The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-18
AMERICA MUST
LEAD the WORLD
IN PEACE MOVES
Governor Capper of Illinois
Points Out Opportunity
to Governors.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-America is
confronted to-day with the respon-
81 bility and duty of leading the move
ment for universal peace and to in
sure that such wars as that of the
present shall no longer disturb the
world, Governor Arthur Capper of
Kansas to-day told the conference of
governors here.
Upon the American people," said
Governor Capper, "rests the respon-
sibility and duty of leadership in
the movement for permanent peaoe
among civilized nations. It is no
Quixotic enterprise to which we are
called. We are not meddlers in the
affairs of others when we say that
war must cease.
'"The interdependence of nations,
the bonds of commerce and finance,
entirely aside from the dictates of
common humanity, make it impos-
sible for this plague of war to exist
anywhere upon the globe without
seri ously Affecting both our interna-
tiona1 relations and our domestic af-
fairs.
"Our protest is not sentimental,
although we thank God we are NOV
ed by human suffering and the waste
Of human life by this destroying
world Sickness
Actual Federation.
'The close of the world war
strikes the hour for the organization
among civilized nations of an actual
federation with the purpose of main
tanning a world peace. And ,Ameri-
ca is the one nation which can pro-
fo6n off tS
organization. The task is hopeless
without US. This is because Of our
non-participation in the present
struggle and because of the magni-
tude of the nation and it's resources -
Through such agencies as the pro-
posed league of nations to enforce
peace or the Worlds Court league,
which proposes submission of all JUS
ticiable questions at issue between
nations to an international tribunal,
Governor Capper declared, the OBJ
ject might be obtained.
U. S. the Logical Nation.
'"The United States" he said, ''is
the logical nation to begin this move
ment for which destiny has now pre-
pared mankind. Never before since
the dawn Of history has such an OPP
U0cu pISSelI0u 10 any Id
ton as now comes to ours.
"Our task is to keep one single
issue burning into the general hu-
man consciousness-that the world
can and must nd some other way
to settle differences Of opinion than
by the slaughter Of men and the
starving of women and children.
Maryland Budget Plan
The executive budget system of
Maryland, the only state with such
scheme Of financial control, was
given general approval yesterday in
a discussion at the conference. It's
provisions were outlined by Cover
nor Harrington of Maryland and by
DIR. Frank J. Goodnow, president of
Johns Hopkins university, who was
chairman of a committee that draft
o.! the plan.
Those attending the conference
were dinner guests last night at the
White House. Covers were laid for
ernors and governors-elect, and half
as many woman of the governor
party. rs
Those invited to the Presidents
dinner included Governors Holcomb
of Connecticut, Mccall of Massachu-
sets, Spaulding of New Hampshire,
Whitman Of New York and Gates of
Vermont, Governors-e1ect Graham of
Vermont and Milliken Of Maine and
former Governors Weeks Of Con-
necticut, Foss of Massachusetts,
Quinby Of New Hampshire, Dix and
G1ynn of New York and Haines of
Maine.
HnIoOrnh on National GnarR
Interest in the conference was
quickened by prospects that Secre-
tary Of War Baker and Brigadier-
General Mann, chief Of the division
of militia affairs, might discuss the
status of the National Guard. Res
olutions inviting them to speak were
adopted after some discussion. Gov
ernor Spry of Utah, declared the
militia problem was one of the most
important the governors face.
Governor Holcomb of Connecticut
said that no one knew the present
status of the guard and that he in
tended to oppose the building of
any armories in Connecticut until he
learned definitely where the guard
stood.
cit now Jocks" he said, 'tas
though the guard is about nineteen
twentieths federalized, with the rest
Of the authority in the states"
The Maryland budget plan as de-
scribed by Governor Harrington
seeks to make impossible an expen-
diture of more money in appropria-
lions than is received by the COM
monwealth from all sources. 1t CEN
tiers authority in the governor.
Connecticut's Fiscal System.
Governor Holcomb described the
Connecticut system of naming a
state financial board to assist in
planning appropriations and told
how the States Indebtedness had
been reduced by several million dol
lars within the last few years. Others
outlined the fiscal systems Of their
own states and praised the executive
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