Evening star., 1932-01-20
SAYS ARMAMENTS
MAY PREVENT WAR
Princeton Professor Gives
Divergent View at Con-
ference on Peace.

Nl IIlC OdJ VI bLlC OCPol tuAC VA VAN
American delegation for Geneva to at,
tend the International Disarmament
Conference, delegates attending the
Seventh Annual Conference on the
Cause and Cure of War, were told by
q student Of international relations
that 1.-The maintenance of armaments
may prove to be the surest way 10 pre-
vent war and insure right.
The speech by Philip M. Brown
professor of international Relations at
Princeton University, sounded strange
lv out of harmony with those OF pre-
Vious speakers and delegates who nave
contended that armaments breed sus-
picion and distruSt
II do not agree with the prevalent
theory that war Is caused by Dig arIna-
rnpntS" Prof. Brown declared. TINS
appears to be only a plausible asser-
ton, an unsupported theory, not 1act
that may be proved from a stuoy 0.
history Fires do not come because
of the existence Of fire department
Says Any Weapon sufices.
"Reduction of armaments is not
s,oI,oh IN prevent war" he continued
"Any weapon will suffice, If only SUCKS
and stones, when mems sense OF Justlce
&c outraged. The maintenance OF arma-
Tnents NAV prove to be the surest way
10 prevent war and insure right. weak
ness is an invitation to attack. Inc
nation which wishes to be heard In tne
defense of right must DO more Chan
shake its finger" A..
prof. Brown said. that, while the
world agreed that wars were mucous
and peaceful settlements OF olSpuIes
we're preferable to settlements ny l0lSe,
the differences of opinion as 10. Tlgnt
and wrong. the lack of harmony when
arises when nations are aiming Tor al
ferent goals. was the real root OF wars:
Declaring women had a "spechI
mission to perform" in bringing
about international understanding which
eventually would bring an end TO wars
prof Brown said, "If the women
throughout the world would fight Tor
the spiritual Interpretation OF NE IN
its highest form, in that attltuoe Oh
regarding the interests OF others, Wnlcn
makes for sympathy, understanding, ~
forbearance and love, there Wo9AI te pe
small excuse for the existence OF naVe
and war"
VIII Irwin Optimistic
An optimistic note relative to tne
nrooress made by civilization toward the
abolition of future wars was sounoeo
bv Will Irwin, nationally known autnoi
and Journalist, who followed Pro1
Recalling that before 1914 peace
meeting" was small, freaklSh event
usually guyed by the newspapers, MI
Irwin pointed out that TODAY such con
ferences and societies as this are meet
ing hourly in every quarter OF the
world; and both press ana poLticiaiiS
are taking them seriously.
.sFinally in the League OF Nations,
the author said, land in the Kellogg
nact the world has shown the Will 70
eYneriment. Both these experiments
NAV fan, Very well; try something
else Political progress goes by souno
pYneriment. by trial and error. Ihat
uree to experiment is what mostly ois-
tinguishes man from ape; 1t accounts
for our painful upward progress from
barbarism." ..,.,. -
Returning from a fiye-month visit 70
Europe, where she made paItCuIai
study Of the Polish Corridor situation,
Mrs Rachel Conrad Mason OF Hart
ford. Conn, warned her audience that
adjustments must be made in Northern
Europe II war is TO be avoided between
Germany and Poland.
Sees Menace TO Peace.
s~The Polish Corridor is one OF the
danger spots for world peace" declared
Mrs. Mason. IF adjustments are no'
made war eventually will result between
Germany and Poland. Its amelioration
however, is well within the capacity O
intelligent statesmen and leaders Il
both countries today are eager TO hnf
means Of reducing the present agiVa
ton"
James T, Shotwell and DR.. D. F
Fleming, professor OF poLtlcal Sclenc'
of Vanderbilt University, we're to speai
this afternoon, discussing peace treatie
and the best means Of facilitating thel
ratification.
This evening delegates divided int
different groups will discuss objective
of the conference and the program 10
the coming year.
Debate Oriental Crisis.
Dr.. T. Lyenaga, japanese teacher ant
lecturer of note, and Chih Meng, asSo
ciate director of the China Institute Il
America, last night presented the Japa
nese and Chinese sides OF the Man
churian question.
Each speaker, in fluent English, CAV
his nations side of the question, Chi
Meng declaring Japan had taken TO her
self rights that were not hers; that sh
had violated treaties and that 'the Chi
nese people will not submit to foreigl
control and China will attempt TO re
cover her land and her people"
The japanese PROFESSOR accuse
China of having carried on boycott
more devastating than warfare and sale
"If Japan decides on reprisals, trembl
at the thought Of what internationa
complications might follow"
Mrs. P. Louis Slade concluded tn
evenings program with an address o.
why the international peace agencie
were unable to effect immediate cessa
ton OF hostilities in Asia, declaring tn
''peace machinery" had not been or
ganized long enough to bring its power
into effective use.