Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-16
China Presents Basis
For Far East Discussion
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their actual consideration Of the sec
ond big topic on the program of tn
conference, the naval experts COM
mittee of the five powers held its first
details of the American reduction
plan accepted yesterday in spirit and
principle by all the powers.
Expected sze Views.
The impression prevailed among
session for discussion OF Far Eastern
questions that DIR. SEE. China.'s repre-
, sentative. would present u proposal
which would serve as the basis Of dis
cussion. This proposal was under
stood in some quarters 10 provide q
settlement of the Far Eastern prob;
lem. especially with respect to China,
on a basis Of complete Territorial! in
tegrity for China. and universal rec
ognition Of the open door.
! Prospects were that the delegates
would remain in session we'll into the
afternoon, preparations having been
made for the serving of lunch in the
! Pan-American building, where the
session was held.
The session, however. recessed at l
o'clock for luncheon, the delegates
being guests of Secretary Hughes ut
a luncheon served in the building.
Uncommon Procedure.
Punishment of trouble-making for
mer monarchs to islands Of the sea
far from their one-time dominions !.
an uncommon procedure but pre-
cedent for the plight of former EN-
pcror Charles of Austria-Hungary
who has been exileH to Madeira. is
found in the historic case Of Napoleon
L. who passed six years on st. Helena
in the south Atlantic, 700 miles from
the nearest land, a prisoner more
! than a century ago.
st. Helena is not only much smaller
than Madeira but, compared to the
latter, Is as "a devils island" to para
! disc. Five-sixths of it's area Is de-
void of vegetation and, aside from an
army garrison, there are no big towns
or other evidences of life.
Madeira; five times the size of st.
Helena, is an ocean garden spot.
Funchal, its chieY city, has a popula-
ton of more than 10000 and the
island, one Of a group of four owned
by Portugal, produces some OF the
most famous wine and laces in the
world as we'll as an abundance OF
fruits. grains and sugar: oxen are
mainly used for agriculture, instead
of draft horses and other farming
methods are primitive. Less than two
per cent Of the people can read and
write.
The Portuguese military garrison Is
very small and Charles. Zita and their
six small children if the Allied pow
crs permit, may have every lreeaorn
except an unchaperoned ocean Voy
age. Napoleon was guarded day and
night by soldiers.
Madeira, the Portuguese word fol-
forest" is directly in the Atlantic
ocean trade routes. st. Helena,
|, British naval coaling station, ofter
doesn't see a, ship for days. Madelrf
daily touch with the outside world
The island, 400 miles west Of Morocco
las a., temperate climate. 1t Is !:
miles wide and 35 miles long and Ell
iptical in shape. Three other island
nearby complete the Madeira group
They are Porto Santos which. wit
Madeira, have a population OF 1fo,
900 and the Desertas and Selvagens
two smaller islands Of volcanic origlr
The latter are uninhabited rock for
nations. jutting cut ct the sea.
Both Attempts Failed.
: After the collapse OF the Centrs
1918. Charles. and ztt
1 sought refuge in Switzerland wher,
j lfor three years. they lived with the
children. Last March the former en-
$ peror attempted a coup-d'etat o
ccrOSsing the SWISS oOfOef ana EeaC'
ing the town of Steinamanser. Eur
gary, where with prominent NOR
archists he planned to enter Buda
pest. The plot failed and Charles re
turned to Switzerland. Again: on Ot
tober % last, despite his word {
honor given to the Swiss authorize
! that hi would attempt no further 81
capades, the former monarch and n
: wife. during the dispute over Burger
land, flew in an airplane from 1t
cernc to O~edenburg and ultimatel
t reached Raab, Hungary. wher
e Charles was received by an arme
e party OF royaIists. In a sangutnar
effort to enter Budapest. the Carlis'
were defeated. The former emperc
and empress were captured and, n
ly, at the behest of the Little Entene
: placed aboard a British monitor !
e the Danube. On November 3, the e.
royal pail. sailed for their futur
home in mid Atlantic. On Noyembs
4 the former emperor, who had pei
sistently refused to n
hereditary rights" was dethrone
and the Hapsburg dynasty was ouste
b from Hungary by a law passed by tn
= Hungarian national assembly.