The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-15
We Have Demonstrated,
President Says, That We
Have Maintained Our Arm.
aments, Not for Aggression
But Purely for Defensive
Purpose

WAuS3u, WIS.,, mug. 49,
Within q fortnight Of the date Q:
which the international treaty 10.
outlawing war is to be signed, Pres
ident Coolidge declared before thu
WISCONSIN State American Legion
here today that the Kellogg pac
fholds q greater hope for peaceful
relations than was ever before givel
10 the world"
In giving his sentiments regard
ING the Forthcoming treaty the full.
81 expression since the inception Of
the pact, the President maintained !
that by taking q leading position il
securing this agreement, the Unite
States proved its pacific inclination
toward all nations. =. :.
1--WE have demonstrated" M
Coolidge declared, tthat when "
have said we maintained our arm:
ments, not for aggression, but pure
" for defense, we were making !;
candid statement which we wers
willing to verify by our actions"
The President told the forme,
service men that while lit would be
too much to suppose that war has
been entirely banished, yet new
and important barrier, reasonable
and honorable" has been created to
bar it.
Is Revolutionary
"This agreement proposes a revo.
lutionary policy among nations" he
said. 1T holds greater hope for
peaceful relations than was ever be-
fore given to the world. If those
who are involved in it, having
started it will finish it, its provisions
will prove one of the greatest bless
in9s upon humanity. It is a fitting
contamination to the first decade OF
peace"
AS to it's power to maintain peace,
Mr.. Coolidge asserted that it the
treaty had been in force in 1914
there "is every reason to suppose
that It would have saved the situa.
: ton and delivered the world" from
the ravages Of the World war.
It is for the purpose OF maintain
ing ssthe rule Of law" throughout the
world as we'll as this country, to de-
fend ourselves and to meet "tht
obligation to resist evil' that thu
United States maintains an army
and navy, the President said. Th'
country's citizens at home and tn
world at large, he declared, woult
hold the Government in contempt j
It disregarded the science Of nationa
defense. He added:
National Security
ssIt would be an attempt to evad
bearing our share Of the burdens 0
civilization. For this reason W
maintain, according to our resources
our population, our position, and GU
responsibilities, q moderate Arm
and Navy based on what we believ
to be our requirements for nations
security"
While the speech was significar
because Of the time given to the dis
cussion of the Kellogg pact and il
relationship to American defense r.
ouirements, the President also d
voted a share of his address to rect
ing the knowledge that had com
from the war.
1--WE saw" he said, "that the ind
vidual did not belong wholly to hin
self, but must respond to the r.
quirements Of his government.
Adequate defense meant the pr
per functioning Of the entire organ
life of the Nation. The foundatit
Of it all rests on the exterminatit
of waste and the waster, and on Il
elimination Of slackness and Il
Stacker. It means the coordinate
Of national effort through an I'D
uuately trained citizenship. viii
will result in a scientific producti'
and distribution of commodities tn
will raise the standard OF livil
around every fireside in the land.
"Another fact which shines for
with q renewed brilliance 10 tn
many Of the most precious rewar
Of life do not lie on the side Of m
terial gain. We have had q gre
deal Of discussion concerning the
Justice Of one person going into t
service at 4 very small remunel
ton, while another remained at hol
in the enjoyment OF very nj
wages. But wonder how many
you who put on the UNIFORM q
went into action overseas would n
be willing to exchange that expe
ence for the few dollars Of ex
compensation that some one else y
Able to earn at home during the
ter months Of the war. Which
is now in possession Of the m
valuable treasure-the one who
1t the front or the one who was
curing high wages? By reason
the draft both were doing the d
assigned to them and both lived
TO the full requirements Of tt
citizenship, but ! think the conc
sion must be that the one who
in the place Of greater peril is rel
in possession Of the greater rews
What we found in war we shall G
tinue to find in peace"
Tnwoncfoin Viscera.