Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-01-27
VIII.
WHAT PERSHING THINKS

WHAT PERSHING THINKS
4 Tn. appropriations Of the FIVE great
.ro-s for military and naval pur-
s.os n the year 1920 alone reached
,o,o, Of sle,442, ,251, ,101, q sum only
hon, 81 100000 more than the
[otal for the whole fourteen years be-
ore the war.
II all comes down TO THIS 30 iar as
+ on are concerned:
Every morning when you 60 to
,orh or when you stay at home SICK
u a working day, or even II you
4. out OF q Job, It has been arranged
n Won TO pay your fair share out
what you earn or should earn, OF
,sr 100000 q day for the support
the army and navy. That 10 the
Lst,ma,e for the fiscal year 1922
,,er 100000 a day. have General
esrabinTs word for It. You will have
= nay IL. Five million dollars every
1,rkinR day IL q pile Of money to
suand for insurance against attack.
Ana Of course that is not all the
- What 10 the big fdeaf What 10
lSu think about ~ You will have to
Say the bin. Do you think about u
N ALI General PershinG does. This
b what he thinks:
IA we consider the causes Of tho
world war and comprehend its nor
nora every thinking man and woman
nust feel that measures should oe
taisn to prevent another such cal
smity. One step in that direction
WOuld be to reduce expenditures for
armament. Our own estimates for
sayaf end mpitary purposes contem-
plate an appropriation for the fiscal
rear 1922 of over $5.OOO,OOO for every
working day In the year. 1t IL q
noomy prospect that the nations plan
Expenditures GREATER than ever before
h peacetimes.
at would appear that recent ex-
vince everybody Of the danger Of q
rsnewal of this competition. But one
nation cannot reduce armaments un-
Jess all do. II 10 time that enlightened
people everywhere should undertake
b reach some rational agreement
which would not only relieve the
world Of It's heavy financial burden
but which In itself would 60 far to-
ward the prevention Of war. We are
not warlike people. We do not
wish TO expand at the expense Of any
Other nation, and We have no designs
On anybody. II other people feel the
same toward us and toward each
ether II seems unreasonable that they
should be unwilling to consent in
principle to some limitation of arma.
ments, 10 be carried out when other
nations succeed In establishing stable
governments and are willing to recog-
niHe the wisdom Of such a course.
Otherwise, may we not seriously ask
ourselves whether civilization Is q
failure, and whether we are to regard
war as IN unavoidable scourge that
mankind must suffer?
There are other considerations
which should prompt US to make every
en0rf 10 bring about a curtailment of
m'St expenditures throughout the
world, particularly in the war-worn
countries Of Europe. The people of
Europe have always been our best
customers and are largely dependent
upon US for certain necessities. We
must look TO them to buy the products
oi Our farms, mines and factories
!he prosperity Of our people depends
IN no small measure upon the unin.
terrupted flow Of commodities abroad
we have stocks Of cotton, wheat and
other products greatly in excess oi
our own requirements, which the
people OF Europe sorely need but
wnich we cannot sell and they can.
not buy because their fiscal systems
nave broken down, their currenciei
naVe deprecated, and their purcha asinl
power Is exhausted.
The first step to take in the re-
naoiiltation Of the finances of all thes,
eountrles Is to reduce the cost oi
soVernment so that expenses will moi
eaceed the incomes. Expenditures
%ust be lowered everywhere n
financial stability is to be restored and
the nations are ever to pay thei,
ueots' Until stability is restored none
s1n nave prosperity that comes from q
ee and uninterrupted fiow of productl
tlOm one country to another. But thi,
Annot be done II huge sums continus
70 DC appropriated for the mainto
1ance .a OF large armies and large naviea
The safety of humanity in tha
soture: indeed the peace, the happinoaI
mo the prosperity Of the race-cil
sppeai alike for an early consideration
u tne question Of limited armamenta,' :
broadly speaking, II Is the man whs
Fronts and not the simple averaR,
an VINO endures, who is behind oY
nN movement for ever increastns
ornament II you doubt this, Just q
OW h your own neiEhborhood and a
ne VINO were actually in the war
~no saw service in the line, whethsl
"e' want any more Of II,