The Washington times., 1921-11-25

traveller returns. else the souls Of the
ten million who gave their lives In
this last war would sweep through
the council room like a m/<ity wind.
the thoughts OF the dele
gates and driving away pettiness and
selfishness. .,'
But other ghosts sit at the confer
cnce table--the grisly ghosts of the
Irish question, Of the Silesian ques'
ton. OF the question OF that Russia
which has thrown OFF her shackles In
murderous epilepsy. OF the new, but
always beloved France, showing once
more. however. in Brands speech the
never-dyins fear and hatred of Ger.
many: ghosts whose CHASTITY hande
press the nations apart and into the
old paths OF mutual distrust.
Irish Question in Way.
IL the seven hundred years Ut
wrongs OF the Irish could at last u
righted and ireland stand an associate
OF Britain and America, there would
lie a natural alliance of English speak.
ing peoples, OF peoples OF the same
ideals, that would endure and have no
more need Of paper, ink or treaty seals
than has the long frontier OF Canada
fAt thV = bttSu sob"'Nb Va ~ iiNa sN"S
hels and vessels of war.
And while, all too secretly, the dele.
gates discuss the details of naval dis
ornament and the questions 81 the
Far East, cannot the conference boldly
face the question of dirty fighting
lhe use OF poison gas and the pirate,
deadly, sneaking submarine. which
sinks merchant ships without notice
Ind without placing passengers and
'rews in safety. az required by the
laws OF mercy and war? An open life.
Loaf many miles from land, on q
stormy winter sea. cannot be consid.
,red place Of safety.
A thousand years AGO an Arabian
wrote:
''Of q verify, the doings OF the an
,icnts become lesson to those that
ollow after, so that men look upon
he admonitory events that have hap
'encd to others and take warning and
,ome to the knowledge Of what befeu
ygono peoples and are restrained
hereby"
Peril Seen In Yellow Race.
In the thirteenth century the Mon.
;olian armies Of Genghis Khan and
.amerlane, forcibly enlisting the Chi.
,ese, overran Asia and threatened Eu.
ope. suppose that the territorial in.
egrity OF China Is destroyed, and that
Intelligent, organizing Monkol race.
epeating history, recruits the Mon.
olian armies by forcing millions of
hineso into the ranks? Then the ma.
IONS Of Europe may well take warn
ne from the ex.kaiser's celebrated
icture, and unite. perhaps too late, to
'rotect their firesides from the peril
rom the East. The great objective
the Christian nations should be 10
reserve China as a separate nation,
+, at least, save II from peaceful oc-
upation or conquest by any Mon.
olian empire.
The right To trade free from boycott.
obtain raw materials from China,
'erhaps more, must he secured to
apan. but il is not in the interest OF
he peace OF the world to permit ia.
an. an essentially military nation, to
htain the ovsrlordship OF China and
n opportunity TO lead these hordes
, western conquest as in the days OF
'omeriane.
ViviAni Replaces BRAND.
The very qualities which make the
japanese people creat--their talents
)r bravery In war--will make Jana n
danger II given the suzerainty of
china.
BRAND departs: Niviani takes hiy
ace--anothsr orator--his speech "a
tery as the African sun under which
was born. He can DO little now:
'riAnd has called the turn, and for
his conference. at least, France PLAYS
military part, unfortunately stirriu.
~ IN Germany the old. discsr ded,
russian sunker, n,ilitarietic spirit
'hich and others, who think we
now something Of that country. be.
ieved sincerely no longer actusted the
ma jority Of Germans,