Evening star., 1926-05-31
PRESIDENT WARNS
AGAINST MILITARY
MOVES IN DISPUTES
Declares Peaceful Prosperity
Is Best Guarantee of
Nations Leadership.
DEBT POLICY EXPLAINED
AS PART OF WAR COST
Constructive Economy Cited as
Large Contributor to Amer
ica's Integrity.

Defining the ways Of this nation
as being the ways of peace, and the
forces Of America as being the forces
OF peace, President Coolidge in an
address a. the Memorial Day exer-
cises at Arlington National Gene
terry forcefully warned against the
use Of force in the settlement of
differences, whether they be domes-
tic or international. and appealed for
the exercise of reasoning as the best
means of making adjustments.
Reminding the citizens Of America
that they are today enjoying abound
ing prosperity, the President took
this appropriate occasion to call upon
them to continue in their peaceful
and constructive pursuits. and in
their efforts to promote peace
throughout the world.
He deplored the threat of the use
of force in our international rela-
tions or in an attempt to maintain
we should not rely upon force, as we
have tried 1t and have found that on
the whole It has failed. The hnal So
luton is found. he stated, in an ap-
peal to reason. This country, he
added, is attempting to make its con-
tribution to the peace Of the world,
not in any sensational or spectacular
way but by the application Of practi-
CAL workable, seasoned methods and
an appeal to the common sense of
mankind.
Talks on Vital Subjects.
The Presidents address today was
not confined to paying tribute 70
the memory of the valiant men of
81 and those who carried the colors
in later wars. but he spoke candidly
upon a number of vitally important
domestic and foreign subjects having
direct bearing upon world peace
and prosperity.
He said that the United States has
never had a better equipped Army
or more efficient Navy in time Of
peace than at the present time and
that our Air Service Is being made
worthy of the power and dignity of
this Nation, explaining all this by
saying that our national security and
national defense cannot be neglected.
To do so, he contended. would put in
peril our domestic tranquility and
jeopardize our respect and standing
among the other nations.
Cites Courts Value.
The willingness Of this country to
become associated with other nations
in a practical plan for promoting in
ternational justice through the World
Court. the President explained. is a
part Of our contribution toward world
peace. He amplified this statement
by saying, however, that while we
have been unwilling to interfere in
the political relationship of other
countries and have consistently re-
Trained from intervening except when
our help has been sought. our adher-
ence to the World Court IL well ad-
vised. He continued by explaining
what the World Court can do and
how it can be done. adding that
through the medium of this tribunal
may be found a sensible, direct.
efficient and practical method Of ad
justing differences which cannot fail
to appeal to the intelligence Of the
American people.
The President made it plainly evi.
dent that he did not wish to be mis-
taken in his ideas regarding the
possibilities of the World Court. He
said that peace. to a large extent, de-
pends upon sentiments and desires
and that a peaceful people will have
peace. but a warlike people cannot
escape war. Therefore. he contended
hat in spite Of all the treaties we
may make and all the tribunals we
may establish. unless we maintain a
public opinion devoted to peace we
cannot escape the ravages Of war.
"A determination to do right will be
more effective than all our treaties
and courts. all our armies and fleets"
President Coolidge declared.
Blames Huge Armaments.
The Executive followed thisthouxht
with the statement that 1t was to q
large extent the economic condition Of
Europe that brought on the World
War. Peace has an economic founda.
ton to which too little attention has
been given, he said. Explanatory Of
what he considered as the causes Of
another plea for further dis.
armament. Mr.. Coolidge said the ma
tions of Europe had been engaged in
competitive armaments:
IL one country laid a keel of one war
ship, some other country considered
it necessary to lay the keel of two
if one country enrolled q
regiment, some other country enrolled
three regiments. This brought about
arming and drilling whole peoples, all
to the detriment oftheir industrial
life. These people were taxed and
charged and assessed, he added. until
the burden could not be longer borne
and the nations cracked under the load
and sought relief from what he de-
scribed as the intolerable pressure. by
pilla ginr each other
1t was to avoid a repetition Of such
! catastrophe, the President said, that
the United States proposed and
brought to a successful conclusion
the Washington conference for the
limitation of naval armaments. He
said the reason for our sending dele
gates to a preliminary conference Of
now sitting in Geneva, was
,ur desire of an extension Of the prin.
:iple of the Washington disarmament
conference. t
Economy Held Necessary.
In his desire to have this country
help in bettering the economic vel.
are of other countries, because Of its
.elation to world peace, the President
ioes not want this Government to be
lnmindful Of it's duties to the Amer.
can people. Having this purpose In
mind, the President insisted upon his
,olicy Of constructive economy in the
rational administration. He explained
his policy by saying that by lifting
he burden OF heavy taxation the ad-
has contributed to- that
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