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


o"'inH the year but, on December If.
announced that the IN major part of
the sums due. In the eurly r,art az
lo22 could not he raised. AMI, s,n.n
many economists agreed that TO tr,v.
her into absolute bankruptcv wou,d
he disastrous to the rest of The wor1
toward the close ni the yenr tnern
| was increasing ialk of urrun,-iny ),
moratorium OF two to three years for
| Ter. s',ance WAS the chief ohiector
! 10 such delny, as She relied an tho
money due her from GERMANY hnt
She showed signs Of yielding to the
general view. Division of IIpper
N'Iesia pe'wesn Germany and Poland
caused lot of trouble. A plebiscite
was held there IN March, but both
siaeS asserted 1t was ,inf,,ir anG early
III MAY the region was invaded by
foiIsi' irreguIar$. Thinly yelled support
""S gwen them hy the Warsaw gov
erhheht ana also by the French and
there Succeeded Il long series CT fights
pet"e"'l them and German volunteer
i"rceS. The entente cGrdiale Of the
h1iies was ne;tr to rupture but in June
brl'ish troops entered tile territory
ana began clearing out the l'oles. The
ulSEule was referred TO the league
c"'lhcil which In October announced
| the boundary lines. Neither Germany
nor Poland was satisfied but 10th ac-
cepted the decision
All through tho year the Greeks
fought the Turkish nelionalists in
ahAtoIia, with varying fortune. while
the allied powers held aluuf, though
offering mediation which Greece re-
FUSED. In November France made u
treaty with the Keinalisl government
which aroused protests from Great
Britain and led to diplomatic negotn-
tions.
The United States formally mnde
peace with the central powers, the
treaty with Austria being signed Au-
gust "a, that with Germany August 25
and 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 rntify.
PRESIDENT Harding on July 10 is-
sued Informal Invitations to Great
Britain. France. Italy and japan TO
SEMI representatives TO Washington
for conference on limitation uf
armament and Fur East questions
! Acceptance from all WAS already AS
sured ny process Of "feeling OUT
and on August l. the formal invita-
tions went out, China, Belgium. Hol-
land and Portugal heing asked to par
l,i l.ntA I'm al y,,>,, ,,l,.f, ho
Far East. The foremost statesmen of
these nine powers were named as
delegates and on November II the mo
mentous conference opened with i'm
posing ceremony. Almost Immediate
~ Secretary Hughes put forward
Americas plan for reduction and
limitation Of naval armament. incluri-
Ing Earnl holiday for ten years, the
scrnpp!ng OF all ShipbuIiing pro-
grams. destruction OF vessels to GER
tain point and the maintenance Of
the navies OF America, Great Britain
and Japan on 5-.-} basis. The plan
was formally accepted by the delegates
Of those nations on December Is. and
to the agreement we're added clauses
for the preservation OF the status quo
of naval bases and fortitication 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 !Anglo-Jup-
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 al 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 all ma
tionS. Direct negotiations between the
Chinese and Japanese delegates re-
suited In Japan's agreeing to restore
Shanlung province tu China upon re-
ceiving payment for the railway
1t was evident from the frst that
the conference could not do much III
| the matter Of limitation Of land arma-
| ments so long as the situation In cen
, tral Europe remained so unsettled.
| Premier BRAND was present to give
voice to Frances needs W protection
| and fears OF aggression by Germany
and possibly by Russia. His eloquent
speech so far convinced the confer
ence that the other powers gave as
surance that France would never be
lett IN the "m0ral isnlnti0n" which she
feared.
,Presiden, Harding has clung to his
ideo that an association Of nations can
be formed which would DO what the