The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-26
BY PHILIP KINsLEY.


Will the Washington conference
lead to enduring peace in the world
or will it lift the curtain upon a
new theater of war?
Must the United states and Japan
fight over the problems of the
Pacific?"
What is the basic problem that
must be solved before relief IN
armaments can come to the ma
tiOns?
In the Far East. as. in America,
on ships and trains and in hotels
Inv the overseas clubs and around
pretty tea tables everywhere these
are now the topics of earnest dis
cussion- In the Pacific basin, from
the Sulu Sea to the Arctic circle,
the deliberations at Washington
next month will be followed with
the keenest interest.
Pessimism PeryadeS Orient.
There Is a general tendency in
the Orient toward pessimism in the
matter OF avoiding armed conflict
Out there every man is either pro-
China or pro-Japan and one finds
good deal of hate in the air. There
Is a feeling that the leaders of the
nations, the diplomatic spokesmen
are not to be trusted to display the
courage and wisdom that will lead
to an amicable settlement of diff
ficulties- One goes out there think
ing that war Is impossible and one
returns thinking II not at all I'm
probable
Crossing the Saskatchewan prai-
rie In a Pullman smoking room last
dfsengafnn 0f this
subject by a group of young former
service men. buyer OF laces and
jades, Just returning from China.
had been drawing dreary picture
of the closing door in China and
had expressed the opinion that
something must be done quickly
and forcefully or the Japanese
would have too great a handicap
in the race for Far Eastern trade.
aIaee. and Jades-Why NOtr"
'Iaces and jAdes!" exclaimed a
Detroit boy who had gone over the
10 min France. He spoke half medi-
tatively. half Indignantly.
why not?' asked a young Cana
dian who was on his way to an
American hospital to have his stiff
leg rebroken and reset-the result,
of an injury met when he was shot
down from his fighting plane over
Amiens-
IF not Iaces and jades. make 1t
OIL or wheat or iron" he continued.
where were your the third
member Of the group. a New Zea-
lander. was asked.
In Mesopotamia," he replied.
holding up a hand from which
finger was missing.
Got this by grabbing hold Of
nuShinR
Al me. Got me in the side little.
shot the bloody devil down."
what were you down there
forT
railroads. I guess"
Not the Yank View of Ii.
That's it," said the American.
unless the Washington conference
settIes this commercial scramble on
friendIy definite lines that will be
observed by all the nations, We
will all have to go out again into
sone muddy trench or with a fly
ing column, for the sake of some
MERCHANTS laces or jades or wheat
or coal or iron or ratlrads-
Pretty hard time getting US out
rr the Middle West again" said the
Canadian.
Not at all. Just let the country
he reused, let orators get up and
wave the flag, and women will be
ninning white feathers on those
that stay at home.
II is worthy of note that in this
actual conversation the Canadian
ssemed to take I'VE" for granted.
america and Canada together. The
situation is likened to the CONNER
riaI rivalry and the German men
ace in Europe in 1914. The ingre-
dients of war are simmering on
the Far-Pacidc frontier of trade
and business and commerce, and
the chances of peace appear none
TOO bright. 1t is like a conference
Of physicians around the bed of
patient gravely i'll.
China Key to Problem.
The problem is easy to state, bur
difficult to solve.
China is the key.
In the exploitation OF this an
cient new stirring land and people
the old type Imperialism of the
dominant gpoup of Japan has chal-
Ienged the world for leadership.
The United States must abandon
the fiction of the open door or fight
TO make 1t a reality.
Discussion of armament relief
appears 10 De Iullle until Ine
causes that lead to the present race
are analyzed and removed
who speaks for China at Wash
inRton7 The Peking government is
sending a delegation which claims
10 represent a united China, but
that clairl, II true, must rest on
very recent union. A month ago IL
looked as though civil war existed
in China and that the real rulers
of the north were war lords or
tuchuns> popularity supposed to be
subsidized and kept in the field by
and helpless. PekIng did not speak
and helpless. eking did not speak
for moro than = few provinces in
ths north.
In Canton. DIR. Sun Vat Sen, who
claims to be constitutional presi-
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