The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-25
JAPAN WRITER'S
DISCUSS OUTCOME
OF CON E RENEE

TOXIC, oct 25.-The forthcoming
conference in Washington is a fruitful
topic of discussion with magazine
writer's, and n considerable part of tho
current issue Of the Taikwin tOut,ook)
is devoted to a consdera' ion of the
subject from various points Of view.
One Of the articles in question comes
from the pen of Yotaro SugintJrl Of
the Foreign office who directs bis at.
lention principally tn limitation of ar.
maments.
This limitation, he declares. ~ now
n universal demand. arsin,; not 80
much from q desire to lighton finan-
cal burdens as from fervcnt wish TO
avert the horrors OF war Much ma
this ia desired. it is extremely difficult
of achievement. not only because 4
numerical or financial scale of rcduc.
ton Is not at all easy To assess fairly.
but rather because it is almost i'm.
possible to fix standard of universal
application, and because of an agree.
ment on standard should be reached.
1t would be Of no practical use without
some organ by which the agreement
may be enforced.
Worlds First Need
The worlds first need today. he
says, is an effective instrument TO pre-.
vent war or rather 10 guarantee peace
because with the establishment Of
peace naturally comes disarmament.
The League of Nations is good as far
as il goes. but it is far from COM
pletc in that it touches only the ma
terial side of the problem.
There is, in Mr.. Sugimuras opinion,
no hope Of Il lasting peace until in.
territorial relations are regulated bv
the spirit Of Justice and law. so that
all disputes between nations may be
settled not by force of arms. but by
an appeal to the law. This involves
n moral reconstruction OF mankind,
which is still far off and must neces.
sarily be of slow growth. Therefore.
the world must in the meantime he
satisfied with the next best hing. and
that is according TO the writer. the
League Of Nations, which he urges
America to join in preference to her
as yet unborn and untried Association
Of Nations.
Though in sympathy with America s
good intentions, Mr.. Sugimura fails to
understand why Far Eastern problems
particularly should be brough, ND for
discussion. Trouble is likely 10 occur
in any part of the world, Europe or
South America, and yet no considera-
tion is to be given to that. But put.
ting this on one side. he says the most
important thing is to explain clearly
the exact connection between the ques-
tion of armaments and that of the Far
East and the Pacific. 1t stands to rea "a.
son that the subjects to be discussed
must be closely connected with the
plan OF cffecting a limitation of arma.
ments, and they must If necessary in
clude many so-called accomplished
facts II would be wrong for instance
rights and the rights of spheres Of
influence. 1t would be decidedly I'M
just TO preserve the former and abolish
the latter. Rather than that. all "ac-
complished facts" should be recognized.
ReVer.ing to his earlier argument
that the demand Of the times is for
the institution of an international ad.
thority to ensure the free and untram.
mellcd operation of the open door and
c,ual opportunity principle through
cut the world, to promote irrational
competition without bloodshed, aud TO
euable all to enjoy and share the boun-
ties Of the earth. Mr.. Sugimura holds
that until the world is ready for the
establishment of such an authority. by
n higher moral attainment. I'll that
can be expected of the Washington
conference is 'getlemen's agree
ment." in which the main motive DOW.
er VIII be n spirit of self-restraint on
the part Of the signatory.