The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-05


sentinl, the Washington conference
VIII not establish a condition of
stable equilibrium I'm the far enst.
Again, 1 say, this 4 not be changed
against our delegates. who could
only have promoted such an end
by war.
AS between the United States and
Great Britain the Washington con-
ference has promoted peace. No
one believes war between. the two
countries was at all likely, but. a
competition in naval armaments was
imminent and competition in arm
ament Is always "a dangerous thing.
As between the United states and
Japan, naval competition has been
averted, war has been at least post
ponod indefinitely since we have
given hostages in the shape Of n re-
Euncintion OF the sovereign right TO
fortify Guam and the Philippines.
Unless Japan should be contemplate
Ing attacking US, which is absurd,
there is no chance of war, for we
have resigned all the actual power
to attack her. both by consenting TO
limitation of our fleets and to a
renunciation of all the right to for
tify those naval bases without which
our fleet could not be used against
Japan.
No Success Here.
But as between Japan and China,
Japan and Russia, the Washington
conference has not succeeded in
making any contribution OF n SINH
lar nature. On the contrary. and
this fact deserves all emphasis. the
failure of the Washington confer
ence. or more exactly the refusal OF
Japan at the conference. to consent
to withdraw her forces from China
and Siberia, has served notice on
Chinese and Russians alike, that
there Is, for them both, no remedy
outside OF themselves. The
western nations have undertaken to
do what they could for them. they
have. perhaps done something in
certain directions, but they have not
been able to do anything in the main
line.
China, Young China. now knows
that its reliance upon the United
States to protect II against Japan
was an Huston. II always was an
| Illusion because the United states
was never at any time ready,to so to
war to defend the integrity or China
there never was any such duty I'm
posed upon the United states. But
| in China there has survived. even
D
| tion that the United States would
| save China. In point Of fact nations
| cannot he saved. II they are totally
unable TO help themselves, and
| China Is I'm this posture todny--and
/ Russia as well 30 far as siberia Is
concerned,
Russia May Come Back.
But the lesson cannot be lost. some
! day. this decade, next decade, time
goes for very little. Russia VIII be
| come a nation again, perhaps soon
er than anyone thinks. And on the
| day when she regains her nationa
etrength she will find Japan campeC
upon all Of her Pacific seaboard ant
perhaps by that time having ad
| Vanccd TO Lake Baikal. on tina
day will begin a war of deliverance
40 one doubts this. all history sup
ports the thesis.
In the same way China. sooner o
later fiji make head against an ever
more odious INFRINGEMENT or he
national integrity. No one can hea
the growing numbers OF the voice.
of the Young China without DelieN
ing this And when that day come
we shall have another Sino-Japan
ese war. we may have whole serie
of them, like the hundred years wa
which marked the long and ulii
mately successful efforts OF tn
French TO expel the British King
from French soil IL you want al
engaging parallel In past history 70
the present JAPANESE situation
you can find 1t to hand In Anglo
French history. NIL,
II il wrong To say that the Wash
inRton conference has directly pro
noted war in the far east. This ]
not true. the situation was that un
less Japan, In the conference re
nounoed her predatory policy, wa
was hound to result. She has no
ronounced II, on the contrary sh
has maintained II consistently. on
does not say successfully, becaus
She had only 10 hold her ground
there was no one and there coul,
be no one ready 20 turn her ou'
since this meant war. All that IN
conference has done Is 10 demon
strate that there Is no hope for tn
Chinese or the Russians In confer
ence. The method II not substl
tute for war, because Japan ma
demonstrated that she Is not read
10 retire save under pressure
hope has been extinguished yes, Tn
extinction OF the hope throws Chln
back upon herself and leads IN
eyitably to war, but war was Away
ineyitable unless Japan retired, III
conference has not changed Uni
situation,
After the conference passes,
then, we shall have In the far east
a situation which cannot endure
which can only be temporarily
maintained while Japan Is strong
and Chln6 and Russia both TOO
weak 90 challenge the invader. h
is the old story Of the Balkans over
again. Europe had many confer
cnces over the Balkans, but no
conference could succeed because
IN no conference were the rights
of the peoples of the Balkans rec
ognized. It was always certain that
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