Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-15
BORAH URGES
REAL ISSUE BE
KEPTN VIEW
Says World Peace Will Not
Come if Disarmament Cues
ton Is SubOrdinated.
RELIEF VIEWS SET OUT
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the international disputes The con
trolling. dominating note OF the coming
Washington conference must be disar-
mament or the meeting VIII result in
failure to bring the relief all nations are
seeking from the present oppressive eco
n0mic conditions. For the United States,
Great Britain AM Japan to delay dis
cussions limitations OF armament or
make them incident TO the adjustment
Of various international questions would
be deliberately to overlook the vital
problem in the world today.
These are the views OF Senator Borah
as set forth in an article in the current
issue Of Nations Business which Is
intended at once az an argument in be-
half Of his well-knOwn plan Of immedi-
ate naval disarmament and warning
against the prevailing tendency to open
the conference 10 all questions
CUT ARMAMENT
EXPENDITURES NOW.
We cannot wait, and neither need we
wait" says Senator BOrah, until all
questions about which nations may hold
differing views are settled before we be-
gin TO limit our armament expenditures.
There are now three nations in absolute
dominance OF the seas-ths United States,
Great Britain and Japan. These three
building vast naTies. They are now &C
tuaIly engaged in a naval race They
are building navies with mad speed and
piling taxes upon the people az a rate
and TO an amount never before dreamed
Of in time Of peace and seldom in time
Of war. To say that these building pro
grams shall 90 forward, that these taxes
shan continue 20 be increased and the
burdens under which the people are
breaking shah be augmented and until
r all International questions about which
nations and peoples may hold different
views are settled.
That Is 70 say there IS to be no dis
armament.
Disarmament should not be postponed,
or subordiuated CT made incident TO the
settling and adjusting OF all interna-
tfonal questions. 1t should be made the
controlling, dominating question. 1t Is
the most vital problem IN the world to-
day. Unless disarmament is efectuated,
there is no possible relief from the
economic conditions under which we are
now suffering, and any plan, or any pro-
gram. which makes the question of dis
armament, q subordinate, or incidental
proposition ia ther than the main and
controlling proposition, win result in the
future. as 1t has In the past, in no RELIEF
20 the. taxpayers and no relief from war.
There are many obstacles to overcome
before we can achieve disarmament, or
any pronounced Limitation OF armaments
I do not underestimate the difficulty OF
overcoming these obstacles, but the OBJ
stacle which seems to me the greatest,
the obstacle which seems to me the most
, difficult 70 master, is one which we viii
not admit exists, and that is the re-
lance which we have come to have on
force as the only power left on earth
with which to govern men
II understand fully that there may De
circumstances and conditions In which an
APPEAL to force IS not only necessary but
righteous But to defy force, to make
Il the dominating factor, 10 have Il
ever present. to sit at conference with
your finger pointing back over your
shoulder TO your armies and navtes, 20
tntrtde into every settlement, and to
announce to the world that it is your
ultimate reliance. is barbarlc-and il Is
none the less barbaric-when Il is prac-
ticed By professedly Christian nations.
For myself refuse TO concede that force
Is the only power left, or that it should
be the dominating and controlling power.
IL can not be possible
Ultimate German domination OF Europe
as the re3ult Of the 'shOrtsighted and
blundering" policy OF the allied and as
sociated powers in ornaments competition
Is predicted by Senator Borah. The
United States, at her present rate Of ex-
penditure on Army and Navy Will pay
more for ornaments than viii the Ger
mans in Hquidatlng their thirty -thre
bilHoBs in reparations claims.
GERMANY'S DEFEAT HER
RELIEF FROM ARMAMENTS.
Defeat for Germany" continues Sena-
tor Borah, has lifted the burden Of
ornaments from the backs OF her people.
They now may devote their energies and
their talents to agriculture, industry, to
the arts and the things that constitute the
real wealth and strength Of a people. On
the other hand the allied and associated
powers are carrying a vast burden be-
cause Of their armies and navies. Hun
dreds Of thousands OF people are engaged
IN lines which produce nothing
ut Is true that Germany has a vast
debt to pay on her reparations. But this
debt is not larger than our own expendi-
lures VIII be created from year to year
for ornaments.
Let Us take the figures:
Germany IS expected TO pay an an
nuity Of $500, OOO, 900 plus 20 per cent OF
the actual value OF her exports. As mat
ters now stand the German foreign trade
would make this export charge amount
her annual payment about S76O, 900 900.
We viii assume, however, that her ex-
ports VIII increase, so that at the end of
forty years Il Is estimated that Germany
viii have psid $50 600 100000.
Look at our expenditures for our
military and naval establishments. We
expended for military and navsl FUR
poses from June 80. 1920. to june 80, 1921,
SS25s 33T, 9S9. The Army and Navy bills
Just passed VIII incur an expenditure OF
not less than $4,000 OO0-perhaps more.
This would equal in forty years little
over $4,000, 0OO, coo. So we shall pay for
our Army and our Navy at the present
rate an amount equal to the vast repara-
ton bill which has been assessed against
Germany.
France has an army Of 10000 men.
The exact cost for maintaining this
great army I do not know, but one can
imagine how stupendous 1t is.
THE British army and navy com
bined call for an expenditure much
largeF than our own. Thus, while Ger
many has her billions OF reparation, the
allied and associated powers are spend
ing their $illions for their armies and
navies-we alone are expanding as much
for our army and navy as the entire rep
aration claims against Germany.
The business men OF this country
must realize, more keenly. perhaps than
any one else Just now, what these ar
mament expenditures and the taxes there
By imposed mean TO business of the fu-
ture. There is little encouragement for
men OF business capacity to plan and
strive for success when they realize, as
they must, that their profits are TO be