The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-02-16
NEWS REVIEW Of
Current EVENTS
by EDWARD w. pIckARt


on ornaments signalizc a new
era ~ understanding In which prepar.
edness for war will yield to moral pre-
paredness for peace. said President
Harding to the delegates ut their last
session on Monday.
Your achievement Ia supreme" he
continued, because no seed of conflict
has been sown; no reaction In regret or
resentment ever can justify resort to
arms. You have written the first de
llbernte and effective expression OF
great powers, In the conscientIousness
Of pence, Of wars utter utility. aud
challenged the sanity Of competitive
preparation for each others destruc.
ton"
Although the President made no ref
eence directly TO the hope he had pre-.
viously expressed that an association
Of nations would come from the con.
ference, he predicted continuance Of
International discussion to carry for
ward the work
Before Mr.. Harding made his ad-
dress the Ave treaties agreed upon by
the conference were formally signed,
and when the President concluded
Secretary of State Hughes declared
the conference adjourned sine die.
Now u Is up to the united States
senate TO put the stamp OF approval
On the work accomplished by the CON
ference. President Harding indicated
that he would transmit to Il without
delay the treaties, and the steering
committee OF the senate, which met
with him Tuesday evening. promised
that they should have the right Of way
until the tarir bill II reported. The
debate probably will be prolonged. but
there seems little reason TO doubt that
the treaties will be ratified.
The first tangible results Of the con-
ference appeared Wednesday. when
Secretary OF the Navy DENLY. under
direction OF the President, ordered the
suspension Of work on eight battle
ships and six battle cruisers now un.
der construction. pending final action
on the naval treaty. When the treaty
has been ratified the contracts Cor the
ships will be cancelled. The building
operations stopped by Secretary Den
by's order have been costing the gov
eminent about 100000 month. OF
the eight battleships. one will be com
pleted later-either the West Virginia
or the Washington. The Colorado
which In almost completed and In not
included In the list. also will be I'm
ished. Two of the battle cruisers are
20 be completed as alrplane carriers.
OF the foreign countries represented
IN the conference the only one where
there seems TO be any organized oppo
sitlon To the treaties Is japan. Baron
Sakamoto Is leading the opposition In
the house Of peers and criticized Sc
vercly the agreements reached. Pre-
mier Takahashi and his ministers met
the attack ably. The premier said
that the government did not claim the
Conference was an unqualified success,
viewed from an individual standpoint.
but that Il did believe. with the other
powers, that the agreements reached |
were the first step toward "A real and
lasting peace and would lead TO a fu-
ture understanding for the total aboli- !
ton of defense equipments.
Japan, like the United States, has |
stopped construction work on Its new
capital ships.
A CHILE RA1STl. who was cardi-
"A nal archbishop of Milan. was
crow ned pope under the name Of Plus |
XI on February II. His ascension |
70 the papal throne In St Peters ba- /
silica and assumption Of the triple |
crown was accompanied by all the |
stately ceremony that has grown up |
about the browning OF u pope through |
the centuries Of the Catholic church's
history.
Since the new pope is an acknowl-
edged liberal and one OF the group |
that supported the policies of Benedict |
XIV looking toward a reconciliation be
tween the church and the Italian gov
eminent. Il may be that resumption Of
relations will come during his reign.
This. though not especially desired by |
other European governments, In
strongly favored by many prominent
Italian Catholics. They believe the
church would Sreatly benefit because
the pope would be free 10 visit other
countries. Americans In rome nope |
that Plus ri may even come To this
country, the first pope ever to visit the
new world
Cardinal O'COnnell was decidedly |
veXed because the choice of "a pope |
was made by the sacred college before
he and the other American cardinals
could reach Rome. and there ls talk
OF changing the papal constitution SO
that this cannot happen In the future.
The incident may also be responsible
for the report that two more American
cardinals are 10 be created soon. The
archbishups mentioned IN this connec-
ton are Mundelein OF Chicago and
Hayes Of New York.
uENRY FORD'S offer for the TAX
Il Ing over OF the governments |