The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-12-30

S'e"a VI tleiuluG 70 IN
general view. Division Of Uppe
Sl'esia between Germany and Polap,
caused 4 lot Of trouble. A pleblscjt
was held there In March, but bot
aides asserted It was unfair and earl,
= May the region was invaded b,
foiish i~rregulars. Thinly yelled suDpor
was given them by the Warsaw gov
eminent and also by the French ant
here succeeded a long series Of fight,
between them and German VOLUNTEERS
FORCES. The entente cordlale OF ths
stiles was near to rupture. but In June
British troops entered the territory
and began clearing out the Poles. The
dispute was referred to the league
council which In October announced
the boundary lines. Neither Germany
nor Poland was Satisfied but both ac.
cepted the decision.
All through the year the Greeks
Fought the Turkish nationalIsts In
Anatolla, with varying fortune, while
the allied powers held aloof. though
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onerlng mediation which Greece re.
FUSED. In November France made a
treaty with the Kemallst government
which aroused protests from Great
Britain and led to diplomatic negotia.
lions.
The United States formally made
peace with the central powers. the
treaty with Austria being signed Au-
gust "a, that with Germany August %.
and the pact with Hungary August %.
In these treaties America reserved all
that was given her by the treaty of
versailles which the senate had re-
fused to ratlfy.
President Harding on July 10 Is
sued Informal invitations to Great
Britain, France, Italy and japan TO
send representatives to Washington
Tor a conference on limitation OF
armament and Far East questions
Acceptance from all was already a..
sured by a process of feeling Out"
and on August II the formal invita-.
tions went out, China, Belgium, Hol-
land and Portugal being asked to par
ucipate In discussions involving the
Far East. The foremost statesmen OF
these nine powers were named as
delegates and on November u the mo-.
mentous conference opened with i'm
posing ceremony. Almost immediate.
y Secretary Hughes put forward
Americas plan for reduction and
Imitation Of naval armament. includ.
ne a naval holiday for ten years. the
icrapping Of all shlpbuilding pro (
'rams' destruction Of vessels to a GER !
am point and the maintenance Of !
navles Of America, Great Britain 9
no Japan on a 5-5-3 basis. The plan
,as formally accepted by the delegates /
I those nations on December Is. and II
the agreement were added clauses c
the preservation OF the status u n
7 naval bases and fertilization in the II
estern Pacific. W
OF almost equal Importance wa the CT
pact accepted by the con- el
renee on December 10. This was II
ST In the form ? a treaty by which II
e United States, Great Britain Ia
'ance and Japan agreed to maintain BE-
ace In the Pacific, the Anglo-Jap. as
csc treaty being a~brogated. OF
offered some very difficult M
ooiems to the conference and all the vO
mands Of her delegates were NOT Of
listed. The contereeS, however. did eri
into an agreement to remoye inf
my Of the foreign restrictions on thu
Ina and to respect the territorial th'
q administrative integrity Of the ex
entail republic and preserve the opeu wi
or Tor trade and industry Of all ma. tic
Direct negotiations between the tn,
inese and Japanese delegates re- In,
ted In Japan's agreeing to restore err
antung province to China upon e fe
wing payment for the railway.
It was evident from the FIRST thar &c
/, conference could not do much In Nj
, matter OF Limitation Of land arms. mi
'hts so long as the situation in cen. sal
II Europe remained 50 unsettled. wi
emier BRAND was present to give sie
Ice to Frances needs Of protection bu
Q fears Of aggression BY Germany an
q possibly BY Russia. His eloquent be
sech so far convinced the confer ci,
re that the other powers gave As.
-ance that France would never b, VIZ
t In the moral isolation" which sh, in,
red. -
resident Harding has chung to his ns
q that an association Of nations can hII
formed which would do what the .
Igue Of Nations cannot do, and on do
25 he put forward the sug. Pr
ton Of a continuing series Of cor M
,nces like that In Washington. rrc
oh presumably might result In the
nation OF the association. The
/ was received with favor every.
re, except that the French de-
red at the proposed inclusion Of
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