Evening star., 1921-09-04
SUCCESS
DEPENDS ON j. s.
Canadian Premier Hopes for
Full Cooperation at
Washington.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SPeclal Dispatch To The star
OTTAWA. September 3.-"The secret
of the success of the disarmament
conference rests, in my opinion. in
very large degree with the United
States" said Premier Meigen, address,
ing vast audience at the Toronto
exhibition.
Referring to the coming important
Washington gathering. he added:
Earnestly will every subject of the
British empire hope, and very earnest
ly will every citizen of Canada hope,
that the influence of that great repub-
lie at this time will, in concert with
the other nations, and particularly
Britain. insure the success of this
great and momentous enterprise. and
in that way save something of treas
ure for this and future generations
out of the wreckage of the past
decade
Sought Discussion by All.
The premier-t told his audience of the
stand he had taken at the imperial
conference at London. Touching on
the naval defense and Anglo-Japanese
pact issues, he said: Il sought to inn
press. on behalf of this country, not
that the friendly relations with Japan
problem sought to be taken care of
by the instrument of the Japanese
treaty should rather be tabled for
discussion before all the nations
concerned lnelF SOlullOH.
The other nations chiefly concerned,
besides Great Britain and Japan, un-
doubtedly were the United States and
China. What was sought was not to
cast away the hand of Japan. but to
seek. by the method of open confer
ence, to broaden the basis Of under
standing and seek to arrive at what
might be described as a pacific ac-
cord, where responsibility would be
assumed and approval gained on the
part of all the great powers con-
cerned.
Preferred Preliminary Meeting.
The premier referred to what he
termed the wise and statesmanlike
message from President Harding
calling together all the great powers
for disarmament" 1.-The Washington
conference" he added, could best lie
advanced by preliminary confer
ence on purely Pacific matters attend
ed by the nations principally con-
cerned. l have expressed and stiil
hold the opinion that much could be
gained if this meeting takes place,
but if that becomes impossible it
should be the concerted and deter
mined will of all nations and all their
representatives at the disarmament
conference, whoever they may be,
that the omission of the preliminary
conference shall not be allowed to
event. The secret of the success of
the disarmament conference rests, in
my opinion. in very large degree with
the United States"
Canada expects Premier Meighen to
be on the job at Washington on No
vember IL.
The Montreal Star throws him a
hint to so arrange the date for the
coming dominion general election
that it will not in any way interfere
with his important assignment at the
United States capital.
"The premier" says the Star, must
not forget the pregnant date of No
ember IL next, when the disarmament
conference meets in Washington.
There is no nation in the world more
the success Of that conference than
Canada. 1t is for US not merely
question of saving money on arma-
ments. 1t is decision whether we
may not be the battlefield for the
most devastating and civilization
Staying war In human history.
Fear Result of Competition.
ut is far more important that Can
ada should be there than that even
the Australian governments should
be represented. for the towering peril
which will menace US IL the threat
ened fratricidal competitin in naval
ornaments between the British en-
plre ana tHe CHlteO states lS HoI
averted by a fair and mutually reas-
suring agreement will be much more
imminent than any yellow peril which
can menace the Australian islands If
things take bad turn in the far
east
Would Aid England.
Thus, it is very important for Mr..
Meighen to SO fix his dates that there
will be an undistracted Canadian
premier who can go to Washington
on that occasion, and command the
ear of the British delegation. British
always means well to-
ward US in meeting American shrewd-
ness, but. specially, when Canada has
so much at stake we who know our
Americans better will be fair neither
to ourselves nor to the empire if we
leave the Britton alone to bargain
with Uncle Sam