Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-09
BY FREDERICK j. HAsKIN

| Washington, d. c. Aus. Some
| time this year probably on November
| IL. the anniversary of the signing OF
| the Armistice, the great powers Of the
world viii confer in Washington to
! see II IL Is possible for them to put an
end to the squanderlng OF money for
4 building up huge armies and navies
for protection against each other, or
for aggression against their neigh
bors. Boiled down TO its essentials.
the conference will determine wheth.
er the peoples Of the world, burdened
and groaninE under the debt OF the
great war. with industries slowed
down or stopped, credit strained and
money values far below par. Will I'VE
together in amity henceforth or
whether the old systems OF diplo-
matte intrigues, alliances. large
standing armies. enormous naNles'
and consequently tremendous eSpeh-
. ditures and taxes VIII so ON untll CIV
ilization ends in bankruptcy ana
chaos.
| II is generally conceded that Pres
ident Harding chose the psycholoEl-
cal time for proposing the dlshna
ment conference. Tho nations OF
Z Europe and Japan. the one big pow
or OF the east. would have paid scsnt
attention at any other time. But Eng
land and France, and other European
nations are staggering under ehoF-
nous debts, unable TO pay even tho
interest on their foreign ohisatlohs'
and public opinion a. well a. com
mon business sense force their at
iention. Japan Is in .hr better econ
I omicai condition. her losses uurthE
tho war being not drop IN lhe
bucket compared to the men. nun
itions. and money thrown INTO the
I rsv.nous Jaws OF the dragon OF war
by the other enemies of the CehtI9'
] Powers Japan's 1cquicscencc tol-
lowed the realization that word op.
inion would single her out as me on
obstruetins power PEN pSns ~ ~ erms
The attention OF the public II now
turning toward whether the ualh'H
diplomats OF other lands are TO u,e
their cumming and devious methods
ynillcs, to give the appearance OF
striving hard to reach basis OF
peaceful settlement Of all internauon-
al troubles. but nt the same ''ilo
rcservtuE and holding SPECIAL 'uNan
taEes for their nations whlGh N"u'"
in effect nullify the whole Piah'
Peace Treaty Intrigue
II is no secret now how the League
Of Nations plan crunIpled and col
4 lopscd Former President Wilson, MS
mindSSset on the accepthnc Of his
scheme was played upon 10y the pre-
micrs of Europe and Japan until TO
get their suppoe' concessions had TO
he made to each OF them. Great
Britain demanded separate reprcscn-
nttou for each OF her overseas do
miuiouE. and got that az well az other
advantages. France showed what shc
really thought OF the League plan by
insistiug on the hcceptnne OF an al
lnce with Great Britain and the
United states In addition to member
ship In the league as protection IN inc
future against Germany. Japan de-
inanded and got the Shln'ung settle
mcnt at her price.
Tho whispcrinFs and underground
rustlnEs of diplomatic intrigue can
already he discerncd, altho the con-
ference is far away. II b. reported
that Secretary Of state Hughes has
found 1T necessary to address an in--
formal but strongly worded menu
orandum to the euhassy-of ono of
tho big powers warning It that bar
gains and trades and sub rosa work
Is not to he tolerated.
President Harding has set his hand
to the plough in this task. and has
Repeatedly given public utterance TO
his intention to sec II thru. With
out doubt Secretary Hughes. well
equipped for the task. will be the
spokesman and representative OF the
American government At that dis-
armament conference.
In effect President Harding has
taken the nations of the world as be
ing but people In a small community
people who have from tho dawn of
time been pickering and fighting and
stealing from each other, encroach
ins on each others lots. brenkins
eah others windows, and refusing to
ph> the grocer on the corner for what
thev cat Many of them are In the
position of having borrowed from n
rich neiEhbor. and now find that
they cannot meet their notes
n neighbors in village acted as
history records the actions Of nations
thcv would be thrown into i1il or rid
lden out of town on a fence rail. In