The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-19
A FRIGHTENING PROSPECT

~F decidedly encouraging nature naval 0 disarmament is the turn which matters have taken in Senate Hardly opposition Harding to movement toward conference naval disarmament an nounced before suddenly and without explanation collapsed
 collapse is not indicated in the news dispatches There hurry call for conference among Republican following which immediate instructions that all Republicans released from obligation to stand by the Naval Affairs Committee or the President opposing disarmament They told to vote their convictions the Borah amendment any other plan suggested
 MT. consistently fighting for disarmament regardless the program of his party His plan, which been appended to the Naval Bill an amendment suggests the calling into confer great powers, Britain Japan, the United States for the of discussing reduction in the program countries these three powers largest fleets in the world today agreement which they could make for proporonate reduction in their building programs the naval supremacy in just and all three countries would have saved of money.
 interest of the public in naval disarmament is not wholly perhaps principally economic nature There large numbers people who oreghed enough to see what the armies engines destruc ton surely and who determined by the of possible rid the world of the fooshness of war
 Mr. Borah knows this Mark Sullivan Washington respondent says him. what the public is thinking better He natural for it. He makes it his business to keep probably important strength in his fight the likely inlng of what the public is saving and thinking percoated ness of other Senator's House. sponsibe for the sudden collapse of the opposition to Mr. Borahs amendment
 Aside from this there are working with Borah aid which he did not and which he has no control the such great military kept up together with the the Great War still to be paid makes great of the Treasury has warned that to continue spending money the rate disaster and in the words of Mr. McAdoo is disarmament bust" The balance sheet nation quaey against the plan create and support the greatest navy in the world
 Secretary MeIon reviewing Governmental finances on March pointed out the increase of the public debt by hun million dollars since December The avodabe needs of the Government the interest sinking fund payments the public deb the maturity within about of billion and five hundred million of short obligations make imperative that the greatest economy exercised matters affecting expenditures"
 Last week Senator Borah told the Senate repeating state of the Senate Finance Committee that this will appropriate four billion five hundred million this year. deficit of billion five hundred million billion dollars at the years end; and
 @The best estimates that be given by those
 who have the courage willing to present them
 that this Republican Congress- pledged
 economy, will increase the expenditure beyond the
 figures of 1920.'
 These then the great factors which making disarmament program Another angle of not make the less anxious to cut down expenditures the has passed they will again primaries there has been reduction in national
 Events greater than measures" events working for disarmament