Show AMERICA BACKS SECURITY MOVE TO SAVE MONEY Less Armament in ip Europe Favored SIDETRACK DEBTS Coolidge 1 Is Ready to ol Follow Lead By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Written for forThe The Telegram WASHINGTON Oct 9 Although 9 Secretary Kellogg will not dispatch Hugh Gibson American minister to Switzerland to the Locarno peace conference or send any other Unofficial unofficial unofficial un un- official observer the United States has the widest interest in in its sUccess success suc sut- cess This government was not In Invited Invited invited In- In to the conference n and d probably probably probably ably would have declined to participate participate participate pate on the ground that it is dealing dealing dealing deal deal- ing with purely European affairs But that does not mean that we have naVe no concern in its outcome America has In fact real concern In this first g genuine effort since Versailles to wipe out war post-war animosities in Europe and get the theOld theOld theOld Old World back on a basis of common common cornmon com corn mon confidence and economic sta sta- Our interest is general rather than specific but direct and im im- im- im It Is three-fold three in charac charac- ter The United States longs for tranquillity in Europe 1 because assurance of peace means reduction in expenditure on armament 2 because substantial cuts In armament armament armament arma arma- ment budgets will enable France Italy Belgium Rumania Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Poland and Jugoslava the themore themore themore more speedily and comfortably to pay America the money they owe I her and 3 because banishment of war bogeys will hasten the possibility of a second disarmament disarmament ment meat conference READY FOR CONFERENCE President Coolidge has repeatedly indicated that he Is ready to propose propose propose pro pro- pose another conference the moment European conditions Justify it The administration recognizes that as long as the psychology p s df rf f fear rm ates E to E rd rde e n l SID rt t rH-t t the North sea and from of Biscay to Archangel no military power across the Atlantic Atlantic would seriously consider limitation on o of armament Today several of them as far as land strength is concerned concerned concerned con con- are armed to the teeth It Itis Itis Itis is a question whether France or Russia has the larger number number- of men nen actually under arms bu they are both military powers of greater might than they were in 1913 Even the smaller nations like Italy Bel- Bel gium glum Rumania Czechoslovakia Poland Poland Po Po- land and maintain military mili tary establishments ts vastly bigger than the skeleton army sustained by bythe bythe bythe the United States These countries tax themselves burdensomely to keep these armies going They do not do so because they worship militarism The World war cured nearly everybody in Europe of militarism What impels impel continental Europe to spend Its s substance on armies is mutual fear between adjacent nt countries and anda a genuine belief bellef that self-defense self calls caBs for strong armies Locarno's underlying purpose Is to obliterate these fears and destroy these be be- If It It can do so hundreds of millions of dollars of European money will be available for other purposes U. 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S WANTS DEBT CASH One of the purposes purpose purposes to which the Continued on page 4 I AMERICA MERICA BACKS BACKS' I SECURITY MOVE TO SAVE MONEY XI r J 1 t Continued from page 1 1 l' l United U States government wo would Jd r d' d j funds c ce expect these liberated funds to be devoted de is the liquida liquida- p- p r ff p ii of debts to us If Trance Prance for fora a example receives guarantees at L Locarno arno that her eastern frontierA frontier A f within the measurable fu- fu v s. ture tufe In danger of attack In a German Germ German Ger Ger- m man man n war of revenge the 1 Trench French might be able to slice their 1 military budget in half That would enable them to pay par off bo Doth both h their American and British I war Indebtedness in big annual in instalments In- In mailer maller countries released from c th r fears would be correspond correspond- flush and be able to to divert t 1 money n ney either to liquidation of their American debts or for other non- non militaristic purposes The United St States te for six years tears has taken the thear thear I ar ar psychology of Europe E In into to consideration In c nt c 1 r I b t tarn tan countries countries' capacity to pay pay Ii I i y will consider that ca ca- ca pt P very materially mater ally ally enhanced g nh anted J ca If it Ift p t Europe v E Europe rope o arao acc Accustoms c s sf f f r it f to to think terms 00 or I C in tead ead of In terms of ever ever threat- threat 1 i war x t 1 The Coolidge administration knows ws there tore are many difficulties r F to to be be e tl at Locarno and does pot not i IJ M jr ec the m to fo result Jj t. t from tM But it the security pact to b be discussed there can be bei 1 i act achieved the p president would hold U th time for foi Another disarmament I conference at at least to be in sight I TIe The only sort of a conference the United States would take part inIs in m mIs I Is one called by Itself or by the world powers pokers acting independently the o of as a s powers not as league nations A league conference Is taboo In Washington If Europe should indicate liv in- a n. preference for a conference conference conference confer confer- ence there rather than here this government would probably Interpose Interpose interpose Inter Inter- pose no objection It might readily assent to the tho view that as l lane land nd armaments in which our country Is relatively disinterested would b be bethe bethe the main topic of discussion th the conference should be held In th the region where huge huge- land armaments armament abound U U. U S 5 SETS 3 SETS PACE The United d States has little or nothing to to offer In the way of re rep of military armaments Our army establishment is already down to the bone Indeed bone indeed below the bone our military authorities t think If Great Britain France pan Japan and Italy Itay want more nava naval disarmament they would undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly edly find America ready to go as af asfar far as they do This government has never considered that the work worl of the Washington conference 6 Of 22 1921 would be bo complete until auxiliary craft raft cruisers cruisers destroyers destroy destroy- ers submarines and naval aircraft are are brought within a limitation scheme Washington is is not surprised by bytho bytho bytho tho attempts of M M. Chicherin the soviet foreign minister to to- Intrigue against the success of or the Locarno meeting by dangling baits before Poland and Germany German Russian policy policy policy pol pol- icy is avowedly to keep the the capitalistic cap cap- powers powers' lit fai a state of unrest unrest unrest un un- un- un rest and common mistrust That is held to be In the interest of the communist world revolution n. n Ye Yet American statesmen recognize that nb no scheme of European land disarmament disarmament dis dis- dis armament can be considered ef effective effective effective ef- ef unless some way is found foum of bringing Russia within it That Tha will be the next problem for tor European European European Euro Euro- diplomatists to work worle out If results at Locarno are achieved |