Arizona republican., 1921-09-09
NATIONS COMING
 I ] bARGA|N 1T ARMS MEET IN |
Sub-Officials Say Ameri- can Position Weakened
 by Lack of Anything to i Trade = Expect Confer ence to Last All Winter.
By Herbert Corey

WASHINGTON. Sept. s.- This arms barley isn't to be any little two or three months affair. It will cer- tainly run through the cold weather. u 1s may last late as dandelion time. ne s200.OO0 which has been set aside TOT the payment of expenses is just a 1leabite. If our share is less than a million the capitals pessimists will be disappointed.
 The foregoing statements are not preuictions- They are a digest of sub official opinion hereabouts One might go bit farther and state that the sub-o9icials quoted are crape- hang CTS to the last man. They habitually Tear the worst. They do not believe that the homegrown diplomats will prove. themselves the equals of the imported variety. They think that before the arms barley is. over we VIII lind ourselves in the hole. More sthan that. They fear our over-the- ocean friends will knock us for string of holes. Here is their argu- ment:
 Two things are necessary before one can make a good trade. First one must be a good trader. Second. one must have something to trade
 Our Trading Hands Are Empty
 In that latter clause, they say, lies the weakness of the American posi- fion- We have nothing to offer to the other powers. That is, we have nothing specific to offer We are ask ing the other powers to consent to play fair and be nice hereafter. We are paying S4 cents out of each tax raised dollar now for war. If we can cut down the cost of armament that sum can be reduced, with a very pleasing effect upon the taxpayer.
 In order to do this we realize that the situation in the Far East must be cleared up. Specifically. that means that Japan must Keep her hands off China. On his arrival in terview in which he outlined the pol icy the UnitedUEtates is to adhere to in east affairs It may be nutshelled this way:
 China is to be given a square deal. She is not to be parcelled out among nations. Spheres of influence are to be done away with. Trade in China is to be free to all nations on the same terms"
 That interview must have had the same effect upon the Japanese sages that 8 heavy teaspoonful of ipecac has on a boy. For years they have been active in doing precisely those things in China which we now say must not be done. Japan has been repeatlng-- ana repeaGng-tnaI al the forthcoming arms barely accom- plished facts must not be raked over. She has Shantung. She wishes Shantung to be let alone. Shantung along with other eastern affairs, is .'an accomplished fact No state ment has been heard from Washing ton in reply.
 shantung Will Be Ventilated
 Of course. Shantung and the other Accomplished facts in the east will be considered. Japan presistently re- fuses to open her eyes to the Ameri- can reason for calling this barley That Is to lessen the probability oi future wars by reaching and equit- able arrangement in the east. Oul idea is that an equitable arrangemen is one that will be satisfactory tt China. Instead of merely furnishing the subject for surgical operation she is to sit at the council table.
 The accomplished facts of toda! include many of the reasons why tn
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