Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-14 | Page 4 | Small Politics in America

I SMALL POLITICS IN AMERICA 4 Claiming Japan preserves its international poise, and rejecting h'e idea that Nippon would resort to aggrandizement in Siberia, o. Japanese writer says : "Contrasted with the allied attitude in the Fiume matter and B the tangled condition of the peace treaty in America, Japan shines H nobly in a perturbed world of what is called diplomacy. Her gov- H urnment lias never yet played false and her statesmen have yet to B "stand behind foolish thoughts or to follow dishonorable suggestions. B The east is no more free from chicane than the west, but Japan des B not promise more than can be wisely undertaken and the promises B are H p America's failure to ratify the peace treaty is the source of end- H less adverse comment in foreign lands. B t: America is the author of the salient features of the treaty yet H America is the one country to block ratification. B f There . is a play of too much' petty politics to allow the United" B States' to take its most honored place in the council of the nations.