Arizona republican., 1921-11-16
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 WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-The of ficial text of Arthur Balfour's ad- dress at the armament conference to- day follows in part:
 MT. Chairman: You have invited those who desire to continue the dis cussion which began Saturday. Il think it would be very unfortunate if we were to allow the events of Sat urday to pass without some further observation on the part of those to whom you, Mir. Chairman, addressed your speech and, if for any reason which I shall venture to explain, am the first to take up the challenge, it is because, of all the powers here assembled, the country which I rep resent is, as everybody knows, the most intimately interested in all naval questions.
 statesmen of all countries are be- ginning to discover that the labors and difficulties of peace are almost | as arduous and require almost as | great qualities as those which are de- manded for the conduct of a success ! ful war.
 -'These struggles to restore the world to a condition of equilibrium, so violently interfered with by five years of war, is one that taxes and must take the efforts of everybody. And congratulate you, if I may. MT. | Chairman, on the fact that you have added the new anniversary which will | henceforth be celebrated in connec- | tion with this movement toward re- construction in the same spirit in which we welcomed the anniversary celebrated only a few hours ago, on the day on which hostilities came to an end.
 q count myself among the fortu- 1 nate in that I was present and to that extent had a share in the pro- ceedings of last Saturday. They were memorable indeed.
 MT. Chairman, in absolute sim plicity of the procedure. the easy | transition and the great dramatic cli- max, were the perfection of art. which shows that the highest art and most perfect simplicity are very often.. indeed very commonly, com bined.
 Navy British Pride
 "Now, I said I would explain, If was allowed, why I venture to rise first to deal with the subject which is in all our hearts. AS I have hinted it is because the British empire and Great. Britain, these two together are more profoundly concerned with all that touches matters naval thar 1t is possible for any other nation tt be. and this not, believe me, for any l reasons of ambition, not for any req sons drawn from history or tradition but from the hard brutal necessities of claims and obvious facts.
 There never has been in the his- tory of the world a great empire con- stituted as the British empire is Il is a fact, no doubt familiar to every body whom I am addressing at the present moment, but has everybody l whom I am addressing imaginatively conceived precisely what the situa- ton of the British empire is in this connection.
 Admire Hughes Scheme
 sswe have to consider. and we have considered, the great scheme laid be- fore you by our chairman. We have considered it with admiration and ap- proval We agree with 1t in spirit and in principle. We look to 1t as being the basis of the greatest re- form in the matter of armament and preparation for war that has ever been conceived or carried out by the courage and patriotism of statesmen I do not pretent, of course II would be folly to pretend
 that this or any other scheme. by whatever genius it may have been 1 contrived, can deal with every sub feet, can cover the whole ground oi international reconstruction.
 It would be folly to make the at tempt and it would be folly to pre- tend that the attempt has yet been made in any single scheme as was most clearly explained by the sec retary of state Saturday. The scheme deals and deals only with three nations which own the largest fleets in the world. It, therefore, of necessity omits all consideration for the time being of those European na- tSns who have diminished their fleets and who at present have no desire and I hope never will have any desire, to own fleets beyond the necessities that national honor and national defense require.
 Consider Land Armament } Again it does not touch a Ques- l ton which every man coming from Europe must feel to be a question oi l immense and almost paramount inn l portance; ' mean the heavy burden of land armaments. That is left on 3 one side, to be dealt with by other schemes and m other ways. What Ii 7 does is surely one of the biggest } things that has ever been done by constructive statesmanship. There are questions-and I have no doubt that OUT chairman would (Continued on page p