Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-15
BRYAN CLOVIS
AT PROSPECTS
Sees Almost Total Dis
armament as Re-
suit.
ARMIES TO GO, TOO
BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
WASHINGTON, Nov 15.-Washington
is the center of world interest today.
Dispatches are coming in from all the
nations expressing approval Of the ma
tions' stand on disarmament.
What a lesson in international moral
ityl
The language Of diplomacy is some
times used for the concealing OF ideas
crafty suggestions and crafty answers
4pass between crafty diplomatistS and
they are approved by crafty politicians.
Government controlled by a few for
selfish ends has often continued over
periods of years, because those in author
ity had force to back them and because
the people we're ignorant of the real ends
pursued. T1e present conference has set
new precednt and its practically unani-
nous appror 81 proves that honesty is
the best policy" even in international
affairs
BRYAN SEES
WORLD SOUND.
The heart of the world is sound: the
mind may be mislead by sophistry but
the heart Of the multitude responds to
an appeal made to 1t in language that
can be understood.
The people can understand what zone
half means, whether 1t is a half of a
loaf or half OF a navy. They know what
ten years means-120 months, $40
weeks, 1862 days-a period Of relief from
war, such an amount Of relief from the
burdens of war as has never come to the
human race befsre In all its history.
Is it strange that the world is happyP
Is 1t strange that politicians, regardless
Of their private views, fall into line and
applaud? There is contagion in a crowd.
Every one who has attended national
political convention Of either of the great
parties knows how enthusiasm will
spread until cold hearts become warm
and skeptics become enthusiastic A staid
delegate who would have wagered that
nothing could move him, catches the
spirit Of the crowd, Jumps upon a chair,
wave his coat and yells and then when
the excitement is over, wipes the perspi=
ration from his face and wonders what
it was that got him into such a frenzy.
FROM NEITZSCHE
TO CHRIST.
This Is more than a political conven-
tion and this stirring Of the heart is not
ephemeral as a wave of applause. 1t
looks as If the world is to be torn again
1t swings from the philosophy of
Neitzsche to the philosophy of Christ. 1t
may take some time to settle down to
the new philosophy, but when the world
starts to disarm. other things come as a
matter of course. Neitzsche taught that
war was not only necessary, but de-
sirable; this conference declares that war
is not only undesirable, but unnecessary.
1t has started out to al tolish war and
that means that the whole basis Of in
ternational relations is TO be changed.
The same reasons that led to the re-
duction of navies will lead to the reduc-
ton Of the armies. In fact, in this coun-
try the demand for the reduction of the
army is more unanimous than the demand
for the reduction of the navy.
And what about the Far Eastern ques-
tion and the Far western question and
the foreign questions of every kind
They will cease to be questions of dis
putes when navalism and militarism dis
appear.
When "come, let us reason together"
is substituted for ultimatums backed by
force, all questions are easy of settlement.
Copyright, 1921. by United Press.