Arizona republican., 1921-10-12
Peace No. the Immediate Aim

Peace Not the Immediate Aim
 We feel that something will be accomplished at the coming conference the way of the lmita- tion of It will from sentiment, from increased dstaste for war. but from worldwide recognition that is dragging all nations down to bankruptcy
 For many years there protests mostly sentimental. against costly It ut tered exclusively by pacifists, those who believed that there would be wars. by those less sanguine who believed that disarmament would bring peace The sentiment directed wholly against
 
 It not shared by the great bulk of the peo- pie. The burden of war preparations not itself serious The most of indifferent to it and some of even gloried in our panopl of war and wished that might outstrp all other nations in the extent of our military naval establish In such situation it futile to that there would be disarmament that there would be halt in the for supremacy in armament
 But now the whole world is grooming under the crushing weight of preparation. Europe lies help it, its industry and commerce paralyzed. On this side find that European trade has been almost entirely off of the financial condition of Europe. We find that industries suffering of partial paralysis because cannot sell goods abroad that manufactures limited by the burdens laid them by taxation and that our people handicapped by taxation, unable to make normal purchases of luxuries of necessities Capital and labor are alike suffering
 The present situation is outlined in the follow ing resolution by the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce which has transmitted to the president follow ing similar expressions by other representative bodies:
 of foreign trade and the reduced domestic consumption manufactures and luxuries to excess sive taxation and to the exhaustion of capital and credit. It places hope of substantial and world wide recovery the success of the conference
 for limitation of armament and urges the admin istrafion to use every bring about drastic reduction of naval and military expenditure. that all classes may be relieved of staggering burden which threatens with insolvency and with trade stagnation and unemployment.
 The estimate Is made that If military and naval programs were two. there would be released annually trade less than four billions of dol is concsely stated that in this country .the people spending less because the tax gath is taking more
 The outlook for the limitation of armament is the more hopeful for the that not dreaming world wide and perpetual peace. Peace
 is not be considered at all at the coming confer i ence Peace is not back the pleas which cham \ bers of commerce boards of trades the \ world over making relief. Nobody is asking N for an abatement of but for abatement of f taxation
 For all these protestants against armament are urging war may go on to end time it prob-
  \ more than Frederick the pacfst because he had no Big Berthas and poison gas. They realize that limitation of armament disarmament will end On the contrary, it would make deadly. If in the world war the 4,OO0,0 900 or more each side had been armed with clubs bowie knives they would have been, if there had modern armament, the slaughter would have been Infinitely greater but the cost of would have been infinitely less
 almost negligible considering the wealth of the world So what is be sought at the conference is material economic and not a moral change-a ing of money and saving of human life. And inst now the world needs to make this saving and if it can make it the period required pay for the not improbable that the growth of individual national morality may measuraby reduce the chances of another The campaign against costly armament is talk
 ine the same course into which the campaign against tbe liouor traffic was diverted to successful end 1-or generations fight against alcohol senti mental It was moral warfare in which great deal of interest could be aroused. But gradually circ,rnstances were making it economic issue in xrbicb every one became interested and prohibition ,,revailed.