The New York herald., 1922-02-07
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY :. 1922.
The Washington Conference.

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The achievements OF the Confer
cace, now thing of history, are o.
two kinds, those that are concrete
and definite and those that are hu
man.
The definite achievements arr
chiefly the abrogation of the Anglo
Japanese treaty, the scrapping of bat
tleships with the ten year naval holi
day. the four Power treaty in thu
Pacific, the maintenance of the in
tegrity of China, the open door IL
China, the elimination of poison ga'
and the restriction of the murderous
unlicensed submarine.
The human achievements call for {
cordial, frank, open discussion in th'
handling Of international problems
in conference with the purpose ant
determination to reach just, fair ant
unanimous conclusions; the human
achievements initiate a new idea il
diplomacy-directn simplicity, ear
nestness that are of the essence
of American feeling and American
methods; the human achievement:
provide for friendly consideration by
conference of nations, in good faith
of all irritating international prob
lens such as hitherto have led tt
war.
Much as the vast cut in the cost
of nayies means to the world th'
elimination OF the Anglo-Japanest
treaty means more 20 the world
With this treaty out of the way the
two great English speaking nations
Great Britain and America, can co
operate to the advantage OF the world
in mutual confidence and good feeling
as they never could have cooperated
with this treaty in force.
The situation, in the Pacific was
strained. America could not free
herself from the acute appreciation
of Far Eastern intrigues, entangle'
ments and dangers. And for us the
consciousness of Great Britain's com
mitments to Japan complicated and
intensified the many sided problem
of the Far East. No one OF the con
crete achievements of the Conference
will go further in making for peace
in the Pacific than the maintenance
OF Chinese integrity.
The world has a singular sentl-
mcnt for China. a singular sentiment
for seeing this vast, ancient nation
continue as unit and under the
direction and control of the Chinese
people. This feeling is so strong
that nothing else will satisfy the
peoples OF the earth. In respect OF
China, therefore, the Conference has
achieved largely-enormous more
than anybody could have expected.
It now rests with China herself to
make good the opportunities she has
for reestablishing herself among the
nations of the world as physical
and moral force.
Splendid as are the concrete
achievements of the Conference, how
ever, it Is question whether in the
long outreach the human achieve
ments OF this Washington interna.
tional gathering will not go further
and mean more to the world than
the definite items of accomplishment.
1t is our belief that they will.
The Washington Conference is
epochal. 1t stands out boldly among
all international conferences, great
est for its achievements and sanest
for its businesslike procedure. II
could not have reached so high in
human endeavor except for the fine
body OF men constituting the Con.
ference. Each nation participating
in the Conference was ably repre-.
sented, conscientiously represented
by it's distinguished delegates. In
the main a spirit OF cooperation ami.
mated their purpose and character
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mcnts at home splendidly supported
them in their work.
The great thing about anything is
its conception. The conception is
basic. fundamental. President HAE
pING saw the Washington Conference
in fancy-saw 1t while cropping for
some way to lessen the war burdens
OF the world and to bring peace
nearer to the world. without the
conception there would have beer
nothing for genius to work up and
work out With the conception be
fore him Secretary HuouEs CAV,
, shape and substance to the Presi
dents dream which in its perfection
startled the world as it's provisions
aud purposes fell from the lips OF
Mr.. lfUuIiEs on the opening day OF