The Washington times., 1921-07-13
The Disarmament Talk

and Japan about disarmament and especially about
the Far Eastern problem. France is not much inter
ested She will glad enough to cut down expense
but thinks needs eight hundred thousand men to watch
Germany while Germany works out her penalty
The army will cost about what France will get from
Germany 1t will keep eight hundred thousand French men
away from their homes.
"A million Germans that WOULD have been in the
army will be at home manufacturing goods for sale and
rearing children When the thing is over, there will
be hundred million Germans thoroughly trained by
twenty years of industrial semsavery and thirtyfve
million French people. What then7
It is the 'Far Eastern problem that interests Eng
land and this country ASIA is the problem Inc BRUSH
Empire great international department store dong bus
all the earth is anxious everywhere ana open
everywhere to attack - - gt.
Americans reading about the EngiishJapa treaty
should understand of course, that far as England Is
copcerned there is in the treaty no actual present
PLANNED hostility to the United States. The BRITISH
town. India with three hundred millions OF people, and
oh vast Asatc territories They want the friendship OF
Japan because Japan is the only ACTIVE force In ASIA
the only country that might really "star something
dangerous to the British Empire.
AS for Japan attitude, this country ought to have
good explanation of the work that Japan is doing
forfyng islands in the Pacific that could be used only a.
bases for attack upon Is.
Until the japanese explanation is complete and salts
factory will be well for this country to continue manu-
featuring the thousand pound aerial bombs three times
as big any hitherto constructed containing tha
thirds of their weight in TINT Such bomb droppn
from flying machine would compel earnest Japanese at
tention, such as kind words would not command.
Our Government should occasionally be reminded of
the fact that it ought to specialize in making nammabe
bombs to spread fire widely possible We want peac
with Japan have possible for wanting anythn
else But want the right to control own territory
which Japan questions
We should always have in mind that Japan is
ton built largely of paper and bamboo and that hoc
of flying machines setting sail from Guam with combusb
I thomh hA mos
japan would readily understand
1t is suggested that Bulgaria and Serbia will un
with Kemal Pasha to fight Greece. Italy and ot
European countries would look complacent being tr
of Greek activity. More than a big world war wou
be needed to stop fighting in the Balkans. s....
| forest fire stops for a moment the betwet
weases and the rabbits and the good birds But
starts as soon as the fire dies out.
So with the world and the human weasels an
rabbits. =.
The Bolshevik it seems forgetting human and Divine
law seize American patents, without paying the
Our State Department agtated may consent to de-
with Russia to the extent OF saying "Please don't sef
our patents"
What, if anything, did the State Department do at
a time when patents belonging to Germans being
bough" to put it politely sold at public auction this
country What the exact difference between that buy
ing and selling of property belonging Germans and the
plain frank stealing that the Boshevik are doingi
To auction off for sixty seventy dollars German
patent worth Millions transferring the rights of Ger
man owner to American corporation, is presumably
good patriotism But if in Russia they steal your patent
outright, that is Bolshevsm. What is the moral diff
ferencei
While under bombardment from aeropanes the
batteship Iowa manoeuvred steered, controlled
speeded and slowed down by officer battleshp
Ohio five miles away The control by radio Officers
that radio control of flying machines will come next
Flying machines carrying dynamite steered low over
cities by flying high enough to be safe from aircraft
guns will add to the unpleasantnes Of war The real