The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-05
No Scrapping Of
Army and Navy
President Declares Fight
ing Machinery Can Never
Be Dispensed With.
by DAVID LAWRENCE
T~,, go sh' ~ TN. i-.e,' S~7cs-

WaShlnstcn S.pa t--F False hopes
made people forge II" fral)tics - ~.
nan nature At Tar'S and SaNe the p'.'s
conference an art!-C.ir,aN which l'rcS q
dent Harding seems determined - AVOID
- th- forthcoming s"SS:Ca 0t n" pow
ers 70 ,,utt armament
Mr. Ha-d,rSs Spe"rh A. he Amy
war ro''cSe MAS lrt"nded - OFFSET "A
agrera'ci :n,Ttc<SicaS that n" milleG.
..n could - reached hn;nc"G nations
,rrc2gh the iGscrvm"ntality OF \ single
conference .: powers. Tt" presd, u
would rather und.rStare his hopes dr I
accomplish -"r,e r-acti,ai results than
- rrcu-i>- much and ind that internal
;icral di>cord uade the tulH!im"ut M
u"<slh;-.
rrGa-tak!rs :S beginning - crNp out N
nSny!al quarters Tn- administrator
knows i: has tackled 4 l"h upon Nh'ch
i does no, dare 70 ra,,. Te, me cr-
rur,s.anCsS arc rot a'wa,S within ne
.ont-ol of a sinSls ratlor. NEre"neats
rus. ee rlads =" unanimous consent.
An, ore nation can Nick over the tra"es
SRI spoil the conference That's way
Secretary Hughes had 70 proceed With
such caution In n" negotiations which
preceded tH~ Individual accer;anocs ~
.he American invitations. The burden
has net BEEN nft-G ~ the agreement y
he powers - s"nd delegations here.
The r"Spo rsiSIirt,r< are cumulative. In
saving what shall ~ shal; not hs In
c,udcd IN the program. ~" nat."ns
themselves MI Indicate hnw rar the
conference will e. '"wa~d 3rart:cA! 90
suits These exchange ~ ;'-w now
ere In progress
won't he sorAppsd.
The president gave a hunt N hra
speech at the War ronog~ On IN" phase
II arraT--, Ats, lsS'N1. HN Sc II res.
any though ;ha' ~" a-",N and navy
TouId be scrapped Il is ln"vieable that
the morale of the nations army ard
nay should Be weakened by a prospect
Of curtailment. As commander in
chief Of tho army and navy the presi-
dent expressed the View that tho time
rever would como whom nshtinS ma
chinery could be altogether dispensed
with. He favcrs approximate" dis
armament. woodrow Wilson expressed
= as a 'reductlon OF armament 10 a
ro0t consistent with domestic safety"
Mr. Harding has not vet outlined
whether hA wants 20 20 that Far ,r
whether his Idea Is tha, The .\m~ri = I
military establishment shall bear 4 CO.
tain hxed relationship 70 that NJ otler
MOVERS Any idea tha: Amsrica m
''rded to favor tho absolute abolition
~ armies ard ravi"s was erased by
NJ Harding "ho Took pains 10 Tn mt
Nut that human MATURE Is unchanged
HF.e- 'opr thousand Years and that IN,
srtr't II roler'i"s may Re tanned 81, 1.
nor forever extinct.
The president expects wars - coma
y N. Future. He hopes 'N~v viii be
hnrIans'l fought re wants 70 remove
=" sources % friction. one ~ those
'"ur""S = has e"en argued ~ N" c
"rr"uls'io1 ~ war machins-v 'hs 80.
80 rn''h "a 'oN tempting whom nations
tr"or~ '-~'c1'sI ~ Armament 1rN-
N"N"S va. 'Nor 'he ur~<idArc roros
IT, 'i~i'a'ior VII ~ sufficient ;" irc-
r"r' 'Na' from h"IHc said = -air There
s-e otN.r rausAs ~ nrisrr3e-Sia -dlr-
NJ En-d'rS n02As as man, rs possible
viii - r"1,",~i America arl d0 49,
Shs can - S~h'"re 'h"' oHj~"t Eut the
rr~si1"Nt~ Sr"r~r ~ no t~r,, Var
C0lf~Es "a SiS-iHrarr NJ wha, .hr nntirc
HGr''nls,-s.'r"u 10" r',' b. t"nard the
."rthConning conference Il eill not
tcr ~ 4" ne 'rra Ss!hln bur s,mriv as
:HI"h ~ - can to",rd r,irlm,z'ns he
chances ~ var