Show Tn PEACE CONFERENCE THOUGHTS J The peace conference will meet in a few days las at atThe atThe atThe The Hague S Some me time ago President Roosevelt speaking of our duty as a nation said It is our bounden duty to work for peace yet it itis itis itis is even more our duty to work for righteousness and justice But further on he said Anything in the nature of general disarmament would do harm and not good if it left the civilized and nd loving peace peoples peo peo- peoples ples pIes those of highest standard of municipal and in international international international in- in obligations and duty unable to check the other peoples who have no such standards and acknowledge no such obligations That is what we have insisted upon often in THE TELEGRAM The world is not ready for the reign of peace While the nations are building great navies while there are nations that still want more territory while there are nations that would be willing willing willing will will- ing to risk a war to increase their trade it would be suicide for any generous power while even cven advocating advocating advocating advocat advocat- ing peace to neglect in time tim of peace to prepare for war That is by neglect or 01 b by to so neglect its fighting forces by sea and by d land as to serve notice on less generous powers that in case of war it would be an easy victim |