The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-12-03
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES.
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Success for the Conference Assured

Success for the Conference Assured.
when in doubt, ask Uncle Ted"
was Jacks way of deciding the ques-
ton of whether or not the big confer
once in Washington was accomplish
ing anything.
$50 far as know" Jack continued,
the conference has done more in the
short time it has been In session than
anything like 1t ever held before"
whats the question now?" asked
Uncle Ted, who had Just arrived on
the scene.
Freddie was saying the big men
meeting in Washington hadn't done
anything. said they had, but If he
wouldn't believe me 10 ask you. Won't
you tell us some more about it?"
"I'll be glad to tell you what l
know, kiddies. There is no doubt that
wonderful steps have been made at the
conference in Washington. where the
eyes of the world are centered with
the hope of practical results in re-
duced naval expenditures. There is
no doubt that many big international
questions are close to solution as
result of the work OF this conference.
,'''rst of all, delegates to such an as
SCmbly have never before met with
The same feeling of good will brought
about by the splendid way in which
our President called the meeting and
by the wonderful manner with which
Secretary of State Hughes opened the
fi"st session. He laid a definite plan
before them with frankness, so that
there was nothing for the other dele
.ates to do but fall in line. There has
i cen no group of countries working
together to put across selfish aims.
livery enc fthe delegates knows that
lie is free to speak what he wants
: hen he wants to.
AT the recent open session, when
:emier BRAND Of France spoke,
aye of history was written that will
never be forgotten. He spoke not
Glgne TO the conference but to the
world 70 explain why France keeps
such a large army and why she must
He wanted to make it clear
that France is not keeping large
G2my for the purpose of trying to 60
cut and fight the world, but as an alb
s,lutely necessary protection against
{ ermany She does not want large
army for the sake of the army. France
las already cut the term of service
rom three to two years and We learn
she will cut it further. She cannot
co more unless there is some pledge
CT her security against further inva-
sion. When we stop to remember that
within so years France has been over
run twice by the same enemy, we can
l Understand why BRAND spoke as he
did. If nothing else has been accom-
plished, better understanding now
exists between the United States and
France than ever before. That means
much.
Another situation that is most i'm
portant is the relationship between
the United States and Great Britain
Many things, mostly misunderstand-
ings, have caused some feeling. In
such a meeting as this conference has
turned out to be, it is a simple matter
10 discuss these relationships, and
there is no doubt that these discus
sions will have the right results.
"One cannot help but forecast sue
cess for the conference because of the
almost miraculous results achieved up
10 this time. 1t is only matter of
days until the naval armament matter
will be settled and a solution of the
far-eastern problem is seen by a
pledge of the nations represented at
the meeting. The question of how to
handle China is tbe basis of the whole
far-east question which is the biggest
question of the conference. A mighty
big step towards its solution was
reached when the delegates, meeting
in committee, adopted the resolution
proposed by Mr.. Root. This resolution
wa sagreed to by the United States,