The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-18
CHINESE POLICIES
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tisticsaas too the government hare
laperea Aar& 10 bcias the rslattpe as,
uCes as TO military expenditures an
the amounts sp< t BY the people o.
the country for sMusemeQts and MI
nor luxuTieS out so sharply that their
significance would be seen aG \
glance,
Against $sls,eoo.o 900 spent rog the
army In 1921, the country spent $3.50,
90. 900 IN eand" and gums SSSte9e go
In soda and contectiors and $3.50,
Q0s, 900 for percumery, iewelry, SILK
stockings and other articles for peg =
sonal adornment.
The smokers poured out Sl.1s1. 900, :.
700 for tobacco In all forms Baseball
fans, theatre goerS, carbaret frequent,
ers and those attending concerts paid
$685.. 0eU. 600.
Fail to Understand British
The British suggestion that each OF
the naval powers retain at least one
naval building yard capable Of turn
ing out one ship year does not ap'
pear to be, understood by American
naval officers particularly familia,
with construction problems. There
was no suggestion in the American
limitation proposals that any yards
be scrapped and so far as navy yard
facilities In this country are con
C6Iheu, Ill Will pe uc0ooos IL Ia Sota'
In the maintenance ana repair Of the
retained feet.
At present the United States has
several navy yards equipped to buil1
capital ships, 1t has not been con
templated here that it would be nee
essary under the reduction program
to scrap the Quipment Of these shops
and building docks Some OF the ma
chinery would not be needed, Of course
for repair work and would lie Idle;
but the bulk Of the government plants
In each case would be constantly In
use In keeping up the eighteen bat
tleships to be retained by the United
States, it was said These ships the
newest in the navy, are la many cases
now approaching the point where rag
ular overhaul programs are necessary
to keep them in frSt class shape and
with the scrapping OF the Older ships
busy up to this time, officials feel
thar sound repair program as to
| first class craft can be adopted for
the rrst time
Americans may Favor Plan
Ii the British suggestion, wholly
| informal one as YET Solar as known,
has 10 do with providing means fol-
! insuring the advancement OF naval en-
gineering knowledge during the pro-
uouDt that II will receive much APP
| proYal anon ,merican naval Officers
that aspect of the holiday proposal
already has appealed to technical eI-
perts Of the United States. They
nave assumed LIT this would be GOV
cred IN the final form Of the holiday
! agreement
One thing that many officers hope
Will be possible under the elimination
4 fn hnF hn -
( In better SHAPE at all times than was
possible with the larger fleets and ex-
| tensiye work on new programs. This
has to do, Ii is said. more with pre-
paraIlon OF plans for vessels OF al
types than with the actual condition
Of the ships afioat These are always
| In about the late ot rea i'eSS II
would be possible to keep them; but
hIln te.uu4uaI rersonn.i ieIeased Ny
the reduction OF the navy from Other
tasks, It is hoped that all plans fol
all sorts of auxiliaries which would
be needed In war can be kept up on
a thoroughly matured scale and these
vessels not be, as was the case In
| 1877 Is, the product OF hurried plan
ming. The question involved Is one
of keeping sufficient technical force
at work during the naval holiday to
round out and revise the plans con-
stantly.
Delay Far Eastern Discussion.
With today's meeting the Far
Eastern discussions and those relat-
| ing to armament reduction began tC
| follow entirely Independent path
ways, and there was growing I'm
preston that sooner or later. all the
| Interested nations would come around
to the view that the fortunes Of the
two are not inseparably linked. The
| fof has
that solution Of the Far East ques-
ions would be q great aid In pre-
serving peace, but the American
| delegates apparently do not feel that
| the ornaments program need be a
failure IL the Far Eastern discus
sions fall short Of an agreement
Admiral Baron Kato, on behalf OF
the japanese delegation to the Wash
| ington conference today asked and
received from the heads of the dele
cations of the nine participating
powers, a delay Of several days to
allow examination of the Far Eastern
proposals } submitted yesterday by
China.
| The French Attitude.
The French attitude in general
way toward the Far Eastern propo-
| two hours conference Of Premier
| BRAND and other members of the
| delegation today as follows:
First: France desires earnestly
to aid China in realizing her as
| pirations territorial, political and
commercial.
Second. France would give UP
| Kouank Tcheou which she leased
from China in 1898. provided
| Great Britain gave up Wei Hell
Wei and Japan. Shantung, leas-
ed by the Germans at the same
| time, and the Port Arthur PEN
Ursula.
Third France would not be
unwilling to surrender her extra
| territorial privileges were other
powers willing to do the same.
Fourth. The French colony Of
Indo- China but to AMMAN. Con-
sequently Indo- China, the great
French colony with 25,000,000
inhabitants, does not come in
the questions, according to the
| French point Of view.
Fifth. France approaches dis
cussions Of Far Eastern questions
in sympathy with Japan's need
for expansion and for raw ma
terial.
Sixth. France Is for open
dealings of the powers with China
and against any secret negotia-
tons.
"Big Nine" Issues Statement
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