Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-07
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY
(From or Special Correspondent


vinced that the conference here IN
| Washington is on the eve OF reach
ing concrete conclusions at least on
the agreement to limit naval arma-
ments." This statement was made
today by Ambassador Rolandi Ricci,
of Italy, who is at the same time a
member of the Italian delegation to
the Washington Conference.
"By this, / do not mean to ex-
clude the likelihood of concrete
agreements being reached on the other
matters on the agenda," continued
the Ambassador from Italy. The
Ambassador has no fears for Italy's
future. Labor unrest in Italy he
sees as no more serious than similar
troubles in other countries.
! 1--WE Italians are more boisterous
than some other Europeans" he ex-
planned, "and so a great noise may
come from no serious cause. Italy
needs peace political, financial and
economic. She looks for that peace
as result of this conference"
Carrying a petition signed by all
the members of the General Baptist
Association of the State of Virginia.
as we'll as one from 10000 women OF
Richmond, Representative A. j. Mont
ugue, of Virginia called at the White
House yesterday to lay the docu-
ments before President Harding.
The petitions speak in glowing terms
of the efforts of the Chief Executive
to bring about. world peace and COM
mend his action in calling the con-
ference on the limitation Of arnla-
ments to meet at the National Cap
ital.
All indications point now to four
power entente cordiale in the. Pacific
as result Of the present confer
ence on the limitation of armaments
which will not only give Japan the
security she seeks in return Tor her
agreement to the Hughes naval pro.
gram but which will be powerful
factor against war everywhere In the
world.
Great Britain, Japan, France and
the United States, it is now semi
officially confirmed. are about to
enter into such an agreement, prob
ably not with any formal announce
ment or blare Of trumpets, but in
quiet and none the less effective
manner. There is, Of course, to pc
no three, or four power alliance IN
the Pacific, such as Japan has sug--
eested and. which, the. British would
,approve. President -, Harding and
Secretary Hughes have firmly de-
clared against. that. The entente IS
not to be bound together by forn1a
treaty and probably not by any. KIND
of document whatever, but simply
by mutual interest and understand
ing which is, after all. what the
word "entente" means.
The resignation of DR.: Philip: X. c.
Tyau as secretary general. OF the
Chinese delegation to the Far East
ern conference because he did not
believe that any real concessions
were being made to China brings
out in striking manner, in the
opinion of qualified observers here,
the unreasonable, unfair and un-
grateful attitude of a great many
Chinese both toward the conference
and toward the United States gov
ernmen. 49,, c,..
comes to the conference in an ano-
maIous position. For more than
eighty years she has been the victim
of the oppression of the Powers and
has been helpless to prevent tneir
taking what they wanted. Now, even
though valuable rights have been re-
stored to China which she could not
have got by any other means than
through the Conference certainly
being unable to help himself, the
Chinese students and intellectuais
are complaining because they are
not getting everything at once. The
fact is, of course, that all the Pow
ers realize that China is unable to
administer and carry on at this time
some of the rights which it has been
agreed to restore her in due time.
The Chinese delegates here represent
the Canton governmnt which is un-
derstood to command greater por-
tion of the Chinese territory than
that commanded from Pekin.
According to the annual report of
the Librarian of Congress, made
public today, the books in the Library
are now reaching well towards the
three million mark. Among, books
added to the Library during the last
wear were six rare issues of English
colonial treaties with the American
Indians. Of one of them, that CIV
ing the treaty concluded May ~,
1917 only four copies are known;
Three of Champlain's Voyages"
editions of 1913, 1919 and 1882, were
purchased, and also number OF
early works relating to American
history. The formal transfer from
the Department of State to the LIB.
rary of Congress Of the originals OF
the Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution Of the United
States. are also noted in the annual
report. 1 c,ora