Evening star., 1925-08-04
ADMIRAL SCOUTS
u. .S.-JAPANESEW WAR
Would Be Foolish and Treaty
Is Preventive. Phelps
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Says.
pv the Associated Press.

4.-The Washington conference on the
Limitation of ornaments absolutely
settled the peace OF the Pacific. Rear
Admiral W. w. Phelps. member of
the naval board in Washington. de-
clared at the Institute of Politics to-
day. y
The four.power pact. he added has
insured the integrity Of our posses
sions
II do not believe in any war with
Japan" he said. Both nations would
be perfect fools to promote conflict.
think that a new mentality is deVel-
oping and that commerce is gaining
between the two nations. People who
talk publicly of conflict are doing
disservice. The Washington confer
ence has removed the mental fear that
brought about vast armaments.
Europe is aba andonine cereal cult
vation to a large extent and going
hack to grass" DR.. Louis F. Michael.
foreign agricultural economist Of the
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture, said today.
France Converting Land.
France has been steadily turning
her plowed lands hack 10 grass for
the past 30 years. he said. In
Germany subma reinal lands have
are 10 per cent more meadows and
pastures at present than in 1914.
Extensive agriculture and the pro-
duction of cereals throughout Central
and Southeastern Europe are giving
place to the more intensive animal in
dustry. Most of the succession states
are hoping to adjust their interna
tional financial difficulties through the
expectation of animals and animal
products Western E,nTODe -
DIR. Michael said that frozen meats
had entered internati tional trade to
marked degree due to the large con
sumption Of such meats in Europe
during and since the World War. He
said II was probable that the use in
Germany. France and other countries
ot foreign meats in this form would he
extended widely.
Italian Envoy Around.
Count Antonio Cippico, Italian Fas-
cist Senator attending the institute
characterized as Offensive and dis
courteous statements made by Prof
Edward NJ. East of Harvard in criti
cizing Count Cippico's advocacy of
emigration as A solution of Italy's
overpopulation problem.
II have nothing to answer to an
article couched in terms SO offensive
and in manner SO discourteous.
Count Cippico said. LAS such, I feel
IT to be beneath contempt
President Harry A. Garfield of Will
liams College. founder of the institute.
said at an open conference this morn
ing that Count Cippico had been
''grieved" by Prof. East's statement.
and added that such eX parte express
sions of opinion should be made he
fore the institute. so that the OPP
ponent might reply. instead OF being
made public through newspaper
channels. He praised the character
of Italian immigrants to this country.
which Mr. East had criticized in his
statement.
Tells OF French Sum.
France hopes to divert part of the
Dawes plan repara tions from Germany
to her work of reconstruction IF we
DO not have to turn over to our friends
the whole of the moneys we get out
of it," Robert Mason. prominent
French banker nd virtual head OF the
Credit Lyonnais. in Paris. said last
night in lecture on the pea &c prob
lens of France" The reconstruction
could he completed in hve years. he
added, by using All of the Dawes plan
proceeds for that purpose.
Mason reviewed the French war
losses and the repa rations France so
far has received and he placed the
money still needed for material re-
construction at 81 900. 900 900. Taxes
would be inadequate to supply that
sum, and both internal and foreign
borrowing were inadvisaSle. Hope lay
In the Dawes plan. and America had a
certain moral responsibility to see that
II was carried out
The postwar problem OF France was
being constantly lost sight of abroad.
and the nancing of repara tions had
been attended by serious consequences
for the exchange and the budget. and
hy substantial increase in the public
debt.
Lists French Losses.
The damages we sustained in the
war have been estimated. as follows:
Pensions and compensations IL
600 900, 900 francs. and material dam
ages, 14l 900 .000. 900 francs: the total
equivalent to from &14 900 900 900 to
S27 900 600. 900. To this should be add
Ell the interest on the reconstruction
loans
1T is NO use Disgusting the fact
that the great ma jority Of Frenchmen
believed in the assurances of allied
statesmen and in the articles Of the
peace treaty. according 10 which Ger
many was to pay us the sum total of
our damages. II seemed natural. II
was according to precedent. After
the war of 1870 France paid her dew
astations, the costs Of the German
army occupation and an indemnity to
the victor who had suffered no
damage"
Sees Oil Shortage.
The United States cannot continue
10 furnish SO per cent of the world $
oil demand. Prof Charles X. Leith of
the University of Wisconsin said YES
terday at the round table conference
on mineral resources world
factor.
We must rely on other sources in
the face OF the growing demand" he
said. The British empire Is rich in
oil deposits and some Englishmen say
she will eventually pay the United
States her war debt from these re
sources. The worlds demand for
petroleum. will continue steadily, and
we must face this fact
For one reason or another the
petroleum development of the world
Is not proceeding as rapidly as the
situation seems 70 require Among
the reasons is the closed door The
present tendency is toward the fur
ther closing Of national doors with
the result that the impact Of growing
world demand is causing more and
more political friction"
At the round table on international
justice Prof. Jesse s. Reeves of the
University OF Michigan opposed state
ments attributed to Senator Borah
of Idaho and others that complete
codif1cation Of international law must
precede the successful functionins of
O world court.
SkRZYNSkI CHALLENGED.