Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-17
ALLIES MUST SOLVE
PAC|F|CP PROBLEMS

HONOLULU-"Tha are prob
lens on the Pacific of which the
allies must find solution, and find
it quickly"
This from Lord Northcliffe, the
famous British publisher, in his first
direct statement on the coming dis
armament conference and the Pa
cific problems which it will consid-
er.
Lord Northc1iffe was interviewed
here on his journey around the
world, including stops in Fiji, Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Japan and
thence back to London.
II am going to the east to go to
school," said Lord Northcliffe: II
will not express views on subjects
miliar and that at secondhand.
There is one point, however,
which very deeply concerns the Sit
uation on the Pacific seaboard-a
point upon which l should like TO
talk to you-and that is the vital
question of the reduction OIL arna-
ments.
"That question is, to my mind,
one of the most momentous which
kas ever been laid before any gath
ering of natio1s, and upon It's sue
cesstul solution, depends, am
rerity and happiness Of the world
for many years to come.
1.-THE burden Of ornaments which
has so long lain on the shoulders
of civilization must be very large
ly reduced if we are ever, to recover
hn ~
mediately a basis upon which an
the nations concerned will agree to
curtail their ornaments.
Dire Peril
eve in Great Britain, yourselves,
our allies, the whole world, perhaps,
are inclined today, in the reaction
which the end of the war has
brought upon us, to lean anew upon
lighting strength as the one force
which renders possible even the
patched and tattered peace we nave
so far managed to achieve.
THE Washington conference must
scotch this dire peril, and am
absolutely persuaded that if every
delegate there will keep before his
eyes this single supreme object, and,
the opinion of his country~eand
the shareholders in this tremen-
dous business of renewing the san
ity of the world, will do the Ut
most in our power to prevent the
lions at the Washington conference
the solid common sense when IS
latent in every civilized nation Will
see to it that the greatest councll
the world has ever known Will pc
carried on in an atmosphere OIL
sincerity and good faith
Honesty Needed
"TTnless that atmosphere can De
created and made to endure; unIesS
each and every nation honestly SHOWS
that it is represented at washington
for the single purpose Tor Wh!cn
the conference is called inc s zen ne
Limitation of ornaments, ana that no
thought of tactical gains OF any SORT
is being entertained, the conference
will fail, and the greatest opportunity
in history for securing permanent
and universal peace and prosperity
will have been thrown away.
eve must all be mentally dlsarm-
ed before we begin to discuss the
Limitation of arms. We must meet
at that table as friends ind1ssoluoly
bound together by one great pur-
pose But we must realize at the
outset that it is Of the first lmp .1
lance to the successful issue OF the
conference that our minds should be
open and that we should not. by any
premature action, prejudice the SIT
uation which may arise after the
labors of the conference are con-
One Salvation
THE economic havoc wrought by
the war can only be mitigated in a
long period not only Of peace but OF
freedom from all thought OF wars
probable and improbable.
"There is only one thing which
will save the world now, and that is
hard, unremitting work in the cause
of reconstruction. For many years
to come we must none Of us have
time, if the Washington conference
bears fruit, for any thought of war.
I'm President Harding and Secre-
tary of State Hughes I saw two men
of distinction, who, of all the emil
nent men with whom [ have dis
cussed this great conference, seemed
to my humble thinking most lifted
to preside over such a council.
Both are men who have the peace
Of the world at heart, to whom the
inevitable difficulties of the discus
sion no less than the gravity OF the
issue, are perfectly clear
eff, as I said, the conference should
fail. the consequences will be utterly
disastrous to the whole world; but
l am strong in my belief that 1T Will
not fail, that it will rise from its de-
alterations with a tremendous effort
to it's credit on behalf of civilization"
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