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THE BEE: OMAHA. .SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1921.
Disarm Meeting
:;0)ens With World
I Powers Gathered
j Limitation of Armament and
j; Far Eastern Question the
' Main Issues for
Settlement.
I' VVishington, Nov. 12 (By The
JAociated Frm.) Fruh with the
Memories of the oldier dead, the
iionference on the limitation of arm'
:ttient met in its first sesiion today
to seek "the rule under whicn reason
"and riahteouiness shall prevail.
In the memorial hall of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution the
statesmen, and diplomats of five great
powers and the representatives of
four more, fathered about the table
to organite the way through wtiicn
ithey hope to remove causes which
flight lead to war and then as a con
eauence remove the economic bur
den and waste the world suffers in
crenaratioit
Although the opening hour of the
first session was set for 10 JO o'clock,
the notables began arriving soon after
10 to hear the opening address of
President Harding and to form their
permanent organization, with Secre-
itnrv Huehes as president of the con-
;fcrence. Th galleries allotted ?o the
representatives of official and
diplomatic life the wide world over
contained many notable figures of
present day history.
Shaped as Square U.
In the center of the big room was
the conference table, shaped as
square U, its top covered with bright
ifrecn baize. A gray desk blotter
math a trav of pens and an ink well
Tay before the chairman's place for
each delegation
The American delegation had
thairs across the west end with the
French on their right and the Brit
ish on their left To the right of
the French were the places allotted
tohe Japanese; while the 'Italians
had,' a corresponding position direct
IfSncro " 4.1:;' ; '
;:- Ar. the fool .of -the table and at
smaller ones were the Portuguese,
Belgians, Dutch and Chinese,. Ad
visers had chairs of gold and velour
.directly back of their delegations.
Behind the American section were
draped the flais of the nme nations.
Senator Lodge was the first of the
American delegation to arrive.'
V He walked, about the. room meet
ing: members of the American ad
vftory committee much as he talks
with colleagues m the senate cham
bejr. There was a scattering of gold
i iir. inc. gantries. . .
Something of Jam.
As the' French ; delegates reached
the main, entrance there was some
thing of a jam, -v; & ,. -H
Military- and flayal-attaches an.
pcared in full dress uniform, mak-
mg. a mow 01 pjuiner ant.pangie
such ai -Washington ha not seen
. since the war. Almost all the oth
crs were in the 1 conventional : dress
ot the diplomatic service. .-a
Vice President Coolidge and Mr.
Cnolidge and Speaker GiHett, df the
house and Mrs. Gillett occupied a
box to the right rear of the Ameri
can delegation.
f, Mrs. George M. Miner of Con
necticut, president general of the. D.
A. R., had a seat of honor in a box
.with a party.
Earl Beatty putting his glasses to
!.his eyes searched for his own seat
jand found it in the first row of the
f British advisers,
lis - Weara Whit Turban.
f. The delegates from India, Srinl-i-vasa
Sastri, wearing a white silk tur
"ban, added a touch of color tn th
picture. General Pershing took his
piace wiin me advisory committee
-and was quickly surrounded by some
m the army representatives with
whom he had beeif associated.
Premier Briand and M. Viviani
Stood together chatting behind their
thairs, aa Prince Tokugawa of the
Japanese delegation came in and en
gaged in conversation with Sir Auck
land Geddes, the British ambassador.
;Mr. Balfour entered with former
Hf remier Borden of Canada.
u" The first applause, hearty and gen
erous, broke when Secretary Hughes
nd the entire American delegation
took their seats at 10:25 o'clock.
J; A momentary hush fell upon the
. assemblage after the applause, greet
,:mg the entrance of the American
delegation and then the storm oi
conversation broke loose again.
Hughea in Center.
y. Secretary Hughes sat in the center
,:tf the tables and with a white slab
;0f marble and a small gravel in front
;ef him. At his right, in order were
Senator Lodge, Elihu Root 'and
iSenator Underwood; on the secre
tary's left was Mr. Balfour, head of
;the British. Ten thirty, the official
'hour of opening the conference,
passed with some of the delegations
still absent. Mr. Hughes watched
ithe clock and the confusion around
jthe doorway.
t The audience rose and cheered as
Mrs. Harding took her place at the
front of the box, where, the vice
president sat. The president came
jjn at 10:33 o'clock and immediately
.Secretary Hughes called the confer
ence to order.
j Prayer was offered by the presi
dent's pastor, the Rev. W. S. Aber
Bethy of Calvary Baptist church,
j. Immediately at the conclusion of
jthe prayer President Harding rose
and began delivery of his address. '
it Intense Silence.
ii The president had stood dnrin
ithe prayer with bowed head between
Mr. Hughes and the pastor. At the
conclusion of the prayer Secretary
iHnghes, stepping forward and lifting
iis hand, had said:
ji "The president of the United
.States."
it There was an outburst of applause
and then intense silence as the presi
dent began speaking.
?' Mr. Harding read his speech slow
ly and deliberately from small print
ed pages which he held in the hoi
Jow of his left hand. With his right
e punctuated his statements with
,4riTing gestures. The first applanse
.came when the president declared
fthat the conference must have a
"signal influence" on the fortunes of
.the world.
- There was more applause when
Mr. Harding asked how civilization
tver coold justify the destruction of
ihe last great war.
: The armament conference was
galled to order by Secretary Hughes
at IQ.ii . n - .
Conference on Arms ;
Will Affect All Human
Progress, Says Harding
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"It Is No Unseemly Boast to Declare That This Body
Will Have a Signal Influence on Fortunes of
f World," Declares President in
Opening Speech.
Washington, Nov. 12. The text
of President Harding's address to the
opening of the conference on limita
tion of armaments follows:
"Mr.' Secretary and Members of
the Conference, Ladies and Gentlemen:
"It is a great and happy privilege
to bid the delegates to this conference
a cordial welcome to the capital of
the United States of America. It is
not only a satisfaction to greet you
because we were lately participants
in a common cause, in which shared
sacrifices and sorrows and triumphs
brought our nations more closely to
gether, but it is gratifying to address
you as the spokesmen for nations
whose convictions and attending ac
tions nave so much to do with the
weal and woe of all mankind.
It is not possible to over-appraise
tne importance ol such a conference.
It is no unseemly boast, no dispar
agement of other nations, which,
though not represented, are held in
highest respect, to declare that the
conclusions of thfs body will have a
signal influence on all human prog
ress on tne lortunes ot the world.
A Coming Together.
"Here is a meetinsr. I can well be
licve, which is an earnest of the
awakened conscience of 20th century
civilization. It is not a convention
of remorse, nor a session of sorrow
It is not the conference of victors to
define terms of settlement Nor is it
a council of nations seeking to re'
make humankind. It is rather a com
ing together, from all parts of the
earth, to apply the better attributes
or mankind to minimize the faults
in our international relationships.
Speaking' as official sponsor for
the invitation I think I mav sav the
call is. not of the United States of
America alone, it V is ; rather the
spoken word of a war-wearied world,
struggling for restoration, i hunger
ing and thirsting for better relation
ship; of humanity crying for relief
and .craving assurances of lasting
peace.
"It is easy. . to understand this
world-wide aspiration. The glory of
triumph, the rejoicing in achieve
ment. the love of liberty, the devo
tion tO' country, the pangs : of sor
row, the burdens of debt, tne desola
tion of rainfall these are' appraised
alike in all lands. Here tin the
United States we are but freshly
turned from the burial of an un
known American soldier when a na
tion sorrowed while paying . him
tribute. Whether it was spoken or
not,; 100,000,000 of our people were
summarizing the inexcusable cause'.
the incalculable cost, the. unspeak
able sacrifices, and the unutterable
sorrows, and there was the evef-im
pell ng question: How can humanity
justify or Ood forgive : -. ;
All Demand Justice.
"Human hate demands no such
toll: ambition and greed must be
denied it. If misunderstanding must
take the blame, then let us banish
it, and let understanding rule and
make good will regnant everywhere
AH of us demand liberty ana .jus
tice. There can not be one without
the other, and they must be held the
unquestioned possession of all peo
ples. Inherent rights are of God
and the tragedies of the world orig
inate in their attempted denial. The
world today is infringing their en
joyment by arming to detend or
deny, when simple sanity cans tor
their recognition through common
understanding.
Out of the cataclysm o the
world war came new fellowships,
new cdnvictionS, new aspirations. It
is ours to make the most of them,
A world staggering with debt needs
its burden lifted. Humanity which
has been shocked by wanton de
struction would minimize the
agencies of that destruction. Con
templating the measureless cost of
war and the continuing burden of
armament, all thoughtful peoples
wish for real limitation of armament
and would like war outlawed. In
suberest reflection the worlds hun
dreds of millions who pay in peace
and die in war wish their statesmen
to turn the expenditures for destruc
tion into means of construction,
aimed at a higher state for those
who live and follow after.
Grown Progressively CrueL
"It is not alone that the world
can not readjust itself and cast aside
the excess burdens without relief
from the leaders of men. War has
grown progressively cruel and more
destructive from the first recorded
conflict to this pregnant day, and
the reverse order would more be
come our boasted' civilization.
Gentlemen of the conference, the
United States welcomes you with un
selfish hands. We harbor no fears;
we have no sordid ends to serve; we
suspect no enemy: we contemplate
or apprehend no conquest. Content
with what we have, we seek nothing
which is another's. We only wish
to do with you that finer, nobler
thing which no nation can do alone.
We wish to sit with you at the
table of international understanding
and good wilL In good conscience we
re eager to meet you frankly and in
vite and offer co-operation. The
world demands a sober contempla
tion of the existing order and the
realization that there can be no cure
without sacrifice; not by one of us,
but by all of us.
"I do not mean surrendered rights,
or narrowed freedom, or denied as
pirations or ignored national neces
sities. Our republic would no more
ask for these than it would give. No
pride need be humbled, no national
ity submerged, but I would have a
mergence of minds committing all
of us to less preparation for war and
more enjoyment of fortunate peace.
The higher hopes come of the
spirit of our coming together. It is
but just to recognize varying needs
and peculiar positions. Nothing can
be accomplished in disregard of na
tional apprehensions. Rather, we
should act together to remove the
causes of apprehensions. This is not
to be done in intrigue. Greater as
surance is found in the exchanges of
simple honejty and directness, among
men resolved to accomplish as be
comes leaders among nations, when
civilization itself has come to its
crucial test.
"It is not to be challenged Jnat
government fails when the excest
of its costs robs (he people of the
way to happiness and the opportun
ity to achieve. If the finer senti
ments were not urging! the cold.
hard facts of excessive cost and the
eloquence of economics would urge
us to reduce our armaments. If the
concept of a better order does not
appeal, then let us ponder the bur
den and the blight of continued
competition.
"It is not to be denied that the
world has swung along throughout
the ages without heeding this call
from the kindlier hearts of men. But
the same world never before was so
tragically brought to realization of
the utter futility of passion's sway
when reason and conscience and fel
lowship point a nobler way.
Want None of War.
I can speak officially only for
our United States. Our hundred mil
lions frankly want less of armament
and none of war. Wholly free
from guile, sure in our minds that
we harbor no unworthy' designs, we
accredit the world with the same
good intent So I "Welcome you,
not alone in good will and high pur
pose, but with high faith. . 1
. "We are met for a service to
mankind. In all simplicity, in all
honesty and all honor, there may be I
written here the avowals of a world j
conscience refined by the consuming :
inta ui vv ai , aiiu mauc mui K.uai-
tive. by the anxious aftermath. 1
hope for that understanding which
will emphasize the guarantees of
peace and for commitments to. less,
burdens and a better order which
will tranquilize the world.
; "In such an accomplishment there
will be added glory to your flags and
ours and the .rejoicing of mankind
will make the transcending music of
all succeeding time."
GompersSaysUJS.
Expects Success"
At Arms Meeting
Labor Leader Tells New York
Audience People Do Not '"
Want Excuses Res
olutions Passed.-
Birth Control Urged
. As Means to End Wars
New York, Nov. 12. Birth control
as a factor in bringing about world
limitation of armaments and Pr
uianent peace was discussed yester
day by delegates to the First Ameri
can Birth control conference. Reso
lutions addressed to congress and
srnumcnt conference delegates, sug
gestae appointment of a commission
to stsidy birth control were passed
Asscrihig that the pressure of popu
lation was one of the chief causes of
war, tlse conference suggested birth
control throughout the world as the
only remedy. '
In a letter lo the conference,
I.uthrr Btirhauk, horticulturist,
stated tfut "the great fundamental
principle of selection is the guide to
all progress and in . facing world
probUius of the human race, science,
andn not ignorance, maudlin senti
mentality nd bigotry, must prevail"
Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
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Winter Tale First Toll
Of Human Life in Chicago
Chicago, Nov, l. On death and
one serious injury marked the first
brief advance call of Old Man Win
ter, who rods into the city on the
crest of a blinding billiard. John
Hart, gatekeeper for the Kock hland
railway, wis crushed by a train that
roared out of the whirl ol snow and
leet Niihola JidAis. blinded by
the snow, ttumhled in front of a
car and was badly injured.
Following the soaking downpour ,
of snow, rain and sleet, came the
announcement that colder weather1
would ensue. The prediction is for
a temperature of 20 degrees above
irro tonight, which will mean the
end of all vegcution and flowers. .
New York Nov. ft. Representa
tives of labor, capital, the churches,
the arts and the professions raised a
mighty voice in favor of reducing
armaments last night when more
than 10,000 persons, called together
by some 300 public-spirited organiza
tions, assembled at Madison Square
Garden to show their approval of the
purpose of the Washington confer
ence for the limitation of armament.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, the
principal speaker, declared the peo
ple of the world expect success for
the armament conference and. they
do not want an excuse or reason for
failure. They arfe looking . toward
Washington with a mighty appeal, he
added, and are not concerned about
peace in the meaning of words.
A resolution calling upon the con
ference "to remain in session until
it accomplishes to the fullest degree,
the purpose for which it was invited
to convene," was adopted.
"With regret and astonishment" it
said "we learn that our government
spends approximately 9a . cents on
every dollar of revenue for past wars,
present armament and preparation
for possible future wars. We not only
petition our American representa
tives to use their endeavor to win
the world away from war and its ter
rible toll of life and wealth; we de
mand that they succeed.
"We do not propose that America
alone disarm. That would be folly
and would endanger all democratic
civilization. We demand inter
national agreement, knowing that the
peoples of all countries voice the con
victions here expressed."
Men Hurt in Fire on Board
Submarine Recovering
Los Angeles, Nov. 12. Seven
men; one an officer, some of. whom
were overcome by smoke and others
burned when flames broke out in
the United States navy submarine
i-o ihursday, were reported to be
recovering at the submarine base
hospital at Los Angeles harbor. The
blaze broke out in the forward com
partment batteries of the L-6 while
she was traveling from San Diego to
J-os Angeles and was far below the
surface.
America to Abolish War,
William McAdoo Declares
White Plains. N. tinv 1?
The American people' intend to
abolish war in fulfillment cf the
main achievement nf th xt-nrlH our
victory, William G. McAdoo, former
secretary ot the treasury, told an
Armistice dav ffatherino' rti 30(H1
persons from West Chester county.
"It is an ideal that will never be
downed." he said, "we will gain it
eventually, just as the sun will rise
tomorrow." .
Five Chinese Convicted
Of Murder in Tong War
Marysville. CaU Nov. 12. Five
Chinese members of the Hop Sing
Tong, were found guilty of murder
m the first degree here for the slay
ing of Sing Binney, a Suey. Sing
tongman. The group was said to
be the largest ever convicted of first
degree murder at one time in the
history of the California courts. The
jury recommended life imprisonment
The trial lasted three- weeks. '
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