The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-13

LONDON--The prospect OF re-
Auction Of armaments is giving pause
90 many long-headed thinkers in
Britain.
Generally speaking, the public, ex-
,on, the more active leaders of la
tor docs not care particularly about
ns 5iarmament issue. For centur-
Jg since. i'm fact, the first English
,ci,r OF Tcutonic extraction--came
,o This island from schleswig on the
ba,f4 ~ the departing RomanJ abb "
sffecr hundred years ago, plain
Johr citizen has been accustomed
~ taarlng. without noisy complaint,
,be Hur1Dns of arms ana armaments
and uf wars. IL Is "A habit.
Tint portion OF the population
,birY might -- with apologies --- be
refsrrad 20 as the intelligensia IL
beginning 90 weigh the pros and cons
ana The dim distan once urrce.
Of reduction Of ornaments. The ques-
lion Is Weighted with question
mark.
We have come g. think that
onIy France fears Germany. Fear
is perhaps strong word. But
pritafn also is concerned about Ger
many. PROSTATE as she seems to be.
Tho reason is tho COnV ction ahc .-
tod by experts In the science OF war
fare that the next war will be be-
vond present imaginings, one Of ma
chimes and chemistry
Channel No Protection.
Britain is finding that she is very
close to the continent OF Europe.
The one-time protective channel has
shrunk 20 the size OF a biggish river.
It's strategic importance as n bull
wark Of safety Is diminishing.
Moreover. we are told the next
war will be one of industrial re-
ergrcca. and the nastrr warrior ~
the future viii he one who can weld
nation into an industrial fighting
machine. whereof the most far
flung departments OF Industry be-
come as essentially fighting unit as
q battalion Of artillery.
Despite her industrial supremacy
IN certain restricted lines, Britain
g. not an all-around ind uStria' 81.
ton. Science hasn't the same stand
ing as it has in Germany, or even in
the United States.
The opinion Is growing that re-
rrietiOn Of the generally accepted
form of armaments--Runs, ships.
airphnes masses OF men, etc.--will
result In the secret devoting Of sci
ence 20 new methods OF warfare.
That. while nations ostensibly dis
arm, such nations as have the power
of control and direction of their In e
dustrla development will quietly
build II. in time of peace. toward the
end that 1t shall be convertible TO
war use instantaneously. Germany,
above all others in Europe, is such
a nation.
Germans Conquer Air.
Germany is defeated and helpless
Yet, Il ls pointed out. she had pro-
gressed farther in aeronautics than
any other nation, and she is develop
Ing her science still further on a
commercial basis, within the limits
which the treaty allows Also. Ge~.
manys monopoly in certain indus
tries essential to warfare is such that
Britain is making frantic efforts to
encourage such key Industries here
by high protective tariffs. The anxi
ETY. % some off cialE has been So
great in this respect that they have
Just listed dolls eyes among the fa-
yored and protected categories, win
'''''- Wv HhNAliNoA IAhbNlAo VI Alit up
position press.
With talk OF reduction Of arma =
ments in the air, just hint Of the
Old pre-war and wartime theory of
lhe Gorr an as supCrnan io sci
ence and the science of warfare Is
creeping back Into the public prints
Just hint. hut ii Is enough to make
some Influential men lean over
backwards on the question OF dis
armament.
The question in some minds here
io'' nigh BE- raraph~ased thee.
II limitation OF the known methods
OF warfare accelerates development
OF new methods and gives the highly
organlzed Industrial nation a run
hlhg start toward victory. shouldn't
me subject be approached with the
most extreme caution?
, This is primarily the reaction OF
lhe exponent Of pure reason applied