The Washington herald., 1922-10-31
LARGE ARMIES
BURDEN EUROPE.
SAYS HUGHES
Military Expense Beyond
Financial Ability, He
Declares.
HEAD OF CABINET
DEFENDS POLICIES
Unwilling for us. to Par
ticipate in European
Controversies.

BOSTON. Mass.. oct se--Eprop>
is burdened with the expense q ls1Fe
armies heavily diproportiens<e 70
her financial ability % m11n<air
them. according 10 sscretary n
state Hughes. and -every sffor< q
remove the burden by asreem1n
has failed--
The economic rehabilitation -
Europe. Mr.. Hughes told q Repobli-
can mass meeting here tonight. h
practically Impossible unless the
European powers reduce their ARM
les which are maintained because
Of distrust apprehension and ma
'tionai aspirations-
'-Therefore.- he said. -there 10 no
reason Why we should fritter away
our helpful influence by becoming .
partisan Of either party 70 such con-
troversies. much less TO make the
fatal mistake Of attempting 90 as
sumo the role Of dictator"
Futile 90 Talk Of wsr.
In addition to defending this gov
ernment'. attitude toward Europe.
Mr.. Hughes made it clear thar
America has no intektion Of going
to war in the Near East In view
Of the forthcoming Near East peace
conference At Lausanne. he said IL
would be futile now to talk war
and that the American people
would never have been willing %
- - aa
tervention which the allies. with
their forces nearer the scene. were
unwilling TO bear"
This declaration was aimed at the
recent requests OF church leaders
that America go 70 war 10 protect
Christians In the Near East -At
no tims xess ths Essrutirs ID ~.
into war. even a holy war" he added.
1T Is easy to talk OF prevention az
| ter the event. The fact is that these
latest occurrences have been the i'm
mediate result OF a state OF war and
we were not parties to that war"
Defends Foreign Polieses.
In his address. which was q de-
Tense Of the administration's
achievements in the field of foreign
/ q
tion of Senator Lodge. Secretary
Hughes touched upon the accom-
plishments of the arms conference.
and expressed the firm belief that
Italy and France would eventually
ratify the naval limitations treaty.
Nevertheless. in pointing out that
Great Britain. Japan and the United
States. who have ratified the treaty,
have also begun 70 carry out the
terms Of the treaty. Il was thought
that be was suggesting that these
three nations might 80 through with
the limitations program regardless
of France and Italy.
In further explanation OF Amer
ica's attitude toward Europe. Mr.
Hughes said: For Us. international
cooperation does not mean that we
should embroil ourselves in contro-
veries not involving our own inter
ests. but growing out OF the age
long rivalries and conflicting inter
ests Of European powers having pol
icies which We don't assume TO
criticise. but in which we have no
I share"
Have Intere,ts 60 Protect. ?
In defense OF the governments po-
sition with regard To the Near East
ern situation. he added. "the admin
istration does not make threats
which II does not propose to carry
out. As we are not at war with
Turkey, we are not appropriately
parties 20 the peace negotiations
which are about TO take place. white
we have American interests to pro-
tect these are not associated with
the political ambitions Of European
powers which have made the Near
East a checkerboard Of diplomatic
play.
While nothing can excuse in
I the slightest degree or psliiate
the acts of barharic cruelty ~
the Turks, no just appraisement
can be made OF the situation
which failed to take account of
the incursion Of the Greek army
into Anstolia, OF the war there
waged and of the terrible incl
dents of the retreat Of that army.
eral devastation and cruelties"
Refers 20 Mexico.
with regard to the administrs-' =
tion's failure to recognise Mexico,
Mr.. Hughes laid down a princi-
pie which. IL is believed. also ap-
plies to Russia. when a nation
has invited intercourse with other
nations" he said. 'iand has estab-
lished laws under which Investments
have been lawfully made. con-
tracts entered into and property
rights acquired by citizens OF
other jurisdictions. Il IL an essen
tial condition OF international In
tercourse that international obIi-
cations shall be met and there
a. .nA.nn a..