The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17
SOUNDS NAVAL POLICY
Says John Bull Has Been
Leader in Proposing
Naval Holiday"
URGES MONEY LIMIT
Would Curb Armament by
Allowing Each Nation
Her Naval Budget
,ny international Sew. scrv'co

tHy international Ncvs Scrvicel
/ LONDON, July 16.--Commander
Viscount Curzon. NJ. T., eminent au-
I thuriiy on international politics. In
an interview granted the Internn-
tionnl News Service discussed the re-
cent announcements OF Lloyd
George aud General Jan SHUTS that
u rapprochomcnt should be entered
into with the United states on arma-
mcnts.
General Smuts stated at tho I'm
pcrinl conference following Lloyd
Georges oVcrturcs to America, that
II was his belief that the most fatal
mistake of All would be race In
armnmcnts with America. Com
mander Niscount Curzon In his in
torvicw discussed recent limitation
suEgcstio ions and takes the view that
tho formula for u naval agreement
should he a financial one, In opposi'
tion, presumably, to the Admiralty
vicw, which TX that Il should he exc
pressed In big ships" Lord Cur
2on said
although we have been discus
sing this question of naval holiday
for no long, the clear fact remains
that mp to now there has been moth
ing but talk whether international
agreement IN To he arrived Mt still
remains to be seen for the lead that
we gave long ago has not been fol-
lowed:
Japan. II II true. ~ credited with
viows similar TO our own. but Ameri-
ca is silent. and We can only specu
I late as to the eventual outcome OF II
all.
"No good can come from rocrlm-
inniion. regard IT as absolutely nll-
important IN this matter that we
should not be tempted, however
strongly we may feel, into any criti.
oigm Of whatever action America
feels Justified In adopting.
Nm'rira's Rights.
"It must he remembered that
America IL perfectly entitled To take
any action she likes. We have no
right to cavil at her decision, even
II II should not agree with what we
may rogar': as the bost. If we were
In her position we should resent
Interference.
"It is obvious that there are some
Americans who want their country
20 possoss the biggest navy in .he
world. and to "a nation that pridcs
itself on going ahead the ambition
is understands Bile They say they
can afford To crafty their desire and
they do not see why they should
not
81 nm quite certain there IL no
aggressive intent behind such plans
for America Is not nggrcssivc--at
any rate, In the sonsc that Germany
was. II IN simply an expression by
wealthy nation Of its national pride
In being able to say with regard 10
the navy as II does In other activities.
that II possesses the biggest thing
yet
at the same time. such views
have to be rcconcilod with the idea
Of the League Of Nations and SINH
lar schemes that had their genesis on
the othor side OF the Atlantic: ana
| am afraid It is not thoroughly re-
cogni2ed by all Americans that
there IN certain danger I'm owning
these enormous fighting machines.
Temptation.
"Tho temptation on the part NJ
thoso who create them must be in
the end to say; why not use thcmf
while that possibility IL present ev-
cryonc gets nervous.
II do not see how we can possibly
go any farther than we have done
In reducing armaments until encour-
agement is given by people outside
our shores. our attitude, which was
reiterated this week at the opening
Of the Imperial conference by Mr..
Lloyd George, leaves no room for
doubt; we should be only too willing
TO arrive at some agreement which
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