The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-28
Great Britain
Favors League
Would he Content 10 Put an End To
Competitive Naval Building,
Though Essential to Own Sal
Walton.

Copyright 1918 by Universal Scrvice)
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Walton. she would he PERFECTLY
satisfied TO put an end 10 conpeti-
tive naval building and to have A.
navy OF equal strength to the
United States and to operate with
the United States In the MAIN
trrance OF the freedom Of the
seas, with Justice to all and s1,e-
cfal fnvOrS to none.
This is the gfst OF an exclusive In
terview the correspondent OF Uni
versal Service had today with Robert
l. Owen. United States senator from
Oklahoma
Likening the talk OF Independence
for IrelInd and India to foreign in
reference in the United States dur
ing the civil war favoring the indie
rendence OF the southern states. Sem
ator Owen declared that continuance
in such agitation would do more harm
than anything else to the league Of
nations project.
IDEALS ARE PARALLEL.
II talked with men In the banking
and business world and with Ameri-
cans who have lived long in Eng
land" Senator Owen said. land I md
that the ideals OF the British and
American people. a desire to cooperate
closely parallel lines.
BEST opinion here Is that the civil
liked nations OF the world should. by
cooperation in a DEFINITE plan, safe
guard the future against repetition
OF the world war. and that this can
only be done by m adequate organ
ixatton in which the powers of the
world could be used to restrain any
future menace Of autocracy and mill
tarism.
The British people intensely be-
lieve in liberty based on Justice. just
as Americas people do l find there
Is genuine and profound feeling OF
friendship in Great Britain for the
American people. a desire to Corporate
on terms Of equality.
There are in Great Britain, OF
course. individuals who like to repre-
sent the reactfonAry spirit and who
like 70 talk about British suprem-
acy hut in fact those do not represent
the body OF British opinion any more
than similar expressions In America
represent America opinion.
FAvors League of Nations.
Il believe the government of
1s~es ASss%Aah - t0vVA 1Ws0 ~ tItC Aos
nation Of = league Of nations, in
which. ny cooperation. liberty and
civilization. Justice and honor. shall
be the objects to be sustained
''Some confusion has been created
by = loose use OF terms, and the
terms should be defined in order that
men might understand each other
"For instance. league OF nations
like Great Britain and the United
States ard not subordinate parts Of
either one.
THE league OF nations must be
understood not as world state. but
a. q league dealing with interna-
tional. art 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 "a .
basis Of attacking Great Britain.
Great Britain would he satisfied.
Great Britain would not like to be
bound where she could not use her
navy to protect her vital interests
against such . force ~ Germany or
ganixed 70 attack the world In 1914.