New-York tribune., 1921-12-01
Japanese Hail
Hardingg's Idea
AS Peace Saver
Annual Conferences Essen
tial 10 Complete Work
and Meet New Exigen-
cies, Asserts X omatsn
C1rbs Misunderstanding
Needed Also to Consider HI
nanciaI Problems That
u. S. Must Help TO Solve
BY Midori komatsu

Special Correspondent of tho "Chugai
Shogyo," OF Toxic
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3o.-- Presdcn.
Harding's idea to convene in Washing
ton regular annual conference OF
powers, hailed with delight in general,
is especially welcome to the Japanese.
| sincerely hope that his plan will ma
terialize. In expressing this hope am
sure | voice the sentiment of my coun-
trymcn at home. Ny reasons for de-
string to see President Harding's idea
carried out are fivefold. Let me try to
explain them as conciscly as possible.
In the first place, such regular an
nual conference as has been suggested
is necessary in order TO complete the
work of the present conference. It can
not be hoped that the present confer
cnce will settle nll the questions relat-
ing to the two great problems--limita
ton of armament and the adjustment
Of the Far Eastern questions. Major
questions concerning them certainly
will be disposed Of, but there will be
left many details not definitely settled.
These must be taken up one after an
other by future conferences of the pow
ers interested. This alone makes 1t inn
perative TO material2e President Har~
ding's idea.
New Exigencies May Arise
Secondly, it is quite possible that. in
spite of the very satisfactory agree
ment being arrived at by the powers
concerned as the result of the present
conference, unforeseen and new devel~
opmcnts may arise threatening to i'm
pede the normal progress of the world,
particularly Of the Far East. To pro-
vide for such1 contingency a conference
such as suggested by President Har-
ding is a desdcratun1.
Thirdly an annual conference of the
powers will provide extremely dcsir-
able opportunities for removing mu-
tual MISUNDERSTANDING and suspicions
which arise mostly from ignorance of
one another's aspirations and condi-
tions. 1t will tend to undo the mis-
chief of interested propagandists
whose aim it is to profit by creating
III feeling among nations by misrep-
rescntation. One OF the salutary re-
suits Of the present conference already
noticeable is that it has afforded op-
poi IuiliClc W representatives ana news
paper men of the powers participating
in it for free and frank exchange Of
views and has caused them to know
and understand each other better. At
least I am glad to believe that rea-
tions between the United States and
Japan have greatly improved as re
suit Of the present conference. "To
know eli Is to forgive" People must
meet often in order to know each
other.
Financial Problems Pressing
Fourthly, many conferences of the
powers, particularly of the European
powers. will have to be convened in
order 20 discuss ways and means for
saving Europe from distress, if not
bankruptcy. This is problem in
which the United States is vtally in
terested and which no other nation
than the United States is in posi-
tion to solve. No matter whether
America likes it or not, it will have to
call representatives Of the powers TO
frequent conferences to discuss this
momentous problems.
Filthy, and finally, in order to give
guaranty OF peace OF the world there
must be some institution that will
supplement the work OF the League OF
Nations, Us America is not n member
of that body A regular annual con
ference of the powers suggested by
Pres sident' Harding is exactly such an
institution. IT must come into being
il the United States is willing to play
the part of leader of the world poll
tics which has been thrust upon her as
result of the great war, and which
task, believe, she is ready to take up
for the sake Of the peace of the world
and the preservation of civilization.