Show TRY rRY TO WORK UNCLE SAM It is s perhaps too early to pass any hard bard and fast judgment on the which success or lack of success characterized the Geneva Gene arms par parley ley Icy but one comment by b Secretary of the Navy y Wilbur should be writ large in the copybook ok of principles which guides this government go In irs future with other pow ers era We Ve e cannot expect says Ears Secre Secretary Secretary tary tar Wilbur Wilbur wO we cannot expect either Great Britain or Japan to scrap new ships constructed since the former treaty for limiting arm armaments arm armaments I aments nor Is it likely that we will again sacrifice new ney ships in such an undertaking The last clauses of that sentence nor nor is it likely that wo we will again sacrifice new ships in such an undertaking Is is the part that rankles After the Washington conference this government go in good faith scrapped two thirty capital ships nineteen of which were built bum and thirteen of which were ere under construction Britain at at the same time t e scrapped only on y two twenty twenty two ships and Japan scrapped only six six- six teen Generous Uncle Sam led the way and as usual he got a sock in Jn the Jaw jal for his benevolence olence American big heartedness In In In- International dealing has on several other occasions suffered similar treatment When America first en en- entered entered the world war General Per Per- ehing ebing conferred with British states states- statesmen st tes men en on how the American army might best cooperate operate with the al allies al- al lies The British at that time lime practically practically insisted that American troops be sent over O as replacements to British units to tight light under the British flag Pershing's Insistence that hat the United States troops fight under the United States flag caused much hard feeling for a long time That experience and the more recent experience at Geneva prove beyond all doubt that the British are good arguers As French rench ob observers ob- ob observers servers unofficially observed the British maneuvered American dele delo- delegates gates into such sub su b a position that it would be possible for the British to make slight concessions to en cn enable able the American delegates to save their faces Caces yet et giving Great Creat Britain a very definite domination of the seas We live and learn but It should be many man moons before your altru altru- altruistic altruIstic Undo Uncle Samuel ever sacrifices sacrifices' another two thirty capital ships in inthe inthe the he interest interest- of disarmament I |