Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-21
FIRST REAL MOVE
MADE FOR PEACE
UNCLE TED AND THE TWO KID
DIES EXPRESS SATISFACTION
THAT U. S. is NOT IN CLUB.

Yes, and with their world club
and all their talk they didn't get
any place until President Harding
did something worth while" Jack
was making regular speech to the
children of the community. They
had all gathered in his back yard to
play, and after firing of games had
started a discussion about peace
and everything connected with it.
some were boosters for the world
club plan and that was enough to
start Jack with all the pent up feel
ing within him.
why" he continued, "the for
eign countries and the people of our
country who wanted to join the
world club were all the time talking
about stopping war or making 1t
less possible, but what have they
done?'
Nothing" said Ruth in voice
that could be heard for block.
President Harding has signed
the peace resolution that Uncle Ted
has told us about, and things are
quickly getting fixed" was Jacks
comment again.
But, kiddies," spoke up Uncle
Ted, who had just arrived on the
scene, that peace resolution is only
the beginning. President Harding
has sent an informal invitation to
Great Britain, France, Japan, and
Italy to meet in Washington some
time in the near future to discuss
the question of limiting ornaments.
This is the first real step in the d.
rection of world peace, and relief of
the nations from killing expense in
the construction of battleships and
the maintenance of huge armies.
Besides inviting the countries l
have mentioned, he has invited
China to join in the meeting to talk
on the serious problems in the Pa
cific. The countries to whom he
has sent word are ready to cooper
ate in this splendid work. To show
you how much they all think OF
President Harding's idea, they are
considering sending the biggest men
they have to this meeting. Undoubt-
eddy Premier Lloyd George will rep
resent Great Britain, and Premier
Brian will probably be there from
France, il he is still in office when
the meeting is held. What seems to
be the real thing to be accomplished
is the cutting down of future arma-
ment. No one Sexpects the nations
of the world to do away entirely and
at once with their armies and nav
les. That would be as impossible as
it would to make the world club
success. But If they can agree to
cut down on building for the future
a greater step toward peace will
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history.
Remember, children, that ever
since the United States of America
came into being and threw off the
yoke of George the Third of Eng
land, we have been leader of the
world. The foreign countries today.
no matter how they may sound
when talking through what we have
learned to know as propaganda, real
ize that the United States is a strong
country, and stronger because we
have refused to get all tied up in the
red tape and danger knots OF the
world club. President Harding
knows, as did George Washington,
that good old common sense used in
the American fashion, will bring
about results where the Utopian the
cries of the world club could accom-
plish nothing. And that is what will
be done at this conference. 1t has
been suggested by the President
that it be held in Washington, and
he will see to it that there is ample
opportunity for full and free dis
cusSion. 5
"You know one of the greatest
mistakes of the Paris peace confer
ence was to seek future peace
through the use of force. But to
ask few of the big powers, as Pres
ident Harding is doing, to talk along
practical lines to try to reduce the
ornaments of the world is much
more effective means to accomplish
the same end"
why is the United States able.
to do so much?" asked Ruth.
Because, Ruth, the United States
is not involved IN any OF the
agreements of the world club. The
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