The Arvada enterprise., 1921-12-01

u WAN IN omp1e Icpsy " uIc aHt'
French propaganda Of Wells ct al.
and that It did not fail Of effect on
his fellow cOnfereeH. Arthur BalfOur
was the first to respond. and Secre-
tary Hughes followed him. Both as-
sured BRAND that their countries ap-
preciated the position Of France and
virtually pledged the support for
which he had pleaded, though Of
course both were careful not to prom
ise an equivalent In international law
for the Anglo o-Frxuco-American de-
fensive treaty which Lloyd George,
CIemenceau md Wilson signed. but
which never was even submitted to
the American senate. Mr.. Hughes ar
ranged that the question OF land arma-
ment should be further considered by
committee. but the impression was
general that Il would Be- permitted to
die. At least 10 far 40 limitation 10
concerned: and this Impression was
strengthened BY the departure Of n.
BRAND and tl,e French military sec-
tion for home. the premier being se-
cure IN the belief that his country
would not now b. asked to reduce Its
army further than IT. present plans
Contemplate. One ether cause Of de-
bate hs had inter3ectsd into his arsu-
ment. This was the claim Of France
to keep an ample number Of subma-
rines for the defense Of her long sea.
coast. "For what can France wish
submarines except to attack Eng.
iandr' cried the propasandists at
ooce. To which the only adequate
reply 10 laughter.
IT WAS foreSeen that the Chinese
! problem would Ike the most trou.
blesoms for the conference. for obvious
reasons. At this writing It seems to
have Gene to . question whether the
Angio-Japanese treaty will be abro-
gated. and II 10. whether sosne sort
Of q tripartite agreement will b. sub
stituted for II. Unless the former 10
done. probably the discussions will b.
fruitleas: and unless the latter 10
done. II 10 likely Great Britain viii
not consent to the former. On Mon.
day the eight powers sitting In the
committee on the Far East adopted
program submitted by Elihu Root
By which these points were made
sure:
There will be no Intervention BY
foreign powers In the present polit.
ical struggle In China.
The territorial and administrative
integrity Of the Asiatic republic IL A.
sureti.
Japan and all the other nations
agreed to refrain from . greedy scram.
bic for commercial rights and brivi.
legeA there.
The "open door" finds . new defini.
ti0n.
Raron Kato won a decided victory
for japan when he persuaded the
committee virtually TO recognize that
Manchuria. though an integral part
Of China. Is No thoroughly In posses.
sion Of the Japanese thnt the status
quo should he maintained there. There
In divergence Of views among the
British, French and Chinese ~ to
how tho Root principles are to BE-
applied TO specific matters. AZ the
close Of the week the Chinese pro-
posals for lifting foreign restrictions
on ChinR's customs revenue were be
Ing considered by \ subcommittee.
One concession had been won by the
Oriental neutrality-suspicious. 10 In.
crease ita tariff rate from per cent
to l2k per cent. SO far a. II now
apparent. the Idea Of restoring to
China the various parts Of her ter
ritory now held by other powers has
gone into the discard. That question
Ia complicated by the fact that Rus.
SLAMS have control Of outer Mongolia
and have set up = Mongolian soviet
there. Moreover Tchitcherin. Russian
minister Of foreign affairs. says they
intend to stay there. md II 10 beyond
thought that Rny OF the nations rep.
resented In the Washington confer.
encc should undertake to Dust them.
WITH the Anal adoption Of two
w measures Of Importance - the
tax hill and the anti.medicinal beer
bili-congrcss wound up the business
Of the special session and adjourned
Wednesday afternoon. The senators
and representatives will have about
ten days vacation before the regular
aeasioh meets. Enactment Of the tax
bin into law means the repeal OF the
transportation taxes and 4 consider.
ahle number Of other miscellaneous
taxes m January I. 1872. While the
repeal Of the exeeas profits tax and
The changes In corporation Income
tAx and Individual surtax rates also