The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-12-29

general view. Division of UppeI
Silesia between Germany and Poland
caused a lot of trouble. A plebiscits
was held there in March, but botf
sides asserted it vas unfair and early
In May the region was invaded BY
Polish irregulars. Thinly yelled suppor'
was given them by the Warsaw gov
eminent and also by the French anC
there succeeded a long series of fights
between them and German volunteer
forces. The entente cordiale of the
allies va neal 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 na"tionalists in
Anatolia, with varying fortune, while
the allied powers held alOof, though
offering mediation which Greece re-
fused. In November France made a
treaty with the Kemalist 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, hat with Germany August 25,
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 ratify.
President Harding on July 10 is
sued informal invitations to Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan to
send representatives to Washington
for a conference on limitation OF
armament and Far East questions.
Acceptance from all was already as
and on August IL the formal invita-
lions went out, China, Belgium, Hol-
land and Portugal being asked to par
ticipate in discussions involving the
Far East. The foremost statesmen OF
these nine powers were named as
delegates and on November II the mo-
mentous conference opened with i'm
posing ceremony. Almost immediate
ly Secretary Hughes put forward
Americas plan for reduction and
limitation of naval armament, includ-
ing a naval holiday for ten years, the
scrapping of all shipbuilding pro-
destruction of vessels to a GER
tain point and the maintenance OF
the navies of America, Great Britain
and Japan on a 5-5-3 basis. The plan
was formally accepted by the delegates
Of those nations on December 10, and
to the agreement were added clauses
the preservation of the status quo
of naval bases and fertilization In the
western Pacific.
OF almost equal importance was the
four-power pact accepted by the con
ference on December 10. This was
cast in the form of a treaty by which
the United States, Great Britain,
and Japan agreed to maintain
peace III liz dtlhe tHC oP
anese treaty being abrogated.
. China offered some very difficult
problems to the conference and all the
demands of her delegates were not
satisfied. The conferees, however, did
enter into an agreement to remov
many of the foreign restrictions on
China and to respect the territorial
and administrative integrity of the
oriental republic and preserve the open
for trade and industry of all ma
ions. Direct negotiations between the
Chinese ard japanese delegates re-
suited in Japan's agreeing to restore
province to China upon re-
payment for the railway.
1t was evident from the first that
he conference could not do much In
he matter of limitation of land arma-
nents so long as the situation in CEN
raj Europe remained 50 unsettled.
Premier BRAND was present TO give
roice TO Frances needs of protection
md fears-of aggression by Germany
possibly by Russia. Ills eloquent
speech so lar cOiisiuCcu iHe NohiCi
nee that the other powers gave as
thai France would never be
eft in the moral isolation" which she
cared.
President Harding has chung to his
dea that an association of nations can
,e formed which would do what the
league of Nations cannot do. and on
November 25 he put forward the sug
-estion of a continuing series of con-
erences like that in Washington.
which presumably might result in the
ormation Of the association. The
dea was received with favor every
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