New-York tribune., 1921-06-23
Senate Foes of Renewal
of Anglo-Japanese Alli-
ance Prepare to Fight
Farley as Now Urged
Secret Agreement
To Be Attacked
Fear of Jingoism Leads
Several to Demand All
Conferences Be Public
By Carter Field


ament situation have developed, it
became known to-day.
One is the extent to which the dis
cussions looking to renewal Of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance are inter-
twined, with the possibility of ac-
complishing reduction of military
preparations by the United States,
Great Britain and Japan.
The second is that the element in
Congress which is demanding that
President Harding Immediately call
disarmament conference is not
willing to permit the President to
work along his own lines. His own
plan, which he is now following, as
pointed out in The Tribune this
morning, is to have the three ma
tions chiefly concerned work out a
disarmament agreement in secret in
advance of the calling of a publicly
announced conference.
Borah Amendment TO Pass
There seems to be little doubt
that the Borah amendment, which
virtually insists upon the calling of
a disarmament conference, would
be passed by Congress and put up
to the President. 1t is known that
the President will regard this merely
as advice by the Congress to him,
and that he plans to go forward on
his own lines, but nevertheless the
attitude of those pushing the plan in
Congress is very determined. They
are determined to push the thing
hard, and not to permit the impress
sion to go out to the public that their
fight has been lost.
The interesting development to-
day, however, is that they have no
patience whatever with the Presi-
dents idea of working out a dis
armament agreement in secret in
advance of the calling of a disarma-
ment conference.
Secret Council Condemned
THAT path led to the World War;
declared one Senator, whose name mas
been much mentioned in connection
with the disarmament conference stu
aticn. "It has now developed that if
the representatives of the powers had
spoken openly instead of. getting. this
secret information through the throw
ing out of feelers which did not feel
the war could have been avoided.
"Now it is proposed to proceed toward
disarmament in the same way. The re-
suit will be continuance of the dis
armament race"
Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, assert
ed that he believes Japan and Eng
land both would welcome an invita-
tion from President Harding to hold q
disarmament conference and added that
II advantage is not taken of the situa-
/ tion it would be "little short OF a
lime"
The theory Of the President and his
advisers that public sentiment in japan
and Britain might interfere-th through
manifestations of iingoism and misdi-
rected national pride-with any real
results obtained if conference were
openly called, and also that the fail
ure of such a conference would cer-
talnly result in the relations between
this country and Britain and Japan
being strained, is waived aside by the
disarmament group.
Fear Results in japan
Much interest among those holding
TINS view is taken in recent letter
from an American who has lived for
years in Japan. Writing to Senator
Borah, this man said he did not believe
that any ministry in Japan could sur
vive refusal either to take part in q
disarmament conference or to accept
anything like reasonable proposals
made at such a conference.
On the other hand, the disarmament
Conference advocates declare, if the
I Presidents plan of secret feelers is
! pursued instead of calling an open
conference on which national opinions
can be brought to bear, the results in
Japan may not be so satisfactory 1t is
believed that the military clique-as
they refer to twill be able todcontrol
, the secret negotiations in a way that
! they would not dare to attempt in more
open discussions, and that this clique
will do everything possible to prevent
! any real accomplishment for disarma-
ment.
| Open Covenants Demanded
! 1t is expected that this feeling on
the part of Senator's and members OF
the House viii break out in the form,
of speeches in the near future and that
certain members OF the Presidents own
party will criticize him rather sharly.
A curious phase OF the situation is that
those taking this view viii have for
their text the words "open covenants
of peace openly arrived at" laid down,
even if not observed, by Woodrow Will
son. This, it is obvious, will not be
displeasing TO the Democrats in Con-
gress, whose aid, in orstory at least, 5
promised the dissatisfied Republicans
whenever they want to start something.
1t is scarcely secret in Admins
! tration circles-reverting to the other
/ complication in the disarmament situa-
tion-that there is a strong opposition
on the part of this government to the
renewal, on any terms, of the Anglo
! Japanese alliance. In some quarters
| the view IS taken that a renewal of this
alliance and disarmament agreement