The Washington herald., 1922-01-20
HASCO
REPEATED HERE,
SIMONDS CLAIMS
Sees Secretary Hughes
Caught in Same Trap
As Mr.. Wilson.
Continued from Poge One.

OoHt"acu fo"s uUc SHc.
will amount to the purchase Of
minority interest in that Anglo
Japanese alliance we set out to
abolish, that alliance which has
served as the cover for the most
ruthless Japanese exploitation of
China In recent years.
Mr.. Hughes position today Is
that of the pilot Of a crippled air.
plane, who knows he must land
quickly and is seeking desperately
to make a forced landing, but so
far without any success In finding
satisfactory landing place. This
is the real explanation Of the illu-
sorry Chinese gestures of recent
days.
.Hushes Bamboozled..
How shall one explain the pres
ent situation? ute simply. Mr..
Balfour and Baron Kato have been
as successful in "bamboozling' Mr..
Hughes. to use Keynes notorious
phrase, as NJ. Clemenceau and Mr.
Lloyd George were in bamboo
ling" Mr.. Wilson. Washington has
proven a repetition of Faris Before
the conference here was two weeks
old and because. save in the matter
of the capital ships. our diplomacy
had provided no plan, British DIP
lomacy took entire charge and has
retained it ever since.
Today. when British purposes
have been achieved and American
concerns alone remain unsettled. IL
is British influence, supplemented
by Japanese, which is most active
in seeking to force prompt ad-
journment and the complete frus-
tration of American hope. Mr..
Hughes has. so far. succeeded In
preventing such adjournment. but
everyone in Washington knows his
difficulties.
United States Makes SACRIFICES.
British and japanese achieve
ments here have surpassed those of
their Paris diplomacy and repre-
sent a new high-water mark. The
United States has been persuaded
to make all the sacrifices. to resign
potential sea supremacy, and to re-
| nounce right to fortify American
islands, constituting our naval
bases, in the PScific. with no equiv
alent British or Japanese sacrifices
We have offered to make the most
substantial reductions in tonnage
at the outset. But. instead of OBJ
tanning, as a consequence OF these
substantial advance payments, tie
! elimination of the Anglo-Japanes
| alliance, we have been involved in
Pacific alliance which would be
| harmless if a peace of justice were
! to be established in the Pacific. a;
under present prospects amounts to
| partnership with those who have
despoiled China.
At the outset of the conference
| Mr.. Hughes put his cards upon the
| table. Since that time he has been
| forced to make concession after
| concession. British and japanese
diplomacy. convinced that the stu.
alton in American domestic politics
| made a successful conference a Re
publican necessity. have driven a
shrewd bargain at every turn
and have not completed the
| process.
Back Up Japan.
British diplomacy enthusiastically
| supported America in fighting
France upon the submarine issue
| which was primarily a British in
terest. but there has been neither
port for Mr.. Hughes in recent dit
| ficult days when he has been fight
| ing to obtain justice for China; for
British interests lay with Japan
not with America. AS a conse-
| quence. Mr.. Hughes has failed. and
| will continue to fail, to give China
effective assistance.
Today Mr.. Hughes has actually
| to choose between the course OF
Mr.. Wilson after Paris-when ht
| accepted the treaty of Versailles
as an American victory, and at.
| tempted to make the American pee
! pie do likewise. despite all the con
cessionS wrung from him, which
spoiled the document in American
eyes-and the frank admission thai
the Washington conference has
failed. But IL he chooses the for
mer course it will be necessary 90
follow Mr.. Wilson's example still
further and strive to force the peo-
pie OF the nation and the members
of the Senate to accept a treaty
which is totally at variance with
| what they desired and were led &c
expect.