The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09

France has Indicated that she IA
prepared TO discuss the reduction
Of her armed forces ON land, pro-
yidcl only we are willing to give
now vitality TO President Wilson's
undertaking TO send American
trooDs 20 the defense of French in
tprrlty. IL there shall be another un-
provoked German attack. But II
,ye do not agree to such condition
then France is plainly out OF the
discussion of reduction Of land dis
armament. For we cannot at one
time flatly refuse TO promise aid
10 country. II she shall be attacked,
as she has been wautonly twice in
the last half century and insist that
,bls country shall take our esti-
mate unsupported by promise Of
aid. as to the future danger Of in
vasion.
And IL France declines to reduce
her land armament II, in tact,
France refuses to let US be the Judge
Of what is necessary in the way or
an army for her own defense, OBJ
yiously no other Eurupean alton
will consent to change It's program.
Poland will agree to disarm, or
rather to reduce her armed forceS
precisely as we pledge division Tor
division Of our own troops TO make
good reductions in hers. II bolsnev-
ism comes west again or newly re-
stored Russia undertakes to repeat
the partitions OF the eighteenth
century Rumania will make an
equally prompt agreement on sim
lar terms.
Can't Promise Even One Man.
But every man knows that the
American delegates cannot prom
Use platoon of American troops
for services IN Europe uF. II ~
should make such u promise, re-
pudiatlon by the senate and the
country would bc instant The
league OF nations has tackled the
problem and failed 10 find even
formula. although there Is much
vague talk about regional re-
striCtOnS." Az far as the llmita-
ton OF land aImamCnts are con-
ccrncd there are only two soln-
tions, the one is 10 leave IL 10 the
individual nation 10 decide what
army j. needed to answer its views
as TO its own security. The other
Is the mutual guarantee of the
league OF nations, when Involves
an International army. general
staff, etc.
But laying aside the question of
the restriction Of land armament,
which is hopeless at the moment
and Ia the existing situation in the
world, one passes TO that of naval
strength. THAT Is comparatively
easy. Japan, Britain and the lnitea
States are ready to agree TO limtta-
ton. There will be trouble, grave
difficulty as between Japan and our
selves In finding a ratio Of strength.
There will be even more trouble
given the lack of confidence on both
sides of the Pacific. in insuring mu-
tual living up 10 the agreement IN
the face of inevitable alarms and
suspicions. Yet this IS not imbos-
sible.
How About Ourselves?
When, however, one passes from
our proposal of the limitation of
naval strength to the Japanese sug-
ges,on Of the demolition OF all forti-
fcauons IN the Pacific. 1t is clear
that trouble is inevitable. Are we
ready to scrap our Notifications in
Hawaii and IN the Philippines on
which we have expended large sums
Ia recent years? Would the elm
inatiOn Of these fortificatiOns place
pos on an equal or an ut"uudl .'.,-
Ing OF preparation with the Japan
ese? These are questions which
would be much debated.
Then Japan Is as likely as not to
com" out squarely on the question
or racial equality. After all in this
aspect Of the relations between the
TWO countries the Japanese have a
OASIS for complaint. If the ohtec-
I'VE 70. the conference Is interna-
uonol friendship, no one will deny
lhai the Japanese exclusion policy
.s O barrier to such friendship. To
De sure Australia maintains the
same bar to the Oriental races. But
VIII not the Japanese meet Mr..
HaEl!ug as they met Mr.. Wilson
with that demand, which aroused
endless sympathy in Europe, whore
'he color line ~ not drawn?
britain, too, has demands 20
make upon us, in tho nature of
-hlnss, 1t is not, as some people
sun appear to think, another eX-
tuIson into idealism, this Washing
0A conference, on our part. At
least Europe does not see It as such.
"" 'he contrary Il comedies with a
new Indication of our determina-
toH TO stay out of Europe, The de-
Dat. upon the German treaty, the
tyat''allon addgd thereto placing
VIZ" 'he senate 1.-THE power Of veto
apon any proposal to name repre-
hsns."lIves 70 the league or any other
oouE created by the treaty of Ver-
Ea.l'a ~ plain advertisement 'p
europe that we are not coming
Daeh thus the Washington confer
nCo must take on for Europe the
aptS tfarcc OF a policy of expansion
IN ne Pacific.
reality, decided as bctxVcen rho