The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-01-28
APPEAL TO THE CAR
Made Personally by Editor Stead
and Cremer, M. P to Pre-
vent Oriental War.
FORWARDED TO HIM BY CABLE
British Income Worries the Chancel.
lor of the Exchequer-Reform
in the Army.

London. Jan. %. Two identic-l ca
Diagrams, originating with W. L. Stead
and w. r. Cremer. NJ. r, lave been
dispatched TO the car of Russia and
the mikado of. japan, urging these po-
tentates if diplomacy failed, to submit
the Far Eastern dispute to The
Hague tribunal. The messages are
long. and they appeal especially to the
car as 'the courageous originator Of
The Hague conference" to take the in
itiative in referring the matter to The
Hague. The appeals were signed by
sixty prominent English advocates Of
arbitration. Among the signers are all
the members of the labor delegation in
parliament.
British Financial Situation.
Lor1on. Jan. 22.-Chancellor of the
Exchequer Chamberlain, replying to
the toast His Majesty's Ministers" at
the banquet of the Carpenters COM
pany, said that unless a great change
occurred within the next few months
in the revenue returns there would be
little prospect of realizing the budget
anticipations, and that he was afraid
he would not be able to propose a re-
mission of taxation during this session
of parliament. He explained that the
Scmaliland campaign had proved to be
much more costly than had been an
ticipated, and that the purchase and
equipment of the two Chilean battle
ships had been another unexpected
financial drain. He hoped it would not
be necessary to increase the indebted
ness of the state
Arnold Forster on Army Reform.
London, Jan. 22.-Speaking at Liver
pool War Secretary Arnold-Forster out
lined his ideas of the army reforms.
With reference to the war report he
cOntended it was more important to
remedy existing deficiencies than to fix
the responsibility for past evils. He
explained that nearly nine million out
of the ten million pounds which parlia-
mnet had voted to make up for the in
adequacy of stores discovered at the
outbreak Of the South African war had
been expended with the result that no
fewer than 1869 new guns had been
provided, together with stores for three
complete army corps, with their re-
serves, for six months.
What He Proposes to Do.
The reforms the secretary proposed
were radical but not revolutionary,
They included the Development of a pro.
fessional class in the army to study
scientific problems; the maintenance
Of a force ready to take the field at q
moments notice, which would relieve
the reserves of pressure and alarm; a
large increase in the number of trained
subaltern officers and captains; i'm
proved barracks accommodations; en-
as was desired; reorganization of the
militia to give it the position it ought
to occupy as a substantive force; sym
pathetic treatment Of the volunteers
whom the secretary said he believed
would provide a military force of enor
nous value, and the organization of an
army for oversee work.
viii Also Train the Men.
Arnold-Foster said in conclusion
"We will have to follow the example
Of other countries and give our soldiers
and sailors adequate opportunities tc
train themselves and acquire a mental
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