The Washington times., 1921-11-03

nd Is pretty likely to share the views
DrHd By the President apd the Secre-
ta.y OF State.
Two Labor Representatives.
Labor is represented by John L.
Lewis. enphatically committed 70 re-
ducton, and Samuel Gompers, VIII"
no" si The bead of big La
farmer o aanlzation especial
10 WORK tOsard that end. v
Represented e. "a much gre
than was sxp"Jed.
.Amuug IN, nlsiness
known ~ v.uam r Tin
free am .uounventol
thinking hive been Illus
tolerant attItude ho held
Soviet governm,H.. Cove
is certainly 10 De counted
| ton.
Admiral Rogers. while in
| the Asiatic fleet in 1913 and
la general impression of breG
wisdom: General Pershing's VII
| well known.
For example. last year he sal
unless some move TO limit armaL
were made I'VE may well ask
| selves whether civilization does
| really reach a point where IL begin.
| to destroy itself and whether we are
| thus doomed to go headlong down
| through destructive war and dark
| ness TO barbarism."
Mr.. Hoover always throws himself
| with energy into matters that he
| takes. hold of. and he is as much in
| terested in reduction Of armament an
| he is in anything in the world. He
has for some time been saying, in
| more polite language, that talk about
| large economies in government was
| more or less bunk unless WE did make
\ the savings on the armament side.
He said one day:
"Of course you can stop a little leak
here and S0ere. You can cut down in
education and health, but education
and health together only get one
hundredth part of the Government
Expenditure. You may save trifle IN
public works, but they are only per
cent. All the civil departments are
only per cent.
| "Ninety-three per cent is for war,
past and future. II you can't touch
that you can't make any saving that
is worth taking very seriously"
| / asked Mr.. Hoover the other day il
lhe thought the money saved by q
successful agreement at this confer-
ence would do much to improve bust
ness. He said y
"Yes, the actual saving would help,
but there would be a business result
Of much more Importance. What
really prevents revival today is un'
certainty. the feeling that nothing u
really settled.
Path to Secure Existence.
IF an agreement about armaments
should be arrived at, the most import
ant effect would be the conviction that
would start around the world that at
last we were on the path to settled
and secure existence.
Another thing that showed how
| strongly Mr. Hoover feels is that he
was anxious to write the preface for
will Irwin's book, THE Next War"
| The book was held up for some time,
waiting for Mr.. Hoover to find time.
and pressure of work, finally made
him give II. up.
From the French revolution UP to
4 1910 all wars, including those with
Napoleon, cost $4,000, 100000. The
last war alone cost $1S6,O00, 100000.
But. such figures do not begin to
mark the difference.
] Other wars were on so small a
scale that their effects were local.
This Is the first one large enough
to demoralize all the world.
\ ..Germany mas prorniseu 10 PaS
thirty-three billion dollars in forty
years for reparations. Nobody be-
lieves she can do It. At the present
rate the United States in forty years
will pay for armament more than
s33, 900 ,00o. 900.
Such are the considerations in the
minds of President Harding's new
Il committee among its. leading mem
bers. II can fairly be described as
distinctly a committee favoring lin1i-