The Colorado statesman., 1922-01-21
swept while little dust still remains
to be collected from the corners,
French Playing a Hand.


to be collected from the corners,
French Playing a Hand.
The French government has some
matters which II wants TO have settled
over in Europe. 1t wants n better un-
derstending with Great Britain CON
corning certain continental matters
The French have been playing hand'
They know the exact position OF the
British brethren on the submarine mat
ter and they are trying to secure some
promises from the island government
before yielding on U-bonts. This Is the
way It looks to the side-llne observers
in this conference town.
The truth is that the administrator
does not seem to be worrying partlcu-
larly over the smaller matters whlch
have come to trouble the conference
1t looks upon the four-power treaty as
being an assured fact of the future,
looks upon the naval holiday as beihs
n certainty, and 1t thinks that In
general way firm foundation mas
been laid for peaceful proceedings In
the Orient. If man is given mil
lion dollars he can afford to look Win
equanimity on the possible loss OF nun
dreds.
Other Worries of Administration.
If the prophets of evil are right, ana
If Washington officialdom knows that
they are right, the placidity with which
the administration looks upon things
today is astounding. The truth Is that
the President and his advisers are per-
haps more than satisfied with the way
that things have gone. 1t is known
that they looked for trouble on certain
minor matters, and instead of being
worried at troubles appearance they
are somewhat surprised it did not loom
larger than it has.
There are other things than tempo
rary or possibly permanent difficulties
in the way of complete conference
agreement to engage the attention OF
the administration. The party upon
whose success perhaps depends re-
nomination for President Harding Is
not behaving itself as well as it might
in the person of its representatives in
house and senate. There are Repub-
licnns who say this boldly. 1t is only
fair to say, however, that finally the
advice of certain wise politicians VINO
are not in congress seems to have had
its effect.
War Exhibits in Museum.
Novel writer's, essay writers, and
even history writer's seem to have
taken, notice of the fact that the
people are tired of reading about
the war Perhaps the tire" is more
in the seeming than in the reality, but
the truth remains that so-called war
literature is just now at low ebb.
Government officials, however, know
that interest in the great war is
bound to revive, and that the present
generation will have a share of the
revival, and that future generations
in retrospect will have the keenest in
terest in the great conflict. Wash
ington, therefore, is taking pains to
preserve what may be called COM
plete series of pictures, OF material
and documents concerning the war for
civilization.
In the great National museum in
Washington today there is in process
of emplacement for permanent exhibit
llOIl purposes tNtly pOSSlDiC Siih b
which the government can lay hands
on which bears part in depicting
the progress of the greatest war that
the world has ever known. The gov
ernment has an immense amount of
material, and a large part of 1t has
been turned over to the directors OF
the National museum for permanent
ownership and permanent exhibition.
When permanent ownership is spoken
of it should be said that in truth it
rests with the people, for everything
that is in the keeping of the National
museum belongs in the highest sense
to the country.
Vast Mass of Material.
In the National museum the devel-
opment step by step of all the great
weapons of offense for use on sea and
on land is portrayed. The first sue
cessful heavier-than-air flying machine,
Langley's contrivance, is on exhibition,
and with it is the latest of the great
aircrafts. If any American father
wants to see everything which his son
came in touch with in the army or
navy of his country, he can find it