The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-11-21

construction WORK stopped on on
hundred and sixty million dollar.
worth Of capital ships, just about
be commenced along the Clyde river
i France has offered to get out o
China If England will, and If Japal
| will get out of Shantung-
i Japan offers to get out OF Shan
tung If the Chinese government will
bestir itself to govern it's own peO
pie and protect the foreigners.
| China says that she can goverl
her own people, and protect tn,
foreigners, when the foreigners qui
wronging China and trying to rul
her affairs for her.
The people Of England applaul
the Hughes proposal and the actor
of the English admiralty in stopping
construction work on the new bat
tleshrips along the Clyde.
The people of France applaud The
action of the United States and theil
own delegates and indicate that they
are in favor of any peace that vii
enable them to go about their own
affairs and be left alone.
The united chamber of commerce
of the empire Of Japan in convention
at Toxic, has cabled their endorse
ment of the Hughes plan.
The people of the United States
endorsed the Hughes plan to the last
word in it, and say it is just exactly
right. g
The Japanese delegate in tie
peace conference wants to know
whether the American and the Brit
ish are going to have naval bases IN
the orient before they agree to eet
along with the amount of naval
strength laid down by the Hughes
plan. They have intimated tI18t
they would like an increase OF about
Is or 20 per cent over what the
Hughes plan proposes.
Open Sessions VS.. Secret
The sessions OF the general meet
ing are in the open, and all the
press representatives are to be ad-
mftted. The committee meetings
are behind closed doors, but, Secre-
tary Hughes has the right to call a
general meeting of all the delegates
at any time and to require report
from each committee as to what they
are doing, or what they are held up
by. This gives Hughes the power to
call any delegate into the limelight
to state his objections to the world,
as he is receiving them in the COM
mittee room; and it is considered
that none of the delegates Of any
nation can afford to come before the
world and acknowledge that they
blocking disarmament. Therefore,
Secretary Hughes is considered the
master Of the situation, and none
dare to stand openly against any pro-
vision in his proposal, for fear Of re-
cetving the scorn of the world.
Japan on Gridiron
The Hughes plan, giving Japan
100000 tons of strength in their
navy, as against 100000 for the
United States and 10000 for Great
Britain, is considered very gener-
GUS proposal, and above the proper
tion that would be accorded to her
on the navy she has already built.
If she, continues to hold out, and
show signs Of dickering for a greater
she takes the risk of being
Inundated before the world. i
A New Vision
1t is considered that If the Hughes
plan goes into effect and the vessels
listed to be totally destroyed shall
be sunk in the bottom Of the sea,
then each nation will see clearly that
1t is safe as against any action that
could possibly be taken by it's pos
sible enemy. Each nation will realize
that it has not "rope enough" to
reach out and injure any other ma
tion. Each nation will realize that |
the other fellow has not "rope
enough" to- do them any harm.
1t is asserted that as soon as they |
come to a realization of this situa-
tion, that they will each realize that |
they have very little use for the
moderate sized navy, already ac-
corded to them under the Hughes
plan, and that they will wish to tie
up in harbors, all the vessels that
are not actually needed for police
purposes, and to keep the pirates
off the high seas. The vessels tied
up In harbor would be manned by
skeleton crews, and kept in decent
repair for use If they should be
needed. The logical result of such
further reduction Of armament than
IS called for in the agreement, would
De that the smaller nations, having
smaller navies, and taxing them
selves terribly to sustain them and
1eep up construction work on them,
would see that they were safe with
,ut the navies, and would follow suit
~ making sweeping reductions and
stopping construction work.
Killing Undue Ambitions
II any little nation, with her small
ravy should become ambitious under
uch conditions, and try to increase
t's mastery on the earth, they would
merit the scorn of the rest, of the
world, would be hoycotted In COM
nerce and II necessary combined
lgainst with naval forces. Ii
Gut on Dickering
The British delegates proposed the
notification Of the Hughes plan in