The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-20
Atmosphere at Armament Parley
Reverse of IdeaismS of Paris;
No Chance Seen for Any League
NIT the discussion of other qucs-
tons In "a better spirit.

init the discussion of other qucs-
lions In n better spirit.
Accepting then as almost incv-
liable, now. In view OF what has al
ready happened that the Washing
ton conference will make progress.
great and almost undreamcd OF
progress IN tho direction OF the linn
itrtiun of naval armamcnts, what
then Is the second promise?
obviously We must deal with the
far eastern question. Limitation OF
armaments viii reduce taxation. i'm
prove local and domestic conditions
II will tend to prevent unrest at
home but Il will not and cannot
prevent war Yet IL is well TO per
Ceivo at once that r question so
complicated and involved as the FAR
eastern cannot be solved az sin
gle world conference, We are not
going TO solve the problem and We
snail probably settle only a few OF
its many dangerous interrogatiurs
Perhaps the greatest gain that
might be made here would be the
creation Of that kind OF spirit
which would aid nightly In sold
tions in the future and At other con
ferenCes, for there must be other
conferencea perhaps one at Toxic to
continue what was begun In wash
inEton.
Now in the far eastern discussion.
which must come, all will depend
upon the manner in which the
American case is presented and the
degree to which we are disclosed as
seeking adjustmneL not striving to
Impose abstract principles. And
my judgment In that the first real
step will be the fixation on the map
- hnN ..HN. tgah 1asa .f.Aa D.
be called China for the purposes OF
I international agreement. This China
will, believe. include the ls
provinces, but recognize paramount
/ economic and perhaps political
| privileges 20 Japan in Manchuria.
A Difficulty In Shantung.
AS to the 1S provinces. with tho
/ possibility Of some exception In tho
/ matter Of Shantung. believe we
shall see the United States Britain
and Japan, which are most con-
cerned, able TO reach an agreement
which will include the reaffirmation
| OF the principles Of the integrity OF
/ China and the open door. Shan
| tung will raise difficulties and pre-
ctpitate debates. IL may be that
/ Japan will be able to maintain its
| claim TO special privileges so far as
/ the railway Is concerned.
AZ all events, aside from the
problems presented by the Shan
tung railroad and certain mines,
II sccms tn me not only entirely
pos dbIc. hut quito likely that the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan may be- able tn find some
practicable formula which will
contain mutual recognition OF
equal rights OF all concerned.
A. nOninSt tbnl Al seems tn me
Japan may expect 10 receive from
the United States and Great Brit
Ian definite recognition Of spc-
cial interests In the Mancburian
area, which will constitute cco-
nomfc control and In practice Head
to political supremacy.
! Since the problem OF Siberia /
one over which there is an unmis
: taxable division OF opinion in Japal
itself, there is no prospect tina
Japan will show herself iusisten
+. upon special privileges. am i'm
pressed by the fact that on the mil
itary side Japanese soldiers hesitat
to commit their country to a polio,
which would invite inevitable con
flict with resuscitated Russia
} while the whole Japanese CONNER
cial world perceives that the so
called pacific penetration OF easter
clbtIld mas petn accompanied by
= decrease In Japanese trade, and
costly expansion in -Japanes
feeling.
Ngw beyond these rather mea
ger specific details there Is in
evitably one major gain which o
itself would give enduring value 1,
the work OF the Washington confer
ence. We are dealing with dyna
mite. No one can mistake that
In the far east collision between
the United States and Japan hal
seemed not only possible but al
least to the European observers. tn
creasingly probable Japan hal
! viewed the course of the prescn
administration IN calling the Wash
ington conference with suspicion
apprehension and a good deal O
more or less restrained hostility. IL
the Japanese mind the United
States seems TO be Undertaking
policy designed to restrict the Jap
anese future. and this has been III,
more true because the UniteC
states policy has been disguised boy
such vague terms as THE Oper
Door" and The Integrity Of
China" translation rather than ,
definition Of these terms together
with recognition on the part OF tn,
United states OF Japanese freedom
Of action in those areas which
have specified would. II seems &c
me, do much TO remove this sus'
| piclon and apprehension.