The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-20
Secretary Of War Delivers
Strong Address at Lake no
honk Conference on Inter
national Arbitration.
DEPRICATES SPIRIT
OPPOSING ARMAMENT
Nation, Full Armed and Pow
erful, and With Character
to Withstand Temptation to
Misuse Power His Ideal.

Mohonk Lake. N. r.. May 20.
The Lake Mohonk conference
on international arbitration fur
nished the forum today a warm
debate on armament between
Secretary OF War Garrison ana
General Leonard Wood on TIE
one side and Norman Anecil Of
New York on the other. Mr.. An
gell. who IN one OF the foremost
advocates OF disarmament and
who recently returned from hos.
pital service In the war zone. de-
ciared that the words Of the Sec
retary OF war and the former
chief OF stan Of the army urglng
the United States 10 make great
or military preparations were
precisely the speeches he had
heard 20 many times In Ger
many
General Wood spoke after the
secretary Of var had furnished q
plea for more adequate arm
ament.
we soldiers ana Sailors said
tthtfA NtoAf ult IutftV yuaI
trained servants. You create
wars; we Try to terminate them.
Nine out OF ten wars are based
on trade. The trouble with most
conferences Of this kind il that
they do not look conditions IN the
face. We must ont deiude our
selves that our geographical re-
motencss has made us safe"
Improved methods OF aranspor-
tatloa. he asserted. have increased
danger OF Invasion. This Il one
Of the greet causes of armament
this and the greater efficiency
OF implements Of war When we
have ceased to light for our hon-
est convictions We shall cease to
be worthy TO exist os nation.
Il is murder for you 10 send our
boys 10 war unframed when u u
possible 10 train them. an we
soldiers and sailors want " that
you give Us a reasonable desree
of preparation 80 when your boys
come % us to nEht the sacrihce
may be as light as possible"
Mr.. Angel fairly ran 10 the
speakers stand 90 make his reply.
Nowhere wculd those speeches
have been 50 welcomed as In Ger
many" he cried. Tie declared
that increased armaments Uttered
no solution Of the peace problem.
Here are two nations anxious 10
keep the peace by each being
stronger tnan the other. This II
al impossible situation. do not
believe that this will be the war
that will cnd war. The mere pill
ing up OF American armament
Will moi help the problem. OBJ
viously the miliiaristic solution
Of being stronser than the other
man-has failcd. DO not let us
maze the same mistake as tho
nations OF Europe
The conference session Hd-
jonined In buzz OF excited
comment
Mohonk Lake. y. ", Mag s0.--ri
OF armaments. which hi
evoked more discussion than anoth'
question before the Lake Mohon
conference on International aroitri
ton was brought 20 the front aeal
today By an address OF Secretary /
War Garrison. The sacTetary's top
was ''The Problem of National ID
Tense"
Mr. 0arrlaon's address was not
pronounced as that delivered yeztal
DAY by President Iilbhen Of Princetol
along somewhat similar lines. but b
left no doubt OF the fact that ,
favored STRENGTHENING the natiDnl
defense and making tho United stat'
ready 20 protect itself from any al
Al uggresslon.
= can ana do entirely ympathli
with every sane and sensible mosi
ment sShlch teads 10 abolish conili
and 20 insure peace said Secrctal
Garrison; "bat am utterly out
sympathy with the idea that y
should negleci ar postpone considers
iion of Nhat - now the existing co..
diti0n. because az a hope OF a heIi
or even conviction that Il map 90 a
tered. even radically altered IN Il
future"
Such a great epochal event "a a
esta biishmeut OF an International .
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