Evening star., 1922-02-12

enough. But China offered tn aav
on the nail. Why was the ofer
refused?
To be sure, again, the chief
traffic manager is to be subprt1i-
nate to a Chinese managing direc-
tor; but certain persons who.
ought to know their Japan say
purely nominal, that Japan will
in effect control the road for at
least five years longer; that much
may happen in five years; that
etc -
1t is the part of wisdom to con-
slider the most pessimistic inter
pretation. This done. and despite
fusal to accept present cash for the
railroad, away with such thoughts,
suitable to a past age of evi! in
trigue. but unworthy of that future
to which. with Baron. Shidehara,
we must look forward with hope
and confidence" Japan being more
firmly intrenched than ever on the
States having signed away lin ar
ticle XIX of the naval treaty. the
possibility of waging an aggres-
sive war on Japan. all depends on
japanese good will and the as
tendency of the new liberal"
spirit III Japan. we snail knO"
soon. by the complexion of Japa-
nese policy in China and Siberia,
where Japan will have free hand.
/ do not mean to intimate that the
American delega tion did not do all
that it could do for China and ST.
IBERIA against obstacles hardly to
be exaggerated: apparently it did
and Siberia the Washington con-
ference is justified of it's works.
On Monday. the 9th. at a plenary
session, the five-power naval
treaty, the five-power submarine
and poison-gas treaty. two nine
power Chinese treaties Gone the
treaty on Chinese integrity" the
tariff') and supplement to the
four-power treaty interpreting
the expression in that treaty. I'm
sular possessions and insular
dominions," in it's relation to Ja-
PAM were signed: President Hard
ing made a speech: Mr.. Hughes.
who by his extraordinary conduct
of the conference has deservedly
established a reputation second to
none in the world. struck his gavel
down hard and declared the con-
ference ended. Now ito fresh fields
and pastures new" the Genoa con-
ference, for example.
United States Of Ameriea.-On
Thursday the President signed
the allied debt refunding bill.
On Wednesday the Senate passed
the cooperative marketing bill
by a vote OF So to /. II memory
serves me, this bill was passed
by the House in May.
On Friday the President pre-
sented to the Senate the treaties
resulting from the conference for
the Limitation Of armament.
The House committee on ways
and means and the Senate finance
committee are hard at work de-
vising program of new or ad-
ditional taxation to cover the cost
payments on the allied war loans
that the idea of using in any way
payments on the allied war-loans
for bonus purposes has been aban-
doned
Director Forbes of the Veterans
Bureau asks for an appropriation
of $16,0O0.000 for more hospitals
for disabled soldiers, especially
the insane.
JoHH ~. AC"iSs VI NHc
United Mine Workers Of America.
proposes an alliance Of the organi-
cations of mining and railroad
employees Sin resistance to the
proposed attacks on wage scales"
Owing, it is said, to NJ. Poincare's
request for postponement Of the
Genoa conference, and the grave
doubt whether France will parti-
cipate in that conference unless
that request is granted, or, at any
rate, unless the agenda are defined
and the conditions OF Russian par
ticipation are settled to Poincare's
satisfaction before the conference
meets (Which could hardly be done
before March 8. the date set),
President Harding has postponed
his reply to the invitation to the
conference.
There is to be at Washington
in the near future a conference of
wireless experts. government,
commercial and amateur. The air
is full OF chatter" says Mr.. Hoover.
nEfher c0nQ" aro noceSSary