River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-10-13

to be chief of the army air service
great family and is considered Japan's
strongest man.
This week the members of the Amer
lean delegation are comforting on the
policies to be- urged by them. 1t is
known that they will stand firm for
the practical and against the vision
ary and that they are agreed that
complete disarmament is Impractical
at present; but they believe that an
international agreement to restrict
and reduce armament gradually may
well be reached. Our delegates are
of the same mind as the President in
holding that the proposal of the
pacifists that the United States reduce
armament even if the other nations
refuse is utterly foolish.
The League of Nations had flare
up over this question last week. The
British and French delegates opposed
a resolution calling on fixed COM
mission to make general proposals for
reduction of ornaments, and Lord
Robert Cecil. representing South Afri-
ca, declared it was vital for the league
and for peace that something be done,
and that Great Britain and France
should either present their own pro-
p0sals or cease obstructing the prof.
ects put forward by others. The
resolution was adopted. A commit
tee named to submit an opinion on
the competence Of the league to re-
in the case of the PerI-Bolivia pact.
found that the assembly cannot OF IT.
self modify any treaty, that being
solely within the competence of the
contracting parties.
Once more Premier Lloyd George
has sent his "last word" to rebellious
Ireland, and this time it really sounds
like the last. Briefly. the premier
tells De Valera that the British gov
eminent. though sincerely DESTROYS Of
peace. cannot enter into a conference
vi tHG UdSlS VI tlC lfSI
communications, because, despite De
Valera's personal assurance to the
contrary, it might involve the govern
ment in a recognition of Irish indie
pendence (which no British govern
ment can accord" Nevertheless the
government feels that conference is
the most practical way of accomplish
ing reconciliation and settlement, and
therefore Lloyd George extends to De
Valera a fresh Invitation to confer
ence in London on October IL. Arthur
Griffith, who viii head the Irish dele
CATION If the conference is held, has
declared the Sim Fein has never
asked the British government to nc
ognize the independence of Ireland as
a preliminary to conference. This
leads to the belief that the Sim Fem
can now accept Lloyd Georges invita-
tion without stultifying itself.
The senate has received majority
and minority reports from ifs COM
mittee on privileges and elections on
the Ford Newberry senatorial election
contest from Michigan. In two re-
spects the reports agree-that Henry
Ford was not elected. and that too
much money was spent in the Michi-
gan primary. On all other major is
sues they diverge. The majority re-
port clears Newberry of all charges,
including corruption, declares him the
duly elected senator and recommends
that he be seated The minority re-
port, signed by Democrats, finds New
berry was elected by corrupt and IL
legal methods and recommends that
his seat be declared vacant. Final ac-
tion by the senate may not be taken
for several weeks. There is little
doubt as to what it will be. Mean
time, 1t is understood Mr.. Newberry
will not attend senate sessions.
The War department has made pub
lie its plan for the creation of the or
ganized reserve of the army on
basis that will permit the quick
mobilization of more than 100000
fighting men. Twenty-seyen infantry
divisions of the reserves are provided
for numbering from the Seventy-sixth
to the One Hundred and Fourth, thus
preserving both In number and the
geographical location where each orig
mated the 10 wartime national army
divisions. The same territorial dis
tribution as to armies and army corps
areas is followed as 10 the regular
army organization and the present
structure of the National Guard. The
three arms of national lard defense
forces viii be on an Identical basis,
with control decentraliEed from Wash
IngtoR and all three in the hands Of
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