The Glenwood post., 1922-02-16
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Current Events Fer ths Uh1lArsn
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REAL PEACE AND
UNDERSTANDING AHEAD
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"It has been long time since Uncle
Ted told us anything about it, though
and l sure would like to know what
has happened lately.' 1t was Jach
speaking in answer to Ruth Is question
about getting Uncle Ted to tell then
story. Jack wanted to hear some
thing about what had been done re
Gently by the conference on the limita
tion of armament in Washington.
"suppose you let ME have my way
this time,'' replied Jack, "and IN g
find Uncle Ted.''
So Jack hurried off through the
house in search of his uncle.
"Hello, jack was Uncle Ted ,.
greeting. ~ thought you kiddies had
forgotten I existed tonight Thought
you d sort of left your Uncle Ted in
the cold"
"No, indeed" replied Jack. eve
were just trying to agree what to ask
you to talk about, and we finally
agreed that / could ask you to tell nj
about the arms meeting in Washing.
ton"
By this time Ruth had reached Uncle
Ted's room and settled herself On q
cushion of pillows.
"That's not a bad idea, Jack, /" be.
gan Uncle Ted. "It has been mighty
hard for those in Washington to get
their minds on anything lately since
the terrible catastrophe when about a
hundred people were killed and al
many more badly injured in theatel
where the roof crashed in. It was q
terrible thing and hope that every
place in the United States and in the
world for that matter will profit by
the tragedy. All buildings should, il
my belief, be built with more care ani
before being used be subjected to NOR,
severe tests SO that another such horri
BILE event cannot occur.
"Those men in Washington VIII,
make up the personnel of the arm
conference have been working might,
hard through these past few week
when we have not heard much from
them. It has seemed to many that tn
meeting had ended and that little ha
been accomplished. We muct remem
Der that old saying that Rome wa
not built in a day. The Washingto
conference called by our president t
start the ball rolling toward real worl
understandings with the hope of bel
ter chance of peace for all peoples il
the future. 1t has accomplished much
In addition to the treaty known as tn
-Four Power pact, which had to
with the Pacific possessions of tn
various countries interested, of whcl
/ have already told you, the naval lin
itation treaty has been completed. Tn
conference, when the work done i
studied carefully, has taken up man.
more matters than even the most on
timistic had hoped would be consid
cred. The one thing that seems t.
stand out in the way of bringing abou
an understanding. is the fact tina
President Harding has made it know
that he does not believe America ha
the right to demand that any natiol
yield its views.
"You have heard me tell you o
Shantung and all the trouble cause,
by Japan's possession of this terri
tory. The move toward real peace il
this connection has been made and tn
future will show the result of the man,
days of work on this matter. TIL
question of the railroad in Shantun
has been settled in such way tina
China is eventually to obtain full pos
session. This settlement show tn
good faith and good will of both Chin
and Japan. These two nations seer
to realize that they must be next doc
neighbors and so long as they mus
they might as well be friendly. Japa
will be able to sell China large par
Of the materials needed in the deveI
opment of the country. When Japa
agreed to withdraw from Siberia i
gave hope that in short time Rus
sim soil would be freed of foreigl
troops. Our own interests are closel
affected by these settlements. The de
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