The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-21
Primary Purpose of Disarmament Conference
Is to Strike Bargain Between America
and Japan, Since Possibility of One
Side Giving In Is Absurd; Arms Re-
duction Is Merely Side Issue.
r. FRANK IT, sIMoNDs.

..ee,rt conference at Paris should
1 ler.. fnr all Americans as a good
ira., VI what Is to be expected In
Na.UuIt,n. Unless both the states
mo. uj tho people OF the United
state. are willing to perceive that
In ,.. nature OF things every inter
r8..rI conference Is "A bargain
rlgr..- affair. an adjustment OF the
,r. ....ng and the diverse interests
o' t.. various great powers by mu-
... concession made under pres
Sun. ..I tu the accompaniment "
,u.,.- uf propaganda and of reCrim-
ina .ua the new gathering at Wash
inr'.I VIII he as incOmprehcnsihle
and l- unsatisfactory as the Paris
conference of 1919.
THE great success OF the British
in au such gatherings is due to two
circumstances. the skill with which
their .,pr, soutativCs are chosen and
the detachment with which they APP
pro4.u the discussion. II detachment
which enables them always to Keep
IN full view precisely those objcc-
'iy,s which bulk largest in their own
minds paris was not only the great
est -4..tss in the long history rt
British diplomacy, I mean tho Paris
conference of 1919, but 1t was the
y.st eHluiug diplomatic victory any
tW.u has ever won in modern his
tsry
Now at the outset the Paris eatr-
erir- ~ the present month should
Indicate 90 Americans certain cleit
facts. Great Britain and France are
In t.' rivals. They have different
interests and different detectives and
those interests and obiectivcs clash
in MANY parts Of the world, notably
Th,y are at once allies, in fact, II
not bv precise agreement, and dis
pu,auts. seeking TO get the better
Of each other in each meeting place
and going to tho very edge Of an
open break in furthering their ov
Interests
They Both Like America.
But ike italy which has a thii d
DIVERGENT policy, conflicting Win
France everywhere on the continent
Of Europe and with Britain in the
Aegean and In Gss Minor Britain
and France are eager ana anxious
10 obtain American support for their
own interests and ready to pay for
II in Kind, that Is by giving their
support to any American project -
proposal which Is not dangerously
lrlmiyti to their own vital conCetns
The whole history Of the Paris corr
ference Of 1919 supplies an admira
be illustration - the methods whith
the European powers VIII necessar'
lly employ in Washington.
We have. then. to perceive at the
outset that In debate with Japan
which after all is what the Wash
ingtcn conference must be, we car
expect the support OF Britain, o'
Fran e. If italy Jointly and seVc.'
ally but that for such support We
must uc DrcT.qred to pay in kind
by giving similar aid and approvn
/. n the dearest projects Of our friends
i One may remember eVCrY nation II
EIrou.. represented at Paris wal
for tho league Of nations, but eact
country had it's own little pet inter
es' which. i'm return, II asked Mr.
Wilson 10 endorse.
would Embroil America.
Bur We have also to recogniz'
that iI-t a. all the European ma
tons are moved by a common de
sire to enlist American aid for thei
own projects, they are doublv anN
ioUs fn enlist our aid where theil
1purr0eos conflict with some othel
PpoWe- To take an example, France
ard Britain are at odds over thu
right course toward Germany. Need
ing 'H" German market Britain i
willing ~ risk possible German mill
tary r..uyery with all that II ma!
mean 'u order to insure German
econ ni. restoratiou France, on thu
o'nor hand, fearful OF the conse
qurr .., at n military revival eas
ot 'n. Rhine, ia loath to permit nj
econ n.' recovery.
Nothing is more certain than that
an n Importing our wishes In the
faal' which are, In tho main INC
W.shD - the great British do
min..n- which border that ocean
ihe 'ieh viii seek by every device
Know" - diplomacy TO enlist our
support for their solution Of Central
saNr7..1n problems. Beyond al.
dou.- witain will support us against
Japal but in aNaCtly tho same way
sne ".I ask our support against
IT,. policies on tho Rhine and the
IIN Italy, on her part, will give
4 'gls loyal support to Us but there
\vl consideration to be met in
'ei | ian minds.
so PRAYER Mcctlr- Affair.
II only the American public
would recognize that in the ma
lurr OF things an International
conference Is II bargain counter
ana not nraycTmccting, much
Would lie gained for the future.
Nun lr tho same way. II II equally
'''e-IrN to remember that dip
mhi''. almost never seek or arr
,N' % solution. Their business i
I" i|.ll n break. POSTPONE If they
,"l'''. prevent trouble, ayaid
udn&'Ipu, issues when possible,
"ha an costs foiestall any real
',,N' '"twecn nations.
IT 60 back all over the inter,