The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-20

Nations Are Assuring
Future Wars In Arms
Limitation Program

can be no security Tor any race Of
people.
The only security for . modern
state now II A BINDING AMP MU.
TUALLY SATISFACTORY alliance
with the power or powers that
might otherwise attack.
The only real security for France
against q German revenge 10 q gen.
erous and complete understanding
between the French and German re-
publics 30 that they will have q mu-
tual interest in each others pros
perity. Germany Ia naturally Q
rather bigger country than France
and nothing on the earth can alter
that.
Other powers or all the powers
may como into such q treaty a.
guarantors. but the essential thing
for peace between France and Ger
many 10 peace made good and clear
injuries and hostile preparations.
The only effectual security for
the communications of the British
empire IL the recognition by all man.
kind that this great system Of Eng
lish speaking states round and about
the world lis q good thing for all
mankind and a resolute effort OF
these states to keep ut that level.
There 10 no other real security.
This IL not lofty idealism." II Is
common sense. and the idea Of "se-
curity" by armament and by the
enfeeblement of possible rivals IL
not practical recognition Of pres.
emit limitations" but q feeble sur
render to entirely vicious tendencies
OF the human mind.
Alternative Idea.
believe that for little while
yet Washington will continue its re-
searches into the meaning Of armed
security" and that then 1t win
turn its attention to the alternative
idea. with which the nimble French
mind has also been playing. and
that IL, security by treaty.
The French have been disposed
in the past to welcome an Anglo
American-French treaty to guaran-
tee France against attack. The idea
bility Of q far more comprehensive
agreement, q loose fitting but effec-
tual association Of all the nations Of
the world to keep the peace and ar
range their differences by confer
ence. In bound to recur again as the
impossibility of disarmament with
out settlement becomes increasingly
apparent.
There drifts into my memory
here a curious feast Of security"
which occurred long ago in some
eastern equivalent Of Versailles.
The great Abbassid family had sui.
fered many things from the Om-
mayyad Caliphs and at last II rose
against them and overcame them
and secured the leadership of Islam.
The World Brotherhood.
The remnants Of the Ommayyad
clan were summoned to witness and
celebrate the new peace. But some
Of the Abbassids. inspired by quite
modern ideas Of security had all
the Ommayyads mastered before
the banquet began.
A beautiful carpet was spread
over the dead and dying and the
Abbassids Toasted thereon. Here
was security" to satisfy the most
exacting modern European ideals.
Yet the Abbassids made little Of
their security. They never rose to
the glory OF the Ommayyads; the
drive and strength seemed to have
gone out of Arab Islam; their his
tory for all this security" Is one
Of division, decline, decay. 1t takes
all men to make a world.
Let US get through with this fu-
tile haggling for national advan-
tages and securities and let US get
on to the organization Of that
brotherhood which can alone save
the wOrld