Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-29
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Especial to The Bulletin.)

knocks and personal bitterness among | the numbers. Factions of the same party fought to the closing hour, and thus blocked much needed legislation. Clashes between republicans and demo- crats were nn more common than those between party factions Language far from parliamentary stand was flung across the chamber from time to time by so called dignifed senators and mem bers, only to be expunged from the off cial record a few minutes later. The president, who Rme to sign sthe law mea sures passed %eened at one time to be the only level headed man under the dome.
 Commenting on the tax mill as it pass ed congress, the members of the house from Connecticut seem well satisfied that the measure, although imperfect, is the best that could be accomplished at the extra session.
 Just before taking a train for Con- necticut to spend the Thanksgiving re- cess with his family Congressman Til- son of New Haven, member of the ways and means committee said: T gladly voted for the bill because, to a certain extent, relieves the load of war taxt- | ton and is In every respect for better than the existing law.
 1 That the bill is not much better, is I due to a combination between the so-call- l ed agricultural group of senators and representatives who are nominally repub- 1 lcan, but who have joined a solid dem l ocratic minority in both houses, thus making a clear majority in the matter of l that bill. With such a combination 1t was impossible for the republicans of l the east to write into the measure a number of provisions which they felt were necessary for the relief of industry and business. The tax bill will be great i ly simplified, and that feature in itself, will be worth much to the tax payers, ] Congressman Merritt and Congressman ! Glynn. were asked their opinion of the i bill, when they, too, were on the point ] of leaving for home to spend the re- cess immediately after the bill passed. MT Merritt replied:
 1 "I think the tax bill as finally pass 1 ed by the house carries out reasonably well the republican campaign promises. It reduces the tax burden of the peo- pie to very considerable extent for the current year, and very largely reduces them in the next fiscal year.
 l Personally I think it was a mistake to retain the excess profits tax for this ] year and that it was also a mistake not to accept the house rate of 32 per cent as the highest individual surtax. But In all representative goyernments we
 
 for compromises. The bill removed many vexatious taxes and I think will on the whole, be of considerable benefit to bus mess and to individual citizens"
 Congressman GIynn said:
 "The revenue bill as agreed to in con
 ference is satisfactory to a rreat decree.
 While 1t would please many of taxes could be reduced it is out of the Gues-
 ton until further economies can be ac- -1,.
 should have been very glad to have seen the maximum suT-tax reduced to 40 per } cent. instead of 50 per, cent, but believe the bill as presented and passed will <en- , able business to quickly feel a stimulat- ing effect
 Thr opening of the third session of the
 limitation of armament conference was
 much Ike the first night at some cele-
 brated play. And it was Mon. Briand
 premier of France who played the star s role.
 t From the moment the little Frenchman r with bristiing hair and mustache step, I ped to the front of the table arounG which sat the American delegates, ant faced the auditorium which was packed from pit to dome 1t was Briand who hex ' the center of tile sta~e. The scene v-a' :. made dramatic by Briand, who spol1, T for the nation of France. And he spol
 not only with tongue, but with arms q hands and facial expression. Briand i h a typical Frenchman making his ges # lures tell much of his story. He spo0 if so slowly, at first, that even the news paper corresponGents, whose French ha, f, t'grown someW hat rusty by disuse and tn ; lapse of years since they ''studie y French could understand much that h Il said. But as the French premier warm
 ed up. his French flowed more rapid Q and soon it was a rush of words tha J. even the French stenographers foun if staggering. The great hall was filled t |, overfiowing, flags of all nations flute . from stage ceiling and walls. The ga IT leries were filled with women dressed i IS gay colors, banked in tiers near the sta 2 m Wore newspaper men and women, cover SC ing tie conference, while on the stag d sat the advisory council, General Persf of ing occupying the seat of honor Stag an boxes were filed with women of distint @ tinction. Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Coolidg
 being prominent among them. Down c
 the floor were the delegates to the COT le ference a strang mixture of the yeuo re and white races. The American del D. gates were In the foreground. Uniform 10 Of all nations fapked the sneaker 1n Khaki sredomipating, though Frent Is. blue came. a close second.
 ts Seated at big tables covered with gres I'm batze were delegates from all parts od the world. Those from Great Britai
 France. China and Japan and Italy wo
 the conventional black frock coat al
 black tie of our own people, but seat
 in their midst was a delegate from I Is dia, dusky of hue and wearing wonde Ito fully wrapped white turban that sto, out boldly in contrast to the somb
 black coats and bare heads of the m -s. of other races. The Chinese had ador o- ed the dress of European countries al
 America, but the scene recalled to new
 paper men ripe with years of Washin ton experience that within a decade \ 'n- Wu Ting Fang then ambassador to t ge United States, was often seen ridi
 Through t;e streeta c,f thetlcity dressed
 gorgeous silk robes of Chinese fashic ed heavily embroidered. and wearing a sIn round silk turban, in the front of. whi
 sparkled an enormous diamond. Tods
 it was the man from India who alo wore unconventional garb.
 .o5 Mons. Briand spoke in French. but
 address was repeated by his interpret oii whose gestures and shrugs were scare
 less dramatic than those of the Fren
 premier. It did not seem like a ct ith ference of nations, 1t was far more | to a bit of drama, stage setting and all. th- Outside the Pan Ame1,can and
 D. A. R. buildings were many arm
 g1Iards-soldiers of our army-wht er- rifles bar the way to entrance till c nk- oentlal cards earn one the right Of VI ,,o Then a salute and lowered rifles foll ''e and the guard steps aside. On and
 we go till another gate or door
 reached, when the same routine folio de- and the man or woman holding