The Washington herald., 1922-01-27
PARLEY WAITS
ON TOKYO and
PEKIN REPLIES
Plenary Sessions Will
Follow Receipt of Ca
bled Approval.
Cortinred From Paae one.


resentatives of China at the con-
ference. Certainly IT is a deserving
tribute to the writer's for the press
that they have been able in so short
a time to master a situation that
many diplomats have required a
lifetime to understand.
This has been due largely to the
facilities which Washington affords
for obtaining information. Many OF
the Chinese newspapermen have ex-
pressed to me their surprise at the
ease of obtaining information on
international political affairs and
policies which the American gov
ernment affords. Chinese newspa
permen attending the conferences
have obtained interviews direct
with the President of the United
States, the Secretary of State. the
other Cabinet officers, and members
of Congress. This fact alone has
created a lasting impression in the
minds of the newspapermen from
China, and / am sure from all other
countries represented here.
Americans Learn Of China.
before this conference opened
there were comparatively few peo-
ple in either China or the United
states who really knew a great
deal about their respective coun-
tries. | have been told that as the
conference opened the number of
people in America who possessed
a real insight into conditions In the
Far East was so small that they
could easily have gathered into one
smalN room. The same condition
existed in China in respect to Amer
lea, although we have really had
an advantage over you because our
students have been coming over
here for their education for more
than a quarter of a century. Now
it would be an ignorant man or
woman, indeed, in either China or
America, who does not know some-
thing about the political and eco-
nomic situation in the Far East and
the effect of these conditions upon
the nations of the western hemt'
sphere and upon the nations OF
Europe.
Our respective peoples have also
learned a great deal about geo.
: graphy and / am sure that hence
y
American people than yellow
space on the map and in China We
have learned that America is much
greater than San Francisco and
New York City, our TWO previous
chief points of contact. Many
Americans have expressed to ms
their surprise at learning thai
China covers a space of territory
one-sixth larger than continenta
United States and that the Chinese
language is read and understood
over d greater stretch of territory
and by more people than any Other
language not even excepting thu
English language which has become
the language of commerce all ovei
tho.world.
Sees Future Benehts!
The potential benefit of thI!
great campaign of education which
has come out of the conference Is
beyond calculation. Both China
and America have benefited i'm
measurably by this publicity.
has been a lesson in democracy
that is certain to be of lasting gooc
in the relations of all nations. il
has resulted in making the prob
lens of diplomacy the problems o,
the. ordinary newspaper reader anC
nos the problem of a few select in.
dividuals as has been the case II
the past. None of us have anythine
to far when the people of all cohn-
tries finally learn the facts and gel
the, facts straight in their minds
When that time comes nations will
get on better together for they will
be able to settle their differences as
sensible individuals settle theil
differences on a basis of justice &c
the rights of the parties concerned
and the general good.
Il. believe there is Western
proverb to the effect that a mar
may be robbed of everything except
his education. If we broaden thi.
proyerb to include the genera
cducatiOn that has come out of the
WASHINGTON conference. We must
admit that the people of America
and China ard Of all otner coun-
trieS.havc obtained an education re-
GardihS certain world problems. and
In the future no government will
ever. he able To rob its people of
the eduCations which they have OBJ
tanned from their newspapers