The Washington times., 1921-11-19
BIRTH CONTROL
CAN CURB. JAPS,
WELLS THINKS

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newal of war and the contamination
of the social smash now in progress 10
Yet, on the face OF that
plain inevitable consequence, my dip
iomatic friends In Washington 90 on
talking about such insane projects AZ
that Of ceding Manchuria to Japan
right down to the Great Wall, OF CIV
ing Japan practical possession OF the
mines of China, of giving "compensa-
ton in the matter of Chinese rail-
ways to France. of getting this "ad-
vantage" or that for Great Britain
and so forth and so on.
remain permanently astounded be-
fore the foreign office officials. They
have such excellent brilliant minds.
but alas. so highly specialized-so
highly specialized-.that at time one
doubts whether they have, in the
general sense Of the word, any minds
at all.
U. 8. Plan All Right, But
In the face of the universal hope
fulness for satisfactory results from
the conference. I find myself full OF
doubts. The naval disarmament pro-
posal Of Secretary Hughes was obvi-
ously meant only as the opening
proposition. the quite splendid open
ing proposition. of the conference.
The second meeting. ! felt. would
find Mr.. Balfour and Admiral Kato,
and M. BRAND in eloquent sympathy.
saying: Certainly All this, and
more also, we can do. on the under
nd AtpD hat Oto "
haustive. permanent Pacific Uefee-
ment can be framed by ths. teGzS--
ence that will remove all causes Of
war whatever"
But the second meeting was disap-
pointing. One nation after another
agreed. as Mr.. Balfour. that "old parli-
amentary hand" put it-"in PRIN-
CIPLE. BUT"
And now we are all playing four
handed chess with reservations about
dockyards, naval stations, cruisers,
LARGE submarines. and the like.
We are all trying to put the effec-
tive disarmament on to the other fel-
low.
Meanwhile. the nine powers - sit
ting in secret session on the Pacific
question, and It is clear. from the
rumors, that nine-handed chess is In
progress there.
Should Disentangle China.
Yet the fact. plain enough to any
one who Is not lost In the game OF
diplomacy. is that this conference Is
an occasion for generosity and re-
nunciation. There Is no way out Of
the Pacific imbroglio except to dis
entangle China and form a self-deny-
Ing ordnance OF all the powers con-
cerned to leave her alone while she
reconstructs. submit that even
Japan. most intent of all the chess
players. will do best to fall in line
Would a world covenant to protect
China from aggression and to Voucede
her the progressive abolition OF extra
territorial privileges and the same un-
limited rights over her own railways
and soil and revenue that are en-
joyed by the Americans and Japanese
over theirs be any serious harm to
Japanf Would 1t not release Japan
from hbr initiatiye career q 8 pseudo
Britain or a useudo Germany and
enable her to get on with her own
proper business, which, to be to the
fullest. completest.. and richest extent.
Japan?
Japan Desires Safety.
For what after all is it that Japan
wants? She wants safety. she de-
clares-Just as France wants safety.
She wants safety to be Japan, just
as FRANCE wants safety to be France
and England wants safety to be Eng.
land. And she makes these declara.
tions with considerable justification.
For three hundred years she believed
she had that safety and we must ad-
nit she was the least dangerous State
in .the whole world. For three hun.
dred years Japan waged no foreign
wars; she was q peaceful, self-con'
tained hermit.
: 1t was American enterprise that
dragged her out Of her seclusion and
fear of Europe that drove her to the
practice Of modern imperialism. They
are not natural Japanese practices
She fought China 1pd grabbed Korea
because otherwise Russia would have
held IL like a pistol at her throat; She
fought Russia because otherwise Rus
sia would have held Manchuria and
Port Arthur against her; she fought
in the Great War to oust Germany
from Shantung.
She 10 now pursuing an entirely
European" policy in China, intrigu
ing to get a free hand In Manchuris
concessions. privileges, and the crea
ton Of obedient puppet government
In a dismembered China, planning Il
divert the natural resources Of Chins
to her own use, primarily because sh'
fears that otherwise these things will
be done by rival powers and she will
be cut off from trade, from raw
materials and all prosperity. until a
last when she is sufficiently starved
and enfeebled she will be attacked ant
India-ized.
Reasonable Fears.
These are reasonable. honorable
fears. They obliged her to keep armed
and aggressive; hers is an offensive
defensive"
There is no other way Of allayinl
her reasonable, just fears except b!
permanent binding Association O
World Powers to put an end Tor eve
to the headlopg scramble for ASH
that began a century and half aG'
in India between the French ant
English, to recognize frankly ana Z
put IL upon record that that phas
of history has closed. and to provid
some effective means OF restoration
now and the prevention OF hesh as