Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-06
Friends
To Visit Saturday
Armistice Day Will See Well-Wishers
of Ex-President On Pilgrim
age to S St. Home.
(By Isaac Gregg

Washington, Nov 6.-Admirers
and we'll wishers of Woodrow Wilson
will make a pilgrimage to his resi-
dence in S street next Saturday af-
ternoon the occasion Of Armistice
Day, Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams,
who was in charge of the demonstra>
ton, announced today.
Henry Morganthu, former ambas-
sador to Turkey, has accepted an in
vitation of the committee in charge
to address the former president on
behalf of the visitors.
A large delegation from Virginia
and other nearby points, Mrs. Abb
rams announced today, will come tc
Washington to join in the celebra,
ton.
Mr.. Wilson has not made a public
appearance since last April when he
greeted the delegates to the Pan
American women's conference and
the American Women's League, fol-
lowing their convention in Baltimore,
except for occasional visits to local
theaters
The committee in charge of the
demonstration this year is composed
of Mrs. Abrams, Mrs. Huston
Thompson, Mrs. Steven Bonsal, Mrs.
Oliver P. Newman, and Mrs. j w.
Copeland.
Doubt exists in some quarters as
to whether the question of reduction
of military expenditures among the
American Republics will be included
on the program of the Fifth Pan
American Congress which is to NEE;
in Santiago. Chile, in March. 1923.
This program was to have been voted
on at the meeting Of the governing
board of the Pan-American Union
last Wednesday. but postponement
of action was taken to a special meet
ing of the board on November %.
This was due to the fact that some OF
the Latin n-American governments hac
not sent instructions to their diplo'
matte representatives here as to
whether the question Of military re-
duction should be considered at San
tiago or not
Some of the Latin-American gov
ernments are reported to he OF the
opinion that discussion of this ques-
tinn at the coming congress would
be rather futile because of the fact
that few of the American Republics
have anv armies of consequence,
while only three outside CT the Uni,
ted States have navies which would
need to be considered in any general
Pan-American consideration of the
The United States. It is pointed
out. could not be affected by any
naval agreement reached at Santiago
because of the naval treaty signed
here to which this government al
ready is a part. The only three ma
vies. therefore. which would have to
be considered are those Of Argentine,
Brazil and Chile-the A b c coun,
tries-as they are called. None OF
the other American countries have
navies that amount to anything.
while the majority Of them have none
at all.
AS 70 the armies of the American
republics, it is said to be the opinion
of some of the Latin-American gov>
errmerts that it would be difficult to
reach any general recommendation
on this subject because of the dis
proportionate size Of these armies
as related to the population Of the
different countries. In only few Of
the countries concerned, it is pointed
out. are there armies which can be
considered either as heavy burdens to
the country itself or as threatening
to neighbor countries.
Even if the question of reduction
of military expenditures were to be
discussed and resolutions adopted at
the Santiago conference. none of the
governments represeted at the Con-
gress would be bound by it's recom>
medations unless they themselves
later approved the action In this
connection, it is pointed out that cer>
tain resolutions adopted at previous
Pan-American Congresses have never
vet been adopted and pu- into force
by the different countries, and this
after the lapse of years. The last
previous Pan American Congress was
| that held at Buenos Aires in 1911.