The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-14

and members Of the Cabinet, into a
conference, end after talking to them
for an hour they were all enlisted on
an equal footing in the effort that is
now under way to place the Govern
ment upon basis Of economy and
efficiency. The budget system
simply stands for better business
methods in public accounting. This
is important enough in itself, but
! it is the least Of the aims which Mr..
Dawes seeks to accomplish. He is
the leader in the movement which
has put the whole Government on its
mettle to secure economy in carrying
on the public business. Besides
this the Dawes enthusiasm has in
spired new desire for more eff
cheney in Government. No one
has accused Dawes of being an ex-
pert in psychology, but he has never
theless introduced psychological ele-
ments into his work, and the Budget
campaign cannot help but be bene-
fetal to the interest of the country.
THE POWER TO MAKE WAR
After thorough debate on the
entire subject Of disarmament the
House of Representatives in response
to the desire of President Harding
who said, II am vastly more con-
cerned with the favorable attitude Of
the Congress on this question than
am as to the form Of expressing
that attitude" has agreed to Senator
Borah's suggestion for disarmament.
In the beginning the House was in
clined to extend the scope Of the
Senator's suggeStion that Great
Britain and japan be requested "to
send representatives to q confer
ence which shall be charged with the
duty of promptly entering into an
understanding or an agreement by
which the Naval expenditures and
building programs of said govern
ments-the United States, Great
Britain and Japan shall be reduced
annually during the next five years
to such an extend and upon such
terms as may be agreed upon"
Senator Borah has apparently
been able to convince Congress that
there are only three great powers
that are able to institute effective
warfare. The balance Of the |
governments Of the world have brok-
en- themselves in the recent world
war. The Senator holds that there |
is nothing to this disarmament pro-
position that cannot be settled by |
the three countries that have been
named. After months of debate |
the House of Representatives has
agreed to the Senate resolution-and
they cheered loudly when they did
it.
THE ADVANCEMENT OF JAPAN
In a statement by the Premier of
Japan, intended to deal 9'candidly |
and justly" with foreign powers, the
Premier says that with the advance |
ment Of the position fth empire in
affairs, the response
bility to the rest Of the world coun-
tries has become exceedingly great"
japan has constantly endeavored to
impress this idea of its greatness
upon the United States, and to in
sidiousiy intimate that she has the
drop on US in many ways, The
statement goes on to say that the
Government is determined to main
tain and promote the interests of the
empire at all events and by all
but since the Government
firmly believes that the world de-
sires lasting peace, it will deal with
foreign powers in all international
affairs candidly and justly" No
one will dispute the fact that these
are brave and good words, but the
Japanese have had no irritating
manner in trying to impress upon the
Of the United States the
of their position in
world affairs. Evidently, the time
has come when the United States is
willing to join with Great Britain
and Japan in an attempt at disarm-
ament. This may solve some diff
.ult problems in international affairs,
since there is no question but that
he relations between the United
States and Japan have been strained
most of the time for the past twenty
7ears.
LET US HAVE PEACE
In view of the fact that the House
# Representatives passed its peace
declaring the war with
he Central Empires at an end in