East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-07-29
MAKE THEM WORK 1T OUT OR ELSE GET OUT
I6N TO MORE WAR" is the sloea

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IN this country the move being under the auspices Of
the National Council for the Reduction of Armamens
devoted women are being enlisted in the crusade which
plays upon womans well known antipathy to warfare
There formula whereby warfare may be greatly reduced
ons covenant and the heart of that article 1O
which provides that if member nation is threatened with
see that the attack does not occur
That plan is direct and simple is formula that will work
properly used If such plan as that will not work what hu
agency be invoked that will against
peua peace by dsarming while other nations remain armed
we have never been prepared yet have had them
just the same If reduced armaments by this country will in
peace then have good already We
ourselves to policy that calls for scrappng best
are reducing the by dschargng host of good officers
thus injnring the morale of our fighting force.
VIII that insure world peace Some think So but if
they have studied history in vain Disarmament about
in different through protection of the smaller
protected families The tribes dsarmed after states had
been formed that insured for the various tribes
ing the state When national governments formed the
smaller component states able to dsarm safety The
naons IN turn vii be able to dlsam when league OF NATIONS
functions sufficiently insure protection No country can dis
until such protection is assured To dsarm
to invite embarrassment if not disaster Any 10 year old
If we to permanent peace and disarmament
must work in accord with principle that has been tried and
ancestors struggled with the problem from time mmemora
citizens in most civilized countries usually sleep in and
don't have to go about carrying war club gun.
the league covenant because Woodrow Wilson democrat
closed the door that method of nsurng 1t would be
just to that silly stupid child could abolish the
principles of mathematics by refusing to work out problem at
the blackboard.
II the policy of nsung peace and disarmament by protect
ing nations ey won't have to and fight correct
principle that policy will ultimately be adopted by the world If
civilization continues to exist At the last election repub
cans who believed in the league of nations voted for Mr. Hard
ing thinking that in event of his election would enter the
league something that answered the They
had thinking few weeks before the election
Mr. Hughes and 81 other republicans of national repute pub
lhed campaign statement saying that the only hope of
league of nations republican victory and that the repub
ean bound by every consideration of good faith to
pursue such until the declared object is attained
Hughes has been the secretary of But the pro has
not been redeemed The disarmament conference
not hav solved certain other problems but it did touch the
main problem ALL That problem still the blackboard
and those charge at Washington seemingly still peeve6
because they did not invent it. They think Wilson did but h
didn't He merely recognized principle that has existed al
the time
If the of the country really want to the
world old question of and disarmament they should ns
that the national administration work out get out They
won't anywhere by advising that the United States alone
disarm That too too much like trying work geometry b.
drawing funny pictures.
The idea of trying to increase the state loan bonus iron
$4,000 to $4,000 mistake from several standponts VIII
demand federal compensation act instead The soldier
fought for Uncle SAM not for the individual and the fed
era government should take its share burden
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Now that the Obenchan over for the seent
time il appropriate to suggest quarantine agains
southern California murders They getting very tire
some =. go &R "a
On one point all agree should be no more bon
issues for fire truck purposes