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Evening star., 1922-01-08

know my countrymen all appreciate this
evidence of good will.
''Industrially and financially Germany
is having her difficulties. The heavy
payments due the creditor nations are
becoming harder to meet each time they
are due. The balance of exchange and
trade is so much against us. 1t ap-
pears that all Of the nations are turning
70 the principle of protection and that
does not help Germany. l suppose the
other nations consider our cheap money
20 competition, but whatever the reason,
other nations seem disposed to close
their boundaries.
Germany has to import most of its
raw materials. and if we cannot
manufacture and export @gr product
we can have no money With which
topnfchase from other countries
Before the war Germany was the
best customer of the United States in
nlafy kinds of raw materials and in
manufactured goods also-boots and
shoes for example. We are buying
a certain amount now, and We are
looking to better times. For the pro-
lection of all countries trade should
be more or less international in my
opinion.
THE government of the new democ-
racy in Germany has made it a prin-
ciple to inculcate in its schools q
spirit Of friendship and reconciliation
toward all nations. In this work of
reconstruction the United States has
been helpful and we have got to like
your countrymen. Germany rs cer-
tainly ready to return every testi-
mony OF sympathy which is shown by
The United States"
Evening star., 1922-01-08
DIPLOMAT MAY LEAVE FAR EAST
QUESTIONS TO THE MISSIONARY
Latter Can Follow Long Trail Of Reeenera-
tion and Does Not Have to Conclude
His Labors In a Few Weeks.

a total of 344,974. of whom nearly
wo.thirds are men. There are al
most an equal number under instruc,
tion, or baptized. The group called
Of the three Chinese delegates to
this conference include themselves
the third, being a baptized Christian,
is probably larger than the other two
classifications combined. The gifts
of these Chinese for Christian work
last year totaled $414,746. From
America, ss.169,74s was sent last year
for mission work in China The per-
manent investment in mission prop
erty and equipment is not on record.
but it totals many millions Of dollars.
Bound to Weld influence.
Even amid China's vast population
such force. especially il actively
is bound to WELD great influence.
More especially is this true when it
is recalled that the missionary enter:
prise Is the most widely distributed
business maintained by foreigners in
China. The churches and other regu-
lar preaching stations number up
ward of ten thousand, scattered in
every province and part of the land.
How intimately missions touch the
individual and family life is revealed
single year 1885, .002 cases were treat
ed in the 3s6 dispensaries. Recent
reports show that there are 263 mis-
sion hospitals in China, with s.104
beds. One item of the long tale re-
cords that 13.074 major operations
were performed in a year. OF or
phanages, leper homes. refugees and
asylums there is not room here to
tell.
Enough of detail has been set down
to make clear that there is at present
in operation in China an organization.
steadily expanding which aims al
nothing less than the transformation
of the nation, thus accomplishing
fundamentally the task to which the
Washington conference seems to be
finding itself unequal.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1922-01-08
BY JUNIUs b. WOOD.

China Is to have q tariff revision as
= result Of the Washington conference,
which promises to increase her revenues
$4s,167.O0O (Mexican). or s2s.os3,5oo
in American gold, annually, but the
shackles of per cent ad valorem
duty, by which she has been bound
since the British customs treaty of
1858, are not to be removed.
The conference also agreed that
representa- tives of the nine powers.
including China, shall meet and pre-
pare report on the advisability or
withdrawing the foreign troops now
in the country. Acceptance OF the
power.
Three commissions are thus created
to continue the work of the confer
ence, to consider, respectively, entra-
territoriality, customs and foreign
troops.
The decisions of the committee were
not reached without pointed express
sions of dissent from the Chinese
delegates. Mr.. Koo, directing his re-
marks to Mr.. Underwood, who has
presented the tariff recommendations.
suggested that China's tariff was
framed for the benefit of outside ma
tions rather than for China. but ex.
pressed his thanks that some RELIEF
was offered.
Mr.. UnderwOod's View.
The essence of Mr. Underwood's re-
ply was that under the present condi-
tions in China, too much revenue
would work an injury to the country.
Mr. SEE, who repeated several times
that, the Japanese troops in HankoW
and along the South Manchurian rail-
road are there without any authoriza-
Of
hara as his particular audience MT.
Hanihara contented himself with a
reply that the troops were there oy
treaty, offering to present a written
statement if any other members OF
the committee wished.
China did not receive tariff autono-
my, which her delegates asked TOT
They never expected to secure the
right that the nation could fix its own
tariff, but they did hope for some
method of tariff reciprocity with otner
nations, and graduated tarin. win
higher rates on luxuries and certain
necessities entering free OF duty.
China did make some progress, as the
committee decided that the tarln re.
vision commission. which Is TO meet
in Shanghai after the conference ao-
journs, can Immediately impose a sur
tax on any or all articles not exceed
ing 2h per cent ad valorem. and on
articles of luxury as high as per
cent. They need not necessarily con-
tinue after the commission hn1shes
it's revision.
Treaty with Great Britain.
China's original customs treaty was
with Great Britain in 1912. In 1888
the fiat per cent tariff on all articles
was established 1t has never been
changed Other nations which had
treaties and trade with China be
came partners in fixing its tariff.
There have been only two revisions
since 1858, both by fixing new COM
modify valuations.
In 1902 the tariff was revised to the
average prices Of 1897 to 1899. and
in 1918. it was again revised to the
averages from 1912 to 1916. Those
pre-war prices are now being used
to compute the present per cent
ad valorem duties. which accounts for
the tariff being only 31z per cent
effective.
Unanimous consent of all the pow
ers Is necessary to either change the
per cent rate or to appraise COM
Evening star., 1922-01-08
ARMY DENTAL SCHOOL
OPENS At WALTER REED
Course Will Be Offered to Student
Ofacers-Eorma1 Exercises
Tomorrow

BY authority Of the Secretary of
War. an Army dental school has been
established at Walter Reed general
hospital on Georgia avenue near the
District line for special instruction in
dentistry. Opening exercises will be
held tomorrow at which Surgeon
General Ireland and Col. R T. oliver.
chief of the dental division Of the
Surgeon Generals office, will make
addresses in explanation Of the objects
and scope of the school.
A class of twenty student officers
will take the first course there. ex-
tending until June 80. These officers
recently completed a course Of tactical
instruction at the medical school at
Carlisle. Pa, and now will receive
final technical and scientific instruc-
ton. The school which is attached to
the Army Medical School clinics and
la boratories also will be utilized for
the training of select corps Of en-
listed men of the medical department
in the technique. hygiene and me-
chanics of dentistry.
Col. S. D. Boak, Dental Corps. at
Walter Reed Hospital. will be COM
mandant of the school. He will have
a corps of assistants. including Lieut..
Col. r E. Ingalls,. Dental Corps. as
adjutant.
Evening star., 1922-01-08
sHANTUNG IN DEADLOCK.
japanese Oppose Mediation Unless
Chinese Concede.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Japanese Representatives said yes
terday that there were no indications
as to when the next Shantung m.et.
ing would he held. The Japanese are
described as opposed to jointly re-
Questing mediation on the part of
Secretary Hughes and Mr.. Balfour,
believing such step to be useless
unless the Chinese delegates are dis
posed to make concessions
1t was learned that the question Of
meditation was discussed fully at
Fridays Shantung conversations. Ac.
cording to the Japanese version, the
Chinese suggested a joint meditation
request. The Japanese opposed this
on the ground that their last sug.
gestion for settlement, namely, a
f1fteen-year loan by Japanese capt.
talists in connection with the Shan
tung railroad, was Japan's final offer.
Then the Chinese announced that they
would like to invite Secretary Hughes
and Mr.. Balfour to sit In at the next
Shantung meeting, but the Japanese
thought this might embarrass the
American and English delegation
heads unless China had some concrete
concession in mind.
pressed themselves today as still
hopeful for a settlement, believing
that China would eventually recede
from her present position. 1t was as
serted in Japanese circles that q very
small question divides the two parties
to the Conversations.
Evening star., 1922-01-08
BY WILLIAM It. ELLIS.

In the light of the developments
Of the past two days with respect to
China. it begins to look es il. the
missionary, rather than the diplomat,
will have to do the real work of
solving the far eastern problem. The
missionary does not have to conclude
his labors in a few weeks. He can
follow the long, long trail of national
regeneration to its destination. His
simple platform is that China must
have change of heart before she
can have a change of status. With
an audacity possible only to faith,
tie Christian churches are under
taking to alter the bent and set of
Chinese character, which is the re-
suit OF $500 years of Confucianism.
Surprising Progress Made.
How definitely the churches. espe-
cially of America, have set about this
immense task is rather surprising
news to the average person. All the
Protestant congregations of America,
to the remotest crossroads, with
negligible exceptions. are busy about
this undertaking. Herein lies the ex-
planation of much of Americas pc
culiar sympathy with China. Some
thing like a science of Christian
missions has been perfected. and is
operative in the orient
This provides for preaching by
Americans who have learned the
language and by trained Christian
natives. and for the distribution of
Bibles and other Christian literature;
it furnishes a Christian education,
from tn kindergarten to the uni
versity and professional school; it
maintains ministry of healing.
fad hHyh hnc l- ri
physicians and nurses. and it has
organized social service and relief
work of several FORMS as well as in
dustrial training. In short. a rather
complete program for a better order
of civiliZa ton, building from the bot
tom up. is being definitely followed
by the missionaries in China-with
whom have lately become allied such
humanitarian organizations as the
Red Cross. the Rockefeller Founda-
tion for Medical Research and the
Carnegie Endowment.
Fifty From U. s. and Canada.
There are 10s missionary societies
from all the world at work in China.
Of which fifty are from the United
States and Canada. The total num-
Der of foreign missionaries in that
country alone last year was 6.56l, of
whom nearly tWo-thirds are women.
They were assisted by an employed
staf of 24.627 Chinese Christ ian work
ers. of varying degrees of training
The communicant membership of the
Christian churches numbered, in 1921,
Evening star., 1922-01-08
113 WILL BE INFERRED
IN ARLINGTON THURSDAY
Bodies Of Four Officers and 100
Enlisted Men Who Died Over
seas to Be Buried.

Bodies of four officers and 109 en-
listed men, who died overseas, will
be buried with full military honors
in the Arlington national cemetery
next Thursday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock
The list Of dead includes Capt. Eu-
gene NJ. Kahn, Quartermaster Corps,
of Vandegrift. Pa; First Lieut. Carl
B. Hudson. Signal Corps. Of Newton
Vile. Mass: Second Lieut.. Arlo E.
Garnsey. air service. of New York
city: Second Lieut.. James c. Simpson.
142nd Infantry. Of Chattanooga.
Tenn: Corp. Joseph Lovings, s0Sth
Pioneer Infantry, Of 1922 v street.
Washington. D. c.; Private Raymond
Rogers. 318th Infantry. Of Accotink.
Va; Private Thomas W. Cook. 35th
Transportation Corps. of Alexandria.
Va; Private James H. Carnes. 47th
Infantry. of Petersburg. Va: Private
Stuart L. Isom. 467th Engineers, of
Galax, Va: Private Henry Lahner.
115th Infantry. OF Baltimore, Md.
Private Give H. Greaves, aGs Com
pany 372. OF Woodbridge. Va: Cor
poral William F. Orr, 112th Machine
Gun Battalion. son Of Lieut.. Thomas
E. Orr, United States Navy; Private
John NJ. Sloan, 13Sth Infantry. of
Thornton. 310th Labor Battalion. of
Leesburg. Va, and sergt. John NJ
mond, Va
Evening star., 1922-01-08

cred with regard to China Concessions,
monopo!ies or preferential economic
privileges: development of railways,
including plans relating to the Chinese
eastern railway; preferential railroad
rates, and status Of existing commit
ments. Under the last heading it is
specified that ''it is expected oppor-
tunity will be afforded to consider and
to reach an understanding with respect
to unsettled questions involving the ma
ture and scope of commitments under
which claims of rights may hereafter
be asserted
Large Program Left.
This leaves a large program still to
be handled with regard to China The
necessity of settling these Chinese ques-
tons so as to eliminate possible causes
OF war in the far east mas been en-
phaSlZed many times in connection with
the calling of the Washington confer
ence
Will the conference undertake to con-
slider the twenty-one demands Of the
Japanese, made in 1915, when the war
was in full swing. and which have
firmly intrenched the japanese in Man
this be done. The Japanese assert it is
matter between themselves and China
alone. But it will be remembered that
the United States entered a protest in
connection with these demands of Japan
long ago. The last heading on the
asenda might be construed to cover
these twenty-one demands, since it is
held that claims of rights may :lere-
after be asserted" under them, preju-
dicial to the United States and to other
nations.
Siberia ON Agenda.
Following China and her problems
on the agenda comes Siberia. And
involved in this question is the MAIN
tenance of Japanese troops in Siberia,
against which the far eastern re-
public is now vigorously protesting.
The inundated islands is the third
of the main subheads. This question
has been largely settled in the new
four-power treaty, signed by the
United States, Great Britain, France
and Japan, relating to the Pacific
islands. This matter was discussed
and settled very largely in connec-
ton with the naval Limitation ques-
ton
Electrical communications in the
Pacific also were included within the
agenda. They have been settled
largely through the treaty between
the United States and Japan regard
ing the Island of Yap, and the pro-
posal to divide up the German cables
centering in Yap between the United
States, Japan and the Netherlands
SHANTUNG IN DEADLOCK.
Evening star., 1922-01-08

Foreign Commerce Growing.
In recent years, China's foreign
commerce has been increasing around
S1OO.O0O.000 year. Japan has made
the greatest strides. with the United
States showing the next increase.
Hongkong is included in the British
trade. making 22.7 per cent Of the
British total. though much Of its
trade comes from other nations.
When China agreed to the per
cent rate, her foreign trade was in
significant and 46 per cent of imports
were opium. Since then it has grown
to more than a billion dollars a year
and the delegates pointed out that
they need reciprocal tariff arrange
ments with other nations. The fact
that China can levy only s per cent
duty on tobacco while Japan has
$50 per cent advalorem duty on all
tobacco imported was one illus
tration: Her delegates contended
that the lack of differential duties
favored foreign industries at the ex-
pense of their own and the low tariffs
on luxuries demoralized the nation.
The special tariff privileges which
Japan has enjoyed along the Korean
border. Russia from Siberia and
France from Indo- were volun-
tarilS relinquished by the two coun-
tries represented in the conference.
China will be expected to abolish the
likin duties, provincial border taxes
similar to the octroi taxes which
Napoleon gave to France, when the
tariff is revised sufficiently to
care for them. The likin taxes are
a profitable squeeze" for local au-
thorities, and Peking may have trou-
BILE in stopping them. A transit duty
Of 21a per cent is now collected by
the maritime customs in addition to
its own duties to cover future likin
taxes on goods entering through
treaty ports.
In the resolution regarding for
eign troops in China, the committee
pledged itself to withdraw those
which are there without the author
ity of treaty or agreement, China
agreeing at the same time to pro-
tect the lives and property Of for
eigners. The committee also passed
a resolution urging China to cease
its internal wars and reduce it's
armies.
In order to evolve a plan for the
withdrawal Of the foreign troops.
the eight powers agreed to send
representatives whenever China re-
quests (not stating whether the
Peking or the Canton government is
meant) to meet with three repre-
sentatives of China.
(CoDvriyhf 1QOp
Evening star., 1922-01-08
ment of the industry which It deemed

ment Of the industry which 1t deemed
unwise to enact.
The committee also took up. rules OF
aerial warfare and urged that this
should be the subject OF international
agreement. It pointed out, however,
that while the American and japanese
delegations to the present conference
were prepared and authorised to take
up such q discussion, the British.
French and italian. groups were not
and that in some cases q nationel Dol.
icy on the subject IN various coun-
tries had not been matured as YET.
For that reason the committee recon-
mended postponing the consideration
of rules Of air warfare to later con-
ference to be called for that purpose.
Suggests New Conference.
In the concluding paragraph as to
use of aircraft, the report said:
1.-The committee 10 OF the opinion
that the use of aircraft In war should
be governed by the rules OF warfare
and adapted to aircraft by 9 further
conference which should be held At
later date"
AS an annex to the report, the Ital-
ian group stated its belief that one
way in which it'would be possible to
limit the air power of q nation would
be by placing q limit upon the num-
Der Of pilots in the permanent mill.
tary establishment and consequently
agrees with the general reasoning OF
the report in so far as 1t is not con-
trary to this opinion
Evening star., 1922-01-08
POLITICAL PEACE
MAY Join GERMANS
BY GEORGE WITTE-

by Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily
News Copyright 1922.
BERLIN. Germany, January T.
Germany's political troubles may be
solved and her present government
next few days If the majority socialists
and the Independent socialists. the
hostile brothers Of postwar days.
shake hands and make up. At the
convention of the independents at
Leipzig. beginning tomorrow, the
principal issue will be that of making
peace with the majority socialists.
away soon after the United States
entered the war.
independents Too "Red."
were too "red" for the majority
socialists and especially for President
Ebert and other members of the ad-
ministration. But since the inde-
pendents split up into moderate rad
icals and extremists. at the Halle con-
vention fifteen months ago the mod
crates have been growing more mod
more significant. have been growing
more powerful until now they form
the second strongest political party
in Germany.
The apparent fiasco OF soviet rule
in Russia and the famine there have
helped the independents tremendously
Dissension has constantly reigned
among the German communists and
many of the former leaders of the
independents who Joined the COM
munists after the Halle meeting have
returned to their old party.
Drastic Reforms Promised.
The majority sociaIists h.vo nro
missed drastic reform measures in the
government il the independents will
:ofn hands with them. At present IT
looks as If the latter are willing and
in union with the majority socialists
will take charge of the government.
4 this coalition goes through. then
fermany will have the first real
socialist government it has had since
the revolution and the reactionaries
will receive the worst setback they
have experienced since the kaiser
9ed from Germany.
Evening star., 1922-01-08
CHINA GETS TARIFF REVISION;
TROOP WITHDRAWAL POSSIBLE
Three Commissions to Continue Work of
Conference, Including Extra
territoriality.

modities at their actual value. In
1902 Great Britain, Japan and the
United States agreed to an. increase
from to 12h per cent. but the other
powers refused, despite the fact that
these three countries have 90 per
cent OF the trade with China.
1t is not expected that any powers
will block the revisions which the
proposed commission Is authorized to
put into effect. The eight powers. in
addition to China, sitting In the con-
ference have signined their assent.
and as the trade of all the others COM
bined is comparatively insignificant
they are expected to agree. The total
trade of each of the eight powers and
their proportion of china's total, from
the 1920 figures, in Haikwan taeis
($1.24), was:
Evening star., 1922-01-08
JAVAN Meeting SEEKS
"AUTONOMY OF INDIA"
Delegation Will Be Sent to Holland
to Discuss Plans for Freedom
Of Dutch East indies.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
H.. Copyright. 1922.
AMSTERDAM, Holland. January Z.
According to message from
Batavia. the recently formed COM
mittee for the autonomy of India" |"
held a meeting at Bandong, Java, for
the purpose of discussing the best
means of realizing such autonomy in
the Dutch East Indies. 1t was decided
to send a delegation as soon as possi-
BILE to Holland. In the coming parli-
amentary elections strong efforts will
be made to get representatives OF
the autonomy movement into the
states general. The chairman of the
committee, Djaja Dingrat. resident
of Serang, will head the delegation
to Holland.
Evening star., 1922-01-08
MUNITIONS FOUND BURIED.
Italian Carabiners Locate Bombs
and Guns in Cemetery.

BY the Associated Press.
TURIN, Italy. January THE TuriI.
carabiners today discovered large guam
titles of munitions buried in a ceme-
terry near here. The stores included
machine guns. bombs, rifles and severa
small cannon.
The planting Of the munitions was
traced to a number of communist agita-
tors, they said, some of whom were
arrested.
Evening star., 1922-01-08
At the Raphael.

At the Raphael today, May MacAvoy,
in Morals; Ben Turpin, in Loves
Outcast"; tomorrow. Betty Compson. in
Eat the End Of the World: Tuesday.
AsS sssGy san In s,I Da%n q, Of The East:
cnt"; also Lewis Stone. in 'The North
ern Trail"; Thursday, Katherine Mac
Donald. in Her Social Value: FRI
day. "The Golem," and Saturday, Lon
CLANCY. in THE Ace Of Hearts," also
"Do or Die"
Evening star., 1922-01-08
Waterloo to Vanish;
Belgiazls to Rename
Battlefield s'LOncin''

By Cable to The Star. ...-
PARIS, January 7-Waterl0O
has met ttr waterloo.
Some years ago England
changed the name Of Fashoda to
spare French susceptibility
now Belgium has decided to
change the name Of the famous
battlefield Of 1915.
Waterloo, BY q decree signed
By Gen. Balgfa, will in future
be known as sLoncin.n