Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-30
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY
(From or Special Correspondent)

(From our Special Corresponaent).
Washington, Dec. 30.-Alexandrla
housewives will no doubt be interest
ed if not somewhat surprised 10 learn
that after a sewing machine snuttie
has "shuttled" its way from the
hands of the manufacturer to the
hands of the retailer its cost mas
Jumped from II cents. which the
manufacturer paid to produce it, to
one dollar, which the housewife paid
to get it.
incorporated in the records OF the
Senate Finance Committee as the re-
sult of testimony given ct the COM
mittee's tariff hearing. ;,
"The consumer can thank God II
doesn't shuttle through any more
hands" commented Senator McCum-
her. of North Dakota.
Here is another secret laid before
the committee:
The fancy, leather-covered family
Bible, with red under gold edges
that the bookseller offers at So or
more, costs him S1.45 at wholesale.
And one would hardly believe that
the Bible would be used as source
of profiteering.
Failure of the Conference on Linn
tation of Armaments to reach an
agreement on limitation Of subma-
rines and of auxiliary craft and its
failure to act on the Root resolutions
regarding submarine warfare will
make unnecessary the conference OF
all European naval powers suggested
bv the President sometime ago, 1t
was said today at the State Depart
ment.
It was pointed out there would be
nothing for such conference TO con-
slider, inasmuch as none Of them is
interested in the capital ship issue
and inasmuch as there would be no
proposal to submit to them on sub
marines or auxiliary craft.
The Presidents idea of asking the
European powers to ratify the agree
ments of this conference was based
on the assumption that an agreement
would be reached OH submarines and
auxiliary craft, in which subjects
many nations not represented in the
conference are interested. Frances
refusal to consider limitation of sub
marine armaments has, therefore
not only prevented an agreement
among the five great powers but has
made impossible an agreement
among the smaller nations whereby
they could have greatly restricted
their armaments, it was said here to-
day.
A bunch of Secret Service men,
who have been assigned to the dele
gates to the arms. conference, was
waiting in the corridor Of the Pan
American Building for the meeting Of
the naval armaments committee to
break up today. They were talking
little bit too loud, and were warned
that their voices were ascending to
the outer parts of the Columbus
Room where the delegates were in
session.
s.Think they had better chlorform
these gold fish to keep them from
making any noise" suggested one Of
the men, as he pointed to the fish
swimming around in the fountain
erected in the Patois of the building.
The British delegation is still an
xious to discuss the submarine ques-
ton in an open session of the arms
conference and has again requested
Secretary of State Hughes to con-
slider calling such session. Mr.
Hughes has made no definite reply to
the British request but the inforna-
tion in British circles is that he has
given them to understand that their
request will be granted before the
conference adjournS. The purpose of
the open session, from the British
standpoint. will be to lay before the
whole world the British attitude to-
ward the submarine as moral and
material menace to the peace of the
world.
Confirmation is obtained here today
in official sources of the plan for an
exchange of notes between the Uni
ted States and Japan to make clear
that the homeland of Japan is not
included within the scope of the four
Power Pacific Treaty. These notes
will be exchanged, it is learned,
prior to tn submission OF the treaty
to the Senate and the text of the
notes will be sent to the Senate as
a matter of information on the
treaty
Great Britain and France will not
be included in the exchange of notes,
but both governments have given
their official approval of the plan
which means that they now recog-
nize that the four Power Treaty
does not include within its scope the
homeland of Japan. Tt was made
clear in American official sources
tha. the proposal for an exchange of
notes did not come from the Ameri-
can, but from the japanese govern
ment.
Isaac Gregg.
Off to the Pen