The Washington times., 1922-02-15
FOREIGN ALLIANCES.

MY hearts desire is for the peace of the
world and especially that America may be at
peace within her gates-and without. re-
joice that we have had the Disarmament Con-
clarity the atmosphere-and has helped to
think intelligently and to formulate our views
concerning the great country we have learned
to prize and love well.
Absolutely we should avoid and decline all
entangling Enthusiastically maintaining our
glorious traditions Of the PASTOR which we
have lived, and fought, and died
Let the foreign nations form a League Of
Alliance. and when its counsels can give ample
assurances Of peaceful, antnilitaristic settle
ments. America if desired will rush with
open arms to be allied Herewith.
European nations have always lived mid
like associa tanning their coveted pos
sessions only by mutually threatening force
OF arms. Let not be unequally' yoked.
1t is neither wise just that America,
founded on peace-abiding principles. should be
forced into warlike associations which would
bring into constant and wasteful discussion
ending in broken friendships and dissatisfac-
ton.
The counsel of our early statesmen for
all tme-not for their time alone-as they urged
against foreign obligations and political respon
sbilites
Our present foreign neighbors may be in
grateful and friendly attitude towards us
but those who will in due time fill their places
may be of different mood-may, looking at us
with over-reaching. envious eyes. behold in us
a precious prize worth fighting for!
League Of Nations is a beautiful, Heaven
ly ideal, which in a century less may be
practicable and advisable.
To US the foreign nations have naught 10
give-from us they find everything to receive.
We will continue to reach out has been
wont to aid in helpful cooperation other
nations less fortunate than our own.
Heaven grant America may be privileged
to show forth her peace principles and that
her light of progress may cast its beam far
afield and that others, seeing, may take heart
to do likewise
Maintaining the friendliest relations and co.
operation with our friends across the sea, lend
our personal demand should be for absolute
independence and free hand to manage and
home and abroad.
Not dollar will we spend in aggressive
attack on others but any amount REQUIRED for
carefully estimated by our conservative expert
encd advisers!
PHYSICAL training In all our schools-for
increase of health and vigor-and, for possible
future needs.
The only alliance we might think of making
would be one with our peaceful neighbor on
the north and those in southern waters when
they feel prepared to adopt our anti.militaristic
To find ourselves In a position to guarantee
the safety of the world seems proposition as
lnulSCTeel us IL Is untnlnkaDe. Our country
would be torn to shreds with a discomfort that
would threaten home dssension.
Poison gas is the very last warfare horror,
and should be entirely eliminated among civil
lied peoples.
warcraft under the sea and warcraft in the
air with future possibties) are equally
reprehensible and their may well be limited
to "a threemile defense line from shore The
less progressive the inventions, the less deadly
will be the awful toll Of misery and death.
With return to less modern methods war
made more difficult would be deprived of its
most CHASTITY features.