New-York tribune., 1918-05-18

7ers Of peace that will leave Ger
many and her allies unchastened
and unsubdued, again to menace the
peaceful development of independent
peoples and hinder the coming of a
world ruled by Justice"
Taft Predicts Army of $4,000
ssThe United States will have $780,
600 men in the field at the end Of
this year." said Mr.. Taft "By the
end OF 1919 we shall have 5,400,00 men
in the field. All these men win he
from Class A, which means that they
have no dependents. Under these cir
cumstances, if we do not win the war
IL wlll be a shame upon the nation.
IN the early stages of our partici-
patton in the war there prevailed tho
impression that all that was necessary
was to furnish the money and the ma
terials and sit back and watch some
one else win. But now America is
awake"
Disarmament after the war was dis
cussed at the conventions regular ses
SION, held at the Academy of Music.
senator John Sharp Williams, Of Mis-
ss.iIssissippi, answering the question,
removed&" said: "The treaty of peace.
when it comes, should contain a pro,
VISION that no country shall maintain a
nghelng force of more than 45O, 900
men. NO more men will be needed
unless the great countries premedi-
,aee offensive action and seek before
hand to be prepared for it,"
Urges League of Nations
While the nations fighting GERMANY
are are united IN the heat of battle against
tne arch enemy of peace, they should
unite formally into League to En-
force Peace, said Herbert s. Houston.
New York publisher.
AS war measure to help end war;"
suggested Mr.. Houston, "let us do all
IN our power to have the League of
Nations established now. 1t will 20 for
ward under the flags of the Allies as
war league to win a permanent peace.
AND then, when the war is won, it will
become League of Nations to enforce
peace with justice"
Must Remove War Cause
Speaking on "a New Order of In
ternational Cooperation" William Eng
lish Walling said:
THE first aim of the democratic
powers is to prevent Germany from
altering the pre-war situation for the
worse: The second aim of democracy
must be to alter the pre-war situation
for the better. Merely to return to the
perpetuate the causes of war. Before
1914 the nations tended partly toward
international anarchy and partly
toward an economic balance of power.
For the goal of complete economic in
dependence of all other nations or
seit-sufticiency means the negation Of
all real organization, the refusal to
recognize organization either as an
obllgatlon or as a necessity"
Moreover, it is the very essence of
Imperialism, since small nations, back
ward peoples and even second-rate
powers cannot hope for this kind of
economic independence. They can and
must be guaranteed independence of
powerful and aggressive neighbors, but
they cannot hope for independence of
the entire outside world On the con-
trary, it is only through their inter-
dependence with the world as a whole
that their absorption by some neigh
boring power can be prevented.
"The road to international co0pera-
tion is clear; it is-international CO.
operation-beginning at once with the
nations already in mood to cooperate,
and then gradually including the rest
first, at any cost. the remaining neu-
trals-then Germany's vassal allies
and, finally, though it may take years
or decades, Germany herself"
Speaking of the Allied war dinner,
which concluded the convention here
last night. Alton B. Parker said:
"In every field of war endeavor where
either our Allies or ourselves think we
may be helpful, we have gone with all
the power we can summon, establishing
in some of them the worlds record for
achievement. We had but a handful of
soldiers when we entered the war
year ago. Already over half million
of our soldiers are with the armies of
our Allies. Thousands are joining them
every month, and more Of our young
men are being called to the colors, and
the calls will be repeated as fast as we
can make ready for them, until millions
of the sons of the United States shall
march with the splendid men of our
allies to the final victory over Germany.
"Then will come the establishment
OF league of the nations to enforce
the peace of the world. A league de-
termined that never again shall mill
ions of men be slaughtered at the will
of another ambitious Kaiser, backed
by selfish and brutal nation, and
strong enough to check at the outset
a fresh attempt at forty years of prep
aration for war;"
Briton Brings u. S.