Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-02

/ 4OOS1f AOl VI many lidL4CAS cAC Ill
ting down together in an attempt to
right the world. Millions of the
earth's people are watching the pro-
ceedings and hoping for relief from in
tolerable burdens. The administra-
ton is asking for the support of all
initiated. The United States already
has promised, If the others agree to
follow suit, to scrap many warshfps.
This is the time Of the beginning Of
what not at all lightly may be called
a Showdown" on war and on arma-
ments. Every conferee plenipoten-
| tiary knows that the people Of his
country want success to come out of
the labor that has just started in this
Capital city.
1t will not be long before the Amer
lean people, watching the progress Of
mine whether the rulers and the diplo-
mats and the professional" officials of
the countries of the world desire suc-
cess, or hope that the old order which
gave to them the opportunity, but not
the right, to shape national destinies
shall prevail.
In articles which have attempted to
give the Washington view of the yari-
Gus contending elements which enter
into the work in hand, the extreme.
pacifists, the billiards who won't I'M
derstand, and the militarists all have
ri
Washington believes today that some
Of the opponents of success will try to
influence the conferees this way or
that way and will resort to all kinds
of technical and delaying lodges
No American Suspicion of Japan.
1t is going to be something Of an
American diplomatic task to keep the
various c0nferees in the straight path
to the main point, "the limitation of
armament" 1t can be said of course,
with certain defniteness, that If some
problems are solved satisfactorily
limitation quickly can be put upon the
ornaments of the world. The prickly
pear cactus grows in the path leading
through the chaparral intricacies of
diplomacy as it affects the Far East.
In this connection it can be said to-
day that the American government
seemingly entertains no suspicion of
the good faith Of the Japanese, who
are naturally most concerned in the
methods of the solution of Oriental
problems It remains for the Japanese
fc oh hn q
whether or not the faith of the Amer
lean State department Is misplaced.
There seems to be a recognition in
Washington of the need Of Japan for
space somewhere for her surplus popu-
lation and for enlarged trade condi-
tons which will make her people pros
porous.
Military and Naval Men Agree.
There are advisers In military and
naval matters for each country's body
of conferees. Thus far in the pre-
liminaries there has not come from
single soldier or sailor an intimation
of desire that present conditions in
ornaments shall continue. American
naval men seem to be willing to cut
ornaments, and so do American army
men, although they know of the pos
sibility of loss Of the means of live
lihood for many of their brethren
trained to arms. The American sailors
have acquiesced in a proposal to scrap
many of their ships.
What has been said here Of Ameri-
can military men applies equally
strongly to the representatives Of the
armed services of other countries.
They seem to be looking at the whole
matter unselfshly, and as truth gen.
orally is to be found with the uni
form, there is little reason to doubt
the sincerity of the professional sol
diers and sailors.
1t appears today as if there will be
plenty of publicity for the proceedings
of the conference. There will be exec
utive sessions, of course, because such
sessions are necessary. There are GER
tain things to be set forth by the rep
resentatives Of each nation which tsey
probably do not wish to set forth pub
licly because Of possible misunder-
standings. The American delegation,
however, will know and understand,
and the American delegation is made
up of men who are sympathetic with
the cause in hand and who can be
depended upon to guard the interests
of the American people
Unknown Must Be Always Unknown.
There probably is not in the United
States a father or mother whose son
was reported among the missing In
the World war, and of whom nothing
has been heard, who does not hope
in heart, all hope of seeing the loved
one alive again gone, that the unknown
soldier now resting in Arlington ceme-
terry is the household son who went
forth to war.
There are fathers and mothers in
this country who realize that unless
the dead boy lying in Arlington were
unknown beyond the possibility of fu-
ture Identification he would not be ly-
ing there as the representative not
only of the unknown dead, but of all
the living. And yet there are other
fathers and mothers who not realizing
that the government made absolutely
certain that the unknown forever was
to remain unknown, are writing letters
to the authorities in Washington today