| Show I IU JI S Sr TO KEEP NAVY IN TRIM I SAYS HARDING Stay Prepared So Long Longas as Armed Force Prevails Prevails DUTY MADE CLEAR Hectic Press Given Slap In Presidents Address 1 I SEATTLE Wash July 27 M 27 W I Pa Harding appearing I be-I be- be before be before I fore the Seattle Press club after his 1 review today In the harbor here ot of i the entire United States I I battle fleet fleet declared that until the i iday day comes cornea when hen i hen nations abandon i iI I use of o armed forces America shall flail find her assurance In a navy Pt or orthe the first rank orI I We Vo were building wo vears ear ago at a 1 late ate that would hll have Vo placed I any ot our armed sea PO power er In excess of any other othor power but In cons con I that armed cost and competition was leading to menacing national burdens wo we In Invited an nn International I al conference to fix limitations the added wo 0 asked equality with the first rank for our our-I our our- ourselves selves our selves and wel weme e accorded It Let Letus Lotus us us hope our congre congress with the coe dial sanction of the American veo- veo pie pIe will continue that first rank ranh I believe our obligation to the orld means the most exacting of our maintenance within the maximum limitation fixed by the conference and I belle belles e our clear duty to ourselves ea Is la to maintain the equality provided In that maxi max maximum mum until anI a new ness baptism of In- In In International conscience prescribes a joint action toward reduction or complete abolishment LEARN FRO M ALASKA In addition to Ins me h allons on the question of naval nl power Mr Harding Hording said that those of us isho ho think we know a great grent lot about newspaper making may learn some very ery simple fundamentals tal by going to Alaska I I found m solf he continued Involuntarily dotting doffing my hat to the editor and publisher who sue sue- suc succeeds coeds In maintaining a dally daily Issue In A t town of eight to twel twelve e hun hun- hundred hun hundred dred people where here the circulation cannot exceed two tso or three hundred copies I refrain from an attempted analysis anal of the relation of the value of advertis advertising ing to Its cost but the community I alue of the publication will remain unchallenged There Thore Is a limited of the big news of the world with a larger relative e regard t for tor pugilism than world politics but lut human In- In In Interest terest Is fall Iy satisfied with the tabloid stor stori of world e Doubtless the Alaskan Is quite as well vell nourished mentally with Its restricted ne neis diet as are aro some of us who find our nauseated wa after we read our newspapers fully through elaborated and ox- ox ex expatiated stories of crime and scan scan- and wander through a haze of speculative politics POTENT AGENT Tho J lg arset In the successful Alaskan sheet Is la the home homo ne e and when the tho final of the tho making of A newspaper Is 18 here Is the secret of most news s newspapers papers Gh Give Gise e a n news news- newspaper newspaper newspaper paper which Is a true reflex of the community It sen serves ceres es and I know I am reading an n Index to ablo able ablo public opinion as well as II a potent agent In that opinion An Impressive lve feature of Alas Alaa- Alaskan kan press was as aa Its manifest honesty ort oft times revealing an appealing frankness An honest and an In- In In Intelligent ent press prea which necessitates a highly purposed press affords afford a limitless opportunity for tor community community ty service and the loftiest employ employ- employment employment employment ment In tn life It may preach to the larger congregation It has every opportunity to commend and de do de- de defend defend fend the law It Is the tho mouthpiece of our politics It Is the tho teacher which kno knows knoss s no vaca aca vacation aca- aca tion It Is ig the recording agent of human accomplishment story Is the tho ever continuing Inspiration to lottier achievements Let tho those of us u who find pride in association with the making of ot the American press the best beRt press In Inthe inthe the Ilse world orld resolve upon a full ap- ap of our responsibilities see that conscience Is maintained As ln s editor chief and that accomplishment 11 ment write the tho big boats beats which which are ever giving gh In the tho exhilarating exhilarating thrill to the dally daily grind 00 00 |
