Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-28
ENGLAND FAVORS
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Satisfied to End Competitive
Naval Building, Says
Senator Owen.
GUARANTEE JUSTICE TO ALL
Would Willingly Operate With
United States to Maintain
Freedom of Seas.
GUARANTEE JUSTICE TO ALL
CopyrIgh, 1915. by Universal seryice J

Copyright. 1918. by Universal Service) o.
LONDON. December 27.-C;reat Brit
tain is favorable to the creation Of
league Of nations and although she
believes that strong navy is ncces-
sary TO her own salvation. she would
be perfectly satisfied 10 put an end to
competitive naval building and to have
navy Of equal strength to the United
states and TO operate with the United
states in the maintenance OF the free
dom of the seas. with justice to al
and special favors 10 none.
This is the gist Of an exclusive in
tcrview the correspondent had to-day
with Robert l.. Owen. United States
Senator from Oklahoma
Likening the talk of independence
for Ireland and India TO foreign inter
ference in the United states during
the War Between the states. favorins
the independence of the Southern
States. Senator owen declared that
do moro harm than anything else to
the league OF nations project.
talked with men in the banking
cans who have lived long in England"
Senator Owen said and | find that the
Ideals Of the British and American peo-
pies run along very closely parallel
CIVILIZED NATIONS PLAN
TO SAFEGUARD FUTURE
Best opinion here is that the civil
ized nations OF the world should. ny
cooperation in definite plan. safe
guard the future against repetition
Of the world war. and that this can
only be done by an adequate organiza-
uon in which the powers of the world
could be used to restrain any future
menace OF autocracy and militarsm.
The British people intensely be-
lieve in liberty based on justice, just
is a genuine and profound feeling of
friendship in Great Britain for the
American people, desire to cooper
ate ....3 on terms Of equality.
There are in Great Britain. Of
course. individuals who like to repre-
sent the reactionary spirit and who
like TO talk about British supremacy.
hut in fact those do not represent the
body OF British opinion any more than
similar expressions in America repre-
sent American opinion.
II believe the government of Great
o-operatioa:s ltocf Is: IsaSil l,AiviiiSation,
justice andHhonor. shall be the objects
to be sustained.
TERMS SHOULD BE DEFINED
THAT ALL UNDERSTAND
some confusion has been created by
loose use OF terms, and tho terms
should be defined in order that men
might understand each other.
OF Instance. Il ieaEue OF nations
must be understood to include nations
like Great Britain and the United
states and not subordinate parts OF
either one.
The league OF nations must be un-
derstood net as :. world state, but as
league dealing with International,
and not International, affairs
by leaving Great Britain free to
protect her interest by blockade. in
case any nation threatened to over
throw other civilized nations as a ba-
sis Of attacking Great Britain. Great
Britain would be satisfied.
Great Britain would not like to be
bound where she could not use her
navy to protect her vital interests
against such a force as Germany, or
ganiZed to attack the world in 1914
There is nothing whatever between
tie interests of the United States and
Great Britain upon which complete
agreement cannot hr reached