Show national aff affairs a irs by ank P LITCHERT I 1 now that the naval n aval treaty has been ratified by the united states senate the excitement has died down so to speak it will be aroused again however in the next ladislo session n 0 ot f congress s when w h er x t the ahser a ap p i 1 a n necessary e to p put u t t the h e terms n as of the treaty into effect come up tor for consideration the country may then expect another outburst of pacifist piffle a shouting of the little navy forces to the effect that now that we have achieved naval limitation and in effect parity I 1 with great G rest britain we do not want such parity they will assert that the moral victory achieved by the treaty Is 1 dent clent the average common sense amerl annerl cart can however Is ie unable to see where moral platitudes will do us ua a great deal of good it if we are confronted by an enemy who is determined to cripple or destroy our c country 1 4 0 most thinking americans will agree with admiral hepburn who declared recently that the treaty would be worse than nothing it if we failed to build up to the parity which Is a fundamental part of our program and of our national defense the great danger is not in the treaty but in the chance that we will fall to live up to the treaty by building the number of warships which the treaty allows us As the fort wayne news sen always a sound vigorous american newspaper said recently it has long been apparent that some of the alleged peace organizations which implored the senate to ratify the treaty would at the earlest possible bombard prevent the attainment of the parity which the treaty undertook to guarantee the old argument that because the powers power a have made renunciation of war there Is no reason hy the united states should take advantage of the treatis tre atys terms is certain to be a strong factor of tho the new propaganda against naval construction st by the united states and with this of course there will be tied up the altogether specious plea pica that such construction st will constitute an awful waste ol of me money n ey but the fact remains that unless we make such construction we shall have lost every advantage which our government has bought to gain in the way of a general reduction of armaments parity with great crest britain remains the only present effective means which the united states car can have in working lor for a further reduction of armaments in the future cr the assault against the terms of the treaty by the pacifists paci fists wll will come when the plans of our naval officers for replacement and new construction are pr presented e to 0 congress for consideration these plans call for the expenditure of approximately a year tor for ti the next five years on our navy this looks like a sizeable sum but it Is to be remembered that half of it Is for replacements which would have had to be made whether there had bad been any naval treaty or not so that the sum tor for new construction st is only about a year this Is considerable less than a dollar apiece for all americans and naval security Is certainly worth that much to each and every one of us besides the expenditure of this money will bring e employment to many thousands of americans 4 lin erl at a time when an increase in our employment Is badly needed 0 0 0 to those however who profess to be appalled at th the e figures it may be an that so much to 0 th the f tact ct th that a after construction t the e la Is d Us naval 11 limitations 1 a 10 treat treaty we e ma naval e construction st to Is languish OV wo we he bad balth in ish b hr the e 51 1 sincerity naval c competitors ors that at carity 0 01 F our cut do down they ey wanted h naval 11 c construction st action to suit during nine 1 years ears when hen A As 4 re spending a about 0 t 0 ve i trl uncle sama a navy v we had a laid a appropriate appropriated for do r only eleven eve of during the naval val c craft same e years ear japan a a laid im or appropriated e tor 5 do italy 82 G great britain 74 4 france so slice lu the good a and pacific c intentions te ti no f naval rivals ot at MB surely these figures and the result the washington at conference ot of nine ago are sufficient proof that jess build up to the treaty we to require requirement menta ibl flat time but there are difficulties way the pacifist Piff listS who 11 in tin the the treaty will now want to supported falling failing to live up to its scuttle itar it by will be up to the real america americans provisions 1 n nation to of 0 tin the see that such a our naval defense Is 18 not permitted shattering ol of |