The Dolores star., 1921-04-01
WOMEN Want
DISARMAMENT
RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT MASS
MEETING IN CAPITOL BY
WOMEN.
MEETINGS IN Is STATES
WANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BIG
NATIONS TO REDUCE WAR
PREPARATIONS.
Western Newspaper Union New. ser,.e.. ,

| Washington, March 2S.-A resolution
requesting President Harding to "calI
conference of the nations on world
disarmament" and asking that in.
creased appropriations of Congress for
Hrnaments be postponed pending such
conference was adopted at mass
meeting held in advocacy of disarma.
ment under the auspices of the Won.
ans Disarmament Committee.
Senator Borah of Idaho again advo-
Gated an agreement between the
United States, Great Britain and
japan to reduce naval armaments and
charged authors of the programs for
| increased armaments with being sed
ulous patrons of Boshevism, painstak.
ing and industrious gardeners of un-
rest and misery"
The meeting, it was announced, was
held simultaneously with others in fif
teen states.
Other speakers were Representative
Frear of Wisconsin,, Mrs. Ida Clyde
Clark and Edward f. Grady of the
American Federation of Labor
Mrs. Florence Kelly of New York
who presided, said the meetings mark
the spontaneous uprising of women on
the first Easter on which they have
had power"
Mr.. Grady said that the American
Federation of Labor joins ''in demand
ing that the statesmen do something
ut once to bring about a definite pro.
| fnr Al
I'VE, however, clearly recognize" he
added, that we cannot disarm while
| other nations are armed. But we want
| disarmament, the reduction to be grad
ual and by general agreement"
Among kilograms read was one from
W. J. Bryan, saying he was heartily
in favor of disarmament = for an
agreement with other nations, if posi-.
BILE; by our example, if necessary"
There is no way to bring about dis
armament except through agreement
with the other naval powers" Senator
Borah said ut should never be our
purpose to leave our country insecure,
but it should be our determined pur.
| pose to bring about such an agree
ment as will bring security without
bringing bankruptcy.
"Great Britain has again taken up
the program of building. Japan is
adding to her program. And we are
still to have the greatest navy in the
world. So the race Is on.
Through an agreement or under
standing which puts an end to naval
competition, we can reduce taxes, re-
store faith in the government at home
and augment friendly relations
| abroad"
| Representative Frear said that the
last administration had submitted
amazing peace-time naval estimates
| and that the navy appropriation bill as
reported to the Senate would have
| levied SO on every American family
Protection for America" he said,
'is a captivating slogan following the
war Behind all movements for Il
| larger navy, Investigations disclose
that powerful influences are strongly
entrenched whose interests and indus
tries depend on liberal appropriations.
Bt similar coincidence we may rea-
sonably expect, until the naval bill
passes Congress, sensational headlines
and editorials advising Congress and
the country that Japan is planning to
capture Hawaii and the Philippines
and everything in the Pacific from the
Behring sea to the kingdom of Yap
and the Cannibal isles"