The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-18
FORCE IS HELD
|. PRIME FACTOR
DESPITE PACT.
Wiley Declares Chinese and
Hindus Sheer at Four
Power Treaty.
BY w. WILEY.

have met all kinds of people.
Light and dark, browns and choco-
lates. And the result has been har-
vest Of international Impressions which
lead to the conviction that the United
States today 10 retrieving it's position
on the field Of Internal ional politics 90
badly Jeopardized by the failure Of
the Democrats at Paris and Versailles
In 1919.
Many wonderful things have been
accomplished by the business-like at
titude and the forceful statesmanship
Of the representatives Of this country.
While at first sight, on the face of
things, Mr.. Hughes might have been
the British proposals for this four
cornered alliance, yet. / have seen
enough Of the workings Of the master
minds back of this conference to be
confident that the American viewpoint
will be applied to all future contests:
either military, diplomatic or economic.
A wholesome. sane and clear attitude
is theirs. 1t is untramelled: and I'M
hampered by Old-wOrld diplomatic
methods. 1t il logical, rational, eff.
fective.
These Amer1Oan gentlemen are
putting 1t over" In their own ways.
They are creating history at every
turn. They are holding high the
flaming torch OF enlightenment paw
ing the way to national success and
international progress.
Holds Alliance II Achievement.
The r-cornered alliance-for 1t
is an alliance between Japan. Eng
land, the United States and France
In the Far East IL an achievement.
with its 100000 colonial Empire
Celebes. 1t 10 q purely military
naval agreement with. a formula Of
guarantee not to interfere with each
others spoils and chances" out
there in the Far East. The Dutch.
while very reserved and not at all
buoyant in demanor, as are the Japs
and the English and the French.
nevertheless realize that they them.
selves paved the way for this solu.
ton of future wars on the Pacific
waters by refusing to protect and
end dependencies with navies and
They are known for the last two
centuries to have dealt firmly, yet
understandingiy through force of
persuasion and liberal treatment, with
their colonials. Thus. they also have
gained q victory. 1t IL q moral VIC
tory, the victory of the pioneer who
never gets the credit.
China II Displeased
China 10 not at all pleased. My Chi
nese and Hindoo friends whom count
here by the score sneer at the four
cornered arrangement. But / think
there will be another international con-
ference later on to settle the status of
China. II they do not settle this question
quickly. however. they might find the
Chinese dragon spouting flames of
wrath over the half billion neighbors
about them. America would lose-as
she has lost already-considerab
prestige In the celestial kingdom.
1t further would inflame Asiatic
relationships. This might not be-
come alarmingly evident until an
other decade of years had elapsed.
But the student movement in China
il growing apace. China is awaking
from It's long slumber. And when it
neighbors play fair and square with
her-she will swallow, absorb the lot
of them in her coils.
What does this situation lead us
into? An entirely new era in world
affairs. we realize more and more
that all nations are dependent one
upon the other for their lives. and
the realization Of this fact hastens'
"ipso facto' the coming of the mil
lenium. The difference, however,
lies in the fact that:
Force of necessity" Is the moving
factor, and not altruisn, not idealism.