The Washington herald., 1921-08-21

49, 4 to be expected in Washington Unless
81 - hoth the statesmen and the people OF the
United States willing to perceive that IN the nature
of things every international conference Is bargain
counter affair, an adjustment OF the conflicting ana
the diverse interests of the various great powers Dy
mutual concession made under pressure and to the
accompaniment of volleys of propaganda and OF re-
elimination the new gathering at Washington VIII
be as incomprehensble and unsatisfactory as the
Paris conference of 1919.
The areat success of the British in all such gath
erings is due to two circumstances inc SKIN WIZ"
which their representatives are chosen ana the aeteh
nent with which they approach the discussion q
tachrnent which enables them always to keep IN III"
view precisely those objeetyes which bulk largest IN
"a; n.n minds Paris was not only the greatest
success In the long history of British diplomacy
mean the Paris conference of 1919 but It was the
most shining diplomatic victory any nation has ever
won in modern history.
Now at the outset the Paris gathering Oh inc
present month should indicate to Americans certain
clear facts. Great Britain and France are IN Heh
,;vajs They have different interests and diferent
hta.,;. .nd those interests and detectives clash in
narts Of the world notably in Syria Siesa ana
~ he Rhine They are allies. in TACT II NOT
Nv precse agreement and disputants, seeking 10 get
The better of each other in each meeting place anu
going to the very edge OF open break IN tuthers
their own interests. t-...-- -, e.,
But like Italy, which has a third divergent pohcS'
conflicting with France everywhere on the continent
: "a E,,rooe and with Britain in the Aegean and m
Asia Minor Britain and France are eager and anxious
"a obtain American support for their own interests
and ready TO nav for in kind, that is by giving then
support to any American project or proposal WHO"
L not dangerously inica to their own vital concerns
The whole history of the Paris conference OF 1919
supplies an admirable illustration OF the methods when
the European powers will necessarily employ !"
Washington.
49, E%es u. S. Must Recprocate.
WHY have then to perceive at the outset that in
NJ "a debate with Japan which, after all is what
the Washington conference must be, we can expect
the support Of Britain Of France, of Italy, jointly and
seyerally but that for such support must be pre-
pared to pay in kind by giving similar aid and APP
proyal to the dearest projects of our friends One
may remember every nation in Europe represented at
Paris was1or the league of nations but each country
had its own little pet interest which, in return, it asked
Mr. Wilson to indorse: s'
But we have also to recognize that just all the
European nations are moved by a common desire to
enlist American aid for their own projects they are
doubly anxious to enlist aid where their purposes
conflict with other power To take an example
France and Britain aresat odds the right course
toward Germany. Needing the Germap market Britain
IS willing to risk possible German military recovery
with all that it may in order to insure German
economic restoration. France, the other hand,
fearful Of consequences of military revival east
of the Rhine is loath to permit economic recovery
Nothing is certain than that all in supporting
our wishes in the Pacific which are, in the MAN, the
wishes of the great British domnions which border
that ocean, the British viii seek by every device known
to diplomacy enlist support for their solution
Of Central European problems. Beyond all doubt
Britain will support against Japan but in exactly
the same way she will ask support against French
policies on the Rhine and the Vistua. Italy, her
part will give equally loyal support to but there
will be consideration to be met in all Italian mindG
Conference Bargain Counter.
IF only the American public would recognize that
in the nature Of things international conference
4 bargain counter and not a PRAYER meeting much