LIFT SICK CHINA TO HER FEET, AIM OF WORLD PARLEY ^ -- Envoys of 8 Powers to Re spect Her Rights and Help Her—Kato Satisfied—No Separate Pact with Japs. Washington, Nov. 22.—The pleni potentiaries of eight powers gathered round the sickbed of China in the y-' Pan-American building Monday eve ning and passed from the enunciation of general principles to the unani mous adoption of a series of four res olutions. The following official communique was issued: "Tiie committee on Pacific and Fa* Eastern questions discussed a series of resolutions prepared for their con sideration by Senator Root setting forth the general principles to guide the committee In Its further investi gation In regard to China, which after full discussion and amendment were adopted as follows: "1—To respect the sovereignty, the Independence and the terri torial administrative, Integrity of China. Full Opportunity for China. “2—To provide the fullest and most unembarrassed opportunity to China to develop and maintain for herself an effective and stable government. "3—To use their influence for the purpose of effectually estab lishing and maintaining the prin ciple of equal opportunity for the commerce and Industry of all na tions throughout the territory of China. “4—To refrain from taking ad vantage of the present conditions In order to seek special rights or privileges which would abridge the rights of the subjects or citi zens of friendly states and from countenancing action inimical to the security of such states. The committee adjourned to meet at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning. Kato Says He Is Satisfied. After the meeting adjourned Baron Kato, of the Japanese delegation, said: ‘‘I am perfectly satisfied with the action of the committee Mon day.” A British spokesman described the resolutions as “merely a review of the position of the powers with regard to the policy which they undertake to pursuo in China, A series of resolu tions cairtiot supersede anything." The only serious doubt which arose In conference circles Monday night In regard to the four resolutions relates to the scope of the phrase in resolu tion No. 3, “throughout the territory of China.” ' China Makes These Demands. The Chinese delegation insists that it embraces the five integral parts of the Chinese republic—China proper, Manchuria, Mongolia, Thibet and Ohinese Turkestan. The Japanese adhere firmly to their intention not to engage in any discussion directed towards their expulsion from Man churia. The Chinese officially denied that they would enter any separate treaty with Japan respecting the Shantung question. "We want the matter set tled in the daylight, not in the dark,” i'. was stated on behalf of their dele gation. vnmcsc oay nil itioi uoverea. Spokesmen for the Chinese delega tion complained Monday night that the four resolutions do not cover all the principles laid down in the 10 points submitted last weak. They also •object to the failure of the committee to have all treaties laid on the table and reviewed by the conference. The Chinese deplored, too, that no action had been taken toward checking up on a permanent body in the east to watch Japan’s future actions. American and foreign officials who conferred at the state department on the Japanese armament claims were Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, Admiral Koontz, Rear Ad miral W. C. Pratt, of the general navy board, Admiral Kato and two technical advisers for Japan, Secre tary of State Hughes and Arthur ,T. Balfour sat in at these conferences for short periods. Acting on reports received from Capt. Edward H. Watson, United States naval attache at Tokio, the American naval experts were able to refute the Japanese arguments for in creased fighting strength. To the Nip ponese claim that the battleship Mut tu (to bo scrapped) is actually iyi commission, Captain Watson’s report was quoted to show that this vessel was not to be commissioned until De cember 1, and that she was only 92 per cent, completed when the Ameri can experts recently surveyed the rel ative strengths of the United States, British and Japanse navies. No af firmative announcement therefore will be taken on Japan’s demand to be al lowed to retain'the Mutsu. Japan’s bid Xor more light cruisers was also finally ruled out Monday. Her delegates advanced the argument that, inasmuch as Japan had 10,000 tons of vessels of this class either built or building, the reduction of her quota of all kinds of auxiliary craft to 270,000 tons entailed a severe cut In light cruisers. The American re— ply was that because of the great number of light cruisers now unfin ished Japan’s quota was raised above the tonnage she is entitled to by mathematical adhesion to the official data. BIG RIOT IN BELFAST; 2 KILLED, MANY SHOT London, Nov. 22. — General rioting occurred in Belfast Monday afternoon and evening, the trouble dying down about 10 o’clock. In one of the leading streets the lamps were extinguished following which the rioters fired several volleys resulting in the death of one man. Another man who was called out of a public house was shot dead and sev eral were treated In hospitals for re volver wound*. BIG GOUGE STORM THREATENS LIS Passengers of 3 to 6 Flyers Snowbound Near Portland, Ore., Are Freezing and Without Food. Portland, Ore., Nov. 22.—Encased In ■olid blocks of Ice and swept by con gealing blasts of wind, six passengers trains stand in the Columbia Gorge Monday night on the lines of the Ore gon-Washington Railroad and Navi gation and Spokane, Portland and Beadle railways. Passengers on three of the trains are in actual danger from exposure and lack of food because of the storm, which railroad officials characterize as "the most terrific in the history of rail operations through the gorge. Trains Are Buried in 8now. On the S. P. and S. trains numbers 3 and 5 are frozen to the tracks west of Cooke and flanked by snowdrifts with one dining car to serve 100 pas sengers. No relief since Saturday night. Train No. 1, stalled at Roose velt, food obtained from nearby farms. | No advice obtainable concerning the j passengers’ welfare. On the O. W. and N*. train No. 4 is at Multnomah Falls. Passengers were brought to Portland by a river steam er Monday night. Train No. 12 at Bridal Veil Falls, without diner, but food being supplied from town. Train No. 11 is buried in drifts at Lyle, has no diner. Oregon trunk train No. 102 from Bend Saturday night is lost in 22-foot snowdrifts, five miles from North Junction, without diner. Messengers are unable to carry in relief and relief engines stuck in drifts and not heard from. Floods Sweep Two Bridges Away. Two bridges have been sw’ept away on the Oregon Electric by floods and on the Southern Pacific the main line bridge approach is out at Jefferson. 9o heavy is the snow and ice along the Columbia river lines that the S. t*. and S. station at Lyle collapsed Mon day under the burden. Rail lines to the east probably will not be in service for several days, as Indirect reports say that the storm now sweeping the Pacific northwest Is continuing with all fury through the stricken districts and to the east. FiMLLCLIT This Is Her Offering to Peace, Says Premier, in Making Promise at Arms Con ference. BY LAWRENCE MARTIN, Washington, Nov. 22.—France will cut In half her effective army by re ducing by 60 per cent, the period of French military service. Premier Briand told the arms limitation con ference Monday. This, he said, Is France's offering to peace. “Tuesday it is certain that by ac tion of the French government the period of military service will be cut in half,” the premier said. "As a result of this France’s army may be said to be reduced by half.” Briand’s pledge that France will cut her army, now the largest and most effective fighting organization In the world, came after ne painted a gloomy picture of the dangers facing France. The French period of service, which Briand said would be cut in half, is three years. Outlines France’s Danger. The premier made his declaration for the big cut in the French army at the close of a long speech devoted mostly to demonstrating France’s need for a large army. So long as France stands alone, Briand said, real disarmament—"mor al disarmament’’ he called it—will not occur in Germany. It was clearly an appeal to America and Britain to put the seal of their approval on France's position and perhaps to further in support of her. Faced by a German and Russian “menace" France can go no further in land disarmament than to cut tlie period of her military service in half. To do more, Briand said, would en danger the safety of France, No Immediate Change. The cut in the period of military service will not immediately effect France’s standing army, now esti mated at 785,000 men. This reduction is to be accom plished, Briaiul explained, through adoption by the French parliament of a bill which will in effect mean that one and one-half of the three classes of effectives shall be in service, and that enlistment period be cut In half. In his closing words, Briand over and over repeated that “when France is not alone" it will be much easier to bring about disarmament. “France," he said, "cannot possibly do anything else than what she has done.” 2,500 MARK IS BROKEN AT HURON CONVENTION Huron, S. D„ Nov. 22.—The South Dakota Educational Association con vened hero Monday with the best at tendance In the history of the organi sation. breaking the 2,500 mark. Japan occupies a prominent place amoung the countries of the world In the possession of mineral springs rich In radium emanations. They are found exclusively in granite regions. BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN OF EUCDOR MINISTER The three beautiful little daughtersof Dr. Don Rafael H. Ellzalde, minister from Ecudor. The children, left to right, Mercedes, Irene and Alice are favorites among the foreign legations in Washington. I ___ j Briand’s Address I____m A Washington, Nov. 22. — Premier Briand’s speech as officially inter preted follows: Gentlemen: You will readily admit that I as a delegate of France, should feel moved when rising to speak from this full sounding platform whence every word that is said goes to the at tentive and anxious ear or the world and of all civilized peoples. I shall endeavor to make It appear to your eyes and the eyes of the world, with its true, genuine face, as It Is; that will show you that she is ready, and I might say perhaps more ready than any other country to direct her attention and her earnest will to whatever steps may be thought desirable in order to insure final peace for the world. Nothing, for my colleagues and myself, would be more pleasant that to be able to tell you this: We bring here sacrifices to the fullest extent possible. We have our own security insured. We lay down arms. We should be so happy to be able to make that gesture in order to participate in the final disarmament of the world. “France Wants Peace.” "Unfortunately, wo cannot speak in this way. I say also, unfortunately, we have not the right to do so. I shall ex plain briefly later on for what reasons. I shall tell you, for France, that she wants to make peace. If you want to make peace there must be two people, you yourself, and the neighbor opposite. To make peace—I am speaking,* of course, of land armament—It is not suf ficient to reduce effectives and decrease war material. That is the physical side. It is necessary that besides this phy sical armament there should be in those same circles what I shall call a general atmosphere of peace. "I am now staying in a country, many of the men of which already have en joyed the opportunity of seeing France, and knowing exactly what she is. .**nd certainly these men have contributed to enlighten their own countrymen, and they have done everything to dispel and drive away those noxious gases which have been spread about, and under which certain people have been trying to mask and to conceal the true face or France. "It has been said that France wanted to install in Europe a sort of military supremacy. ‘‘It h ti e hoan efi {,1 IPi-q n/i/i wantoil to install in Kurope a sort of military supremacy, and that after all she want ed to do so simply to take the place Germany occupied before the war. Gentlemen, perhaps this is the motft painful, heart-rending and cruel thing that a Frenchman can hear. "If we had not the full confidence of those that know my country, those ] that have seen it—they can testify that1 not one word is true. "Since the armistice we have had many disappointments. France has had to wait for certain realizations which I she has not been able to get. She has seen Germany digress—haggle over the signature which she had given. Ger many has refused to stand by her pledg ed word. She has refused to pay com pensation due for the devastated re gions. She has declined to make the gesture of chastisement that, after all, every man of sense would expect after the horrors that we have witnessed. Germany has refused to disarm. There j was not one gesture on the part of France to aggravate the situation. I may say here emphatically In the face of the world we have no hatred in our hearts and France will do everything she can. She wishes for nothing else but that the two peoples should be able to live side by side in the normal con ditions of peace. But. after all, we have no right to forget. We have no right to abandon ourselves. We have no right to weaken our position. "Gentlemen, 1 spoke a few’ moments ago of the moral aspect of disarmament and 1 referred in my remarks to Ger many. I do not want to be unjust, nothing is further from my mind. But we know there is in Germany—there is one part of Germany that is for peace. Th.ere are many people, especially among the working class, who want to work, wht) have had enough of this war, who have had enough of war altogether, and w’ho are most anxious to settle down In peace, and also to set to work. We shall do everything to help Germany. “But There Is Another Germany.” "But. there Is another Germany—a i Germany which has not changed her I mind and to which the last war has ! taught no lesson. That Germany keens thoughts In the back of her mind;’ she has the same designs which she enter- I talned before the war. How can we i close our eyes to this? And more than that, we have witnessed certain at- ! tempts to return to the state of things. Nobody could be mistaken about the real bearing of what was called the Kapn Putsch. "Gentlemen, a volume has been pub lished by no less a jnan than Field Marshal I.udendorff, who still enjoys “SOME” CORN CROP, THIS. Colome, S. D., Nov. 22. — Corn around Colome is yielding from 35 to 60 bushels an acre. This probably is the best corn crop ever grown in the Rosebud. The corn is of excel lent quality, but the price is very j low. Most of the farmers and many of the business men are burning corn •s fuel. Tin Chicago, Burlington Sc Quincy railroad announces the contemplated puryhase of $15,000,000 worth of new equipment. . •4 great authority in many German cir cles, and who is followed by a great part of the elite in Germany, professors, phil osophers. writers, etc. What do wo read In this book? (Briand here quoted from Eudendorff’s book.) "Such, gentlemen, are the words used by the highest German authorities who have preserved, and I can quite under stand, the full part, the great part at least of the confidence of the German people, and that is what we are listen ing to now. "1 now come to the physical aspects of disarmament. I Can quite under stand that somebody might say that it is not sufficient to harbor evil designs, to make war one must have appropriate means, because when it is a question of war enormous effectives are neces sary; you must have the officers, and non-commissioned officers; you must have plentiful material — rifles, guns, machine guns, artillery, etc., and Ger many has no longer any of these. Ger many, from the point of view of effec tives, just emerging from the war. from a war where her men have been fight ing for four years—and I should be the last to underestimate the valor of her soldiers; but Germany, Just issuing from the war, still has 7,000,000 men over there in Germany who have made the war. Have these men any officers and non-coms ready to be marshaled to the field? Is it possible to mobilize such an army tomorrow? "To this question I answer, yes, and I am going fo explain it. Since the war, since the moment peace was signed, Germany has constituted force, a so called police force which was Intended for the maintenance of public order. That force is called the Reichwehr. It is to include 100,000 men and in fact does include 100,000 men. They are nearly all officers or non-commissioned officers. I mean, gentlemen, regulars, all having served in, or having be longed to the old army. •vsy t* German Military Secrets. "According to secret instructions is sued by the military authorities, the Relchswehr is to prepare not only for police purposes, but also for war, and is to train for war, with the necessary rehearsals and maneuvers. "Germany has another denomination; there is another group called Eln Voner Verein. This group Includes almost all the men of good will who are ready to serve their country in time of need, and instead of using it only to preserve In ternal order, it might be used for oth er purposes. "The danger was so real t+iat the al lies were obliged to send an ultimatum to Germany to demand that this force should be disarmed. "At another moment under an organi zation called the Orgetz, which Is the organization of war, the Eln Voner Verein acquired much strength and be came such a threat that the prime min ister of Bavaria, animated by a spirit of revolt, informed the world that he had at his disposal and he could raise In a short time an army of 300,000 plen tifully prvoided with rifles, machine guns, and artillery. Well, that force has been disorganized. Still Another German Police Force. "The German government has done its duty, and nobody more than myself is ready to recognize it. But this gov ernment in Germany is weak. It is being watched. While I may say on the outside we are ready to do every thing in order to allow this great peo ple to return to normal conditions of peace, and the German government, as I said, dissolved the Ein voner Verein— there is something else. There Is an other force, which is called the Sicher heitspolize. That is also a police force. It includes 150,000 men. We demanded the dissolution of this force, but what happened It disappeared, but another came in its place—the Schutzpolizer, but it was Just the same. "Suppose that by your side, American people you have a nation which has been for years and centuries in bloody conflict with you; and suppose that this nation, you feel, Is still ready, morally and materially, to enter Into a new struggle. What would you do? Would you turn away your eyes? Would you elos<‘ your eyes to a danger that was threatening you? "The thought of reducing the arma ments, which was the noble purpose of this conference, is not one from which we would feel disinterested from the point of view of land armaments. We have shown It already. "According to the military laws of France, there are to be three classes of men—that is, three generations of young men under the flag. That law is still extant, that law Is still valid. It has not been abrogated yet, and the gov ernment has taken the responsibility to reduce to two years the time spend un der other flags, and instead of three classes—three generations of young men, we have only two undergoing military service. "It is therefore an immediate reduc tion of one-third that has taken place in the effectives. Frame Plant to Restrict Armies. "We did not think that endeavor was sufficient, and in the future we have plans in order to further restrict th extent of our armies. In a few days it is certain that the proposals o;.* the government will bo passed in the Cham ber, and in order to further reduco the military services by half. That is to say. there will be only one class <.nd a half h i 111 a ! I v RArvIntr LANDSLIDE KILLS 60 IN FALCONE, S CILY London, Nov. 22.—A Central News dispatch states heavy rains in Sicily were responsible for a landslide which complctly overwhelmed Falcon*. Sixty persons perished. Twenty deputy sheriffs have been as signed to the office of States Attorney Crowp to help him In a "clean up cam salgu" in Chtcago. FRANCE AND ALL MUST HAVE PEACE iTHOUTARMIES This Hapgood’s Definition of Hughes Reply—Writer Re veals Harding Trying to Bring Germany Into Parley. Washington, Nov. 22.—After more than three hours ot eloquence in three languages headlined by Monsieur Briand's big speech, Charles Evans Hughes closed the third plenary ses sion of the big conference in a short reply In which he said that to un derstand the difficulties of France, AND ALL OTHER NATIONS was a necessary foundation for progress In the work of the conference. That the only real security was to be found In THE WILL TO PEACH. That if such will existed the method of working it out could bo found. That such will could bring a safety that COULD NOT BE FOUND IN ARMIES OR NAVIES. I put those words In capital letters because to my mind they constitute the news of the conference and for another reason also. I know beyond any doubt that the Harding adminis tration is trying to bring Germany to this conference. The Administration’s View. I know that the administration's view Is this: That the progress made by tlris conference cannot be great unless something is dono about land arma ments also. Nothing can be done about land armaments unless Ger many is present. Monsieur Briand, in his eloquent and highly praised effort, said that the greatest danger to France lay in the fact, as she views it, that Ger many Is not MORALLY DISARMED. All right, says the Harding adminis tration, bring her over here and we will see what we can do about moral ly disarming her. The Italian Situation. While that is my view of what happened Monday, and the views of the diplomats with whom I have talked, it was not the view of all. There was an element present who believed rather that Monday's meet ing was the end of the whole ques tion of land disarmament; that when Monsieur Brlaini sails on Friday the matter of land armaments will bo loft in Innocuous desueteude. In commit tee. I now undertake to state with absolute knowledge the view of the Italian delegation. It was faintly hinted in Senator Schanzer’s speech, but It is stated much more starkly In confidence. It is In short this; Italy has disarmed. She will not remain disarmed, however, if one country In Europe is armed, because she fears another country, to be al lowed to back her views with an army of 800,000 men. Moreover, the Italian view goes further. It adds that Italy has been Invaded by France more often and more disastrously than France has been invaded by Germany; that France has recently strengthened her defenses on the Italian border. Al though Italy will soon have but 176, 000 men; and that a Jugo-Slavia, none too friendly to Italy, and a Greece, and none too friendly to Italy, are both armed by France. In referring the whole matter of land armaments to the committee of plenipotentiaries Mr. Hughes made a raovo which, in the opinion of some, makes it a live issue, along with navies and the Far Eastern ques tion; in the opinion of others, puts it in the morgue. Possibly the ques tion of whether the reference to these plenipotentiaries results in action or Inaction will depend on the way pub lic opinion expresses Itself hi the next few days in France, Germany and the United States. Were On Verge of Breaking Point, I say. France, Germany and the United States because nobody who through reading and Inside know ledge keeps abreast of the policy of Britain and Italy, can doubt how the question stands In thoso countries. Both have for weeks been in sight of the breaking point with France on this very matter of whether the French army is to control the conti nent of Europe. Mr. Balfour’s reputation did not be lie itself Monday. Leaving to Mr, Hughes the more explicit statement he contented himself with graciout expressions about sympathy and al lied and associated nations, about n« nation being morally isolated as long as it is right, and about France’i having every reason to feel that sh« will be supported in any policy tha| is UN AGGRESSIVE. Nobody car hang Mr. Balfour for saying that. Why Crowd U Bigger. hi spite of the knowledge that th« great oration of the day was to be ir French the pressure for seats was fai greater than it was last Tuesday, Partly it was due to the general in terest in a great effort by a famous orator. Last week there were a num ber of vacant seats, due to the ab sence of those who monopolize them, did not come themselves, and did not give them away. Monday scarcely u l-n/io non wflu conn FIRE 18 CONTROLLED. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 22.—The which broke out on the United States Oiler Alameda, while 40 miles off Cape Henry, was brought under con trol Sunday morning, the coast guard cutter Manning reported on her ar rival here last night with the Ala meda's crew who abandoned the ship. CLOUDBUR8T8 IN SICILY. Messina, Sicily, Nov. 22.—Cloud bursts have devastated the whole countyslde In the region of this city, entire villages being swept by the floods and the lines of communica tion broken. Hundreds of persons are homeless and several are reported dead. Ig eskcH an electric motor 20 minutes to wind London’s ‘‘Big Ben." The Oerman government is planning strict measures to curb speculation Is foreign exchange. zey mud alice" ACCUSE FMTY OF Tell Most Thrilling Story of Tragic Affair but Roacoe’s Lawyer, McNab, Tears Down Much Evidence. BY CHANDLER SPRAGUE, San Francisco, Nov. 22.—“He hurt me." Centering around those words, th® trial of Roscoe Arbuckle for the kill ing of Virginia Rappe was featured Monday by sensational testimony. Two girls, Zey Prevost and Alie® Blake, painted for the Jury the pic ture of that Labor day party which was Virginia Rappe’s swan song. Th® music, the drinks and the tragic end ing, when the star guest of the party lay writhing and screaming upon a tumbled bed, were recreated befor® the mortal eyes of the court room. But What Will Effect Be? At the start It was the prosecu tion's day, with Its two star witnesses ready to tell the circumstances at the finding of the Injury which deprived the beautiful screen girl of her life. But cross examination elicited so many Interpretations of the happen ings In those rooms at the St. Fran cis hotel that the effect left upon the jury Monday night la problemat ical. nun in u uuuiuio ivownvu >•« bruises on the body of the dead girl, Miss Prevost was called to the stand. Under the questioning of Leo Fried man for the prosecution, she related In detail the circumstances of Miss Rappe's Injury, together with what trunspired before and after this oc currence. Her description of tho party was perfunctory until she came to the point where Arbuekle opened the door of Room 1219 after he had been In there a half hour with Miss Rappe. And here follows spicy testimony: "Fatty's Face Was Very Red." "He was fumbling with his bath robe." she said. „ , "With what part of Ills robe?" Inquir ed Mr. Friedman. "With the portion around hla waist. "And what was his appearance?’ "Well, his face was very red." "What was Miss Rappe doing when you entered the room?" “She was moving around and saying. 'I’m dying. I'm dying.' The bed was nil wet. especially the parts around her head and the middle of her body.” Then followed the administration of bicarbonate of soda, which made Miss Rappe 1)1, the lifting from the bed Into the cold bath and the return of the girl to the other. tn‘d In the room. "Virginia Soreamed with Pain." And at this point came the testimony around which may be said to have cen tered the entire effect of the day on the JU'^hat, If anything, did you hear Miss Rappe say In the presence of this de fendant concerning the cause of her in jury.” The witness hesitated—"she was screaming with pain and she said 'he hurt me, he hurt me.' " "What did Arbuekle do or say?" "He said 'oh. shut up or I'll throw you out the window.’ " "And then," said Mr. Friedman, "wliat else did he do? Did ho approach tho young lady?” , “Yes, ho did.” The Ice Episode. "And wliat did he do? Just tell us what he did." "He took a piece of Ice and he—put It on her body. ' The witness stopped. "Yes, go, on,” said Mr. Friedman. “Tell us where ha put It. This jury wants to know.” There was an interval of silence. Misa Prevost bit her lip and then told where Arbuekle placed the piece of Ice. "And what did he say when he placed the piece of Ice there?” "He said ‘that'll make her come to.’ ’’ Alice's Story Substantially Same. That was Miss Prevost’s story and It was substantially tho same as that of Alice Blake, given later In the af ternoon. If It had been left there, uninterpreted. It would have been a terrific indictment of the defendant and tremendously damaging to his chances of acquittal. But cross examination tore It to shreds and tatters. Gavin McNab, chief counsel for Arbuekle began his attack, not on the testimony, but on the circumstances surrounding Miss Provost's appearance on the witness stand. He elicited from the witness the number of times she hud been questioned by the district attorney's office. He forced her to admit she had changed her statements four times and he ended up this line of questioning with these questions: "And after you had repudiated be fore the grand jury what you had told them, they took you that night to the district attorney’s office and threat ened you with prison unless you signed the statement they wanted you to sign?” Admits Signing Statement. “Yes." "And the next thing you signed the statement?” "Voa " McNab then rose to his feet and made a demand on the district attor ney for a copy of the grund jury tes timony of Miss Prevost. It was re sisted by Mr. U'Rrcn and a hot argu ment developed in whieii Mr. McNab declared: “I propose to show that they guve this girl the third degree that they took her to the very door of the jail and told her they would lock her up unless she sai