New Britain herald., 1926-12-30
COOLIDGE GIVES
 VIEWS 0N PEACE
Comes Out Against Competitive
 ArIlaInentS

President Coolidge's Special Train, En Route to Washington, Dec. 30 (Pl-Having uttered a plea for per manent international peace and a warning against the danger to the world in a policy of competitive armam ents, President Coolidge re- turned to Washington today after attending Trenton's sesquicentennial celebration of Washington's cross ing of the Delaware.
 Speaking before the Trenton His torical society, President Coolidge urged the United States and the world to be ready to make sacri- fices for peace as the colonies made for independence and declared him. self sure that "we are strong enough and brave enough to resist another domination of the world through our own independent action"
 After an eventful trip from Wash ington, President and Mrs. Coolidge were welcomed to a festooned and cheering Trenton, by a special re- ception committee. Contrary to pre- vious plans only three governors of the original thirteen states were present at the banquet. They were Governors Robert P. Robinson of Delaware, John w. Trumbull of Connecticut and A. Harry Moore or New Jersey. Several states, however, had representatives present.
 President Coolidge urged moral disarmament" upon the world to promote permanent peace but as serted also that the attainment of such an end would have to be has tened by international treaties for the limitation of armaments, and to oppose the danger of slipping back into the old formula" of competitive armaments. "I do not believe he said, that we can advance the policy of peace by a return to the policy of competitive ornaments. While I favor an adequate army and navy, I am opposed to any effort to militarize the nation.
 Regarding Americas attitude 10 the rest of the world, President Coolidge compared the feelings ot present day Americans to those Of Revolutionary days saying they did not then and do not now fail to recognize that they are part of the civilized world, and that they owe not only to themselves, but 10 others great obligations But they were determined then and are determined now to be the masters of their own destiny and the judges of their own conduct. They knew, and we ought to know, that unless we can be Americans we can be nothing
 The greatest heritage Americans of Washington's day left present generations, President Coolidge said, was their example of self-sacriflce to attain ideals and model of civic character which 1t should be the public aim to maintain and better. Tn order that their ideals might be maintained" President Coolidge said, "the early Americans did not hesitate to sacrifice all they had and more."
 Discussing the present weath Of the country, he pointed out that while in the past great wealth usually led to decline and decay in present America, i've don't yet appear to be tending in that direc- tion." since "idleness is no longer fashionable and the class of idle rich has dwindled to such small proportions that it is no longer worth noticing"
 Similarly he said, that while great fortunes had been gathered by in- dividuals. these had not substanti- ated fears that they would domir- ate the great mass of people by the mere weight and power of money since great fortunes in this country, do not dominate the people. Rather the people dominate them.' The truth of the matter, President Cool idge said, is that under the Ameri- can system, the great mass of the property of the country is owned by the people,"