White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-08

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ton that Krupps are now actively en-
gagged in the manufacture of fire.
arms: likewise the London Times, IN
a series of articles on the subject,
which it says are based On unim-
%peachable sources of Information, as
serts the existence of a carefully
thought Out plan to restore the old
German army to what 1T was in 1914,
and 10 defeat the task of h inter-
allied commission of control. The
Times gives facts ana figures which
unquestionably bear OFT its claim
botn as TO personnel and as to ma
tsrial. As one Instance it refers 10
the recent discovery of $50 barrels of
large guns in the RoclSstroh works
at Heideneau, near Dresden. and the
secret removal of another $50 barrels
before this discovery. Also, that 343
Al howitzers have been discovered
at the same works, complete except
for mountings. The disastrous ex-
plosion a few months ago at the
works of Badische Anilin has been
widely attributed to chemicals which
were being manufactured for wa
purposes. Many other authenticated
instances of the surreptitious manu-
facture of war material are mentioned
in the Times article. From all of
which 1t would appear that the dis
armament section of tho ~interallied
commission has been and is grossly
lax in the proper performance of
its duties under the treaty.
In the face of such Il situation as
thus eonfronts France there is some
justification for her militant attitude.
No one believes that she desires 10
force another war; that Is beyond
question; but she does desire security
from attack. There are two methods
of gaining such security: one is by
the constant maintenance Of a large
and effective military force; the other
is by gaining unequivocal assurances
from powerful friends that they will
be Immediately available in the event
of unprovoked external aggression.
In the latter ease denial was given TO
her when the United States senate
"scrapped" her ~tripartite alliance,
which. had 1t become effective. would
undoubtedly have quickly resulted In
a substantial reduction OF her land
ornaments.
True, Mr.. Secretary Hughes ut
tered a significant phrase in closing
the session of the conference when
he said:
mo words ever spoken by France
have fallen upon deaf ears in the
United States"
But in the face of this the fact re-
mains that the appeal of France for
a definite official assurance did fall
upon deaf ears in our senate. Thus
we kept the word of promise TO her
ear. but broke IL to her hope"
Justification of this course is
sought in the alleged utterance of our
first president. George Washington.
against entangling alliances with for.
eign powers Put what he mad IN
mind was not an alliance limited as
to time or for some specific purpose
to all nations: IL was rather
TO alliances then in vogue,
for immediate political purposes tend
ing to selfish ends. His words were:
1T is our true policy to steer clear
of permanent alliances with any por-
ton OF the foreign world"
And even this statement was based
upon conditions existing at that time
which have no existence in these
modern days. As a premise to this
utterance he said:
Europe has a set of primary in
which to us have none or a
very remote relation. Hence she must
be engaged in frequent controversies,
the causes OF which arc essentially
foreign to u concerns. Hence, there
fore. II must be unwiae In US to I'M
ourselves by artificial ties In
the ordinary vicissitudes of her poll
ties or the ordinary combinations and
of her friendships or enmi-
ties. Our detached and distant situa-
tion invites and enables US TO pursue
a different course"
Ii is clear from the events which
transpired in the late war. and imme-
diately connected Herewith, that we
do have a relation with European in
terests which is not at al remote,
and that the real and impelling causes
of that conflict were not essentially
foreign, but intimate and vital TO Il
Furthermore, in these
modern times of quick ~eommuniea-
tion and transportation we do not
now occupy a detached am distant
situation. This Vas clearly evidenced
by the efhcacious manner in which
this nation transported an immense
and fully equipped military force
the Atlantic, which turned the
scales of conflict from defeat to vic
tory. 1t is not only idle but self
deceptive 10 contend that our iso-
lated position renders US immune
from attack by a foreign land force.
Another significant utterance Of
Washington will here bear repetition
In speaking of the safeguards afford
ed by our i~ndissoiuble union of states
he said:
Hence. likewise. they will avoid
the necessity Of those oyergrown mill
tary establishments which, under any
form Of government, are inauspicious
to liberty, and which are TO be re-
garded as particularly hostile to re-
publican liberty
Yet we see these overgrown mill
tary establishments and foes of re-
publican liberty in full being In all
European countries. While all the
great naval powers were represented
at the disarmament conference, many
of the chief land powers were not
Russia, Jugo-Slavia. Roumania, Po-
land and Czecho-Slovakia were alb
sent, all of whom are maintaining
lar0a lond faraoe