The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-28
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is advised by President to delegates other confer
the condition of the world Should the United States DO
sol The United States should not. Whyi
Because each conference that the United States attends
diplomatic defeat diplomatic defeat becomes diplomatic retreat
and diplomatic retreat degeneaes into diplomatic rout That IS
the experience recent experience, of the United States
AT the Paris conference the American delegates achieved
WHAT For the United States nothingless than nothing But
for othes' What did they achieve for ohers BY pereuang
the ruin of Great Brans formidable rival they assured
Great Brans commercial supremacy Europe Great Brans
mastery of the European They did this at the OF
their country lasting loss of their people
The American delegates did other hngshings that need
be mentioned here Bakanzed Europe the evidence today
But these subordinate the That achieve
the confirmation and consolidation of British
At the Washington conference the American delegates
ried forward work begun Paris Having assured British
in the Atlantic the United States through its dele
gates at Washington assured Great Britain supremacy the
Pacific By limiting its navy the United States left the
mastery of the Pacific in British hands BY asserting formally
the AngloJapanese division of territory the Pacific the
United States forfeited its right and ability defend its
trade possessions and policies the ocean area BY consentng
become the military rearguard of British and Japanese
the Far East sacrificed its prestige and the future
that would go with both on the continent of Asia
All these things the American delegates have done within the
last ninety days, far in them lay Great Britain the
mastery the world and her against all rivalry
the part of the United States.
In return the American delegates have received-whai
Promises of peace and prospects of pledges of equal oppor
tunty Asa-pedges already repeatedly given and often
volated and paper contract which effect that by join
Asiatic designs
people may the peril of its being used destroy them.
Thus sheared at two conferences of its policies and pros
pec dismissed without trophy while Great Britain de-
parted laden with spos defeated Inundated and DECEASED for
the benefit of Power that it but recently saved from extinction
the United States still to What be taken that
has takeni What American delegates sacrifice that
they have not surrenderedi
Many things be named but in only one-tha is
the superiority of country in the wealth. fnan-
cia stability that still the property of the American people
this theirs alone And it things that
covetedafter all the sacrifices
Westinghouse still envied coveted abroad Our financial
strength the advantage that has been left
British eyes.
Stripped the the people invited
this great savaged from the Invited
it the hands of American delegates abuse another
conference of nations and other conerencs Invited
mper after surrenders the things that have made
this country great and and independent and ontend
Invited again to yield the tribute of midty Difference and
humility to that takes and takes and takes from but
gives nowhere and a return!
Where the to be trusted with the power
hngs7 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. within the vision of
recent rulers There such the United Saeoya
negnbut they have not been chosen would
the grave task and trust that conference of nations imposes
Wilson, Bliss White Lansing-wha did they do for
Parsi What for Brtain and if
the flush shame! Hughes Root Lodge
wood-wha did they do for the United States Washington
What for the United States and what for Great Bran
record and blush for these that Americans!
With such experiences before he-such
sentaves
renders of American the altar of British
ought the American people to make the effort
another council of nations penalty
conference and accept another to Americas