The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-25

will be no danger and since there
Is no danger there Is no need Of
armament, then a deadlock will re-
suit instantly.
But the process does not stop
here. Poland, Rumania and Czecho-
Sloyakia have just entered into an
agreement which binds all three 10
a common military action, provided
Hungry attacks any one " the
three. This, of course, involves the
maintenance OF strong armies and
the Poles at the present time have
over 100000 men under arms while
the Rumanians certainly nave an
army equally strong. Poland and
Rumania are bound by alliance
against any Russian attack. But II
is obvious that IL poland ana Ru-
mania maintain armies of the pres
ent Dimensions, other larger Coun-
tries like Italy and France cannot
disarm.
Then II is essential to persuade
the Poles, the Rumanians and the
Czcchs 30 disarm. The same Is true
OF the Jugo- Slave, who have n very
strong army Jon foot. The same is
true OF the Greeks who are at this
moment carrying on a campaign in
Asia Minor with very considerable
forces. To persuade all of these
nations to reduce their armies, OF
course there is no question OF Som-
plete disarmament. Is again dues-
ton of guarantees. Insure Poland
against an attack from Russia and
also from Germany. insure Ru-
mania against Russia and Hungary,
guarantee Greek rights under the
treaty of Sevres. now to be re-
vised to include some Of the fruits
> n
be able TO talk reduction Of arma-
ments. But here Is a real contract.
Seriously, no one imagincs that
the United States will undertake
TO insure France against Ger
many, much less Poland against
Russia or Germany. As for cN-
tending our Insurance, which In
practice means promising that
or soldiers will go 10 eastern
EuroDc, IL trouble arises there the
thing l. unthinkablc. hut the
trouble Is that many people not
only imagine hut believe that
there is some other way 10 pro-
mote reduction OF armamcnts.
That was the source OF most OF
MIR. Wilson'S difficulties. He
went Ia Europe with IA prccon-
ccivCd notion Of what he was TO
find and he found something
totally different.
He had then the choice Of com
ing home or OF dealing with the
world as it was, not as he had ram
cied IL, He chose the latter course
and the result was a league OF ma
tions in which all members were
bound to protect all other mem beers
and, in addition, he agreed To the
Anglo French American treaty
. =
dltionM guaranteed beyond that
contained in the covenent OF the
league. When the country found
that Il was committed to endless
and permanent European RESPONSE
bilities, II rejected the whole scheme
and turned to a republican prea-
dent
where the '1sub" Comes.
But, Mr.. Harding in WashSngton
will be no better Oft than Mr.. WI
| son in Paris. Europe has not
changed and Japan shares the Eu-
| ropean, not the American view
! Each country in Europe will con-
| sent 10 reduce it's battalions as the
| United States agrees to proVlde
American battalions on the day or
need But how to persuade them 20
reduce battalions when there is 10
| be no American guaranty. here
! ls the whole difficulty ana the man
/ reason why It is and will remain
| mistake to attempt to- regulate the
| question of land forces For each
| country in Europe the army EXISTS
/ as a very definite protection against
| a very real peril.
nut il Is urged that not only DO
large armies make war likely, ac-
ltually promote hostilities, Senator
| Rorah would have us believe, but
/ that they absorb vast sums OF
money which might otherwise be
| nut into profitable employment
| World recovery, the return 10 nor
! malcy. this is possible only when
! the vast armies are demobilized ana
! the tremendous military expenses
are eliminated And. since the
| World owes us great sums OF money
and the nations having the strong
| est armies are our greatest debtors,
there are those who imagine ihat
We are in a position 10 use our IL
| nancial power as n weapon.
This Is, OF course profound De
| lusion. II Is a delusion save in a
! single contingency, namely that we
are ready to use our army and navy
10 collect our debts But this Is a
very far cry from insuring worid
/ peace by obtaining a Limitation OF
/ arma ments. IL Is protouho pe'u-
| sion to imagine that any, country III
| Europe today, really enjoys haNins
! .-ast armies. The truth is that pc
| fore the World war the French ut
orally starved their army. II II was