The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-08
DISARMAMENT IS
NOT PEACE KEY
Hopes Based on Such Pro-
gram Are Futile, Says
Gen. Maurice

LONDON, May --Compcuton
in armaments Increases the dangers
of war. but disarmament agreements
can never be binding enough to lead
the world toward permanent peace,
IN the opinion Of General Sir Fred
orick Maurice. the noted military
critic.
War IN his opinion. can only be
permanently Hvcrtcd hy development
~ method OF settling International
uuarrCls
There is grave danger" he dc
ylargs. 'uf renewal OF that com
petition in armamcnts which wus
ono ~ the prime causes Of the
World war and. worse sim. that the
weapons OF the future will certainty
be far more terrible than tho most
terrible ot which We have Yet had
experience.
The battlcship Of Jutland Is al
ready out OF date. Tho tank OF 1921
makes the tank of 1918. that played
such great part In winning the war.
look like common hack. Aero
planes are increasing In range and
weight carrying power and poison
gases more destructive of lie than
any yet used in battle have been dis
covered.
science and Destruction.
For the first time I'm history
science was, during the war, mohil-
lied FOR the purpose of destruction.
II took time for scientists to realize
fully tho practical requirements OF
war. and 20 learn how TO apply their
Inventions to the conditions OF the
field.
In fact. tho armisticc came when
science was only just getting into
its stride, and horrible ms was the
destruction wrought up TO 1918, It
would have hccn far moro horrible
II the war had gone ON into 1919,
while II there is another European
war the destructive forces Of 1919
will be relatively moro Insignificant
than those of 1914 appear to us to-
day.
Gin tho next war no great city Of
Europe viii he out Of range, and
there will hc no uonComhatants, and
women and children will be exposed
to the most horrible forms of death.
Almost everything upon which
the wellbcing of nations depends
viii ho in danger. Therefore. the
preservation of civilization, as we
know IT, tho maintenance Of peace,
and the rCCOnstruCtiOu Of Europe
depends upon whether or not We
can find some means OF settling dis
putes between civilized nations other
than war. That Is tho root Of the
matter. and Is the raison d'ctrc Of
the league OF nations.
Victor Also suffers.
'Whon II rs realized that thu con
sequences for war are almost as
devastating TO the victor as they are
to tho vansuishcd, and that TO cs-
cape war nations must agree To set
tie their disputes in the same way
as do individuals, then, and not till
then, viii civilization be freed Of the
menace which hangs over II today.
"No agreements prohibiting the
use OF particular forms OF dcstruc-
tion are of any value, because tho
Imagination of tho trainers of such
agreements is unable TO conceive OF
all future possible developments OF
destructive science.
II Docs Not Pay.
mo convention entered into to-
day can prevent "A scientist from
working out "A formula for some new
and moro deadly poison and keeping
II locked up till II is needed. nor
would II prevent the rapid conver-
sion OF chemical works To the pro-
ductiOn of poison in large guam
titles.
"If all war planes were abolished
tomorrow by agreement. nothing