Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-30

| for" with the added view. "They would
have us impotent Childlike faith!'
On the other hand, the Charleston
Evening Post independent Democrats
| ic) contends: 1T should not be neces1
Sary either to lay down the keels Cd
even to authorize the designing Oh
cruisers in order to impress the British
with our determination to match thent
IN maritime strength. If We need thd
| cruisers we ought to build them and II
we do not need them we ought not
to consider even designing them"
x x X x
"DeSultory and rather bombastic de-
bate" on the bill is seen by the Roanokd|
World-NewS independent DemocraticA
with, however. the statements that ID
was Illuminated by Senator Borah'j
address" and that with characteristic
! independence he announced his opposi1
ton to the plan of the Coolidge add
mnlStratlon to spend more than d
quarter OF q billion dollars on addition-
al war vessels, until further efforts
had been made to obtain international
agreements that would make such ships
unnecessary" The Louisville Courier
Journal independently thinks that 1.-THE
efforts to reduce the number of 10000
ton cruisers from Is to 10 are decidedly
opportune," and that such a com
promise would offer a program
less inconsistent with the kellogg peaca
pact"
Charging the attempt by sponsors od
the bill ito excite national SUSPICION
and fear by trotting out the old spook
OF powerful and underlined enemy,
the Detroit News independent de-
mandS that they be made to tell us
exactly who this enemy is" The Great
rails Tribune (Democratic) contends
that if the bill passes, "thev will hayeE
reduced the Kellogg anti-war treaty.
10 the status of nothing more than al
halt-hearted gesture Of good will"
III we are going to continue toI
view the international problem of war|
as analogous TO that of the early pioneerI
surrounded by lawlesS SavageS. then we
are going to keep on having lust that
kind Of a world" AYERS the Houston
Chronicle (Democratic). The Lincoln
state Journal independent Republic
cam emphasizes the cost of the newt
SHIPS and comments. With local ex-|
penSeS climbing, roads to build an ex-I
pensive school system and a banking|
problem. the cruiser bill can SCARCELY
arouse much enthusiasm in Nebraska
X
In the course Of an analysis Of the
Borah position, the New York Times
QnoepenoenD states: When he got /
down from generalities to details. ne
realized that there are and must be
certain limitations on the freedom of
the seas His strong assertion of
neutral rights was qualified by the
statement that the neutral flag should I
make neutral goods, except when ships
are carrying munitions of war or are
attempting to run q blockade, which |
must not be paper blockade There
we come upon the very core of the
difficulty. Neutrals must admit that
they can be stopped by belligersnt yes
sells for carrying contraband, but who is
TO define cOntraband?"
Statements in support OF the need
OF the additional cruisers are made by
number of papers, including the San
Antonio Express independent Demo-
cratlc), Philadelphia Record (independ-
ent Democratic) and the South Bend
Tribune independent Republican,.
The last mentioned finds assurance in
the practical unanimity of the vote
on the Kellogg treaty. and continues.
THAT IS plain fact which ought TO
be considered apart from the cruiser
BILL
THE reasonableness and moderation
OF the cruiser bill are beyond question"
asserts the New York Herald Tribune
Republican,, while the Chicago Daily
News independently concludes: Our
arguments and sacrifices for a lighterl
burden of sea ornaments having failed.N
we must build against a disquieting
margin OF insecurity. Our desire for
fewer fighting ships remains. The
next move ip the right direction q
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