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Show h--'f, " r - i " f 1 Marshal Foch Deing decorated ny Aurienne Mayer for the purchase o Ked Cross Christmas stamps. 2 President Harding greeting Crow Indians from Montana and South Dakota. 3 View of Funchal, Madeira, the place of exile of ex-Emperor Karl and his wife. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Conference Agreeing on Naval Limitations but Apart on China Questions. BRAD'S ELOQUENT SPEECH France's Need of Strong Army, Due to Fear of German Aggression, Convincingly Set Forth Tax Bill Becomes Law and Congress Adjourns. By EDWARD W. PICKARD CONCORD and discord both were apparent in the armament conference confer-ence last week. It appeared the Hughes plan for naval holiday and limitation would soon be accepted formally almost exactly as he proposed pro-posed it. Great Britain indorsed the "5-5-3" ratio without reservation and made it known that she desired only to suggest some modification of the submarine and replacement features of the plan as a whole. The Japanese, Jap-anese, though still arguing that they should have 70 per cent of the naval strength of Great Britain and the United States, evidently were prepared pre-pared to yield with the expectation of some concessions In their favor relative to China. But the British, at home, already are growing impatient. As soon as the Hughes plan was given out the admiralty stopped work on battleships under construction. Thursday Thurs-day it announced that unless a decision de-cision relative to naval limitation were reached by the conference within with-in two weeks, work on the battleships would be resinned before Christmas. The admiralty may have been influenced influ-enced In this by the fact that our congress adjourned without ordering cessation of work on our new ships. As for the discord, which unfortunately unfortu-nately exists, It arises over two subjects sub-jects land armament limitation and China. Concerning the reduction of it was - an ample reply to the anti-French anti-French propaganda of Wells et aL, and that it did not fall of effect on his fellow conferees. Arthur Balfour was the first to respond, and Secretary Secre-tary Hughes followed him. Both assured as-sured Briand that their countries appreciated ap-preciated the position of France and virtually pledged the support for which he had pleaded, though of course both were careful not to promise prom-ise an equivalent in international law for the Anglo-Franco-American defensive de-fensive treaty which Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Wilson signed, but which never was even submitted to the American senate. Mr. Hughes arranged ar-ranged that the question of land armament arma-ment should be further considered by a committee, but the Impression was general that it would be permitted to die, at least so far aa limitation is concerned ; and this impression was strengthened by the departure of M. Briand and the French military section sec-tion for home, the premier being secure se-cure in the belief that his country would not now be asked to reduce its army further than its present plans contemplate. One other cause of debate de-bate he had interjected into his argument argu-ment This was the claim of France to keep an ample number of submarines subma-rines for the defense of her long sea-coast. sea-coast. "For what can France wish submarines except to attack England?" Eng-land?" cried the propagandists at once. To which the only adequate reply Is laughter. TT WAS foreseen that the Chinese problem would be the most troublesome trou-blesome for the conference, for obvious reasons. At this writing it seems to have come to a question whether the Anglo-Japanese treaty will be abrogated, abro-gated, and if so, whether some sort of a tripartite agreement will be substituted sub-stituted for it. Unless the former is done, probably the discussions will be fruitless; and unless the latter Is done, it is likely Great Britain will not consent to the former. On Monday Mon-day the eight powers sitting in the committee on the Far East adopted a program submitted by Elihu Root by which these points were made sure : There will be no intervention by foreign powers in the present political polit-ical struggle in China. become effective on that date, taxpayers tax-payers will not get the benefit of the changes until they pay their taxes In the early part of 1923 on Income of the calendar year 1922. The individual taxpayer will get the benefit of increased exemptions applying ap-plying to dependents and to heads of families with moderate Incomes on their taxes paid in 1922 on 1921 income. in-come. The chief features of the new law are substitution of a 12 per cent flat corporation income tax for the excess profits tax and the present normal tax of 10 per cent, retention of present pres-ent normal taxes on Individual incomes, in-comes, but a decrease in surtax rates, the new maximum being 50 per cent Instead of Go, repeal of a number of miscellaneous taxes, and Imposition of some new manufacturers' taxes. EMONT REILY, governor of Por- to Rico, arrived in New York the other day, and almost immediately afterward Senor Cordova-Davila, resident resi-dent commissioner from the island in Washington, received cabled instructions instruc-tions from San Juan to request President Presi-dent Harding to remove the governor from office for injudicious and Indiscreet Indis-creet actions. Among the specific charges against Reily are: He publicly declared himself leader of the Insular Republican party and the "friend of the Socialist party." Annulled the "moral power" of judges by announcing they would be removed if a decision was rendered "considered by the governor unjust." Pardoned criminals "to please Socialist So-cialist leaders," and these criminals Immediately committed new crimes. "Directed or permitted" police to break up reception organized to 'greet Antonio Baroelo, president of the senate, sen-ate, and leader of the Unionist party, "later promoting the police officer who broke up the demonstration." Appointed three departmental heads "opposed to the spirit of the organic act and to the laws of Porto Rico," on recommendation of "corporations whose directors reside outside Porto Rico." DIPLOMATIC relations between the United States and Germany were resumed last week by exchange of ambassadorial calls in Paris and by armies tne in leenng is ueiween France and England and Is being sedulously fostered by certain British correspondents now in Washington, notably II. G. Wells, who brazenly admits ad-mits that he is doing his "own small best to exacerbate it," his avowed reason being that "a brisk quarrel and some plain speaking may clear the air for a better understanding." PREMIER BRIAND, in a wonderful wonder-ful address, told the conference and the world just why France dare not now reduce her land force too far. Without hesitation he set forth frankly frank-ly his country's fears of Germany, first, and of Russia, more remotely. With facts and figures he made plain the possibility that Germany might again and almost within a day become be-come a powerful and dangerous military mili-tary nation, and that a considerable portion of the German people look forward for-ward to this he showed by quotations from Ludendorff, who still has a large following. Briand did not fail to give generous praise to Wirth's government and admitted there were many people In Germany, especially among the working classes, who want to work and want no more war. The Germany Ger-many they represent, he said, France would do all In her power to help. But, he said, until there was a "moral disarming" as well as a phys- ; leal in Germany, and unless France was assured of the continued support cf the United States and Great Britain. Brit-ain. France could not lay herself open to attack by Germany. "We have to know," he said, "that Franco Is not morally Isolated, that she still h: with her the men of givxl will and the hearts of all people who have fought with her on the same battlefield." battle-field." As for the charge that Briand and the French who follow him have a hidden design to install in Europe a sort of middle supremacy, this, the premier said, "Is the most painful, heart-rending ami cruel thing a Frenchman can hoar." It Is Impossible, much as one would like to do so. to quote mere of M. Brhnd's eloquent speech. Suffice It to &",y that to an unprejudiced mind integrity of the Asiatic republic Is assured. as-sured. Japan and all the other nations agreed to refrain from a greedy scramble scram-ble for commercial rights and privileges privi-leges there. The "open door" finds a new definition. defini-tion. Baron Kato won a decided victory for Japan when he persuaded the committee virtually to recognize that Manchuria, though an integral part of China, is so thoroughly in possession posses-sion of the Japanese that the status quo should be maintained there. There Is divergence of views among the British, French and Chinese as to how the Root principles are to be applied to specific matters. At the close of the week the Chinese proposals pro-posals for lifting foreign restrictions on China's customs revenue were being be-ing considered by a subcommittee. One concession had been won by the Oriental republic permission to increase in-crease its tariff rate from 5 per cent to 12,,4 per cent. So far as is now-apparent, now-apparent, the Idea of restoring to China the various parts of her territory ter-ritory now held by other powers has gone Into the discard. That question Is complicated by the fact that Russians Rus-sians have control of outer Mongolia and have set up a Mongolian soviet there. Moreover Tehitcherln. Russian minister of foreign affairs, says they intend to stay there, and it is beyond thought that any of the nations represented rep-resented in the Washington conference confer-ence should undertake to oust them. UTII the final adoption of two ' measures of importance tho tax bill and the anti-medicinal l-eer Mil congress wound up the business of the special session and adjourned Wednesday afternoon. The senators and representatives will have about ten days' vacation before the regular session meets. Enactment of the tax bill Into law meni-.s the repeal of the transporta'ion taxes and a coi-.sj-b-r-ahle number of other miscellaneous taxes on January 1. 1922. While the repeal of the excess prof.;? tax and the changes in corporation Ir.com" ! tax and individual surtax rates r.'su ' ("Ji'til ill , t muiM lulJ Ul 13111 Uli Edmund von Thermann as charge d'affaires to prepare the embassy for the coming of an ambassador. He is fitting up the building with furnishings furnish-ings plain and inexpensive enough to suit the most democratic, having brought most of them from Berlin. Any extravagance .would he inconsistent incon-sistent with the poverty pleas of the German government which is now seeking foreign credits to enable it to pay tho reparations and customs Installments In-stallments due the allies early next year. The riots and strikes in Berlin, due to high prices of food and the low value of the mark, are spreading to many other parts of the country, and the government is said to be in fear of monarchist and communist uprisings. upris-ings. A general strike Is threatened unless those arrested in the riots are released. TN BELFAST, too, there has been serl-ous serl-ous rioting, resulting In the death of a dozen or more persons and the looting loot-ing of many stores. The clashes, judging from the cabled reports, seem to have been Instigated by the Orangemen. Orange-men. Bombs were used freely and with deadly effect, and the military was unable to stop the sniping of the Sinn Fein and Ulster factions. The speaker of Dall Klrennn, Eoln Mac-Neill. Mac-Neill. accuse the British government of organizing "the most horrible of ail the kinds of war In Ireland a war as fanatical as the religious wars of the Seveneenth century." The Irish delegates met with the British cabinet members on Wednesday, Wednes-day, but what progress they made was not made public. XD yet more rioting this time In J A 1 Bombay. The arrival (here of the prince of Wales was the signal for ! the outbreak and for four days there j was a wi'd time In the Indian city. A score of persons were killed, hun- ! dreds wo'iim:o1 nn.j many fres start- , ed. In the Malabar district the Brit- i !h have hen n-aking some progress I against tie rebels; S'-veral hundred Moj Yhs were killed in two engage- |