The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-12-29
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY J. E. JONES.
WHAT is JAPAN

WHAT is JAPAN
IN THE TREATY?
When Senator Henry CABOT Lodge
drew the four-power pact he must
have believed that his authorship pro
duced the most concise and far
reaching document in the history of
all diplomacy. "A gem for brevity,
declared Washington. $50 simple and
plain" exclaimed many. Henry
CABOT Lodge made speech in which
the sprigs and blossoms of oratory
almost shut off the view of the four
power pact for peace, and the latter
was adopted la "all in favor will
say ave." call opposed will say no."
"The ayes have it and the motion is
carried Unanimously" Hurrah!
hurrah! hurrah! . rs.si "
The next day the questioning be-
gan. Henry Cabot Lodges master
piece was admittedly of the class that
Shakespeare found mot so deep as
q we'll. nor as wide as church-door.
butt is enough, t will serve" But
like the we'll it has holes in it, and
some of these appear to be as wide
as church doors. The reporters
rushed pell-mell to see Mr.. Hughes,
and he told them just what was
meant by "dominions, continents, =
provinces" and all such terms.
"Does the four-power Pacific treaty
mean," they asked, ''that the powers
have agreed to protest 'insular pos
sessions and does that mean the house
land of Japan?' Mr.. Hughes said
these very things were intended. And
then came up questions as to whether
Australia is continent, as it used
to be described in the biographies
The answer was that for the purposes
of diplomacy Australia is new is
land.
After NJ. Hughes had everything
apparently Strengthened out, the
reporters began asking questions of
President Harding, and the latter
gave it as his view that the agree
ment did not guarantee protection of
the homeland of Japan, but that it
merely covered island possessions of
the Pacific.
The Presidents statement caused
CONSERVATION in conference circles.
Evidently the President and his
Secretary of State had gotten differ
ent angles to Mr.. Lodges Magma
Charta of peace. But in that they
were no different from others who
studied the document carefully.
The Lodge document apparently
needs as many Interpretations" and
Reservations" to make it whole as
the longer treaty which former Presi-
dent Wilson brought back from Paris.
The Conference recognizes Mr..
Hughes as it's greatest figure and
leader, and it is likely that he will
be the one called upon at every stage
of the proceedings to iron out mis-
understandings in the Lodge pact.
LOOKS AS THOUGH THE
WAR is OVER
Reports received by the President
indicate that ninety per cent of all
relief that has reached the people
of Russia has been contributed by
the people of the United States. The
official work in connection with
Russian relief is being FASTENED. In
cidentally, the "love that turned to
hate''against Russia is reappearing
in the United States, and there is
every evidence that there will be "a
renewal of the old-time friendship =
as it is described by White House
reporter. One hears good deal in
Conference circles about the debt OF
gratitude" due Russia for its help
during the early days of the war,
when the Gear was in the saddle; and
in the latter period when Kerensky
came into power.
Thelineup to free Eugene V. Debs
and the other political prisoners grew
very large before Christmas. Mrs.
Robert M. LaFolleette, wife of the
Wisconsin Senator, headed dele
cation to the White House and pre-
scented q monster petition signed by
Debs'neighbors in his home town,
asking for his release. Within the
past few weeks practically all opposi-
ton to the release of these prisoners
has ceased, and speculation in Wash
ington turned from one of concern
"aDout the President will do" to theor-
izing on "when he would do it.
Poor old Emme Goldman and her
crew Of American anarchists are per-
sana non grata in Europe, and the
German authorities would not permit
them to enter that country unless
they agreed to go Straight through"
Russia doesn't suit Miss Goldman and