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Show w S. IQ v y TIIE DESERET NEWS SATURDAY. OCTOBER 23 1920 UNTED STATES AND JAPAN IN CABLE DISPUTE me Tcme and Delicate Cria Ha Arisen Over Right On Pacific Isle of Yap Nippon Scorns Offer. r i (Hr V ' VilwJ llcA official I of I kl(h tkm lMtW4 vr wry tonM tbo gevenuae ee Mn on delicate Wu oHmh kMHa the I Unit 4 States sad Jape a ow tbo c- I In Island Mo rights on Yap, o IltU tbo roclflo botvroo Ouom and tbo AtUittlo coast. It was loarnad today. Tbo controversy to botny fought out In tbo International communications .conference rfow In aoaalon here. It has become tbo subject of an ostromelyj of dlplomatlo polntod Interchange notes between tbo two governments 'and has oven demanded the attention I of tbo Mikado himself. , Is Island of Tap,' which little , ,The more than a sand pit. provides the ' only landing place for a cable In the Asiatic Pacific not alreidy by Japan. That country. In fact, Avon controls the cables now landed there. to of- -' ( The United States, according flclals of the government, asserts that ' the peace conference guaranteed It the right to maintain a cable station on the Island and Its rights In the communications conference are Insisting that tho otbfT powers recognise these I righto. UL 8. Has Claim. " Japan claims that she seised Yep under authority of a mandate granted by the peace conference and demand that communications conference confirm her rights. She has declined to consider any proposal for relinquishment of thq taland or any part of It to .the United States for a cable station. The first preposal submitted by the American delegates In the communications conference was for the abso-all lute . relinquishment by Japan of her assumed rights over the. Island. This proposal was Utterly contested.-. subThe United States then offered a constitute plan providing for Joint trol by the United States and Japan of the Island and Its cable landing by facilities This was also rejectedarter the Japanese repiesentatlves, home they had aubmitted it to their government. At this point the emperor of Japan took the matter personally In hand and issued a statement In Toklo declaring that Japan would not only not accept the plan of Joint control, but would . Insist upon antlra and undisputed title. The matter reate In this stage at the present time. Inslstencb by the United States cpon the right to land a cabla on Yap la part of a general plan of this to lmprova Its cable taclli- -' ties It has been pointed out In the conference that when war was declared the United Statee found itself at a great disadvantage In the matter of eab'.a communications as' compared to other nations. Blasts Plana. ' The end of the war found this dla- -' advantage greatly Increased by reason of tba selsure of all the German , cables by Great Britain and the eels-ur- e of Yap by Japan. The United States had counted upon its possession of Yap to maka a formidable and important link In eable communication with the orient The selsure by Japan and Japans refusal to give it j up spoiled all these plane. One of the American represents-- 1 tlvea in the conference, speaking of It la not this situation today, said: should be right that the United States In whteh she left ln the position .found herself after the war as respect .cable communications with other part Im,of the world. It la extremely portant that a nation as large as tha United Statee ahould occupy a strong position in tha world in this particular. We are earnestly trying to get Tack sortie ground which was very definitely lost to the United States during the war. It is a situation which calls for adjustment." Officials of the conference declined to rive any information as to how the various nations represented In the conference voted on the American c8j proposal. Under the rule adopted at conference all the the opening of-tsessions are closed to the public. This rule was adopted at the Insistence of England and Japan over the protest of the American delegation. WASHINGTON. Oflt. uHua-- For Ladies arid Misses ! I pre-em- -- r A Sensational Suit Sale pt Politively Nothing Reserved Our Entire Stock Ladies and Misses, Suits including our beautiful Fur Trimmed Suits also, all of our Tricotines, Serges, Poiret Twills, Duvetyns, Silvertones and Novelty Cloths all go at Half Price. nt . v 1 , j For Women and Manufacturers Samples OUR DRUG STORE IS AT; SOUTH MAIN ST; -- 1' T--f We invite you to open a i checking account at this bank. J3V MAJN h. , cgp cSb -- fig Eight Fighting Days For Great Political Skill Con--- Republicans to Win. Hays by Rival. Once in a while you wonder where your money has gone- - The wiee. man or woman has only to refer to the cancelled checks to get the answer. h. ilcUoinicK, Irej. Anthem H. Lund, Geovye Albert Smith. Vice-Pre- s Fred M. Micbelsen, Cashier. O. E. Judd Assistant Cashier- Vice-Pre- s. for the women of Salt Lake to obtain a warm, Stylish Coat at a Reasonable Price. 112-1- Big Machine to Smash White LeFYour Check Tell the Story Heres an opportunity Children's Cloth Coats and Womens Cloth and Plush Coats. Plan of Issues Beats CoxHays c3j he race Children ID) BY WILL HAYS. (Chairman of the Republican Ne--v tlonal Committee.) NEW TO.RK. ' OcL 22. Just eight' more working days end fightlngs-dayIf you will before contest cornea, end at the Ite'Vj'o vjrtorr forHsrrding and Cory Id ge andhrim. Republican arty. There is nothing In this late day of the campaign to make any Bt s. onewlah lochang a!ngfAjn cf the prophecies which have been made of Republican victory. - The conviction. has been getting, day by day, until now it stronger 1 unbreakable, that the voter of the United Statea, American men and women, will 'on November 2. do their duty at the polls, end this year their unquestionable duty means the election of the standard bearers of the Republican party. The campaigns of th Republicans and of the Democrat have been conducted on two different level, the former on a higher plana, and the latter on a distinctly lower plane. The Democratic national candi-dite- a have largUy Indulged In cliarge of various kind again! their opponent wht h not oijly t ould not be p roved ,v.beca u e t h y no foundation In fact, but J.ad which NnMIv both MrTej and 1r. Rooaevelt had to drop because they raw the futility of further pursuing a course which -- GEORGE WHITE. (Chairman Democratic National Committee.) NEW YORK, Oct. 22. The have built up, a splendid political machine. I .freely concede It - Equipped with vast funds their astute chairman has done a rood Job. With his tlre-leenergy and polltlcgl skill It would have been extraordinary had he failed. Our orgahlxartlorT move by faith alone, hia by machinery. We will have expended by the end of thie campaign about one ftmrthof our legitimate requirement. The bulk rtf the moneyed Interests are against us for reasons beet known to themselves.' It has been like digging in the frozen Klondike to get enough money for a portion of the publicity necessary to spread the truth about the most falsified document1 in the worlds history the League of Natlona That is the situation. .Yet we will win Why? Asks the cynic who is certain what the election H goes with the organisation and the money. My answer la - that there never was a political machine so large, so efficient, so rich, so powerful that the American people couldn't break it when they wanted to. Mr. Hays Is one they are going to smash into alplnters on November 2. And the reason Is simply that the Hays machine would keep us from achieving the Ideals for which we fought the war .and would seek to destroy the "only compact insuring world peace-ev- er agreed tc by nations both great and small, Weather Forecast. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Weather predictions for the' week beginning i Monday are: Upper Mississippi and Lower Mis- sourl Valleys Cool and generally fair weather first part and unsettled and warmer Weather second hal( of the week. J t f Rocky Mountain ftnd Plateau Re- glon Generally fair with norma! tem- - peratur . j Paclfjc states Generally fair In California and unsettled and rains in Shington and Oregon. Normal tern. 1 erature. 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