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no offensive power againsYairplane car- riers which have speed eßugh to keap away’’ he deciared. “'I heßetily approve of the disarmament prozrafme, because if the trem=ndous cost of tI'SM9I6 build-« ing programme is saved ana"®small por- tion of the money is expendq§d on air- planes and carriers, the offSggive in- strength of the navy will beNgreatly creased. : Berlin, Nov. 28th.—The récen. fayste- rious trip to London of Herr Stit %s the Financier, and the nature of his for- ences there, continue tn bedse s ‘ect of newaspaper speculations. Regar s of the oficial and other denials f: British sources, it is positively asserted by the magnates friends that he was the week end guest of Mr, Lloyd George at “hequers Court and that his movements while in England were so skilfully mask- ed, that newspaper correspondents and others wishing to see him were complete- ly duped as to his whereabouts, Herr \Bernhard, writing in the Vossische Zeitung, asserts that Herr Stinn in addition to discussing reparatir and Allied issues while in England. .so broached the subject of creating a j.uro- pean railway trust. This, the writer de- clares, would not only take over the bankrupt German system, but also that of the oth=r BEuropean Countries. The reconstruction of the Russian Railway he said, would bz the logi al outcome of such an amalgamation, in which Great Britain 2nd its capital would be inter- ested. Herr Bernhard upez%y opposes the reporied plan, asserting that British influence, once it was able to lay hands on the Georman Railway sjystem, would surely prove inimical to German indus- tries generally. s Berlin, Nov. 28th. —Now tbhat M. Bri- and, the French Premier, is homeward bound from the Was. Conference, the newspapers here are urging Chan- cellor Wirth to abandon his reserve, at least to the extent of informing the Uni- ted States public of ‘‘the ucelessness of M. Briand’s arguments in support of France’s attitude of disarmament.”” The newspapers say that the Wirth Govern- ment did not desire to engage in acrimo- nious controversy with M. Briand while he was the guest of the United States, but that now it will be expected to dis- card the considerations of etiquette and make a plain spoken declaration of Ger- many’s case. g—ELondon, Nov. 28th. —A suggestion by resident Harding for a continuing geries of International Conferences, the conclusion of which would be observed under a ‘‘gentlemen’s agreement’’, is oiven much prominence in the Morning Papers, but there is little commeant on it, he Westminster Gazette thinks that the " uggestion like Ser :tary Hughes pro- posal for limitatich on navies, is pro- ‘sundly important and profoundly right 2 ‘mitting, it says, that the present con- ‘ ~a possibly will not achieve arv 2L RO 4 V 8 ties from further meetings are almost unlimited. The ncewspaper locks hope- fully for the development from such a series of confer, ce of some new assocl- ation of nations which would embody and extend the authority of the present League of Nations. Montreal, Nov. 28th.—That the right of the British Navy to command the seas never had been challenged and nev- er would be challenged by any power, was the statement of Admiral Beatty, Victor of the battle of Jutland, here last night before the women’s Canavia,. ~' - He said that during the dark days of ... war when our merchant ships were be- ing sunk in numbers which almost caused \espair we were actually, in the he rt of thaßritish Emoire, within four weeks of gtary ‘ion. That is to show you how muci " Kimpire is dependent on the navy ; Wasjaington, Nov. 28th. —The follow- ing cgmmunique issued today, after the meeting of the Far Fastern Committee of the Armament Conference, in part said. The Committee on Pacific and Far Wastern questions met at 11 a. m. Mon- da. November 28th 1921 in the Pan Ame Building. The Chairman, Mr. Hughes, «. the outset of the meeting called attention to the inaccurate and damaeging press report, which has been cabled abroad, in order that its unfor- tunat> ch racter, inaccuracy and falsity might be noted. He referred io the re- port that during the discussion in com- mittee rcgarding land armaments, M, Briand had made statements of an offen- sive character regarding the Italian army, and that representative of ltaly did n>' appropriately resent the state- menc. Mr. Hughes said, that, as every member of the Committee kepew, this was wholiy false, asd that M. Brf - hal szid nothing whatsoever reflect..y upon the Italian Govt. or the Italian army, that nothing occurred that re- quired any rejoinder by the represent- ative of Italy, and that the entire report had no existence whatever in fact. It seemed to be advisable that the Chair- man of the conference should make this statement, in order that appropriate notes should be made of it. In reply o ‘the statement of the Chairman, M. Vivi- ani on behalf of France, said ‘‘l thank the Chairman for his kindness in adding with his high authority his denial to that of Mr. Sehanzar and myself. It is per- fectly apparent that M. Briand could never have seid such things as ".ave heen put into nis mouth. How/ cor d he kave done so, when the closes’ bonds of friendship and allegiance e .ist between the two countries. The t 0 nations have always been friendly. #Ve are here for the good of humanity? Nothing should be allowed to turr“us from the end of the goal to whiels we have set ourselves and which we must reach in closest harr-- . Mr. Schanzer then cordially 5 J the Secretary of State for his ate idea in making this statement, which, he said, was necessary because certain persons outside the conference had made a2 case out of the press to disturb the good relations existing be- iween the countries represented here. He was delighted that the Chairman had used his high authority to close the un- fortunate incilent for all time, and ex- pressed thanks to Messrs. Viviani and Briand for their sentiments of sympathy fer Italy which are so weil known to everyone. The committee unanimously azreed. Theyv received the rveport of the subcommitiee on foreign post offices in in China and adopted in it unanimously, the date on which it shall come into force ‘and effect being deferred for public an- nouncemert in the near future, The re- port as au “ted, is as follows. Recog- nizing the Justice of the desire ex- pressed by the Chinese Government to secure the abo.tion of foreign postal agencies save or -xcept in the leased territories, or as othel\wlise specially pro- vided by treaty, it is resplved. The four Powers having such (ostal age-cies agree to their abandoumen* subject to the following conditions. That an effi- cient Chinese postal service is maintain- ed. That an assurance is given &y the Chinese Govt. that they contemp no change in the present postal adminWtra- tion so far as the status of the Foréign co-Director General is corcerned. To en- able China and the Powers concerned to make the necessary disposition, this ar- rangement shall come into force and effect no later than pending the complete withdrawal of foreign post:]l agencies The four Powers concerned severally un- dertake to afford full facilities to the Chinese customs authorities in those agencies to all postal matter (excepting ordinary letters, whether registered or not hich upon external examination appear plainly to contain written ma:ter) passing th:ough them, with a view to ascertain whether they contain articleg which are dutiable or contraband,‘ which otherwise contravene the ¢ toms regulations or laws of China, The Commiftee received the statement of the sub-Committee on extra ter. retoriality, reporting progress, and a statement irom the Chinese delegation asking for the removal of the various establishments placed in China by vari- ous foreign powers without treaty sanc- tion, such as foreign trocps, police boxes and telegraph and wireless stations. The committee also decided to begin the discussion of the gquestions at its next next meeting. The committee also decided that there shuold be coretiruted a standing sub-committee on drafting to be composed ofa delegate appointed by each power. The committee then ad- journed to meet tomorrow morning. Tte newspaper:- reports referred toin the above communique and denied by Mr. Hughes, M. Viviari and Senator Schanzer were cabled by one of the special Europear. correspondents of the. conference. ;