Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 168, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1921 — Page 11

CHINA IN NEED OF SUPERVISION, POWERS HOLD I Republic’s Salvation Rests in Big International Loan Backed by Consortium. Special to Indiana Daily Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. BV FREDERICK \V. WILE. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Unmlstukable evidence Is forthcoming: fbat some concrete form of International supervision ot Chinese economic affairs is under way. It will not be “internationalization of China” in the sense that term would ordinarily infer. Cut, according to specific statements made with the authority of the British delegation, far reaching schemes of "international cooperation- ’ are being considered. It was categorically stated that such an “arrangement'' is “implied” by the Root resolutions which on Monday laid down four general principles for the political and economic regeneration of China. According to the British spokesman, whose announcement struck those before whom it was delivered as of the most momentous character, the “arrangement” upon which the committee on Pacific and Par Eastern questions is deliberating concerns the two most important economic factors in China—finance and communications. It was declared that the "arrangement” provides primarily for two things: 1. Recognition by China of the finance consortium of October. 1920, whereby j banking groups of America, Great Brit-1 ain, Prance, Japan and Belgium virtu- j ally assumed control of all external loans 1 to China. * 2. “Pooling” for common operating ad- ! vantages of all Chinese railways. To ail who understand China's prob- 1 i lems, it will be seen that such an "ar- i ' rangement” inevitably would carry with it something closely akin to the Intelnationalization of the country’s basic economic factors. American authorities on China long have looked upon an extension of tfce consortium principle as the only solution of the Chinese puzzle. As long ago as the first week of August, 1921, when President Harding's conference project was in Its infancy, Washington dispatches from your correspondent outlined in detail a scheme approved in important American quarters and which aimed at “international cooperation” in the salvage of China's chaotic economic affairs. The project then described—and the "arrangement” now j said to be under consideration —Is in no ! sense an attempt to infringe the sov- j ereignty of China. Its object, on the con- | trary, is to set up an economic regime . in the country that will make it impossi- j hie f'r foreign powers in future, as they i have in the past, to play ducks and drakes j with the political and territorial Integ- I rity of China. The object of “international cooperation” in China—which, as officially pro- j claimed in the British House of Commons last week, now is to “supersede the policy of spheres of interest”—is to do something more than maintain the open door. That door, as nearly all of the foreign powers know, has been wide open in more sense than one. It has been open to the intriguers, bribers aud political gamblers of every nation that had an axe to grind at Peking. It has been wide open to the concession hunters. It has been wide open to the trickster-diplomat. The purpose of “international cooperation” is to see that the black legs of the nations, clothed in many guises, do not enter China through the open door and, being in, proceed to corrupt and demoralize the | government or governments they find ■within the portal for selfish purposes of their own. In a way the proposed international cooperation is to save China from itself, by closing the open door against the notorious practices of the past, which have systematically and ruthlessly victimized the Chinese government and people.

CHINA RESENTS CONTROL. China declined to recognize the finance consortium which came into existence largely under American leadership a year ago. It was declared to be an unjustifiable infringement upon China's rights to order her own financial affairs as she pleased. The consortium, though a grouping of private banking interests of the five countries comprising It, is clothed with specific and important political authority. In certain emergencies the diplomatic representatives of America. Great Britain, France, Japan and Belgium at Pekin would clear for action on the consortium's behalf. One of the early paragraphs of “he consortium agreement reads: ‘•Whereas, respective governments have undertaken that in the event of competition in the obtaining of any specific loan contract in China, the collective support of the diplomatic representatives of the governments will te secured to the parties hereto for the purpose of obtaining such contract.” That paragraph means that if the Amer-lcan-British-French - Japanese - Belgian consortium finds itaelf competing with a nonconsortium group for a Chinese loan, the diplomatic body In question would back up the consortium project. Bearing graphically upon the benefits of the consortium system for China itself, another paragraph in the agreement says: “Whereas, the said national groups are of the opinion that the interests of the Chinese people can lu existing circumstances best be served by the cooperative action of the various banking groups representing the Investment interests of their respective countries in procuring for the Chinese government the capital necessary for a program of economic reconstruction and improved communications: and “Whereas, with these objects in view the respective national groups are prepared to participate on equal terms in such undertakings as may be calculated to assist China In the establishment of her great public utilities and to these ends to welcome the cooperation of Chinese capital.” The American group in the consortium is the largest, including some forty dlf- I ferent banking Institutions, as compared to thirty, twenty, ten and smaller num- j bers for other powers. The arrange- j ment Is that Belgium's participation In any loan contract should he one-half j of that of the other four power*, whose shares would be equal. Tbe effect of the ' consortium is to make it impossible for China to float an external loan outside of the consortium. None has been attempted since the arrangement become effective. The consortium agreement runs for five years, until Oct. 15, 1925. There was a special portion of the consortium agreement that excepted the Japanese railway concessions in South Manchuria (the South Manchurian Railway) from the operations of the pact. No one In Washington thinks, apparently, of forcing “international cooperation” upon China. Efforts on that score are certain to be confined to persuading the Chinese delegation that China’s best interests lie in the direction of an extension of the consortium principle. Dr. Wellington Koo. who addressed tne committee on Pacific and Far Eastern question* eloquently today on China's demands for "tariff freedom.” told the writer a fortnight ago that China Is not likely to look with favor upon any scheme which seems, like the finance consortium, to infringe full liberty of Chi(*se action. Yet It la known to tho writer that within the past twenty-four hours It has been suggested to the Chinese delegation by one of its foremost American well-wishers that the country’s only salvation lies in floating a great international loan. Such a loan could be made only under cwsordam auspices. It would carry with

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The Depew Memorial group in University Park, which attracts hundreds of visitors daily, is here shown playing in the fall sunlight. A brisk wind Is blowing the spray from the fountain.

Cobweb Hosiery High Heels Banned , Co-eds Skirts High CHICAGO, Nov. 24.—Skirts of coeds at the University of Chicago will continue to be fifteen inches from the ground. Chiffon and lace hosiery, silk dresses and high-heeled shoes are under the ban by the federation of University Women, but a proposal that co-ed's skirts should reach within eight inches of the ground met tvith derision. ,

it as a condition precedent some rock ribbed system of supervision by or on behalf of the groups that supplied the money. With such a loan, so supervised. and with the tariff autonomy tor which lr. Koo pleaded today, many American friends of the new China see not only hope—but the only luqte—for the permanent establishment of a government on the ruins of the ancient autocracy—Copyright, 11*21, by Public Ledger Company. NEW COMBINE WILL FOSTER U, S. EDUCATION Legion and School Association Ask All to Help Achieve This. The national Americanism commission of the American Legion and the National Education Association have Joined hands to promote and foster education and thereby strengthen and perpetuate a better Americanism, build a m<rre intelligent and better citizenry and equip the youth of the Nation more adequately to cope with life and forge ahead the interests and achievements of the entire United States, according to an announcement made today at national headquarters of the American Legion. The initial effort 4s to bo made with the inauguration of “American Education Week,” Dec. 4 to 10, which is to be fittingly observed in every State in the Union, every city and every community. Governors of States, mayors of cities and towns in every section of -he country have already Issued proclamations, urg lng the citizens to observe this week in a fitting way and bend their emergies toward the successful accomplishment of its objectives. Thl6 is but the Initial step in thp elah orate plan of thJ two organizations working together for the accomplishment of taeir Joint objective—better education nnd better Americanism. Each year this week is to be observed. As progress is made situations clarified, definite plans will crystaltze and solidify into perfected programs for this accomplishment. MINISTERS TO PREACH. Throughout the Nation on Dec. 4. Sunday, ministers will preach upon the urgent need for better education. From all over the country conic eager acceptance of the invitation to preach upon ihis subject. And throughout the week, the press, pulpit, educators, patriotic bodies, national clubs, community clubs and other civic bodies will cooperate to make the plan a splendid success. The main purposes of the week are to inform the public of the 'accoinpllphments and needs of the public schools, particularly of the urgent needs, and to secure cooperation and support of the public In meeting these needs and to teach and foster good Americanism. "No service has suffered more from unintelligent criticism than the schools.” Dr. Chari Ormand Williams, president of the National Education Association, and Alvin M. Owsley, National Director of the National Americanism Commission, have said after a thorough preliminary survey of the educational situation in the United States. “The average citizen does not read educational literature or accounts of teachers' meetings cr visit schools to learn what they are doing or how the children are faring.” the statement continued. “The average citizen hnH a conception of school only ns he knew It in his own school days. American Education Week should give the tax payers who furnish the funds for the public schools firsthand knowledge of the service for which they pay. Educators cannot afford to neglect this opportunity to advertise its alma and purposes. KEEP EDUCATION BEFORE THEM. "It is the duty of all the friends of education to think seriously and work hard on the problem of keeping the idea of public education before all the people all the time. “In every possible way tbe public's attention should he centered on educational problems.” the joint statement continues. “It should be centered upon the need of better buildings, libraries and equipment, playgrounds, better school attendance, better paid teachers, longer school term, better vocational education, better understanding of the form and fundamental principles of our Government and better and universal use of the English language. Special emphasis should be placed on the singing of patriotic songs, salutes to the flag, the flying of the flag froti every schohlhouse every school day the weather permits, and in short, interesting accounts of essential facts in American history." Among the topics already selected by communities in every quarter of the United States for the observance of this week are these: , American Ideals and Americanism. National Contributions to Our Immigrant Citizens: Their Pride in Our Country and Its Principles of Government; American Patriotism; Civil and Military Heroes; the School and the Nation; Education, the Greatest Investment for Community, State and Nation; How Education May be Promoted: the Community’s Responsibility Toward the School, and Ways and Means for Promoting Better Education, Better Americanism.

CITY WILL TRY COLLECTION OF BACK BENEFITS Suits May Be Brought Against | Property Owners Who Have j Refused to Pay. An effort to collect a long list of delinquent assessments of benefits for pub lie improvements is being made by the city assessment bureau and legal department under the direction of Fred Akin, chief clerk of the assessment bureau, and Corporation Counsel Ashby. The condition growing out of failure of property owners to pay benefits is one J j which has resulted in much hardship. : upon persons awarded damages upon improvements. \ppeals of those who could j not collect damages awarded them have j been made to city officials w ithout avail | for several years. Whenever the board of public works j : makes an improvement which requires j | cuttting into or damaging in some way j the property of a citizen he is remuner- 1 j ated by the award of damages for the ; sum the board believes he is entitled to. j j The damages, however, must, by law, j lie paid out of the amounts assessed i i against other property owners in the ] i neighborhood whose properties are made! ! more vafuable by the improvement. Fre j quently these benefited property owners ; i fall to pay their assessments. As long j 1 as they fail to pay the city cannot pay j ! the damages to the injured citizen. The law provides that the legal department mu s t tiring suit to collect the benefits | from citizens who go delinquent, but ! the eity legal department never has been ; zealous In enforcement of the statute. J Mr. Akin has prepared a list of fifty I assessment rolls upon which there arc delinquents ranging from 50 cents to 51,975.25 and turned it over to Mr. Ashby. Mr Ashby has sent final notirps to the delinquent property owners threatening | suit if payment is not made immediately. Very few responses have been received j j from these notiees, Mr. Akin said, and the legal department is expected to re- , : sort to eourt in a short time. EQUAL AWARDS TO MEN AND WOMEN Wilson Foundation to Have Million Endowment. ' NEW YORK. Nov. 24. -Women orlgi- j nated the idea of the Woodrow Wilson (foundation and women will be eligible j for the awards nr. a basis of equality | with men, according to Miss Virginia ; Potter, chairman of the National Worn j j on's committee at 150 Nassau street. An endowment of one million dollars i or more Is to lie raised by public subi seription and the income is to be used ■ to grant periodic awards for •meritorious service to democracy, public nS'lfare, i liberal thought or peace through justice.” j The f.wacds will be comparable to the I Nobel prizes, it Is announced, nnd tvoni--1 on who perform distinguished service will i be honored by the foundation ns Mndnm ! i Curie was honored by the Noble j j trustees. The Idea of the Woodrow Wilson foun- 1 A SEVENTY-YEAR OLD COUPLE Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Carpenter, Harrisburg, Pa., suffered from kidney trouble. He says: “My wife and I suffered from kidney trouble and had rheumatic pains all through the body. I The first few doses of Foley Kidney Pills relieved us, and five bottles entirely cured us. Altho we are both in the seventies, we are as vigorous as we were thirty years ago.” —Advertisement. IF BACKAGHY OR i KIDNEYS BOTHER • ■ _ Eat less meat, also take glass of Salts before eating breakfast. t rie acid in meat excites ttie kidneys, j j they become overworked; get sluggish.! aehe, and feel like lumps of lead. The j | urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is J I irritated, nnd you may lie obliged to seek j | relief two or three times during the j ■ night. When the kidneys clog you must i j help them flush off the body's urinous ( waste or you'll be a real sick person shortly. At first you feel a dull misery in the kidney region, you suffer from J backache, sick headache, dizziness, stomach gets sour, tongue coated and you feel rheumatic twinges when the weather is bad. Eat less meat, drink lots of water; J also get from any pharmacist four ounces | of .lad Salts: take a tnblespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has, been used ,for generations to clean clogged kidneys nnd stimulate them to normal activity, also to neutralize the acids in urine, so it no longer Is a source of irritation, thus ending bladder weakness. .Tad Salts is inexpensive, cannot injure; ; makes a delightful effervescent lithin- ! water drink which everyone should take j now and then to keep the kidneys clean ! and active. Druggists here say they sell j lots of .Tad Saits to folks who believe | io overcoming kidney trouble while it is j only trouble.—Advertisement.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1921.

dation was conceived by a group of women who met at the home of Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany of New York, last Christmas. Since that time the movement has become nation-wide and .Tan. I<> lias been designated as the time at which subscriptions will be sought fur the permanent endowment.

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White DOLL CRADLE at I I J, ® - Friday and Saturday we offer a white enameled Doll Cradle with rockers; well made. Special at 79c. WALL TELEPHONES (fni 39c ■J '! IiT 1 Sot ' f as illustrated, !(• I N —/ (s■> 2 wall tele phones. f..r thA little onr’A, offered for Friday and Saturday only at oOc a FC*t. Desk and Chair at Child's desk and chair to match, in Early English finish; has lower compartment for books, etc.; stands about two Tret high. Special Friday nnd Saturday at $1.98 complete.

NOTHING DOWN! We Will Put a McDougali Kitchen Cabinet in Your Home on Trial With an offer like this there’s no reason in the world why you shouldn’t have a New Modern McDougali Kitchen Cabinet in your home. Thousands of women are enjoying the convenience and

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ITALY TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH FRANCE No Formal Pact Entered Into, but Mutuality of Interests Justifies Cooperation. ,-pecial to Indiana Daily Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.—ltsjly has entered into an arrangement with France to act in conjunction with that country in the arms conference either with reference to land armaments or naval armaments, according to Signor \ ittorrlo Itolandi Ricci, Italian embassador to the United States and member of the Italian conference delegation. Italy, Signor Ricci said, is not without sympathy for tne French position as enunciated by Premier Briaud in his address to tlie conference, but the Italian program must lie determined wholly on the basis of Italy s needs on land and upon the sea. The Italian ambassador also swept away all suggestion that conferences between Italian and French delegates since their arrival in Washington have resulted in anything resembling an agreement or pact between the two nations. Meetings between Signor Schanzer. head of the Italian delegation and M. Briand. Signor Ricci said, have been largely social. The interests of Italy and France, he Indicated do not conflict nnd nothing could be gained by either nation In an agreement to work together in the conference. “Italy has reduced its army to 200,000," said Signor Ricci “because the country bos found it in the interest of economy.

Last SATURDAY we opened INDIANAPOLIS’ LARGEST DISPLAY OF YYORTH-YYHILE TOYS and hundreds have visited this mammoth display. Did you join the happy crowd of Christmas Shoppers at the National? Bring the little ones to this great Toylaud. Don’t delay. Select now for Christmas. It’s not too early to make a choice and thus avoid the Xmas hurry, and have full asments to select,from. Don’t wait —Shop now. INVESTIGATE—TEST—COMPARE VALUES AND YOU WILL REALIZE THAT IT PAYS TO SHOP “OUT OF THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT.” (A Deposit Will Hold Any Toy Until December 17thL

COASTER WAGON $3.98 Boys, don't let mother or ilad overlook this; a strong Coaster Wagon, as Illustrated. Priced for Friday and Hatur day only at $.'!,98. TRAIN and TRACK at $1.98 a* Illustrated, heavy metal engine, coal tender nnd two coaches with an oval track, key wind. ‘Friday and Saturday only, at $1.98.

and savings of this wonderful cabinet. Save the cost of the cabinet out of your household allowance —the saving in food conservation effected by the McDougali actually Accomplishes this. Select your McDougali at the National and we will deliver it to your Home without any down payment for TWO or THREE WEEKS’ TRIAL. Pay the BALANCE WEEKLY OR MONTHLY.

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We have nothing to fear from France and do not regard a large French army with any apprehension. Had Italy, like France, believed she had been menaced from any. point it is not unlikely she would have kept a large army even if its maintenance had put a serious drain on the public treasury.” The members of the Italian delegation have not taken seriously reports that France intends to demand a navy equal to that of Japan for they have been assured by the French delegation that the reports are unfounded.—Copyright, 1921. by Public ledger Company.

Big Reduction on Tires

EXTRA SPECIAL! IS-in. DRESSED DOLL Ca $ 2.49 A splendid value for Friday and Saturday only, an 18-in. doll dressed with a silk dross, lace r i , iwf 1 ri m med, i M Ivw shoes a ij, and Is S , stockings, has £j a J’/ jI sleeping eyes and jjj S fjS wil real hair, slight ft ft f (|l imperfection, speelal’at $2.49 each. Others from 59c FOOTBALLS at 98c Let the boy be a “real boy" get him a football and let him enjoy the outdoors, O offering an imitatation leather covered football with red rubber bladder. Fri. and Sat. at 98c.

From the Jewelry Department FRIDAY and SATURDAY Alarm Clocks at 89c Eacl>

Australia Wants Base for Navy in Pacific MELBOURNE, Nov. 24.—“ Australia wants a naval base as close as possible to the strategical center of the Pacific,” declared Admiral Sir A. F. Everett, chairman of the naval board in an adress to that body today. “I am not sangaiine regarding the future of the submarine,” said the admiral, "for which the proper antidote will soon be discovered and the mepace of

Norwalk Cord Goodyear Cord& Fabric Goodrich, Silvertown, Quaker, Portage and Others See Us Before Buying Tires. CHANGING AND MOUNTING OF TIRES FREE. ‘‘Quality Considered, We Sell It For Less” Open Saturday Evening Till 9 O’Clock. CITIZENS AUTO SUPPLY Pearl C. Barnes, Mgr. CO. Homer E. Enlow, Asst. Mgr. MA in 4168. Mass. Ave. at Delaware and New York Sts.

ALUMINUM TEA or COOKING SET at 89c Little girls, here's a chance to get an aluminum 11-piece Tea Set or a 4plece Cooking Set. Friday aud Saturday only, at 89c a set. BLACK BOARD, 98c ~~ j ~ i \ A real slate blackboard abont 14x20 inches, with holder for chalk and orasor. screw eyes for hanging, as illustrated. Friday and Saturday special 9Sc.

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TALKING MACHINE Choose 12 Emerson Selections (6 doublefaced records) wljpn you order your Vltanola for Christmas—Don’t deny yourself and family the jovs of hearing the world’s famous artists—the Vltanola Talking Machine will play any make record. We have a complete line of Vitanola Talking Machines in Cabinet aud Portable sizes offered from $22.50 up to $175.00. 1 One like Illustrated at $59.50 Sold Cash or on Easy Payments.

underseas craft will be ended. I stand more in fear of aircraft than submarines.” MRS. RICKETTE FUNERAL TONIGHT. The funeral of Mrs. Florence M. Riekette, 54, 1825 North Delaware street, who died Wednesday at her home, will be held at 8 o’clock tonight from the parlors of George Herrmann, 020 North New Jersey street. Following the service here, the body will be taken to Terre Haute where burial will be Saturday morning. She is survived by one son, Don E. Ricketts of this city, and a sister, Mrs. Jefferson Hurst of Terre Haule.

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IRONING BOARD, 15c c A toy ironing Board, as illustrated; will fold up just like mother's. Friday and Saturday at 15c. (I.arge size, made the same, at 25c.) TOY TRUNKS at 69c _ trunk with tray. well made, priced for !• nday aud Saturday only at 69c. EDUCATIONAL BOARDS at $1.29 I ■ ■ . -? , Three With A B Cs, a Blackboard and a Red Cross game on the back; a splendid educational toy. Special Friday and Saturday only at $1.29.

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