Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-04
EUROPE, AIMING,
NOT DESERVING
To HAVE DEBTS
F0RC|vEN--B0RAH
Senator Declares That to
Make Financial ConceS-
Sions Would But Aid the
Cause of War.
WASHINGTON PEACE
PROGRAM is IGNORED
When F Foreign Nations Dis
arm viii be Time Enough
to Think of CanceIIing
indebtedness, He Says, i.
(By Tho Associated Press.>

Washington, Aug. (by the AS
sociated Press. Great Britains
suggestion for cancellation of war
debts drew sharp attack today
from Senator Borah, of Idaho, re-
publican, member of the senate
foreign relations committee and
leader of the senate "irreconcil-
able" wing, who issued a statement
declaring emphatically that any
debt remuneration would have to
be preceded by European disar-
mament. Senator Borah said the
Baltour note to the allied nations,
Whlch has been construed in some
quarters as containing such a sug-
gestion, really was intended for the
United States.
Inc American people "could
never be greatly interested in any
proposition for the cancellation of
any part of the debt to the United
States unless the proposition is ac-
companied by definite and spe-
clfic plan supported by certain
guarantees for practical disarma-
ment, both by land and sea-" Sem
ator Borah asserted, adding that
the disarmament program OF the
washington arms conference had
been halted and crushed"
assuming, for the purpose of
lhls statement" he said. "that
there will come a time when the
United States will consider the
proposition of cancelling a part, or
an OF the foreign debt, 1 take it
that that time will never come dur
ing the program as now suggested
Ihere is one thing in all this dis
cussion from abroad relative to
cancelling the foreign debt which
Is never mentioned and that is the
subject of disarmament.
Economy the Goal.
There Is nothing to be gained by
our cancelling this debt, or any
part of 1t, if the gigantic military
and armament programs in Eu-
rope are to continue. It would
amount in practical effect to our
aiding and abetting the building
up or these great military and
armament establishments and
thereby abetting war. If cancel.
lation is to be considered at all. it
should be considered in the inter-
est of humanity, of economic san
ity.
Within the last week, the pre-.
mier of England has declared.
Keep your eye on what is happen
ing. They (the nations Of Europe)
are constructing more terrible ma
chimes than even the late war ever
saw: what for? Not for peace
They are not even to disperse
armies they are to attack cities
unarmed where you have defense
less population
Peace Program DELAYED.
"The Washington conference ad.
journey last February. The senate
of the United States ratified the
treaties, i think in April. The
treaties are yet, however, to be con-
sidered by foreign countries. OBJ
serve by the press dispatches that
the assembly in France has ad-
journed and that these treaties will
not even be considered before Oc~
tober. They were not so much as
considered by the committee, ac-
cording to the same dispatch. And
even If they are ratified ultimately,
the spirit of the movement has
been crushed and the great cause of
disarmament halted and scotched
by the delay and utter loss of in
terest in the proposition. In the
meantime, every effort is being
made in this country in certain
quarters to revive the war spirit.
People who have great interests In
disarmament and peace are de- !
nounced by those in authority. .
ANY scheme for the cancellation
of debts which does not disclose
beyond question, that it will result
in reducing the land and sea
forces is not in the interest CT
peace, but in the interest Of war,
and not in the interest of humanity
but in the interest of murder