The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-10-20
Powerful Influences Work to
Injury Of Armament Conclave


at work to bring naught the conference to discuss limitation
of unless the United States agrees make
sions which uneconome nAmercan and humilatng in
the extreme.
President Harding suggested this conference formally
invited foreign powers participate in it for specific
sons: First discuss limitation of armament; second dis
problems and relations the far and the
Pacific because such problems and relations closely
lated the question of international to demand
agreeable settlement Of them necessary antecedent to
lany substantial reduction of ornaments
Limitation Not Disarmament
1t necessary keep these two facts always uppemos in
mind Certain powerful influences abroad and in this country
aided by certain partisan influences in this country
Quoting of misrepresentation in effort
the people that the purpose the conference to
ipsh instead of limitation of
of this is the hopeso the people by false reports
that in event the conference does agree to disarmament
Gas undoubtedly it will not there will be reaction of sen
ment against the administration M
Those who have been and still are the advo
Gates of the league of nations instrumental in spread
these false reports to the real purpose of the conference
Their argument is that if they bring about unendy
reaction of sentiment against the administration based
misleading belief that the conference failed they then
that sentiment argue favor of the United States
terng the league OF nations.
International Bankers Busy.
The persistent we'll the powerful there
FORE most dangerous influence work against the of
the conference that of European powers and international
bankers and their agents in this country who beginning
propaganda have the conference take the question of the
disposition of Europes debts the United States The Euro
pean countries interested in this propaganda intmang
that they might be willing reduce their ornaments if
the United States would cancel all foreign loans The inter
national bankers and their American representatives being
interested in profits than they in reduction of
ments, lending themselves to this propaganda in
deavor to bring upon the
discussion of Europe debts part of the program of the
conference.
Free Traders at Work
The European and banking
their representatives in the United States also throwing
feeers if tariff can not be included in the pro-
before the conference and also the payment of PREPARATION
by Germany Their line of argument is unique They say
and until Germany pays her ndemnes and makes repair
alton to European countries Europe must remain armed
against the eventuaty that Germany will attempt repud
ate that portion of the Versailles treaty.
According to their propaganda the only way avoid this
lis to permit Europe to have unlimited and free
markets the United States win agree in the conference
such free trade then Europe will agree reduce
ornaments
Not Up to o. s. to Crawl.
OF all participants the United States is the only which
does not have to make humliang impovershing
cessions in order to bring about reduction international
armament.
In calling the conference the United States has done favor
the other The strongest of all of Them with greater
resources than combination of hem she had nothing
fear from any of them any combination of them in
ment Hence it is not the United States to agree
sacrifice her home markets at the expense of her working
in order to persuade her competitors reduce
ornaments Neither is her cancel SO of
foreign loans in order to debtors to reduce their
ORNAMENTS