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Show S' THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1921. With American and Brit- ish Sea Forces Reduced, Nippon Free as to China. (Ccatlnued from Fti Ou ) gram preceded by a holiday." The British have accepted the proposal. Not only were they bound to accept It, but it represents for them an unmistakable victory In that it saves them from a losm race. 'We have said to Japan: "Accept our standards of relative strength on the high seas," and substantially the Japanese sill accept our standards, because for them sea power is defensive and not offensive, and the more our fleets are reduced and the more British fleets are reduced the safer Japan Is, not alone from attack by our fleet or the British fleet, but also from challenge as she applies her policy on the Asiatic continent. Thus Japan, too, has won a In the nav discussion. ten-ye- ar vio-to- ry - We Now, what of the, United States fundamentally have agreed to reelgn supremacy upon the eeaa of the world at a time when no nation and no two nations could challenge us had we chosen to adopt the old British ratio of building powers nearest to against the us But In resigning tils power no one su m stake- the- faet tkat. Mr ; Hughes has followed the wishes of his fel.ow countrymen. We had no desire as a peoto dominate the high see at the " ple rlsk-eventual conflict and at the price of enormously, expanding naval budgets. We have given up something we didnt want, speaking for the mass of the American people. Now, the first practical question that must he asked, is whether the limitation of javal armaments represents a gain for the peace of the world. As I have pointed out often enough In preceding articles, the question of armaments has precious little to do with the causes ot war. It Is an American delusion that the existence of armed forces or the prevalence ot armed ship brings war. fac- War ere caused by totally different contors. They are precipitated by the flict of rival aspiration or conceptions or Intarest among the people of the world. The existence of the German army did not cause the last war. The exlst- ...ence .in the German mini of certain hopes and certain fears was ths factor which was responsible for ths wsr. two-nav- -- War Alway Possible. ' the armed strength of the at sea, Mr. "Hughes has not directly reduced the dangers of war. Such contribution as has been made or will be made is indirect. Certainly if an Internationa! conference can meet in Wash, and debate great questions and ington separate after amicable discussion, hav-r- g set their signatures to a document vhlch witnesses to International concord, In limiting he gain must be clear. The gain, however, Is not consequence of the document signed, but of the feeling engendered during the debate and testified to oy the chaiacter of the document. All of which throws us back upon the second phase of the Washington conference, the far Eastern question. When the last document at the Wash- - Ington conference laadopted signed, the far eastern question will remain a menace to the peace of the world unless such declarations of policy toward China as are embodied tn the document represent the national will of the signatory powers. Putting the thing concretely: Japaiu is going to sign a great many undertakings or affirm fidelity to a large mim-- p her of The United States ha from any effort to Impose Its i abstainedprinciple. view upon Japan- far eastern views, It Is understood Such abstention Is wise, , in my judgment, because In the last analysis It would require force to Impose these views, and the people of the ynited States would not have fought for the integrity of China, for the open door, or for the dissolution of the alliance. t a - Anglo-Japane- se . Far East in Perspective. Mr. Hughes might possibly have led the majority of the people of thin country to e policy of force in the Ear East of for Invoked to protect Chlnahy a campaign of education an da long-cotlnued open and acrimonious debate with Japan. Short of the use of force, however, bo settlement was possible except In ao far as it was voluntarily consented to by Japan. We have to face the far eastern question as it Is. In China, in Manchuria, In Mongolia, in eastern Siberia. Japan has done certain things. They are neither better nor worse than the great western powers have done, but they have been done more recently and more sysTo continue doing these tematically. things means to destroy the independence of China. It mean ultimately an attempt on the pert of Japan to exercise complete political dominion over the Celestial kingdom, now becoming a very planetary republic, in name at least If Japan continues to do those things, the far eastern question, so far from improving, will become worse. There le nothing in the agreement that will be signed at .Washington which will or can gffect this fact. On the contrary, the limitation of naval armaments constitutes the presentation to Japan of a clear Opportunity to exploit Chtna4f eh choose. In agreeing to the reduction of our naval program and the scrapping of soma of our beat ehipa. wa are agreeing to give Japan a free hand; we are removing the last restraint which we may possess, and we are asking the British similarly to abandon such restraint as they may have. See Japan Can Combat Coercion. After the program proposed by Mr. Hughes is adopted and I bedeve that substantially it will be adopted neither Great Britain nor separately or Jointly, will be inourselves, a position to venture to coerce Japan, if Japanese policy follows the pathway which it has followed In recent years This Is the risk'. 'IT' la a plain, risk. AGAIN Franklin leads the way! only car you can buy with case-harden- This saves trouble, delay and Also, because it has seven main bearings, instead of the usual three, vibration is urmoticeable. The Franklin is the only car that will go through an ordinary ownership without three shafts. - 3 needing to have crankshaft 'bearings taken up. Franklin Policy Gives Owners Immediate Benefit of, Latest Proven Advances in the chain of automobile progress shown in the Franklin of y. Others are just as outstanding. Starting is easier than ever improved electric vaporizer, new starter with brisk turning power. drive and the Perfected ' silent chain-starte- r e Long-typaluminum pistons also insure patented quiet engine operation. This crankshaft is only one link to-da- First Step Taken. From the American point of view, the opening speech of Mr. Hughes gave promise of a great victory. . The American press and the American public have remained under the empire of that flrat impression. Mr. Hughess own view has been set forth again and again that in the long process of the adjustment of International relations one could proceed only step by step, and a first step was Such a first step he connecessary. ceived to be the limitation of naval armaments. and from that step he believed we might progress aafely and surely The view from Europe is totally different. 'The Washington conference will seem to Europe as great a failure as the Paris conference did to the United States The limitation of raval strength, will not even interest the French or the Italians, while German cynicism is already unmistakable The American notion that wars are caused bv armaments finds no European echo. Moreover, Europe knows that our people have not yet understood that there will be no great reduction in taxation or expenditure tn consequence of the limitation of naval program- - Wa shall avoid the huge Increase tn naval expenditures which would follow competition In building, but that is the single practical benefit. America sees the world disarming Europe sees those dangers hlch constitute for it the causes of war undlmlnished and unaffected. Europe hoped that the Washington conference would be marked bv an American return to active participation in world affairs and In affair. Europe now recognize European that the Washtnsrton conference will mark a further retreat that we are still moving way from Europe, not toward It. dining InTERiMITOfML Hetter 1 Quietness, Comfort, Reliability and Economy Mark Franklin Development Back of all these advances are Franklin's principles of light weight, flexibility and direct air cooling (no water to boil, freeze or leak). The new benefits therefore merely serve to increase Franklin comfort, ease of handling, roadability, reliability and economy: 20-year-- old 20 miles to the gallon of gasoline 12,500 miles to the set of tires 50 slower yearly depreciation tjjifc (National Arnrtges) FRANKLIN MOTOR CAR CO. OF UTAH C. W. NEWTON. 68 It Lake City. Wasatch 6464. 754 East South Temple. r Touring . Runabout Solan Brougham Demi'Coupe Demi-Seda- n. $2350 $2300 $3350 . $3200 $2650 . $2750 (All Prices L o. h. Symcnae) nallsts, who cam here from abroad. Not have perceived the fallacy which moved them deeply, but none of them can permanently escape the realisation that the United States has once mor eluded the effort to entangle her, or, if one chooaee to view it otherwise, she has remained deaf to the appeals coming to her from European aborea Mr. Hughee believes that if the great were agree to disarm on land, that n fact the hsblt of agreeing will grow and expand until, step by step, we arrive at a peaceful world. All his policy and all his course In this conference were predicated upon this faith. In this view he Is in agreement with the mass of the American people, who are even more willing than the secretary of state to believe that the limitation of armaments means peace. But when the conference has adjourned after fixing the ratio of naval strength and describing the number of sblpe to be scrapped end the length of time In which the governments' shipyards of the world shall be Idle, there will remain all the major questions to be settled, and the grievous danger today Is that the American people will be deluded, as no other people can bt. Into the belief that war has been made leas likely by the Washington conference. . Costs sized Seat home little more than one good parlor stove, but gives more than several. Ridsf your of the work, dirt and danger of caring for stoves. Call ua Wasatch 2318 and wsll com to your homo , Ixo up tha hosting problem oxportly, nd ' you need. 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Utica, Now York - - Onaplpo or Plpo Furnaces j Tha agreement with Great Britain to limit shipbuilding Immediately eaves the British from the necessity of financial out-l- a s which they cannot aafely undertake or the resignation of the position of first ses power, which they hav occupied for centuries. AU things considered, we have agreed In the one way that we could to leai e Oreat Britain substantially the firat sea power of the world for the Immediate future at leaat. There never was any danger of war with Great Britain. Only the most stupid of all policies could have led to a competition in shipbuilding. What remains to be eeen Is whether as a result of our resignation of supremacy on the sea. which was within our grasp. relatione will improve or become worse. In sum, the practical result of the be a reducWashington conference tion in naval program, and therefore the of naval estimates. Ths taxpruning payers will not pay leas, but they will to more. not have But the condipav tion of war and peace will remain the the in eo him In the worM.-exceWashington conference may have succeeded or may hav failed In promoting s. friendlier spirit between the countries represented there. This la the fact. To believe otherwise Is to Invite another awakening such as followed the adjournment of the Parle conference. Anglo-Americ- w-- and never actually seriIt Is almost to be regretted that the desire on every side to appear friendly has sometimes prevented the pressing home of points which might usefully have been adopted. we shall Unmistakably have many, conceivably too many, questions postponed. Beyond all else it is a mistake to think of the Washington conference as likely to settle anything. It has avoided some things which it was advisable, desirable, necessary to avoid. At best it may prove a prelude to better International relations and new judgments At worst it is a novel experiment. Mr. Wilson tried at Paris to do everything at once. Mr. Hughes at Washington has tried to do one and no more Mr. Wilson believedthing, tn idealistic Mr principles. Hughes believes tn tangible things. The conference at Washington has belonged to Mr. Hughes. His success has been more Immediately complete than that of Mr, Wilson It remain to be see n whether It will be more lastingly significant. session. Professor Norman B. Adklson, and three daughters. Mrs. Richards was president of the Southern Idaho Conferapparently In excellent health when ahe ence league, haa called a meeting of repleft Malad a month ago. resentatives of the colleges of the conference at Boise during the association Valley meeting. Tb College of Idaho, Ricks Normal college, Gooding college, Albion Union State Normal and the Idaho Tech make up this conference, and several important to meetTb Trtbuae. to matters are be considered at the Special ing. IDAHO FALLS. Idaho, Nov. 2. The The Idaho Tech wlU offer to bring all water user of the upper Snake River basketball teams of the conference here va'ley met at Rigby this week and perfor a conference tournament sometime In fected an organization to be known as February, the time to be arranged later. the Water Users' union, the object of This would have tha advantage of elimwhich Is to take and make measurements inating much expense of traveling, as of water throughout the upper valley under the old rules each team would and to look after irrigation Interests meet each other team twice, once at home It was stated at the meeting that It la and once traveling not the purpose to be opposed to the Professor Charlea H. Lewis, head of the Farmers Irrigation Protective associaeducation work at the Idaho Tech, ts on tion. tiie pioneer Irrigation association of the program for a discussion of The Limitation of Kumbera in the higher education section. Miss Bara K. Thomas, head of the voice department of the Idaho Technical Institute, is on the program for (Copyright, 1921, by the McClure News- - a group of songs, and Mra Sara K. Patterson, dean of women, ts also on the paper Syndicate ) program during the meetings ous. Upper Snake River Water Users Form -- Thanksgiving Is Observed Wood Canal Company by Shoshone Study Club Big Fixes Directors Terms Special PU-grl- Idaho Teachers Hold Special to The Trlbuae. Under a recent amendment to the by- bers was determined as follow: term Fred W. For the three-yea- r Gooding of Shoshone. W. L. Biggs of Richfield and C. L. Baker of North Shoshone. term Otto Schlld of For the two-yeGooding. C. P. Johnson of Richfield and N. W Sine of Dietrich. term P. T. Sutphen of For the Gooding, Ben Darrah of Shoshone and F. W. Zimmerman of Dietrich. The board fixed the maintenance charge for the coming year at I1.2S an acre. sr one-ye- ar Oldest Resident of Malad, Utah Pioneer, Passes Away Special to Tbo Tribune. MALAD -- Idaho. Nov. AS Sira. Margaret Richards. Malad s oldest resident, Institute at Boise Special to Tbs Tribune. POCATELLO, Idaho. Nov. 2d Several members of the public school and the Idaho Technical Institute teaching staffs departed yesterday for Boise to attend the meeting of the State Teachers association. Superintendent Walter R. aiders Many Questions Postponed. and Principal George B. 'Crawford head A failure of the Washington conference the delegation from the Iocs' achoos. and .will not be. in any ob lous and direct Misa Nora Boyurn, county superintendent, also is one of the delegates. way sucb as might hat been feared before the first session. Nothing like a President Charles R. Frazier, who also rupture has ever been conceivable. Moat it president of the state association, left of the clashes which have occupied space the night before In order to attend committee meetings preceding the regular in the newspaper hav been at Mra passed away at Rupert Thursday. Richards was $7 years of age and left Mated a month ago to spend the winter with her daughter, Mra. Martha Daniels at Rupert. Mra Richards wa born In Wales. She went to Utah In the early '80s and wa married to William Richards on March 19, 1354. at Salt Lake. Mra Richards and her husband were among Malad a earliest settlers They came here tn 1965, there being only five families tn Malad valley at that time. Mr. Richards died In June of this year, being 94 years of aga lira Richards is survived by flv gong SPANISH PAPER MAKES CHARGES. MADRID. Nov. IS El 6ol, today published a semiofficial declaration, which also appeared In Barcelona newspapers stating that all ammunition useacquired In ths from the United States for Moroccan campaign was found to be unfit for use. An authoritative source U responsible far the statement that tha Spanish army purchase commission In the United 8tates acquired discarded stocks with full knowledge of their quality and that Spanish Inspectors passed them. Youll Enoy It if You SHOSHONE. Idaho. Nov. 2. The newly elected board of directors or the Big Wood Cana company haa organised by electing Fred W. Gooding of Shoshone as chairman; P. T. Sutphen of Gooding end Ben Derrah of Shoshone, vice chairmen; S. T. Baer of Richfield, secretary-treasure- r. of The company Ah law membership of live board was changed from five to nine and arrangements made that hereafter each member will serve three year. The length of terms of the present mem- the upper valley, but to cooperate and help out. It Is the purpose of tbo newly organised union to employ Its own engineer to take water measurements, and not roly on ths measurements taken by the deputy otata reclamation commissioner, who is stationed bare. WALK MORE to Tha Tribune. SHOSHONE, Idaho, Nov. 26. Under the direction of the home economics committee, the Shoshone Study club gave a most Interesting Thanksgiving program Ths program opened by the cub singThis was followed by a ing America. select reading of one of Abe Martin's humorous sketches, entitled Thanksgiving." given by Mrs. hi. A. Vreedenburgh. Mira Florence Bowler gave two piano solos and Mas Mill gave a brief historv of Thanksgiving dav. recalling incidents in the Uvea of the pilgrim A novel and Interesting feature wa that of playing the game called Progress, In which each member was given e sheet of paper on which waa written a svnopais of even ts leading up to the settlement of the Pilgrims In America and the origin of Thanksgiving day. Dates and names of important characters were omitted to be supplied by the players Misa Mills won the first prize, a dozen doughnuts, which were made during the progress of the game by a committee making a demonstration on doughnuts. Max-wThla committee consisted of Mra Mrs. Doud Purdum, Mrs Bowler, Mrs. Dumvill and Mrs. Redmond. The committee served the club with hot doughnuts and coffee. firii vV t system; automatic lubrication of valves and steering yoke pins; most efficient service brake yet designed each feature a real gainl - who more or less belong to his school of thought, that ths Washington confer-enc- a could provs a turning point aithsr In world history or In American rela tior to Eureps. But thers la no mis- taking ths fact that thlahop or delusion supplied the dominating element In the thought of most, if not all of the Jour room on the coldest mornings help to start the day right. All this comfort is yours this winter if you install an r load-carryin- I have never shared the view of Mr. Wells, and many other English writers fortable kitchen And' aT cheerfully-war-m - Drive shaft, universal joints and important bearings are larger. Spring pivot bolts are adjustable. The last Word in durable drop forgings use g now appears in certain parts. America Avoids Entanglements. Nice warm rooms to dress in, a com- ---- , expense. a dangerous experiment in disarmament, since we shall eventually have to ami again provided Japanese aggressions take on a magnitude which makes a menace to our own security. Time I 142 It is the ed crankshaft bearing surfaces the greatest advance in motor car construction in recent years. 3' cdm- Wicquerfbif petitive naval armament, a consequence which represents increased taxation and may lead to eventual war. Eventually, the success or failure of the Washington conference, so far as the Ear Ease la concerned, will depend n- -t rely upon the direction which Japanese policy takes thereafter- - - No American should permit himself to be deluded into the notion that any of the documents to be signed as to tha Ear Eaat has the smallest value In ftself or that there remain the smallest chance of its enforcement after the program of naval limitation has been adopted. It depends upon herself whether ahe will interpret Japan her engagement undertaken here honorably or w'aely. If she doe, the .Washington conference will prove a landmark In the historv of the Far Eaat. If ahe does not. the Washington conference will be a meaningless gesture. It may aven be more than that OT Breakfast few hours. Todaf. With a Score of Recent Improvements all of them Ojiepipe 3 Wear GROUND GRIPPERS Walking is food tor you. You would want to walk mor if you woro the GROUND GRIPright kind of shoe The Shack PES SHOES.' 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