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France. She got virtually moth
ing and the conference. ~ Eng.
land IN along intended, hiss 10
suited In . gradual squoezing out
Of France - . factor Of any I'M
portance h tho Agreement And
that b . little ssd. too. because
France put mp the e,s clean.
honest, practical proposition TO
gsrains China that was made ut
the entire conference.
She suggested that all the In
vading nations clear out Of China,
and offered herself to lead the
way. Britain promptly refused
and the refusal was couched by
Mr.. Baifour In terms which Of
fered the best Joke Of the con-
ference.
Balfour mentioned Kow-Lun.
the stretch Of land which con-
fronts Hong. Kong over q strip Of
water. and said England couldn't
possibly give up that bit Of land.
since in such case. she would NO
longer b in = position to defend
Hong-Kong with heavy artillery.
And now France II held up to
scorn and contumely In both Eng
land and America ~ q militaristtc
nation. largely because, against
the wiahss Of Britain. she stood
out for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
ingenious Mr.. Wells. What else
could she DOT
POOR FRANCE.
Britain now controls moro sure
ly than ever the seas. British
and American sympathies are be-
ing s,xillfully manipulated away
from France. France sees Brit
ain making every effort to pro-
mote trade and economic rela-
tons with her late terrible
enemy. France perceives her rap
tuiy ooNOiophhB h9oiAtous uot ouiy
politically. but economically, from
other powerful nations. France.
who sacrificed 90 terribly. II left
insecure. out In the cold. by her
late friends and allies.
France u mad. and I don't
blame her. She u being grossly
misrepresented.
Az to the big German indem-
nifty on which she insists. she
wouldn't insist on that total for
an instant IL she had been made
secure by the treaty which was
proposed at Versailles and which
was refused ratification by the
American Senate. She feels that
her only safety Ia to keep Ger
many down. ut any cost But all
France wants q chance to live.
II she felt herself genuinely pro-
tected she would probably be will
Ing to reduce the indemnity 70
The Washington times., 1922-03-12
BY SIR SIDNEY LOW
Nn an Article In the London Sunday Picoral)
Seeking Light on Who Keeping Cost Of Living Hh English Writer
snuates There Gross Pofteerng Somewhere and Urges Action

0UIC1AILY ne cost Of ifving
~ u csmins down, practically
-thAf n - ~. from the
point q visw ef'tAs oonsumsr--4t
stn0U r1siny -
Ths Normal sxDsslsnos e an of
- Aoss not eoafirm the Optimistic
osooaus1oA oeodA raw materials,
neod predu04s may b cheaper
~ some personA Thsy are not
much cheaper for uss meaning BY
'-us" TIE mass Of ordinary citizens
who buy what they want retail at
the shops and stores
I don't say the official figures
are -fsksd" or Inaccurate. Very
likely they are In the maiu
correct But, unfortunately. they
are drawn from the Wholesale
nsts, not the actual prices charged
TO the individual buyer over thu
counter. which u what concerns
'-us."
The Wholesale price Of raw hidss
20 the boot factory. Of cotton yarn
to the min owner. are useless to
me when I want . new pair OF
boots or . new shirt
The only point that touches me
u what win be charged for them
At the bootmaksr's or the hosier's.
The lowered cost at which the
vendor gets them from the manu-
facturcr-if he does get them
lower--brings me no advantage
unless he passes on the reduction
to his customer. which, ~ . rule.
he doesn't.
Some few things are down . little
even for the ordinary householder,
especially those articles Of absolute
necessity for which there IL an
enormous demand by all classes.
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including moro particuiariy the
mss-sarning ciassssI
II u tho Same with boots and
underwear and ladies' nooks and
other sarmsnta Thsrs are, Of
oourss. bargains % b had It the
''salsa.~
What enc would Inc 10 sscsrtain
n whp dsss derive most benefit
from the existing conditions. What
class Of persons are mainly respon-
sibls for the painful discrepancy
between the official figures and
the figures Of the retail marketf
VINO b IL that prevents the con-
sumner. the actual purchaser. OF
clothing. provisions, furniture.
books, stationery. household 70
Quisites. Goals. crockery and many
other wares and commodities from
obtaining the fun advantage Of the
fall In pricesf
SOME DEALERS CAUGHT.
II may b the importer. the
manufacture. the merchant or the
shopkeeper. Some persons are
evidently intercsptins profits
which ought to 80 TO the public in
the form OF lessened charges.
Many people would Be inclined to
throw the blarna IN tina refail
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p THINK our best minds have
bssn gracefully manipulated
- By two Of the wfliest dipio-
mats who ever lived. Lloyd
George and Arthur Balfour.
I think America has been re-
neved Of just about everything
she had that csrtain ether M
tons wanted.
Disarmament, indeed
II you mean BY disarmament
England remaining securely mis-
tress Of the seas. . position
America would otherwise have
taken from her-yes. II you
mean the scrapping BY the
United States Of ships worth two
or three hundred millions Of dol
iars-csrtainly. Battieships are
going. anyhow. At least ~ pre-
ponderating factors In armament.
Armies remain. Airplanes 70
main. An alliance extremely en-
tangiing for W, and certain to
lead to world conflict II the bal
ancing factor Of the League Of
Nations should weaken or disap-
pear. also remains.
STRENGTHENED BRITAIN.
We have strengthened Britain's
hand trsmsndously by alignment
on her side. In the days, prob
ably not far distant. of revolt In
India very serious business In.
deed. Messrs. George and Bal.
four and the great empire they
represent. may well feel pleased
with that conference in which
EngfAnd achieved the greatest
diplomatic victory In her history!
Look now at Japan. japan.
with . magnificent gesture. has
done what she promised to do at
vsrsailles-restored- the territory
of shantung 70 China. She TO
tains virtual control Of the rail.
road which goes east and west
and taps the other important
railway lines which 90 north and
south In China. and has thus ~
cured access to those indispensa-
BILE raw materials she wants
from China and which she Tor.
merly went after with the sword.
+. That method she learned from
the other nations who despoiled
China. She has found = much
easier way. . way much less ex.
pensivs and destructive of get
ting what she wants. She has
also secured her position In Man
churia. Her inroads into Siberia
10 unquestioned. She smerges
with compliments of the Western
world and a stronger diplomatic
prestige than shs ever before en-
joyed.
The ens disgruntlsd nation =
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CAMBRIDGE. Mass. March II.
TIME current prescriptions Tor
the restoration Of prospsrity
In the United States and IN
the world are curiously varied.
They include high tariffs, low
tariffs. the extension Of credit 70
BANKRUPT nations and to Sommsr.
cial enterprises old or svsn dead
and new but improved. the canoss-
inS Of the dsbts Of other nations
to the United States. the Lending
Of money By government 70 mn.
merous individuals who can gfvs
no adequate security. and the sup
port b. government o. Distressed.
diseased. disablsd. self-indulgsnt.
shifusss and lazy persons In both
urban and rural communitiss at
the sxpsnss Of the competent, in-
dustrious and frugal
4 few clear voices can b heard
saying that the only Wv 70 rsstsrs
prosperity b to release the strange
hold Of labor unionism on proeuc-
ton and on transportation Of
freight and passenger by land
and 80.
But this release obviouSiy IN
wolves large reductions d wagss
In al production and transporta-
ton services. and . resolution on
the part Of the great majority Of
the American people that the strike
in trades which concsrn the nsces-
sariss Of Life IN the temperate
sonss. Ike fuels. foods. building
and transportation. II no longer
tolerabls In viviiised society.
During the past stages Of indus
trial warfare the strike has been
an indispensable weapon In the
struggle for more pay and shorter
hours: and in all the chief manu-.
featuring nations II has done much
good toward improving conditions
of life for laboring millions. Now
1t may b no longer necessary. -
pscially under democratic govsrn-
ment: but how many people are
prepared TO say so7
To bring about the disuse Of the
strike by legislation backed BY
physical force would b . difficult
and painful process fun Of disasters
and losses for both labor and capt.
tai and for the public n large. It.
Therefore, becomes an interesting
inquiry whether there be any signs
of change In the states Of mind o6
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BY LADY ASTOR---

(AMer1caW W0n1ab Who WGs TIE FlTst Ot
Her Ser Elected to the House ~ Consnsons)
Women Have No Right to Be Comfortable
and Happy While So Much Misery and
Squalor Exists In the Black Spots Called
Cities-Wives and Mothers In the Tene-
ment Districts Of Most Towns Have Fear
full Time Trying to Raise Families.
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nations 70 pursue;
I. Isolation. q
.. Alliance Of . fsw nations to
stand tosethsr asatnst any other
nations which give affront" 10
their declared policy.
.. A league OF al free nations TO
safeguard the peace Of the world.
The United States turned IN
back upon the policy Of isolation
whom Il entered the world war q
IN ally and associate Of France.
GrsAt Britain. Italy and the other.
nations fighting against autoo-
sacy. No man Of real vision
bslisvss We win ever return to the
policy Of isolation. even though
the shades Of George Warrington
are invoked in III behalf. The
dead band cannot rule the living
world. 4
The Senate Of the United states
IN 1913 dscreed that this country
should not b . msmbpr Of .
world league to secure the peace
Of the world. although II had been
advocated ten years before By
TAFT and Roosevelt and Lodge.
ALLIANCE OR BUNCO GAME.
The only recourse was to estab-
lish IN alliance Of o few natiops
such - resulted in the conference
In Washington. It 10 an alliance
Or Il y farcs and q fraud. Il -
IN alliance or It 10 ian act Of con-
csaling." II II an alliance or al
the boasted claims for II are bunk
md those who look to II TO BE- Q
beginning in ending war have
been buncoed. It u an alliance or
It u nothing.
japan thinks Il II IN alliance.
When We complained to England
and told its rulers We objected to
. renewal Of the AnSloJapaness
alliance. Lloyd George said: IF
you object TO It come In" We
went tn. France thinks tn spheres
OF influence In China are protected
by the alliance and 80 does Great
Britain. No signatory power shes
At the word Alliance" which IL
what the United States has enter
cd II the Senate ratifies.
Why do Senators shy at the only
term that describes what Hughes,
Root and Lodge signed1 It II not
because II u not IN alliance. It 10
because they were 90 vocal two
years ago against any "sntangling
alliance" which they incorrectly
said the League Of Nations was.
and made themselves hoarss repeat
Ing George Washinston's warning
against the alliances with particu-
lar European nations. that in an
effort At bsing consistent In words
while being inconsistent In acts
they initiate the man who denies
the existence Of Tophst with the
smoke coming out Of their eyes and
nose! a
II the Senate ratifies the treaty.
no matter how many disclaimers
and reservations are put into the
document to save the faces Of the
signsrs II IL an alliance patterned
after the one between Germany
and Austria and Italy on the ono
hand and France. Russia and
Great Britain on the other.
You cannot take . bride to the
altar and then say to her II want
It plainly understood this u not to
be binding"
That II what the Brandegss res
ervatiou undertakes To do.
The Washington times., 1922-03-12

LONDON. March H..
wv HEN you 90 into the slums
" Of Q big town and sss the
outsides Of the dreary
houses and the swarms Of chiidrsn
playing In the streets; whom you
smell the doors and ses the dirt
and hear the sveriasting racket
which goes on you wonder what
sort Of lives the people who 1--we
there can lead. what sort Of pleas
urs they can find and what sort
Of happiness or satisfaction - pos.
sibls to them.
But when you enter the houses
and tsnements and get to know the
people you find that human nature
IL the Same everywhere and that
the finest virtues often flourish In
these terrible surroundings
Railways think that the women n
these districts show the most 70
markahls and wonderful gifts.
housekeeping under any conditions
u difficult. but to carry It on and
mako . home out Of . single room
In . crowded block u . feat which
II almost superhuman.
Tho great thing to realize about
the homes Of the men and women
who live in towns IL the appalling
difficulties caused by Lack Of space.
People say very giibly that nous
ing and the clearing Of siums areas
are important social questions. and
undoubtedly they are.
Drainage. sanitation. water sup-
ply and Ill the rest are essential
to health and civilization. but OF
the factors which make for hu-
man happiness I believe the most
Important u space.
How can Q woman live and bring
up her children and make anything
like q success Of her Job Of home
making II there b no room In
which to do It. II all the eating
and sleeping and living and work
ing. washing. cooking. quarrelins,
scolding, nursing. living and dying
has to 90 on In one room. what POS
sible decency or harmony can b
achieved7
HUMAN INSANITY.
remember meeting . woman
once who told mo that for five
years she had hardly for one min
ute, certainly not for ono hour.
been FREQ from actual physical
touch with some member OF her
family. Four small children. her
husband and herself In one room.
1t was impossible for her to stir
out Of the house without carrying
the children with her and she was
inevitably accompanied by them
wherever she was and whatever
she did.
Such q life, n she said. MADE II
almost impossible to keep and sem
blance of good temper. The ner-
vous strain and irritation which
grew UP made her life one long
misery and all from purely pre-
ventabis causes. A little moro
planning and arranging. . little
moro cooperation and good will
and every tenement house could
have its common nussry and it,
common wash house and the lives
Of these women might b sassd.
Why in the name OF good sense
do we not have q municipal hot
water supply In every townf Why
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meriy." That reservation u IAN
act Of keeping back or conceal
Ing II ever there was such action.
When ''the Conference on Dis
armament" better described ~
the Conference ON Disappoint.
ment." adjourned. We were told
that President Harding and Sem
ator I.odes would rush It through
the Senate without crossing 't"'
or dotting an al" But Senators
had gotten % much in the habit
Of writing reservations they could
not break themselves Of the dis
ease. not even By taking the
Keeley cure for reservation intoxi.
cation. And 20 Lodge q Co. yield
cd to great desire for harmony
among Republican Senator'S"
when they agreed to this reserve
ton:
The Unitsd States understands
that under the statement in the
preamble. or under the terms Of
this treaty. there 10 no commit
ment TO armed force. no alliance,
no OBLIGATION TO Join In any de-
tense"
That so-called reservation was
almost In the words Of President
Harding. who in presenting the
treaties to the Senate. uttered two
scntiments each In direct con.
nict with the other. In one breath
he said I'VE have Joined In giving
the world the spectacle OF nations
to solve msnacing problems
and end disputes and clear up mis-.
understandings" but he quickly
added. ''thsre u no commitment
to armed force. no alliance. no
written or moral obligation to join
In defense" ETC.. etc.
YELLED THREAT.
In the Same speech Mr.. Harding
gave this yelled threat to any M
ton which should dare do anything
not pleasing to the nations com.
posing the alliance:
1T II easy to Believe, how
ever. that such . conference II
q moral warning that an az
gresstve nation. giving affront
to the four great powers ready
to focus world opinion on q
given controversy, would be
embarking on q hazardous
enterprise"
The ordinary citizen wonders
how It could be . Hazardous en-
terpriss" ito give affront" II this
country has no Obligation to ses
that the treaty It has signed 10 to
be respected.
Now We como TO the answer TO
the question: when Ii an alliance
not an alliancer"
Tns answer II, 1t v whom . ma
5ority Of the Senators say that
black u white and that white 10
black. For three long months
commissioners from Japan. Great
Britain. France. China, and the
United States were busy IN WASH
ington formulating q treaty to re-
ducs naval armament and settle
the problems Of tho Far East.
They adjourned with declarations
that the alliance they had formed,
taking the place Of the Anglo
japanese alliance. would make It
the greatest epoch In history" or
words to that effect. Nobody then
SHED 1t the only word alliance"
which dtH the agreement siGned.
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II II mot one
Of the ahstruss
questions with
which PrincS
ton profsS
sors rscs ntiy
stunnped the
students
Il II m In.
tar natio d ~
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- ->~D~~S ~>@@@~@es>s0 S& W. SSSseS>~
women struggle. to cook the family
meal without utsnsils and with
miserable broken gtatssf Why
do Ne drive town chiidrsn into
the streets 70 play In the guttsrs
and under the wheels Of the trat-
fic wher w could, By taking
thought. look aftsr thsmf
Really II seems TO mo some
times ~ u our big towns wers
. the monuments Of human insanity.
And II y marvel that 20 much
goodness and % much steady
value springs up In the human
beings who live in these towns.
really don't believe that II the
women had had the dirscting oe
the universe up to now this par.
ticular naonstrosity would have
grown up.
No doubt We should have failed
In other directions II the world
had been In our hands but this
way Of herding together thous-
ands Of people In conditions not
fit for human life would surely
never have happened. Now that
It has happened. however. and now
that the world u dotted over with
black spots called cities, and now
that It last women have been en-
trusted with some share OF politt-
cal power II seems obvious that
one Of the first things they must
attack IN the ordinary living con.
ditions Of their fellow citizens.
NERVES REAL DANGER.
How this attack II to be con-
Quoted In the present state Of the
world 10 difficult to describe. but
the first thing surely n to arouse
the conscience OF every comfort
able woman and to make her
realize what her life would b
like II she lived in . slum.
To anyone who cannot imagine
this problem without actual ex-
periencs I would recommend q
morning spent In the police courts.
especially In those courts which
deal with matrimonial difficulties.
You cannot be there through half
q dozen cases without seeing plain
ly enough that nine-tsnths of the
difficulties and disputes arise abso-
lutely out Of the conditions Of life.
A man and woman when they
are married often lind II difficult
enough to live harmoniously even
II they are veil t6 DO and have
plenty Of space and freedom. but
whom they are boxed up together
day In and day out with their
children necessarily about them.
with money worries and material
cares. with dread Of illness and
Unemployment. with the inoessant
noise and dirt and turmoil Of .
slum dwelling It u . miracle II
they never pull through At all.
Nerves that fashionable COM
plant Of the IDLE. must be and are
. very real danger to people In
these circumstances and indeed
the record OF any police court viii
show how overwhelming an
amount Of human misery and
physical violence follows newt
ably in the train Of such . life.
Now the moral would draw
from all this II that the comfort
able woman and the well.to-do
woman and the happy woman has
not the right to stand out from
politics. A. return for their
own security. comfortable and
happy women owe II to their less
fortunate sisters to try and mako
things better. And therefore I
believe that they are In duty
bound to take their part In the
public and particularly the NUM-
cipal LIE OF their countries.
1t u all very well to do ones
own private duty In ones own
private life but Il u not al Of
lives Of II. majority Of women
who live In towns are n urouon-
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To come back to reservations.
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80 faik peace theeword reservsuons
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Roger Williams there was ORGANIZED
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when treaties OF peace tor near
peace) were under confederation.
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Bv CHARLES f. RUSSELL

~ (WeL-Knoun Socialist Editor
'The Washington Conference Is a War Breeder :
Have Been Manipulated BY TWD Of the Widest D
LiVed-Lloyd George and BalfOnr."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-01-19

it's just that / get bad moods" she
said, bravely. 81 was pretty young to
marry at all, / guess"
Martin loves YOU" Alix suggested
timIdly.
HE takes me for granted" Cherry
said, after pause. There doesn't
seem to be anything alive in the feel
ing between u.s." she added, slowly. III
he says something to me, l make an
effort to get his point of view before
| answer. If tell him some plan of
mine, can see that he thinks it sounds
crazy l don't seem very domestic
that's all. IL try. Really, l do
But" and Cherry seemed to brace
herself in soul and body-'but that's
marriage. I'll try again !!
She gave Allx long kiss in parting,
the next day, and chung to her.
III write you about the case, and
wire you If you're needed and see you
soon !" AliX SAID, cheerfully. Then she
turned and went back into the empty
house, keeping back her tears until the
sound of the surrey had quite died
away.