The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-09-27
ny ALFRED o. cR0zlRR.
Written for tho United Press.


New York. Sept ss.-A new drive
Tor permanent peace has been start
cd. A tidal wasa of pahilc renli'
mont must be- pat IN motion. The
power ~ tho people 20 Kol shat they
want must be- demonstrated. Tho
press Ia asked Ia help. II IL feared
that the disarmament conference viii
be- failure unless this IL done.
4 patriotic endless chain ~ cor.
respondence la proposed. Every man
and woman il asked TO write three
letters. and then fct three ether
persons 10 do tho same. one n to
be- mailed TO the president. one TO
senator and the other 10 con.
gfcssman, Letters 60 local papers
also IL advised. The movement may
spread 10 other countries II m1y
become M Irresistible demand by
tho worlds peoples ON their govern.
menis for disarmament and pcrma.
nent peace The people can abolish
Wnr II they go at Il In earnest. The
alternative ~ to preparo for another
and rroaicr world war.
The nations should 90 reduce all
national ornaments and forces In
concert ai least half ca merge and
nse the discarded armnmcnis Ia
create one mutual world police
power: 60 organize representative
Association 81 Nations lo manago
and control such mutual power and
ugc Il 10 prevent national r. arma.
ment aud protect every nation
against attack from tho outside Il
10 the only way 10 abolish war aud
yet permanent peace.
Primarily. the move Ia reduce or
limit ornaments Is economic. u ia /
merely an attempt to save dollars. II .
is not a plan TO Eet permanent
peace. II IL. however. entirely justi.
lied aud necessary for economic
reasons. The war increased the
bonded debts Of nations from ~ TO
200 billions aud the annual interest
thereon from . Ia 10 billions II In.
creased the public debt Of the Unit.
cd States from one To q billions
mud the annual Interest from 20 to
: 900 millions. In thirty years this
country has spent over s billions.
or more than the worlds entire stock
N gold. on its navy alone. Nearly y
10 per cent OF all our government
collects and spends goes TO prepare
or war and to pay for things caused
" war. No sane country would dis.
'rm and leave envious neighbor ma |
ions armed to the teeth. Disamma-
nent must be in concert or not
4 all.
The worlds suffering peoples must
lot be deceived They should know
hat limitation. reduction or even
complete disarmament would not
ring permanent peace. Unless re-
ornament can be prevented nations
Don will be obliged to again in
rease armaments. The moment one
zig nation starts to rearm, all other
atlons must do the same. Then
hey will spend ten billions on new
rmaments for each one billion they
low throw away. OF course that
would mean another and greater
World war There would be no way
o avoid it.
Re-armament cannot be prevented
" mutual agreement. Treaties are =
mere scraps Of paper when an
mbitious nation ignores them. 1t
an not be done by an alliance
reaty. The allies of today are the
nemies of tomorrow. If some ma
ions were to use force to compel
ther nations to stay disarmed, that
lould be war War can not be
bolished by more war.
The only way rearmament can be
reyented without involving part if
OF all of the individual nations in
mother war is to create by a mer
er of armaments mutual world
olice power that would be ever
eady and strong enough to prevent
e-armament by any nation. That
'ould end war, because nations can
OF fight unless they can arm. II
ley arm, they will fight. That is
uman nature and it is history.
The American representative sys- 4
sm would be the best model for the
roposed association of nations. 1t
an be modified to fit the limited
eld. Every nation should be repre-
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