Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-14
BRITISH PRESS
LAUDS j. 6. FOR
D|sARM|NC PLAN
America Has "AStonished
and Impressed the
World" BY Her Proposals
Says Daily Telegraph.
(By The Associated Press.)

London, Nov. If (by the Asso-
ciated Press) Overwhelming sur
prise and q disposition to reserve
immediate judgment, seems to be
the keynote of the comment in
morning papers on the American
proposals at Washington confer
ence.
ut may conceivably be found
that the scheme is over-bold." says
the Daily Telegraph, "but it holds
up such a magnificent ideal that it
will awaken greater enthusiasm
among those who passionately long
for the world to get its feet we'll set
upon the true path Of peace.
at is not the habit of America
to do things by halves. and on this
occasion the United States has as
tonished and impressed the world
by her audacity and by the grand
sweep of her proposals."
The Telegraph thinks that no
hurried judgment Is possible on
such tremendous proposals. but be-
lieves that all the nations concern
ed, including Japan. will appreciate
the courage which dictated them.
The Morning Post says: I'VE
would say that acceptance by Eng
land If such a proposal must in all
good faith depend on the measure
Of agreement eventually attained
by the conference. We cannot
doubt that America appreciates the
geographical position and economic
requirements of the British en-
pire, which involve the necessity of
securing long lines of communica-
ton, irrespective of the necessity
of possessing a main fighting fleet"
Way to Salvation.
The Daily News says that a deS-
pairing world has been shown the
way to salvation.
"The path that was missed at
Versailles" it adds, "is revealed
once again at Washington, broad
and straight. Secretary Hughes
challenge cannot be avoided. 1t is
for the peoples to see that 1t Is not
avoided. Britain at any rate must
meet it fair and square"
The Daily Chronicle. remarking
that Secretary Hughes has added
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policy governs ornaments. namely
that ornaments also affect policy,
contends that until the political
fires are extinguished no reduction
in ornaments can hope to endure.
The newspaper says that the
world Is indebted to the United
States for its broad humanity and
incisive vigor.
1T is our English way to turn
over very critically ali proposals
affecting the strength of the navy,
but it should be said at once, apart
from from certain reserves on ac-
count of the vastness of the sea
areas we have to patrol. the
American proposals strike us as
quite fair to ourselves. Whether
Japan will accept the Anglo
American superiority of four to
one remainst to be seen"
Mature Examination.
The Times treats the proposal
with sympathetic admiration bu.
emphasizes that it will have to be
carefully considered.
Like all schemes for carrying
out large policies" it says, 'the
plan demands mature examination
by the governments of the nations
whose security and interests il
! deeply concerns. 1t demands
heavy sacrifices from all, but all
will cheerfully submit thereto il
submission plainly promotes the
end in view"
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clares that the proposal is magnif-
icent, and says 1t will certainly be
received with no less enthusiasm
all over the world than 1t was re.
ceived in the conference.
ut may be called ambitious ant
far-reaching," it adds, but ambi
tious schemes are often the easies
to accomplish.
80 far as Great Britain is con
cerned there is no reason why The
scheme should not be accepted
without qualification so far as tn,
period of a decade Is concerned /
offers to us in fact more than W,
claimed"
The paper says that adoption o
the proposal would leave Grea
Britain in good position. and i'm
AGNES that the admiralty will &C
cede readily enough. 1t then dis
cusses what it regards as the rea
difficulty of the scheme-the pos
sible opposition of Japan and tn
certain opposition of the great ar
mament firms.
The Daily Express says: "A val
liant, If staggering, proposal. |
makes Washington worth Will
and the conference alive; it bring
an ideal to the verge of practice
politics"
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