New-York tribune., 1922-10-27

enough by no means always, II ia ii
eyed to occur at the hands Of pscp|s
who are not very formidsble In nill
tary sense. In some cases the secrss
sions OF oppression and wsonedoits
are doubtless i'll founded In osasa
they are well founded; and in esrtan
cases the moss appalling loss Of iiisll
shown TO have occurred, accompanied
with frightful cruelty. It 10 not en-
province to decide which side has hstI
right and which has been wrong in az
or any of these controversies. al
merely referring to the loss Of life e
is probably conservative statement %
say that within the last twelve years.
at periods Of profound peace and aA
as the result Of war, massacres sht
butcheries have occurred in which mogt
lives Of men. women. and children havs
been lost than in any single great wa
since the close of the Nspoleonic strnf
gles. To any public man who knows 9s
.he complaints continually made to the
State Department there is an elenlef
OF grim tragedy In the claim that tAs
time has gone by when weak natsEs
or peoples can be oppressed By thoa
that are stronger without arouRing Ell
fective protest from other strong Ia
terests. Events still fresh In the mind
Of every thinking man show thss
neither arbitration nor any other de-
vice can as yet be invoked 70 prevent
the gravest and most terrible wrong
doing 20 peoples who are few in nusa'
hers or who, If numerous. have lost the
first and most important of ustiona
virtues-the capacity for seif-defenss.
When nation is so happily situated
as is ours-that is, when II has no
reason to fear or 60 be feared os ls
land neighbors--the Heet is sll shs
more necessary for the preservat'n
Of peace. Great Britain has been SAVES
by its feet from the necessity of lss
ing one of the two alternatives
submissi3e 80 conquest by screien
power ~ of itself becoming . gfea
military power. The United States csp
hope for a permanent career cf peacs
on only one condition, and thst p g
of building and naiatasnihs
n first-ciass navy. s..
To carry out this policy Is but % ~
in the spirit OF George Washington
but TO continue the policies wnssn q
outlined when he said. "0bserse goes
faith ard justice toward all nssl0n.s
Cultivate peace and harmony vita a's
Nothing Is more essential snsl
that psrmas9ent. inveterate antlpa.a''s
against particular nations snd psss'o.
ate attach ments for others shou'd y
exclaued and that In place Of them ~ !,
and amicabie feelings toward ais snSta
be cultivated.
'.g cannet recommend TO your no1's'
measures for the fultillment oi e
duties to the rest of she world wlsas s.
again pressing upon you the neeess.
OF placing ourselves In a conditieA
complete defense and Of exact'ng usv
them the fulfillment Of their dos's
toward us, The United States oas
rot to Indulge In psrssasion that -
trary to the order Of hunaan essa1
they will forever keep ct y dissAss dsx
those painful appeals to sr1lls s., s,se
which the history Of every 9TH : 's ss..
ahounds. There is rank due e IN :s
United States ar. onE aas.vias whiea S~ sss
be withheld. II 81 .sosofutely losA 81
the rsputs> ION Of =. .sasss, 4 we ~; I
sire /, So. insult - must bs - 8
10 reps. Il we d. re 70 sees.Ss ..ss'
peace, ons the most rawssfal ss< I.
struments Of -. rising prospees1ss's'. s S
must be known that We are at sli sins1 6
rsady for war.'
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