The Washington times., 1921-10-30

undertake II. and present their
Program 10 the official body as the
OF the press 10 secure
World Peace? -
i nominate for president of the
press conference on disarmament
and Pacific problems the genius of
the age-H. c.. Wells-who is under
contract 10 report for a score and
more OF papers. Why should 30
profound mind and prolific pen
have to report the doings and say
ings Of dulIer men when he is will
ing to admit that there is no problem
too big for him to master and to
solve? ... -... ns
Let Wells give his spare moments
to telling US what some dry-as-dust
stateman thinks he thinks, and give
his days and nights to leading in.a
comprehensive settlement.
WHERE SIMONDS
FELL DOWN. 'i"'.'
But II you think II. G.. Wells IL
not the man for the head of the
press conference. there is Frank II.
Simonds. who admits there is no
tangls or web of world politics he
does not understand or no problem
he cannot solve.
Without the imagination and the
vocabulary OF Wells. he has truly
studied world conditions and world
politics until it may be truly said
no one possesses more information
or can convey it more directly. We
read him with regret that. with his
large knowledge. he lacked at Paris
the vision to throw his weight for
the League of Nations.
He does not yet publicly confess
his error-his grave error-but his
prediction Of war between the
United States and Japan within five
years in the absence of world agree
ment is tantamount to a reversal
of his pessimistic outlook in the
crucial days in Paris when great
correspondents might have contrib
uted to world peace and stability IL
they had possessed as much faith
as they had information.
Philip Gibbs is in Washington
now or is on the way. He Is the
rarely gifted journalist. whose
Now 1t Can Be Told" and other
war books, will enlighten the peo-
pie upon what the conferees are
doing and what they ought to do.
His wealth of experience and keen
devotion and association with the
worlds small and great In the re-
cent crucial years give him a bet
ter insight into things in this she'll
shocked world than any delegate
who viii sit as a member Of the
conference. }
He knows and knows how to tell
it. Why shouldn't he collaborate
with the others in the corps OF
correspondents and give the world
a constructive program that would
lift IL out of the slough OF
despond? ...-".-'.. =
BRILLIANT
ANDRE TARDIEU.
And then we are to have with
us again Andre Tardieu, the
French journalist who, like North
cliffe, has had big hand in max
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his own country. and exerted in
fluence in French policies during
the Paris conference. a.
Who can write more brilliantly
than this Fronch journalist and
who has been more active par.
ticipant in the big things that have
been done since 1914? He will nd.
nit that he can tell exactly what
ought to be done at Washington.
But can he rise above French na.
tionalism TO world solution?
remember to have heard George
y. Barnes, labor leader OF Great
Britain, typical conservative Eng
llshman In speech and bearing. in
the plenary council in Paris, read
the report on what was called
Labor's Magma Chsrta and incor-
porated in the League of Nations.
He Is to be in Washington ana
tell what the conference is doing.
As member OF the corps Of cor.
respondents conference. Mr.. Barnes
would stand for labor's right with.
out hint of extremism and without
any of the sparring and attractive
ness which makes Samuel Gompers
a great figure In any gathering.
Why did Macmillan Harden
escape decapitatlon in Germany
during the war? Ruthless censor
ship dried up most pens but his
flowed freely. The Kaiser seemed
to have given him a special dis
pensation. He is to report the
Washington conference. Why
sboulln't ho hn a p,ap,bar ~ fbA