Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-22
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY

UAI DI DfA
(From our Special Correspondent
Washington. Dec. 22.-Ihere
seems to be considerable OF mys:
terry over the solution OF the wal
Street bomb mystery which, may OF
may not be cleared up by a state
ment to be made by Attorney Gene.
raj Daugherty. The most perplexlng
Of all the mysteries now relates tt
the alleged confession made by
Wolfe Lindenfeld, who was arrested
in Warsaw, Poland, as one Of the
conspirators who brought about t:oe
explosion of the bomb in September
1920, that cost 81 lives.
The State Department is authority
for the statement that long mes
sage has reached this government
from Warsaw containing in whole OF
in part the alleged confession OF
Lindenfeld and reciting, it is under
stood details of Lindenfeld's employ
ment by William j. Burns, when
Burns was head of a detective agen-
cy in New York before he became
head of the Bureau of Investigation
Of the Department of Justice. ;.
"There are men lying around in
this country reading every word OF
what is said about this arrest" said
Chief Burns today. "While we are
anxious to keep the public informed,
it is only natural that we should not
injure our chances for making ar
rests by remature publication of the
facts"
It is already evident that official
explanation of the inclusion Of the
japanese homeland within the scope
of the "insular dominions and insu-
lar possessions" Of the four-Power
Pacific entente has added zest to the
opposition to the entente and will be
provocative of much debate before
the treaty is ratified.
So far, the entire line up in the
Senate against the treaty has includ-
ed only Senators Borah, LaFollette
and Norris, on the Republican side
and Senators Reed, of Missouri and
Watson, of Georgia, on the Demo
cratic side. But Senators Harrison,
of Mississippi, Glass and Swanson
of Virginia, and others are expected
to declare their opposition to the
ratification of the pact in its present
form, and they will undoubtedly Of
fer amendments to the treaty when
it is brought up for consideration on
the floor of the Senate.
Democratic Senators today were
laughing up their sleeves at the di-
lemma in which the Republican ad
ministration finds itself regarding
this treaty. 1t is quite evident that
there is wide difference of opinion
between the President and his Secre-
tary of State on the Interpretation
that should be placed upon the pro-
visions of the treaty. The President
thinks one way and Mr.. Hughes an
other. All Of which will no doubt
make very good campaign material
for the Democrats in the forthcom-
ing Congressional contest.
The demands of the British gov
ernment for the total abolition of
the submarines as weapons of war
fare by civilized nations will be pre-
sented to the committee of fifteen
considering naval armament at its
session today The plan Of the Brit
ish delegates for the outlawing of
these underseas boats will be laid
before the delegates by Mr.. Arthur
James Balfour and Lord Lee, of
Fareham. The statement to be sub
mitted by the British will be COM
plete in every detail and will go into
the history Of the submarine from
the time it was first used as means
of defense and offense. The Brit
ish will point out the horrors
wrought by the use of submarines
during the World War and the count
less loss of life and property of
non-combatants chargeahle to these
boats. While it is not thought like
ly that the conference will recon-
mend the discontinuance of the fur
ther use of the submarines, it is
more than probable that their en-
ploSiHeiL Ill warfare VIII De llInlCeQ
by international agreement
Although the two main questions
in controversy in the Conference on
Limitation Of Armaments and Pacific
and Far Eastern questions-those re-
lating to submarines and to the
Shantung railway-have reached a
critical stage there is no doubt in
the minds of the American delegates
but that both of them will be ami
cably arranged in time and that all
the major issues before the Confer
ence will be decided by unanimous
action of the Powers.
The Shantune affair undoubtedly
will be the first problem to be
solved. In fact, the principal dele
gates from the various nations are
making preparations to leave this
country not later than the middle of
next January, believing that the i'm
portant work for which the confer
ence was called will have been COM
| pleted by that time.
Isaac Gregg.
| between the present navieS. If that