The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09
United States Merely Considers
What She Wants in the Far East
When Nations Meet in WASHINGTON

dates. But no American for mo-
ment imagines that the American
delegation will consent to reward
Italy for support in the Pacific by
similar support for her interests
either In the Mediterranean or in the
Adriatic. No, for Italy as for France
and for Britain. our proposal Ia
unilateral, they are TO follow our
views, and virtue Will De its own
reward
Americas Point Of View.
Looking at Mr.. hughes course as
secretary Of state one has an odd re-
minder. in certain directions OF Mr..
Wilson. Questions are approached
In the abstract, without regard TO
the international complications. That
is to say we approach an problems
from an American point of view, or
from the point OF view of our ad-
ministration and We reason that this
same point Of view win prevail in
all other countries Sow this road
leads to disaster In International ar
fairs as Mr.. Wilson's experience
demonstrated.
We think of our Washington
conference, wc have been led to
believe President Harding and his
advisers think of II Hs "a totally un-
selfish gesture on the part of the
United States, an invitation to the
great powers of the world to get
together and settle things they all
want settled and to settle thcH
our way, which Is, necessarily the
way they must want them settled,
making due allowance for Japan,
toward whom we frankly entertain
.a..l n - A.
finding herself n minority Of one,
Japan viii have no choice hut 10
assent.
But Europe, there is no mistaking
this, thinks that the Washington con-
ference l. clear revelation Of Amer
lean imperialism. have just been
reading an article by learned
FrcnChman, who ably demonstrates
that we have heen traditionally in
tcrcsted IN Asia and 1loof from
Europe. lie cites one American ac-
tiou after another 10 prove 40. For
him the Washington conference will
be no more than proof positive that
he Is right in his conclusion that we
are out TO dominate tho Far East,
not militarlly but economically.
Our Reputation Abrund.
And I have yet another article
before me written hy IN eminent
publiCist to prove that our object
ives ARE far from what we assert:
Thus In the current number of The
National Review. it, editor, Leo
J. MaNsc. writes:
"Can republicans. 10 whom the
league was anathcma, seriously
contemplate an association of ma
lions rr expect other powers TO re-
peat the pantOminc that was
played to the bitter end In Paris,
merely To have the project once
more thrown In their faces by the
/ United States senate, which II only
( thoroughly happy when dissenting
from an American president?
"But while expecting the WASH
ingtOn conference to register an
! other International failure. the
more ambitious the program the
more inevitable the fiaScO--wC are
anxious that IL should nj least have
n chance of achievement and that
Great Britain should he wen and
wisely represented. Americans
naturally attach considerable Inn
portauCC to "A gathering formally
summoned by their president and
In their Innocence of the issues and
interests involved, not n few of
them imagine that by some lcgcr-
dCmain the United States can he
come supreme upon all the seas
without paying the price of ad-
miralty.' They are told day by
day by hyslcr!ca! yellow news
papers that Bankrupt Britain can
no longer afford II navy and that
all they need tO do Is to break up
the AngIO-IapanCSc alliance I'm
order 10 grasp Ncptunc's trident.
IL Is somewhat crude. but then
Americans. however clever In bust
ness are cOrrCspOudingly ingcnu-
Ous when il comes to world politics
and can only see what they want
to ScC.r
Here you have an ultra-Tory con
scrvativc view, II you please, hu
/ the view Of the man who Wiclds tn
/ ahlost pen in Britain, when IL come
/ to the discussion Of international az
fairs And i'm IL you have somothinl
/ Of the view Of all Europe, w
/ shall delude ourselves nightly
we believe or If we continue TO be
/ liovc that Europe will think Of tn
] conference AS a piece Of frank, opcl
and upseltish idcalism. We shall
dclude ourselves fatally n we imug
/ inc that we shall have to do witt
f countries VINO ldkc us tl our owl
/ estimate, particularly IN this all i'm
/ pOrtant matter Of the Pacific, le
/ alone the question of the Limitation
/ Of armaments, which Mr.. Maxs
/ deals with.
Europe has TO come here on ou
7 invitation, we are too strong TO b.
ignored, financially, II not IN tn
/ military sense Europe is bound &
seek our good will. provided B., Cal
be had at any price within reason
( But Europe does not and VIII no
again IN any contemporary time he
lieve in our disintcTestedness. O
the contrary the European view o
the Washington conference, as
have suggested more than once,
that 1t rs an effort on our part {
. further our commercial ends, Will
ostcusibly endeuvoring 10 prumut
that moral issue which Is represent
ed I'm the agenda by the question q
the limitation OF armameuta
Ready for the Bargaining.
such being the case Europe vi
come here prepared to bargain, cS