The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-06

force the two points which Il elects
/ to champion, namely the open Door
and the Integrity OF China We are
I undertaking. TO turn Japan out OF
/ China and to compel her recogniz,
| in practice as In principle the IN
+ tegrity OF China and OF Siberia. She
/ has in practice denied both the
whole policy for nearly two decades
has been based upon the avoidance
the open or the concealed evasion
OF these two points" What IL she
peNsists2
-Of course. the answer IS Obvious
All discussion OF disarmament be-
comes futile. " will no. be . c,tes-
tion OF Limitation but OF expansion
of armament for US as for her.
That is why the limitation OF arma T.
. ments is in reality "A minor detail.
or rather remote contingency and
the far eastern question is the real
problem OF the Washington confer
ence, SO recognized at Washington
but as yet little appreciated in the
nation at large.
At the outset of the conference l
would have my readers perceive that
the United States is undertaking an
aggressive foreign policy. II IL un-
dertaking to limit the purposes and
policy or great and proud nation
II is undertaking to forbid China to
Japan. so far as Japan has looked
economic and political exploitation
upon II as an exclusive field for
Mr. Hughes's policy is the assertion
or the right to enunciate and main
tain doctrine which IL destructive
OF Japanese policy as II has been
apphed fc- more than a decade.
la To
In effect, bluntly, without cqniyo-
cation, "Get out of China poIIti-
cally. Get out of Siberia poliiical-
Iy. Recall your troops alike from
RUSSIAN and Chinese soil. RcCog-
nizc that you have I'm both terri
tories no other rights than :!,os:
which belong TO all nations. And,
note TINT your presence la both
countries, your prctcnSloHi on the
mainland of Asia constitute not
alone n violation of abstract right
but "A menace To the United States
30 interpreted by It,"
Moreover, we arc saying TO the
british In unmistakablc terms:
"Ihc evil course which Japan has
followed In Asia is due in no small
ncs1 urc 10 the fact that she has
been your ally and has exploited
tf partnership in Asia 10 her
owl. advantage and to our harIn.
Inc price of American friendship
u the abrogatiOn Of that alliance"
but thls, In reality, Is still another
act OF aggression from the Japanese
point Of view, because the greater
value she attached to the British
alliance, the deeper must be her
resentment when we undertake to
compel the abrogation Of that alli-
results OF German efforts TO destroy
the Anglo-French entente, as they
were disclosed In French reactions
10 the kaiser's gestures at Tangier
and at Agadr?
Justice or EVIL?
Fundamentally Mr.. Hugheas case
rests upon the conviction OF the i'm
manent justice of the American con
tention. Japanese efforts TO domi-
nate the far east are not only i'm
moral, they constitute a deliberate
invasion OF the rights, not alone OF
the Chinese but OF all the countries
who would share In the Chinese
markets and have a right to share
therein. Not only has China right
TO independence and integrity, but
all other countries, the United
states in particular have a legiti-
mate interest In the maintenance of
that ependence To use tho IA
vorite word OF Mr. Hughes, himself.
we have Interests"
But Mr.. Wilson's case in Paris
rested upon a similar ma ior and
magnificent assumption that what
was right was therefore possible. .
practicable The freedom OF tho
seas was a right. Self determination
was right. All the fourteen points
were eternal verities. The only dlf- I
ficulty was that the British rejected I
one point, the French another, the /
Italians yet another and the Japanese .
a fourth. When II came to the point I
OF translating the points into facts .
we all know what happened.
May DO IL by Foro,.
Now 1t Is possible that France,
Great Britain and Italy supporting .
us, we shall be able by sheer force I
OF argument and in an entirely .
amicable fashion 10 persuade the .
Japanese 10 resign not only their .
pretentions but a goodly proportion .
OF their realization OF these preten- .
tions in tho far east. That is the I
hope. So far as Mr Hughes Ia con-
cerned II Is not too much TO say
that II Is the expectation. Success
for the conference rests upon this
assumption. All the eggs are In this
basket
The trouble is that II Japan sees
her rights otherwise, then the choice
Is between the surrender Of prin-
ciple which ruined Mr.. Wilson at
Paris and the vindication OF prin-
ciple which means a war desired