The Arvada enterprise., 1923-01-04

treaty. The four nations would be
Great Britain, France, Italy and Ger
many. and the United States would be
only an intermediary. The peace term
for Europe might be set ut thirty years.
II is argued this agreement would guar
antes France against aggression by
Germany and enable her to reduce her
big standing army, and also would
guarantee Germany against further
seizure Of territory by the French.
President Harding and Secretary OF
State Hughes are disposed to move
very carefully in matters relating to
Europe. but 1t is known that Mr..
Harding believes some such pact, by
which the nations will agree to consult
one another before resOrting to war,
will prevent warfare more surely than
will any league to preserve peace.
CENATOR BORAH'S resolution for
~ world conference on economics
and armaments. alluded to ut the head
Of the column. not only has caused a
lot OF discussion in Washington. hut
also has disrupted the young alliance
between the farm and radical blocs In
congress. The Idaho senator has
seemingly broken away from the group
OF "lrrecOncilables" and Johnson Of
California already has loudly an
nOunced his opposition to the BOrah
plan. He says: IAN economic par
ley. Of necessity. must consider not
only present conditions In Europe but
the debts due to us, and. OF course, the
reparations due from Germany. We're
we to invite tho interested nations to
discuss these subjects In order to ar
rive ut understandings and agreements,
with a meatal reservation to take no
part In the ultimate solution, we would
he guilty Of a species OF bad faith. Of
which America has never been guilty
and which Americans never can toll
crate.
III we bring the nations OF the
earth here to Washington for such q
conference we'll dump into Americas
lap the economic Ills OF Europe and
the rparRtions muddle. II. officially,
We sit down with the other nations
who meet nt our invitation. and reach
nh understanding and agreement. we
are In honor bound to carry out and
execute that agreement. and the very
instant We undertake to carry out an
agreement to enforce repnrntions. that
instant We abandon the traditional
policy OF America. We become n part
Of the European scheme Of things and
we enter upon that course from which
we have SO recently escaped and which
our people so overwhelmingly repudl-
nted."
Mr.. Rorah insists there is nothing
inconsistent In his program maintain.
ing that II is up to the United States to
point IA way to stability und peace in
Europe but thnt II is not necessary
for this nation to enter into pledges to
carry out agreements.
Because the Borah plan looks to the
restoration Of the European market
for American agricultural products, IL
is regarded with favor by the members
of the farm bloc.
CONTROL Of the Mosul oil fields
~ may yet wreck the Lausanne
peace conference. lsm.t pnshu mott.
fled the British delegates that Turkey
would maintain her claim To ownership
of the Mosul yilayet and could not
accept the British contention that 1t IL
II part Of lrnq and therefore OF Meso
potamin over which there Is n British
mandate. In reply Marquis curzon In.
formed the Turks that Grca, Britain
never would abandon the Mosul yila-
yet and thnt no prolongntion Of the
conference would influence the British
government to reccdc from It's position
In this mntter. Lord curzon snid the
British hnd expelled the Turks from
the Mosul region and had occupied
nnd administered II: that they had
promised To free the Arabs from Turk
!sh rule and TO establish the govern
m"nt OF lraV. and had given their sol.
.mn pledge that no foreign power
should be allowed TO take nny Of this
territory. To these pledges. he said,
Britain would stendfnstly adhere. Lord
Curzon. however, agreed In have Brit.
ish experts meet with Turkish experts
to define the northern boundary of
lrnq.
This statement by Marquis curzon Ia
too fin, I" be taken as blum. snd II
seems certain that II the Turks do not
wish to have the conference break up
they must yield.
The Turks have agreed thar the non.
Moslem ninorities In Turkey shall en-.
JOY freedom under Turkish laws with.
out distinction as TO nationality. r.