The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph, 1921-11-15

CHANGES URGED BY LAFOLLETTE Amendments Offered to Rail* road Funding Bill ONE HITS 6 PER CENT SECTION Another Would Prohibit Decree of Interstate Commerce Commission From Having Force Over intrastate Traffic - Alto Provides That Funds Derived From Debt Bill Shall Be Spent on Rall Improvements. Washington, Nov 15 - The senate unanimous'y confirmed Charles M. Dean of Cincinnati as collector of in internal - ternal internal revenue. A proposal for a vote Dec 10 by the senate on the Ford-Newberry senatorial election contest from Michigan is planned as a result of conferences between Republican and Democratic leaders. Under the pro proposed - posed proposed agreement discussion of the case, which was planned for this week, would go over until the open opening - ing opening of the new session of congress. A program comprising enactment of the *500,000,000 railroad debt bill and the tax revision measure and ad adjournment - journment adjournment of congress before Thanksgiving day, has taken definite form. Republican leaders said prospects for putting through the program were good. in view of general de mands in both senate and house for a brief rest before the next and reg regular - ular regular session opens. Dec. 5. The railroad debt bill was before the senate again, while the senate interstate commerce committee con continued - tinued continued hearings on bills to restore rate and other powers of the states and for repeal of the so-called 6 per cent rate guarantee section of the Esch-Cummins law. That the fight for this legislation would be carried soon to the senate floor was assured when Senator La LaFollette - Follette LaFollette introduced amendments to the debt bill covering both features before the committee. One amend amendment - ment amendment would repeal the fl per cent pro provision. - vision. provision. another would prohibit the In Interstate - terstate Interstate commerce commission de decree - cree decree from having any force or effect over intrastate traffic and a' third rould provide that funds derived from the debt bill should be spent on railroad maintenance or improve improvements. - ments. improvements. A clause of the last amend amendment - ment amendment would compel the carrers to spend repair funds in their own shops or plants and would prevent contracts to outside concerns.

By S. D. Weyer, Nov. baa Berlin, Germany 5. - (By Wireless) unofficially notified the allies that she can not pay the next reparations installment, 600, 600,000,000 - 000,000 600,000,000 gold marks due by January 15, 1922. The International News service was informed on the highest auth authority, - ority, authority, today, that the German gov government - ernment government has conveyed through un unofficial - official unofficial channels to the allies the in information - formation information that she "is at the end of her rops." All protests by the allies hereafter about Germany's failure to meet the reparations payments due will be .net by the statement, "try to get it." Germany's attitude. It was made I | plain, is not one of defiance, but of The allied comnis-i j utter despair. sion here, it is learned, is convinced of Germany's ability to pay. The experts attached to this commission I ! ira again going over the situation oilowing Germany's action in noti notiying - ying notiying the allies of her inability to pay. According to German bankers and ficials, it is doubtful if the inevit inevitible - ible inevitible effort of the French to collect at east a part of the January payment will succeed. The German government, it can e stated, has determined to stand I r fall on the decision that there must be a revision of the terms of | the Versailles treaty. .There is increasing evidence that Jermany, after weighing all the con equences, has decided to face even he bitterest penalty, namely an in inasion - asion inasion of the Ruhr district by the French. Meanwhile, inner councils irgue that it would be most welcome to cer'n'n powers to inject Gel Gelmany's - many's Gelmany's situation as a bombshell at the Wahington armam.nt-timitate ion conference and force the whole erman program to the front thus evading embarrassing decisions nec nec. - . nec. . o. T-m qeyemna ssitated by the Hughes program. German bankers are almost un unanimously - animously unanimously of the opinion that an conoiic world conference will fol follow - low follow 8 a Washington armament ses sessions. - sions. sessions. 12.442 i

-even weeks' food supply. Suppose all these things and then you will understand Britain's position. "Don't suppose I lament over the weakness of my country. We are strong, I hops, in the patriotism that binds us together." "We have considered it at length," announced the Right Hon. A. J Balfour, spaking for Britain, "and in admiration and appreciation we agree to its spirit and its principle." "But the strategical weakness of the British empire is apparent to all Britain's enemies," ha said, "if she has enemies.*' He pledged Britain's "hearty and complete" cooperation in the carry carrying - ing carrying out of the program and this drew the audience to its feet with first outburst of applause. the "in spirit and While accepting principle," the great program, Bal four made certain reservations on behalf of his country, notably in the matter of submarines. Ha suggested the advisability of absolutely pro prohibi'ing - hibi'ing prohibi'ing the construction of "grat ocean-going submarines." English statesman The veteran concluded his speech at 11:45, by reading a cablegram from Premier Lloyd George, which gave its com complate - plate complate and whole-hearted endorse endorsement - ment endorsement to the principles as laid down In the American program. The cablegram from the British premier said: "The British government has fol followed - lowed followed the proceedings of the open opening*of - ing*of opening*of the conferences with profound appreciation and whole-hearted en endorsement - dorsement endorsement of the speeches made by President Harding and Secretary of State Hughes, whose bold and states statesmanlike - manlike statesmanlike utterances are pregnant with infinite possibilities. Nothing could go further for the ultimate success Please convey to of the conference. both our most sincere congratula congratulations. - tions. congratulations. (Signed) "Lloyd George." After the tall Balfour had finished i his somewhat lengthy speech, por portraying - traying portraying the difficulties in which Bri -

the task of working out a solution for far eastern questions. Another, composed of all the delegates of the Ave great powers, was created to take over the negotiations on the main topic of armament limitations. Since only the delegates of the five powers are qualified to act on arma armament - ment armament limitation in the conference, the result in each case will be to re resolve - solve resolve the delegates into a "commit "committee - tee "committee of the whole.* Although no official would make a prediction prior to th* assembling of tl - new "committee*." the presump tion everywhere is that the meetings would be held behind closed doors and that the public would get a glipmse of the proceeding* only when, in their capacity a* commit committeemen. - teemen. committeemen. the delegate* have an Im Important - portant Important decision to report to the con conference - ference conference as a whole. The committee plan was said to have been agreed to as the most di direct - rect direct method of attack on the prob problems - lems problems before the conference, since it would permit greater liberty of con confidential - fidential confidential expression between the rep repro - ro repro entatives of the various govern governAnother - Another governAnother argument used by ments. those who favored the proposal was that It would facilitate such modifi modifications - cations modifications of program as might become necessary through chances in the personnel of the various Aelegations and in the A lomatic situation gen erally conf-onting the conference One reult of the decision may be to make today's open session of the conference the last of those which precede the period of the actual de decision - cision decision of the questions on which the negotiations hinge. The most opti optimistic - mistic optimistic officials do not expect the committees to be able to report with out long study and debate.

By George R. Holmes, Continental Hall. Washington, Nov. 15. - An atmosphere of tense expectancy hung over the second plenary session of the armament con- ' fer:nce when it got under way promptly at 11 o'clock this morning. It was exactly 11 a. m. when the gavel of Secretary Hughes com commanded - manded commanded quiet. Mr. Balfour arose and an Instant hush fell over the hall. He began slowly, expressing his admiration for the manner in which the American proposals had prepared and presented. been "The secret," h? said, "was most admirably kept," and this was greet greeted - ed greeted with a laugh from the gallery, in which joined. the American delegation "I am the first to take up th? chal challenge," - lenge," challenge," he continued, "perhaps be because - cause because my country is most Intimately interested In naval questions." "America had added a new hie hietorical - torical hietorical date to the world's history," he said, "and November 12 would be a date commensurate with Novem November - ber November 11." "Great Britain and .the empire," he continued. "are British more profoundly interested in this ques quesW - W quesW tion than any other power. "There never has been in the I I world's history an empire such as | ths British empire. We are what | we are because of hard, cold neces- | sity. "The United States stands I solid, ! impregnable, self-sufficient, its lines i of communications safe from any ; hostile attack. It is not merely that you are the wealthiest country in the world: it is because you arj wholly immune. "Suppose, for example. your west western - ern western states were sudd:nly removed thousands of miles across the sea. Suppose the heart of your country was a small and crowded island, de deperdent - perdent deperdent upon her overseas trade for the necessities of life. "Suppose you never had more than

strong ?r position in actual fighting efficiency. The British admiralty ap apparently - parently apparently looks with disfavor upon the submarine and, granted a free hand, would abolish the sub-surface fighting craft" altogether, plainly understood, however. It is tha such a policy is not at all likely t be openly proposed. The British delegates are pre prepared - pared prepared to contend that in actual effi ciency tonnage, they are much below the 90,000 ton mark set by the United States and the will do every thing in their power to bring about a reduction in that limitation. SIXTY THOUSAND OUT Garment Wokers Protest Against the Piecework System. New York, Nov. 15 - Sixty thou thousand - sand thousand garment workers are on strike in protest against the piecework sys tem and an increase from 41 to 49 hours a week, which was to be put into effect by their employers. Indi Indications - cations Indications are that the struggle will be prolonged. The International Ladles' Garment Workers' union and 3,000 shops are involved. All efforts at arbltratioi Louis in have failed. Lustig, president of the Cloak. Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' Protective association, charged that the union workers failed to aid the employers in their efforts to Increase production and thus lower the price of women's clothing The strikers charged the employers with violating a trade agreement which left the question of working conditions to a bipartisan commission, which was to .have reported Nov. 1. The piecework system means a return of the "sweat shop," they declare.

1 RESTORES RELATIONS WITH GERMANY President Harding Issues Peace Proclamation. Washington, Nov. 16. - President Harding has formally proclaimed peace between the United States and Germany. The president, in a proclamation, declared the state of war between the United States and Germany, ex existing - isting existing from April 6, 1917, to have terminated In fact July 2. 1921, when the joint peace resolution of con congress - gress congress was approved by the executive. Issuance of the proclamation, which followed exchange of ratifications of the treaty at Berlin. effective Armls- 1 tice day in the German capital, was | considered the first of a series of three iteps which, when completed, will return the United States to a complete peace status. The second step probably will be - he promulgation of a proclamation '.eclaring the war with Austria to have ended, and the third. the issu ince of a similar proclamation with The proclama proclamarespect - respect proclamarespect to Hungary. tion dealing with Austria is expected to be signed by the president within Ratifications between a few days. the United States and Hungary are expected to be exchanged soon. Certain war laws will be ended when the final step is taken. Notable among these laws are sections of the espionage act, the liberty bond act and trading with the enemy act. Dis Disnosition - nosition Disnosition of the cases of Eugene V. nebs and others convicted of viola viola-Ion - -Ion viola-Ion of war laws likewise will await the third and final step.

tain found herself, Baron Kato rose and spoke briefly in Japanese. "Japan deeply appreciates the sin sinc.rity - c.rity sinc.rity of purpose evidenced in the plan of the American government for the limitation of armaments," he said. "She is satisfied that the pre prepared - pared prepared plan will materially relieve. th) nations of wasteful expenditures I an.l can not fail to make for peace of the world. the I "She can not remain unmoved by the high aims which have actuated Gladly ac acthe - the acthe American project. 'cepting, therefore, the proposal. in principle, Japan is ready to proceed with determination to a sweeping reduction in her naval armament. I "Japan has never claimed nor had any inflantion of claiming, to have a naval establishment equal in ' unvui CPeeEEEe equal in strength to that of either the United i I States or the British empire. Her | | . . 2411 , . I existing plan will show conclusively ! that she had never in view prepara preparation - tion preparation for offensive war." The acceptance by France and Italy, which had been counted upon, j followed naturally when the states-1 men from London and Tokyo had | finished addressing the conference. b Thus, in the remarkably short ipace of three days, American gov govrnment - rnment govrnment has proposed a program of naval destruction and future gov - unequalled in the history of the world and has had it accepted | is fundamentally sound by all the (treat powers of the world. ' I