Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-24
DOES UNITED STATES
NEED Greater NAVY.
Rev. Hubbard Vice. President
of American Peace MsVe-
ment Delivered Address
on This Great Topic at
Annual Service in Baptist
Church Sunday Night.
ARMY CREATES 10, PREVENTS l WAR.
ARMY CREATES 10, PREVENTS l WAR.

Adopted by the Ministerial AS
sociation Which Was Unani-
mously Approved by Ris-
ing Vote.
From Mondays Daily.
Does the United States Need a
Greater Navy" was the subject of the
address delivered last night at the an
nual Union Peace Service held in the
Baptist church. Rev. W. G. Hubbard,
pastor of the Friends church, and Vice
President of the American Peace
Movement, discussed this topic with a
masters art, outlining the proposed
work of the Inter-Parliamentary Peace
Conference, and giving Thomas Jeffer-
sons great motto, ''Sta nding Armies
Create Ten Wars, where they prevent
One
The sanctuary was crowded and the
service was opened lw1th the hymn,
''Bless Be the Tie that Binds" Rev
Constab bile then read the Scripture les
son, after which Rev. FAIRIES led in
prayer. Rev. Watkins, pastor of the
Baptist church, then delivered a brief
introduction.
Rev. Hubbard in beginning his ad-
dress, stated that last year he had
talked on the subject of ''World Wide
Peace Movement and this year
would take subject of much interest
at present to this country. One mem
ber OF Congress, one member of the
Senate aud one we'll known newspaper
man have declared in favor OF an ade-
quate navy, and they mean by that,
one that will be larger than any other
nation in the world, one that will cost
US at least three billion dollars and
many years to build. At the close OF
the Civil War, the great President Cen
eral Grant said to 500, 900 soldiers,
''Go to your farms and work, all we
need is about $1,000 soldiers as Ma
tional police, to quell riots and enforce
the law and Grant was right. All
that Uncle Sam needs is enough boats
to protect our commerce in the unciv
ilized parts OF the world and National
police from the standing army.
The United States has recently made
twelve treaties with other nations, de-
clarlng that she will not go to war with
any of these, then why does Uncle
Sam need a larger navy? Some of our
statesmen will tell you, because she
will be able to prevent other nations
from going to Ewar. But Uncle Sam
does not want to be an international
bully. The method to obtain peace is
not by increasing the navy.
Now let me tell you what the great
Peace Movement is doing. The Nom
bers of the Parliaments of the various
nations have established in er-Par
liamentary Peace atConterence with
$500 mem bers. At the second confer.
ence held at the Hague Tribunal, the
following planks were adopted, which
when adopted by the nations of th'
world will not mean that there will no
solving this greatskproblem. Thes
planks are as follows:
O A regularE International Parlia
ment or assembly:
(2) A general obligatory arbitra
tion treaty, to be signed by all ma
tions.
(3) The proportional limitations c
armaments.
az The inviolabilitysof ocean com
: merce in time of war.
(5) Thea appointment OF impartis
commissionssto Investigate and repol
to the world upon all differences be
tween two nationssbefore they are a
lowed to declare war.
(6) National peace budgets.-Thel
shall be.regular appropriations by differ
ent governme to promote tnterns
tional friendship and good understand
ing.
None of Ithese propositions declal
directly againstswar. But all of thel
pave the way tor peace. Secure thes
and war would be q moral imposs
bility.
Rev. Hubbard sswent into detail
discussing the above six planks, ,whis
from glance will readily be seen
be the foundation of peace among 6
nations.
England and many other natiol
have grad ually increased their navi
and as result have had many mo
wars than the Americans. For O