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craftsmanship, but he has shown no
sign of intending to do so.

Craftsmanship, but he has shown no
sign of intending to do so.
FINDING the adoption Of a COM
plete five-power treaty impossible
at this time, the naval parley dele
gates in London decided to quit after
signing a pact, the outlines Of which
were stated as follows:
A five-power agreement between
Great Britain, America. Japan, France
and Italy on the following terms:
l. Postponement for FIVE years of
replacement of capital ships sched-
uled by the Washington treaty in 1922.
2. Extension of the aircraft carrier
category to include carriers not ex-
ceeding 10000 tons, the armament of
which shall be limited to six inch
guns.
8. Definition of coast guard and
other small ships exempt from limi-
tation.
4. Classification Of warships and
methods for permanent limitation by
global and category tonnage.
A five-power agreement prohibiting
the destruction of merchant ships by
submarines, unless the passengers and
crew of the captured craft are placed
In safety.
A three-power agreement between
America, Great Britain and Japan on
the lines previously given in these
columns, providing for reduction Of
battleship fleets and limitation Of
cruisers, destroyers and submarines
as in the d-Matsudaira plan.
This entire progrem was announced
by Secretary Stimson with the full
approval of the other delegates and
was announced in parliament by
Prime Minister Macdonald. Mean
while BRAND, French foreign minister,
and Dino Grand, chief of the italian
delegation, had had a conference and
agreed that their nations could not
yet reach an accord in the matter OF
navies, but that further discussions
should take place in Geneva when the
League of Nations meets in May.
NJ. BRAND later explained that
France is ready to pledge not to con-
struct any capital ships during the
interim until 1886, unless Germany,
through building additional units of
the Ersatz Preussen type, forces her
to do So
It was understood the proposed
treaty and instruments would be
ready for signing by April II and that
the American delegation would sail
for home April % on the Leviathan.
nRY law violations and prosecu-
~ lions are increasing the popula-
tion of the federal prisons at the rate
of one every 6S minutes, according to
statistics issued by the Department of
Justice. Between June 30, 1929, and
April /, 1880, the number of federal
prisoners both in federal penal insti-
tutions and local jails, mounted from
19,349 to 25,626, an increase of 6,217
in nine months.
Approximately rs per cent of the
increase, according to the Department
of Justice estimates, was due to con-
victions under the Volstead and Jones
laws.
Attorney General Mitchell has filed
in the Supreme court brief, to be
used when the case of James E. Farrer
of Boston is reached, which is de-
signed to bring decision as to
whether the liquor buyer is equally
guilty with the seller. The Federal
District court for Massachusetts held
that the purchase of liquor from
bootlegger was not prohibited by the
Volstead act and dismissed the in
dictment against Farrer. The attor-
ney general argues that the failure
of congress to specify that purchases
from a bootlegger should be an Of
Tense should not be construed by the
courts as meaning that congress did
not intend to make such purchases an
offense.