East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-28

East Oregonan strongly of the impression that world
peace can be brought about and should be brought about
tnrough international action in league association
Whatever be called but it is frankly not enthused at all
over the four pact the naval limitation plan agreed up
on py the Washington conference.
The American people have been led by propaganda into be-
yg na me arms conference almost accomplished the mi
s already moved to deny coal to the warshps have has
tried to reduce the naval personnel to dangerously low figure
have fortified base in the orient for protection the
fnppnes We are assuming that human nature has suddenly
changed and that Uncle can safely leave his pocket book
and his honor in the keeping of Japan and England Some day
we may awake to our mistake.
The chief thing about the limitations agreement that
ne United States abandons plans for providing navy that
Mould nave placed this country nearly with Great
bfan We are to scrap $300000000 worth of first class bat
uenps under construction England Japan are scrap
bauleships that exist chiefly paper We ultimately to
nave naval ratio equal to that of England but that equality
w be on paper only In reality England will completely out
class this country because that empire has vastly
larger merchant marine than the United States and
chant marine counts heavily in wartime
we leave dominance the to England and Japan By
ne naval ratio set down for us will be incapable of fighting
the orient should have to do and that where
have to fight should Contrary popu-
ar the Pacific pact settles trouble between the
uned States and Japan The point which trouble
ke to arise immigration land ownership in this country
specifically excluded from the treaty.
Under the Pacific treaty and the limitation treaty
pan greatly strengthens her position towards the United States
and we weakened accordingly Japan could declare war
on VS. over the immigration question and would be fatally
handicapped Having limited navy the ratio prescribed
we could not seend fleet the far But Japan could
W take the Philippines and would have reake the islands
OF ault deea We would be barred for period of IL
from building equal to what need Our fate would
De entirely in the hands of England far relations with
japan are concerned.
When one contemplates this situation as compared to the
position the United States would have enjoyed had
ed the League of Nations remarkable contrast appears The
league covenant required to scrap baeshps take
subordinate place the The covenant made this
Try the sole Judge as to its immigration policy and provided in
erect that should Japan make against that subject
the hands OF all other member nations would have been raised
against the mikado.
President Wilson censured by politicians because he
went to Versailles But in him we had at Versailles who
knew history and who knew atecra He knew how to de
had followed his leadership ratified treaty Versailles
all would be we'll The upshot of the present thmberggng
washington is that this country made subordinate nation
the world and there guarantee whatsoever of proec
on We have mortgaged the farm to those who
and in return have received imaginary membership in tn
Band Of Hope.