Arizona republican., 1921-10-18
kASPAR kAR ference on limitation of armaments.

Thinking people everywhere are generally agreed that wars are fun damentally wrong, that they are ut terly demoralizing to those who en- gage in them, and that they usually bring even the strongest nations to the verge of financial bankruptcy They realize that war is a destructive giant that delights in spreading pes tilence and famine, and that its slightest touch brings suffering and irremediable blight.
 But our greatest brains seem to be seized with palsy and to become wholly impotent, when they under take to formulate plans for bringing this world wide incubus to it's knees.
 No great politician would for one moment risk imperiling his reputa- tion for sagacity, by admitting that universal peace can ever be realized. We are told that in the present stage of mans evolution, all that can be done towards mitigating the horrors of war is to have the leading nations meet in limitation of arms confer ence, and naturally agree to limit their destructive powers so that - the event that two nations should go to war, one would not be able to de- stroy more than one-half or two- thirds the population of the other. thus assuring the vanquished nation a sufficient number of tax payers to safely liquidate few billion dollars of war debt.
 Since this seems to be about all that the greatest brains have thus far been able to evolve in the way of plans for ameliorating the evils of war, it may not be out of order for some of the lesser brains to now come forward with suggestions in tended merely for the further elab- oration of the profound work that has already been conceived, and is now in process of being achieved on the broad field of diplomacy and statesmanship.
 The eyes of the world at the pres ent time are more or less focused on the United States and Japan, as being most lilsely the chief actors in the next war. owing to some real or fancied grievance in relation to the island of Tap; and so. in the in terests of humanity, we will venture to offer a few suggestions as to how the war should be conducted, along humanitarian lines, in the event that our statesmen should find it impos sible to avoid leading us into such a catastrophe.
 When it is found that war is in- evitable, each of the nations con- cerned should appoint committee nd these should meet together in friendly conference for the purpose of doing a little sum in arithmetic They should figure out as nearly as possible just how many soldiers would likely be killed on each side of the war were conducted in the old way. how much property would be destroyed. and the amount of debt that would be left hanging over eacf nation to be handed down to pos terity
 As soon as these things were figured out satisfactorily, majority report, accompanied by the inevi table minority report, should be sub mitted to the hands of the two gov ernments. This, of course. would b' merely for the purpose of showins what a great stride forward had beer made in the way Of civilization and enlighteument. for there would he nc intention of conducting the war alone old lines. Nevertheless. this woult be a fitting preliminary to carrying on the war along the new and hettei lines that we are now about to un' fold.
 Ae soon the ToDOrts submitted hv the conference of the two powers had been examined and duly di- gested. it would next be in ordel for Uncle sam to send a polite not' to the Mikado, inviting him to attend a pink tea party at the White House.
 The Mik5do. as a matter of course would arrive at the appointed time accompanied by a retinue of cOur- tiers and servants sufficiently large in number to be in keeping with hi! official prestige and dignity
 Uncle sam would extend heartl welcome to his royal visitor. and aft CT sipping as much tea as the eu quette of the occasion would permit thev would get down to business somewhat in this wise
 Your Majesty" says Uncle Sam this is a most solemn occasion " meet here for the purpose of ar ranging the terms by which certaN differences between us may be com posed differences which our states men have been unable to adjust i