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

pinchcs But IL Mr. Hughes makes
clear that there is nothing TO be
expected In the direction of alliances,
thore always remains the question
OF what Europe owes us And II
this be eliminated then why should
Europe back us against Japan, that
is back us absolutely There is a
solution Of the Pacific problem
which Europe would make when
In trouble partition. this is the
European maxim, china might DE
carved up into separate spheres OF
influences.
nut We reject this solution In
advance We do not want IA sphere
OF influence, we want an equal
opportunity In all spheres. We
seek tu deprive Japan OF what
she has acquired by three wars,
by much sacrifice ana by gigantic
effort. Literally we mean to turn
her out Of China, where she II
cntrcnChCd. II In all nonsense to
keep saying that We ask nothing
for ourselves, for We do ask some.
Thing which We have nos now got,
namely an equal opportunity 10
share Ia the Far Eastern mar
kCts. We ash, too, to establish
situation In which We shall CON
ttnuC To have thnt opportunity.
~
ON the part Ot Japan.
am not arguing that our policy
ls wrong, or even suggcHting That II
Is not founded upon tho highest
conceivable morality. China has a
right to independence, so has siberia.
40 one VIII deny that japanese
policy i'm Korea does violence to al
enlightened conceptions based upon
the doctrine Of self determination.
L O. 10 b. t.I. 40 f.. x
down the whole Japanese conception
and If our views are established,
/ however right they may be, We shan
profit by them. profit by them more
| largely than any other nation in the
| world, in ali prubuhiiity
And Europe, and Japan as we'll
/ sees the profit and estimates our
/ motives in the familiar terms oL IN
/ ternatioHal usage. such beingethc
/ case, when VIC raise new barriers
/ to participation iu European atfalrs'
I through senate reservation, Wheh
we promise to recall our troops
from the Rhine, when We tax
among ourselves Of repeating the
/ provision which enables all countries
/ 10 use the Panama Canal ON lhc
/ same terms as we use 10 tor our own
. ships. IL is obvious that We confirm
/ ute TO the creation Of stat" "t
mind In Europe toward US, toward
/ the Washington conference, toward
/ our policy in the Pacific,
I And TINS state of mlud rs lfhhkE
/ and freely based upon the asSump-
! tion that we want something Tor
nothing. That we are unpreparcd TO
/ nav for what we seek ana that We
. are unsafe people TO do business
/ with. because when through our
/ president We hdyc persuaded oth'l
/ countries to make CONCESSIONS sac
/ riflrcs of their interests to conform
/ 10 our idea. then we are likely 10
repudiatc our president, as We did
| Ar Wilson and leave other Coun-
/ ttiFs high and dry, as we lett France
in tho matter of the Rhine frontier
President Wilson assumed a.
paris that there was a fixed rlght,
an iuNarlablc quantity anu Ihal "
was the duty Of all countries TO CON
form to this right and that such
conformity did not cnutle them to
any profits lie discovered that ne
could not do business upon this
basis. lie had to maze concessions
the things that he held most ser
evidently right were precisely the
things which in practice ne hau 10 10
offer reWnrds TO obtain takers. But
ali the rewards which ne promised
were disallOwcd by the senate.
To-day, IL one may Judge by Whut
one reads and hears Of views IN hiE!' is.'
places IN Washing lV"' Sh'' o,,,,I,,.
same notion as To- lht Hos,tu., ,t,''..
rlghtncss "l ANU ,.'l i, "a" .',i,' IN, h.
and therefore a similar lallh IN 'to
inevitablity OF acceptance "l t,nhGaI,
views py "Iht' '""'''' .-f ,.1,-,, sror,
merits. Yet II one may Juube I'm ,'
European symptom. ln'' II, ,,oi,, - pnyy
clsclv the same Hl"P'1n ",,,os
tgrt there was ln ",'H '.' ~
France Is wiling lo ill'I' i''' i.,,a,"
iu return Ior an 1'''.I', t",,
proposes an NhsI'-Ail'l ia -" =.
ancse alliance boo 'N,haut' luI W.,
Anglo -Japanes, lia,y hSs sn,ii m't sn.ai %" II 4
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