The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-01-10
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matters which 1t wants to have settled
over in Europe. It wants better I'M
Outstanding with Great Britain con-
corning certain continental matters.
The French have been playing hand. |
They know the exact position OF the /
British brethren on the submarine mat
ter and they are trying to secure some !
promises from the island government
before yielding on U-boats. This is the .
way it looks to the sfde-line observers
in this conference town. % ~:
The truth is that the administrator |
does not seem to be worrying particu-
Iarly over the smaller mnfters which /
have come to trouble the conference /
Il looks upon the four-power treaty as "
being an assured fact Of the future; IT 3
looks upon the naval holiday as being "
certainty, and it thinks that in:&a
general way finn foundation has
been laid for peaceful proceedings in:
the Orient. If a man Is given mil
lion dollars he can afford to look with
equanimity on the possible loss of hun.
(ireds.
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IF the prophets of evil are right, and
# Washington of1icialdom knows that
they are right, the placidity with which I
the administration looks upon things
today is astounding. The trut.:i is that
the President and his advisers are per-
hans more than satisfied With the way
that things have gone. 1t is known
that they looked for trouble on certain .
minor matters, and instead Of being
worried at troubles appearance they
nre somewhat surprised it did not loom
larger than it has.
There are other things than tempo
rary or possibly permanent difficulties
in the way Of 4 complete conference
agreement to engage the attention Of
the administration. The party upon :
whose success perhaps depends re-. !,
nomination for President Harding Ia,
not behaving itself as we'll as it might:
In the person of it's representatives In !:
house and senate. There are Repub- :
licans who say this boldly. 1t Is only .
fair to say, however. that finally the
Rdvice Of certain wise politicians who +;
are not in congress seems to have had
Its effect. !
War Exhibits In Museum. !:
Novel writers, essay writer's, and
even history writer's seem to have
taken notice Of the fact that the
people are tired of reading about
the war. Perhaps the tire" is more
In the seeming than in the reality, but
the truth remains. that so-cailed war !,
literature IS just now at low ebb.
Government officials, however, know
that interest in, the great war is
bound to revive, and that the present
generation will have share Of the
revival, and that future generations
In retrospect will have the keenest In
terest in the great conflict. WASH
Ington, therefore, is taking pains to
preserve what may be called COM
plete series Of pictures, Of material
and documents concerning the war for
civilization.
In the great National museum in
Washington today there is in process
Of emplacement for permanent exhibit
ton purposes every possible thing
which the government can lay hands
on which bears q part in depicting
The progress Of the greatest war that
the world has ever known. The gov
arnment has an immense amount OF
material, and u large part of it has
been turned over to the directors of
the National museum for permanent
ownership and permanent exhibition.
When permanent ownership is spoken
Of it should be said that in truth 1t
rests with the people, for everything
that is In the Keeping Of the National
museum belongs in the highest sense,
to the country.
Vast Mass Of Material. -
In the National museum the devel-
opment step by step Of all the great
weapons Of offensc for use OH sea and
Oh land is portrayed. The first sue
ressful heavier-than-air flying machine,
Langley's contrivance. Is on exhibition,
and with it is the latest Of the great
arcrafts. If any American father
wants to see everything which his son
came in touch with in the army or
navy Of his country. he, Gun find 1t
in the National museum, and it makes
no difference whether the lad was an
nrtilleryman. an engineer, an infantry
man, Il gas man. machine gunner, an
neronaut, or was content to serve In
my one of the equally necessary
branches Of the service Of supplies.
The National museum contains every
thing which had anything TO DO with
service in the great war.
It takes days,to so through this war
material. Among the most interesting
Of the exhibits are some Of the war
pictures which were painted by Ameri-
can artists while actually at the
front. or in the devastated regions just
back Of the front. It may not be
generally known, but Uncle Sam real
lied in advance the value Of paintings
Of the great war; IIe did not intend
to wait ON. the possibilities Of the fu-
n =.