New Britain herald., 1928-01-12
WAR AND PEACE IN
 RACE FOR HON0RS
Ms. Citt DecluS Both Powers
 Sook Own Goals

Washington. Jan. 13 (UP)-The world iS now engaged in . race be- tween war and peace, each striving to beat the other to the goal. accord ing to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, famous American pacifist. Preparations and propaganda for war were never more vigorous, but the universal movement for peace Is also strong and gaining in momentum" Mrs. Catt told the United Press today.
 "War has been | habit, caused by temper, hate. greed rivalry and am- hition." she satd. Perpetual uni versal peace. however. Is in the off, ing.
 War is caused by the habit of settling disputes that way. When I listed c57 causes alleged to have brought on the actual wars of his tory, I perceived war has no other cause except habit
 The one and only real cure for war is a series of iron-clad treaty pledges between civilized nations, binding them never again to make war for any purpose, but to settle any and all differences by peaceful meanA"
 Mrs. Catt, here to attend the an- nual meeting of the national com. mittes on the cause and cure of war, declared disarmament was nothing over which the nations should now struggle. She predicted armaments would vanish when the sense of se- curity realized by treaties engender- ed by anti-war. changes the mental ity of nations.
 ''The problems now confronting the world are much too momen- tous to be settled by arbitration or force; they should be settled by req sons," she said.
 Obstacles in the way of universal peace must be swept aside by edu- cational methods. Then wheG trea- ties are made. public opinion can be depended upon the enforce them.
 Most nations refuse to put 'na- tional honor and domestic liability in peace treaties now. but this is really immaterial until these two phases have been definitely defined. for honor and domestic concern can easily be twisted to cover almost any conditions when a country desires to break . treaty"
 Mrs. Catt said that when all coun. tries have peace treaties. not a single nation would threaten war because then it would fear public opinion. It would be unnecessary. she said. to have armies or navies to keep belli- cose powers in line.
 There is a race. however. be- tween treaties on one hand and war on the other, as to which one will beat the other % the goal. Should there be another war it will be caused by economic rivalry. instead of territorial conquest which has caused the majority of other con- flicts.
 Another war-if there is one would be . fight for possession Of markets.
 '"There are some individual in- yentors of war machines and even nations just dying for a chance to try out death dealing devices"
 Mrs. Catt said increasing the size and strength of the American navy. as recommended to congress by Secretary of Navy Wilbur, is "ill ad- vtsed at this time when b6 nations have pledged themselves to find q way to peace"
 Mrs. Catt said the League Of Ma" tion, would have no effect on peace treaties negotiated between powers but that if all countries of the world joined tho league there would be a stronger union and better ur/nr- standing between nations.
 War h only the primitive instinct of animals and as soon as the world becomes civilized and humanized 1t will end forever" she concluded. ''It is caused by squabbles just as you find in an ordinary chicken yard and the population of the world of today certainly should be above tha common aarden fowls"