The Washington herald., 1921-10-09
EUROPE QUESTIONS u. S. PARLEY AIMS
Conference of Washington Delegates Coming Bargain for AdOantag
WIN Little Faith in american Frankness

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Moreover. at bottom, we know that we shall not
agree to any form of association with the British
which is what they seek. what they asked for at
Paris since Paris and before Paris. Yet this
after ALL Is the one thing that counts with the British
All their policy centers upon reaching sort of
agreement with which amounts to an alliance
however ii may be phrased described. That is,
after ALL about the extent of what there might be in
Mr. Hardng's conference for Great Britain and we
exclude that prize in advance.
Italy would like our help financially and in the
Mediterranean politically. She has been making many
earnest quiet efforts to interest government in
her problems and she indicated her spirit toward
by promptly lining up with the administration
in the matter OF mandates. But American for
moment magines that the American delegation will
reward Italy for support in the Pacific by
similar support for her interests either in the Med
terranean or in the Adriatic No. for Italy as for
France and for Britain. proposal is uniatera,
they follow views, and-yirtue will be Its
own reward " '. .','. q.
Looking 'at Mr. Hughes course as Secretary of
State one has odd reminder in certain directions
of Mr.. Wilson. Questions approached in the abb
stract. without regard the international complica
tons. That Is to say, we approach all problems from
American point of view, from the point of
view of Our administration and reason that this
same point Of view will prevail in all the other coun-
tries. Now this road leads to disaster in interns
tonal affairs as Mr. Wilson's experience demonstrated
We think of our Washington conference. we have
been led to believe President Harding apd his ad-
visers think Of il totally unselhsh gesture the
part Of the United States, invitation to the great
powers Of the world get together and settle things
they all want settled and to settle them way.
which is,- necessarily the way they must all want
them settled making due allowance for Japan, toward
whom we frankly entertain suspicious. But we be-
lieve that finding herself minority Of one, Japan
will have no choice but to assent. ,.
But Europe, there is mistakng this, thinks
that the Washington conference is clear revelation
of American imperialism. / have just been reading
an article by learned Frenchman. who ably demon
strates that have been traditionay interested in
Asia and aioof from Europe. He cites one American
action after another to prove it. For him the Wash
ington conference will be more than proof posi-
tive that he is right in his Conclusion that we are out
to dominate the Far East not military, but eco
nomcally. ..
And l have yet another article before written
by an eminent British publcist prove that OBJ
jectivcs Ear from what we assert. Thus in the
current number Of The National Reoics0, its editor
Leo ]. Maxse writes
"Can Republicans to whom the league was ana
thema, seriously contemplate an association OF ma
tions or expect other powers repeat the pantomme
that played to the bitter end in Paris, merely to
have the project thrown in their faces by
the United States Senate, which is only thoroughly
happy when dissenting from an American President?
l(h UT while expecting the Washington confer
ID ence to register another international failure
the more ambitious the program the more inevitable
the 6asco-we are anxious that it should at least have
chance of achievement and that Great Britain should
be well and wisely represented. Americans naturally
attach considerable importance a gathering for
mally summoned by their President and in their in
of tbo anI
few of them fondy imagine that by legerdeman
the United States become supreme upon all the
seas without paying the price of admiralty. They
told day by day by hysterical yellow newspapers
that Bankrupt Britain no longer afford navy
and that all they need do is break up the Anglo