The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-09
AIRING FOR
''D|SARM . MEET
FOREIGN DIPLOMATS .ExPEC-
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
TO LAST FOR MONTHS.
| RESIDENCES BEING LEASED
Belief Is That Many Nations ane
Races Not Invited Will Have Repre-
sentatives and Versailles Scene!
Will Be Repeated. --f - r
By EDWARD B. CLARK.

Observation-Disclosures is Twin!
lively in anticipation of the great in
ternational conference on disarma
ment and on questions concerning TIT
Far East, which is to begin in till
city probably about the time that
snow begins to fall. Activities o.
house rental agencies in Washington
are disclosing today something OF III
ternational importance. 1t is SAT-
that representatives of the allied ma
tons are seeking leases to run elgh
months on residences in the capital
l have been told by a man Wh'
lives where he learns things that thu
representatives in Washington Of thu
governments which will be a part.
70 the disarmament conference, firm
ly believe that the proceedings will
last from fall well into the mex
spring, and that they are making
plans accordingly. Moreover, my IN
| formant says that the foreign repre-
sentatives expect that the Washington
| conference will be in effect new
Versailles conference, and that mat
tiers touching self-determination, ter
ritorial boundaries and host Of 9th
er things necessarily must be takel
up, for this belief is that some kim
of association Of nations is to b.
, born of the conference, and that sucl
an association cannot be formed with
out taking into consideration man.
things besides disarmament and TIN
far eastern situation. 2/
May Repeat Versailles Scenes.
When the conference was on at Yer
sailles, representatives were there, no
only of the nations Of the earth, man!
of whom stood on the side lines, bu
of this faction and that faction of TIT
different nations. All the representa-
tives Of every big country and ever.
little country had their national axe
to put an edge OH. They thought tina
they could put the edge on better b!
the use of an American grindston'
than in any other way. Consequently
so l am told by man closely con
nected with the proceedings, the Amer
lean newspaper correspondents wer'
made the marks of the propagandist
of nations, half nations, and countries
that wanted to become nations. The.
were all looking to Mr. Wilson and Il
the American people for support, ant
they thought that the road to it la.
along the public print routes. Ameri
can correspondents at the Versailles
conference had time of it In an ut
tempt to sift news and sound argu
ment from dead stuff and aganda
Washington in all probability viii
witness scenes in repetition Of thos
which were presented at Versailles
The conference membership will b.
limited to certain great nations, Blu
outside the conference chamber vii
be the pleaders in behalf Of countrie:
and half-countries which lie along {
line much longer than that which run:
from Byzantium to Spain.
/ Signs that there is already full
and lively expectation that the Wash
! ington conference will develop int
a gathering for the consideration O
worldwide matters are manifest
Personally, know of men who ex
pected to be in Europe or the Fa
East pursuing their ways Of work fo
certain countries who have changed
their minds and Intentions, and VIII,
will remain here through the fail ant
winter, because they believe tina
washington is the place where Their,
will be a reshapilig OF he policies, ant
! therefore the destinies, OF many coun
tries of the world. ~
| Bonus Bill! Dead for Present.
So far as this session of con
gress is concerned, the veterans
bonus bill seems to be done for. /
may come up again at the next session
land it may never come up again. No
body knows. 1t is fairly certain, how
ever, that the organizations Of vetep
ans will do what they can to see t.
it that ultimately the legislation the.
seek for their comrades is enacte,
into law.
Men have asked why the demand
for the bonus? The whole thing cal
be reduced to simple terms by means