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The New York herald., 1921-10-11
Japan's Preparations.

In clear and thoroughly impartial
manner the staff correspondent of
THE New YORK HERALD to-day pre-
sents the apprehension of Japan over
the conference called at Washington
for the discussion of the limitation
OF armaments and Far East matters.
He gives also in the same spirit Of
fairness his reason for the belief that
Japan is preparing to assert the
special privileges which she claims.
and he shows from his own investi-
cations the character and extent OF
her preparations.
The primary cause Of the failure Of
the Japanese leaders. to reconcile
themselves to the eventualities Of the
Washington conference is, in Mr..
SEBoLD's opinion, their refusal to be-
lieve that there is no Interior or
selfish motive back OF the American
proposal. The Japanese make no
attempt to conceal their belief that
they are in better position to sup
ply the needs of Asia than any other
country, that they can control China
because China is yellow mans
country and will resist the encroach-
ments of the white race, and that the
ambitions OF Japan are based on
racial psychology and would prove
beneficial to all the peoples of Asia
IL the United States and other coun-
tries would keep their hands off,"
Japan has no fears about the re-
suits OF the policy which she has
pursued in Shantung, Siberia and
Corea. She can in her own proper
time accept the advice Of her Euro
pean allies and withdraw from ST.
beria: she can turn back Shantung
TO China and she can leave Man
churia and Mongolia. In the two
last named territories she will have
obtained from China direct the con-
cession she desires. Shantung will
in seven years be more japanese
than Chinese, and in Siberia she
will have gained foothold so In
nuential that she can control trade
conditions.
The thing that stands out promi-
nently in the expressions OF tho Jap
anese prominent in public affairs and
In the business and commercial life
of the country whom Mr.. SEBoLp
interviewed or talked with Is the be
lief that IL Japan has used high
handed methods In her Far Eastern
policy or has exceeded the limits OF
the powers conceded to her, she is
justified. They believe, or make them
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
Highway Memorial Trees.
Oaks Recommended for Planting In
Honor Of the War Dead.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Now is
the time for the fall planting of me-
mortal trees in honor of those who made
the supreme sacrifice in the world war.
There is no better place to plant me-
mortal trees than on our main high
ways through the country. BY planting
memorial trees on both sides Of these
roads and placing guards to protect
them from mutilation and markers to
designate tho men for whom they are
planted the dead will be honored and
beauty will be added to the thorough
fare, shade from the extreme heat Of
the suns rays will be supplied In the
summer time and q resting place will
be furnished for the weary traveller
who may seek shelter under their
boughe.
OF main Importance in securing good
and to give sufficient new soil, which is
tho chief secret Of insuring success in
arboriculture.
recommend the oak as tho most
suitable tree for memorial purposes on
highways. First of all, It is a species
that has O. large number Of varieties
some Of these Indigenous to parts of
the United States Then wo should
consider its sturdy habit, its wonderful
power to withstand storms. the firm
hold OF its foliage, which clinss to the
tree much later than the leaves OF any
other deciduous tree. The oak also SYM
bolixes. by its sturdiness and cndur-
ance unto death, the one in whose mem-
ory 1t would be planted. 1t Is also n
long lived tree. Some oaks In this
country are known to be more than a
hundred and fifty years old.
WESLEY y. LEACH.
HOLLIS, October 10.
The New York herald., 1921-10-11

selves and the people believe, that
what was done was in accordance
with the special privileges to which
Japan is entitled. AS a result Of
this attitude keen observers, Mr.
SEIBoLD says, hold that regardless
of the outcome of the Washington
enterprise Japan is actually prepar-
ing to meet any eventuality which
may interfere with her national am
bitions."
What Official Japan discerns as the
menace to her Far East ambitions is
what the Japanese choose to consider
a new American policy" In every
recent move of the United States she
has seen reasons for apprehension;
she asks why the United States
should suddenly decide to fortify
Guam. Hawaii and the Philippines, to
assert her right to Yap and to send
her most important warships to the
Pacific Ocean. To the Japanese off,
cial whatever the United States has
done in the Pacific Ocean--this In the
broad sense is what the Japanese
mean when they speak of their sphere
Of infiuence-is done with the inten-
tion Of imperilling what the Japa-
nese call their rights.
1T is a deserved tribute to the
efficiency of the General Staff" says
Mr.. SEIBoID, that no element to the
successful conduct of war has been
overlooked in the last year or two"
In his investigation he finds that
Japan is building on one Of the
Formosa islands a modern hydro
electric plant of capacity too great
for commercial purposes which is
evidently to be employed in the
manufacture of nitrates, chemicals
and gases used in the making of mu-
nitions; on another of the Formosa
islands he finds vast aviation fields
and workshops, where British in
structors have been training officers,
fiiers and mechanics. The Japanese
army is always ready and a mill
tary observer informed Mr.. SEIBoLD
that Japan could put IAN army OF
100000 men in the field within five
months" OF the efficiency Of the
navy Mr.. SEIBoLD gives the opinion
Of naval expert to the effect that
there is none better, type for type,
in actual existence anywhere on the
globe"
This military and naval machine
is built up entirely for the purposes
o. defence, Mr.. SEIBoLD believes. An
offensive war, leading politicians
frankly admitted to him, would be
unpopular with the people. 1t would
cost the friendship of England and
France, let loose the Coreans and
Chinese and topple over the impe-
rial dynasty. Japan's very existence
as a Far East Power would be at
stake if she we're to invite any other
than q defensive war.
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
Relatively of Reality.
The Idealist and the Scientist Trying
to Understand This World.

To TIE New York HERALD: In reply
to the letter OF r. l.. Rawson would
like to say that Science has always
acknowledged the changeable nature OF
the order Of Nature. but Science tries to
found its tcnets on established lines and
will not listen to tho ipse dixit OF any
one who through an ardent imagination
tries to subvert those truths as far as
world wisdom has proved them to be
true. I think the idcalist has had his
day, and very little use he has made OF
it---a dipping into occult and remote
fields with q paucity of results. This.
however, does not satisfy him, but he
must become q healer. end he must hold
communication with other worlds.
Einstein may have given Time Jolt
by his assertion OF its relative value,
but this Is merely assertion, and turning
back the hands OF the clock may not
reveal facts only contingencies. Men
+fiaye been known to explain the riddle OF
tho universe by mathematics. Science
has always accepted the difficulty o.
Tiine and Space, but she does not cali
IN the aid OF illusion to bolster UP her
opinions. She knows that Force ana
Gravity are as mysterious as Space and
Time, and yet she has based her system
on such uncertain groundwork.
The idealists Berkeley and Hume
never denied the phenomena we call the
outer world, but asserted that the mind
was the recipient or the Impressions.
To-day, however. we do not say mind,
whicl, is a ilgment OF metaphysical days !:
we say brain or brain cells. We can
not account for sugar being sweet, but
we say IL is sweet. and all the mental
science in the world cannot make II
bitter. The trouble with the mentalist
Is that nc places al his sensations or
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
Central American Federation.

The Central American Federation,
which came formally into being yes
terday through the union of Guate'
mala, Honduras and Salvador, is an
attempt to restore in a measure the
political community which existed
eighty years ago under the name Of
the Federal Republic of Central
America. This confederacy fell vic
tim to internal political dissensions,
and to-day its successor lacks among
its members the republics Of Costa
Rica and Nicaragua, which were
parts OF the old association.
The States composing the Central
American Federation have adopted a
frame OF government closely resem.
bling the Constitution OF the United
States, modified with regard to the
executive department in manner in
dicative OF confidence in the system
followed in Switzerland. 1t is evil
dence Of the sobriety and mature po-
l.tical judgment of the citizens OF the
constituent States that the Fedora
tiop has been formed after free dis
cussion and that it enters upon its
career backed by an authentic and
unquestioned mandate from the peo-
ple who have erected it.
1t is the hope of the people Of the
United States that their fellow free
men on the American continents will
find 1t possible to maintain their lib
erty under democratic institutions
in peace and to prosper in freedom.
The Central American Federation
begins under favorable auspices; may
it fulfil the purpose and ambitions OF
its creators with harmony among its
own inhabitants, unvexed by attempts
at aggression from abroad.
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
The Job He Refused.

TO THE NEW YORK HERALD: Some one
more prosperous than I left copy of
THE New York HERALD on my favorite
bench in Bryant Park to-day. In It /
read where restaurant man offered q
Job as pearl diver" (dishwasher) at 80
q day with no takers. He did not tell 1t
all. Quite usual in such cases. This
Is what was offered TO me--probably by
your correspondent: SO day Of twelve
hours distributed as follows: 10 A. NJ.
to p. NJ, r. NJ. to s p. NJ. p. NJ.
to IL p. NJ
I suppose tho rest Of the twenty-four
hours ] could spend in the library seek
ing knowledge how TO better my POSI-
tion. THIRD BENCH.
BRYANT PARK, October 6.
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
A, They Make Il In Oklahoma.

Pomca CITY correspondence 81 the oklohoman.
Liquor so estrons with acid that It ate
holes through paper was seized in sections
Of the State by prohibition enforcement
officers recently. Drops OF the liquor fell
accidentally on a newspaper on the officers
desk and wherever the drops came in con-
tact with the paper holes appeared imme-
diateiy. Then the officers purposeiy poured
some OF the liquor on the paper. which was
eaten UP quickly. The stiil was taken with
the liquor.
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
Olympic on Swift Trip With Notables
Expected to Complete Best Run of the Year To-day
With 681 Cabin Passengers

A wireless message reported the Olym-
pic Of the White Star Line 543 miles
east Of Ambrose Channel at noon yes
terday. She Is expected to pass the
lightship about noon to-day. barring ad-
verse weather conditions. and thus make
her best run OF the year. She left Cher
bourg at Z :45 p. NJ. October 8, and had
averaged about twenty-five and a half
knots an hour. the management said.
The Olympic has on board 681 first
cabin passengers and 500 in the second
cabin. On board are. among others. Sir
William Alexander. chairman OF the
British Dyes Corporation. and Lady
Alcxander SIR Alfred Butt. theatrical
proprietor; Lady Granard. formerly
Miss Beatrice Mills, and her children,
the Viscount Forbes. Lady Moira Forbes
and Lady Eileen Forbes; also Lady
Harcourt. formerly Miss Burns: Regi-
nald McKenna, formerly British Chan
cellor OF the Exchequer, and Mrs. Nc
Kenna; Sir Ernest Raeburn. formerly
British Minister OF Shipping at New
York: ]. u. Rodgers, second secretary
OF the American Embassy at London: :
Hubert Srnithers, son Of the chairman of
the Grand Trunk Railway: Bishop A. J.
Carey. II. Wink of the Western Import
Company, Tom Davies. Charlie Chap
Inns London manager and colleague !:
Wallace Eddinger. actor, and Charles Z.
Mitchell. president Of the National City
Bank.
Also Frank Comes. member OF the
commission investigating the financial
conditions in Russia; the Hon. Charles
lizard Mrs. George Cavendist Bentinck.
Mr.. William p. Bonbright. Mr.. Henry
Clews Jr.. Mrs. c. G. Cornell, Mr.. Lamar
Hardy. Mr.. William G. Low. Miss Rhoda
Low, Mrs. John w. Mackay. Miss Kath-
erine Mackay. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Archibald
Murray, Mr.. James Speyer, Mrs. Munson
q. Shaw, Mrs. Sheffield Phelps, Miss
Claudia and Miss Eleanor Phelps and
Mr.. Percy a. Rockefeller.
Among arrivals here by the Celtic were
Duse Mohamed All, editor Of the Afric0
and Oriental Revieso Of London, hero to
promote trade between West Africa and
the United States: the Earl Of Sandwich
and the Countess Of Sandwich. who will
visit friends; Rear Admiral w. II.
Brownson and Mrs. Brownson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kennedy Tod and Mrs. Herbert E.
Bowen.
Among the passengers on board the
Cunarder Carmania sailing to-day for
Cherbours and Southampton will be Sir
Edgar r. Bowring, president Of Bowring
Bros. Ltd: Mr.. Isidoro De Garmica,
Spanish Military Attache to Guatemala:
Mrs. De Garmica, Mr.. Louis F. Mira
bant. Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Ridgway Mr..
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
Central Banks and Exchange.

Something moro definite than a
mere vague idea must have been in
the mind of HERBERT HOOVER, Secre-
tary of Commerce, when he cited the
instability of foreign exchange as
one of the chief obstacles to foreign
trade, and then put forward this
thought:
"The great banks OF issue are the
guardians of stability in currencies.
II would appear to me that those in
stitutions---the Federal Reserve,
Bank of England, Of France, Of AM
sterdam, OF Italy, Of Spain, &c
could we'll consider that It Is within
their own province TO concert some
unofficial plan leading to the rees.
tablishmcnt OF most OF this primary
condition [currency stability OF
economic life"
IL Mr.. HoovrR had in mind some
definite attempt of this kind. or even
the outline of one, for the central
banks to try to stabilize exchange he
could not possibly have framed a
more tantalizing paragraph to whet
the appetite for something more solid
and .Ssxsfying to come. But he wen.
no further than the bare suggestion
as quoted. Earlier In his speech he
indicated that he would not favor the
use OF central banks except as stabil.
izing agencies and not as manufac.
turers of credit.
The world has had its lesson in fiat
money. After recent experiences no
set OF sane bankers would attempt to
stabilize a currency while the Gov.
ernment Of the country retained the
unrestricted privilege of issuing pa
per money to pay budget deficits, .
privilege carrying with IL the power
TO nullify any attempt TO steady the
currency. Before stabilization could
lie accomplished budget deficits
would have TO be eradicated or else
financed by long term loans within
the country concerned.
In the specific case OF the German
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
News of 1928.
A Copy OF an Old New England Paper
Reported From Nicaragua.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In your
paper Of June 10 you refer to q copy OF
a newspaper in the United States which
is 165 years old. having been printed in
1856.
I beg to say that can beat that by
fully twenty-eight years. having a copy
of tho NeU England Weekly Journal of
April s. 1928. 1t is single sheet, nine
and half inches by fourteen and a half
inches and in very good condition. It
contains the latest European news Of
October, 1927. and has several advertise
ments offering very likely Negro girls
for sale. EMILIO MUELLEN.
GRANADA, Nicaragua, October /.
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
Women Offer Jobs.
An Appeal and q solution Of the Un-
employment Problem.

TO THE New YORK HERALD: May j
report a conversation among a group OF
sufficiently earnest women aroused to
the unemployment situation?
II have an idea---if only was per-
SON who ever started things."
whats the idea?"
swell, you know, all OF you. how diff
cult it II at this time Of settling house
for the winter to get any help in doing
it-cleaning and all that. The women
we once could get as help all went into
some other line than homework during
the war. Perhaps that's one of the rea-
sons why cx-service men can't find a.
job now. The women won't go back to
their old places
IT begin to see; we might start some
kind Of bureau or other OF household
service; 'ex-soldicrs only please apply
Some Of them might be willing to help
US out till a man sized job could be
found for them"
"Tve known some men handler than
women, better as cooks, and lot OF
other things. Some Of them must have
done-both in the army and the navy
some OF the odd jobs we need so much
to have done. The sailors. for instance.
must have scrubbed"
'The anchor"
But seriously"
And so the talk ran on. Meantime one
OF the group was scratching away on a
pad and soon produced what she called
an advertisement to be inserted In some
friendly newspaper and to be called
'The Housewives Entreat the Heroes o.
Their Country:
We are cookless, we are maidless,
In our kitchens We are aidless--
Hear our bugle note and drum!
You, o gobs and doughboys trusty,,
You marines alert and lusty.
Once more to our rescue come.
All our shining pans are rusty;
Ceilings cobwebbed, curtains dusty;
Rugs unlaid. unswept our floors;
Mirrors dim and gilt frames tarnished;
Woodwork needing to be vanished;
Jiggly locks on all tho doors.
Please, boys. no excuses humble;
Do not think the task too humble
Once did proud Achilles spin;
Hercules--he too was handy.
AS to pay--no words wen handy,
You our dollars shall rake in!
Come and help us. we implore you.
See US on our knees before YOU
We. poor housewives. worn to shreds
What? You will-brave gobs and dough-
boys;
You will come? If that is so, boys,
Wen shower blessings on your heads
May hope that the above conversa-
ton and verses may add a mite toward
the solution Of the unemployment ques-
ton? Il. NJ. r.
NEW YORK, October 10.
The New York herald., 1921-10-11

To-day there will be selected from
among tho unidentified bodies OF Amer
lean soldiers who fell in battle In
France ono on which will be conferred
the signal honor Of public burial in
Arlington after period Of solemn
lying in state in the Capitol at Wash
ington. Thus will begin q ceremony
which will end only when another
national shrine has been created. to
which through all the days the United
States endures its people will journey
to pay homage to the departed who
died for their country.
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
Anthrax.
this year

Among human beings deaths from
anthrax, or splenic fever, are rare.
In 1919 there were but forty-six
deaths from this disease in the
United States. seventeen Of which
were in New York city. Although
there has been a slight increase in
the number of cases throughout the
United States in the past ten years.
the death rate has decreased ma
terially. Better methods Of treat
ment, especially the use of an anti
anthrax serum, and ripper knowledge
have taken from the disease much Of
its sting.
Anthrax is caused by a micro-or-
ganism, or bacillus, which produces
all the effects Of blood poisoning. 1t
is essentially disease Of cattle, but
man is likewise subject to It.: and
whenever it has attacked human be-
ings the infection has been derived
from contact with wool. hair or
hides. What is still more to the
point. the greater number of cases
among human beings are due to in.
fected shaving brushes.
The bacillus of anthrax is spore
bearing. The bacillus itself is easily
destroyed, but the spores are very re-
sistant and may lurk within the
brush for a long time. Prevention
Of infection from this source is not
dificult, and it is unwise to take
chances. A new brush should be
sterilized before use and the steril.
ization should not be entrusted to an
amateur.
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
Daily Calendar !
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Partly CLOUDY
To-day. considerably colder tonight: to-
morrow fair and colder. fresh southwest.
shifting TO northwest winds.
For New Jersey-Partly cloudy to-day;
considerably colder tonight; tomorrow fair
shifr,no' no'4er: moderate to fresh southwest
f0r Northern Now Engiand-Partly cloudy
morrSy, soorry; probably light rain Tonight: to-
TO fresh southwest and west winds.
For Southern New EngIand--Partly cloudy
to.d2y and Tomorrow; colder tomorrow:
For Western New @ esi YorkMRsin winds, and s,,rb,y
colder to-day: tomorrow unsettied and
colder; probably light rain; fresh to strons
tinued low to-day over middle and noyth
sections. east OF the Mississippi River and
IN the Southwest and It was high and rising
strong area of high pressure advanced rand
ly southeastward over the Rocky Mountain
region and the plains States. This pressur.
during the last twenty-four hours in nortI,
New England. the lake region. Minnesota
and North Dakota and by generally fair
The temperature continued to rise in the
Atlantic And Gulf States, while considerably
colder weather overspread the plains States
There win be local rains tomorrow In thu
lake region, extreme upper Ohio Valley and
the interior Of the north Atlantic States.
vail tomorrow and wednesday in the Statos
east Of the Mississippi River. Considerably
colder weather will oyerspread the States
tomorrow and tomorrow night and tho
atlantic and east Gulf States tomorrow
night and Wednesday.
The New York herald., 1921-10-11
The Great Obstacle.

From the konsds City Star.
''v1fe has been pestering at me consid-
cradle OF late to sell out and move 10
town." said Gap johnson OF Rumpus Ridge.
Ark. ''T7,s children yelled like catamounts
for the change whenever they happened to
think about II. And ! was pretty nigh on
tho pint Of doing so last month. but just
then some feiler told me II was almost i'm
possible 10 raise dogs in town"