Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-05

SATURDAY. EVENING. 5, 1921.
EVENTS OF A WEEK.
Less than a week remains before the meeting
of the armament conference, and the delegates to
that great gathering have begun to arrive. The
Italian delegates are already on the ground. Pre-
mier BRAND, of France, will be landing within a
few hours. Mr.. Balfour, one of the British dele
gates, has sailed. Premier Lloyd George, absorb
ed though he is in the Irish negotiations, at this
writing still hopes to be able to leave in time for
the first meeting of the conference.
There have been several meetings of the four
American delegates, and the attitude of the United
] States which they will enunciate is being formulat-
= ed. In accordance with previous announcement
. members OF an advisory committee have been NAM
\ ed, this list including men and women eminent in
: many walks of life. The four American delegates
i are keeping their own counsel as to the nature of
= the proposals which they are likely to make. 1t is
! assumed that the representatives Of each nation
will have certain concrete proposals to make, at
{ least as the basis Of discussion, and inasmuch as
! the conference is held at the invitation of the Unit
? ed States, it is generally assumed that the United
States will be expected to take the lead in the pre-
7 liminary proposals..
! The president having pointed out in his invi-
! tation the Importance of removing causes which
t might tend to interfere with the peace of the ma
. tons in ordef to make reduction of armament pos
I sible and effective, it is expected that the United
1 States will propose that questions relating TO the
! Pacific and the Far East first be taken up, so that
with a definite policy established with reference to
these subjects, the, armament discussions may not
be complicated by the existence of complicated is
sues in the background.
AS already announced, it is understood that the
real sessions of the conference will not begin until
/ November IL, in order that the visitors may have
| opportunity to participate in the Armistice day ex-
ercises, which on this occasion will be unusually
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there will be inferred with fitting honors the body
! OF the unknown American soldier, brought from
one of the battle6elds of France as the unnamed
representative of that great body of men who gave
up their lives in the service of the nation, fighting
in the cause of liberty As representatives Of the
United States have paid their tribute of respect at
the graves of unknown soldiers of the nations as
ISOLATED with us in the war, so high officials from
abroad will pay like tribute to the memory of the
American soldier whose body will rest in the ma
,ional cemetery at Arlington!
Armistice day has been declared by the presi-
dent a national holiday, and exercises in commem-
u Grafton Of the close Of the war will be general
: throughout the country. Through a rare comb.
j nation of facilities provided by science there will
be an unusual participation in the exercises at
Arlington. By means of the telephone and its lat
est appurtenances the firing of salutes, the ringing
of bells, the music Of bands and the delivery of the
president So address will be heard by thousands in
San Francisco. Arrangements for this remarkable
reproduction have been heard, and the apparatus
has been given a thorough testing within the past
few days. The scientific achievement is already
an accomplished fact. 1t remains only to utilize
it on this particular occasion.s
The senate has been struggling with the reve.
nue. bill, and the measure is likely within the next
4. few days to be passed in some form, though the
exact form is still a matter Of some doubt. Sena-
tor Smoot has made a strong plea for his sales tax
HI but notice has been given by house leaders that this
iii feature could NOT he accented nv The hoNee Sena-
HI tor Reed has urged an amendment for the retention
81 the excess profits tax and the payment OF a sol
III uiers' bonus out of the proceeds, and in the house
AF there has been a proposal for the levying of a liquor
III tax for the same purpose. There is more than a
Hi suspicion that certain OF the Democrats are trying
SE 10 use the soldiers bonus as a means for the enact.
n,ent Of other special legislation, and also for the
purpose Of embarrassing the Republican majority.
II Sensational charges have been made on the
H4 floor of the senate by Senator Watson, Of Georgia,
to the effect that many American soldiers in France
during the war were hanged or otherwise executed
without trial OF any kind, and in support of the
aAamaxing statement that twenty-one soldiers were
Hanged on q single gallows he exhibits a photo.
III graph Of what he has been informed was the gal
lows on which this massacre took place. The sen
III sfes ms appointed q special committee to investi-
gate. The charges are denied by reputable officers
sNh6 ought to be conversant with the facts, and in
III asmuch as such crimes could not have been com
1smitted on such : scale without the knowledge OF
1lthousSnds of soldiers who have now been in the
fllInited States for two years or more, the. state
~klnsents are generally discredited. Senator Watson
ihzs BEEN known for many years as = fre-eater, and
fke vociferous manner in which he has made his
|IxhaI4es on the evidence, thus fat, OF a Heterogeneous
linus IF newspaper clippings and statements BY un-
slf1xnoWn pefscps has not tended to strengthen them
w AA
IL Persons who are conscious Of interest ii road
fexi1S1Afionsand the subject ID of interest through
e6< he countrry--haye noted the final passage by
6116K houses of the federal road bill as It came from
K ESnsffSfence. carrying an appropriation Of $1,000.
3366 f6f highway purposes. This money is to be
fosthe promotion qf road building throughout