The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09


European and Asiatic fields. We
have decided to get out of Europe
and tO get into Asia. President
Wilson would have made us an
European power, he would have
= blessed u or cursed us with
inundated territory and WITH
sponsibilitivs within the league.
We should have bc>cn parties to all
the European debates. This Is
what Europe hoped for and cX-
pccted. This Is whnt Mr.. Wilson
promised ON behalf of the Initcd
States. We have denied his sig
nature and We are out, hut no one
prCtcnds that Europe II pleased.
Now II new administration comes
along with n new proposal. MIR.
Wilson's was league of nations,
MIR. Iarding's II Limitation OF
armamcnts. with Asia In the back
ground. But Europe made many
conCcA ions Ia Mr. Wilson In the
belief that he represented the
United States. and that in return
for the concessions they would OBJ
tain certain clearly specified ad-
Vantagcs. These they did not get
Shall they "makC Now cOnCcS-
slons" 10 President Harding and
take the chance that he Is the
representative Of the viii of the
United States? Perhaps they will,
but IL g. al least an open ones
ton.
And we do ask definite things.
We ask Britain. for example, rot ,u
renew the Anglo'Japanese alliance.
IL is true that this alliance Is un-
popular In the Domiuions, but ii is
equally true that the alliance has
been of great advantage to the Brit
ish and might conceivably he again.
Ia any event to denounCe It might
send Japan off on a hostile track in
Asia. where Britain has many dit-
ficult problems on hcr hands, not
ably in India at the moment.
The British Might Agree.
Still the British might agree to a
change. LLOYD George has said that
the hest solution would be an Anglo
AmcriCan-Japanose pact But what
was the reaction in this country?
and general d!sappro-
baton. semi-offiCial limitations from
Washington that we We're not maxi
ing alliances and did not regard that
as the proper solution. What then
arc the British TO do? Cast loose
from Japan and take their Chances3
Gamble on our giving more than We
promise? But can wise statesman
ship take such chances, in the pres
cnt situation in the world. Can
Britain afford to make a japanese
enemy and at the same time have
no assurance from us that we Will
share i'm the consequences. if evil
consequences there be-
II is simple and self evident fact
that the success or failure OF Mr..
Harding's conference will depend
upon the attitude Of the delegates
representing British and the British
duminions, Yet we have refused to
permit preliminary conference.
when It was asked by the dominions
for masons Of obvious convenience
to their prcmiors then in London.
We have refused to permit the do
minions to be represented az such,
although Britain has already rccog
n!zcd thcir status, as such and their
right to such representation, which
is an odd example Of being more
royaIist than the king, himself,
Moreover, at bottom we know
that we shall not agree 20 any
form of association with the Brit
ish, which Is what they seek, what
they asked for nj Paris, since Paris
and even before Paris. Yet this,
after all Is the one thing that
counts with the British. hll their
policy centres upon reaching some
sort of an agreement with us
which amounts To AN alliance,
however IL may he phrascd or de-
scribcd. That Is, after all, about
the extent of what there might bc
In Mr. IIarding's conference for
Great Britain and we exclude that
prize In advance,
Italy would like our help finan-
Cially and in tho Mediterranean po-
litically. She has been making many
earnest II quiet efforts TO interest
our government in her problems and
she Indicated her spirit toward us 10y
promptly lining up with the new ad-
ministration In the matter OF mans