The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-18

Sell his guns, or stop buying new onesg
What for? What? Sos they can pay
their debts and attend to the chores.
Nix. Nay. Not
Hey" says Poland. How do you
get that way? Me quit gun totin'?
Look at Czecho-Slovakia, will yuh?
He's got nearly as many guns as
have"
Some of the little fellows are taking
pot shots at each other right now.
They don't like each other. They do
like those guns. They're human, too.
Give 'em guns and they strut and
swagger.
THE Germans had to be licked, so
i we helped lick EN-.
But, honestly, who won the war?
George Bernard Shaw, when some one
asked him that one, replied: who won
the San Francisco earthquake"
Who won the profits? Did you?
Nope, you didn't. Did the soldier or
sailor? Ask him, then get out of his
way.
Ask the ammunition and gun max
ers. Did they make any profits?
All. Verify, they did. Also the
folks who made other war supplies
Wait minute. Let's hesitate MN
ute to admit that we had to have the
guns and ammunition and the war sup
plies. And. we had to fight Cripple
Drained Bill. Admit that much, but it
doesn't change the situation bit
THE GUN MAKERS GOT THE PROF
ITS OUT OF THIS WAR.
NOW, let's go back to Wolfville for
IN line or two.
Was there any racket when the
state legislature made the gun toters
quit it? Uhuh. There was. And who
made the racket? Why the men with
the most guns, and the lads who were
quickest on the draw, and the hard
eyed folks who had some more killing
to do. and the gun-sealers-BUT MOST
PARTICULARLY THE GUN AND
AMMUNITION MANUFACTURERS.
Lets get the anti-gun bill
into committee and then
we'll see what we can do"
said the gun makers. So
they got a jug of gin and
wad of greenbacks and
called on the committee. The
committee held up the bill
until the people of the state
roared for it. Publicity Of
all the details made the leg
islature afraid to turn the
bill down. Publicity made
the governor afraid to sign.
: it. That's how they got the
law. Publicity!
THERE isn't any international leg
i islature that can make the inter-
national gun-toters disarm, or even
limit themselves as to guns. So Pres
ident Harding has called the leaders
of the nations to Washington city. He
wants them to sit down like friends,
slip their feet under the same table,
and talk it over.
But, some Of the national leaders
don't want any publicity. They have
some killing yet to do, or they have
some new guns, or they are influenced
by the gigantic gun manufacturing in
terests.
If the meeting is secret-as now APP
pears it will berthe people will lose.
There won't be any honest attempt to
limit the guns. The killing will go
merrily on. The chores won't be done,
the debts won't be paid, and the taxes
will keep on climbing.
If the meeting fails, the ONLY peo-
pie who will profit by the failure are
the MAKERS OF THE GUNS, AM
MUNITION AND WAR SUPPLIES.
THE only way to get any kind Of
i limitation of armament is to sic
old man Publicity on the Washington
conference.
Publicity can make the conference
succeed, for every man at the confer
ence will have to do as his home folks
want And, the home folks everywhere
are about the same. They don't want
any more killings, debts, or taxes.
What are we to do about it?
We can try to make such roar that
the conferees won't DARE to hold Sc
cret confabs.
We can do that by writing to our
congressman and senator's, by writing
to the president and to Secretary OF
State Hughes.
TELL THEM WHAT
, YOU THINK AROIJT 1T