Arizona republican., 1921-10-26
Shall We Forget Past And Start
 Fair In Farley?
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fair play for China and one for our selves.
 Likewise one discovers. somewhat to ones hurt surprise, in further dig ging into the agenda, that the Yan- kee does not look just the same on the other side of the Atlantic that he does on this side. We have been told so much all our lives, and es- peciaIly we have been told so heartily the last few years, that We are an extraordinarily unselfish and consid- crate nation, that it comes as a bit of a shock to learn that Japan doesn't think of us that way at all We are persuaded that Japan has been mis- informed, and that we are not trying
 to put anything over, and that we
 have always played absolutely fair. But the fact remains that a large
 section of Japanese public opinion
 doubts us, and one of the jobs ahead
 of Secretary Hughes will be to con
 vince the Japanese public that we are
 on the square.
 Fate of the Rescuer
 It has been noted by every husky
 male who ever rescued girl at a
 bathing beach that she somehow
 feels that she has a sort of hold upon him ever after. It is his duty, she
 thinks, to buy her nut sundaes and movie tickets just because he made her stop bubbling in the breakers. 1 There are indications that China is apt to act in much that fashion. 1 There is even a small section of dip lomatic opinion which fears we may have to shove China under again. To be plain, it is suspected that China | may demand entirely too much until l she discovers that the United States i is not appearing in the role of an at 1 torney for her at the barley. The diplomatic tactics of the 1 United States appear to be simple, all right-simple, but not naive. The i administration seems to be in mood l to sit down at a table and talk busi- ness, but not altogether in [. temper l to put all its cards on the table until the rest of the players have agreed l to a showdown. The most genuine friendship is manifested for all the other contenders. That phrase is in tended to mean just what 1t says. l There is no evidence here Of malice or uncharitableness on the part of any representative of the administra- tion. Neither is there any suggestion l that words will be accepted instead l of deeds A good deal of the water of experience has passed over the mill of diplomacy in the last seven
 years.
 As to the straightforward charac- l ter of the American tactics, however,
 one instance will suffice. When the 1 agenda was published in London some British papers began to culver l at the thought that the suggestion to 1 reduce armament should be consid- | cred before the questions of the far l east were considered. Some very ex- cellent reasons were offered to show | that this procedure was wrong end l to. It was suggested that the United l States was trying-in good, style l diplomatic fashion-to put it's friends 1 in a hole. But the United States 1 isn't.
 1 The conferrees may take up what l ever problem they wish to take up l when they want to take it. After all 1 before the conference ends the one l important problem must be solved I Either the world will start fair again in the far east
 | Or else we'll all know where we 1 stand.