The Washington times., 1921-11-12
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AID SIBERIA
AND CHINA
Motives Humanitarian Through
out Whole Agenda-Secret
Diplomatic Deals Banned.
BY FRANK CHARLTON,


international New; s.s,a Service Foreign News
America took active leadership
today in the first world movement
In history for elimination of inter
national menaces that threaten civili-
xation with future war.
Aims of United States.
Reduced to simple terms. the United
States seeks
First To prevent competition
among the great Powers I'm the con-
structiOn of war machinery-naval,
land and air.
SecOnd-To remove sources OF In
ternatiOnal friction In the Pacific
Ocean zone that may lead to future
conflict.
Recognizing the general belief that
the Far East is the new danger spot,
America has sought the cooperation
OF eight other Powers with vital in
terests in the Orient to allay the dan
ger of a next world war"
Practical and Humanitarian.
This is generally regarded as the
greatest humanitarian crusade in the
history of mankind. But II is also q
practical scheme for material relief
from the overwhelming burden of tax
alton and debt.
In no sense is the conference a
peace parley, as the world has known
peace parleys. There is no enemy
to be punished no new frontier align
ments to be worked out, no spols
of war to be parceled and no new
alliances to be contracted with a view
to future military cooperation. II
was called primarily to tighten the
burdens of a war-weary world and to
prevent such burdens from being i'm.
posed in the future. Diplomatic pro-
cedure will be followed, however.
The committees will meet behind
closed doors, but the American Gov
ernment is determined that no secret
diplomatic agreements shall creep in.
The final decisions will be made
known fully to the whole world. Eng
lish will be the official language.
.igenda Covers Wide Range.
The agenda, or official program of
matters to be considered. covers a
tremendous range of territory, especi-
ally in so far as 1t relates to the
Orient.
Under the heading of Pacific and
Far Eastern Questions" the confer
ence will consider China and Siberia.
Here are two countries with the terri
torial magnitude, the immensity of
population, and the natural wealth of
mighty empires; but they are helpless
in the sense of modern development.
1t is part of the humanitarian pro-
gram of America to help them and to
protect them in the future from ag-
gressions, either warlike or peacefully
commercial.
America is inspired by more than
one motive in this respect to save to
the peoples of these countries the
riches that are their own by right Of
justice and legal proprietorship, and
to prevent land grabbing which would
SOW the seeds of hatred, rivalry, and
jealousy.
The United States has made it
plain that she will go a tremendous
way in behalf of rich but impotcnt
China. She aims to preserve the
territorial integrity of China and at
the same time to open the doors for
free and untrammelled trade inter
course.
Siberia's Fate Doubtful.
As to Siberia. the course Of the
conference is doubtful. There is a
government in Siberia, with head.
quarters in Chita, knoyn as the Far
Eastern Republic. This government
is believed in many quarters land
there seems TO be foundation Tor
the BELIEF to be either subsidiary or
closely allied with the Russian Soviet
government at Moscow. Siberia, un-
tn three years ago. was an integral
part of Russia, but It has been the
policy Of the Moscow government
to allow the partition of Russia so
long as the new governments were
Bolshevik in policy and sympathy.
Neither the Moscow government
nor the Chita government was invited
to participate in the conference. The
Soviet government is already on rec
ord officially as saying it will not be
hound hN any WashinRton dpcisionR