The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-13
SUCCESS MEANS SENTANGLEMElJ7

a successful outcome Of the wash
ington conference is not only pos
sible but reasonably probable be
cause ! am satisfied that the
American people do not want war
and are not prepared to 20 to war
to establish the northern frontier OF
China At the siberian line instead
OF at the great wall and because !
am satisfied that the Japanese
gravely disturbed by the present
predicamcnt In which they find
themselves are prepared to mako
great concessions and under British
iufluenSe may make even greater
sacrifices than they have yet con-
ceivcd possible.
Must Work With Realities.
But | do not believe any satls-
factory solution II posSble unless
abstract principles are translated
Into workable realities or else dis
carded altogether and unless the
United states IL prepared to accept
financial. II not political rcsp0nsi-
buities in the matter OF the re
habilitation OF China. To put tho
thing a little differently. not all the
! thousand and one agreements made
at Conferences and otherwise by the
! EuropeaN countries and made with
respect OF Turkey were able TO pro
vent general CONFEDERATION grow'
/ ing out OF the Turkish problem. he
cause Turkey continued to decay
and thus not alone to invite but IN a
J measure to compel Intervention and
| resulting riValries,
The origin of the eastern gucs-
tion which plagued Europe for
a nd Issft - tfrh 10
the world war was the decay of
Turkey. The origin of the present
far eastern question II the con-
tinuing weakness of China which
recently has incrCneCt. tulcss tb's
decay can bc arrested the far casi.
crn puc,s,iOn viii remain and
/ japanese aggression VIII continue
or Dc resumed after brief inter
rupiion. thus bringing back all the
present difficulties and ContCmpO-
rnry dangers.
But whpt then Of the question OF
the limitation of armament, VIII h
after all gives It's name 60 the
| Washington conference ana doml'
mates public interest and public at.
tention? lust this, the quest on ot
the Limitation of armamerts Is. was
s~hd always will he dependent upon
tho state OF the relations between
the countries discussing the sub
iect if you conceive that the
Inited states japan and Great
! Britain will arrive at basis OF
OF agreement AZ to the Tar
eastern question. then the oucs'i 1n
Of arranging future naval pro
grams Is almost ridiculously simple,
II can be settled In principle In q
week and the subsequent lahors VIII
be those of experts, which need in.
ltcrest and concern only professional
soldiers and sailors.
But " no agreement were reached
In the far eastern question, even u
some arrangement were made re-
Istriciing for tho moment all nnN'
programs not Ihe least progress
would be mndStoward reducing the
danger OF war. The danger OF wal
arises from the fact that we, th'
United states have challenged tn,
lJapaneso right TO do certain thing
lin the far east and particularly II
China The hope OF peace IL to u'
found in the possibility that In Goa
ference, and with Groa I Britain
Iprescnt and assisting. a basis or get
tlemcnt can be found by which m
Interests of Japan and the unte'
states and the policies OF these ma
tons with respect of CHINA can o'
reconcilcd.
This basis can, however. he ar
rived at only by mutual cohc's-
sion, In the last anniysis . must
he reached by persuasion not ny
indictment, not by the assertion ot
principles. but by the accompodn-
- % ubitc 1".. II prrsuhston
fails. the choice for tho United
States t. between Cocrcing ana
uuittIng, between vnr and COM
pictc and humlliating backdown'
which viii not prevent, even " II
momCutnriiy po~tpnncs cohih'f'
III American statCSmnuship II oni
90 establish principles we shhi'
have war IT II IL aiming NJ rca-
sonablc yiablc compromise We
shall avoid n great catastrophe
and not. impossible register
small hut inc-iimabiy precious
gain for world order and stnbiiitN.
For another war now, might
enAiIy moan the wreCking OF our
whole economic and social struc'
turr. the bankruptcy of our CIVIL
Zation.
tcopydight 1891 by Mcclure Sews. Syn