The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-11-25
commensr Says Mercury In Peace
Thsrmcms,re Fallen sinee
speech of French Premier:
May DC Reaction.
MILITARIsTs ACTIVE IN
SPREADING PROPAGANDA
Worn Arguments" Presented: No
Naval Agreemen, u Land Forces
10 Remain Strong as Ever
Declares Writer.

lcopyFIEhl 1921 BY United PrcFa.l


Washington. Nov ss.-The mur.
curry In the peace thermometer has
fallen considerable since Premier
lirland's speech.
Il may be- only a natural reaction
from the high pitch Of enthusiasm
stirred by the Hughes naval pro.
posal and It's immediate acceptance.
But the miliiarlsts are certainly
a little more active IN Washington
than they were few days ago:
they are beating the toms toms.
France Is being made their first
line of defense. bu, back OF the
line are all Of the time worn argu.
ments In favor Of force as the final
arbiters OF world dispute.
II remains TO be seen whether
this threatened revival OF the brute
force idea will nulllfy the work
done earlier In the session. II Is
impossible that the spirit. OF peace
should rule the sea and the spirit
OF war dominate the land. Tho
same people who control the navles
control the armies and they will
not scrap one II they intend to
preserve the other.
The question which France has
raised. therefore. may end for tho
present the worlds dream of peace
unless the question OF armaments
can be settled In accordance with
the naval program. No one falls
to recognize Frances peril If war
should be renewed but the question
Is how can future war be prevented?
by military preparedness that can
only be planned and supported on
the theory that war Is to be expect
ed, or by the generating of dis
oosiilon." as Secretary Hughes puts
It, that will afford greater protec.
tion than armies
Premier BRAND pointed cut tho
possibilities Of attacks from Ger
many but possibilities do not fur
nish basis for action.
All things are possible; we act
on probabilities rather than on pos
sibilities.
Is a renewal of war a possibility
such as to justify state of pre-
paredness?
II state of preparedness must
extend to the other countries on
whom she expects to rely because
france alone could hardly hope to
Withstand an invasion from Germa-
ny The late war proved that quite
conclusively, must the whole of Eu-
rope remain an armed camp?
Germany denies that she has any
thought of aggression. Why not
institute an inquiry at once and let
the world know the facts? Are
facts immaterial to militarists? II
so, they are not immaterial to the
masses. Are the militarists sure
that they can command the resources
of the world as they did in the
last war with war debts more than
six times as great as when the last
war began? VIII it be any easy
matter to finance another war? II
not, why this blare of trumpets?
Mr. Balfour promptly pledged to
France the support of Great Britain
in case of another attack, but does
that mean that his country prefers
a contamination Of military expendi,
lures to peace based upon re-
stored friendship and good Wilt
Great Britain has given every evil
dence of desire to end war on
land as well as on sea and her
people will not, any more than the
American people, assume that the
peace basis is impossible. Why
jeopardise the entire program of
the peace conference by a resurrec-
tion of the war spirit, when investi-
cation may not only allay the fears
of France but make basis for
land armament reduction?