Show national affairs cy by FRINK P LITSCHERT the tha london conference for the limitation of naval armaments la Is over imd and while it A did not dot accomplish as 03 much in they way of reducing armament as some people hoped that it might accomplish yet lyet it Is very likely that the result la is I 1 about as generally satisfactory as could have been achieved in the present state of 0 world opinion the world Is not yet ready to disarm and perhaps will not get to that state of mind for considerable time yet it la is true that the race in naval armaments la is slowing up but when we begin to consider land armaments it must be admitted that the case Is ic not more hopeful now than it was before the world war 1 4 I 1 since the world la is not ready to disarm it Is of course up to the united states to maintain a navy in keeping with our position as a world power to protect our citizens at home find and abroad and to assure the safety of our world trade all AH real americans feel that this requires a navy as good as the best and it has been with this standard in mind that our delegates have labored so long end and earnestly at london the result according to most of the naval experts will eventually give us a parity in cruisers and smaller warships with great britain it will be contended by many of the mends friends ot of the navy and no one will dispute their patriotism and their interest in this important problem that the agreement at london does not ass assure ure parity this Is something which it will be up to the united states senate to determine the treaty will soon t be before the senate and there Is little doubt that it will be carefully examined and fervently debated there by the friends of the big navy nary as well as by those who ire are the opponents of the present navy standards before this debate Is over and the agreement Is finally acted upon the american people will doubtless know all that there is to know on both sides bides ol of this important subject in passing it may be said however that it if the treaty assures us parity it will have gained us something we have never had bad before great britain has always had a fleet more powerful than ours nor in the present state ol of opinion in congress does docs there seem to be any likelihood of our catching up with her unless agreement we lost our big chance for parity in 1621 ini one thing that ought to be done by al all means ot of c ourse course Is to build up our merchant mar marine ine naturally the pacifists paci fists are not satis 1 fled with the treaty that Is one tact fact that should bring consolation to those who believe in american defense the pacifists paci fists are dissatisfied not because they feel that we may tall fail of parity tn in the agreement but because they are ara afraid we may build bu 11 d up to t the point po I 1 nt where ag h ere we w e will obtain parity what they would most desire at least the more radical ot of them wa would hu id be to bring about a state ot of mind where w ere uncle sam would acknowledge G per permanent in anent naval inferiority and depend entirely on doubtful agreement and sentiment for peace to keep us out of trouble tio uble in the present state ot of world opinion when europe Is an armed c camp a rep no policy could be more inore foolish than this a and its adoption would indicate that uncle sam had bad at last arrived at the mental state where he h e needed a guardian ian at this time it would appear that th the e ratification of the naval limitations agreement will be the next big problem presented to the senate it will doubt I 1 I 1 less take precedence over the world j court problem with the root hoot formula attached tt ached which may not lot come up for consideration tor for several months 40 0 4 0 america Is ne never v er without expert political advisors 0 of foreign nationality willing to teach us lust just how bow we ought to conduct our international affairs typical examples ot of recent note are M andre geraud noted french writer better known to the reading public as per and H wickham steed british publicist who appeared recently in in washington at the annual banquet ol 01 0 I 1 the american society of newspaper editors at alch Ples president ident hoover was the guest of lionor honor although the two noted visitors were to speak on french and british journalism both of them devoted the greater part of their addresses to international ter affairs in which tancle Is sam came in lor for a great deal of advice and criticism because ot of his supposed aloot aloof ress from the trials and tribulations of europe the league of nations and a d its court were riot not specifically stressed what wag particularly urged was that uncle sam take some sort of hand in the international game 0 0 there was nothing new nor startling in the messages of PertI nax and an d mr steed they were only parts of a general attack on the american fundamental policy some coming from abroad and some from within our national dional gates the ultimate oba object act Is 11 in itself not to get us into the league or a league court b but t to secure some sort of an internationalization mitt u 0 caliz a tion so BO tar far as aa possible of national t ion a I 1 resources and tho the wealth ot of nations nation eions 9 uncle sam because he has the most wealth and the greatest resources la is naturally required to do most of at the international liquidating and so the immediate mediate object la Is to get him into a liquidating frame of n mind if getting him into the league by the front door or by a back door or even a cellar entrance ean can accomplish this all well and good but getting him into the european combination Is not the end it la is merely the means to the end the end being a super government which will control not only international political policies poll clea but international resources and wealth to an extent at least european Bur publicists and propagandists appear to be painfully puzzled at the hesitancy of uncle sam in joining the international combination they do riot not seem to realize that he takes pride and comfort in the fact that he has the most prosperous country with the best wage scale and the highest standard of living in the world for centuries and centuries I 1 european nations have been quarreling lingi 1 and fighting one against the other even today they have been unable to get over this bad habit yet although they well know this our european critics profess to be stupid enough not to understand why the american people hesitate about plunging into such a maelstrom of suspicion jealousy and intrigue 0 0 but because europe feels that something must bo be done about it we have campaigns not only to get us ua into european political commitments but campaigns to destroy our tariff to induce us to cancel the war debts and to modify our immigration laws fortunately these campaigns have not yet succeeded but it Is up to the american people to keep kee P informed on what Is really going on 9 0 america has done its share toward disarmament peace promotion and international ter amity during the past decade it Is willing to do more but not through sacrifice of its political independence it if europe wants disarmament let it reduce the tee size of its armies in keeping with the size ot of the american army if it wants to do away with tariff barriers let it adopt the american idea of production and work toward raising the living standards of its people to the american standard when the workers in europe live as we well 11 and are paid as well 1 as the american workers there will be no need for a protective tariff and perhaps not for so strict immigration barriers either for if the people la in europe can an do as well a at t home as abroad they will stay at home they come to america because they think they can better themselves the solution ot of the problem Is za not ot to dra drag 1 down america to thel the european economic level but to tc improve I 1 conditions in europe B u r 0 pe and this cannot 1 bo be done clone by destroying dest r 0 yang america it if eu rope wants want peace and prosperity let it not forget that peace and prosperity begin at home they can best be be secured I 1 by constructive work at home and not by destructive propaganda abroad |