The Penn's Grove record., 1921-11-25
]ORATORICAL DIPLOMACY
Navy Limitation, a Part of the
League Program

League Program
The armies engaged in the World
War have been ~demobilized and most
of the millions of men have returned
to peace pursuits. France continues
a large army because of the fear OF
Germany, whose army was limited to
100000 by the Peace Treaty which
the L. S. Senate refused to ratlty.
Hence France has no guarantee that
the United States who won the war
will not see that the terms on the big
criminal are carried out. Hence
France remains war shocked and
shell shocked and fearful of the old
criminal whose fines will not be paid
for twenty-five years and the U. 5.
Senate has refused to back the
Sheriff.
The conference in Washington be
ing held to consider the reduction of
fighting ships in the navy is a ma
tional process of rehabilitation.
1t is a part of the plan stated in
League of Nations.
To those who doubt, quotation from
the article may be enlightening:
THE members of the League rec
ognize that the maintenance of peace
requires the reduction of national
armament to the lowest point consis-
tent with national safety and the en-
forcement by common action of inter-
national obligations.
"The Council, taking account of the
geographical situation and circum-
stances of each State, shall formulate
plans for such reduction for the con-
sideration and action of the several
governments.
.Such plans shall be subject to re-
consideration and revision at least
every ten years"
All people and all nations favor the
reduction, but many take exceptions
to the method and radical plan pre-
scribed by Secretary Of State Charles
F. Hughes who, to attract worldwide
attention, proposed that new ships
just completed and others partly
built be scrapred.
Senator Miles PoindeXter, Chair
man of the Senate Committee on
Naval affairs, has pointed out that
Mr.. Hughes's proposed argument
would leave US without battle cruis-
ers while Great Britain and Japan
would both retain vessels of this
type of such speed as to put them out
of the reach of battleships and capa-
BILE of sweeping the seas and destroy
ing enemy commerce.
The Senator says:
The important thing is not so
much the number or James of the
ships which are to be %scrapped or re-
tanned, but that there should be a
halt in the navy competition and a
cessation of any increased program.
Time will soon are for the scrapplng
of all the ships now in existence or
under construction, whatever the
agreement as to them may be. The
important feature is sufficient
amount of goodwill among the ma
to bring them to an agreement
as to future programs and additional
Increases beyond those now IN beng
D. under construction. Such an agree
nent would undoubtedly tend toward
peace.
Senator PoindeXter's remarks are
n accordance with sound reasoning,
While Secretary Hughes's sky rocket
,~ratorical fireworks made to attract
worldwide attention sounds like boys
7Iay. If vol have three guns throw
.way the newest and most improved
me and you will have less load to
AIRY. Don't do it according to the
International law of nations-The
of Nations-but under a"gen-
ieman's agreement" not a treaty.
Boys play in international diplo-
macy. We will not become Citizens
# the World because Wilson made
he rules.