The Washington herald., 1921-11-28

i nations will develop from the present confer
ence on ornaments. 1t is even said with like
directness, that President Harding will be dsap-
pointed if this is not the result However that
may be, there be no question that the present
conference is the direct compulsory result of the
fusa of this government to be part of the present
league, or association of nations and it, therefore
may we'll form back door to that organization.
Moreover, if this conference was not to be that
back door, it should never have been called as i,
has from the first been so evidently makeshft
and was certain to prove that practical results with
lasting effect could only from permanent
organization practically as inclusive as the league
The closer the conference gets to the detailed plan
OF even naval armament agreement the more
evident it is that it include all nations to pre-
vent fraud, suspicion or evasion. 1t must also
have permanent organization to assure its fulfill
ment, with the right of investigation and report
which means succeeding sessions at regular inter
walls.
1t is recognized that this is not the time but
even more, that this conference is not equipped, tc
consider land ornaments Here all governments are
even more directly and intimately involved, while
the long, 'laborious and detailed investigation ex
tending to manufacture and equipment capacity for
commission of which NJ. Vivian is the head WHY
duplicate that involved and expensive work? Here
again successive meetings oretold as the deeper
the plummet goes the clearer is the intimacy be.
tween naval and land armament
Even the Far East problems are not exclu.
srveiy OF the Far East. They intimately concern
the seven European nations represented here and
these inseparable from all the rest as to
anything which hints OF economics, trade and com.
merce Moreover, the interests of the seven in the
East are different in origin in related rights and
as they affect international affairs, than are found
in other vast regions of undeveloped peoples and
sources. The inseparabeness of the nations of the
world and their peoples has been but made so evi-
dent that none can deny, and nation can say:
I'VE are interested here, but there; this
concerns u.s. but will have nothing to do with
that"
Even the simplest statement Of a most general
policy, such the Root quartet, accepted by the
eight delegations, cannot be worth more than a
printed proclamation unless backed by organization
and some sort of machinery to fairly assure good
faith nonavoidance and fair application. Such an
agreement could of course come within the juris-
diction of the international court of which, too
the United States is not a member but it still
would need commission to gain its observance
without recourse to courts
In fact nothing be done at this conference
with completeness that will make it other than
unfinished business. Nothing is done until it is
done Navies reduced until ships are
scrapped policy is but precurtain raiser un-
I'll it is carried into effect and becomes an actual
condition. An agreement is but piece of writing
until put into operation. Who is to do all this
follow-up work, and how and when? Certainly
President Harding is right in his expectations un-
less the conference is to be but fine bit of stage
MA Who will their fret
Who first will turn back to China i'll gotten gains
The bare fact that all the conclusions of the
conference are to be submitted to all governments
is sufficiently conclusive of the world character of
even exclusive a body considering what were
intended to be equally exclusive subjects. If there
indeed are American aspirations and Republican
committal for association of nations cooperating
in sublime accord to attain and preserve peace,
there is such organization two years old and
, a going concern. 1t would rejoice to welcome the
United States and it would gladly be denatured OF
any semblance it has to "a military alliance" and
made to express if it does not the fraternized
science of nations" 1t has done much without
force, to preserve peace in various sections it
could do to stabilize peace, if based on the
economic rights of the weak and the selfdetermina-
-tion of economic resources
This present league seems to have no especial
devotion to any part of its constitution dogma.
But in it will be found provisions for limiting
ments and for bringing before council or assembly
any question-such a Far East policy-which is
a menace to the peace of the world. All but two
OF the governments represented in this conference
are members of the league council, with seat left
for the taking by the United States. 1t is
sary for any member of the council to ask if others
will meet and discuss such matters before
this conference They there and so the
problems. Z,
- 1t would not be necessary to make one bite, OF
the cherry to adjourn with certainty that all
would choose to be there the next time, to ar
range machinery to carry out agreements. All of
this is provided in the present league, and with it
the court with all but compulsory jurisdiction. The
President is certainly right and will be echoed in
his hope that an association of nations of which