Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-01-05

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Polish lrregulars. Thinly veiled Support
was given them by the Warsaw gov
Eells4t Tepd alee, w the rfFeAPh end
there succeeded a long series Of fights
between them and German volunteer
forces, The entente cordfafe Of the
allies was near to rupture, butoin June
British troops entered the territory
and began clearing cut tAe PBiess The
dispute was referred = TO-, the, league
co1ncil Which III october 1 anhSdheed
/ the Ibqp4d9r3 Hnes2 Neither Germany
nor Poland was satisfied but both &C.
cepted the decision.
% An through the year otheo fdreeks
Fought the Turkish snatiOnaffstsnin
Anbtoli6, with varying Fortune, bwhile
the allied powers held aloof, though
offering media ton which Greece re-
fused. In November France made a
treaty with the Kenalfst government
which aroused protests @ from Great
Britain and led to diplomatic inegotia-
tons. pEo 21fmG1lsaT yrsroqmet sdt
NJ The United 5 States formally made
ipeaced with !theli central lpoWers, the
treaty with Austria, being signed Au-
gust "A, that with Germany August 20.
and the pact with Hungary August 90
In these treaties America RESERVED all
that was given her, BY the treaty OF
versailles which othe senate had re
fused to Fatify0 al gn,1rofu9 mo1f
fJi President Harding eRb july 1o is-
ssued Is infeFmaI tavitatiopRI to; Great
/ Britain, France; Italy and Japan to
send representatives to Washington
for a conference on 7linitati6nq Of
armament and Far East questions
Acceptance from I'LL %aso already oas-
sured by a process Of feeling OUT"
| And cog Ar tAe fPgTpai OiRTta-
tions went out, China, Belgium, HOY
land and Portugal being asked to par
yticipateI In discussions Involving. the
Ear East The foremost STATESMEN of
gRhese" nlhg powers nWere1bhamedg as
delegates aHdsoh iEdYsmbeF AZ Ethel1I mo
meRtOuss eonfereRce sopensdI Eithb i'm
p0stng CEREMONY Almost immediate
lyD ISecgetary,I Hughes put. Forward
Amer4ca's, plan fot5T reduction o and
Limitation 6f nR7a1 ar1hafhenR, lhelhd-
ling a naval holiday RoF Ten years. the.
1s6Fapping t6f salf biBhipbniidings PRO-
grams, destruction Of6yqssels st8as DER
tain point and the mlaiptepqnce Of
7the1 paylesy o., .America, Great Britain
and Japan on $50 basis. The plan
was formally accepted BY the delegates
Of those nations on December 45,d and
to the agreement were added clauses
fordtAe lbESsefRati0n dflthAl stat1S quo
I@ 4Gv9 PGFes RpdO fSFtihcatiOn in the
western Pacific. bs,
" OF almost equal importance, was the
fouuTr7power pact aSFebtef by THE CON.
ference On IlDeegInbet 49, TfnBd was
/ cast itq the ofoPfh OF .altreatynbg which
,thsd Unibedn9 States, bsGTeat Britain,
France andI japan oaGreed teoplaiptaifl
Reaeey ins the Paei9es the Angle laps
a-nGlesee treaty, being RBFogated, ,a+,,;. ;S.
China. offered some very diffcuIt.
problems to the Confidence ana an the
demahds 96f her delegates u were not
7 SATISFIED. q oTAeh GoRfeteesJ however, did
1ehFefi 1i1toIi am Hs4ee1nantr TO krem9V6
9many Of THE f6gsiGnilRestFia Oh
b hRay apd ITO resRect IthP TERRITORIAL
and ,bdmIgipjiIsitrq1 tive integrity 9fG the
/ orfeptal republic and preserve the open
door Ifor trade ana Industry Of Iafl ma
tipnsD. 7bfrgEt hegotlb lions obatReehl the
Chinese and japanese ddelegatss re-
ssdlt9aund JapaAs oagreeing gtotirest tore
ShGntungo province toi China upon re-
seaiTihbD agmeEt a for the 1railwey,,, 2Hu
5sIJh Wasd evident from the first that
the conference could not do much Iih5
/ the matter Of limitation OF. Iand sSma-
ments so long as the sttua don 4h CEN
trfII EUROPE Remained so Unsettled.
Premier BRAND was present to give
ERoIee 2t0FraH needs of protection
and fears Of aggression by Germany
and possibly by Russia. His eloquent
speech so far convinced the Confer
ence that the other powers gave as-I
snrance that France would never be-
Bfti In thu fal leph ton" WHICH she
fea ed. aNV & ~, 10
President Haratng has clung4oI his,
idea that an association of nations can
rbe4 fSrmd9 Which would do what thec
League 6f Nations cannot do, and on
November 25 he put forward the bpg-
gestion Of a continuing series Of con-
ferepces like that, inr Washington,
which Presumably might result In the
ffo RIA t1i6noE5f 4hes association. lTRel
was14eeeiped switilo favor se7ergol
where, except n that the French dee
INJURED at the, PROPOSED inclusion of
Germany .D-l- .-,,' b 1,,d
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