The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
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allegation that the State DEPART
ment's id-February note was adj
dressed TO the Council of Premiers-
OF this council Lloyd George. Miile-
rand and Nitti are members.
All these circumstances shed new
Night upon the eulogistic quality of
the old Anglo-French reply to the
white House. In fact, this allied |
note has been characterized here as
more of q eulogy of Italy's war ef- |
fort than an argument for her pos |
session of Fiume and domination |
Of the Adriatic. 4
Reply Expected.
The Presidents newSst communi- !
cation to. the French and English |
premiers Is both general and spe-
cific. Although II does not hold abb
solutely to the Anglo-Franco Ameri- |
can proposals of December, 1t does |
not depart from the essentials Of |
that agreement.
In the last analysis the President
has not substantially changed his
former attitude toward Fiume.
Moreover, he has reiterated to Eng
land and France. especially, that he
, will not and cannot reverse the es-
sentials of his original position.
Apparently, an Anglo-French re-
ply to the American note is ex-
pected by the State Department.
The Presidents latest communica-
tion cannot be regarded decisively
final s..-
Fresh negotiations on Fiume and
the Adriatic generally are almost
certain to ensue between England.
France and America. Indications
are that any new compromise, ac-
cepted by the White House, will
follow the line of the spirit of the
December proposition.
Supreme Council Criticised.
There is a growing feeling in
England that the Supreme Council |
Is confusing rather than settling |
various treaty problems. Months |
ago America indicated her desire |
to have such settlements negoti- |
ated through the allies foreign Of |
fices and the State Department here. |
Now Lord Robert Cecil comes out |
with the theory that the league of |
nations should be conducting pend |
ing international affairs.
That the three premiers are find |
Ing IT increasingly difficult to har- |
monize the conflicting tendencies |
| of their respective countries toward !
moot questions is well-known
fact. Provisional arrangements en- |
tered into by the three allies on one
day are often broken by one or an
other of the allies the next, IL not
! by the American President.
AS Lord Cecil has intimated and
as the White House is known to
feel such a situation ends only in
lndecision and all it's consequent
Ills. Besides, the Presidents hos
tilfty to many of the "expeGient
plans and makeshifts" of the allies
is an essential element in the gem
eral riddle of the existing proce-
dure.
The Morning Post. England's Con-
servative and Tory organ. seems to
nave a way of sharing a part of the
problem, at least. In a recent edi-
torial the Post intimated that Amer
lea should not be coaxed into the
league of nations. IL she will enter
only to run away at the faintest
sound of approaching trouble.
Critical Hawaiian Situation.
Hawaiians in Washington have
their own Interpretation of the
strike of Japanese plantation work.
ers In the Hawaiian group of islands.
They go as far as to allege that
through these industrial agitators
Japan is trying to obtain the econo-
mic domination of Hawaii.
! The present situation has to a
great extent stayed the Hawaiian
movement for State rights. Gov
ernor Mccarthy, of Hawaii, arrived
here only a few weeks ago in the
interest of Statehood for Americas
| mid-Pacific territory.
American planters charge the
Japanese strikers with plotting for
| the ownership Of the plantation
lands. Japanese allegedly are try
ing to force wages high enough to
make sugar planting and pineapple
growing improbable for Ameri-
cans.
/ When this peak is reached, the
willy Japs are said to approach the
American owners with offers to buy.
However, this system was worked
with better success in California
than Hawaii promises it,
J The "SeIIow PERIL,
! This yellow peril in our mid
/ Pacific territory is said to have al
ready become a diplomatic question
between the United States and
| Japan. UnIlke the other racial rep
resentatives, the Hawaiian Japan
ese do not often or readily become
American citizens, it is reported.
! The Hawaiian legislature possi-
bly, will have to meet the present
problem with stringent legislation.
. Laws making English the basic
language of the Hawaiian schools
and press may be passed.
The striking Japanese are said to
number more than 10000. The Chi
nese for the most part remained
at their tasks.
Nevertheless the spirit of Boil
shevism, is allegedly not unknown
in the islands, thanks to Japanese
propaganda. Seemingly II is not at
all impossible for Uncle Sans mid
ocean melting pot" to boil sud-
denly over.
There are about 250,000 inhabi-
! tants in the Hawaiian group, and
more than one-half of these-130,-
000-are Japanese. The United
States contributed not more than
$4,000 to the total population, which
includes small American military