Evening star., 1921-11-11
CONTRASTS DRAWN
ON EVE Of PARLEY
Aims, Personnel and Condi-
tons Of Conference at
Paris Recalled.
MANY SiMILARlTIES SEEN
Predicted That Mr.. Hughes and Mr..
Root May Be Ceunterparts Of
Wilson and House.
MANY, -SlMILARlTIES SEEN
BY PAUL SCOTT M0wREn.

ASVVs AA0y ~S SOoSAY Y~&S Va
Wilson and House.
BY PAUL SCOTT M0wRER.
Something lsas than three years
ago, watching the delegates to the
Paris peace eonferencs assembling
in the proud, rssplendsnt capital OF
France, newspaper correspondents of
many lands were endeavoring to fore
cast the circumstances under which
the impending negotiations would
probably unfold.
Today. watching the delegates from
Asia ana from Europe once more
coming together, but this time in
placid. fag-bedecked Washington, one
may endeavor, In a few rapid phrases,
Paris three years ago with the situa-
tfon as 1t now promises to develop
in our own American capital. Such
q COMPARISON is no mere exercise In
mental acrobatfcs; 1t is pregnant with
luminous suggestions, for in the study
Of the past is the best guide to the
future.
The Paris conference was called to
liquidate a war; the Washington con-
ference has been called to try to prevent
war. The one remade the map OF
Europe; the other will attempt II not
to rernake. at least to clarity. the
map Of Asia.
Just as, at Paris. the task OF peace
making was complicated by the issue
of the league Of nations, so, at Wash
ington. the task of settling the far
ca astern question threatens to be COM
plicated by the issue Of disarmament;
orr IL you prefer. the. issue -of dis
Of settling the far eastern question.
China to. HRve veice.
The immediate necessity at Paris
repentant Germany. Here, the imme-
diate necessity will be to deal with an
anarchic and disrupted China. At
Paris. Germany had no voice; at
Washington, China will have q voice,
but it will be voice devoid of author
| ity.
The principal actors three years ago
were Britain, the United States and
France. The roles OF Italy and Japan
were secondary. Britain, acting as
| mediator between France and the
United. States. dominated the. confer
ence. The principal actors this time
will he Britain, the United States and
Japan. with France and italy in sec
ondaryv roles. Ae far as can now be
| foreseen. Britain will once more seek
! to dominate the conference. by acting
as mediator between the United States
and Japan,
The EFFORTS made At Paris were
hampered and complicated At nearly
every turn by the absence OF Russia
from the concert of nations; Russia s
absence from Nashington today
while equally inevitable, is scarcely
less . hindrance and 2 complication
Prodded BY Fear Of BolshevfAm.
The chief stimulus which urged on
| the tagging negotiations at Paris was
the fear Of bolshevism: here, 1t will
be tine necessity Of attempting some
it's present industrial and financial de-
preston.
The method followed at Paris was
first, to agree on q number Of alb
stract principles. then to attempt the
application Of these principles to con-
crete cases. The method now under
censideration is in washington is nc
+, Three years ago the United State.
made its first venture into European
politics; today 1t is making Its f1rs'
really Serious venture into Asiatic
politics. After turning outward, to.
ward the east; we are turning: out:
!: The thought of the American dele.
gates at Paris took on an idealisti<
color; at Washington the thought OF
| the American delegates bids fair te
! exhibit >preponderant1y- an economic
color :.
| :. Draws Personal Parallel.
| l.: woodrow Wilson. dominated the
American peace delegation. with Col
House acting as a modifying ant
+, modifying influence. 1t may be mere
iWa ShinEton gossip, but. some people
predict. that Charles Evans Hughes is
| Eoing to dominate the American dis
armament delegation almost to the
same extent that Mr.. Wilson domi-
mated the peace delegation, while this
time. says rumor. 1t will be Elthr
Root who will act as the modifying
and. modifying influence.
H.. The ultimate aim Of the Paris con-
ference!was to devise q means of pre-
venting war in future. 1t produced
the league OF nations. The ultimate
aim of the present conference Is SINH
| lar, but what 1t may produce nobody
! knows. The fact remains. that the
Paris conference failed, so far as the
| United States was concerned, because
/ our Senate was not prepared to go SO
, Tar es the other world powers In the
direction Of International co-opera-
tion. :: What the attitude OF the
American Senate may be In case the
Washington conference arrives al
some similar or other form OF inter-
national cooperation Is matter for
! interesting speculation. :.
Copyright, ls21.l -.
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