The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-25
STACLES BEFORE THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE

independence, In both cases we
are ondeavoring 10 interfere where
the nations at Interest feel that their
own lives are at stake. And We are
actually going to profit. N they ac-
ccpt our Views, whereas Japan Ia
certain to lose and the continental
nations Of Europe may he ruined.
The Evil of Secrecy.
You cannot get a disarmcd world
while you have u world fun of in
ternational suspicion. dread. fear.
hate and an enduring sense of past
injuries and prCmcditatcd future at
tacks. Tho last war was not caused
10y excessive armnmcnts. tho arma-
WcutE W,T. caused by excessive STA
plcion and restrained ambitions. II
was not caused by secret diplomacy,
the worst possible indictment Of
secret diplomacy is that Il tried
tn prevent the war and faiWd, where
ne, II Is just conceivable that had
all the people OF all the nations CON
Corned known promptly and fully
how critical the situation aCtuRly
was war might have been nvcrtcd
As II was the war came as Il surprise
10 millions. even In Europe.
Mr.. Wilson tried the evangelical
method, MIR. Harding seems TO bc
tending toward tho use of the ma
tcriallstic argument. In seeking to
promote international peace and
prevent wars But neither method
can possibly prevail In the present
state Of the world. France and Italy
care nothing about naval disarma-
mcnt because they have no navics
ana no overpowCrinE need OF them.
Great Britain and the United states
have great navics but neither has
. a. LII.
nor is there any cause for distrust.
Japan does not mean 20 attack ua.
because she cannot defeat both
Britain and ourselves. Hence Il ls
possible for all five patious to dis
cuss the limitation Of naval strength
and arrive at a useful decision.
which will save millions in each
country.
But what use would 1t have been
20 undertake to .perauado Britnin to
reduce her naval strength before
1914, when she had the German
menace squaroly before hor cyes7
What use TO invite Japan to SCRAP
her fleet before tho Russian war ?
Aud what use now to ask continental
nations to disarm or to accept other
views than their own az to the
strength at which their armies
should be maintained when we arc
not ready to send "A soldier to the
Rhine, the Nicmen or the Dnlestcr.
II Germany or Russia starts a new
conflict What use to tell Japan she
cannot send her surplus population
10 ManChurin or Mongolia, to nearby
Chinese provinces. and ugo her mil
itaryl strength 10 push her com
mercial interests In these lands.
thereby enabling her TO retain her
surplus population Rt homo, and in
the same breath insist that no Jap
ancse cmigrnnts shall be admitted
to the United states?
Mr.. Wilson discovered that
Europe was prepared to accept his
vlcws. provided he paid according
To their estimates. Mr. Harding will
discover that the European stand
point has not changed since Paris
and he will find Jnpau just where
President Wilson left her. what
\ one can hope ~ that the process oi
! educating American public opinion
| to facts in the international field
will be further advanced by the new
lesson, as IL was benefited, within
| limits, by that which was had a
! Paris more than two years ago.
| tCopyright. 1891. by the Mcclure News
paper SyndicateD