Evening star., 1921-11-06
BY MANIMILlAN HARDEN,
Gern,nny's- Foremost PubliciSt


By Radio TO The Star.
BERLIN, November 5-President
Hardings plan for world peace has
won its first victory.
Disappointed at Paris, the people
asked whether Mr.. Harding's hope Of
::o.ving the Pacific problem by pre-
tectinS. China against her monopo-
e listic neighbor and by emphasizing
the moral and economic advantage
to the world in reducing land and
sea armament would result merely
in amiable words behind which ugly
selfshness awaited again favorable
moment How could it be otherwise
when Russia no longer exists in the
balance Oh powers2 Even the great
est of optimists would have prophe-
sled = program for the washington
confer..:,ce something like this:
En-gas 1 would swear that she had
only IT,. most peaceful intentions.
Japan would prove that she was De
ing impoverished and that peIhs
twenty days away from America sac
could not and would not think OF war.
white France through the ctoauence
of Brands and Vivianis, would swear
that she did not wish to Keep SIN
gle cannon or single man hoft th.,ii II
necessary on account OF the proXlrli,s
of sixty million -embittered Germans
After the festive speeches and the
protocols, the old game OF intrigue
between the chief powers would con-
tinue.
Believes I'm Genius Of U. 3.
I, myself, have never shared the fear
that such program woulo 'pe PC
mitted to develop, because l DelleFe
in the genius of the United states.
,,I,
pass without speaking the word need
ed to heal sick world. American
ideaIism probably regards the renova,
ton of the human mind in the world
Americas healthy realism has prob
ably not forgotten how to reckon
things. The tax burdens of to-day.
the stagnat.on of markets. the IN
crea sing costs of armies ana nafles'
all tell America that. this cannot go
on.
Therefore. it seems to me that un-
less some arrangement is made abou
international debts and the ~ofio ;
swept clean of deiusive paper ana tf
way opened to Intelligent inauS't NOUS
and wealth, civilized nations VIII
completely rd:ned by inVoiuntar
dumping of goods. caused by the nee
essariiT cheap mass production: IN
will drive nations to the Old. ou
rageous custom OF se,zine marKe @
which The noblest of theories cam
wa IN augury of success that
., II . moment a practical problem
---s"1 utic proportions shouid arls
5.4ysia undertakes to pay the sta
Ia ) of the czar. Russia begs
zee. She asks for recognition. H.
IN of government Will allow Il
~ dom of economic initiative. In h.
less Russia calls for an inte'
G5..ster Tchitcherin chooses this M
Mt % utter such cry shows
r,,...i-S &c be heard by those now gatf
srIrf at Washington.
This is a problem of culture an
economies such as has never bee
h.s;cd in the history Of mankind. 1t
80 great that the whole world mus
Ae. held by it. 1t, Is SO fertile that !
v-ilh suffice for the endeavors Of real
.s:say.well as idealists. The Wash
IL gton conference will Instantly hav'
4 iftr, footing Burer than any rhetori'
or lof.u,n entssif the Russian problem
= placetY an the forefront Of its de
,b4 ations. The conference could the
rove that the goodwin OF the Chief
-suropexn-eand Asiatie powers does
aot consist dn reality of hollow decla-
rations.
Says Russia Win Not Die.
Russia which has survived Tartar
rule and the bloody. indolent cZars.
will not die of bolshevik blunders. If
only indifferent help and the charity
of cossstHercial credit is afforded. cen
tuwfs Twill pass before Russia is
capable of doing her bit for humanity.
The proposal which the writer out
lined during the summer is now pos
sib!e of realization. 1t is this. Mobili-
zatfon of the international army of
labor to reconstruct Russia. Ten to
twenty producing nations, whose sons
t,lti ir,i n O taf1 m
poison gas could easily accomplish as
much as the armies did in constant
-.eril of death. Necessary railways
yr,,.!d,,he built quickly and new in
j,f5s+'fes, created, and whole towns
Y "ussia is left free to make a
cho-". 9 government and to handle
her- national relations. there is
~ =, Z 10 fear that the labor army
~""'f'--'gv vor. openly or secretly, a
4 ,~.?t Ia the labor OF her peace
ss-r"s. fsrssia must pay everything if
red "arDRscies are again to flow in
her Vcfn%. All thr former beiligerert
srat coild send contfngents. All this
r-ctrld crcatn re:nunerative work for
TIM. unemployed. For officers and tech
riCal rSpc-tS could quickly unload
the surplus nj raw stuffs and create
new markets without which America,
Asia and I'urope' cannot prosper.
sIsl.iIi-atiOn Not Dificult.
Marshal Tnch and Herbert Hoover
now can discuss face to face how
tbs general staff OF this unarmed
army .cvulf be organized consisting
of strategists, transportation experts
nanufacturers. bankers. engineers.
farmers. The mobilization should not
take longer than that of a war army.
No country should recruit more men
than it can readily spare and each
should supply the good it has in ex-
cess. The United States has an al
mos: unlimited supply of COM
modities. England has ships and
coal. Germany can supply chemicals,
potash, agricultural and technical ex-
pertS and machines and be a repair
base and labora tory.
China has rice weaving materials
ami the finest agricultural arts. Ho!-
lard and Scandinavia have fish fats