Evening star., 1921-09-07
DEM0CRATSSEE
NO HOPE IN PARLEY
News Article" From Pub.
Iicity Bureau Pessimistic
Over Arms Limitations.
HITS LEADERS, RECORDS
Says President Unsympathetic To-
ward World Peace and Lodge
Is Called lingo.

The democrats-at least the demo-
cratic national committee-haye their
hammer out for the Limitation of ar
maments conference called by Presi :
dent Harding. Through its publicity
bureau. the committee has already
begun to beat a tattoo upon the coming
effort to settle the problems of the
Pacific ocean and to bring about a
limitation of armaments, with a conse-
quent reduction in the tax burden
upon the people of the world
A news article" sent to the daily
newspapers of the country upon sta
tionary Of the democratic national
committee by Richard Linthicum, di-
rector of publicity, apparently gives
the key to the attitude which the
democratic organization is assuming
with regard to the coming conference
in Washington.
May Offer Substitute.
The prediction is made by political
observers here that the next move
on the part or the democrats will be
to suggest substitute for the Hard
ing plan for world peace. The only
Wilson league of nations.
Color Is given to this prediction by
report that within the last few
weeks there have been two confer
ences between former President Will
son and leaders Of the democratic
party at his home here.
should this be the case. the old
fight over the league of nations may
be revived But opponents of the
fear and much to gain by the adop-
tion of such an issue by the demo-
Gratis.
No Hope Of Gaining Ends.
The article sent out by the democratic
organization. OF course, makes no attack
upon the plan for a Limitation of arma-
ment. But 1t pessimistically points out
that, because Of the instrumentalities
it's effort to obtain relief from the arma :
ment race now heaping further dis
tress upon nations already bankrupt,
there Is practically no hope for the
accomplishment Of the ends desired.
It futher seeks to emphasize the
have existed in the past over the plan
for the Limitation of ornaments con-
ference.
Conference Reluctantly Called.
"The conference was reluctantly
called" says this democratic news
article. sin response to the demands
of public opinion. created by Senator
gressive republican colleagues" It
makes no mention Of the fact, how
ever. that for weeks and months
prior to the passage Of the naval ap-
preparation bill, containing the Borah
plans for a tripartite conference on
limitation of naval armament, the
President, through Secretary Hughes,
had been sounding out the sentiment
Of nations regarding conference on
disarmament
Further, the democratic article
says:
THE simple question Of disarmament
has been complicated by the injec-
ton of purely diplomatic Asiatic
questions, which can only operate
against speedy and successful results" !"
the attempt to solve these far eastern
problems may not be successful
whose solution is Of vital Importance
to the peace Of the world-it would
of their publicity bureau could be Of
assistance in doing anything but in
juring whatever possibilities exist.
Unsympathetic Toward Disarmament.
Without hesitation, or thought Of
the effect-or, rather. because Of the
I thought Of the effect-the democratic
article proceeds to tell the American
public, and such foreign correspond
ents as may care to carry Its views
to their own newspapers, that "the
record Of President Harding as a SEN
ator and as chief executive, shows
him to have been unsympathetic to-
ward disarmament or world peace" "
The article continues:
Lodge Called Jingo.
'"The record Of Senator Lodge
(chosen as one Of the American dele
gates to the coming conference) in
the Senate shows him to have been
q jineo throughout his entire career
should govern a conference Of this
sort, particularly in his attitude to-
ward Great Britain and Japan, two
Of the principal, conferees.