New Britain herald., 1928-11-09
MARCH Sees HOPE
IN KELLOGG PACT
Chief Of Staff During World
War auds Move Toward Peace


World War Chief of Staff, U. S. A.
copyright. 1928 by United Press)
New York. Nov. . (UP)-Ten
years ago today, the American war
machine was in full motion and hit
ting on all cylinders. We had
Transported more than two million
men overseas in the nineteen months
since our entry into the war, MIL
lion and a half of whom went over
in the last six months. We had.
besides. two million men more be-
ing trained in the camps and con-
tonments in the United States, max
ing ready to join their comrades IN
France.
BY July 1915, shipments of troops
to France had reached the great
number Of 100000 men a month.
and their arrival in France had
completely changed the course OF
events, The numerical superiority
held over Germany and her allies
on the western front in March.
1918, at the time OF their last great
drive, disappeared with the arrival
OF these great shipments of men,
and she passed forever to the de-
fensive. 1t was the beginning OF
the end.
We all recall the wave Of almost
hysterical emotion with which the
whole country greeted the news OF
the signing OF the Armistice on
that November II, whose tenth an
niversary we are celebrating today
Among the deep prayers of thanks
giving which went up from parents
all over the country in gratitude
that their sons had been spared
was a universal feeling that some
means should be found to prevent
any possibility OF such a holocaust
recurring in the future. President
Wilson a great and sincere ldealIst,
believed he had found it in the
League of Nations,
The failure of the senate to
ratify that treaty left unsatsf1ed
throughout the country the awak-
ened desire for formula which
happily might secure a lasting
peace. 1t was not only the paci-
fists who We're advocating such
measures. Trained soldiers, know
ing better than anyone else the
horrors of war. have given their
best efforts to the development OF
= military program which would
limit our military activities solely
to the national defense, while
strenuously combating the efforts
OF impracticable theorists and pro-
fessional pacifists who would reduce
the army to practical nullity and
minimize the strength of the navy.
Steady Change for Better
The average American. under
standing little Of the complexities
Of European International relations.
and caring less, IS apt to be i'm
patient with the spectacle Of ma
tons which were apparently bled
white in the great war, now armed
to the teeth and holding great
armies in readiness. What is it
nj labout?" they ask. We have cut
our own army down to a point
lower than any responsible military
authority has ever recommended.
But steady and marked change
for the better in conditions in
Europe came, first with the adop-
ton Of the so?called Dawes plan:
next. with the Locarno agreement:
and finally. with the formal admis-
sion Of Germany to full membership
In the League of Nations. During
this period the method of payment
of the debts owed us by all the
powers but one has been agreed
upon. and our internal debt has
been reduced by billions.
In the midst of the confusion
and the cropping for a solution OF
these complex problems, a ray Of
light has come in the Kellogg
treaty renouncins war as an instru-
ment Of national policy. Grant
that treaties may be scraps of
paper" when q great emergency
comes. Grant that the reservations
Of certain nations may minimize its
value as a war-destroying instru-
ment. Just the same, it is a great
gesture toward peace: Peace, longed
for by all men.