Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-14
Washington
Briefs

Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
WASHINGTON, Sept 14-Washington
hears that Robert Lansing, formerly
Secretary of State has been retained to
act as special counsel for the Chinese
delegation at the conference on arma-
ments and the Far East Mr.. Lansing
has not yet returned to his law offices
here from his summer holidays and the
report in the meantime cannot be veri-
fed. Woodrow Wilson's second foreign
minister would serve the government of
China appropriately in an advisory
capacity because he was closely asso-
ciated with his distinguished father-in-
law John w. Foster, who for years was
CHINA chief counselor on foreign rela-
tions- Mr.. Lansing strongly espoused
the Chinese position on Shantung at the
Paris peace conference and in his recent
book on the treaty of Versailles. criti-
cized President Wilson for yielding to
Japanese contentious
Japan and France have apprised tba
United States they have no objection "a
the inclusion of Holland and Belgium in
that section of the Washington confess
ence dealing with the Far East. If "a
assumed at the State Department pres-
entity will be the case. Great Britain
italy and China also pronounce Holland
ana Belgium to be acceptable confereas
the United States will formally invite
them to be represented. Tbav viii H.
CHINA sit in" only when "principIeS and
policies" in the Pacific are under dis
eussion. If each of them sends four deIs-
gates that VIII mean a total of thirtv-
iour instead Of twenty five at the round
table when the Far East is under dis
cussion. Holland has vast interest IN
me Pacific through possession of tina
Dutch East indies. She also owns mart
OF one OF the zap cables. Belgium's in
terest IN Asiatic affairs consists mainly
Y her heavy investment in the formarlv
belgians Russian railway from Hankow
to Pekin.
lillian j. Morgan, attorney general Of
Wisconsin Is In Washington to confer
with the Department Of Justice abont
sIe badser States antiprice- fixing law.
hr- Morgan is responsible for psssino ths
law on Wisconsin statute books. IT com
prises the prOhibitory features of Fed
eraI acts concerning combinations in re-
stralnt Of trade, but is distinguished
from them by its penal provisions. Fines
ranging from 800 to 5000 can now ha
melted ont in Wisconsin to price -fvinr
p4viteeAo. MI morgan Is one of fha
coming young Republicans of Wisconsin
politics. He led his State ticket at the
1920 elections by a heavy majority. When
Robert NJ. La Toilette tempts fate and as
pires to reelection in 1928 the attorney
generals friends intend pitting Mr..
Morgan against him.
It is understood that Joseph c. Grew
is being transferred from the legation In
Denmark to become minister TO Switzer-
land because the United States wants a
trained observer In the country which is
the seat Of the League OF Nations. Mr..
Crew saw the league in the making as
the secretary general of the American
mission at the Paris peace conference.
He knows personally Lord Robert Cecil
VI. Niviani. Arthur J. Balfour and other
leading European statesmen who helped
to form the league and who now direct
its desrinles The State Department feels
there could have been no better choice for
our post near Geneva-Copyright
1921, by Public Ledger Company.
LIFT BAN ON GERMANS.
LONDON, Sept 14-Many of the lesser
London clubs have repealed the regula-
lions against admission of German mem