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- . ew Action by Conference o ’ 2 Vs 3 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0., NOVEMBER 27, 1921—PART 1. n United States Proposal 'to Cut Navies Expected Soon BRIAN. Presented by BY ANDRE TARDIEU, 8 Former French High Commissioner to | Amerien. | By Cable to The Star. | PARIS, November 26.—American news- paper comments cabled here indicate that America understands France's | situation most unanimously. All of the facts stated in Premier Briand’s speech must have been long familiar to Ameri- cans. Nevertheless, it is good to have a complete official resume presented to | the American public. i But no speech can solve the problems | tnherent in the very facts of the situ-| ation. Thus far, therefore, the political | problems remain untouched. It appears | that the United States government dMd | not intend to discuss land armaments at this time, but that the French pre- mier himself requested the opportunity to explain_his viewpoint before sailing again for France, and that the request was courteously granted. But 8o far as a solution is concerned. | such a procedure could lead nowher: Therefore last Monday's session, despite | the eloquence expended and despite the warm_sympathty expressed with the | 'S PARLEY SPEECH SATISFYING TO FRANCE| ‘NationSees in American Newspaper Comments Entire Understanding of Problems | security. | sounds throughout the German press. { the Premier. treaty of Versailles, namely. the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine beyond fifteen years. France has also those guarantees which every free country has an lplll!nlb|e> right to utilize—the maintainance of.! her military forces at a level Jjudged necessary for defense. i These facts are uncontrovertible. Moreover, nobody at Washington hl's set himself as a judge over France's When~ Secretary Hughes produced a naval program, he did not seek any one's advice concerning the figures as to tonnage deemed neces- sary and indispensable to American security. Nobody has asked France to reduce her forces In the face of a moral and material menace Which re- That is why many Frenchmen would have preferred that Briand's speech should have begun with this fact, in- Stead of seeming to be a reply to a contrary assumption, which no dele- isate had formulated or insinuated. Denies Apologetic Mood. In other words, the French people are not at all in an apologetic mood. They have done nothing since 1919 in_excess of their rights—natural rights as a great power—as well as contractual rights inscribed in the treaty. Despite small co-operation | obtained in disarming Germany, mak- What “Open Door” In China Means And How It Would Benefit World BY PHILIP C. KAUFFMANN, sesslon. " " of all nations, HE “open door” in China has yept yp through decades. Gradually come to be a byword since|{t was found, however, that this the conference on the limita- | method was not to the advantage tion of armament and far | eConomically of all concerned, and a policy of give and take grew up. eastern questions began in Washing- | Great Britain’s colonies have become ton. The open door policy, of course, | dominions and govern their own trade is not a new one. It is an ideal that | law: : Other eolonies have more or has been set forth and fostered by [l6S8 say iIn their affairs, and In gen- £ - b leral the closed door has gone into the statesmen and diplomats in the United | giacard. ot o oin Ohia Certain States for these many years. Children |outside countries keep her from gov- have been taught of it in schools as | €rning her own commercial affairs and a panacea for China's ills. Good, solid | $¢¢K to keep out the world at large. It is the * S ok citizens have talked familiarly of it keepu Cl"l‘ienl’:m;lenrned"x olgmi::l"::\td ;::; in times past and felt that it was |her from becoming an integral factor something that American fair play [in the economic world. Sdvoont There are now in China certain al :lcln ed as giving an equal chance |jea5eq land rights, small parcels of land, some single cities and some Every one knows in a general way [citles with a little surrounding ter- that it means giving all traders an [ritory, at intervals along the coast, equal opportunity to share in the vast [ completely controlled by outside na. wealth of China. Getting right down | tions—France, Great Britain, Japan to technicalities, however, the theory land Portugal. It is not these nor is and working basis of the open door |it the extra territorial rights held by policy is a question over which State [outside countries that is throttling Department officials have studied for | the growth of China. It is these much ranay years and admit that it is 80 |discussed “spheres of interest,” some- -’;fi‘.’,‘l"‘;‘v'.u‘.fliii ‘:.N:llf?lhm;“ltl‘euég e | times wronzfully called “spheres of in- K ming gni- ! fye “hina v Ipent ithout becoming tlly oK fluenc All of China is divided up Crux of Pacific Problem. Before the conference started far eastern questions were talked of in a general sort of way. Now, how- ever, the crux of the far eastern and the custom was yextent, as far as commerce is con- cerned, by foreign nations, principally among them being Great Britain, France and Japan, and formerly Ger- many and Russi into great areas, controlled to a great | French viewpoint, has an " academic | character which disappoints the hopes | of “efficlency” with which until now the conference has been surrounded. Newspapers keep repeating the phrase | ing her pay and preventing voluntary bankruptcy through a wasteful gov- | ernment, the French people, as ke | Briand remarked, already have re- duced the terms of military service vBriand pleaded the French cause.” Some even speak of his seeking a ‘“ver- S “Thess exprossions astonish many | Frenchmen. There is similar astonish- ment at M. Balfour's allusion to French | “fears." Says France Has No Fears. | France has no fears and asks no-| body’s verdict. Nor does she fecl the need of somebody to “plead” for her. To imagine us in that frame of mind is an error. which may lead to | from three years to two and soon to eighteen months. That is a great proof of our desire for peace and has | been given without outside pressure. What need in such circumstances for “pleading” our cause? What “ver- dict” is needed but that of conscience? These are fine distinctions, perhaps. but they are important if we seek clarity in international relations. The substance of Briand's speech corre- sponds to the facts, and every French- On the other hand, misunderstanding. The true situa- | man indorses it. tion is much simpler. its apologetic form leads to misunder- As for security, France agreed at standings which it would be better to Versailles to limit the occupation of prevent than to cure. Just because the left bank of the Rhine to fifteen vears if granted sufficient guarantees ainst German aggression These Ruarantees were contained i two ®pecial treaties with Am A and England—treaties not _solicited by France but offered by our allies and German propaganda in America ac- cuses Franace of imperialism there is no reason for France to defend her- self like a criminal. France desires peace more than any- hody. because she has suffered more ! France wants her allies from war. to understand. but, :nd associates associates in the war. Since th 2 § treaties have not been ratified, these |like them. she desires to avoid en- wuarantees do not evist. Therefore, | tanglements which might prejudice France has a sovereizn right to em- ploy those guarantees existing in the HARDING PROPOSAL STIRS LEAGUE HOPE, Most Ardent Advocates Real- ize U. S. Is Needed to Make It Effective. BY WILBUR FORREST. By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. Copyright, 1921 PARIS, November 26.—Presldent; Harding’s proposal for an annual; conference of the powers now repre-) sented at the Washington confer- ence, which, if adopted, would appear to be a death-blow to the league of nations, was received with totally different interpretations in league circles, both in Paris and Geneva today. The autumn assembly of the league | made clear to the most ardent of | the league advocates that there must be collaboration of some kind with the United States if the society ever becomes a world-wide organization * capable of handling such vital ques- tions as the limitation and the cun-l trol of armament, economic block- ades and political matters between natlons in which the abstention of one great power is fatal, both to the progress and the interest of utherl large nations. Pledge Is Recalled. Leaguers today recalled Mr. Hnrd~| ing’s pledge not to join the league as present constituted, together with the growing sentiment of the last as- sembly to revamp the society and make American membership possible. The Harding move is therefore not interpreted as meaning anything but a way and means of the United States taking a place in international af- fairs without openly joining the league, but making a coalition of the new organization and the present or- ganization eventually possible. It was pointed out today that the new organization formed in Wash- ington must include the nations al- ready virtually in a position to rule the league through their membership in the powerful league council, and such an organization in effect will really become in time the council of the league with the much-desired membership of the United State: The leaguers are building their hopes likewise on the logical as- sumption that there is no question but that Mr. Harding has in mind the building up of a society which will enter into rival coinpetition with the existing soclety or an at- tempt to urge the leading members like Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan entirely to abandon the ex- pensive organization built up in Europe the past three years. Some Liaison Assumed. Telephonic conversation with Ge- neva this afternoon failed to elicit ‘whether the league secretariat is cog- nizant that some members of the league council are urging the Harding plan, but with the optimism expressed it might even be assumed that there is some laison between Geneva and ‘Washington. However, it is no secret in league ciroles that efforts are being made to ! find & means for America's collabora- tion in world affairs without the ac- tual slaughter of the European so- olety, - whose technical organization, inctuding the world court at The} Hague, is invaluable for international co-operation if for mnothing else as machinery for a new world. Found No Pessimism. The Star and Tribune correspondent, in his conversations, found no pes- simism with reference to Mr. Har- ding’s plan; on the contrary, there was a certain amount of sober en- thusiasm at the possibility in effect of seeing the United States soon |tionally small, {this crop is not vital, owing to the 1 her security or limit her sovereignty. (Copsright. FOCH VOICES WISH FOR DISARMAMENT Tells Carnival Host at St. Paul He Hopes for Reduc- tion on Land and Sea. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn, November 26.— Recounting the sacrifice of France in the war, Marshal Ferdinand Foch to- day expressed a wish for rma- ment and permanent peace. 'No one desires as much as France to see the disarmament program be- come a reality,” he said in_reply to an address of welcome by Gov. J. A. O. Preus at the state capitol ‘France lost one million and a half men in the recent war, and would be only too happy to have its friends disarm and return to the sofl. earnestly hope to see disarma- ment on land and sea as soon as that may be possibl The enthusiasm in the marshal’s re- ception today was a repetition of the tremendous welcome accorded him last night upon his arrival in St. Paul for a twenty-four-hour stay before continuing on his trip to the Pacific coast. Marshal Foch was crowned “king of the realms of sno wand ice and royal chieftain of the St. Paul winter carnival hosts” this morning. Hun- dreds of carnival-clad folk took part. DENIES ARMY OF 450,000. Polish Legation Says Troops Num- ber Only 220,000. Reports that the present strength of the Polish army is 450,000 men, with 650,000 reserves, are contradicted by a statement issued by the lega- tion of Poland yesterday. The state- ment says that since the treaty of peace with Russia in March of this Vear, the demobilization of the army has 'been in progress and is stiil continuing, so that today it numbers only 220,000 men, or one soldier for every 219.8 inhabitants. Figures re- ceived by other powers attending the conference, from their military at- taches in Warsaw, which possibly are not as recent as those of the le- gation, credited Poland With the larger number. (Copright, 1921, by Chicago Daily News.) A —— FAILURE OF RICE CROP IS SERIOUS TO JAPAN The economic situation in Japan has been seriously affected by failure of the Japanese rice crop, while the financial situation in China has been growing steadily worse, according to monthly cables to the Department of Commerce from its representatives in the_east. The rice was destroyed by rains and typhoons considerably more than was expected, a cable from Tokio de- olared, and the annual yield will be greatly under the approximate annual consumption. It is predicted that the fall cocoon crops will also be excep- although failure of arge stocks of silk still on hand. Favorable factors in the Japanese situation, the cable asserted, were the increase of savings deposits and the advance in exports. with imports re- maining fairly stationary. Although the tension from the runs on the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications has been eased, the situation in China still remains seri- ous, the Peking report declared. Both exports and imports have been quiet, ‘but there has been a mnoticeable in- crease in the imports of American Their History Not Creditable. These spheres were obtained at va- rious times and in' various ways, and are held by treaties, alleged treaties and signed documents called treatles question has resolved itself into | the settiement of the Chinese pus- | ale. True, Mongolia, Manchuria, Yap and other Pacific mandates andJa- pan’s influence in Siberia all seem {to hold problems that will have to be touched upon, but none of them seems to have attracted major attention as yet, and the general feel- ing is that once China is taken care of the other problems will follow along smoothly. One of the chief remedies advocated to bring back the health of a sick China is the open door_ which China is begging for and the United States has been insisting on_for twenty-odd years. What is the open does not imply free trade or even low’ tariff. It implies actually equality in import and export duties. harbor dues, customs regulations. distribution of raw material investment or concessions. It is ap- plicable where outside governments are backing commercial and financial interests. This, in a general way. is what the open door stands for. Why it is a theory that has been advocated and yet never freely applied, and why it is of vital importance to China and the good of the world at large is a more troublesome question. Heritage of Conguest Dayx. . Back in the early days of exploration and conquest great nations sent out thelr ships to find new lands and ex- pand their empires. When a new col- ony was acquired it was the natural thing that the mother country should demand that she should reap all the benefits of trade with that new p CHINESE PREMIER OUTLINES HOPES Territorial Integrity, Respect for Sovereignty and Eco- nomic Autonomy First. B WILLIAM B. GILES. Special Cadble to The Star and the Chicage Daily News. Copyright, 1921. PEKING, China, November 26.— Premier Chin Yun-Pen, in a signed statement says: “The Washington conference aims chiefly at the preven- tion of future international disputes and at an assurance of permanent peace in the world. It is in this spirit that China enters the conference and desires to reach a mutual understand- ing with the powers. Of the problems concerning China the ones for which she most earnestly hopes for a solu- tion are these: Territorial integrity, respect for China’s soverelgnty, and economic autonomy. It is necessary for me to say that respect for the territorial integrity and the door policy? Ity and opportunities for | by a great retch of imagination. These “pledges” for control were ob- tained by trickery, threats and other underhanded means in many cases. It has been claimed that China should not be held to any of these “treatles,” since at the time they were executed she was so inept at diplomacy and so the mercy of other powers t been likened to a minor who is qualified to sign contracts. These so- called treatics demanded the exclusive control and actual monopoly over the rea in_question of railroads, mines, loans, all public undertakings, and some of the countries even insisted on | aving their advisers connected with | the Chinese government. { Tt can be secn easily how they have kept China from developing her own resources or profiting by outside cap- ital. From the very beginning a dog- in-the-manger attitude has prevailed. Not so0 long ago American capital was obtained to put through a new and much needed railway. The country ’hu_ms: Jurisdiction over that part of China where the railroad was pro- jected intervened. She could not then finance a railroad, and she would not let any one else do it. The railroad would have been a boon to China, but it has never been built. This is only one example of the kind of thing that has killed progress in China. China has been unable to get on her Frenchmen Stirred . To Protest Against Fokker Plane Shown By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 26.—Severe criticism has been aroused by the exhibiting of a Fokker al | | 1d that it ix too early after the German army Fokkers flew over and bombarded Paris for a achine e by the same man 1o be admitted to Framee for | | show purposes. | Anouncement was made today that the plane will be seised u; der a writ granted to Esnault Pelterie, a Freach airplane maker, om the ground of im fringement of the “broom- handle” sywtem of direction. As a concexsi those ob- fecting to ita display the mame ker” has already beem re- oved from the machime. of peace will give her every assist ance. I may emphasize that China's jidea of taking part in the Washington lconfere‘nce is to have frank and har- monious discussions with the friendly powers in the hope that the conference |may attain good results and that the ly |aims of the President of the United States in calling the conference may be realized. Such is the hope enter- tained by all classes of people in sovereignty of China is the essential China. factor for the maintenance of peace ! in the far east. Tarift Under Autono: “Under the heading, ‘ecomomic autonomy’ is included the problems of tariff economy which is the most im- portant at present. The tariff now in force was-agreed upon by China and the powers years ago and cannot ade: quately represent the economic con- ditions and standard of living today. Though the civil wars in this country in the last few years may be ascribed to many causes the chief one is the central government's lack of funds for administrative purposes. If peace in the far east should be secured it would be of great importance to China as it would enable her to preserve order within her own borders, provided the abrogation of the old tariff also took place. Propeses Increase at Once. It will require much time to con- sider and revise the existing tariff and therefore to meet the present exigencies the impost rate now in force; that is, 7% per cemt on im- ported goods, should be increased by half at once. If that is done an im- provement in the state of affairs may be_expected. “I therefore believe that all nations —_— WANT EDUCATION PARLEY AUGUSTA, Me., November 26.—Dr. A. O. Thomas, state superintendent of public schools, his been selected to represent the National Education Association at the arms conference at Washington, it was said today. He is chairman of the committee on for- eign relations of the association which has in view an international congress_on_education to be held in 1923, probably at Washington. Dr, Thomas will ask President Harding to present the matter to the delegates of the countrles represented at the arms conferenc. It is pro- posd to teach international civics as a means of bringing about better un- derJtnndan and good will among the nations. WILL OF GEN. HAINS FILED. The will of Maj. Gen. Peter Conover Hains, dated December 14, 1911, was filed for probate yesterday. He leaves his_entire estate to his wife, Virginia P. Hains, and names her as executrix. | : 1l Most of our regular customers deal dw:th’ us am%mfi?lly, writing their &a- ers on a slip of paper, tying i e bundle, and phoning us to call. medn- er it is cleaning, dyeing or repairing, they don’t ask us to be careful. They kaow that we will be; that every order i attention; that every- among the members of the present league's council, especially since Bal- four and Viviani, now in Washington, ‘members of this council, are believed to be among the backers of Mr. Har- ‘motor cars, flour and cotton. WILL HONOR BRITISH. ding’s plan to perpetuate the Wash- ington conference. K% Tmmaterial to many leaguers whether the league council or even the general assembly meets in Wash- ington, Paris, London or Geneva. ———— DECRIES STUDENT INFLUX. CHICAGO, November 26.—The pres- ent “inundation” of students in Amer- jcan colleges is leading to nothing but “a high class of mediocrity,” Prof. R, George of Grinnell College, Grinnell, Towa, declared today before the National Council of Teachers. of English. whol Coffman suggested more rigid mnx entrence requirements e & remedy. Delegates to Parley Will Be Given Dinner at New York. NEW YORK, November 26.—Brit- ish delegates to the armament con- ference will be honor guests at a dinner of the English-speaking Union gf Asl'nerlcl to be given here Decem- er 5. The _date has been accepted by Ar- thur J. Balfour, acting head of the British delegation, it was announced today by John W. Davis, former am- bassador to the Court of St. James, and president of the English-speak- ing Union. Reservations have been received from .members in Chicago, Boston, PMM‘I)MJ ‘Washington and other cities, he said. S \ gets maximum thing goes back with pride, not ex- cuses. Call Main 4724-4725-4726 CLEANERS and DYERS MAIN orm'&"&:z%fi%’izm ST., NW. N T | | which are friends of China and lovers | Briand’'s recent speech in Washing- This was the general policy | feet and profit by her great resources or make use of outside capital be- cause these spheres of influence have developed only small sections of the country for their own benefit and pre- vented any further development by others. Fortumes im Her Resources. China has vast fortunes stored up in her natural resources and her peo- ple are starving. Labor is cheap, and with a stable government and rail- roads, capital invested without being hampered by spheres of interest could be used to the great advantage of outside interests and at the same time for the direct benefit of China. But this is impossible so long as the spheres of influence keep China so bound that she cannot either build railroads or have them built for her and so bring out her raw material and eventually become a trading nation that would result in the organisation of a unified government. ‘The open door is impossible so long as these spheres of influence remain. In the diplomacy of the far east the principle of equality in commercial matters was recognized and was first put into concrete form when Secre- tary of State John Hay, In 1899, re- | quested that there should be no par-. tiality shown in China in duties, cus-| toms’ regulations, harbor dues, rail- road rates and the like, and the na- tions holding spheres of influence agreed to this. Later, in the Anglo- Japanese alliance of 1902, Japan and Great Britain reasserted an adherence to the open-door principle, in that “they were especially interestod in se- curing equal opportunities for the commerce and industry of all na- tions.” According to an authority on the subject, “the difficulty in main- taining an open-door policy has been because of a failure to acknowledge the full implication in Secretary Hay’'s demands. Many times it has been upheld by the various nations as the only just policy, but in prac- tice it has been evaded by secret de- vices or modified by so many excep- tions that its true purpose has been Jost.” In other words, for the past twenty years each nation holding a sphere of interest has advocated the theory of the open door and has urged the other nations to give up their powers. but each has been very care- ful to work out excuses for maintain- ing her own rights. Problem for the Conference. This, then, is the heart of the problem before the present conference. If this parley_can accomplish what John Hay was unable to do, it is believed that the far eastern question will be practically settled. None of the nations has as yet come out point blank and offered to concede her sphere of influence, but each in general has offered to co-operate for international welfare. ‘The open door in China would benefit China primarily, but in so doing the whole world would be benefited through a great stimulation to trade. It is be- lieved that the nations holding spheres of influence being all great trading na- tions would reap a greater harvest from a rehabilitated China than they do UNGONVINCED Al 1 OF BERLIN IS PEACE | H i he aviation salon. It l Progress of Socialism Far Too Slow, Says Head of Allied Mission. By Oable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. 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Russla at present is not only a negligiable factor in industry, but she is an actual drawback to the world. | Her raw material once fed many mills; now it is cut off and many plants are lying idle. China's raw material could take the place of that of Russia. It is believed by the expgrts who are familiar with the questiog that if China's in- | tegrity were gusbantecd, it all mations | withdrew _their’ stagnating _influence, and she were allowed to regulate her commerce, set her own duties, have con- trol of all harbor affairs so that all na- Insistence on Main BY GEORGE N. BARNES, British Parlinment Leader. By Radio to The Star. LONDON, November 26.—The peo- Iple of Great Britain are glad to note the American insisténce on the features of the naval reduction pro- gram submitted by Mr. Hughes at the first session of the Washington {conference. My predictions main as to BRITISH APPROVE STAND OF U. S. ON NAVAL CcUT Features of Hughes Program Wins Confidence—Bad Feel- ing Over Franco-Turk Pacl. a period of doubt. not unmixed with apprehension. One question has been settled, namely, the attitude of the onservatives and unionist party in | the country. Accumulating evidence shows that the unionists and con- servatives dcfinitely arrayed themseives on the =side of Prime Minister Llovd George 1 exploring all possible means of reaching an” | Irish peace. | The government has given some | urance as to the Irish situation tions would be dealt with alike, grant|that program have been amply veri- by allowing publication of the hases concessions freely and guaranteee that capital could be invested safely, her economic_status would be approaching stability within five years. With outside capital, good railroads could be built, for China has good en- gineers and a wealth of cheap labor. With a growing raliroad system, the natural resources would be opened up and all nations would be eager to come and buy her vast supply of raw material. ‘Would Be Good Customer. This would bring money to C and she would then be able to buy finished products from other nations, and so a trade relation profitable to all concerned would gradually grow up. It is believed that a Chinesc banking system, now only in its in- cipiency, would follow the trade boom and with it all other institutions that characterize a healthy nation work- ing in harmony with the other powers of the world. ‘The natural sequence of this would be a_firm government. South China, the Peking government and other smaller disturbing politi- cal factions, no longer kept apart by the intrigues of scheming outside in- terests, should come together for the good of the whole country and form one strong government, which would be able to control all internal affairs jand in which other nations could put reliability in binding contracts. All the great powers at the con- jference on the limitation of armament and far eastern questions have taken the first real step in securing the in- tegrity of China. They have promised to aid her in building up a stable gov- ernment, to use their influence to see that an equal opportunity be given to all to carry on commercial deal- ings and not to take advantage of her weakness to obtain from her any spe- cial rights, This is the general pol- fcy that all have agreed to. The de- tails have yet to be worked out. If the powers adhere to this broad and far-seeing policy and carry it out to the lotter, completely concede spheres of interest and special rights and not try to modify their agreements and I make exceptions, as was done in the | past, then and only then will Ci be able to take her place in the world and do her bit in keeping the wheels of industry revolving. ina teaches us that the mentality of a whole people is much too fickle to be depended upon for a long_time. A people is like a woman. Today she thinks she is in love; tomorrow she finds that she is mistaken. The same is true of a_people; today they are quite sure they want peace; tomor- row they are just as sure that they do not want peace. Then, too, the present generation cannot possibly give any guaranty for the next’” When Gen. Nollet was first ap- proached on the subject of Germany's gllarmnmernt.-la shrugged his shoul- ers, . | “How long 1t will take to disarm Germany.” he sald, “I cannot say at the present time. 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And I am constrained to say that an interpretation of Mr. Balfour's remarks as unqualified sup- |of their proposals. These include, first, the supremacy of the crown: | second, the inclusion of Irish waters in the United Kingdom for purposes | of na protection; third, liability of | Ireland for a_share of the war debt {and war pensions; fourth. freedom of | cr to reject for the north of Ire- | land. Reject Ulster Propos: isr Fein tentativel three proposal ason to believe that Sinn epted the first Ulster cted. 1 is conferring | Ther has But the oxd wit has ) h sections, vision George wever, bLoth 11 r parliament e ' they are alw made to give tion. Before Murco ‘White and Washington, D. C. port of the French position wouldFuesday next, when development not in my view reflect the grewing pead’ that she is beln ot volume of British opinion. subject to a_political pressure tantas In quarters which are increasingly | mouft to coercion. If o, she has an important there is a feeling of im- | easy way of escape. Hitheris sh patience with the French post-war ! has allowed herself to drift mto ] policy generally. Meantime the fact position of moral isolation by 1ejects is to be noted that Mr. Briand's at- ing each plan of settlement withoug titude seems to rule out any dras- | helping to produce another. Sl tic revision of land armament by While insixting on the retent agreement unless some new assurances | the powers confe upon b can be given to relieve ¥rance of Year, agree to the iple of the fear of being left in the lurch |Ireland authority to adminls if again attacked. The British would | 0f the powers which were then re- welcome the giving of such reas-|served surance. | That. I believe, is the best way she i can liberate herself from the thrall of Allmaire L. 8. Attiteae the evil past and get alignce with But on the whole the British feel-|the enlightened and expanding pres- ing is one of confidence in the Wash-|ent. But there is also a hulf-way {ington conference ard admiration for | compromise of applying the ne pro- the openness and friendliness of the | posals for the time being only i 1he United States toward all of the na-.south of Ireland. To this, however Sinn Fein is opposed That is how 1 siznd ot ik gendered by the Franco-Turkish-An- | moment Meantime I st s living & agreement which if rat d turns ' in 4 reign of terror -l ibed on «ne over to the mercy of the Turk a|side as “Sinn Fein outrages” and om Christian popu on which had been the other as “the work of range assured protection by the alli Tt gunmen.” I express ne opinion. l'ut is the latest the departures from police scrvices have beem transferred interaliied co-operation since the war. wholly. to the Ulster parliament, and Protests have heen made by the public opinion here will eXpect the Pritish_cabinet and the whole matter 'new authority to deal faithfully with must be reviewed in the light of both sides and inspire im them a allied pledges and the provisions of | wholesome regard for the amenities the treaty of Sevres. of civilized life. Respecting Ireland we are still in (Copyright, 1621.) 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