment is af forded visitors. For it is there that one has opportunity- of pur chasing many of the special offer ings and the entertainment that goes with a high class Mardi Gras performance. Especial credit should be given the company that is putting on the three-day entertainment for the Elks. The performers are in every respect equal or superior to many seen on the Pantagep circuit or the Hippodrome. And the en thusiastic appiaare given singers was evidence that their offerings were appreciated. Among those attending last night there was ganeral approval of the many features offered, to please the public. At eich of the booths where specialties were offered to the crowd, was an elk adorned with the, special purple Elk headgear, adding much to the variety and color scheme. With the large crowds surging through the rooms last night and the prorase of additional novel ties In the program each evening. thre is the assurance that not only tonight but Saturday evening as well, the Elks' lodge rooms will be crowded to their utmost capac ity-. The show is good, the enter taining features are entirely first class and the Mardi Gras of 1922 will be long remembered. Yakima Man Believed by Friends to Be Dead YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 19 Af ter two days search, relatives and friends of V. H. Graves, who dis appeared from his home yesterday morning, today abandoned nope he might be alive. The missing man has been ill several days and unable, to slcen for four nights, his wife" said. It is believed he wandered awav under the influ t H wis ence of a sleeping potion taken jail alike in Interests, if they will Tuesday evening and oerUhsd ell but understand themselves. The exDosure. or threw himseit mio the Yakima river while mentally unbalanced. . He was about 50 years old. Boys Taken from Ice 1 In Harbor at Boston BOSTON. Jani- . 19. Three small boys were rescued from an ice cako drift in the harbor late today after they had floated a considerable distance from the shore-at Wood Island Fark. They had embarked on the ice cake In play and were taken off by a man who put out in a sfcUl irom taeMjt m,- ? noo.non rarmero rnre- East Boston shore; An alarm to the police sent the polico boat t the boys rescue, but before the craft arrived the youngsters were safe at home. Big Session of Farmers Ad dressed by President Mansfield-Other Meet ings Slated Today. OBJECTS OF BODY ARE EXPLAINED BY SPEAKER Cooperation Between City and Country Declared to Be Necessary ,Marion county is Boon to have live, hustling Farm Bureau,- if the present activity conunues. Yesterday, a meeting attended-by 250 farmers and business men . .v W ft A was held at stayton, ana u more members sirned op The night before, an equal number at- tended at Woodburn. Last night a big meeting was held at Sunny sMe school house south, of Salem, under the auspices of the Marion County Community federation, -at. Which the Farm Bureau cauf was ably presented by George Mans field, president of the Oregon bur eau. ' Other Meetings Today Meetings are to be held at St- Paul, this afternoon, and at Au rora tonight, when the famous Farm Bureau five-reel nlm "Spring Valley," is to be presented- 1 The Parmi Bureau organizers have a Ford carrigged for auxil iary power, so that they can sup olv electric lights for any place where there Is 'not already a good light supply. The organisers will be in the field steadily until they have covered-the county. At the Sunnyside meeting last night, which was attended by a good representation from all over the county, not a great deal oi federation business was transact ed. The meeting: for February Ul be the annual election, and will be held in Salem: After the regular business was finished, the meeting was turnea over 10 rr- ident Mansfield, the invited guest of the federation. Objects of. Bureau Told Mr. Mansfield spoke for more than an hour on the objects and needs of the bureau. He starts with the idea that the farm indus try is suffering from lack of buy ing power, from lack of credits to make it a going financial con cern. It has been Said, and par t'ally acted on, he explained. that the debtors' of America, in Europe, must have time, and long time, and perhaps a cancellation of interest if not of part of the principal of their debt to America, if they are ever to pay up. and get on their feet again .It la the diagnosis of the Farm Bureau that the farming and live stock busineFsot America' is in al most as critical a condition as the peoples of Europe, but that the condition - of farm desertion and overtaxation and city industrial ism has grown so gradually that the country has not ' recognized the peril that confronts American agriculture. A nation of factor!eP and cities, with its farms in the hands of Japanese and other al iens,' or subject to the extortions of outside nations who will raise the crops that American fields should be producing, is the alter native for a better system of ex tricating the farm life of the coun try from the present abyss. Collaboration Needed Organised credits to enable the farmer to carry bis products for a reasonable time and not to glut the market to the benefit of spec ulators; organized buying and selling to eliminate some of the waste motion in the present sys tems; a betfer understanding of city and country, so that each shall know exactly what the other needs and 1 receiving, are the aims of the organization. "They simply can't live apart." said the speaker. "If every city and town were destroyed tonight, the first thing the country would demand tomorrow would be that j someone begin to give them the igooas mat every man must have; to serve as a buyer and seller in some way for that, is the inevi table course of business. Rightly understood, there can be no 'city i or 'country' j classes. They are Farm Bureau aims to bring all to- gether in this mutual understand ing, so that farming and banking and eery other legitimate indus try shall serve the people as a necessary appliance of the social fabric" , Two Million Farmers In Mr. Mansfield commended the Affftp Wlhr all IM farm htilf- . ---i,.Mrtn. nv lhe couaty ifeQeration, together l ftla fif.'nOJM1--iftn and settle- ment of thelr mutual problems, ht fniiv so ner pent Iof tha bureau's membership cnmm from' the Granre or the 1 Farmers' anion. The Farm Bar. sented in its national membership, an(i almost ; 4.000.000 members, counting the fanners' wives, who ; (Continued on page 6) . w ASjirUTUN, Jan; 19. George Washington r Yar brough, a high school teacher of Roanoke, Alabama, and rated as the welterweight, champion of the A. E. R told the senate investigating cormnittee today that he had witnessed the shooting of an American soldier by a firing squad near the Chateau Thierry region in July, 1918. ; Regarded by the committee as probably the most clear headed of all the former service men testifying concerning the alleged hanging of soldiers withoqt trial, tYarbrough, himself a reluctant witness, declared the sight of the man being ledito his death; wth his hands.tied behind his back, made hirrj forget for the moment the screeching of enemy shells flying overhead. ?1 ' J : i T "" The witness said he ii'as close enough when the officer commanding the squad gjave the order to fire, to hear the soldier, barely 20 years oo plead to be permitted to die with his eyes iunbound. - ' ' f: ! ; Members-of the rommittee and Colonel Waltsr A. Bethel, assist ant Judge kdvocate general tjf the array listened elosely toi the re ctal, for evidence from the war department sources heretofore, presented tf ailed to -show where men had met death that wif. There "had heeii Mmn rMnnV the' witness said., that the soldier wan shot for ncfglect cf duty in battle, but 'ho thought (hen and now, he added, that if thelarmy had detailed a squad to shoot a Interesting Riile, Used to Kill ' 1 Ferocious Bears of Far North, Is 1 Brought Fsom Alaska by Dr. Ellis Dr. G. iv. Ellis, on his return recently from Alaska, brought A weapon that has a rather 'Inter esting story. It is a Remjngton carbine,, with a rolling-breech ac- tion, calibre .40, rimrire, that was traded by; the Hudson a Bay com pany to "ISitka, Jim," a famous Alaskan Indian hunter, Jn 1 1880 The Indian paid for the arm a pile of otter skins, laid flat on the floor, &s high as the gun, just 36 Inches; the skins were toen worth in the Iondon market, an esti mated $10,000 pretty steep: price for a gun.1" anywhere! j. H I But the ' Indian brave J i made good use of the arm. In his life time he is credited with, having killed 330 of the huge, ulra-fer-ocious Kqdiak brown hears, the largest and fiercest bears known on earth.i Even the grizjtly! ef the Sierras is smaller . and less fer ocious. Most of these 330; bears were killed with this rathejr dim inutive arm ; blears that weighed up to 1800 pounds,- with sKulls as broad as a kitchen stove and With a jury entirely different in personnel from the one accept ed Monday evening, tne change being due to the illness I in the family of one juror and f his be ing excttsed from duty, file trial of John ,W. Todd, at Portland was resumed' Wednesday monring. - The former secretary of Mr. Todd, Mss Esther C. Wheeler, Salenl residents laat.higfet noted a TisingUeroperature as. registered by local thermometers. r The little line of mercury last night stood at about 29 degrees above ero from six to eight degrees higher than that of night readings with in the past 4 8 hours. ; Although local barometers are anchored at "fair" i and "no change.f many Willamette valley weather; forecasters opine" jnat the SPECT FO Another world's record for a Jersey fcow 1 measurably in sight, for a Willamette valley cowj This one is Sn Polk county, belonging to S. Ji McKee, of Independence, The cow is Lad's Iota, a mature cow bred by G. o. Hewitt, of. in dependence, and sold lo tno pres ent owner. She is a daughter of Rinda Lad of S. B. one of the famous Oregon Jersey 1 i sirea, a gold medal animal of the highest type, f vM'.JVii i: Cow Making Record i - The -record which this cpw U E KSII1 i IS KD 10 TRIAL OF FDRMEfl SALEM MAN CLEAR WEATHER NOTED HERE I WINTER GRIPS OTHER CITIES ANOTHER MIRLD REGARD . I comrade It might have detailed another squad to pick up the body and bury It. ; -v , .. Much testimony , relating to al leged abuse of enlisted men crop ped out again today along with further reference to the conduct of -Hard Boiled" Smith. ' Two former service .men. testified they had seen three public executions at is-Sur-Tille. which station war department records show only two men were hanged. " . ! ' The hearings was adjourned un til: next Wednesday. v j with tusks two inches Ions ni 10-inch claws that would almost slit a steel boiler Into ribbons. The old hunter might have been a poor ornament In a society parlor, but he shot Up this vast army of deadly griialies and still lived to dii in his bed. - 1 k: A The arm saw much service In whaling. The i Esquimau would harpoon a whale, sail after him at the end of the tow line until lie was tired out and they could get close enough for action, and then they'd ehoot him with this old Remington. The bears never hit the barrel orf of the arm, nor did the whales sink it to the bottom of the sen; but the stock is broken from where a man was laid out in his everlasting sleep In a hootch and white-man row. It looks only like a piece of junk for the boys to tinker with; but it's really quite a historic arm. It is In the Statesman museum, waiting lone somety for any othpr strange or curious arm to join it and be so ciable, i said she had paid Mr. Todd $500 on a timber claim, believing she was to be locates on a valuable claim. j P. J. Kunts. Salem attorney, testified that Carlos Byron, who Worked with Todd, was an hon est man according to what Todd said. Mr- Kuntx also said that (Continued on page 8) slight rise In temperature Indi cates pending snow. Federal weather bureau reports Indicate continued cold. j i ( -, SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. Wet streets and desultory enow flurries marked slowly mpderat ing wather conditions here today. The minimum temperature at 3 (Continued on page 6) R POLK COUNTY making bids fair to clean Up the whole world for butter prod ac tion. In nine months up to Jan uary 7. she has produced sys.is pounds of butterfat, and her last monthly record was a little more than 82 pounds of fat, or only a little less than the average tor the full nine months past, -which would be 89.9 pounds. To eon tinue at this 1 pouada per month for the next three months, would bring her to 1954 pounds of but terfat, ar 1 4 ; pounos oeiter man (Continued on page 6) General Publication of A: reements Receives Appro- . val by Fait Eastern Com mittee at Washington. DISCRIMINATION Of J RAILWAYS IS RAPPED Subject of Existing Committ ments Discussed at Length By Delegates - WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. (Tr The Associated Press) The It: Eastern committee ot tha Wash ington conference today recorded a mutual pledge against discrimi natory railroad practices la Chisa and then gav general approval to a proposal that the .whole multi tude of treaties and understand ings relating to China's laterc&ta be published to the worold. . The suggestion for a showdown ot all Chinese commitments came from , tha American delegation, wax promptly; supported by tha Chinese and received tentative en dorsement by the British, Jap a ese and French, A formal resolu tion embodying-the decision fi tJ be considered at a meeting o: Ua committee- tomorrow bat the p- llcatloa probably -wilt not be la fore the conference ends. - Pnbllcity Dlsensacd Host t the plenipolcatUrir elarod that virtually a!l sur agreements bad been publle. .T Japanese autgested: it might ti difficult to make 'the list ; com plete because ot ' engagementa c f varlona private Individuals ar i corporations ef which the govern ment had no knowledge. The res olution is expect d to provide tLat each government, make knorr: whatever -Information it has re garding the separate agreements entered Into by its nationals, i Two resolution Ttgardlng tlv Chinese railroads .were ador tel. One, presented .by the Brit!;!:, binds all of the nine nations rep resented 'to permit no "unjust discrumination" in railroad rates or facilities. In China and tie other, an American proposal, re cords the bop of the powers that Chinese railroads may be develop ed toward a unified national sys tem under Chinese control but with whatever foreign exercise may be available.' Reference Provided, Both resolutions 5 were a- proved, although that relating t discriminatory practices was qu&l- iriea oy iu author. Sir Aueklan' Oeddes to apply only to ''unfair discrimination. - It provides tiat any ease which aaems to Inyolvr violation of tha nrtnclDla c: equality of treatment may be re ferred Tor consideration and re port" to the board of reference tc ha. created under the new ercn- dooi program. The Chinese expressed satisfac tion with the two agreements. Ir, the past, it Was pointed out, a! : roads operating In China have de nied they were guilty of discrimi natory practices , and , efforU tc gather facts to prove otherwise havo, failed. , What may be the effect ot t!v commita?e's action on the Man- churian line which Is under Js panese control and which the Chi nese have charged -is being use to promote interestta of the Tokio government, was not touched no on during the committee debate. It was suggested , however, that the practices! of the road tav been lreld to be "fair' by Ja panes officials in that It was being esc: as a legitimate means of develop ing Manchuria Industrially. ; , Tne subject of exlsUnc can. mlttmenu In China was opeaad bv Secretary, HUghea, who suggests" it wouux, do or great aid it tl. powers represented - had fut knowledge of ; aU agreement which might hereafter be lavcir In discussion . ot cilncM prcb lems. : -i' ; .- . . . .. Dr. Koo, for China, endorse the suggestion for an exchange c information among the power and went on to. propose that tL committments thus asked shoal- oe puDiie. ; -, . Unless ' . treaties and nr. standings purporting to bin China were made public and thu aenniteiy recorded. Dr. Km a clared, it was difficult for Chinee oniciais either to saUsfy r reje claims based on them. He prcrr Isedthat . China wcu!4 willing! place bof ere the eonferanea their treatMs and other committ ments. He also expressed a hope tr after the eriaties all had been lai before the conference, ther would be a decision as to the va; ldlty of each. On that point, hov, ever there seemed to be some cc fusion In the' mlnda ot tho del gates, tonight, an Amer!.-. spokesman Indicating that the fci mal resolution, porbably won: provide for submission of the c umenta to the secretary rr--of the conference on or hetz: fixed date after the eo&f adjourns. : .- -i