Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-14
WAY TO DISARMAMENT.
FIRM STAND BY U. S,
]. H. HAMMOND SAYS
Note to England and Navy Would
Halt Naval Expansion, He
Tells Academy.
RAPED THE MANDATE IDEA

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
Philadelphia. May l4.--United States
senators, educators, social service
workers, economists and experts on in
ternationai law were on today's pro-
gram as speakers before the annual
meeting OF the American Academy Of
Political and Social Science.
Sessions today were devoted to the
topics The Treatment Of Backward
Peoples in a World organiza tion,'
Function OF international Courts and
Means of Enforcing Their Decisions. =
and THE Essentials Of an Effective
World Organization"
United States Senators Irving l.. Len
root. of Wisconsin, and Joseph I.
France. of Maryland. are on the pro-
gram for tonight's session.
John Hays Hammond in a paper pre-
pared for delivery at today's session,
pointed out that despite the fact many
governments are on the verge of bank
ruptcys there is an uninterrupted in
crease of naval armament which he
characterized 'an insensate waste OF
the capital so greatly needed 10 re-
nabilitate industry"
Disarmament can be effected BY a
Ia message not couched in vague
diplomatic language-from our govern
ment to England and Japan, to the
effect that the United States has no ann
bition to atain he supremacy of the
seas. Du that she Is nevertheless deter
mined not TO accept a subordinate naval
position he said.
When these nations fully realize the
futility of competing with as to gain
naval. superiority they will gladly and
quickly agree TO the limitations Of naval
ornaments and not before"
Professor Herbert A. Smith. OF Me-
GIN University. Montreal. presented a
paper on The Jurisdiction and Powers
OF ar International Court
! DR.. Herbert Adams Gibbons. professor
OF history al Princeton, criticized the
mandate idea as developed I'm the cove
nant Of the League Of Nations and de-
clared neither the British nor French
governments have taken the idea seri-
ously.
The present condition of world At
fairs affords a wonderful opportunity
for consumma ting an interna fionaI dis
armament agreement. Represents tive
Frank ". MondeII. Republican floor
leader in the House, said in an address
late yesterday. Providence has
offered that opportunity. directly TO
the United States he added. "as the
only nation which can take the in
itiatiye without confessing weakness =
Confidence that every nation would
welcome an invitation TO join in dis
armament and that the agreement
could easily be carried out was express
A.. !
was agreed 10, he declared. the next
conflict might easily cause large
part of the world 10 revert TO bar
barisnl.s
AS the condition OF the worlds af-
fairs affords US this wonderful oppor-
tunity,'' Mr.. Mondel continued. sit also
lays upon US as great duty and re-
sponsibility As we are the only nation
that can logically and without en-
barrassment propose the limitation OF
armaments. it becomes our bounden
duty to do It and to do it as quickly as
we may when conditions seem ripe for
success. Let us not forget that on the
sea at least we were the only nation
that pursued a great program OF eS-
pansion after the close Of the world war.
and that il is our great 1916 naval pro-
gram. still being carried forward by
an army, of workmen and at vast ex-
pense. that was the primary cause and
IS the continuing provocation Of the
competitive plans and purposes of
other nations.
we must not Judge of the probability
of tha fulfillment of voluntary obfiga-
lions such as are proposed by the
worlds experience with treaties. which
i'm the main have beeO the harsh terms
exaeted. of a defeated people.
sThe world Will. in my opinion, agree
to a limitation of competition in arma-
ments because the world must know that
therein lies the only hope OF solvency
and rehabilitation.
"Ali history teaches that recent his-
tory has proven conclusively that a
nation possessing a great fighting ma
chine will develop an inciination TO use
it. that with the growth and mainten-
ance of such an establishment there is
developed a pride. a jealousy and a
false philosophy which urges and just
ifies its use-
"The great war gave us its shocking
object lessons of tfee staggering cost.
the appalling frightfuaress of modern
war and every day brings us some new
illustration OF the fact that wars of the
future are likely to be immeasurably
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