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Foreign Delegates Show ering America With Compliments to Divert Attention From Issue
FOREIGN DIPLOMACY
Americans Voicing Prin- ciples To Do Away With Causes of War While Visitors Play Politics
By Herbert Corey

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-It's shame to introdece sour note into this heavenly consourse of sweet sounds now playing at Washington. But talked today with a grey, tired and hopeless observer of diplomatic things. He lives on. apples and bran crackers and takes walks for his health. and not at all because he likes to walk, and smokes very black and oily cigars. He said that unofficial Washington-he did not include off cial Washington-makes him think of a Kansas farmer who has just signed a contract to have his barn feStooned with lightning rods.
 Just that bright and happy" he said. "and just s sure that lightning danger is done for. I only hope the contract will not turn up at the bank in the form of a mortgage"
 This particular observer has lived through thirt. years of diplomatic observation. He has taken a more or less prominent part in making var ious treaties. Ii seemed to him, he said, that a vital difference of atti- tude is already discernible as between the Americans and the rep, esenta- tives of the other comforting pow CTS.
 he American Attitude
 ''The Ar ericars," he said. .are try ing to do away with the causes which have made the arrning of nations nec- essary in the past. They are voicing a principle. Their position is that:
 If we eliminate. all causes of fric- ton, so far as they can be discov- cred, and agree to fair play and mu- tual understanding in the future great navies vii tot he needed.'''
 Not one of the others has placed emphasis on this phrase as yet, he said. Every other conrerring nation hopes to rid itself of some of the burden of arms They admit that the taxes Of to day are unbeatable But they are talking politics They are looking for trades. They are will ing to do this and that as a tempo rary expedient which will result in 2 scaling down of the military budgets But they are not getting down tt what seems to the Americans tht bedrock of the proposition to reduce armaments.
 we believe that if all causes fol trouble betw zen two men are don' away with the two men will not guar rel" he said. 'The other nation. argue that it is better that the twt men shall carry only one six shooter instead of a half doZen.
 He pointed out what seemed to hin American position today and the American pos .ti"r prior to the Yer. sailles conference.
 Versailles an.' the League. "The plan f-.r League of Nation: had been sclt not only to the Ameri can people, but to the world" he said "But that league was to have been : benevolent, altruistic, stra.Shtfor- ward understanding between nations which should not involve entangline alliaces of any sort. When the com- pleted plan of the present league came out of the dark room at Yer sailies it had been changed into a DO litfcal instrument for the domination of Europe ant- 1Ee world by a cer- tain group nations"
 The United States. he said, rejected that Versailles league because of it departure from principle. Yet tn same diplomats-the same in spiri if not altogether in persons-are con ferr'ng With us at Washington wh conferred at Versailles. He sees a yet no reason to believe that tn spirit of European diplomacy .ha been changed. Not only has no visit ing delegate as yet discussed tn principle which alone, in the belle of the American leaders. will mak a real reduct on and limitation o arms possible for the distant as we