The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-12-29

during the year hut, on Dece,nhnr :,
announced that the in major nor, 40
tne sums Que III the early rart Of
W. could not Ee raised. And sin,o
many economists agreed that 10 ariv.
hcr into absolute bankruptcy wonld
he disastrous to the rest of Tho w,rI,,
toward the close nf the venr ,i.rn
| was increasing talk of urrnnriny ;,
moratorium OF two to three wears far
! Ter. s'ancc was the chief obiector
I" such delHy. rs She relied ON tho
money due her from GERMANY hnt
she showed signs Of yielding 20 the
general view. Division of IIpper
H'iesia De'ween Germany and Poland
caused lot OF trouble. A plebiscite
WIS held there In March, hut both
! si"es asserted 1t was unfair and enr)y
III May the region wns invaded by
foilsii i"rtgularS. Thinly yelled sn,,,ort
""s gwen Them hy the Warsaw gov
erh'heht and also by the French and
mere Succeeded long series CT fights
| pe'"et'l them ana German volunteer
iorceS The entente ctTdiule of the
h''les was HEAR to rupture. hut in June
| h'l'isIi troops entered tile. territory
| ana began clearing out the poleS. The
'lSl'litt was referred to the league
e"uhcil which in October announced
the boundary lines Neither Germany
nor Poland was satisfied but both ac-
cepted the decision.
All through the year the Greeks
Fought the Turkish netionaIlsts in
Anatolia, with varying fortune. while
the allied powers held aiuuf, though
offering mediation which Greece re-
fused. In November France ma,!c II
treaty with the Kelnalist government
which aroused protests from Great
britain and led to diplomatic negotiu-
tions
The United States formally mnd.
peace with the central powers, the
treaty with Austria being signed All
gust -, that with Germany August ~,
ana the pact with Hungary August 20.
III these treaties America reserved all
that was given her by the treaty Of
Versailles which the senate had re-
fused to ratify.
President Harding on July 10 is-
sued informal invitations to Great
britain, France. Italy and japan to
send representatives TO Washington
for conference on limitation uf
armament and Fur East questions.
Acceptance from all was already as.
sure'l hy process Of "feeling OUT
and on August IL the formal invita-
tions went out, China. Belgium, Hol.
land and Portugal being asked to par
tlcil'ate In discussions involving the
Far East. The foremost statesmen of
these nine powers were named ;lS
delegates and Oh November II the mo
nientuus conference opened with i'm
posing ceremony. Almost immediate
~ Secretary Hughes put forward
Americas plan for reduction and
limitation Of naval armament, includ-
Ing Earnl holiday for ten years, the
Scrapp'ng OF I'LL Shlpbuiltling pre-
grams, destruction OF vessels to Ger.
tain point AMI the maintenance Of
the navfes OF America. Great Britain
and Japan on ;I-:5-3 basis. The plan
was formally accepted by the delegates
OF those nntions on December Is. md
to the agreement were added clauses
for the preservation OF the status qun
of naval bases and fortifcation In the
western Pacific.
or almost equal Importance was the
four-power pact accepted by the con
ference on December 13. This was
cast In the form OF Il treaty by which
the United States, Great Britain.
France and Japan agreed to maintain
peace In the Pacific, the Angl0-Jap-
anese treaty being abroxated.
China offered some very difficult
problems to the conference and all the
demands of her delegates were not
satisfied. The cOnferees. however, did
enter into an agreement to remove
many OF the foreign restrictions on
China and to respect the territorial
and administrative integrity Of the
oriental republic and preserve the open
door for trade and industry OF nll nu
tions. Direct negotiations between the
Chinese and Jnpanese delegates re-
suited In Japan's agreeing to restore
Shaniung province to China upon re-
ceving payment for the railway
1t was evident from the first that
the conference could not do much In
the matter Of limitation Of land arna-
ments so long as the situation In cen
tral Europe remained SO unsettled.
Premier BRAND WAS present to give
voice to Frances needs of protection
and fears OF aggression by Germany
and possibly by Russia. His eloquent
speech 80 far convinced the confer
| ence that the other powers gave as
| suronce that France would never be
LETT in the "m0ral isolation" which She
| feared.
President Harding has clung to his
iden that an association Of nations can
he formed which would do what the