Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-30

A Kings voice speaking q message
OF peace In the intimate circle Of homes
throughout the world has made realistic
the efforts of the Naval Conference to
tighten humanity'S burden. This is
the significance of the broadcast with
which George v opened the Naval Con-
ference as American comment sees It..
A new world is envisioned by the Sa-
lima Journal ruled by the logic of the
spoken word" in which the Albany Eve
ming News recognizes peace less q fig
ment of Missionaries and more thing
reasonable and certain" For now, as
the Dayton News puts 1t, the conference
sits "at the flresides" Of the people Of
the globe.
Assaying the practical beneft Of the
phenomenon, the New Bedford Standard
ness to hear must have been accom-
panied by attention to what was said"
thus creating sentiment in favor Of
the object Of the delegates" In fact
this sentiment, the Louisville Times re-
marks, prompts listeners around the
world to answer King Georges ex-
pressed hope that the results viii lead to
immediate alienation Of the burden of
ornaments, with "as the English express
It Heart Heart"
. ut Is a comparatively safe assump-
tion," remarks the New York Sun, that
the opening ceremonies of this confer
ence could have been heard by any
listener with a radio receiver In any
place on the globe. The sue
cess of the attempt Is Q tribute to the
radio experts" The Dayton News views
the conference as sitting at the fresides
Of all the world"
To the Buffalo Evening News. ''the adj
dresses Of King George and the spokes-
"A hnVNA nf
accomplishment in the reduction of
naval ornaments" and the st. Paul
Pioneer Press states: "a French adage
says that to understand all Is to forgive
ALL The time may be distant when that
Utopian state is reached by the world,
but the radio, by making neighbors of
all nations: should do much to hasten
its arrival"
Putting significance into the fact that
the broadcast to some came at dawn,
the Richmond News Leader suggests:
"One thought, as one sat In the shadows,
Of that single word, Dawn on the
statue of Edith Cavell by the side Of the
National Gallery In London. One re-
membered, too, Lloyd Georges famous
address at the Pilgrims dinner in Lon
don, soon after Americas entry into the
war, when he read the report of how
the Canadians at Vimy Ridge had at
voices continued mysteriously out of the
ether, one remembered the proud affir-
nation Of that soldier Of the Frencr Rev.
olution, We felt as though we were
always marching into the dawn"
With a similar thought, the Roanoke
Times comments: Marching into the
dawn'-in those four words lies the
keynote Of the hopes, the prayers, the
desires OF mankind. as the represent
a. tNJoz ~ flAn n a.
At dawn the gracious words Of the
ruler Of the British Empire came TO us
out OF the air, came to us In the living
room as clearly as though the speaker
were In an adjoining room instead Of
far away on the other side Of the broad
Atlantic. May 1t not have been not
merely the dawn Of another day but the
dawn Of lasting world peace? Mil
lions listened, undoubtedly. And mil
lions prayed. too"
That the conference had an
suspicious start" Is the conviction of
the Seattle Daily Times and the Long
Beach Press Telegram, while the Sa-
vannah Press sees significance In "the
interest which rulers feel In the parley,"
and the Cleveland News urges the bene-
ficial results If all state their true
positions early In the negotiations and
treat with their conferees In q spirit OF
absolute honesty and fairness"
Now the radio makes It certain that,
save under extraordinary conditions, the
people Of the world can be notified
almost instantaneouBly Of any event or
Importance" states the Schenectady
Gazette, and the Atlanta Journal, CALI
ing 1t "a wondrouS age when the words
or great council Of nations come
audibly home to hundreds Of millions"
adds: King George spoke across the |
oceans vastness to each OF these 1are-