Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02
Kellogg Treaty Is Meaning
less Unless Armament Is
Cut, He Asserts.
OPEN PARLEYS TO BARE
ALL ARGUMENTS URGED
Britain Must Prepare to Yield
Domination of the Seas, Idahoan
Declares Over Radio.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Asserting that the people of the
world demand a reduction in arma-
ments from the London Naval Confer
ence. Chairman Borah of the Senate
foreign relations committee, in an ad-
dress over the radio last night, gave
warning of the dire consequences OF
failure Of that parley.
The Idaho Senator, after lauding the
personnel of the American delegation
suggested that open conferences be held
at London to bring to light lust what
the arguments are which make it pos
sible and which would seem to justi-
fly a disregard for every pledge made
by the leaders in the conference"
eff this conference is to fall" he
warned. "if the world is to 60 forward
increasing the cruel burden Of arma-
ments, If men, women and children are
to continue to carry this load as best
they may, and to be called upon year
after year to sacrifice the essential ele-
ments of health and prosperity, let us
not ourselves be impatient in starting
this criminal conspiracy against the
human family.
Unemployment Is Cited.
1.-The press dispatches carry the news
from different quarters of the United
States that the people who are seeking
work are being dubbed and denounced
as Communists. A policy so cruel, so
inhuman will not suffice to give con-
tentment or even obedience to an over
taxed, underemployed people.
IF these governments and their rep
resentatives do not sufficiently realize
at this time the necessity OF taking
some risk in order to lift this weight
of ornaments from the peoples, I VEN
ture to say that in due time they VIII
have ample notice of their mistake"
The foreign relations chairman was
outspoken in his references to the at
titude of the other powers. He said
that Great Britain must prepare to
give up her domination of the seas. 7"
He complained that the world is more
heavily armed today than before the
war treaty was meaningless unless the
nations could cut down ornaments.
THE nations Of the world are now
paying out annually something like $5,-
600 900 600 to keep up their lighting
forces" he said. Can these govern
ments indefinitely preserve the char
acter. the moral fiber and fitness OF
their people and maintain and even In
crease this burden? L repeat that all
this is happening and these conditions
are maintained among those nations
pledged to peace, pledged to the out
lawry Of war, pledged never to seek
settlement of their international con-
troversies through these great military
and naval ornaments which they are
maintaining.
mo Security Is Possible"
But the world at this time is more
heavily armed than at the beginning
of the World War. insist there can
be no security under such circum-
stances. This condition of affairs is
bound to create the same suspicion, the
same uneaSiness and the same diStruSt,
and in the end the same result. In
deed. that seems to be the situation at
London now. They are so well armed
they are all suspicious. There is moth
ing, it seems to me, which would give
sense of security, a feeling of con-
fidence like the drastic reduction of
ornaments upon the part of the ma
tons assembled. Indeed, what in the
last analysis is at the bottom of this
hesitancy TO reduce ornaments If not
distrust?"
Citing the opening addresses of
Premier Macdonald and Secretary
Stimson, he continued:
81 would not presume to make
suggestion to that great conference, but
in the light of above expressions, it
would be exhilarating, and think
greatly beneficial, to have those con-
ferences completely and absolutely in
the open. It would be interesting to
know just what the arguments are
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