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Show Only Nine Votes The final vote on the London naval treaty proved that the opposition to the treaty was not nearly as strong numerically numer-ically as it was vocally. For a good many days the die-hards had a great deal to say, and to judge from their actions one would have supposed that at least half of the nation's citizens citi-zens were walking the streets at night in an agony of fear lest our navy be sunk wihout a trace. But when it came to a showdown, there were just nine opposition votes. It may be that it is just a little bit harder to get Americans Ameri-cans excited about the dangers that lie in co-operating with Europe than it used to be. Six or eight years ago the whole viation was suspicious and jump about such things. Now, however, we seem to have grown more sensible. It is certain that the antics of the die-hards over the naval treaty did not stir a ripple of excitement in the public mind. |