, 1921-06-09
Judge {. f. Winter of Casper Delivered
a Mastery Address at the Com
menCement Exercises last THURSDAY
Night. Diplomas Presented to q
Graduates by President Arm
strong of the School Board
Asfk 81. NJ


PEELED to have an armed force Of
large enough force to suppress them
quickly.
Then for a m to the smaller
nations Of Europe. The plans Of
the Belgian government are 10 rsise
her army from one hundred thou
sand. the number Of her troops in
1914 to two hundred and fit thou
sand.
Poland. who has Bolshevik Russia
on one side and Germany ON the
other must have some kind of pro-
lection II 1t smore staunch scanty,
unframed army. which she now has.
The situation in Jugo Slavia Is
Of almost the same stress inasmuch
rs her other neighbors are concern
Cd, but on the other hand she Is not
10 we'll protected In the military line
Of 1t as Poland.
As a whole with the great Bolshe-
visit conditions In Europe, the I'M
rest, the labor situation. and the
germ Of revolt all put together can
all or any of them totally disarm?
If We now take Europe as a whole.
where Is there any possibility for
further disarmament?
In summing this all up, we may
safely say that Europe will be
forced to continue with the same
policies as before; that Is universal
military training and a constant
standing army. OF the British EN-
pire We may more surely look for an
expansion Of armed force rather than
a reduction. In France every day
the relations between that country
and Germany is growing more criti-
cal. All OF these. r arguments
, contradictory for disarmament. for
even in the United States. where the
army is of not SO muc Importance
It would be impractical to disband it
because Of the few minor needs such
as II has.
, We will now leave the armies for
q time and take up-the proposed So
J called Naval Holiday" or naval
disarmament which Immediately in
wolves the nations Of Japan. Great
Britain and the United States.
First. we will take up Great Brit
ain. who lost so many ships in the
late war. Naval experts OF that
country say that If she keeps on
with her present policy Of ship
building and the United States with
hers, that In the year OF 1929 the
United States Will command a battle
fleet actually more powerful than
that Of England. Some people are
in doubt as to the accuracy OF the
statement, but II such actions on
tinue, by 1923 there will be nc such
thing as British Sea Supremacy"
and this is a very dangerous condi-
ton unless land this is a very i'm
/ pOrtant question: the era of big ships
shall pass Inc the sea supremacy
shall fall to hat country which COM
mands the largest submarine fleet
or aerial squad. 1t is believed by
some that the incidents OF the late
war have proven that 1t Is only folly
to put millions OF dollars into big
ships . There is also somewhat of
the same suspicion in our own cOun-
try. because there are many people
who believe the same as the English.
There is also a belief (Which cannot
be positively cOntradicted) that the
time Is coming Don when a surface
boat will be able to stand not more
than one bomb or other explosive
continuance which may be dropped
from an aeroplane. 1t is almost posi-
tive thai battleships have reached
their maximum superiority and are
on the road Of decline.
1t is not worthless then to give
this navy question in England one
more review, for II this construction
continues we are in q rival compe-
tition with England to whom we are
more closely connected with than
any other OF our n%eighbors. 1t. we
continue in our present progfam we
are hindering the cause Of human
ity for which we gave so many lives
In the late war. for we are hindering
the readjustment in England as they
would have to use their money for
ships instead Of Tor the aid Of the
country.
A great deal of this question Of
disarmament in the naval way lies
with the japanese people. We have
never purposely constructed against
the British. Our 1915 program vas
adopted when We were neutral and
all Of the other countries were at
war. We have never regarded Eng
land ~ . rival. bat slacs the Japan
sse revival Of shiphuildlng. We were
forced to eonstroct to protect our
selves from N attack upon our
western eoast which would BE- rather
UNPLEASANT, because Of the anglo
japanese treaty.
Noas Of the British domains. such
~ Canada, Australia and New Zea-
land present the renewal OF TINS
treaty because they realise our led
la9a and dislike for the matter: thsy
cleo realise that the combinations cf
61SiaaA. and, America would prob
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