Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-07
WASHINGTON
DAYBY DAY
(From Our Special Correspondent>

Washington, Nov. THE concilia-
tory and amieable frame OF NINA IN
which the Japanese delegates TO tne
arms conference have appeared IN
Washington during the past week,
evidently rejecting the official attl-
tude of the japanese government, IS
regarded here as probably the most
hopeful of al signs for the success
of the conference.
In their statements to the news
paper correspondents and to govern
ment oficials. the whole of the Japan
csc delegation Of more than fifty ex-
pcrts and advisers has assumed an
attitude Of eagcrness to enter into the
forthcoming delicate negotiations
with the hope Of being able to aid ma
terially not only in reducing the
ornaments Of the world, but also Of
settling tie Far Eastern and Pacific
questions. Because Japan is the storm
centre of the whole conference, the
key to its success, this attitude has
given grea@ pleasure to the Ameri-
can delegation and to all those who
have the success of the conference
most at heart. There IS no question
but that an entente cordiale between
the Japanese delegation and the Ame-
ricans has already been established
on such a firm basis that it would be
most difficult to tear down.
Being former President of the
United States gives no one special
privileges in the District Of Colum-
bia, Woodrow Wilson has found. On
Friday last he submitted request to
the building Inspector Of the District
for a permit to add story to his
one story garage in the rear of his
home 2340 S street. A minor official
Of the District refused the request on
the ground that the building code pro-
hibited the erection Of higher than
one story garages in the residence sec
ton.
Five United States Senators, one
former Senator and the Chief Justice
of the Court of Appeals Of the Dis
trict of Columbia are among those
who object to high rents in Washing
ton and who have filed complaints
with the Rent Commission asking re-
ductions.
As a result, the Rent Commission
has undertaken to set rents in the
whole apartment building, one of the
most exclusive in the city. Notices
have been served upon the owners
to appear before the commission with
figures showing the cost-nf thn+apart-.
ment building and the cost Of main
tenance from which the Commission
will determine fair rentals for ali the
tenants, numbering several hundred.
Renewed pressure from France for
ratification of French British Ame-
rican alliance and statements from
eminent Japanese regarding Jap
British-American alliance, have caused
officials of the Harding administra-
ton to reaffirm with emphasis the
principle that this government is not
contemplating and will not counten-
ance an alliance of any sort as re-
suit of the conference on the limita-
ton of armaments.
Four women will take mart officially
in the conference on limitation of arm
ament and far eastern problems, but
more than 100000 organized women
n the United States, to say nothing
of the millions in this and other coun-
tries not formally affiliated with any
organization will be here through
their own authorized representatives
and in spirit when President Harding
delivers his address of welcome to the
delegates in the assembly hall of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton next Saturday.
1t is a source OF surprise and dis
appointment to women in Washington
that so few women from overseas will
attend the conference. Many were eX-
pected, especially from Great Britain
and France, but SO far: with the ex-
ception of the wives of delegates and
advisers, no women have come from
either country and the only repre-
sentative of the female sex to arrive
so lar besides those mentioned is
Nine Kali YAKIMA, ninety years old
and Japan's first woman teacher, who
is in Washington to present to Presi-
dent Harding a peace petition over
100 yards long written on rice paper
and signed by 10000 Japanese women.
Il went out on the street car last
night" said Senator Cameron, Of
Arizona today, "and although it was
backed, there were not more than
half a dozen of the occupants speak
ing English. This certainly shows that
Washington is being filled up with for
eigners who are coming to watch the
deliberations of the conference on the
limitation of armaments."
isaac Gregg