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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26

crete program of a definite and spe-
ciric nature. proposing not merely
Of armament
The plan has aroused the more
commentator because 1t proposes on
the part of the United States a much
larger sacrifice in the scrapping of
ships already constructed, or under
construction, than is required from
any other of the leading nations. The
United States not only proposed the
definite plan of reducing ornaments
but offered to take the lead and make
greater reductions than it would ask
any other nation to make. The good
faith of the United States is thus at
tested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26
TIT ATTACK DIRECT.

2 After the conference on limitation
Of ornaments was called and before
the conference had met it was gen
orally believed that the sessions would
require not less than six months and
that little could be accomplished. The
course pursued by the spokesman for
the United States, and the definite
nature of the plans proposed, make
it probable that the conference will be
relatively short and that its accom-
plishments will be far greater than
had been hoped.
There has been no dissent from the
declaration made by President Hard
ing in his address at the opening of
the conference when he said: I'VE
can no longer content ourselves with
Investigations, with statistics, with re-
ports, with the cireumlocution of in
quiry. The essential facts are suf-
fic:ently known. The time is come
and this conference has been called
not for general resolutions or mutual
advice but for action
President Harding is right in as
sorting that all the essential facts are
sufficiently known. There may be
minor matters of detail that are not
known to all the nations but these are
of relative insignificance. Each of the
leading nations knows the extent of
its own armament, the expenditures it
has and the probable future expense
If competition in armament shall con-
tinue. Each Of the nations also knows
approximately what other nations are
spending and propose to spend. Each
of them knows its geographical loca-
ton and its advantages and diEadvan-
tages in case of war. These constitute
what President Harding referred to as
Essential facts"
What the people Of all the great
nations want is action, not reports
results, not resolutions. Because of
that desire on the part of the people
of all the civilized world, there has
been universal commentator of the
action OF tie president and his secre-
tary Of state in working out 8 con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26

Because of high transcontinental
freight rates a large part of the ium-
Der produced on the Pacific coast con-
tinues to move by water. For exam
pie, "A per cent of the new business
booked by fir producers on the west
coast last week, says the American
Lumberman. was for shipment by wa
ter. While part of the water ship
ments are to go to foreign countries,
considerably more than twice as much
is for shipment to California and the
Atlantic coast. Turnout the history of
the Pacific coast lumber industry, Cal
ifornia shipments have been largely
by water, but it is only within the
last year, or after the last advance IN
rail freight rates, that shipments of
lumber by water to the Atlantic coast
assumed noticeable proportions.
Which goes to prove among other
things that the ships passing thru the
Panama canal are not in need of ex-
emption from toll charges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26

but in the direction of a remote neigh
Dor. Ten minutes after he came back
waggmg his tail and dragging daintily
not a porterhouse but an H-bone
steak OF lordly proportions, which he
laid at his masters feet. Biedsoe
patted him, but shook his head.
Roughly snatehed up the steak. ran
away with it to a flower bed. buried
it deftly If lightly. and was off again.
In a wink he was back, Juggling gall
lantly at an unwieidy fat goose. Bled-
soc took it from him. but again shook
his head, silently. Off went Roughly.
his legs fairly >twinkIing-to return
with a fine broiIer, not dead but alive.
Then indeed there was clapping
and cheering. Lapsley caught Bledsoe,
shook him hard, and cried: IF only
we had had him over yonder."
would have come in handy-but
need him here You see I'm going to
undertake the support of a family"
walking boldly to James side; 80 need
the help of this incorruptible thief
to provide for it," Bledsoe said. but
laughter drowned his words.
Copyright, 1921 by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndieate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26
Questions-Answers

O. Did the congressional committee that
Investigated the steel strike of 1919 recon-
mend an anti-strike law q, n. a.
A. The senate committee on educauon
and labor in its report of its investiga-
lions of the steel strike of 1913 aid nor
recommend anti-strike legislation, but did
suggest the establishment Of a board or
commission which 1t believed woHld mini
mize the danger Of strikes
Turks called a fez? C n. S.
A. Formerly Fee, a capital Of Morocco.
was the chief place of manufacture OF the
red fez cap. The color was produced from
dye made from a berry grown nearby
The same shade is now produced In other
localities. The manufacture Of the fez Is
still among the leading industries OF fez
Q. Please tell how to write 1oo wing
4. Seven hundred and sfxty-five vingtil-
lions would be written go followed by %
q. Which is the older process in steel
making, the Bessemer or the open hearth
A. The Bessemer process in steel max
ing dates from 1856, while the open hearth
process was developed in 1864.
J. Z b. Which is the best picture Of Christi
agreeing that the head of Christ in the
picture by Titan Christ with the Tribute
Money now in the Dresden Gallery is the
best. The figure and face Of Christ, con-
trasted with that Of the PhaHsaical temp
ter, gives the former a subiimity not found
in any other work
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26

Sir Robert Horne. British chancellor
Of the exchequer. announces that his
country has arranged to make annual
payments regularly to the United States
of s250,OO0.0OO as interest on the
British debt owed to the American
treasury. But he deprecates discus
sion of the interallied Indebtedness.
TT does not" says Sir Robert. "con-
duce to the friendliness of feeling be-
cuss that matter at all at present"
The best way to stop discussion is to
pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26

1t has been estimated that Secre-
tary Hughes's naval plan. when car
ried out, will save the world a bill
lion and half annually. which will
fl w into the channels of trade in
stead of being consumed in non-divi-
dend-paying machines for destruction.
Admiral Bridge. noted English naval
authority, proclaiming President Hard
ing as one of the great mint of mod
ern times, enormously superior to
Bismarck. says: >"President Harding
has done more than any one man to
save civilization from destruction by
VIZ. or, even If there is no war, from
bankruptcy due to the increasing Pc
cuniary cost OF naval forces" Eng
lishmen can afford to be generous In
their praise; England gets all the
best of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26

One hundred and fifty-three years
from now or in 2O74, health condi-
tions in this country will be so good
that the average persons will live 100
years-according to statistical experts.
But what good will that do US who are
living now? Besides, it is doubtful
that living to be a hundred years old
is worth while unless one could con-
tinue to work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26

Congress has taken the tax off
passenger fares, after January 1. Now
if whoever has the authority. will re-
move the so per cent surcharge from
Pullman tickets. railroad passenger
business will pick up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26

cannot correctly set a hen upon their
own initiative. The method of its
procedure will be criticized by many
who know what has happened when
they read IL in the paper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26

The crowd which harps at a base
ball game is the crowd which harps at
the various manifestations of official
activity. It doesn't know what it is
haFping about, but it does know it Is
entirely safe TO do SO. The result OF
the arms par1ey will be very unsatis-
factory to numerous gentlemen who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26

It was as a baseball reporter that we
got our first reverse" on the AmeFi-
can crowd. We sat for a number OF
years in a press box adjacent to and
in close touch with the grandstand.
Representative citizens by the hun
dreds came to sit in the graPdstand
every day Uptown and in any indf-
viduaI capacity they were decent, fair
minded citizens En- masse at a ball
game they were barking jaekais. in
credibly stupid and unspeRkably cruel.
They watched the games year after
year and never learned or came to
understand the most fundamental OF
baseball strategy. But there was no
play or player, good or bad, which
they did not criticize in loud, strideat
and offensive terms We were
younger then and it irked us. Now
we laugh at that sort Of thing because
it is so absurd and SO ridiculous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-26

Well, the controverting is good Let
G. x. S. go ahead and controvert all
he likes, up to 800 words. To use
time-worn example, the Sermon on the
Mount was compressed within 500
words. G. K. S. ought to be able to
controvert anything that appears here
in in 800 or less.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-18
PRODUCERS AND FABRICATORS

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Continued From Page I

the treaty to be suggested by Dublin, entailing possibility of new negotia- tions
 Should this course be adopted, mo- body here seems to know how the gov ernment would meet it. During de- bate on the treaty in the house of commons, Premier Lloyd George de- clared that an attempt by parliament to modify the treaty would destroy it and necessitate a new conference.
 Presumably, notifications by the Dail Eireann would have the same effect.
 There was much political s>;sip in the Hobbies of parliament yesterday after the votes were taken concerning the governments reason for not pro- roguing parliament, many members apparently not being concerned by the governments explanation that it was not necessary to wait for the Dairs decision.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-18
TO AID RUSSIA

,.I rHUAi t',tiE U~rr president to spend $2o,0OO,O0O for re- heving distress among the starving. hungry and unemployed citizens of the United States" It was howled down on point of order, but the rep resentative stood his ground.
 After that, amendments were offer ed in rapid succession only Co be knocked down. About all that was lacked on to the bill was a direction that grain for the Russians be pur- chased in the United States and sent to Russia in American bottoms, and a direction that a report of all ax- penditures be made to congress by the end of next year.
 The house refused to include Ar menia in the relief area. It also re- fused to designate the area as the Voiga region or Russia as she stood geographically prior to the war.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-18
Protest Issuing of
 Bonds For Cost of
 Improving Railway

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. I7.--..e Ne traska railway commission sent a protest this evening to the intersts. commerce commission against the proposed issue of S73,OOO, ,OOO Of bonds ty the Chicago, Burlington ana Quincy Railroad company to erim- burse the company treasury for m neJ spent in Improvements f. Om the year 1916 to 1921, and an issue oi $3O,OOO,OOO for additions anI let- terments to be made in 1922
 TIe Nebraska comm ssi n says company earned $73,399,9S9 net over and tbove intere t charge, and C. dends at s per cent in the la5t i've years.
 The state commission as protestant.
 avs the railroad company has ca n excess of it's immediate demands. and there is no good reason for GOV er-ng his into the treasury. especI Whel 1t is not in financial straits. unless it intends t. pay it out in. dividends. The cS.rpany. t-.e cum na ssion says, has already pal Ter cent in dividends, Is per cent Of Nhicn was an extra dividend.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-18
fERSHING DECLARES tOSliION OF HOST
 BATTALION" KNOWN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The bat talion commanded in the Meuse-Ar- gonne battle by Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey, recently drowned at Sea. was cut off from communication but not lost" as generally stated. Gener- ally Pershing said today in a letter to Representative Siegel of New York. Replying to letter from S,egel. Gen eral Pershing wrote:
 Colonel Whittlesey's command was not lost. After it had been IsO- lated, frequent attempts were made to furnish food and ammunition by airplane. Unfortunately. it was I, cry difficult for the aviators to locate, in the forest, the position of the battal- ion. whicr had been accurately indi- cated on the maps. These relief sup plies fell into the hands of the enemy mention this as evidence that the battalion was not lost in the sense that we did not know where it was. It was cut off"
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the' tonnage allowance represents Presumably, 1t does contempiate L..a sciapplng Of all pre.G eaunaugntS UI Eoth powers as O. no military value
 The French naval experts have sIiI. another conference preceuelt, ai- though they may not know i., Tor presenting their 10-snip est mate oi Frances naval needs on d Dasis ol national security. When the genera. Loard of the American nay Was 1.rs d-reIted to formulate d nayaI raC,o Elan as between the th4 ee leading naval powers, it is understood d u.l 1erent proposition was evoWed from tat presented by Secretary Hugnes This American naval expert IS un- derstood to have proposed a Iv-4 ratio for Great BrTaln, the Un tel State, and Japan, and the e.entloA Ot many more capI,al snps under construction than Hughes finally pro posed
 As 1t happens, the 5-5-3 Anne ican plan was an exact compromise be- tween American and Japanese A.. experts views, resulting from the de. oision to make exis .lrs strength, built and building, the bass Of rhe agreement and to scrap all proJecteI building programs without consider ation. The same rule now has been lroposed to govern expansion of the tnree-power agreement itno a five power treaty for naval limitation coupled with g naval holiday of 10 ears.
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 practical measures jointly with Great Britain towards the economic and in dustrial restoration of Germany. She recognizes as necessary British trade and French separations.
 While unwilling 70 accept a re- duction in the reparations claims, France is prepared to grant Germany every possible facility to make deliv- cries"
 Seek Stronger Alliance
 LONDON, Dec. 17.-(By the Asso- ciated Press)- Mondays conference between Premiers Lloyd George and Briand. on reparations, is described by the newspapers as the most fateful since the Versailles treaty was con cluded
 The meeting was arranged before Germany's official declaration uf her inability to pay reparatiOns install ments, and there is dispcsii on in some sections of the press to regard the German move as a nlaneIver to bring pressure to bear on this meet :ng. This view is confined mainly to those newspapers known for tleir strong advocacy of firmer alliance between Great Britain and France. The general opinion is that the Wirth government has tried to meet it's oh- legations and that it will be necessary to grant Germany a delay cf a few months, if not actual moratorium.
 Offers To Pay Half
 According to the Evening Standard Germany has offered 10 pay the allies on account the equivalent of 10000 900 pounds in January, and 100000 or 12.C00.000 pounds in February, or about half the sums due.
 That there are only two alterna- tives. is the common opinion here, either to grant mol atorium or insist that Germany is able to pay, the lat ter probably entailing the fall of the German government.
 Sir John Bradbury. British repre- sentative in the reparations commits sion, it is \ ,orted in certain quar- ters, favors annulling the dcDt for mil itary pensions.
 It is thought that Mondays meet ing might result in another cont en- ing of the supreme council speedily. because some decision 70 present to Germany must he made before the middle Of January, when the install ment is due. Views. said to cm2nGte from authoritative quarters. are eX pressed that rhe British government would be ready t. fOr5gO it's claim on German payments already in the hands of the reparations commission, the bulk of which is to come 10 Eng land under the August agreement. which France na5 not yet ratified. and also withdraw any objections to the Wiesbaden agreement, if France is ready to take a course more in ac- cordance with the ideas of the Brit ish government.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-18
THE LEAGUE OF THE SOUTHWEST


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naval strength was the only practical basis of approach to -.mitatiol agreement. The "5-5-3" ratio plan represents that system of calculation.
 The American 175,O00-ton plan tor France, and presumably Italy. also, undoubtedly represents the same sys- tenn of existing strength calculation
 There is not available, however, a detailed analysis for ship scrapping in the French and Italian cases since
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-18
Jews Who Fled to Russia Returning
 to Old Home Lands

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Jews wh fleI from Lithuania, Letvia a1l Pc land to Russia in Iyi4 are returning z slowly after thei seven-year exile, ac cording to cables to the Amer Jewish Relief committee today fro J. N. Rosenberg, European directC ter the joint distribution conn ittee
 Most of them, however. are flnd-a o. ly burned ruins of their fca homes, he said.
 Their difficulties,' Rosenbe.g ca bled, are increased by the severe winter weather now prevailing ana by transportation difficulties"
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-18
London Is Confident

LONDON. Dec. 17.-(By the Asso- ciated Press )-There was no uiminu- tion of confidence here today that the Anslo-Irish treaty ultimately will be accepted by the n.ail Eiremn or by the Irish people if referendum should become necessary 6ut the unexplained prJlongaJion of the sec ret debates Ia UuDiin has begun tU use eolrt anxiety
 Unedslness was increased today by umors Of important notifications of
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NAVY PROPOSALS

,,ONwINI- pu FROM PAGE ONE,
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with 175,0OO tons if France accepts that figure.
 Italians Are SarIsrIed
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BOSTON BEATS 5uQRuRY

BOSTON, Dec. 1.-The Boston Athletic. Association hockey team de feated the Stud sury, Ont, team to. night, to l.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-18
BERLIN ]. FATE

;CU'NTlN No't.D tltoA-. FACE ONto
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Library. of the house Of lords in England contains about 60.0OO vol umes.
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BELFAST R|OTS
orONTINUED FEoM PAGE UNrJ

ing irritated at the delay. These re- ports indicate that the general Irish public would like to see the Dail quickly ratify the treaty and let the leaders of the opposing factions set tie their political fights afterwards.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-18

with 175,OOO tons if France accepts that figure.
 Italians Are Satisted
 The position of the ..anan ueiega- ton, as it is understood to have been developed, is that Italy lad two prin- ciples to maintain in the naval ratio GiscussiOn-on that iae italian navy should be on an equality with that o5 'any other power in the Mediterran- can, {; nd that the Italian ratio sno' be as low as possible -0r italy $ pure ly defensive purposes. Italy's agree ment to the American 175,000-tol Ia tio, conditioned only on acceptance of that ratio by France, fo::O-ec.
 Knowledge that the French 1O-ship- building plan, which up to tonight ha seemed a stumbling block, was mere ly the suggestion of the Fre.,-l naval staff here as to what it deemed de sirable for France, put a new face on the deliberations. The action of tn French experts in outlining thelr views, was not only, it is understood, authorized by the French delegation as means to bring about a full dIs cussion of the general problem Of naval relativities, but it was 50 sup ported by conference precedent.
 The only written presentation Japan's first claim to a naval ratio of 70 per cent as compared to jue American fleet, so far. as known, was made by Japanese experts in the orig iEal committee of expertts. ahan- doned later for the naval committe of 15
 Ratios Are Explained
 Another similarity is that the Jap anese 70 per cent ratio proposal con tomplated determination of "rat.ona security" needs to fix limitation as does the French naval expert 10 ship suggestion. Japan later accepted full the American view that existing