Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-01
u. S. CONFIDENT
OF SUCCESS OF
ARMS MEETING
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which the conference was regard
ed in America, and that America
was not disposed to stand aloof
from Old World affairs. Viscount
Grey was no less generous than he
was just. the speaker continued.
when he declared his belief that
the American government was sim
cere and singleminded and wor-
thy Of the absolute trust of all 9TH
er nations.
America Doesn't Fear War.
"Our own position is plain" he
continued. America does not fear
war. Why should she? Geograph-
ically she is self-contained and
self-supporting.
Cities Are Tempting Targets.
Her long coast lines are made.
quately protected. Some OF her
most splendid cities appear as
tempting targets. But the circum-
stance is relatively trivial. The
great guns could create the havoc
of an earthquake suce as that from
which San Francisco rose like a
Phoenix from its ashes, more re-
splendent than ever, in a bare score
Of months.
ut is a matter of most casual OBJ
servation that we rebuild New
York every thirty years. And bac;S
of the cities and the coast lines
lies great country which con.
stitutes the real America with a
registered total OF more than "a
100000 men between the ages of
II and As capable Of bearing arms.
ITO pronounce such a land
uncomfortable is to utter the
merest truism. No; America
does not fear war; she SIM
ply hates it.
Thus the security OF the United
States does not rest on her physi-
cal resources alone. Her morai
position Is impregnable. Not only
will she never seek additional ter
ritory by conquest; she would not
accept it as gift.
Unoccupied Lands.
"Within her borders lie unoccu-
pied lands sufficient to sustain a
population treble that which she
now has. Well, indeed, may she
rest content-a friend to all nations
and, so far as her people are aware,
without an enemy in the world.
1.-THE coming conference, there
fore, presages no arbitrament o.
the sword 1t is an ordeal not OF
battle but of faith
Discussing the argument in con.
gress whether the army should
comprise 100000 or 10000, he
repeated the observation of Brit
ish statesman that Its only excess
is in its moderation"
He recalled the embarkation OF
America during the war on a naval
program, designed to make the
American navy equal to that OF any
other power, and continued:
reduced Appropriation
"There was no criticism of that
prudent action then. That program
was In process of execution In the
early part Of the present year
suddenly there came change. Tne
president announced his intention
of calling conference. Pracu-
cally simultaneously at the instiga-
ton of the president, congress re-
ducsd the normal appropriation
from s1S4,00O,000 to $90.000,00O,
which, taking into account the IN
creased costs of labor and materi-
ais, represented barely forty per
cent of the sum which ordinarily
would be allotted. In consequence
the present rate Of naval construc-
ton is about forty per cent OK the
normal"
Furthermore, he commented,
the stipulation of congress pre-
vents Sin any event except war u
self" the beginning of the puiio-
ing of a warship of any type be-
fore July 1, 1922.
The deduction was unresistiple'
he continued.
"The president" he said seems
to say by his acts that the way to
disarm Is to disarm. Even so, MS
clear vision is dimmed by no iilu-
sion. None knows better than ne
that the traditions of centuries
cannot be swept aside overnight,
none more fully realizes that to at
tempt too much is to jeopardize
the prospect of any fulfiliment"
Whatever the outcome OF
the Washington deliberations,
he declared, conditions can
not remain the same. With the
ending of the conference will
surely come to the hearts OF
hundreds of millions either
gladdening hope or deepening
despair. So, too, with the rela-
tions of our beloved coun-
tries. The bonds of friend
ship and forbearance, which
now hold us more closely to-
gether than ever before In a
century. are bound to be
strengthened or relaxed by
what happens in Washington.
If we cannot act in unison
now, there is slight reason to
believe we even can.
1.-THE project of raising from
the straining backs Of peoples the
burdens of great ornaments Of
fers a line of less resistance than
was ever before presented. No
less essential is the removal Of the
causes of war which still hover
over the Pacific. More difficult;
but Is not a happy augury to be
found in the fact that all such
dread possibilities have disap-
peared from the Atlantic?
1.-THE Washington conference
marks only the blazing of the
trail. only the beginning. Yet
greater works are to follow In full
fillment of the common aspira-
tons Of all mankind. pursuant, we
may well believe, to the design Of
Almighty God"
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