Arizona republican., 1921-09-09

may be the incubator for the next war. Great Britain has an accom- plished fact or two of her own over there. So have the other countries of Europe. The one reason why any of them would consent to an abrogation of any of today's accomplished facts is to accomplish few more profit able facts. Not one of them, so far as the published statements show, Is approaching the arms barley in the spirit shown by the administration. Their diplomacy hasn't changed a hair from the diplomacy they have always exhibited.
 We Have Nothing to Offer
 If we give up the very tangible advantages we now have what have you to offer us in return?"
 That will be the first question asked by every visiting diplomat It is as certain that chickens are matched from eggs. Some of the prelimnaries of asking this ques tion have already been noted. We have nothing to cffer in return, ex- cept-
 Peace. A reduction in the cost of armament A renewed vigor in the nations, freed from excessive taxa ton, measured both in dollar and man power"
 That = remember that the sub officials of Washington are still speaking - will not get anywhere at all with Japan or Great Britain or the other nations interested. Not many of them believe in peace ex- cept as an abstract proposition They are all hurrying on their navy build ing. Then if the arms barley agrees that naval shipbuilding shall cease in the immediate future they will be prepared. They will have their ships already.
 If we had something to offer - something beside abstract justice and possibility of peace and reduction in the burden on the taxpayer = we might get somewhere with our prop osition. But we are short of trading stock. Japan has already indicated pretty clearly in her insistence that accomplished facts be not dis inferred = that she will not willing ly submit to a change in her status in China. No doubt she would submit if we had something to trade. But we haven't.
 "Quid pro quo" is the motto of the old style diplomats. We have no quid for their quo. More than that we are handicapped by the fact that we come to the conference asking for something We ask the nations to abandon their policies of long stand ing. We ask them to reduce their ar maments. Unfortunately we have put our request = through the news papers and not as expressed in any state paper on the wrong basis. Japan May Think We're Broke We have talked about the excess sive cost of armament as though that cost is hurting us. It is hurting us, of course, as it is hurting every na- tion. but our distant friends may have a wholly wrongful idea of how badly we are hurt. Germany did not un- derstand us, although Germany had hard working suite of diplomats and spies here Not long ago Minister Of the Interior Gales in Mexico, just across the border, was talking Of the proletarian revolution soon to come in the United States. None of the European nations get our point or view any more than we get theirs
 Therefore, if Japan and other na- tions thinK we are begging to be helped from beneath the great weight | of our annual tax bill, they will cer- tainly expect something in return if 1 they do the helping. And the only | thing we can offer them is an irri- 1 descent hope. We are talking lofty principles and international altruism. | They are thinking and soon will be | talking dollars and cents - hard 1 cash - something for something. our strength may be as the strength Of | ten. because our heart is pure. But that may not help us if we manage 1 to get off on the wrong foot. ..If we give up Shantung what will | you give us in return?
 Japan is going to ask that ques- | tion as sure as sure is sure. We | have nothing to answer We cannot | give Japan anything because we have | nothing to give. On the other hand | there are certain things in the east | that we want. One of them IS the | open door in China. The open door of the past has been a painted door on blank wall. We propose that l door shall be furnished with hinges
 and shall swing open. 1 It is no secret here that the 3d- | ministration is very much in earnest If believes that free start. and fair | play to everyone in the east lessen 1 the dange- of future wars. But Il l Japan should refuse to start over l again and start fair, then our only 1 argument is a good old hominem.
 If you insist on building, so VII | we" is the manner in which the non- l diplomat should put the only question
 we can possibly take in that case
 And we'll build more than you car ! or will. Because if you refuse oui
 proffer of peace you must have wal
 in mind"
 Our Experts Are All O. K.
 The other countries will come witt
 a debating society of six delegates. ol
 such matter, each, and small corp'
 of experts behind them. The aver
 age foreign delegation will hkeh
 number about 200 persons. And ever,
 man an expert. Experts are onl, | called in where trading is in. pros
 meet Four men could decide the mair | ouestion. that of a reduction Of arma
 ment and prospective peace-bettel
 than congress full.
 Our experts are top hole. so far al
 that goes. Henry P. Fletcher, unde
 secretary of state, and Robert Woods
 Bliss. third assistant secretary, hav'
 been hardened in the fire of Euro
 mean diplomacy. John V. A. McMur.
 rav has been chief of the state de
 nartnent's division of far eastern af
 fairs. F. T. Williams has been calle'
 hack from the east. He may no
 know more than any other man abou
 the intricate interlacing of pas
 treaties and sotto voce arrangements
 but he knows as much. Others ar
 on their way home now from tn I east. There is no fear. still in tn
 opinion of the sub officials quoted that we will not be thoroughly post = ed on the dynamite charged situation : that will be opened the moment | hand is laid on the eastern lid. Bu . ,,-;u be in tho rlnfortunate DO