Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-19
BOTH COUNTRIES
ON GOOD TERMS
ERA OF GOOD FEELING" HERE
AT LAST. MORE ABOUT YAP
AND IMPORTANT ISLAND

Well I've been reading about it
and it says that Japan says she is
going to have the island of zap no
matter If we were supposed to get
equal rights there" said Jack.
Eyes and 1 heard friend of
Daddy say that England agreed with
Japan, and that all of those countries
over there were against the United
States" commented Ruth.
Now you kiddies don't know your
current history very we'll if that is
what you think and bdieve, said
Uncle Ted who had been listening.
I'LL admit that the relations be-
tween the United States and Japan,
according to some, have not been the
best since Japan insisted upon taking
charge of the island of zap. OF
course, this little island and the
talk about it is only one thing in
the big accumulation of troubles
throughout the world in which the
United States is more or less in
terested since the great war. But
we have a new President and a new
Secretary of State - two things
you seem TO have forgotten When
it comes to getting toward real peace
in the world and all the trouble
between countries growing out Of
war, know that more has been done
in the last few weeks than in all
the rest of the time since November,
1918, put together.
There are some who do not feel
that every move of the President and
Secretary Hughes has been the best
but the results are what count and
those results are promoting the
cause Of permanent peace. The other
day Senator Pat Harrison tried to
discredit Mr.. George Harvey, the
new ambassador to Great Britain, by
a speech in the Senate which was not
only poor taste but might cause mis-
understandings in England if the
English people believed what he said.
After that he made other remarks,
as did other Democrats, that the
Harding, administration has been
forced to follow the policy of Wood
row Wilson and that eventually we
would enter the world club plan :"
Gee, that can't be-" said Jack.
"It not only can't be but won't,
and no one knows this better than
the men who have fought the world
club. If VIC were going into the
world club how could Col. George
Harvey be our representative in the
Supreme Council where he will sit
and listen? Col. Harvey, who hates
the world club plan in every way,
would be the last man to agree to
anything that would even recognize
the world club. or course that is
ridiculous and our Democratic
friends and newspapers know that"
But to get back TO the success of
President Harding's moves so far as
Europe is concerned, we find that in
stead Of more trouble or misunder-
standing with Japan, there is every
reason to believe that Japan wants
to get rid of everything that might
cause trouble with US. The other
countries feel the same way in the
zap matter, that the fact that we
have complained about japan having
control of zap was within our rights.
And another thing kiddies, il Eng
land and Japan agree to our wishes
about zap we can naturally expect
them to agree to what we think
should be done in the Orient.
understand that japan has been adj
vised by Great Britain to agree to
the wishes of America regarding both
Shantung and zap
Another thing that seems to me
to be coming closer and closer as a
result of the splendid work of Presi-
dent Harding is disarmament. OF
course, l don't for one minute think
we should stop building ships and
training a fair sized army Just be-
cause part of the world is talking
about getting rid of fighting mater
ials. But when taxes keep getting
higher and higher as they have been
in Japan they sure have good reason
to talk about at least cutting down
the amount of moneyto be spent on
great fleets of battleships."
There will be lot of talk back
and forth across the ocean for some
time to come in order to get the
politics of the world straight, but
you both can just remember this,
that no matter how the details look,
no matter how much criticism is
made of the way in which things
are. accomplished, that President
Harding and Secretary of State
Charles e. Hughes have in the short
space of a few weeks shown the
world that America is again a gov
eminent by law and that she means
to keep her place in the world
demanding that which is justly hers
and demanding 1t in a way that
shows we mean business. For the
first time in years Europe realizes
that a herman sits in the White
many he-men advisors and that he
listens to their advice because he
knows it is sound. Once a course
is decided upon it is told the world
in language that onyone can under
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