Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-11-30

levy, state, county and city, is over
100 mills. Of this the legislature has
to do with only twelve mills, the state
levy. The people of Charleston are
responsible for their tax, and it is
for their benefit. Columbia Record.
Americans, We Are Proud of
Our Stand On World
Peace.
The world was stunned, literally,
by the. proposals of America for the
limitation of ornaments, or rather
by the proposal that there be declar-
ed aten-year holiday in the matter of
building capital. ships by the three
great naval powers-Great Britain,
the United States and Japan. The
newspapers of this country have al
most as unit commented most fa-
vorably upon the American propos-
ais; in fact, most of them enthusias-
tically applaud them; and down here
in the South they will meet with as
cordial support as anywhere in this
country. If the program is adopted it
will mean that at the end of the ten
year period it will be be renewed for
another ten and eventually it will be
the means of sending warfare for
ever from the earth.
The Chronicle cannot praise the
holiness, the frankness, and the abb
solute sincerity of the American pro-
posals too highly. We are now the
second naval over, our resources
are greater than any of the others.
In other words, if we wanted war we
could get ready for it on more gigan-
tic scale than any other country
With our millions of men capable of
bearing arms, with our already mag
nifcent shipyards and with the mon;
ey and the harbors to build more and
more, we, the United States of Amer
lea, have laid our cards on the table,
taboo all secret diplomacy and say
"come in fellows, let's get together.
and end war" 1t is not to be sur
prised that it will be some days be-
fore the rest of the world gets over
the shock. Indeed, it took Americans
themselves by surprise, while the Dip
lomats of the older nations of the
world, accustomed to secret treaties
and alliances about which their own
people know little or nothing, were
no doubt stunned. That they have,
in guarded statements, expressed ap-
proval of the American plan is dis.
tinctly encouraging. Ii
Of course, it is long way from the
present stage of the proceedings to
disarmament. There is vast amount
of things to be worked out. There
must be concessions made on every
hand; there must be some giving and
taking in the interest of humanity it.
self; in the interest of saving the
lives of future billions and saving bill
lions of dollars of property from de-
struction. But, with the memory of
the graves in Flanders and other Eu-
ropean battlefelds; with the thought,
of the thousands who went down in.
the brine of the Atlantic as the VIC
tins of a merciless war, the states
men of. the worl dnow assembled at
Washington should certainly be in
deadly earnest ! to make the world
free, from such carnage in the future
as has blotted civilization in the past.
We feel hopeful over the peace
conference, very hopeful, after the
magnificent proposal of America
made at the very beginning. Indeed,
we are prouder than ever of Ameri-
ca, proud she is assuming the lead in
the world of a world that must be
forever freed from the sword, just
as she is. ever in the lad in matters
that pertain to the benefit of all man
kind. There is no other nation like
US; we are, young, free, with ideals
that none others possess. We have
pointed the way to peace and we can
not see how the nations of the world
can ever tolerate for a moment the
thought of permitting the old order
to continue; of seeing one half of
the world armed to the teeth against
the other half. The Christian prin-
ciples that the Son of man himself
has taught US, should be beacon
that will lead US to the pursuits of
perpetual world peace and harmony