Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-02-10
WORLD A GAMER
BY ACHIEVEMENT
'PA1a or PEACE sMooTHED BY
CONCESSIONS. slMoNDs SAYS
SUMMING UP WORK
United States Has Sacrificed Most,
Japan Least, In Matters Given
Approval; Was Dismissed
on Monday

Washington. Washington con-
ference has passed into history, and, /
although President Harding dismissed
1t Monday, the formal phase of the |
first international conference held In |
the United States ended several days |
ago.
OF what was done here much must
await the test Of time and experience,
but In two directions the achievement
was cleared and seems certain to en-
dure. By political treaty II has
cleared up the situation In the west
'ern Pacific, so fur as 1t affects the
United States, Great Britain and ia
pan. BY naval treaty we have
abolished competition and limited
naval strength as between these three
nations for period of fifteen years.
The fact that France signed the Pa
cific treaty and France and Italy the
naval agreement does not have equal
Significance, although both circuin-
stances are OF a certain value. What
Is most important Is that the three
great naval powers have arranged
their political interests and regulated
their naval programs In such fash
ion that the possibility of war Is re-
moved and the expense Of oompetl-
tive building abolished
Successful In dealing with Anglo
Japanese-American questions, the
Washington conference has only par
TALLY succeeded In matters affecting
the mainland of Asia and has frankly
and undeniably failed wherever issues
raised here were related to present
European problems as yet unsettled
and differences between European
countries which remain acute.
in the case of China the Washing
ton conference ltbtained substantial
advantages In the matter of ,Shantung
although not quite an unconditional
japanese surrender. Ii adopted a
number of interesting resolutions,
which, IL faithfully translated into ac-
ton, will have great benefit for the
Chinese; but 1t did not and could no!
persuade Japan to retire from Man
churia Tor In any complete fashion re-
lease China from Its grasp, and the
same was equally true in the matter
of Siberia.
Diplomatically speaking, the great
success has been Japanese. In return
for very moderate sacrifices In the
matter OF hantung-saclfices which
had been already forecast, even pro
nised to MIR. Wilson In PariS-Japar
retains, subject only to formal protest
by the United States. her position botl
In Siberia and Manchuria.
In return for an agreement not e
fortify further some Islands which arr
unimpOrtant and others which are al
ready securely fortified, she has ex
tracted from the United States pledge
OF standardization which make 1t i'm
possible for the United tSates to EN-
ploy its fleet in military fashion be
yond the Hawaiian Islands.
For the AnglO-Japanese alliance
which was no longer of value, Japal
has obtained fOur-pOwer treat
which adds greatly to her prestige &
a world power, insures her against 81
tack or challenge from the unite
States and leaves her with hands fire.
TO deal with both China and Siberia n
she may hereafter choose. Save as IN
United States might ally Itself wit
Britain and make use of British nava
bases, there would be In the future n
way lf American intervention in III
far east
British success has lain in tw
things. In exchanging the Anglo-JaE
anese alliance for the four-powe
treaty, which to all British minds
symbol of close association in tn
future between tie two great Engllsl
speaklng nations in the world, and /
addition Britain has avoided nav'
competition with the United State
which promised either bankruptcy
ultimate resignation Of supremacy VI
on the blue waters which Britain Ia
ruled 80 long.