The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-05-18
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ERA Of Good Telling Here at Last
More About zap.

there" said Jack.
Eyes and heard friend of Daddy
say that England agreed with Japan,
and that all of those countries over
there were against the United States,
commented Ruth.
Nov you kiddies don't know your
current history very well If that is
what you think and believe" said
Uncle Ted who had been listening.
"I'll admit that the relations between
the United States and Japan, accord
ing to some, have not been the best
since Japan insisted upon taking
charge of the island Of zap. OF course,
this little island and the talk about
it is only one thing in the big accumu-
lation of troubles throughout the
world in which the United States is
more or less interested since the
Great War But we have a new Presi-
dent and a new Secretary of State
two things you seem to have forgot
en-. When 1t comes to getting toward
real peace in the world and stopping
all the trouble between countries
growing out of the war, | know that
more has been done in the last few
weeks than in all the rest Of the time
since November, 1918, put together.
There are some who do not feel
that every move of the President and
Secretary Hughes has been the best
but the results are what counts and
those results are promoting the cause
of permanent peace. The other day
Senator at Harrison tried to discredit
Mr.. George Harvey, the new ambassa-
dor to Great Britain, by speech in
the Senate which was not only poor
taste but might cause grave misunder-
standings in England il the English
people believed what he said. After
that he made other remarks, as did
other Democrats, that theHarding ad-
ministration has been forced to follow
the policy Of Woodrow Wilson and
that eventually we would enter the
, work club plan"
Gee, that can't be- said Jack.
at not only can't be but won't be
and no one knows this better than the
men who have fought the world club
If we were going into the woald cluf
how could Col. George Harvey be our
representative in the Supreme Coun
Gil where he will sit and listen? Col
/, Harvey who hates the world club plar
+, in every way would be the last mar
s to agree to anything that would ever
a recognize the world club. OF COURSE
t that is ridiculous and our Democratic
a friends and newspapers know that.
: "But to get back to the success o
e President Harding's moves so far a
d Europe is concerned, we find that in
q tsead of more trouble or misunder
kstanding with Japan there is ever
reason to believe that japan wants t
. get rid Of everything that might caus
: trouble with us. The other countrie
feel the same way in the zap matter
that the fact we have complaine
about Japan having control of va
was within our rights. And anothe
thing Riddles, If England and Japa
agree to our wishes about zap we ca
naturally expect them to agree
what we think should be done in tn
Orient. understand that Japan ha
been advised by Great Britain to agre
to the wishes Of America regardin
both IShantung and zap.
Another thing that seems to me
be coming closer and closer as a re
suit of the splendid work of Presider
Harding Is disarmament. OF cours
don't for one minute think we shoul
stop building ships and training fai
sized army Just because a part of tn
world is talking about getting rid
fighting materials. But when taxt
keep getting higher and higher
they have been in japan they sui
have good reason to talg' about
least cutting down the amount
money to- be spent on great fleets
battleships.
There will be lot Of talk bae
and forth across the ocean for son
time to come in order to get the pol
tics Of the world straight, but you bo
can Just remember this that no ma
ter how the details look - no matt
how much criticism is made of the wi
in which things are accomplished
that President Harding and Secreta
of State Charles e. Hughes have
the short space Of few weeks shov
q the world that America is again