Arizona republican., 1921-11-02
Calls Upon the People
 To Demand Disarmament

In letter to the Farm and Home of the date of October 10 Senator Borah urges upon the people to de- mand disarmament He writes:
 I am greatly pleased to see how earnestly and effectively Farm and Home is dealing with the great cause of disarmament. Reaching as you do into all parts of our country, and speaking particularly to the men and women who bring our wealth from the soil, your service in this cause cannot be over estimated
 It is particularly important just now because it would seem that something in the nature of a propa- ganda is going out from Washington calculated, if not intended to wholly discourage the people and break down the entire morale of this movement. The people are being almost daily advised that they must not expect too much from the conference. that the outlook is discouraging. and that we must not allow our hopes to rise too high, warning, as it were. it would seem in advance that the con- ference will accomplish little. if any thing.
 I cannot understand why it is thought necessary in advance of offi- cial action to prepare the people for a breakdown in the conference. II would seem to me that it would be | better to arouse public interest and | gear the morale of the cause to the highest pitch, knowing full well that | just in proportion that this is done i shall we make progress
 l When the great war was on, every l thing-songs, movies, public sad- dresses, proclamations, days oi prayer, were utilized to put the pub | lie uncompromiSingl and enthusias | tically behind the cause. Is this dis armament movement, which if effect 1 i've means nothing less than the pres- 1 ervation of civilization less import ant than the preparation for the in l discriminate destruction of your fel- i lowmen?
 If we fail in this cause. no one car foresee, much less by human lam guage foretell, the misery and suffer 1 ring, the economic chaos. which may | follow-yes,. which must inevitabl! | follow. And will not the aroused anC persistent purpose of the masses hell | to win disarmament as it helped t' 1 win the war? Is there any way tC win this great fight except througl the power of public opinion? Is any one so fatuous as to believe that l will come as the result alone of off cial initiative?
 Public Opinion Rules
 Yet this subtle and sinister cam
 paign. calculated to discourage tn
 people, goes on. Men are now il the penitentiary for speaking word
 calculated to dampen the ardor O
 the people during the war, an offenc
 no more detrimental to the cause O
 justice and to the interest of ou
 common country and of the humal
 family everywhere, than the preseI
 attempt to break down, demoraliz
 and disorganize this armament move
 ment. Knowing the effect the Farr
 and Home will have in frustratin
 this effort, I could not refrain fror
 writing personally and expressing { you my personal congratulations an commendation.
 If we cannot bring about disarma ment to an effective and substantia
 degree. who can tell what lies ahead I know of no way to avoid universe , bankruptcy except to stop competi $ tion in armaments. Our America
 government alone is now paying an nually more for armamsnts tha 2 Germany is to pay in the wSy ( ] reparation. At the end of forty year Germany will have paid no more
 settlement of this war than we sha , have paid for armies and navies. , We are building a navy such . , never in the history of the world ha s floated the seas. We have publ
 debt already of SPA, 4,009,000 coo. Ou |, l current expenditures for the nation; government are running from $4,500
 100000 to $5,000.000.000 annuall
 Like a watchman upon his beat, W
 are hunting now in congress fo
 something more to tax.
 How to Reduce Taxes
 This is the condition in the Unite
 States and yet how much better al