Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-13
BORAH SEES ALLIES
FORCED TO D|SARM
Only Way to Avert Industrial
Supremacy of Germany,
Says Senator
FRENCH FACING MENACE

Special Dispatch to Evening Public Ledger
Washington, July ia new angle
on disarmament is developing In the
minds of authorities here. This Is the
prospect that. unless the United states
and other nations disarm, Germany Will
emerge from the post war period eco
nomically supreme. attaining through
the enforced penalties of peace what she
failed to achieve by war.
Administration officials, studying the
subject in advance of the Forthcoming
world conference to be held in wash
ington at the invitation of President
Harding. have come to this conclusion
by comparing Germany's reparations
obligations with the current expendi-
lures Of her victors for military and
naval purposes. :,
They declare that, having disarmed
Germany and prohibited her from again
arming, the United States and Its as
sociates in the war must disarm in
economic self defense.
This viewpoint is shared by Senator
Dorah. of Idaho, foremost among dis.
armament advocates in Congress and
the author Of the resolution requesting
President Harding TO call disarma-
ment parley.
Germanys war debt, calling for the
annual payment Of sums ranging from
$3.50 600. 900 upward, until n total of
S33, 900 900 900 has been paid to the
Allies, is better off than the United
States with its present program OF army
and navy appropriations he asserted.
He predicted that unless armaments are
cut, Germany in fifty years would be
the strongest economic unit in the
world.
Germany Relieved Of Burden
"At the end Of twenty five years,
under the present program and condition
of affairs, Germany, notwithstanding
present conditions. will be one OF the
strongest powers economically. tinan-
cially and industrially. and in man
mower" Senator Borah said. Ger
many has been relieved of her army, or.
virtually so; she has been relieved OF
her navy. All this vast expense has
been cut by the peace terms. This not
only permits her to turn her revenues
into other channels, but releases nun
drcds Of thousands of men who formerly
served in the army and navy and in
industries contributing to their support
These men will be turned back into agri-
cultural md peaceful industry.
True, Germany will be paying dur:
ing these years Il reparation deot OF
scmc $33. 900, 600. 900, but n close study
of the figures will show that, while Ger
many will be spending this sum in rep
arations payments, the United states
will be spending a like amount for the
Army and Navy. And. instead of using
her energies and money for destructive
ends. Germany will be utilizing the
labor of her population In constructive
activities.
German" has to pay annually 5000
600 900 10 the Allies. plus PC per cent
Of the annual valuation of her exports.
In the present condition of German
trade this percentage is estimated at
S7GO 900 900, making her total annual
payment against the reparationS ac-
count S7GO. 900 900 But. assuming that
her exports will increase, the annual
payments will increase So that, at the
end of forty years Germany will have
paid the S33 900 100000 to the Allies
and wiped the debt clean.
L. S. War Appropriations
Congress has appropriated for the
military and naval establishments for
the fiscal year, June 30, 1920, to June
so 1921, the sum Of SS35. .S37 .039. The
Army and Navy appropriations bills
now Just becoming laws, provide appro-
priations estimated ar about $3.50, ,00O,-
600. If we take the 102O-2l appro-
priations as fairly representative, and
assume that it will continue to be the
basis of annual expenditures for mill
tarv and naval purposes, 1t will be
discovered that while Germany is pay
ing her SS3, 900. 900 900 in reparations,
we will have expended in the same time
S33 900. 900, 900 for the Army and Navy.
'"This only tells part of the tale. For
during this quarter Of century and
urward Germany will be thoroughly
schooled in economical productive meth
DDS. Her people will be trained for
competition in the economic world as
no other people have ever been trained,
I venture TO say that unless disarma-
ment takes place and we are permitted
b. save these billions and turn our
energies into agricultural and industrial
lines. Germany at the end of fifty years
will be the most powerful economical
unit in the world.
"What applies to the United States
npplies likewise to England and France
n France continues TO support 500, 900
men as an army. nothing can save her
from the economic dominance of Ger
many"