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Show ARMS PARLEY A SUCCESS PREDICTS PRE-DICTS DR, FESS Declares Confcrucb Called ify Prcsl- dent Harding Will bo Greatest Achievement of Ccutnry Washington, October. That tho conference) on limitation px armament arma-ment to meet In tho capital noxt month will bring about tho greatest Blnglq achievement of tho century Is tho belief of Representative Simeon D. Fess, chairman of tho Committeo on Education of tho House and also of the National Republican Congressional Congres-sional Committee. Wo aro to bo congratulated upon tho; rank that our country has taken In tho world, ho says. Wo still maintain main-tain our sovereignty and our Indo-pendonco, Indo-pendonco, and wo never wore such a factor In tho association of nations as wo arc at this minute. I would not bo surprised it tho conferenco to meet In November at Washington would bo tho greatest single achievement achieve-ment of tho century. It will havo to bo dono on tho basin of full respect for our rlfihts, of course, but It looku to mo llko a way Is open for It to bo done, and I am quite certain thnt tho world will noto disappointed In tho leadership of America, becauso It Is truo that Europo must reach somo plan of llmatlon of armament. Wo. not compelled to do It, aro willing to do it, it wo can bo tho leader In this Rreat movemont. I don't know wcathrr thU country realizes tho confusion that met tho Inauguration of tho present President. Wo had just passed through a war, tho effoct of which was to upturn much that was fundamental funda-mental and almost to questton the very Integrity of our American Institutions. In-stitutions. -A little overslx months ago, the: present President was Inaugurated In-augurated as' tho head of tho nation, when ouV foreign relatione were confused con-fused and when few people had tho confidence that In duo tlmo thoy would be righted. Tho truth about the matter was that, all tho world having been Involved In war, and wo one of tho most Important factors In It, had come to tho end of tho war, with such complications presented to us as.a nation, that It seemed Impossible Im-possible for us to agree to tho methods meth-ods of tho treaty making, and thus for many montha we wore still tech- nlKnllv In wnr nl Hi ml I'll nctunllv at peace. Ours waa the only country actually at peaco and technically at war and Europe, all over, actually at war and technically at peace. Wo wero In a contused sltuatlm. Tho present President very unique In his characteristics, undertook to solve theso problems in consultation with the best minds In America. It thero be a recognition that is world-wldo In this man's nbllty, It must bo that ho knew tho problem and asked for the asslstanco of the best brains in this country to Indicate tho proper remedy In tho solution ot that pro-lem. pro-lem. And If you glanco over tho sur-voy, sur-voy, In a llttlo over six months, meas-uro meas-uro tho results by tho confusion, In tho promise, I challenge tho record ot America to show a finer achievement achieve-ment than to day Is to tho credit of this admlnstrat'lon especially In foreign for-eign affairs, headed by a great Now York statesman. "The President said If I am elected, elect-ed, ono ot the most cortaln things I will ask to havo dono will bo tho ending of tho intolerable situation ot war continuing two years after peaco la declared, and I will 'ask It as a congressional resolution, and I will sign It as quickly aa It la passed. There waas somo dissatisfaction becauso be-causo of tho seeming delay In tho par-sane par-sane of the resolution ending tho war but that was duo to conditions not In America", but conditions In Europo for both tho Sonato and House wero ready to pass tho resolution at any time, but It ia not a closo secret that becauso Germany had not yet tho indemnity fixed upon her by tho allied powers, our associates woro very anxious that wo not tako a stop that might lead Germany beforo tho argeement upon tho amount of Indemnity In-demnity was fixed to bollovo that she might In any way be relieved from th Indemnity. And you recall that tho Prealdont mado It specific that America would expect Germany to a rv-f tin" - . A Oi-"ati lllty. And aB quickly as the Indemnity Indem-nity was decided upon and accepted, the peaco resolution went through the House, that it had already passed tho Senate In record time, the President signed it, negotiations wero opened for peace, peace waa signed by Austria Aus-tria August 24, and by Germany Aug- naf OR nnA tinnf 4tin nnnon fAaMlttlnn ust 25, and now tho peaco resolution or treaty Is beforo tho Senato for ratification, and It now nppoars that even our Democratic friends who aro opposed to anything but tho Wilson covenant as a method to end tho wnr, are going to ratify tho treaty without with-out any opposition. I challenge the record of forolgn relations to show achievement equal to that ono. "Wo had one very sonsltlvo ques-lon ques-lon that wbb always looming abovo 6ur International horizon. It Is tho Far East, tho situation In tho ambitions ambi-tions of Japan, and It has always been with us rather sentltlvo. Under tho treaty of Versailles, Japan had been granted not only tho suzerainty but really tho actual control of all tho Islands In tho Pacific abovo a certain degree of latitude. In that concession, America waa expected to surrender rights that sho had held, that had nover been disputed, and the great Secretary ot Stato, now the present prpmler of the nation, took It up and made It specific that, no matter what bo tho agreement In tho treaty of yersallles, our rights In the Island of Yap cannot bo surrendered without our consent, and wo' had never given our consent. When Japan Jap-an hesitated for the moment to mako tho concession as we had asked It, the movoment camo along for nn association as-sociation of nations In some understanding under-standing on limitation or armamont. Tho President, farsooing, as you must admit, Included In tho discussion In tho conferenco on limitation that tho far castorn question should bo opo of tho addenda and that China ought to bo Invited and sit In. not only on iiullntlon of nnnament, but on tho tav eastern question. Through our Presl dent, whoso leadership Is prescient, wo now havo tho full promlso that not only limitation of armament will ho discussed at this conference, but hnt ono sonsltlvo problom on tho horizon ot our International relations will bo solvod with tho assurance of rn cpon door and our rights In Yap still regarded and respected by all H nations. jH "Never had thero been a situation H as at presont on the far eastern ques- tlon, and wo now havo tho full pro- H mlse of complete adjustment, with- 9 out a chip on our shoulders, and with- fl out tho enmity or ill of any country. H "I cannot refrain from suggesting U thnt in our dlsputo that grow out of H tho Versailles treaty over the man- H datory system, where mandatories H wero established, and giving tho pro- , tcctorato of certain great nations H over these now governments, that H ours, not being a part of tho manda- U tory system, our associates seemed to U be willing to tako advantage ot tho fact that wo woro outside of tho cor- ij cnant, and even a country with euch V4 closo relationship as the mother coun- wt try, undor tho mandatory system In ffi control of Mcsapotamla undertook to m establish control over tho oil sources gE that wo ourselves In 1911 had been k conceded, started as you know by ' M C61onel Rposevelt ready for fulfill- M went by ratification In 1911. 9 "Then tho Balkan War broko out and Interrupted It, and then camo n tho World War, who It was put in El abeyance, and then when tho World D War waa ended 'by a treaty, and und- B cr that treaty certain rights given to B Great Britian In Mesapotmta, wo ' found that America was denied tho at concessions that ld already been all but completed. Our Secretary ot State took it up. It had already been taken up however by Secrotary Colby took it up, and cad tho rights of nations In tho plainest International Interna-tional aonso In which ho said no mat-tor mat-tor what bo tho agreomont undor the mandatory system,- that ngreemont cannot deny to tho United Statoa rights lu any of thoso countries, which onco oxistcd and now aro Btlll In existence, ex-istence, bocnuso yo nover havo yet snr rendered thpm, and wo wll contlhuo to insist on tho respect ot- thoso rights." |