Evening star., 1933-10-16
B0RAH DESCRIBES
WARS POSSIBILITY
Senator Appeals for Victor
Nations to Carry Out
Versailles Treaty.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOISE, Idaho, October Ex-senator
William E. Borah. Republican, Idaho,
said yesterday, "We are facing the posi-
bility of another war" "and-commenting
on Germany's withdrawal from the Arms
Conference and the League of Nations
the situation "can be charged to no
single nation"
1T is the fruit of the policies of many
nations" said the former chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
He appealed to the victor nations"
of the World War to carry out the
pledge made in the Versailles treaty
and disarm" in an address at public
meeting called to indorse efforts OF the
Geneva Conference.
War Drift Seen.
while the people everywhere are
assembled in the cause Of disarmament
and peace" he said, governments seem
must do the fighting and dying If war
comes are petitioning for peace. for the
lifting of the burden of ornaments.
those who will not shed one drop of
their own ignoble blood or imperil one
hair Of their recreant heads are ap-
parently leading on toward another
armed conflict.
This present situation. the world
heavily armed. drifting toward another
war, can be charged to no single nation
or group of nations. Like the World
War, it is the fruit of the policies Of
many nations.
when the Versailles treaty was
signed the defeated nations were dis
armed. They were not only disarmed,
but they were impoverished. hungry
and helpless. What was there against
which the victor nations should arm?
Why should they not carry out the
pledge made in the Versailles treaty and
disarm; instead they began arming on
a stupendous scale.
while their own people were in dis
tress. losing homes and farms and busi-
ness, and millions tramped the highway
in search of work, these victor nations
continued to arm They continued to
extort billions from the taxpayer with
which to buy the instruments Of muir
der
Amount Spent for Arms.
"Now we ccme to the period when
nearly SIS 600, ,0O0,0 900 are being expended
by the victor nations for arms. We
come to the period when we are actually
facing the possibility Of another war.
That which Is happening in Europe
is the legitimate fruit, the legitimate
result of the policies which have been
pursued by the nations on both sides
for the last is years.
THE revision of the Versailles treaty
was the prerequisite to peace in Eu-
rope. The huge ornaments which have
been built up have been built up to
maintain a treaty which it was impos-
sible to maintain.
"The World War, with all its suffer
ing and sacrifices, was only little less
of curse, of a calamity, than the eco
nomic and financial war which has
been going on in Europe ever since the
armistice phase of which came te
the front yesterday.
"I have said many times during the
last IS years that there would never
be peace in Europe, never be disarma-
ment until the Versailles treaty was re-
written. It is to be hoped that those
directly concerned will seek readjust.
ment through peaceful means. But re.
adjustment in some way must be had
not merely in the interest OF single
nation, but in the interest Of all ma
tions, in the interest of peace"