The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-27
BY MILTON BONNER

NEA Service Writer
LONDON, Sept 27.--If the United
States and England can reach a
naval understanding and can agree
on a written or unwritten peace pact
outside of all Kellogg pacts, they will
have sealed a union which will make
them a sort Of world court which
can issue a writ Of injunction for
bidding other nations TO disturb the
peace Of the world.
First Of all they have the money.
In the second place. they have the
food supplies, and between, them
the rubber and cotton and wool.
And. thirdly. they have the min
erals.
First of these is possibly the least
potent. Economists once doped 1t
out that no World war could last
longer than a few months because
Of the money it would burn up.
But the last World war showed
that within their own borders ma
tons could carry on with paper
money and with war loans and Sc
cure the internal supplies they need.
When it comes to item No. 2, the
other nations are not so well OIL.
The bulk of the rubber is British
grown. For airplanes, for tanks, for
all automotive machinery in war,
it is irreplaceable.
The same is true as to cotton,
which is used in high explosives.
We grow the bulk Of it. What we
do not raise is mainly grown IN
the British empire.
Can't Make Minerals
The last war showed that clever
nation like Germany, shut OIL from
the world. could make many things
svntbetically in its Laboratories. But
il is not possible, Sir Thomas Hol-
land famed British scientist shows,
to make synthetic minerals ana
never will be. Sir Thomas polnCeo
ont that nine-tenthS Of the COAL
tUo-thirds OF the copper and more
than 90 per cent of the iron ore
consumed by the world come from
the countries that border the nolUn
Atlantic. 4
@Thus" said he, "in these two
main areas, separated by the Az
Iantjc ocean. family Of Industries
based on mineral resources mas
risen to dominate the world; LOT
no similar area, so far as our seo-
logical information seems TO snow
eeey,,s tn combine the essential tea-
t,1Tas in any other part OF the
World will continue to supply minor
accessories. But political control
,,,I,icl7 follows industrial dominance
must lie with the countries "IlioH
border the north Atlantic.
Capper Wanted Embargo
Senator Capper Of Kansas once
nronosed to empower our govern
,I1e5t to refuse munitions to any
nation that breaks the multllaVeral
kellogg treaty for the remuneration
of war. ;. o,,,d he
sironIer and more effective to place
an embargo on mineral prooucIs;
The only two nations that coul1
Aqht for long on their own natuIal
reso,,rces we're the United STATES
and the British empire.
As he saw it, a union OF wnaC ne
called the two great Mineral Powers
could almost enforce peace on al
other would-be belligerents.
At the first meeting OF the as
senoblv of the League OF Nations IN
Geneva Signor T. Tittoni, president
If the Italian senate, demanded thaC
the league should take up the mat
fer of the control Of raw materials
He dwelt upon the enormous al
vantages in both war and peace
that nations simply had because
providence had stuffed their son
with coal. iron, copper. tin ana the
other minerals of which countries
like Italy we're deprived. ;.
The league wisely decided that II
couId not interfere with the national
ownership of national natural re,
sources. but Tittonis speech showed
where the shoe pinched.
America and England own the
Shoe.
Next: Britain's role In the sug-
geSted United States of Europe.