THE BEE; OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1921.
England, Japan
Agree to Plan of
U.S. on Navies
Balfour VMgn ''Full, Loyal
And Complete Co-Operation
Of British Nation Toward
American Plan."
(CWIaM4 Vrm rtf Oh.)
that the time for the next plenary
neision be left to Chairman Hughes,
who rould determine how far the
committee work was advanced. Sec
retary Hughe, replied that he would
advise the delegates of the work of
the committee and aked that the
committee on grmamenta meet today
. after he could consult with the dele
ration heads.
Mr. Hughes alo proposed that the
first meeting of the Pacific and Far
Eastern committee be held tomorrow
morning or afternoon.
Great Britain acceptance tn
"principle and spirit" of the Amer
lean Dronosals for limitation of na
vat armament formally was laid be
fore the arms conference by Arthur
liallour, heading tne j-irmsn aeic
cation.
Before hearing the vtatements of
the delegations, the conference
adopted unanimously the committee
of the whole plan workea out oy ine
bier five."
After the adoption of the program,
Mr. Balfour arose, lie saia in sud
klancp;
"You have invited those who de
sired it to continue the discussions
which beaan on Saturday last. I
think it very unfortunate if we are to
allow the events of Saturday to pass
without some further observation.
"And if for reasons which I ven
ture to explain, I am the hrst to take
up the challenge, it is because of all
. members here assembled the country
which I represent is most intimately
interested in all naval questions.
"Statesmen of all countries are be
ginning to discover that tne laoors
and difficulties of peace are almost
as arduous as those required oy mc
conduct of a successtui war.
"T rnncrratnlate VOU. said Mr,
Balfour, "on the fact that you have
flH.H a new anniversary which
i,nr,-f,irtli will be observed in con
nection with this movement toward
reconstruction. In the minds of all
the allied and associated powers No
vember 12 will prove to be an anni
rersary not merely to restore pre-
V&r conditions, Dut to see mat war
conditions snail never again .exisi,
"Great Historical Event."
"I count myself among. the for
tunate among those present," said
Mr. Balfour, referring to the pro-
rrrfinca of Saturday, and adding:
"The secret was admirably kept.
I hope all the secrets, so long as
they may be secrets, will be as well
Tellintf of Secretary Hughes' pro
posals, Mr. Baufour said he suddenly
realized he was participating in "a
;reat historical event." "Many in
my audience," said he,, "are citizens
of the United States. The United
States stands solidly impregnable
with the lines of its communications
protected, completely protected,
from any conceivable hostile attack.
"It is not merely tnat you nave
110,000,000 people; it is not that you
are the wealthiest nation. The
geographical position of your country
makes you wholly immune from the
perils to which the British empire is
subjected. , "
"Suppose your westerrt states were
suddenly removed 10,000 miles across
the sea; suppose you found that the
heart of vour country was a small
and crowded island . depending on
overseas, trade, depending on over
seas communication for raw ma
terials. I Supposing your population
never had more than seven weeks
food and, that' this, had to be re
plenished from overseas, v
"With Admiration and , Approval."
"Then you will understand why it
is that every citizen ot . the uritisn
eniDire. no matter where he lives,
never can forget that it is by sea
communication that he lives and that
without it he cannot live.
, "These references I have indulged
in to explain why I am addressing
you. We have considered the great
scheme laid before you by our chair
man. We .have considered it with
admiration and approval. We agree
w ith it in spirit and in principle. We
look to it as being the basis of the
greatest reform in the matter of arm
ament and preparation for war that
has ever been conceived or carried
OUt. ' ; ' ,
"I don't pretend, of course, that
this or any other scheme can deal
with every subject. It does not touch
the heavy burden ot land armament.
What it does do is one of the big
gest things that has ever yet been
done- by constructive statesmanship.
It does deal with the three great
fleets of the world and with the
proportion of disarmament which it
lays down for those fleets.
Proportions Acceptable.
.taking the battleships as a
basis," said Mr. Balfour, "we think
the orooortions between the various
countries are acceptable. We think
the limitation of amounts is reason
able. We think it should be accept
ed. We believe thoroughly it will
be accented.
Mr. Balfour suggested that the
submarine tonnage might well be re-1
duced and that possibly construction
of large submarines should te pro-l
hibited.
The suggestions for changes in the
proposals, Mr. Baltour said, amid
applause, would not affect "the main
structure" proposed by the United
States which, he said he believed,
would be accepted.
When Mr. Balfour promised the
"full, loyal and complete co-opera-1
tion of the British nation toward
the cmeral American plan." the au
dience rose and applauded for a half I
minute. 1
"At first glance," said Mr. Bal
four, "our experts think that too
large an amount of tonnage has been
permitted for submarines. They are
the most abused agency of the war.
The submarine -is a defensive weap
on of the weak. It might be desir
able, to abolish the submarine alto
gether.
U-Boat Tonnage Too Large,
"Our experts believe that the sub
marine tonnage proposed is far in
excess of that possessed by any na
tion. "I only throw this out as a sug
gestion that the tonnage sBouia oe
further limited. It might e prac-j
tkU r aiecirahla to ior5id alto-1
gether thoe tubmarmei of vtt,
great size, which are not intended
for defense, but whose whole pur
potc is attack, and attack by meth
ods which civilized nations abhor.
At that point the audience and
delegates again applauded.
"There are other questions," Mr.
Da'.four continued, "of replacement
of cruisers which are not required
for fleet action. But those are mat
ters for consideration by the tech
nical expert. They don t affect the
main structure which the United
State d.iires to exist and which we
desire earnestly to help.
it is easy to estimate in dollars
or pounds the savings to taxpayers
of each nation which adoption of this
ciieme would give. It is easy to
snow that relief will be great; that
indirectly it will greatly stimulate
Industrie, national and international
and do much to remove the difficul
ties under which civilized nations
labor. All that is a matter of figures
but there is something beyond
numerical calculations, something
that goes to the root and which con
cerns the highest interests.
"Makes Idealism Practical."
What does the scheme do? It
makes idealism a practical proposi
tion. It takes hold of the dreams of
poets, of publicists; even potentates
nave put it before mankind as the
goal to which human endeavor
should aspire.
"What makes this scheme a land
mark that comes home to the dull
est brain and the hardest heart, is
that the United States has shown
that international peace not only is
a good thing, but that war is hor
rible and has shown a way to make
war impossible.
"In striking the imagination, Air.
Balfour said in closing, "not merely
the imagination of those sitting here
but of the whole civilized world
vou have made the opening of this
conference one of the landmarks in
human civilization.
Mr. Balfour concluded at 11:45
o'clock amid profound applause, after
reading a congratulatory cablegram
from Lloyd George.
The conference adjourned at l:W
p. m. to meet again at tne can oi we
chairman.
Navies for Defense Only
Motive of U. S. Proposals
Program Based on Proposition of So Restricting Gun
And Man Power That Fleets Could Not
Be Used. for Offensive
Purposes.
Hf Th AmmwUImI rrnt.
Washington, Nov. IS. Limitations
of the world's navies so that they
will be adapted for defensive pur
pose only, is the fundamental mo
tive which inspired proposals sub'
muted to the armament conference
by Secretary Hughes, it was learned
last night from authoritative sources.
The proposcls were based, it was ex
plained, on the proposition that na
vies should be so restricted in gun
and man power that they would not
be used tor offensive purposes.
With the primary consideration
that of providing for defensive navies,
American delegates in drafting their
proposals, were said to have adopted
the present relative strength of the
three great naval powers as the only
feasible basis - for easy agreement.
The proposed limits of capital ships
for the three powers were regarded
as sufficient for the respective na
vies of defense.
Reject Coast Line Plan.
The American delegates were re
ported to have rejected, as basis for
consideration, the questions of terri
torial possessions. They also were
said to have rejected, as impractical,
in considering a defensive navy, the
question of mileage of respective
coast lines.
It was made known that the Unit
ed States, by virtue of its having the
most extensive naval building pro
gram, telt itselt in a position to make
the definite proposals. The Ameri
can delegates were said to feel that
under the circumstances the United
States had a "primary" interest in
naval building and competition.
They considered, it was said, that not
only In present building, but in fu
ture programs this country was com
mitted to the largest naval outlay
and therefore had most at stake in
the declaration of a naval holiday.
Can Enforce Ship Holiday.
The capital ship formula in the
naval program wa said to have
been adopted with the idea, not only
that subsidiary arms of the navy
could be easily and more dehnitely
limited, but that it offered a tan
gible basis for enforcement Capital
ships, it was pointed out, could not
be built quickly and hardly se
cretly, in violation of any agree
ment.
No attempt was made to .limit de
velopment of aircraft, it was said,
among other reasons, because it
would be dimcult if not impossible
to secure observ ance of any such
agreement. It would be nearly im
possible, it was declared, tor any
check to be kept on airplane engine
construction while the matter of
equipping an airplane engine with
wings was said to be one of only a
few weeks, as compared with years,
required for completion of a capital
ship- . '
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co.
Announces Wage Reductions
Denver, Colo., Nov. IS. A wage
reduction of approximately 30 per
cent will be announced soon by the
officials of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company, it was announced at
the headquarters of the company
here yesterday, the reduction to af
fect 11 of the company's 18 coal
mines. The exact date for promul
gating the new wage scales was not
made public.
France and Italy
Favor Increase
In Navy Strength
Experts With Delegations Op
posed to Any Decrease in
Present Forces for Pro
tection on Seas.
Br Th. AnMlat4 I'rma.
Washington, Nov. IS. French and
Italian navy experts, studying how
limitations to be imposed on the
United States. Great Britain and
Japan would affect them, coint to the
conclusion that their naval forces
should be increased rather than re
duced.
The Italian viewpoint, as it pre
vails among their experts, is that
Italy should be permitted to have a
navy as large as that of France and
in any event, on ratio of eight
to IV, .
The naval question, as it affects
Italy and 1-ranee, is not under dis
cussion, having been reserved ly the
conference until the status of the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan can be disposed of. But
meanwhile. Admiral Je Bon, head
of the French experts, and Admiral
Acton of the Italian delegation, are,
with their experts, preparing for
consideration of the subjects.
Experts of both countries point
out that during the war Italy and
f ranee devoted themselves almost
entirely to ' strengthening their
armies.
Among the Italians there is a
strong party urging a complete
agreement with France to relieve
both countries of u large part of
their military burdens. It is pointed
out that the two fleets united would
dominate the Mediterranean, while
the combined armies might be relied
on to face any attack.
There is also some expression of
opinion that efficacious measures
might be considered to look to the
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limitation of armament of the Balkan
Hates, as well as I'oland, on the
ground tint the supplication would
thus be avoided.
The Italian argument for a navy
equal to France is that Italy, while
having less colonial empire than
France, now has a population about
the same, has more than 4.000 miles
of coast line, and is obliged to bring
from abroad all her coal, one-third
of her wheat, and nearly all raw ma
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Publisheii Monthly Paper
Callaway, Neb., Nov. IS. (Spe
cial.) The first Issue of the Custer
County Farmer, a monthly newspa
per published by the Custer County
Farm bureau and the Custer County
Live Stock Improvement associa
tion, has been printed. The editor
is F. I- Gaddis, a farmer residing
near Comstock and the managing
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Railroads Call
Pay Conferences
75 in Weot and 52 in llust
Send Out Notice 10 Tor
Cent Cut Planned. .
Chicago, Nov. IS. Approximately
75 railroads, comprising practically
all the larger lines of the west, are
sending out calls this week for wage
conferences with their employes,
looking to reductions of pay. A few
conferences have already been held
on some roads. ,
Although the roads are acting in
dividually in the matter of a wacc
reduction, all are following the
agreement reached here on October
14. Such reduction will approxi
mate 10 per cent for the train serv
ice men and a return to the rates
of pay in ouiMMe industries Ut
other vlamics oi lahur,
New York, Ni. 15- Manager
of 5- railroads, covering the ton i
tory east of the Mississippi rlvcf
and north of the Ohio river, today
began iu.iiling notice to the vaiioui.
clause of railroad employes, calliim
for conference to consider read
justment in wages. In addition ti
the wage notice, a separate notice
will advise the train service men
that the manager desire to revise
their working rules and agreements,
particularly those dealing directly or
indirectly with compensation.
The plan is to rcvamn the present
working agreement which each roal
has negotiated individually with its
train service employes, in order to
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