The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-08-16

Gated the carrying Of big stick. But
there are others and they are increasing
in numbers who declare that PLAYING with
the implements of war, is a powerful
suggestion which eventuall' brings war.
and they advocate the doing away with
all ornaments not necessary to the polio
ing of the seas and land. In the latter
class is President Harding whose appeal
Tor a reduction of ornaments, starting
with the hating of the present naval
Programs, premises to revolutionize ma
val and military affairs.
President Harding in his identical note
tells the powers that avoidable or OK
VACANT expense of rival ornaments is not
onpy without economic justification. but
is a constant menace to the peace OF the
world rather than an assurance. of preser
walton.
The president makes it clear that not
only the question of naval ornaments
should be considered, but that relief from
expenditures of all other armament
should be discussed. In addition to tins.
the invitation says:
at may be found advisable to formul-
ate proposals by which, in the interest
of humanity, the use of new agencies of
warfare may be suitably controlled"
Although none of the new agencies of
warfare are mentioned in the invitation.
it refers, of course, to the advisabilitv of
the nations of the world reaching an
agreement to control the use of poison
gas and other brutal a"encies develoned
in the great war Whether the use of
submarine in warfare will come under
hic Hico,YccnH n
cial quarters, but in the opinion of some
of those interested in the outcome OF the
conference, the operations Of the submar-
inc undoubtedly will be discussed and
proposals for an agreement as to the use
of this tremendously powerful instru-
ment of warfare may be suggested.
AS to the scope of the conference the
president asserts that it is not the pur-
pose of The United States to attempt to
define it in relation to the Pacific and far
east, leaving this to exchanges between
the powers before the conference meets.
But he is emphatic in asserting that there
should be common UNDERSTANDINGS reach
ed on matters which "have been and are"
of international concern 1t is assumed
here that this is intended to include such
disputes as that over Shantung and YaD,
which Japan hopes to have eliminated as
matters either already settled or of con-
Germ to not more than two powers.
Whether any real assurance can be OBJ
tanned as to the use of new agencies of
warfare is an open question. When the
world war started, the employing Of pol
son gas or flame throwers was prohibit
ed and the firing on hospitals or the tor
pedoing of hospital ships was forbidden.
vet the Germans used gas and attacked
hospitals and hospital ships and they did
those things in obedience to philosophy
that people at war, fighting for their
existence, could not be denied the employ
ing of any weapon which promised to
save them. AS against that philosophy
no agreements can stand unless there be
provided punishment for the offending.
But if the conference does nothing
more than limit the naval programs of
America, Great Britain and Japan, the
menace to peace will be removed.-Ogden
Standard-Examiner.
Chairman John T. Adams of the Repub-
lican National Committee does not get
into the limelight very often, but they do
say he is genius at smoothening out the
rough places in party organization.
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The Jews reply to Ford by pointing to
their war record. Why not make COM
plete job of it by also pointing to Hen
ry's?-Philadelp North AmeIican.
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Certainly we want the "Open door" in