The Washington times., 1922-03-12
BY WILLIAM HARD.

,Nttle look around today at
- the foreign relations of the
United States. and noticing how
often now we think we are getting
the worst Of it In matching our
wits with these foreigners. the
pertinent thought occurs that to-
day the Princess Bibesco, daugh-
ter OF Herbert and Margot AsQuith,
and wife Of the Rumanian minis
ter to the United States, 10 re
ported to have returned to Wash
ington. The pertinencs Of II ts
that the Princess Bibesco - best
known to general fame as the au-
ynor of an enormously interesting
book of uninterrupted unhappi-
ness to which she gave the title
II Have Only Myself to Blame"
what q motto that title would
make for the United States at this
moment!
For Instance:
Henry Cabot Lodge II speaking
Senate, A fellow senator asks him
why the Dutch East Indies are
not included In the treaty. Mr..
l<OOA0 ICYAC0 tAkAt NAIC ~ O0Iy - -
treaty about the Pacific ocean and
that most Of the Dutch East In
dies are not in the Pacific ocean
but In the Indian ocean. The in,-
plication II that the islands OF the
Dutch In the Pacific ocean are
nothing-or next to nothing.
The distinguished fellow 6ena-
tor Ia satisfied I, looking OBJ
scurely down from the press gal
lery, am also satisfied. The Dutch
East Indian question II relegAted
to being an Indian ocean ques-
ton and to getting settled per-
hAps sometime when We have an
Indian ocean treaty In the course
of our efforts to peclfy the
oceans one by one.
A few minutes later. In the Of
flee Of 4 Senator. happen to see
Z map hanging spaciously on the
wall. It seems to represent q lot
OF water and ] take Volstead
glance at It. 1t turns out to be
map OF the Pacific ocean.
On this map I notice Australia,
On It I notice also the Philip
pines. which also are covered by
the treaty. And right In between
them notice q multitudinous
archipela lago-meaning big bunch
Of islands-labeled Dutch East
Indies.
Just how the Pacific ocean can
wash the shores Of Australia and
OF the Philippines without also
laundering those Dutch islands
cannot see. Nor can any other
American who has the luck to
happen to encounter a map be-
sides having the misfortune to
hear what people tell him.
The map was an American map.
So afterward I looked at . Brit
ish map. 1t showed the Dutch
East Indies exactly where the
American map shows them. Lots
of them are laved by the Pacific
ocean, II the Pacific ocean laves
Australia-which under the treaty
1t is bound to do.
The fact Is that Holland 10 not
in the treaty because Holland IL q
small power. II we choose to be-
lieve that Holland IL not in the
treaty because 1t has nothing in
the Pacific ocean. 1t is not the
fault OF foreigners. We have q
right to buy maps and to look at
them. II We refuse to patronize
the map industry. we have only
ourselves to blame.
We got no new territory out Of
the war. Now we get quite wor-
ried about our rights In the vari-
Gus territories which our asso-
ciates In the war got out Of the
war. We get worried about our
oil rights, for instance, In Meso-
potamia. Our associates in the
war gave Mesopotamia to the Brit
ish under q mandate"
Adolph Miller, Of the Federal
Reserve Board. has given q good
definition Of mandate" He says
It is an international marriage un-
der tho age Of consent.
But why do we have to worry