Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-06
Japan GAINS MOST,
RUSSIA THE LOSER,
BY THE CONFERENCE
Toxic Supreme In Asia; China
Falls TO Strengthen Her
Hold.
FRANCE LOSES TO ENGLAND
Nov York r,nes


Washington, reh. t-Thc old view
that NO nation could rain mn advantage,
a. International politics, which was not
scnrcnna,ed by n setback TO some
ether natio~ rcons 20 have been sue
cessfullv confnlcd nv the results "
~, Washington conference. An csti-
n,sta of IN. awcers or failure cf this
conference can hardly DO made until
solne decades hvye passed, II VIII he
hong time before We see what this new
sritlt OF which ~ much has been said
rrnllN amounts to- ana a. should be
rmemherrd that there have been
limitations ~ armament before Shls.
althoush nothing - comprehensive.
Nor viii q be posslhle 90 determine.
before n good many wears have passed.
how much daniase hss or has not hccn
dcne hy tho emissions ~ tho confer
.nce
Novcrthelesa viewing its work from
tho inadequate perspective Of the mo-
ment, it scema that noue cf tho nine
participant nations comes out any
worse OF than 10 entered, and most "
them ,Nn look to solid and euhstan-
tlal gains, The one nation that has
lost. and that may have to pay most
of the cost ~ tho new arrangements
nsda herc, Il nation which was no;
rrpfesen,ed nusea. nut even there
n IL zoo soon 90 be unduly pc~simistic
Jaran has solemnly promised. for the
thlrd or fourth timc, 90 gct out o'
SherlR,
The fact that this promise has
o. often been rcpoa ted nearly makes
people skeptlcal. but, after all, Japar
did F,t out az ShantunE.
An the score stands NJ present, q
seems hardly too riuch 90 say ths
this conference has boon tho creates
success Ia Japanese diplomatic his
tory Japan has won more al othe
conferences. but always az tho eNpens
,f hard fccllngs left behind. Her ri
umphs have usually been condiuone.
hy the certainty that the defeated ma
tion was only waiting its chance Z
start n3ht. In this conference tha
can apply only 90 Russia The cen
ference did nothing 20 free Siherir
and unless the Japanese give it "a
tho Russians VIII certainly fght {
tree q anoncr ot later.
A ncttcr Feeling Created.
nut betwcon china and Japan. hs
tween Japan and tho United Statoi
tho feeling ~ much ecttcr today tha
three months ago. From an Amcri
can viewpoint u may be surmise
that tho biggest single advantas q
japan has won IN ,his conference
tho elimination of mos, Of the poin,
of friction with tho United Stats
Navy rivalry. at least In capital ship
has been stopped. That rivalry WAS
,sourc. of much rl-feeiina. and Il ws
. cumpctiticn In which Japan was Ger
tain 90 10 dlstanced very soon.
Tho four-powcr treaty ought 70 n
move much Japanese ~nspieion ,
America and much American su'
plclon % japan, japan loses N
british alliance. which would han
gone overheard anyway IN the case
war with America. and esii
Americas promise not 20 attack h
IN return for her promise no, TO n
tack America In other words. mu.
~ tho important provocations IN
misht lead % trouble between Jap'
end tho United States has disappes
.d. There are stlil. uf course. q
Japanese IN California; and there a
riil Japanese in Manchuria and
horin ilut little wisdom and cor
mon sense con make y very unlike
shs, trouble should ever arise fro
those problems. In other wor,
iapan IN reasonably free from tho fe
~ war IN the Pacific with a pow
considerably her superior In pop
in'lon ana material resources
Japan Profits Most.
fapan Ma. given up IN shantu
what rhc had already promised
slve up. She has engaged. M have Z
other rowers, % make no further G
croachmcnts IN China. Her actlv
here WINS started by thu example
vs. European Powers. and Japan,
fiarnn Shidehara said yesfcrsiay v
mont more than ANYBODY else n
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