The New York herald., 1922-01-08
REPUBLICANS HEAR
VIEWS ON FAR EAST
Fess of Ohio and King of Utah
Among Speakers at First
Luncheon of Season.

Should the Washington conference end
at once with the subjects of submarines.
aircraft and Far Eastern considerations
unsettled it must still be regarded as a
stupendous success, accomplishing more
for world peace than had been accom-
plished in the last 1000 years. Represen-
tative Simeon D. Fess of Ohio told men,
bers of the National Republican Club at
the opening yesterday of the 1922 seS-
sion of Saturday luncheon discussions
For the first time women were admit
ted to these symposiums and about
thirty were present
Limitation of Armaments and Pacific
Problems was the theme of the dis
cussions which were participated in by
Representative Fess, Senator William H.
King of Utah, John Calvin Ferguson.
economic adviser to the President of the
Chinese Republic. and Frank /. Cobb.
editor Of the World.
Representative Fess predicted sharp
division in the Senate on the quadrilat-
eral treaty adopted by the conference,
but intimated that he expected its rati-
fication Senator King was noncommit-
tai on this point.
Mr.. Cobb opened the discussion with
the declaration that whatever happened
anywhere In the world that affected the
peace or economic stability of the rest
of the world concerned the United States.
A policy of isolation could not be fol-
lowed and the sooner America accepted
the invitation to the economic confer
ence at Cannes the better Mr.. Cobb
thought il would be.
Representative Fess differed with Mr..
Cobb. Although he admitted he favored
ratification of the four Power treaty
he expressed the hope that II the Amer
lean Government accepted the invitation
to the Cannes conference 1t would be on
the condition that America was not to
be bound by any of the economic de-
cisions of the conference.
There Is only one ominous cloud on
the horizon of our international rela-
tions." DR.. Fess told the club members.
THAT concerns our differences nth
Japan. We have no desire to resist a
legitimate expansion by japan, but We
cannot stand by and see China put
under the domination of a people about
the limit OF whose ambitions we are
not certain"
DR.. Fess said he regarded the four
points outlined in the Washington con-
ference for a settlement Of the Chinese
problem as highly advantageous to
that nation and by far the most fruit
ful effort in her behalf ever made.
Despite this statement and 1iepre
sentative Fess's outline of just what
the four points covered by Mr.. Roots
program meant to China-territoriai in
tegrity. a stable government, the open
door and guarantees against exploita-
tIon-Mr. Ferguson told the members
that China was far from satisfied WITH
what the conference had done for her.
The deplorable conditions in China.
Mr.. Ferguson said, cannot be exag-
gerated Nevertheless he believes tho
Chinese people to be entirely capable
OF self-Eovernment. They are Just now
obscssed with the memories of previous
outrages inflicted upon them through
seizure of territory and exploitation by
European nations and Japan.
Senator King of Utah, a Democrat.
took the opportunity to mildly rebuhe
his Republican hosts for a growing
socialistc tendency he found in the
party that he said was violating the
precepts or Abraham Lincoln. Ills ad-
dress was defense of the League Of
Nations program OF the Wilson Ad
and n pronounccment OF
the doctrine that political partisanshlp
has no place in international relations.
II believe in an internationalism tha.
recognizes the interdependence OF ma
tions. There Is an internationallsm
that Is not destructive OF nationalism."
Senator Kip. had not made up his
mind on me wisdom of the four
Power treaty. or indeed on the accom-
plishments Of the Washington confer
cnce at all. III the results are 20 cul-
inmate in alliances that will restore the
old time balance of power in interna-
tlonal disputes and provoke old time
resentnents it was to be condemned
The scope OF the conference. he thought,
did not constitute a circle OF $50 degrees
as he believed the covenant OF tho
Leag.'s of Nations did. That Il left
to be desired no thought was
shown by the fact that authorities in
Spain. Holland. and elsewhere were ex-
pressing skepticism Of the results
The political amenities Of the nom
partisan nature of tho discussion were
when Representative Fegs said
that he was not ono who wished IN
any way to withhold credit from Wood
row Wilson for his contribution to the
cause OF the world peace. and again when
Senator King reminded the lunchers
hat the sugc cs tion of a lea ,ue'' OF ma
lions, with power to enforce It's decis-
ions. was made by Theodore Roosevelt
IN his Nobel prize address at Christiana
in 1910.