The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-08-04
PREPARING. FOR
"D|SARM' MEET.
FOREIGN DIPLOMATS EXPECT
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
TO LAST FOR MONTHS.
RESIDENCES BEING LEASED
Ballet 10 That Many Nations ana
Races Not Invited VIII Have Repre-
sentatIves and Versailles Scenes
viii Be Repeated.
Bv EDWARD 3. CLARK.

BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
Washington.-Wash Is living
lively IN anticipation of the great IN
conference on disarma-
ment and on questions concerning the
Far East, which Is to begin III TINS
city probably about the time that
snow begins to fall. Activities Oh
house rental agencies In Washington
are disclosing today something Oh III
terpational Importance. 1t Is said
that representatives Of the allied ma
lions are seeking leases to run eight
months on residences In the capitai-
I have been told by a man VINO
lives where he learns things that the
representatives In Washington OF the
governments which will be party
to the disarmament conference, nrin.
ly believe that the proceedings VIII
last from fall well into the next
spring, and that they are making
plans accordingly. Moreover, my III
formant says that the foreign repre-
sentatives expect that the washington
conference will be In effect ne"
Versailles conference, and that mat
tiers touching self-determination, ter
ritorial boundaries and host OF oth-
er things necessarily must be taken
up, for this belief il that some kiho
of association Of nations Ii 10 DC
born Of the conference. and that such
an association cannot be formed with
out taking into consideration many
things besides disarmament ana lhe
far eastern situation.
May Repeat Versailles Scenes.
When the conference was on at YER
sailles, representatives were there, no'
only of the nations OF the earth, many
Of whom stood on the side lines, but
Of this faction and that faction OF the
different nations. All the representa-
tiyes OF every big country and every
little country had their national axes
to put an edge on. They thought that
they could put the edge on better oy
the use of an American grindstone
than In any other way. Consequently
SO / am told by man closely con-
nected with the proceedings, the Amer
lean newspaper correspondents wer'
made the marks of the propagandisti
! of nations, halls nations. and countries
| that wanted to become nations. The.
were all looking to Mr.. Wilson and Il
the American people for support, ant
they thought that the road to II Ia!
along the public print routes. Ameri
| can correspondents at the Versailles
| conference had a time Of II In an at
tempt to sift news and sound argu
ment from dead stuff and propaganda
Washington in all probability vii
witness scenes In repetition OF thos'
which were presented at Versailles
The conference membership Will b.
limited to certain great nations, bu
outside the conference chamber VII
be the pleaders In behalf Of countries
and half-cOuntries which lie along
line much longer than that which run
from Byzantium to Spain.
Signs that there is already a ful
and lively expectation that the Wash
ington conference will develop Int
gathering for the consideration o
world wide matters are manifest
Personally. know Of men who ez
pected to be In Europe or the Fla
East pursuing their ways Of work 10
certain countries who have change
their minds and intentions, and VIII
will remain here through the fall an
winter, because they believe tha
Washington Is the place where ther
will be a reshaping Of the policies an
therefore the destinies, Of many couI
tries of the world.
Bonus Bill Dead for Present.
So far as this session Of col
gress is concerned, the veteran
bonus bill seems to be done for.
may come up again ut the next session
, and IL may never come up again. N
, body knows. II is fairly certain. HOY
ever. that the organizations Of vete
ans will do what they can TO see
, IL that ultimately the legislation the
. seek for their comrades Is enact'
8 into law.
Men have asked why the demaI
for the bonusi The whole thing C,
\. | ne w veins ~ A>s
. of a short story,
a over In France two doughbo
from the same town met. One
= them said TO the other, 81 just got
y letter from home. Bnl Smith did
20 into the service
The other doughboy said, mo, Is
Smith didn't go into the service. h'
/, home, and he's got my job and y
my girl"
In this story In to be found q
psychology OF the whole bonus MATE
III there hadn't been any Bill Smit
TO wax fat In purse In the shipyart
and perchance TO win the affections
the sweethearts Of the men absent
the trenches, there would not be a
demand for the bonus today. or
least so runs the general belief
men who have studied the situati
from the viewpoint Of human natu
Admittedly the bonus would be
heavy burden on the taxpayers
the United States. II Is hard Uni
:. for a man who himself was veter