The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-11-10

much by way Of a start 1t is regarded
as a long business to build up a pha-
lanx Of public opinion. The admins
t~ration, ii is stated, is resting con.
tent with the attainment of a limited
objective, whence the attack can be
pushed in the future.
IF this states the view of Wash,
ington correctly, Washington would
better wake up. That the phalanx
of public opinion is here now is shown
by the letters that load the White
House mail, by the insistent resoul'
tons passed by farm organizations,
by labor demonstrations. and by the
very fact that the conference was not
called until "a phalanx of public opin-
ion had insisted on it. Nor is there
any evidence that the public opinion
in other countries is any different. 1t
isn't public opinion that needs to be
reused; it's the governments.
''The public opinion Of this coun
try will not consider much by way
Of a start as something practical.
1t is looking for the attack to be
pushed now, not in the future.
"The public view is intensely prac-
teal because the public knows that
all talk about worth while reduction
in taxation is buncombe so long as
80 per cent Of our taxes goes for pay
ing for wars and preparation for more
wars.
"The public expects Washington to
get practical results from the disarma-
ment conference. It's Washington's
conference. Washington called it and
prepared it's working plans. If Wash
ington has so framed the plans that
there will be no results, Washington
will not be able to escape the resent
ment Of the public" - milwaukee
%Journal.)
MARY Roberts Rinehart. noted wo-
man novelist and playwright, Wednes-
day urged upon President Harding the
necessity for open sessions of the con
ference on limitations of ornaments.
"As one Of the many distinguished
writers who will report the conference
exclusively for Universal Service, Mrs.
Rinehart expressed the belief that the
sessions might prove to be a repetition
of the Versailles conference if held be-
hind closed doors.
President Harding listened with
attention to Mrs. Rinehart's views and
indicated he would give them his earn
est Observation-Disclosures City Trib-
une.)
"a peace petition, signed by 10000
Japanese women who are against war,
is brought to the Women's Press club,
New York, by Mrs. Keji Yaiama. She
is 90 years old. To cross the Pacific
at that age requires real faith in ones
cause.
Mrs. Yajama was the first woman
about war between Japan and the
United States worried her. Expenses
of her trip from Toxic to New York
were paid out of her meager savings.
When she announced her mission she
was flooded with commencing letters
from japanese women est. Paul
Daily News.)
1.-THE resolution indorsing the plan
of the Washington disarmament con
ference was passed unanimously by
the American Legion in their recent
national convention in Kansas City"
"Disarm and leave Asia to the Ash
atics, or else run Asia and a huge
fleet. This, when all is said and done,
is the alternative that delays disarma-
ment. 1t may be lodged for a while,
but 1t cannot be solved. 1t will not
help to emit hypocritical shrieks over
the wicked japanese, whose imitation
of our political ways is the sincerest
fattery. Nor will it serve any good
end to shed crocodile tears over poor,
downtrodden China, which is not a
whit worse off than some of III own
southern states, man for man, road for
road, town for town. Asia is Asia. 1t
must work out its own salvation. Too
far away and too huge to be controlled
by US, who cannot even manage u