Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30
Executive Back in Capital
After Speech on Anniversary
of Battle of Trenton.
u. S. is DECLARED ABLE
TO KEEP PEACE IN WORLD
Adequate National Defense Posi-
BILE Without Causing Military
Competition, He Believes.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

B1 y. Rt SSEIJI NUI NJ.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
returned to Washington at 7:30 o'clock
this morning from Trenton. y. j..
where. addressing a patriotic gather
ing of men and women last night
celebrating the l50th anniversary of
the battle of Trenton. Mr.. Coolidge
made another forceful appeal for dis
armament as the surest means OF
bringing peace to the world
The enthusiastic manner in which
the Presidents utterances were re-
ceived and the genuine warmth and
friendlness displayed by the thou
sands Of citizens who turned out at
the station and along the street 10
greet him upon his arrival late yes
terday afternoon must have been
comforting TO the Executive. This
was his first visit TO that historic old
city since becoming President and the
acclaim accorded his visit was inn
pressive.
Immediately following the Conclu-
sion of the banquet at which he spoke
the President and those of his party
went aboard the special train of sleep
ing cars awaiting them at the Penn
! ~ wanna station ana SldTlSu iutiI
journey back to Washington. The
President and Mrs. Coolidge went di
rectly to the White House from Union
Station. and the former, while waiting
for breakfast, went TO the executive
Offices and busted himself for neari,
half an hour with his mail.
Notable Company Present.
The gathering in the banquet hal
last night marked the elimination OF
an imposing celebration that had last
ed throughout the day. There We're
present, besides high state and city
officials, Governors or official repre-
sentatives of the l3 original states.
In his advocacy of peace the PreSi
I dent appealed TO the nations 10 engage
, in IL morai disarmament. in which
| peace and amity would be substituted
! for hatred and jealousy. He spoke
! strongly in opposition against nations
again entering race for armament.
declaring that he is positive that peace
: cannot be advanced by a return to the
policy of competitive armament.
! The President TOOK occasion to re-
! peat his opposition to any effort to
miltarisa the United States. and said
that while ne fayors an adequate
Army and Navy ne wants them of a
fense. In his opinion the United
! States can render no better service to
: humanity than to put forth all its in
tluence to prevent the world from slip
ping back into the grasp of tile raw
ages OF the militaristic system of ma
tionS.
Strong Faith i'm America.
Reiterating his abiding faith in
America and in the character and
ideals of the American people. the
President made the solemn declara-
ton that this Nation is strong enough
and brave enough to take independent
action to resist another domination of
the world by the military spirit.
The President said further in his
advocacy of disarmament that as il
is necessary To change the heart of
the individu dual SO it is necessary 10
change the heart of nations. This, he
stated, has often been referred to aS
moral disarmament, but from his
viewpoint the mistake that is being
made in its application lies in the
fact that it does not come first. In
this connection he declared that If
the world had complete change OF
heart, complete moral disarmament,
complete mutual understanding, com
plete sympathy. we would have little
need for ornaments and no need at
all for international treaties limiting
their use and size.
Peace Must Be Protected.
Ii is because all nations are.in dan
ger from this source that he believes
such artificial barriers as are possible
for the protection of the peace and
welfare of humanity ought to he pro-
yided He believes II is we'll for the
nations to take counsel together that
they might devise means for protect
ing themselves from evil counselors.
that they may deliver themselves from
their control and come more complete
" under the domination of benevo-
lence. kindliness charitableness, and
good will, because the spirit of avarice,
of jealousy, of hate and of revenge
are not yet eliminated from the hearts
of the nations.
George Washington and his patriots.
the President pointed out. wanted
peace, but they found it was necessary
to make great sacrifices in order TO Sc
cure il. I'VE want peace he added.
I'VE cannot escape the corresponding
sacrifices, sometimes for the pur-
pose of providing adequate national
defense sometimes through interna-
tional covenants by limiting the scope
OF our military forces"
II the matter of world peace the
PRESIDENT SdlU IIlttI the idtlOIlS Ot LflS
earth have been striving to advance in
that direction. to discard the old
theory of relying entirely on force and
to adopt the method of relying on rea-
son. I'VE are in danger" he warned.
"of slipping back into the old formula.
The habit of tradition of ages calls us
in that direction. We cannot estab-
lish the new principle unless we are
willing to put some courage into our
convictions.
Wants Trust Developed.
TO emphasize this point the President
stated that nations rejoice in the fact
that they have the courage to fight
each other, and he then asked, When
will the time come that they have the
courag ge to trust each other?
President Coolidge advanced the
theory that in nations, individuals
have their counterpart, and as some
help can be expected from domestic
laws, so can some help be expected
from international covenants. He
amplitied this by saying that while
each represents the best that human
ity can do at this time, neither i'm
themselves is sufficient. and for that
reason 1t is necessary TO change the
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