The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-11-17
Limitation Of Armament Conference
and Prayer

Prayer to be effective have distractions. There
must be immediate communication between the prayer maker and
his God Millions Of United gathered
impulse Of accord to pray
the Of the Conference
Nations Our earnest they sincere they
from the hearts Of undivided people, of all political
parties and religious faith But it the average Ameri
that those intercepted that they had
thru the courts of politicians and therefore, the Lords nsu
ments for doing things this wordmenwere not in frame
of mind to carry out the prayers of His people.
place, what pray for7 President
has given specific statement that this not disarmament
fact disarmament be the result of
this conference but it conference of good WILL speak,
the nations who would meet for the of finding out
II sometime in the dim distant future would be practical and
feasible for civilized nations to attempt maintain state of
order and and to curta the manufacture vast scale
munitions and warfare To be sure, there
diplomatic grind there political banners there
entangng alliances avoided prejudes
personal selfshness this
cotee Of dummy cannbals standing the way interfere with
the freedom Of action the of the serious and sincere
be Of this conference not great deal Of be
hoped for.
Limitation Of Armament is not new TO the world It
introduced by converting of
the Hague Conference but between the meeting Of the first
and the meeting of the second
made the Of nation check the production Of
the abandoned this another
effort made the part of the Hague Conference with
avail In 1907 President Roosevelt letter to the New York
Peace Congress- urging that the most practical step diminish
the burdens of the world would be the limitation of the
of the and OF the ships During President Tafts admins
raon he asked Mr. Roosevelt confer with and Great
Britain upon the Of Limitation Of Armament but the
Kaiser Germany substance
Germany would mpd hers and Mr. Roosevelt
huhcd Nothing done toward diminishing armament
but unprecedented between France Great Britain Ger
Austria and Russia in the matter Of increasing fighting
materials took place As Germany thought she had
the point the where she had the powerful
machine in the world she declared the world
disarmament expressed in the 4h
Of the Ia points of President wilson Adequate guarantee given
National will be reduced to the low
point consistent with domestic safety And this idea
Incorporated the League of Nations order that might
to be idea and become working fact and we read in article
the Of peace requires the reduction of
National Armament the lowest point consistent with national
safety and the enforcement by action of international
obligations"
read the signs Alright in THE conference
Limitation Of Armament which is converting in Washington
this week. repetition Hague Tribunal of 1885, Of 1899
again of 1907 and of 1910 Why England not in frame Of
take the attitude toward this subject? Because
the most important business treaty which England has made with
the half century being broken and
discarded paper by the present Congress 1t is
governing the Panama Canal tolls
That still pending, but without doubt will be broken
this conference is over
The milarists country been trying
cptate United States and Japan for the
have reduced Japans spirit from that of friendly
neghbo the far TO the srutnzn fawpckng doubter
entering this with msgivings and small
hope agreeing with anything And above ALL the greatest
handicap the fact that 4s nations
Of Nations and the nations that have
made impossible to enter immediate disarmament agree
the United States and Germany which refuse to be-
members Of the League.
The Of the Hague Conference failed in
the Germany Austria join The conference
the Limitation Amamens in Washington bids fair to fail
until better understanding established between the existing
League Nations the world TO stay, and the United
States unaraby be governed influenced in
either directly furvey by the League
of Nations
We believe in most enthusiastically and we believe
that prayer usually made effective the world thru Gods
first must be for change Of heart
in whole in their hands Then
he of n
the civilized nations Of the
world for Of Armaments and number Of other
Of Christianity that embodied in the League OF
Nations. -