The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-12-10

the disarmament co~nfernece a De-
come a contest. I'm which each OF the
nations represented Is striving to gain
some relative advantage in naval and
military strength W. the others, is
now apparent to all who have closely
followed the proceedings.
Furthermore, II Is no surprise to
those who understood the nature OF
the gatherings. No nation is going
to disarm as long as the causes of in
ternational war remain unchanged
for the simple reason that they are
bound to cause raj again. A GER
tain saving In taxes is the most that
can be expected from the disarma-
ment phase of the conference. Its
consideration of the far east ques-
ton, on the other hand, may be re-
garded as the nearest thing to a sin
cere attempt which modern diplo-
macy has aver made to remove causes
of war. Whether the attempt will
have success at all remains doubtful.
France is coming In for a great deal
of criticism because of her refusal to
reduce her standing army, which she
asserts she needs to protect her
against Germany and Russia. 1t has
been pointed out repeatedly that both
of these nations are incapacftated for
an Indefinite length of time. France
is accused of employing sophistries
to establish her right to a large army.
So, 1t appears. she is, and 30 are
all the other nations. Her standing
army is all France has. She posses
ses no strength on the sea, where she
is outclassed by three other powers
England, the United States and Japan
Each of those nations is trying to get
out 6, the disarmament conference
some advantage in naval armament.
Japan stands out resolutely for a
ratio which will leave her relatively
stronger than she was before the con-
ference. She brings forward the soph-
istry that her peculiar position makes
necessary this extra strength.
THE SUBMARINE QUESTION
England stands out for reducing
the submarine to the lowest possible
status. Hemmed in on her little is
land, Great Britain is more menaced
by the submarine than by anything
else. 1t nearly starved her during
the war. 1t is capable of making the
transportation Of food and material
from her colonies almost impossible.
On the other hand 1t is not important
to the defense Of her short insular
coast line. Hence large submarine
fiotillas and the development Of the
submarine are the greatest menaces
to England. She Is in favor of al
most abolishing submarines. She
also comes forward with her little
sophistries. What a horrible thing
submarine warfare is!
The United States is no SO i'm
pressed with the horror. Submarines
are extremely useful on the defense
of a long coast line like ours. We
are in favor of a rather large supply
of submarines. Furthermore, the
genuineness of our desire to disarm
vas put to the test, 1t seems, when
poison gas was mentioned. 1t was
suggested that poison gas be elimi-
mated altogether from international
warfare, as the most horrible weapon
of all, and the American delegation
demurred. 1t is said that war
department has the formula for the
most destructive gas on earth. and
that in the next war 1t will be our
strongest asset. Are we going to
throw it away? We should say not.
All of this is no criticism Of any
one. 1t is merely a statement of the
inevitable. No nation is going to dis
arm as long as the world is full of
things and situations hat are capable
of causing international wars. Dis
armament will be possible when aus
for International war has been abol-
ished everywhere as completely. for
example. as cause for war between
the United Stated and Canada has
been abolished. And those causes for
international war will be abolished
when the common man refuses to
fight and pay taxes.
A good many common men In the
world are in revolt against bloodshed
and taxes now That is the real rea-
SON why the conference assembled.
That Is the reason for all of its bun