Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-09
Treaties Made by Him as Sec
retary Of State Now Pro-
ducing Results.
HIS WORK MAY Be
THE CORNERSTONE
OF the New Association That
Harding is Endeavoring to
Construct.
Is ONCE MORE IN THE LIGHT
ny Charles Brewer Farmer, Editor
OF Every Evening.
Special Dispatch to Every Evenlng.


OF Every Evening.
Special Dispatch TO Every Evening.
Washington. Dec. 9.--william Jon-
nings Bryans star rises again. Not in
the field Of politics. but in the domain
Of diplomacy. BY one OF those rare
streaks of Fate experienced occasionally
by men In public life, the work which
Tho Commoner did Hs Secretary OF
State under Democratic President
may become the foundation Of the
success of the Conference on Limita-
ton OF Aramaments-ca by Re-
publican President. and directed by n
Republican Secretary Of State. Furth-
ermore, there Is the possibility that
his work may be the cornerstone Of
that association Of nations which Mr..
Harding hopes to see spring full-born
from the brains Of tho plenipotentiar-
this situation is that Bryan is in
Washington. acting as a reporter for
several hundred newspapers that wish
his views on the parley. He has the
rare pleasure Of seeing his forgotten
labors brought 10 light, and cherished
by men politically opposed To him.
II has been an open secret for two
days that the Big Three-IIughes
Balfour and Kato--came to an under.
standing recently regarding the Anglo
, Japanese alliance. 1t is known tha
tho proposal was accepted that III,
alliance be scrapped, and I'm its plsc
be substituted quadrilateral alliance
or agreement, by which the Unite'
States. Great Britain, Japan, ani
France IL she will enter, pledge them
/ selves 70 a mutual understanding re
garding Pacific problems, exclusive .
f Chinese matters. and the question Q
naval bases. According TO this pro
: posed agreement--which is being cor
s!dered now in Tokyo. London, an
) Paris-the Powers concerned woul
, pledge themselves not 70 war agaiEs
one another over Pacific matters un
= I'll a period OF from six months to
year had elapsed after official cog
D nizance had been taken Of any existin
troubles. This would virtually be
cooling off agreement.
= Diplomacy. like the Law, is everlasr
= ingly seeking precedents for it's az
tions. The diplomats sitting in Cor
: tinental Memorial Hall found anlnl
8 precedent for such a proposal in th
c State Department of the United State
J. Government. II was recalled IN;
: when Bryan was Secretary of Stai
d he negotiated more than so arbitr;
n ton agreements with various nation
l. According to those agreements. IL
4 signatoIies pledged themselves not
Il go TO war over any matter-exclusi1
p OF national honoT-untn il -;
y threshed out by arbitration method
: In other words, time was provided f,
e the cooling OF of national-al
d magogic-hatreds.
When Mr.. Bryan drew up tho
treaties he was roundly ridiculed !
the Republican press, and certain I.
publican politicians. For that matt,
some Democrats devoid Of everythii
ia save their love for liquor, joined {
song of hatred and belittled the effor
ke which Bryan was making to bring Z
mt dove OF peace home to roost. I reneg
he Der Bryan made a speech in st. Lol
u about two years before we entered &
of World War. He referred to his arl
nd tration treaties. and it was plain til
ne he regarded them as the create
achievement OF his long career. Th
mind you, was when the liquor int,
20 ests, hitting beneath the belt
st everything in their power to ruin
IL man who was not FOR sale 20 them
any other clique. Magazines and new
papers. controlled by the same int,
0 ests, took excessive delight in la
pooning him and his treaties. much
n the delight of the Republican pa
II in general, which then placed its "a
h in armor plate, and not in ideals. \
the Republicans see the Grail Of wo
H peace-but Mir, Bryan saw it and v
4 working toward it before Warren
( Harding was ever heard of beyond
precincts Of Marion. Ohio,
Il But il those arbitration trea,
were forgotten by the United sta
tsome were not even ratified by
senatel they were kept in mind
the diplomats Of various powers v
make profession of diplomacy,
day I have talked with attaches Of
Five Great Powers here, ard each
OF them hRbbled over with praise
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