The Colorado statesman., 1921-11-26

tain organizations to press for COM
plete disarmament ON the part OF the
United States no matter what the re
suit Of the coming conference on the
Limitation Of armnmcnts may be.
This intention of certain societies
which have banded together To in
1uence this government TO lay ltself
bi,rc 10 foreign aggression, even IL
other nations shall insist on strength
ening their armies and navies, Is
undenlnbly a source of anxiety to the
administration and to those depart
ments Of government which are en-
deavorlng to provide for sanity of pro-
cedure In the future.
Getting down to the personal ele-
ment In this matter, IL might he said
that the writer of this, who has taken
the ground on all occasions that THIS
country should he guided by the action
OF other countries, has received AN In
timaton from one great council which
comprises many organizations, that It's
members should not be Included In
the list of those who desire that the
United States shall scrap its army and
its navy If the other nations insist
on keeping armed To the teeth.
The council In question Is called
"The National Council for the Limita-
tion of Armaments" Miss Katherine
LuddingtOn. member OF the executive
council of the League of Women
Voters. which is associated with the
council in the work in hand, has said
this:
Stands for Limitation.
1--WE things should be strongly en-
phasiZed, first-that the National
Council for the Limitation of Arma-
ments stands for just what its name
indicates limitation of armaments.
Some of Its component organizations
have more inclusive program, but
the common meeting ground for all of
the organizations forming our council
is Limitation of armaments by inter
national agreement We have the most
cordial desire to support the American
delegates to the international CONFER
ence i'm their efforts TO accomplish the
objects for which the conference was
called"
one always wishes to be fair, and
so | quote from letter which has
been sent to me direct by one who
knows that l feel that disarmament
will be folly unless other nations shall
disarm. The letter comes from the
Headquarters of the National Council
for the Limitation of Armaments and
If contains This Daragraph:
"PIease do not confuse the
National Council with any of the
groups advocating complete dis
armament program or a pacifist pro-
gram. The National Council, as a
council, urges just one thing-the
Limitation of armaments by concerted
action of the nations represented at
the coming conference"
There are organizations connected
with this council whose endeavor
probably is for complete disarmament
on the part of the United States, no
matter what other nations may do
but in the main the affiliated associa-
tions seem to realize that the integrity
of the country depends on its refrain
ing from laying its breast bare to
world armed. 1t is to be expected
and the expectation unqueStionabiy
will be met, that some few members of
the associations making up the Council
will break loose and plead in public
for that kind of disarmament which
unguestionably would mean the un-
doing of their country, unless the rest
of the world is benignantly inclined
This thing has happened on several
occasions already.
One Extremist Member.
There are about thirty organizations
within the council. Some of the more
prominent ones among them are the
National Educational association, the
General Federation of WOmen's Clubs,
the National Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations, the
Young Womens Christian association,
the National Board of Farm Organiza-
tions, and the American Association of
University Women.
1t is with something like sorrow that
1t is discovered that in the list of the
organizations composing the council
the American Union Against Militarism
is represented. This union did what
it could against proper preparedness
prior to the war and some of Its
members later became active in Or
ganiZations whose efforts, to put 1t
mildly, did not make for strong en-
deavor to win the war against Ger
many. 1t always has been an eX-
tremist organization and probably al
ways will be. If some of its members
break loose to speak in behalf of COM
plete disarmament, no matter what the
rest of the world may do, trouble al
most unquestionably will come to this
National Council for Limitation of
Armaments. Some one with strong
hand nerhaDS will be necessary to put