The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-09-29

sfasce of attempted profiteering ha,
been Of service. for II has forced q
campaign here which will stop like
things In the future.
The questions Of limiting armaments
and of solving Far East problems
first will be taken up In the confer
ence, because until they, are settled
II will be almost impossible to take
any action along lines Of armamen,
limitation
Far East Problems.
There are conditions In the Far
East which might make for war
China looms large as a perplexing sub.
jecf; /; so does Siberia. and so do some
of the islands Of the seas. What are
called spheres Of influence must he
considered; mandates under the
League OF Nations must be 'onsidered
and many other things must come in
the category Of necessary considera.
tion.
When all these things are fixed. and
the conferees agree, the matter Of
navies probably will be taken up. The
countries chiefly interested today in
navy limitations are the United
States, Great Britain and Japan, al.
though Of course Italy and France ar,
~ Jcshe extent interested. "a
Az the country already knows
probably pretty definitely, the question
Of how big an army each nation may
keep for defensive purposes will form
one Of the chief matters Of discus
sion. II is a pretty fair prediction
that when the conference is over II
will be found that France will be al.
lowed to retain a larger force Of sol.
diers than Is any other country.
France fears future aggression from
the East.
No Preliminary Conferences.
Secretary of State Hughes is stand
ing by his original word that the
United States will not give its sanction
TO any preliminary conference no limi
tation of ornaments and Far Eas'
problems to be held either here or else
where. This means. of course. that
the administration also is standing
by"
Because Of this attitude OF the ad-
It seems certain that
when the conference opens In Novem-
her 1t will start without any definite
plan for reaching conclu-
sions on policies. orc, Sc the rep
of each nation will have
their own policies firmly fixed In their
minds, and probably they will know
how much they can yield and how
much they must insist upon, but there
VIII be I'm evidence no prearranged
agreement between any two nations
rs to what course Is to he pursued.
AT least there will be no such pre-
agreement unless II has been
so secretly that the United
States knows nothing about Il.
II seems today rs II prior to the
of the conference more Is To
be known of the japanese plans and
policies than of those of any other
nation. There have been well defined
differences of opinion on certain
things between the United States and
Japan which are better known and
than the differences be-
tween this country and any other ex-
rept Japan. The United States and
Japan have shown disposition TO
Try TO pave the way for an easy set
Element I'm advance OF some of the
troubles. Success may or
may not come. hut there are signs that
most Of the difficulties are believed 10
be not insurmountable.
News Gatherers to Help One Another.
When the conference begins In
the foreign correspond
ents who Will be present will find their
American brethren anxious To inter
view them AT the close OF each day.
The Americans also will find that the
foreigners are equally anxious to In
Ierview them In turn. Every news
paper man who comes here from an
other country will be one who has
been In touch with the officials OF the
foreign Office of his home government.
II Will be somewhat difficult for
American newspaper men 10 get the
II that is what II should be
allied, Of the foreign representatives
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