Evening star., 1924-10-30

extended in the form of exorbitant
rates Of duty to profit through mo-
nopolistic control of production, mar
kets and prices"
Mr. Davis remained at his home in
Locust Valley today resting in prep
aration for a tour of Long Island
tonight. Three speeches were sched-
uled--
Makes Direct Attacks.
President Coolidge and Secretary
Hughes were singled out last night
for direct attack by Mr.. Davis
when he answered speeches delivered
by them last Thursday and pointedly
replied to definitions they gave of
the administrations foreign policy.
Speaking at the Academy of Music,
Brooklyn, Mr.. Davis declared he
would replace sporadic. exceptional
and casual international conferences
with "a system of organic, regular
and periodic conferences, whose COM
ing together will not depend upon
the passing whim of any nation. but
which will be a part of the ordered
life of the world"
This is vital question: Mr.. Davis
said, of far greater consequence
than any matter of machinery or the
-
1t marks the whole difference be-
tween the old world with it's dreary
record of appalling disasters and the
new world with it's promise of bet
ter day.
And to this coming change, which
will separate the future from the
past" Mr.. Davis added, the Presi-
dent is obviously blind or deliberate
ly hostile"
Reads From Speeches.
The candidate read numerous ex-
cerpts from the addresses of Presi-
dent Coolidge and Secretary Hughes.
The Presidents statement that we
propose to continue our efforts to pro-
mote International justice under in
ternational law, through international
conferences, advancing always to-
wards the goal of outlawing aggres-
sive war" was analyzed in this way:
To call such statement well de-
fined is to make mockery of the Eng
lish language. Just such a statement
| might have been made by any nation
in all the globe at any time within
the last 1000 years. AS a lamp for
the goth century it throws little light
upon the pathway"
Secretary Hughes defense" of the
Washington arms conference was re-
piled to by Mr.. Davis, explaining that
| it had never been his intention to be
| little" the conference, but rather to
clear the public mind of the gross eX-
| aggeration with which political ardor
| has Intentionally surrounded its re-
suits"
Treaties Not in Effect.
Surely Mr.. Hughes must know
! the candidate added at this point
| that of the four major treaties to
| which it gave birth, those which deal
with the use of submarines and nox-
| IouS gaSSes in warfare and with ter
| ritorial integrity in China and the
open door are not yet in effect be-
| cause of the failure to this date of
France to ratify the same"
| Mr.. Davis called attention to the
naval treaty. pointing out in that
| connection that our present naval
| ration with reference to Great Britain
| has been stated by the Secretary of
| the Navy himself to be no better than
! that of four to five, while other naval
experts insist that it is no better
than two or two and one-half to five
Effect of Conference
whatever may rightfully be said
| in praise of the Washington confer
| ence as a beginning" Mr.. Davis said,
1T is impossible to escape the con-
cluSlon that II we are to go no furth er
| 1t Will constitute d most unfortunate
| ending. If the peace of the world is
/ to rest in the future as it has done
| in the past upon force, if each nation
| is to rely for protection upon its
weight of armament, then as a result
of this Washington conference our Sc
curity has been made unquestionably
less secure. Unless we are willing to
! press on and lend our aid to the
cause of general disarmaments and
the upbuilding of world opinion and
international arbitrament as sub
stitue for force, it might we'll have
been better for us had we never made
this initial advance.
Hardly less happy is the secretary
when he comes to interpret the mean
ing of the Democratic platform on the
subject of international relations and
the league. Having in mind previous
efforts on his part in the interpreta-