The Washington times., 1921-11-18
Time Doing lts Work.
Diplomatic Fever. First Case.
Behold "The President"
Our Business 10 OUR Business,
Today:
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE

- ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright
Children build sand forts in summer, forts in
ter With time they crumble. Statesmen building
fancy structure of bothey love supposed to make forts
unnecessary already the crumbling begin
Baron Shidehara spokesman for Japan is ILL., They call
indigestion. is probably diplomatic fever. which lasts
foryeght hours long enough for Tokyo to think it
journed.
As regards the Conference this is blank day.
There is enough guessing fill thousand
enough fact make any definite agreement along
the Hughes lines seem improbable.
England doesn't want great submarines that travel
ten thousand miles without coming to port Such invisible
batteships would destruction to her farung pound
The uned not having gone entirely crazy on
brohery love nepenthe will insist on submarines Of large
st. Lawrenee to the Canal to Seattle AND
b BACH without M taking in suppes such submarines can
policeman should be able the length of his beat
without turning in for nap or drink The submersble
is the natural policeman for our shores and it's beat
our fartest point north on the Atlantic around through
the Canal to farhest point north the Pacific AND
BACK again-wh an occasional trip if necessary to the
Philippines and Guam.
England could object to OUR having such submarines
The English sane know that President Harding the sort
of man we elect President will not turn pirate
erfu invisible weapons In just for in Asia
might M lend so them G her She says ss s eyf % U.S. h
million dollars worth.
Submarines and flying machines need. in proportion
to our size and coast lne and MUST HAVE That makes
England can't afford paralyze her warship building
industry by ten years holiday And she can't agree to
France will not consent-beng nation with real states
mento any dctation to her THAT makes agree
ment difficult
There probably will be ANY definite arrangement
History will write it this way:
One American Administration wen. Europe and.
"s to sweep that ..de and make treaty for it.eif
The people expressed their opinion and that Admins
h. bTe.sh. Egroe. s:n III. time . 70 take
That plan also will 60 to bed .ick in due time.
Muchdesired Mi! Precedent has been dug up. Those
inclined to ask, what is the Constitution between
ernmen and the Of Canada to keep warshps
off the Lakes and forts off the United
frontier.
1t sounds like good precedent, but can't annul the
Constitution with any precedent YET And regulation OF
Some men in Washington don't know yet what the last
national election meant think they ignore dodge
its meaning At heart they for League of Nations
That fact ought to cheer that they have
shown recent sign of sufficient intelligence to take
advantage OF anything.
Before long somebody up the atmosphere and
dspe the hasheesh dream described by young English
man yesterday follows s rather odd that the United
the
If you mean Japan what do you better begin
by INCREASING your armament, what?"
Some Congressman Senator from California might say
"The State represent for thousand miles
along the Pacific coast foot of it to japanese
and other guns. Every dollar of its wealth is open
attack from arshps easily transported within striking
distance. As Congressman object to being told that
my right help regulate the navy has suddenly been
transferred Baron Kato, Arthur Bafour BRAND.
81 object to having constituents taxed their share of
eight million dollars worth of defense equipment
only it unked object their being taxed other
hundreds of millions for CONTRACTOR consolation for
contracts broken
81 object especially to the prospect of fresh burst of
profiteer thevery breaks out dragged