Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1922-01-05

general view. Division Ct Upp@
Sllesia between Germany and Polane
caused lot Of trouble. A plsbiscits
was held there in March, but bstA
sides asserted 1t was unfair and early
In May the region was Invaded bg
Polish irregulars. Thinly yelled support
was given them by the Warsaw GOV.
eminent and also by the French ana
there succeeded a long series Of lights
between them and German volunteer
forces. The entente eordiale Of Tie
allies was near to rupture, but In June
British troops entered the territory
and began clearing out the Poles. Tns
dispute was referred to the league
council which in october announced
the boundary lines. Neither Germany
nor Poland was satisfied but both &C.
cepted the decision.
All through the year the Greeks
fought the Turkish natonalists In
Anatolia, with varying fortune, while
the allied powers held aloof, though
offering mediation which Greece ~
fused. In November France made q
treaty with the Kemalist government
which aroused protests from Crest
Britain and led to diplomatic negotia-
tons.
The United States formally made
peace with the central powers. the
treaty with Austria being signed An
gust "A, that with Germany August Is,
and the pact with Hungary August 70.
In these treaties America reserved all
that was given her by the treaty Of
Versailles which the senate had 70
fused to ratify.
President Harding on July 70 %
sued informal invitations to Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan b.
send representatives to Washingtoa
for conference on limitation q
armament and Far East questions
Acceptance from all was already 90
sured by a process Of feeling ovt"
and on August IL the formal invita-
lions went out, China, Belgium. Hel-
land and Portugal being asked to par
ticipate In discussions involving the
Far East. The foremost statesmen u
these nine powers were named 90
delegates and on November IL 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, inciud-
Ing a naval holiday for ten years, the
scrapping of all shipbuilding pro-
grams, destruction Of vessels to Ger.
tain point and the maintenance Of
the navies Of America, Great Britain
and Japan ON a $50 basis. The plan
was formally accepted by the Delegates
of those nations on December u. and
to the agreement were added clauses
for the preservation of the status 9pe
of naval bases and fertilization n Ne
western Pacific.
OF almost equal importance wss ne
four-power pact accepted BY the con-
ference on December 18. 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,Jsp-
anese treaty being abrogated.
China offered some very dfnicult
problems to the conference and all the
demands of her delegates were noe
satisfied. The conferees, however. did
enter into an agreement to remove
many of the foreign restrictions -
China and to respect the territorial
and administrative integrity 81 Ire
oriental republic and preserve the open
door for trade and industry Of all NO
tons. Direct negotiations between The
Chinese and japanese delegates ~
suited In Japan's agreeing to restors
Shantung province to China upon ~.
ceiving payment for the railway.
1t was evident from the frst that
the conference could not do much y
the matter Of limitation Of land armA-
ments so long as the situation IN 60
trail Europe remained 30 unsettlse.
Premier BRAND was present to Qvs
voice to Frances needs Of protector
and fears Of aggression By Germany
and possibly by Russia. his eloqusua
speech so far convinced the confs1-
ence that the other powers gave -
surance that France would never b
left in the moral isolation" which ne
feared.
President Harding has chung 70 ID
idea that an association Of nations ean
be formed which would do what II
League Of Nations cannot do, and a
November 20 he put forward the nc
gestion of a continuing series Of con.
ferences like that In Washington,
which presumably might result In tn
formation Of the association. IN
idea was received with favor ever.
where, except that the French -
INJURED at the proposed inclusion q
Germany.