The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-11-24

at ones door, but do not believe that
any long chance Is being taken In
making the prediction that before long
Great Britain and Japan will find a
way to cut the tie that binds, and to
do II without leaving any outward EVIL
dence that either party to the pact
harbors resentment because Of Its
fate.
II has been realized by the students
OF international relations here IN
washington for some time that the
treaty between Great Britain and
japan Is the cause Of much mlsunder-
standing and Of n good deal Of suspi-
cion In the United States Of America.
As an aftermath Of the conference on
the limitation Of armaments and Far
East problems, Il seems to the writer,
from the general trend Of things. that
II Is safe TO predict the treaty of I'M
Outstanding and arrangement between
the British and the japanese will go
the way that some other treaties have
gone In the past.
Lord NorthcIiffe Outspoken.
1t seems hardly necessary to dwell
upon the benefits which would accrue
in the field Of relations between the
two great English-speaking powers n
the treaty should become nonexistcnt
II Is possible that nothing in the pact
even In remote way. imperils the fu-
ture safety Of the United States, but
there are students of situations here
| uhn haltaya fhaf ~
lomatlc relations between Uncle Sam
and John Bull cannot come until the
treaty is no longer an issue The
sound belief is that the pact Is to go.
Lord Northcliffe Is newspaper
owner who has a reportorial instinct.
He has been saying things In Japan.
Chief among the things voiced was
outrun its usefulness"
Lord. Northcliffe and Lloyd George
are not entirely friendly, as the world
knows. but II the British premier were
asked today II his dearest foe proper
ly had scented choice bit of coming
news, he probably would answer
yes" II he answered at all.
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being said In Washington about the
possibilities of the abrogation Of the
written understanding between Great
Britain and Japan. The British office
here Is much more reticent about mat
tiers than Is any one Of the other Of
fees of the governments here repre-
sented. Naturally enough, also. the
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at least. upon what Is more or less Of
a painful subject. The alliance, as an
alliance, probably can have no open
part In the proceedings of the coming
conference, but eventually 1t will be
found that Great Britain and ia
pan, each without grimace, will allow
the treaty Of understanding to pass
into the realms of the have-beens.
Watson's Charges Unbelievable.
The senate. and the county with Il
seemingly have been much torn up
over the charges made by United
States Senator Watson that many
American soldiers were executed In
France without trial and, as II is
intimated, simply because they were
insubOrdinate or were uncivil to their
officers
If there were any such high-handed
and high-gallows proceedings as this
in France, the news of 1t would have
gone from the vosges to the North
sea beaches In Geographic time. Amer
] lea would have known Of II. IL not
through the mails and by cable be-
cause Of the censorship. the instant
that the first American doughboy set
his foot on these shores on his return
from overseas service.
II was impossible to hide things
from the men in France. and Of course
the unwarranted execution of twenty
one men could not have been hidden.
IL they had been taken out and hanged
under cover of darkness their buddies
would have noted their absence at
reveille and things would have started.
There were thousands upon thous-
ands OF civilian officers doing duty In
France. Except I'm a few Instances,
they had no liking for extraordinary
punishments because the human equa-
tion In the army was just about what
the human equation Is elsewhere.
A major general commanding one
of the great divisions In France told me
that during his seven or eight months
as commanding officer of 10000 men
there had been just one execution.
The man who was hanged was found
guilty by court of the murder OF a
French woman under most dreadful
circumstances. Tbs is one OF the IL
hangings which the secretary of war
in response TO the charges In the SEN
ate has reported as having been the
number of executions Of members OF
the A. Il. +.
Does Not Seem BeIievable.
Within year after the close Of the
war about two million American sol
diers returned TO this country. II
/ .oo.,,, mona than astounding that all