Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-09-30
Must Be Satisfactorily Adjusted
il Disarmament Is to Be
Success.
BIG STEP TOWARD PEACE
Once an Agreement 10 Reached on
These important Questions Matter
Of Getting Together on Cutting
Armaments viii Be Easy.

WashingtOn.-Succes or failure of
the disarmament conference In Wash
ington this fall depends primarily on
a satisfactory adjustment Of half a
dozen Far East problems"
Only with these major issues ami
cably adjusted would the irritants
that might ultimately lead to a clash
Of arms be removed. And then only
could the nations involved agree to a
considerable reduction Of ornaments
at least cessation Of building new
armaments-without feeling that
safety was being jeopardized.
These problems je~e:
Mandates under re League of Ma
tons, particularly that Of zap.
Shantung.
The open door In China.
The territorial integrity Of China.
The territorial integrity Of Asiatic
Russia.
Communications.
Once an agreement on these Is
reached the matter Of getting together
ON cutting down the size Of armies
and navies will be easy. But this first
necessary agreement. officials recog-
nized, win not be easy. That, rather
than any actual disarmament COM
pact, will be the big step toward
peace, II 1t is achieved.
Y. .. to Make Protest.
Yap and Shantung, Japan has in
dicated, she holds to have been dis
posed Of by the treaty Of Versailles.
The United States. however, on the
basis that she. as one Of the principal
allied and associated powers, even
though not member Of the League
Of Nations, was entitled to a voice In
the distribution Of the former German
islands In the Pacific, has protested
the granting Of special rights in zap
to Japan. Because of Yap's impor-
lance as Pacific cable center, this
country has insisted that it be inter-
nationalized and equal rights assured
to all.
With respect to Shantung, no off,
cial stand has been taken, although
many senators have attacked the be-
slowing upon Japan Of the German
rights in that peninsula.
The unbiased view, however, has
been that any dispute over sovereignty
In Shantung should be the matter of
negotiation between China and Japan.
There Is indicated a considerable
desire In several quarters that the
zap and Shantung questions be elimi-
mated In advance of the Washington
conference. That, 1t Is recognized,
would greatly simplify questions be-
fore the conference. This government
will not, however, concede that the
treaty Of versailles-in the absence
of any acquiescence by this country
could dispose Of zap. The case has
been stated SO plainly that Japan has
no illusions as to the basis on which
our claims stand. and the yigor with
which they will be presented.
China Demands Province.
AS to Shantung, Japan has contend
ed that title to the former German
rights in that province was largely
vested in her and cannot be disturbed
so long as the Versailles treaty re-
mains international law.
China, on the other hand, contends
that her declaration Of war against
Germany restored to China all rights
previously granted Germany. That
being 20, she claims, there were no
German rights in China to be dis
posed Of at the Versailles conference.
China refused to sign the treaty be-
cause Of the Shantung provision.
The open door In China and China's