Show CHURCHES AND DISARMAMENT Any move la in the th direction of making peace more enduring Is to tobe tobe tobe be supported but often in the things are name of o many done which invite war At pres present ent eat the I Federal Council of oC o Church Churches es Cs In America Is cabling Is-cabling to the churches iri iii In Great Britain Franco France and Japan an endorsement ot of reo re- re message limitation of o naval arma arma- armament ment meat disclosing that the the council is solidly behind the thi president or of orthe the United States The The Tho announce announce- announcement announcement announcement ment Is signed by Dr S Cadman one on of the thi peat great preach preach- preachers preachers ers era of ot the day clay day An extract from the tho message message to the tha foreign churches follows It Jt Is earnestly to be hoped that president the president will push his pro pro- proposal proposal proposal persistently and persuasive persuasive- persuasively ly y and that the governments government and peoples of ot tho other nations will receive this appeal In the same saIne spirit and good faith with which it Is Issued and will respond to his earnest request for prompt action Our people should realize what the alternatives eIther are are a positive program for ending further competition In naval armaments arma armaments ments or renewed and unrestrained ed competitive naval pro pro- programs programs trams pro grams Inevitably causing Imme imme- immediate Immediate diate increase of ol mutual suspicion suspicion don cion and will Ill heavy increases in naval building budgets and cur cur- cor responding waste of ot money and resources of ot all alt the nations nation whIch ought to be used for tor the benefit of their peoples and for tor the ameli amell- amelioration oration ot of their financial dis- dis distresses dis distresses tresses We e believe that the pres- pres pres president ident Is right In declaring that competitive armaments constitute ono one of th the most dangerous con con- con causes of international suspicion and discord and are an cal cal- calculated calculated eventually to lead to war If It the great nations do not compete in naval armaments will they co so on competing In land and air forces and If It they do will the wiping out or limiting of naval armaments have any effect on In- In International In International suspicions It l there is to be disarmament it should be all along alone the line Will the other nations nations enter Into disarmament In good faith after once having failed to hold strictly to Us ts spirit of arms reduction as agreed to at the Washington con con- conference conference ference Great Britain for halt a cen cen- century cen- cen century century tury Insisted on having ft R navy two and three times as strong u B an any other navy In the world and during that time aroused no international suspicion because all other nations nations knew knew Great Britain armed to dominate the seas Great did not not yield supremacy until driven to todo do 10 so by the dia- dia dis-aiters dis a came cam as a r result sult of the thi world war If I America Is to make a pretense at having havinga a navy It should be bo the best navy Ot 01 none at all all It If I wo a have hae no navy shall we build larger coast defenses or shall vie trust truit to the good rood intentions Intentions of foreign nations What kind of a foreign policy must be followed to assure assure- this country attack in the fu- fu future future fu future ture Must It-be It weak and yield yield- yielding ing lug If It it Is aggressive and ex acting el-acting acting in keeping i 1 with progress eventually will It bring brine friction and when trouble comes come what will America do with th the Philippines and HawaII and other outlying pos poe possessions sessions Being disarmed at sea will be bean bean bean an Invitation f for r other nations ope through countries not a party t to the disarmament disarmament confer c conference ence enee to outmaneuver us on the ocean wh when n war clouds gather Disarmament should extend to nil all countries If It It Is to o be bo without Its elements elements of suspicion 00 00 |