Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
Frankness I'M Arms Effort
Held Favorable to Results

| high purpose that nerves the country
Of each of them!" The Roanoke
WorldNewS praises the "candor and
good sense displayed" and adds its ex-
PLANTATION that the nation that desires
many small cruisers to protect its trade
routes and the nation that desires only
large cruisers of battle strength can
meet on the common ground Of total
tonnage rather than OF the number Of
separate ships"
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Recognizing a new approach to the
question: the Santa Barbara Daily
News, nevertheless, advises that "the
American people will take kindly to no
arrangement which in the slightest de-
gree withdraws from the position that
this country must have sea power at
least equal with that Of any other ma
ton" The Kansas City Journal-PoSt
sees the possibility that 'tif the League
Of Nations could use the United States,
it would gladly accede to any agree
ment as to the size of the Navy"
Viewing both sides of the question,
the Madison Wisconsin State Journal
states: "Our governmental RESPONSE
bilities are geographically so far flung
that defense without a navy able to
cope with one that might be sent
against us would prove impossible.
accord with the attitude Of the Hoover
administration as disclosed in this con-
ference, all lovers of peace are bound
to agree that 1t is far better than any
forecast would have led one to believe.
AS long as we are ready to make
maximum concessions in one of the
two major branches of warfare, we are
moving in the right direction"
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ut is rather significant" remarks
the Oakland Tribune, that those who
have been provoked because England
would not agree to American proposals
are provoked again because England Is
taking kindly to this one. Before the
plan is detailed, and before tGere is
any discussion of the ,categories, we
hear assertions from the tight little
group of irreconcilables that because
Britain has responded favorably to this
suggestion, it must be an evil one"
The Jersey City Journal looks forward
to an agreement under which the
knots may be united and the suspicious
that broke the tri-partite session set at
rest"
"A formula for real progress" is seen
by the Buffalo Evening News, while the
Pittsburgh Gazette feels that "the
field this time would appear to be fair
ly well prepared for action" and the
Asheville Times says that the moral
effect, If this provisional understanding
can be translated into actuality, will
be tremendous
I'VE will not have real naval dis
armament" in the Judgment of the
Wheeling Intelligencer. until this par
ity' nonsense is abandoned. Fighting sea
power can be based reasonably only on
the legitimate needs of national pro-
lection" The Philadelphia Public
Ledger welcomes curtailment OF the in
fiuence of the "navalistS" and points
out that the United States is asking
the other naval powers to allow their
statesmen to assume control Of the
question" The Cleveland Plain Dealer
assumes that "it become political
rather than technical" and the Haver-
hill Gazette states that IF this spirit
prevails over narrow nationalism" hope
for definite accomplishment exists. The
Bangor Commercial views the Gibson
speech as having gone far to eliminate
suspicion and selfishness."
The youngstown Vindicator COM
ments: 1T is a simple idea, but 50
practical that one wonders why noboCJ
ever thought Of it before