The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-03-03
FIVE BILLIONS SAVED
BY PEACE CONFERENCE
Limit In ArmamcntS by Cutting Bat
ucship Construction To
Help Taxpayers.

that five billions Of dollars will be
saved the taxpayers of the United
States as the result of cutting down
battleship construction, Senator j. s.
Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey. sums
up the accomplishments of the Con
ference on Limitation Of Armaments
as of incalculable advantage to civili-
cation.
lie enumerates these accomplish
ments as follows:
/. II has brought about an agree
ment to scrap the Anglo-Japanese AL
lance long regarded in many quar-
tiers as menace TO the United States.
.. II has removed for all time the
war cloud which for years has dark
ened our western horizon by proving
to the American people that suspi-
.cious Of the motives and intentions of
Japan were unjustified.
3. II has brought about an agree
ment OF the five leading naval pow
ers to limit naval armament the most
costly Of the modern engines of war.
4. BY providing in the Four Pow
er treaty a simple and effective ma
chinery for the friendly discussion OF
differences that may arise in the
Pacific il has inaugurated a new era
which well may be called THE Age of
Reason" thus reducing to the abso-
Lutte minimum the danger of serious
misund rstandings IN that region.
3. II has brought about the ostra-
citation " the submarine as a ruth
less destroyer of commerce and
branded as pirates those who are
guilty Of such practices as character
lied the last way.
g. Il has brought about the formal
condemnation by the nations assem-
blsd of the deadly poison gas which
wrought such havoc among our gal
liant soldiers in France.
:. 1t has achieved the settlement of
the troublesome zap controversy
sort of hangover from the Paris
Peace Conference which for time
threatened to embroil us with all the
Allied Powers.
s. II has brought about an agree
ment between the United States,
uyeat Britain, Japan, France, Italy,
and Holland for the distribution and
control Of the former German cables
in the Pacific.
8. By the proposed Nine Power
treaty respecting China, it has
brought about the acceptance of the
Root Resolutions, calculated to pre-
vent injustice to China and friction
among the powers as a result of
clashes Of interest in China; and by
the specific terms of that agreement
Il has guaranteed the Open Door, re-
moved the evils of special privilege,
rid China of foreign troops, foreign
postoffic $. and foreign leaseholders,
and put her in a fair way 10 work out
her destiny as a svereign and indie
pendent nation.
10. 1t has virtually brought about
the settlement of the difficult Shan
tung question, as a direct result of
the good offices OF Mr.. Hughes and
Mr.. Balfour.
II. 1t undoubtedly will bring
about a declaration of principles,
pledging the nations to respect the
integrity of Siberia and to make no
encroachments upon her territory.
II. 1t has inaugurated a new era
of open diplomacy, thoroughly dis
proving the theories of the old school
diplomats and demonstrating that
delicate international negotiations
may be carried on successfully with
the full knowledge of the people
10. 1t has demonstrated the force
fof a rghteously indignant public
opinion when applied to a r-calcitrant
nation. as in the case Of Frances at
titude toward the reduction of land |
ornaments and the limitation Of sub
marines.
IA. And last, but not least, it has |
contributed UNNECESSARILY to the
good will and good understanding of |
the peoples of the world, by fost ring |
what the President likes to call THE
Conference Spirit Willingness |
on the part of men of all nationali-
ties to get around a table and discuss
their differences before disastrous
war has taken place, rather than at
the peace table after millions of lives
have been lost and billions of trea-
sures have been spent.
These briefly are the achievements
of the Washington conference called
by President Harding, and directed so
ably by Secretary Hughes.
1t is humanity impossible to esti-
mate-and / might add, to overesti-
mate-the moral benefits to the
world arising from this conference.