The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-26
SAYS LEAGUE WILL
CALL FOR TITANIC
ARMAMENT PROGRAM
Borah Attacks Increased
Allowances for Army
Of 4OO,O 900 Men.
CONSUMPTION SURE
America Plans to Spend
More For Army and
Navy Than Ever Before,
Is Assertion.
CONSCRIPTION SURE
my JAMES n. COURSE,

pcndous program Of armament in the
worlds history. Senator BoNh, Of
Idaho, declared in the senate today IN
attacking the increased allowances for
an army Of ioe. 600 men IN the mill
tary appropriation.
The senator ridiculed the claim made
by advocates Of the league Mat ii viii
bring peace ana a reduction Of arfna~
ments He said that all OF the ma
lions which arc engaged in promoting
the league. including the United States,
sire planning TO spend more money for
their armies and navies h a ever be-
FORE.
Quotations from General March and
Admiral Badger to the effect that in
rreases in the army and navy were
made necessary by the league OF ma
lions were used by Senator Borah in
his speech. General Maurice. Of Eng
.and, was quoted as having said that
ito enforce economic pressure there
1nst4 be- a large, ssssss aaa navy, n
The American republic will be expected
% do her share"
Senator Borah denounced the action
Vt the peace conference in not incor-
pCrating in the treaty 4 provision to
nake disarmament ea=Hp4lRefp%Hs
said II was not done because such a
plan would have interfered with the
niiitaris;ic ideas of the European ma
lions. He also criticised the failure to
ave the treaty contain a prohibition
against c~onscription and said that. by
reason Of this failure, the nations are
left to apply 'conscriptton whenever
hey choose.
RESORTS TO CONsCRIFTION.
England has now resorted 10 con-
sertption. Senator Borah said, for the
purpose Of ralsiuE.an army ef t,eHa. h0h
men. with which she proposes TO en-
frrce her orders under the lea of
nations arrangement
Ss~nator Borah also tack occasion to
srtttrsse former President TAFT for
telling the peonie that unless there ia
4 league OF nations there viii he large
expenditures for ornaments and that
there win he disarmament If the league
is established.
There is no more seductive rrepo-
sitfcn presented to the people nf the
United States than this doctrine Sem.
-etor Rcrah said. hat ii Is time that
the people were learning that it il not
true. 1t IS un to the ex-president to
seli the people how there can be any
disarmament when u is left to the dis
areiion az every nation in the league.
The only way 20 d1ssrm ia to disarm.
ard the only way that could be accom-
piished was 10 put in the treaty the
sx.ent OF armament which each nation
.oaid have.
1.-THE m1en who went tn.Versailles to
rnske this treaty went with the solemn
from !ss 10 the American p@onie to do
certain things they rroHai sad the free
som OF the srss and THE doing away
with conscrfrtion The freedom Of the
seas in an essential 70 the destruction
Or navaiisrn as the destruction OF con-
%sersrtfon is to the destruction Of mill
ssrism."'
SANS PEOPLE NTsLED.
Senator Borah charged that the peo-
pie OF the United states had heen de-
llheratelv misled into the belief that
the league Of nations would bring
about a sahsta initial movement toward
disarmament He said
THE world has been a~nxiously wait
ing FOR some evidences Of good faith
that this was going TO he done. The
reople were attracted to the whole
scheme Of the league OF nations in the
hi lief that there would be a guarantee.
disarmament. And. Notwithstanding
this desire on the part of the people
t. see a program OF disarmament. we
have presented to- MS a form or pro-
gram. which indicates that the nations
Dr. not EXPECT TO disarm. but. on the
ether hand. there rs to be the most stu
pendous plan OF armament ever con-
templated in time Of peace.
IF one will examine the program in
England, France and Japan. as we'll
AZ the program OF the United States. as
presented in this army bill and In the
laval bill. 1t will be found hat II is
not a program Of disarmament at all;
II is, on the other hand. calling for
such amounts as none of these nations
who are entering the league yer
thought OF appropriating while the
world was at peace"
Senator Borah said the only thing in
%A- x~rnt.r an fhn crhjcrt re IiSu N
ment is in Article VIII OF the covenant
which allows each nation to use its
own discretion. He said ii was idle to
assume that il japan or Germany We're
allowed to use their discretion in such
matter. that the other nations would
disarnl, He designated Japan as the
most pronounced representative Of
8pfsssia nisrn now existent"
Supersedc Disarmament Doctrine.
III there had beer any intention to
force the nations to disarm, the sena-
tor added. there would have been n
specific provision to hat effect in the
covenant. He declared that the dis
armament doctrine. which the presi-
dent adhered to before going to Paris.
has been superseded by the inperialis-
tic doctrine of Europe.
Criticising the provision in the army
tfl for 400. 900 men. Senator Borah
FAIu. II Inc l,Hitco CeaNes hCePS out ~
the league, such a large armed force
will not he necessary, He declared
that, II the league is adopted the
United States will be faced by con-
scription beyond the shadow OF a
doubt"
THE volunteer system could he re-
lied upon to provide all the defense
needed for this republic If the republic
were In danger Senator Borah con-
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