here, is rally mo reason why the United ster should not sent am tlude. of une concern regarding the alleged Spanish demand forthe return of Speirs colonial empire, lost fsa Test of Ue Spanish-American War." The Fectnt navel. manasuvres in the Carroean Sea early showed that the US Navy placed arent Importance upon otto Rice 2°a\ naval base for ihe purpose of defending the entrance the Gul of 'Meio and consequently the cat end' of the Panama Canal and fu the el umatances It" is not possible' to believe that Washington wontd" ever consent to relinquish Inga possession which tnay""prove' to be a Keyalone of american defence in the Atlantic Somewhat diferent considerations apply to the Pilippine Islands Lost to the: Spaniards as, arent of the. war, they have "enjoyed the Reneient" adminlatralion et he United States, ow ay a rer of ome Years of agitation tre. comparatively aherty to reclve™ that independence, There Ie ssectin of the Pil Dincr which would prefer rose We Tslands Femain" within' the sovereignly of the, United Slates at affording some proecion againat the Schemes" of the Japanese. There are others twho sive Independence at any. price, while Tes doubital whether there any very large number "who would' be enihusigte over the Drospest fa return to Spanish. government That Spain ta dan enormous effect upon the development of the, Inlands and their me habitants sure, but itis by no. means an pen mention whether the Spaniards. could the Filipinos any greater benets than are {cing bestowed upon them under" "American Tule Nor is it likely that Germany and aly support with any degree of force any such mand on the part of Spin for if they were tovatiompt to do 20 they would precipitate fers the Importance' of which would be whally freommensurate. with their' own Sncrets other spheres Nearing Agreement While it remains to. be seen whether any agreement will ultimately result from the long drawn-out Palestine Conference which has been Yoceeding for some weeks in London, the Fews that there Is now lo be noticed a cor~ {ain optimism in Arab circles, which. has hitherto been completely missing, will doubledly raise hopes for a happy outcome of these present differences. Too much optimism however should. not be encouraged, for the cable carrying the Feport states very guardedly that a reasonable compromise "between the gla proposals of Ube Arabs and Jews is now possible. One of the features of the whole Conference has been the fact that both delegations went to" St. James's Palace. thoroughly determined "to make no concessions. On fceasions it has seemed that the meeting would fend la complete failure, and it has tobe ro-membered that even now there ts nothing more than a. possibility that" a satisfactory result Will be obtained. Dr. Chaim Weizmann, one of the Jewish delegation has, been obdurate in his contentions throughout, The contents of the {atest communication which. he made to the British Government on Friday have not yet een revealed, and. until that is done, It will not be known' exactly how far he has _moder-Sted the adamant attitude which he has con-Slstently adopted. In this connection an interesting story is told in London, of one of the Arab delegation who stated that one of the obstacles 10 the agreement was the reputation of De. Weizmann. "When the Doctor." he said, "insists In putting forward the Jewish ease and refusing to make any concession whatsoever, people remark How consistent Dr. Weizmann Ise "Wnen we Arabs refuse to yield on any Point and insist upon the righteousness: of our Ease, all they say lo "How obstinate these Arabs ae Thanks to Mr. Butler At the age of 36, when asperities and disillusionment ought not to be a man's lot, there is one parliamentarian to whom it may wel! bs imagined the problems of China and the Far East have assumed nightmarish proportions. He Mr. Richard Austen Butler, ara, Fates, Conservative Member of Parliament for Saffron' Walden, but better known through the daily cables published in this journal as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Developments in this part of the world have occupied the public mind so much at home and have moved with such rapidity that hardly a day passes without Mr. Butler being called upon to face a barrage of questions on the China situa tion. Primed by newspaper information, private sources or by interested organizations, Members of Parliament have overwhelmed him with requests for information and one question thas led to another with a finality of purpose as relentless as "third degree" interrogation. Thanks to the <cganization of efficient sources
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