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Oklahoma Leader
"FEARLESS AND TRUE"
Full Leased H ire United I'ress Report—Member Federated I'ress.
Vol. II—No. 53
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1921
PRICE, THREE CEN1
RAILMEN AWAIT COMMAND TO STRIK
Railroad Walkout
Throughout Nation
? Now Seems Certain
LOSS
NT
LLAB
1EP0RTEQ
EXAS BLAZE
Separate Organization To Be strike Ballots Expected to Be
Formed Unless Lewis Re- , issued Shortly — Harding
scinds His Order. Consults the Labor Board
PITTSBURG, Kan., Oct. 15. (B> [ GrOUp.
U. P.) John Homing, left in chars- J ,.HI( AG0 Q ~ 15;_Rallroa(1 llnlon
of the miners' district headquarters j ch|BfR ,eft ( hicaRn ,oda).
carrying
when Alexander Ilowat went to jail j secret orders to be sent to al! union
for violating the Kansas industrial ; officials throughout the country to
morrow, understood to call for the
start of a general strike of two mil-
court law, has announced that an in-
surgent union against the interna-
tional organization led by President j
John Lewis will be maintained by ,
followers of Howat in Kansas.
Fleming, still refusing to turn
district headquarters over, de-
nounced the international president
as a "traitor." He claimed th^t
lion railroad workers on October 30.
Union heads departed following a
four-hour secret conference at the
Masonic Temple of the 500 general
chairmen of the unions.
All leading union chiefs attended
the meeting with the exception of W.
,ee, president of the Brotherhood
action taken late yesterday at mass Railway Tralnme.
emetings of miners who convened to1 jeft Chicago for Cleveland
decide on Howat or Lewis leadership, earlier in the day after saying a
shows that the new organization will strike was inevitable and saying he
start with a large membership from woujd maii .strike orders to his union
the southern Kansas fields. heads tomorrow from Cleveland.
The Kansas organization as led by
Alexander Howat will be kept intact
under its old ofifcers, Fleming de-
TRADES AND MEMBERS
AFFECTED STRIKE
CHICAGO. Oct. 16.—A general
strike of all railroad union work-
ers would call out the following
union memberships:
Shop workers. 560,000
Machinists, 100,000.
Signal men, 19,000.
Telegraphers, 80,000. *
Engineers, 89,000.
Firemen and enginemen, 120,-
000.
Trainmen, 180,000.
Maintenance - of - way workers,
250.000.
Clerks. 2,300.
Car men and boilermakers,
2,800.
Conductors. 52,000.
Total, 1,446,100.
Two Business Blocks and Sev-
enteen Homes Gutted in
Paris—Loss Heavy.
LOWER TURKEY PRICE
PREDICTED BY 'KING'
DALLAS. Texas. Oct. 15.—(By
U. J*.)—Turkeys for turkey din-
ners on turkey day are going to
be cheaper than last year.
Ben Ablon, the "turkey king" of
Texas, declared here today that
according to present indications
turkeys will be about 12 cents
lower per pound this year than
last.
If his prediction is carried out
Thanksgiving turkeys will cost
about 20 cents a pound.
s
ATTACKS GIRL;
ST
Walton Wars On
Rooming House
Immoral Traffic
TRUE
All of the union heads refused to
comment on decisions reached at the
meeting when the conference broke
up at 1 p. m. today. They all hur-
ried to get their trains.
The country was divided into ten jsjow they face a more aggravated
r IIkIh" against "the Kansas'indus" groups at the meeting, according to ; issue.
information leaking out. The strike Strike Date October 30.
will first be called in one section.
England
clarcd.
•'If Lewis Rescind*.**
"If Lewis rescinds his order sus-
pending Howat and will back us in
chiefs what action had been taken.
The union leaders walked out.
This procedure was In spite of the
fact that the brotherhoods were
armed with their most powerful
weapon a strike vote, the strike vote
taken on the wage cut of last July.
PARIS, Texas. Oct. 15.—(By U. P.)
Fire that started In a furniture store
here about 10 o'clock last night was
brought under control at 4 a. m. to-
day after having destroyed two busi-
ness blocks on the northwest corner
of the square and reached out into
the resilience section, destroying 17
residences.
Conservative estimates early today
placed the loss at $1,000,000. n
no one was injured, according to Sinn Fein Envoys Demand ue-
early reports. nial of Reports—Confer-
Fire apparatus from Bonham CPCG IS In 3 FlUffY
BROKEN;
OE
Money Taken—Then Intruder
Seizes Girl—Driven Out
By Brother-in-Law.
Shortly after 1 o'clock Saturday
morning, a lone burglar entered the
home of Mrs. Nina Riehl, 117 llast
Eleventh street, and after securing
a gold watch and $3 or $4 In rash,
attacked Bennle Liggett, a 17-year
old girl.
According to C. B. Whitehead, the!
girl's brother-in-law, the burglar en- ;
icred the house through a sleeping
porch in the rear. After finding
Whitehead's trousers, the burglar
evidently went out on the porch and
took the contents out of the pockets.
According to Whitehead, the burg-
Proprietors To Be Prosecuted
If They Hire Convicted Por-
ters.
"Increasing and relentless war"
against Oklahoma City panderers is
Mayor J. C. Walton's latest edict
against local law violators.
1910, whenever the evidence
rants.
"Section 2425 of article 10 provldfl
a puniihment ol fiom iwo i< t w en|
years In till- penitentiary, and secth
|
on« t<> ten >ears in th« pentltentlad
"He ba>• recentl> « aught 1 |
prietors red handed " declared
mayor. "We have fined them in til
trial court we will probably go back ,
into the International union." Flem- wUI Mrst ,,e raile<l ln one ■®ciion. j The strike date was set for Octo-
ing said today. reported to be the New England ^er jq providing executives refuse
He declared, however, that under «,ates. and gradually progress across tQ enter Into further negotiations In
present plans, the Fourteenth din- country. which the unions hoped to obtain
trict will be maintained by the j Railroad union chiefs believed that podges against additional wage
llowat organization separately from j the New England railroads were ln cujp
international union. worse shape to meet a strike than the i fhc committee of union leaders
Stormy and spectacular scenes Ikies In any other section.
were enacted at mass meetings of "The greatest strike of organized
miners held at Scammon and Frank- , labor the world has ever seen, was
lin latt yesterday and last night. At the way one union leader charac-
Franklin, a Howat stronghold, min- ! terized the proposed walkout,
ers went on record via resolutions as ' T. C. Cashen. bead of the switch-
against Lewis leadership, denounc- j nien's union, hurried from the meet-
ing the international president as a to catch a train for Buffalo, the
"czar." pledging continuance of th<' , headquarters of the organization of
fjght on the Kansas Industrial court which he is president. He will issue
and in general arraying the miners | strike orders from Buftalo.
solidly back of Howat. "Our house is in order and we will
At Scammon where probably more 1 be ready for the test," Cashen said,
followers of Lewis are located than W. G. Lee left Chicago with 60,000
in any other part of the mine fields, copies of the strike order In his pos-
Howat followers stormed into the session.
meeting halls, booed Lewis speakers !
and refused to let speakers who CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—(By U. P.)—
were to have urged the men to go Powerful railroad unions, turned
back to work talk, it was declared by down cold in their efforts to nego-
Lewls leaders. , 1 tiate with th«yr employers, must
After one meeting had been broken strike or back down.
up, a second was called at which j A strike seemed certain.
anti-Lewis resolutions adopted at > "What else is there left to do but
Franklin were passed.
A clash between Lewis and Howat
district headquarters was expected
today over funds of district Fourteen.
who conferred with the executives
were to report back to the general
chairmen the unsatisfactory results
of their conference at the meeting
today.
Following their report, the strike
plans were to be submitted to the
general chairmen. These plans in-
clude calling out the trainmen of
the Southern Pacific on October 30,
the first step in the strike.
A general strike will not be called,
but various men on different roads
called out gradually.
Following the Southern Pacific
walkout, according to the pians,
the train service unions will be
called out at two-day Intervals on
the Chicago &. Northwestern, the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the
Baltimore & Ohio, Seaboard' Air
Lines, the Boston & Maine, and
others.
This would be followed by a strike
from Bonham.
Texas, and Hugo, Okla.. were rushed
here and helped in bringing the j LONDON, Oct. 15.- (By U. P.)—|lar had noticed the girl lying on
flames under control. This appar-| rnn,lmiBd rpl50rls „r inactivity of ™uch ln the llvlnB room and after
at us has returned to Its home sta- ' H closing a bed room door between the
tions. . the Irish republican army today ^ Whl(ehp||d am, h|H wlfe
This is the second disastrous fire caused a flurry in the atmosphere of wore j^i^p and the living room the
to visit Paris. In 1916 the town was ^ peace conference. ' burglar grasped the girl by the
swept by a fire which did $3,000,000 fjip Sinn Fein delegation, it was throat. The girl screamed several
damage. learned today, has dispatched sev- timen but did not succeed in awaken-
The Rogers-Wade Furniture com- era) messages to Ireland to obtain jng her brother-in-law until she
pany, in which the fire started, sut- , authoritative denials of the reports went to the door.
fered the heaviest loss. Damage to , 0f violations of the truce, and it was Whitehead when awakened, slipped
this store was estimated at $250,000. reported one or two members of the into the kitchen and grabbed up a
When the walls of the Rogers- delegation Intended to visit Dublin gallon can of sirup with which he
Wade building collapsed they fell on during the week-end. drove the man from the house,
the telephone building, putting all Commandant Barry of the Irish Whitehead had no gun, he said.
lines out of commission. republican army has been summoned
Only one toll line was working out t0 England, it was learned, to be
of Paris early today. questioned by a committee of the
During the night frightened fam conference, following several out-
illes whose homes were in the path ragP8 alleged to have been committed
of the blaze, worked frantically to jn jjj8 district.
get household goods and personal
effects loaded Into trucks so they conference until Monday was de-
could be taken to places of safety. scribed as a disposition of the British j
Damage to other buildings was es-1 faction "to rest over ihc week-end. ! A numbr l' of wo"ien 1,rc speaking
"mated at: I The next session will begin at 6:30 « th "Independents" and non-
W0MEN TAKING PART
IN RECALL ELECTION
| KAROO. N. I>.. Oct. IB. Women
The cause""of adjournment of the 1 «• taking a leading pert in th<
North Dakota recall election ram-
"Incessant raiding dsj and nlfht municipal court and inform*
until this vice is completely stamped lagsinat them in the district <ou
out" are my Instructions to the raid- ; under the 'pandering' act.
in* squads," the mayor declared j "I expect to wage unceasing al
Saturday. | relentless war against this class ai
w <• will endeai or to impost sev en shsll consider the employment Of ar |
penalties on all offenders and the porter, after conviction in the
maximum is 20 years in the penlten nicipal court of soliciting for
Mary," the mayor declared. morsl purposes, prims facie evidasj
"A Hawsd bj ms from personal of the proprietor's Inteotlon to n
observation since i have personally duct a house oI prostitution at
handled the police department in an shall act accordingly.
effort to rid this citj fit las vlo "1 Intend to take feomolete lien
lators,' Mayor Walton stated, "the Ion records ol all persons so ffl
hotel and roomlhi hous< portei and vlcted and theae records will
proprietor constitute a ureal menact available to all persons con temple
to the morals of our city. I ing hiring porters for hotels a
Not General toco Ratios* rooming houses, and It would
"Thii does not apply tq all propria- w«;ii for ;iii such persons to a|fl
tors or porters, and is not intended themselves of tin; record to avoff
I [i nsral charge, but 1 announce troubU. for thi appearance at an
now, that all porters and proprietors hotel or rooming house of a col
found guilt) m the municipal court vlcted porter will i e the signal ffl
of soliciting guests and furnishing ince.-sant raiding at >11 hours of t|
girls for Immoral purposes will be | day or night until this vice is
informed against under article 30,1pletely stamped out/' the mayor^a|
chapter 23, Rev. laws of Oklahoma. ! nounced.
State Bank Wanted!
To Control Finance
Southwestern Telephone company,
$20,000, (total lossL
nogers-Wade. three stores, $50,-
000.
Hicks and Hackle grocery, $10,000.
Paris Hardware company, $30,000.
Perry filling station. *500.
Pete Humphrey Wholesale
Grocery, $50,000.
Humphrey wagon yard, $8,000.
Meat market, $3,000.
su
EPOfl
OF SILL
DEATH
strike?" W. G. Lee. president of the I Qf the Penn8ylvan)a Rhopm'en.
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
said in reply to a question as the
500 general chairmen representing
Both Fleming and George Harvey. 2,000,000 railroad workers, started
appointed treasurer by Lewis when 1 their deciding session here,
the latter suspended Howat and his 1 "if 1 was a betting man I would
officers, claimed the money. Both bet there would be a strike." Lee
have "served notice" on baifks and J said.
retained legal counsel. Confronted with the most serious
' rebuff in the experience of railroad
JUDGE TO PROBE
'CO-OPERATIVE'
CHICAGO, Oct. 15. Judge E. A.
Vans today took charge of the in-
quiry into the afafirs of the Co-oper-
ative Society of America when he
issued subpoenaes for three persons
to appear in his court Mondany
morning in connection with the
probe.
The judge called C. C. Huggins,
president of the Western Securities
company; Mrs. Louise Fuller, sec-
retary of *the Western Finance com-
pany, and Mrs. Edith Parker, treas-
urer of the Co-oper^uve society, who
was declared to have $2,000,000
worth of securities belonging to the
Co-operative society.
The subpoenaes were issaed after
Harrison Parker, president of the
Co-operative Society, admitted he
was evading questions in the bank-
ruptcy proceedings in order to allow
time for the Western Finance com-
pany to take over the Western Se-
curities company.
The Western Securities company
floated stock for the Co-operative
Society.
The majority of centenarians have
been poor people who have lived a
simple life.
By calling a strike in this manner,
> the union heads hoped to swing pub.
lie sentiment in their favor by not
tying up milk and food trains in any
particular section, but at the same
time let the railroads in every part
of the country feel the force of the
: strike.
J "The final test is only the matter
of the rising and setting of a few
! suns," President Lee said ln a final
word. "1 shall Bend my Instruction:'
j to the union chairman from Cleve-
land Sunday."
Car Company Made Defend-
ant in Twenty-tive Thou-
sand Dollar Case.
p. m. Monday, It was announced.
A tentative agreement Regarding
the future enforcement of th£ truce
J was reached at the la«A session, it
was learned.
Both sides, it was said, gave as-
surance for the maintenance of order.
It was indicated that the anxiety
o* the Irish delegation to communi-
cate with Dublin was to carry the
terms of the agreement to Sinn Fein
leaders there.
Unconfirmed stories from a British
newspaper correspondent In Ireland
; were printed in some lxmdon paper
1 today stating that uniforms were
j being made for the Irish army and
{that a demonstration was planned in
j London after a peace has been de-
i cided upon. Sinn Fein leaders, how-
j «>ver, ridiculed the statement, declar-
ing there was no contemplation of a
demonstration in London and that
there Is no effort being made to
1 "uniform" the army.
! partisans.
I Non-partisan league headquarters
' today announced that the right of
i women will be on the platform dally
from now until the recall election,
1 October 28.
Independents nre seeking to recall
Governor Frazler. Attorney Lemke
and Commissioner of Agriculture
and Labor John N. Hann.
CAGO'SSU
ED
Tribune's Demurrer Against
Ten Million Claim Is De-
clared Valid.
unionism, the workers' representa-
tives were in an angry mood.
"I do not see how the roads have
the nerve to suggest another wage
cut w hen they know we have voted to
strike because of the last one," Lee
said.
"The time for talking is passed."
The strike committee of the union
already was in session, mapping out
plans for the walkout.
Adding further to the strike tem-
per of the unions, information from
high railroad executives today was
that the 10 per cent slice in wages ....... . .. . , .
for skilled labor and 25 per cent for | !ltu?e of railroad executives who foL
j WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.- President
Harding today conferred with the
public group of the railway labor
board in the White House.
It was believed the conference
dealt with the critical railway labor
situation.
Official Washington was amazed
today at the apparently changed at-
CHICAGO, Oct. 15. (By l\ P.)
Suit for $25,205 against the (^,a'| rxnnnf vpn I17¥¥ I 1'ie Kl,lt f<" brought by
homa Railway company, charging MIc p |y| I r |c W 11 I the city of Chicago against the cbi-
negligence which resulted in the 1 Tf pago Tribune for alleged libel, v. .
death of an 8-year-old boy, was filed ' 4 TTtTMr^ MPCT thrown out of court toda> by circuit
in district court Saturday bj Mrs. | | g j I \ 5 J ItI.LjL-4 1 Court Judge Harry M 1 isher.
J Lillian Harris. ' Judge Fisher upheld the demurrer
The petition alleges that the bo> phomhpr WW j 11 Mnf FnrPP Rri- fiIed b> tllP Tribuiu' 10 thr su"
I Qeoge Weisham, was returning home UnamDe' V[U Jj?1 h0rCe bn The suit was based on statements
Ion a Capitol Hill car. and that the 3110 10 Stay in made by the Tribune that the <ity
conductor allowed bin) to get off at ; Paris. waa bankrupt, which officials held
Oak street and South Walker, al* Injured the financial status o! thi
1 though he knew the boy lived in Cap- LONDON. Oct 15. (By f. P.)— city and it was unable to dispose of
itol Hill and was alone. In walking Arms conference ntock. at a record bonds.
home, the boy was struck by a north low when Premier Lloyd George and "This «uit is not in harmony with
bound car as he was crossing the other European leaders announced 'he genius, spirit or object of our
railway bridge over the Canadian their inability to be present, soared institution
land instantly killed, the petition today with the following devel
North Dakota System Is Cited
By Wilson—Made Money
For People.
BY GFORGE WILSON.
The banking system of the United
States, like the sword of Damocles,
hangs by a thread above the entire
economic structure of America, the
plaything of a tyrant, for the gratifi-
cation of whose whiins, no sacrifice
is too costly.
The right of the people to self-
government is guaranteed In the con-
stitution of the United States. In
order to perfect self-government it
is necessary that the people have In-
dustrial and economic freedom. This
freedom cannot be attained by the
people when the finances of the
country are in the hands of a few
men. Outside of one state every
banking institution in the country is
carried on under the principle that it
is the right of the individual to use
the people's public funds through a
private agency for the private
divldual's benefit. This is true n|
only of the national banks but •
. 1 he state banks throughout th
country with the exception of ti
state banks of North Dakota. ]
North Dakota, through the Farme
Labor legislature, a law was passi
upon the principle that It is ti
right of the people, through a pe
pl< .1 gency, to use the people's pu
In funds as well as private funds fi
the |Mibli« benefit. In other word
when this hanking law was passed
provided for th< deposit of all full
of school districts, townships, citli
counties and state in the bank
North Dakota.
Fundamental o4 System.
The Bank of North Dakota wi
able to pay under this i.rrangeme
as high a rate ol interest to the
da at had heretofore btt
p.i id I the >. 11k The Bank
North I 'akota used thin public fui
to promot< th« interests ol t |
7)
Selfishness Dominating
Motive in Arms Meeting
l-Jx
BY J. W. T. MASON,
ert on International Affn
Wrltte
lowing a conference at Chicago
labor leaders announced they would
unskilled workers agreed upon at th
employer^' meeting would be placet.. , , , J
In effect just us soon as the payrolls ln!''ls, f"nh,'r wa|(e reduct'"ns
can be changed without waiting for ,0™ tn-v rut ln ra,«8
action by the United States railroad
labor board. Some*, railroads, high
executives said, would be cutting
wages by November 1.
This could "be done without violat-
ing the transportation act, the exec-
utives contended. A dispute must
have arisen between the workers and
the employers before a case can be
brought before the board. The roads.
expenses
The amazement here grew out of
the fact when they were here last
week, the executives created the im-
pression, if they did not actually give
the promise, that they would put for-
ward the rate reduction proposals at
the same time they asked wage cuts.
Harding called the public group of
the railway labor board to Washing-
ton today and personally took them
BANK FIGHTS
ASSESSMENT
for undisturbed powe
"Since no cause fo:
it is unnecessary to
of the other questio
the arguments."
exists
onsider
involv
d in
they declared, could arbitrarily cut 'to ,he offlc<' °f ,he Interstate con,
wages. The men then would appeal
to the board for relief and the hear-
ing would be called.
merce commission for a conference.
Railroad Stocks Slump
«," Judge Fisher declared.
"It does not belong to our day, but
says. This occurred on October 2. ments: rather to th - da> hen monarchs
Mrs. Walker tiled the suit as the Announcement that Llo^'d George, promulgated law.- with the purpose
administratrix of the Weisham es- will probably leave for Washington °f carrying out their lustful passion
tate. The sum of $25,006 is asked November 5.
for damages, and $205 for funeral Reports from Paris that Premier
Brland has planned to extend the
limit of a "few days" that he tlrst
intended for his visit to America.
Denial that any attempt will be
made by the French chamber of
deputies to force Briand to remain
in Paris.
Announcement of the selection of
several of England's mosj distin-
guished diplomats as delegates.
Announcement from Rome that
Italy has selected the largest part of \
her delegation and pronouncemen
that the Italian government will d
all in her power to cut armament
WARMER WEATHER FOR
LOWER MISSOURI. REPORT
BULLETIN
15.
TEHERAN. Persia. Oct.
(By U. P.)-—Many Persians have
been killed and wounded by the
Kurds, who nre in revolt, ac-
cording to advices here today.
An American. Bachlmont. a
member of the United StateA
mission, was reported asaassin-
I4l
The whole procedure, according to After Strike Reports.
one high official, was mapped out in j NEW YORK. Oct. 15. The menace
Washington last week. of a threatened railroad strike caused
This whirl of events jolted the rail stocks to drop to nevn lows on
brotherhoods in the last twenty-four ; the New York stock exchange today,
hours: In the last hour Great Northern.
Railroad executives met. They car- at 68V£. was off more than 3 points
ried out their schedule of deciding , net, and Southern Pacific got be-
to cut wages and of later asking the low 77.
Interstate commerce commission to After standing firm for most of the
slash freight rates after wages were , short session, the remainder of the
trimmed. j list was affected by the rail decline.
Brotherhood chiefs asked for a Mexican Petroleum after Its early
conference. This was granted. Exec- high at 95s«, dropped below D4.
utlves merely told the brotherhood 1 Motors lost part of their early gains.
Appeal of the American National
bank from the assessment of F. G.
Mattingly, county assessor, was being
heard by the county equalization
board Saturday morning.
It is the contention of the bank
that the personal property of the
bank, which was assessed at $1,375,-
000 by Mattingly. should have really
, been assessed for 5400,000 less than
this.
It is said that Mattingly and the
bank both have expressed their in-
tention to appeal, If the decision is
, not favorable to them. The case
would go into the district court.
GROUND TO BE BROKEN
FOR SULPHUR HOSPITAL
sri.purn, Okla., Oct. 15.—Ground
was to be broken here today for th^
new soldiers' state hospital.
The structure is expected to be
1 c ompleted next spring.
WASHINGTON, OCt. 15
outlook fyr period Octobt
inclusive:
South Atlantic and g
temperature. c<
eather
to 22
Lloyd George's Visit
Proof of Sincerity?
LONDON. Oct. If.. The essence of
the British change of attitude toward
the Harding disarmament conference
today was contained in the editorial
expressions of the Daily Chronicle.
It said: "Lloyd George's visit is
the most convincing proof that we
are In grave earnest regarding the
problems which President Harding
has propounded.
"We can imagine no better over-
ture to Washington than the good
news regarding the developments of
, the Irish peace negotiations,"
ulf states:
msiderable
cloudiness and occasional showers
There are no indications at this time
of a disturbance in the West Indies.
Upper Mississippi and lower Mis-
souri valleys: Warm the first half
and colder the second half of the
week. Rains probable the first half
of the week. Generally fair there-
after.
GERMAN DAILY PUBLISHED
FOR 49 YEARS TO SUSPEND
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 15. "Amerika," a
1 daily German morning newspaper,
«ill suspend publication October .° 0
after 40 years, it was announced to-
i day. Ever since the war it has been
| an unhlll tight for the German news-
1 papers. Artht^F Preuss. managin,-
editor, said.
Selfish national interests and not
international generosity will dom-
inate the Washington disarmament
conference.
This fact is shown by the kind of
men who have been appointed dele-
gates to the conference. There is no
humanitarian on the list. Prince
Tokugawa of Japan is the only
prominent member of the foreign
! delegations who is neither a poli-
tician nor an old school diplomat.
For the United States to make the
conference even a moderate success
it will be necessary to offer to trade
with the delegates.
There will be suave faces in front
and loaded guns behind at the con-
ference table. No nation present will
he willing to make sacrifices for the
good of humanity unless an ultimate
personal profit is shown.
Politics ill Rule.
Practical politics will rule at
Washington when the international
statesman come together, as they do
in the senate and house.
Arthur Balfour, who will probably
head the British delegation, is the
master politician in English affairs
of the house of commons. He has
never been known to give anything
away without getting something bet-
ter for his country in exchange.
Premier Briand of 1 ranee and his
chief assistant, ex-Premier Viviani.
have no interest in anything outside
the boundaries of France. Their po-
litical prestige has always depended
I on giving nothing and getting every-
thing.
Ambassador Ricci. who is to he
ihe Itallan deh gation, thinks
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the < "lit- rence onlj to ti
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• [■ «•: i..!i.-ii< i lans in Afrif
and Asia Minor.
Jap l> hnigma.
Ricci will have to prevent
: ule foi the reu |
tion of Italy's army below the r
qi;ir -ment: "f colonial expansiql
Secret diplomacy will be used to tfa|
I end.
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delegations is Prince Tokugawa
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was the late of the Shoguns.
ti*- • • fin J. t>;
lilit u > temperamel
He i- a democrat ai
mentioned a: Japan's fir
president if the monarchy should
overthrown. This contradiction
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gawa will make the Washington i
l'erence a mystery gathering,
alone has possibilities in his p<
sonallty of idealism. If be foilo^
the bent of his ancestors, the
ference will - til. If his natural p<j
«.'nalit\ i- allowed full freedom ti
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sensational success.
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