The log cabin Democrat., 1922-01-02

SileSia between Germany and Poland caused lot of trouble. A plebiscite was held there in March, but both sides asserted it was unfair and early in May the region was invaded by Polish irreSulars. Thinly yelled support was given them by the Warsaw gov ernment and also by the French and there succeeded long series of fights between them and German volunteer forces. The entente Cordiale of the allies was near to rupture, but in June British troops entered the territory and began clearing out the Poles. The dispute was referred to the league council which in October announced the boundary lines. Neither Germany nor Poland was satisfied but both ac- cepted the decision.
 All through the year the Greeks fought the Turkish nationalists in Anatolia, with varying fortune. while the allied powers held aloof. though offering mediation which Greece re fused In November France made q treaty with the keinalist government which aroused protests from Great Britain and led to diplomatic negotia- tonS.
 The United States formally made peace with the central powers, the treaty with Austria being signed Au- gust 2f, that with Germany August 25, and the pact with Hungary August %. In these treaties America reserved all that was given her by the treaty of Versailles which the senate had re fused to ratify.
 President Harding on July 10 is sued informal invitations to Great Britain. France. Italy and Japan to send representatives to Washington for conference on limitation of armament and Far East questions. Acceptance from all was already as Sured by process of feeling out" and on August II the formal invita- tons went out. China. Belgium. Hol- land and Portugal being asked 10 par ticipate in discussions involving the Far East. The foremost statesmen of these nine powers were named as delegates and on November 12 the mo mentouS conference opened with i'm posing ceremony Almost immediate ly Secretary Hughes put forward Americas plan for reduction and limitation of naval armament, includ- ing naval holiday for ten years, the scrapping of all shipbuildng pro d f,.,tf Nf .1S tk tain point and the maintenance. of the navieS of America, Great Britain and Japan on 1-5-3 basis. The plan was formally accepted by the delegates of those nations on December h, and to the agreement were added clauses for the preservation of the status quo of naval bases and fortification in the western Pacific
 Of almost equal importance was the four-power pact accepted by the con ference on December 13. This was cast in the form of treaty by which the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan agreed to maintain peace in the Pacific. the Anglo-,Jap- anese treaty being abrosated.
 China offered some very difficult problems to the conference and all the demands of her delegates were not satisfied. The cOnferees, however, did enter into an agreement to remove many of the foreign restrictions on China and to respect the territorial and administrative integrity of the oriental republic and preserve the open door for trade and industry of all na- tons. Direct negotiatf tfons between the Chinese and Japanese delegates re suited in Japan's agreeing to restore Shantung province to China upon re- ceiying payment for the railway.
 It was evident from the first that the conference could not do much in the matter of limitation of land arma- tral Europe remained so unsettled. Premier Briand was present to give voice to Frances needs Of protection and fears of aggression by Germany and possibly by Russia. His eloquent speech so far convinced the confer ence that the other powers gave as Surance that France would never be left in the moral isolation" which she feared.
 President Harding has clung to his idea that an association of nations can be formed which would do what the League of Nations cannot do and on 25 he put forward the sug- gestion of a continuing series of con ferences like that In Washington, which presumably might result in the formation of the association. The idea was received with favor every where, except that the French de- murred at the proposed inclusion of