The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-29

=. :. The scene above will be reel
at.the Vatican ito elect a Pope
=. cred in solemn conelave IN, the,
James, version. That is a great
and wonderful translation. but IL
has done some harm In the world
by not always giving true values
10 great truths. II promises peace
on earth and good viii to men.
But that is not what was prom
'ised. Peace was promised to men
Of good will, The success Of the
conference win depend upon the
degree to which men. of good will
are able to prevail over those OF
III will.
Good VIII BeneAeial.
This Is the way IL turned out-in
Washington At every stage II was
good will which carried the Under
taking forward. What will happen
now In the various countries to
which the pacts of the conference
60 10 going to depend upon the
rpirit of the peoples to which they
are submitted. whether II be nalici-
Gus OF, charitable, Will there be
good will enough in Japan to make
such arrangements OF her claims
In China that Chinese bitterness
and suspicion will be removed
win there be enough good will In
China to cooperate when these re-
arrangements are NADER Will there
be enough IN the United States to
accept the pledges of mutual sup
port which must be made II the
nations concerned are to limit their
ornaments? Have we enough faith
in men to accept the only possible
alternative in the present world to
unlimited armament, and that 10, q
union of peoples, pledged to face
Misunderstanding at their begin
ming. to separate them into their
elements, and to- bring all the force
of collective Judgment and intel
iiGence to adjustment? 50
It may be that the United States
does not yet sufficiently understand
that the principle Of unionism
which II its strength Is . world
principle, that q primary cause OF
wars In this world Is isolation.
with its necessity of being sus-
picious, on guard, ready to strike
like q rattlesnake. Aesop IL q
guide here, with his fable Of the
bundle of sticks-sticks easy to
break IL separated, unbreakabie
when bound together.
Brotherhood q Necessity.
II may be that the Senate of the
United states will refuse to back
this pact OF good will which is just
as essential to carrying out the pro-
gram Of Limitation Of naval arma-
ment as a guarantee to France
.-.A.ston 1.
two years ago land Is still) to Eu-
ropean disarmament. But, refuse II
or not, the day will come and moth
ing has ever demonstrated It more
clearly than the Washington, con-
ference, when We are going to
understand that the world can only
remain in peace through a union
which is a practical application OF
the brotherhood Of man, not a lin
tied brotherhood. of man. such as
Mr.. Wells preached in. his final
comment Ion the arms parley. bun
one including all men. $50
Mr.. Wells idea Of a brotherhood
of nations eis-or was--ones that In
cludes not every state of the world
but "the peoples who speak Eng
lish, French. German. Spanish. Ital-
ian and Japanese, with such states
a. Holland ana Norway and xBo-
hernia. great in quality il not great
In power-sympathetic in training
and tradition" He would admit
only people of like ideals, exclude
Russia. India, China Gould there
be a surer way to throw Russia and
India. ana China into an alliance
against this so-called "Brotherhood
of MahP' Il there = sure. vav to
awaken an ambition for liberty. 10
spread ideals than, to share what
you have with those that seem to
you-and yet never In all respects
are-backward nations?, Is there
any brotherhood of man worthy the
name which does mot include ali
men? :, .--s
Day Of Peace Ia c.~e.
However we NAV feel about IL az
a nation today. though we NAV ruin
the present nroeram for ,imita tion
OF armament Nv retection ~ it,
underiyine pacts, the: Ssv will sure.
iy come when we mali. re.Ii.e ana
admit the fullest intsrnational al
ISOLATION and co-operation. n Is the
one real asset humanity has carriee
from mi, war-the sen.e Of the
oneness Of the world, ne tmpossi.
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