The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-03-28
WORLD DISARMAMENT
is AGAIN CONSIDERED
COMMITTEE PETI-
TIONS PRESIDENT HARDING
FOR CONFERENCE. MASS
MEETING HELD IN WASHING
TON, WITH BORAH PRlNCI-
PAL SPEAKER.

Washington, March 27.-A reso-
luton requesting President Harding
TO- "call conference of the nations
on the question of world disarma-
ment" and asking that increased ap-
preparations of congress for arma-
ments be postponed pending such
conference was adopted here today
at an Easter mass meeting held in
advocacy Of disarmament under the
auspices Of the women's. disarma-
ment committee.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, who was
the principal speaker again advo-
Gated an agreement between the
United States, Great Britain and ia
pan to reduce naval armaments and
charged the authorities of programs
for increased armaments for the
world with being "sedulous patrons
Of BolShevisms, painstakirg and in
dustrious gardeners of unrest and
misery"
81 want to tell you,' he said, "that
the ties which bind peoples to their
governments are swapping every
where because of the great burden
of amaments." /H
The meeting, it was announced,
was held simultaneously with others
in Is states in the interest of re-
duced naval and military programs.
Many of the leaders in the move
ment were prominent in the cam
paign for woman suffrage. Other
speakers here today we're Repre-
sentative Frear OF. Wisconsin, Mrs.
Ida Clyde Clark of New York, and
Edward F. Grady Of the American
Federation of, Labor. g..
Uprising Spontaneous.
Mrs. Florence Kelly, of New. York
who presided, said the meetings
"mark the spontaneous uprising of
women on the first Easter on which
they have had power"
"The time to disarm is now," she
added" "and the place is here"
Mr.. Grady said the American Fed
Grafton of Labor joins lin. demand
ing that the statesmen of this coun-
try do something at once to bring
about a definite program for world
eve, however, clear
ly recognize" he added, "that we
can not disarm while other nations
are armed"
Among the kilograms read was
one from William Jennings Bryan,
saying he was Heartily in favor Ct
agreement with
other nations if possible, by our ex-
ample if necessary"
"There is no way to bring about
except through agree
ment with the other naval powers
Senator Borah said. "It should be
our determined purpose to bring
about such an agreement as will
bring security without bringing
bankruptcy"
Race to Build Navies.
"Great Britain has again taken up
the program of building. Japan is
every day adding to her program.
And we are still to have the great
est navy in the world. So the race is
on, the mad race which from 1900
to 1914 brought Germany and Eng
land, heretofore close friends, into
war;"
Representative Frear said the last
had submitted 'amaz-
ing peace time naval estimates and
that the navy appropriation bill as,
reported by the senate would have
levied s25 on every American fami-
y.
Management of affairs was criti-
,ised by Ida Clyde Clark who asked:
"What sort of a deal are you men
;rying to put over on US?
Citing pledges made during the
var that an effort was to reduce or
abolish war, she said that men had
made an awful mess of world af-
airs"
Francis Mabry came home from