The Washington herald., 1921-12-12
SEES new PARLEYS
SimOnds Asserts Treaty
SavOrs of The Hague,
Not Geneva.
CHINA WILL CAUSE
FUTURE MEETINGS
Expert Indicates Need of
Further Conferences, .
But Not League.
By FRANK H. SIMONDS

oNDo'
Docs the treaty of Washington
as ~ was disclosed sa,urS
NV uu'he' per
maps nlne-po"cr agreement in
the matter of China open the way
fo,. re,ur, Of Tho I-,i,.d
~ 'he ieasue VI "d''ohs' 10 modl-
hcation of that assembly. or TO the
creation Of some new iuternatInn.,l
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Ho't I" 'Ha' "hiCh
Gu tNe S"iia"t "u' ariIN
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Association More Likely.
But what seems even more likely
.Dn ~, an s,'..t. a,Sp'.a' '.on Vi "'''ohs meet
a. = ~
S""t has 'Ie"uH HSppc
ma II - %
'he Pu'stioha u t"' ! d'''' 'sidh h'S
"nd ., 'ue "d '"''os Vhte anu
"i nu. lh'' ho'n'"S m
"a u ~
''Oi iDa'eu P'o"iehs ol
UNA. hdHN NHinsS lIlubt T'Hldll III
r,'E en- upon la'er deNeloP""n' u
n"' hi're IL" a. theh. 'l.' 1t
"asHI .on snou.n pe hidue tne
,' s Us
n'use lot an far hasterh Ha',ers'
as '".s ''iuieuiate.s ~ cpnCe ,,, !"
al "I 'he powers Wh'eh WIN os
na1o' 70 an t'ea'Ies WnIcn IlsE
rom lne preS,nt cohlet
'An tis' nIoi
sando @ 70 ri
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so, - -, 80 :.
t-;aa,f - a,
FostPones war Danger.
ne NItdNN VI W dSIllll Aollr " hA'iA
has been drafted, and the other
agreements, which are assured. will
postpone the danger of any Ameri-
can-Japanese war. fhey VIII abol-
, N dean ra.,,i,tr - oxis,in.
"nndi,jnps IN tho paci1c isio,ds. nuI
~, donger was reIs,iyeIr. sIisbt
Tha r.aI Sour. ~ ,roubIe wae on
tho mainland Of Asia and no one
ventures to imagine that ALI the
dangers can be removed while
China herself remains in her pres
ent chaotic state.
Therefore. if future danger of
collision between the United States
and Japan is to he avoided: il we
are to have done once for all with
that nightmare which has been de-
velopinE in the Far East not a few
voices are beginning to be raised
in favor of providing some sort OF
assembly which VIII have con-
tinuing existence ana enable the
PACING powers 10 present thelr
views, explain their purposes-in
word keep In touch ana IN rela-
lions. TINS would be What freSi-
dent HARDING mas frequently de-
hned as an app sum VI 'ne CON
ference iae" ana realiza .ion y,
his conception "i an associd''oh Oh
hauons.
Method for Emergencies.
The idea has frequently been
and discussed here in
the earlier days of the conference
1t has been kept in the background
because of the obvious suspicious
which "ouu a' oH. oe
ihere mas never az!
oil perpe'uauhs 'ne piIs"t Gun
ference as soh'e loi III ~ ="
deed there mas zen li.. enouS II
OF perPe'ua .i"s II ia az! t'' i''' uu'
what mas oeeh 70 ''e
posslolhlF uha' 'ne enc
method might oe kept aI manu- 10
meet new emergencles
Attempting TO elaoora'e ,he idea
has been severely irowneu upon,
because there mas peeh Just ana
accurate appreciation OF the iact
that TO succeed this ioea must
prove natural ana spontaneous
outcome OF the eAls''ns conference.
hetore Saturdas session LOO IL
the question of an association of