| Show national affairs by FRANK P LITSCHERT president hoover did well in address f ing the world chamber of 0 commerce to call attention to the great burden oil military armaments armament in europe alter after mentioning the efforts which have been made to reduce naval armament lit la which us we all know uncle sam took too 4 the lead and made th major sacrifices voluntarily giving up world naval u prelacy which was within his grasp the president rightly paw paid some atten tim to the question ot of military establishments As the president vea said the united states has a loss less airest interest ta in land firmament reduction than any ans ot of the large nations because our forced have a already been de mobilized iced and reduced moe moi e than all others I 1 1 a 40 tills this Is a fact fa which wt we ure are too apt to overlook and which athya profess lorial pacifists paci fists always awaya overlook an their efforts to render uncle sam defensively helpless without to whether tether the zest rest of 0 the world disarms or snot As a knat t ter ot of fact although efficient eBl clent arid and well trained the united states army te Is little niora anore in num bere than a nation Fa police foro foiw it compares in size only onis to the armies ot of the third rate powers in europe using hawes of the rori fort ten ign policy As 0 society not dipre against we that sewn powers lot europe and asia have cor conscript script amies larger than the non cori arina ot of the states and one power britain listis baa a non army larger than ours the figures are franco franca IB klussm italy poland japan alua great britain first line troops abla spain and bev conscript armies of 0 approximately ther une the non army of the united states 1 I 1 jt it will be seen been the tharefa there refa teEB that ir fori for peace and disarmament 12 lal the United S states tates mr freddrick Freds Freder rick lek libby and his professional lonal defense busters austers bu are barking vip up the wrong theitis tn e ills not uncle sam who is responsible tor for the military mull tary burdens bur lens of the world his army will not compare in size witt that of any or of the other first class powers of the ahe world rid excepting only Gerro any disarmed by the Vo versailles mailles treaty with the understanding that the other nations would follow suit I 1 W aw 0 I 1 if our professional profess lonal pacifists paci fists are ie en firely sincere theer fore and wish to ao do something to further disarmament why fin they art rt move their propaganda batteries and their peace alov doles es ao Sai europe rope where here their valued services are really needed itne reason they do not Is obal ous they well ell know that nothing can be done in europe because europe Is not lot ready to disarm so they confine their assault sto the united states in the hope of earning their money by zen rendering dering uncle sam as defenseless as possible an appeal to the sentiment of the american people ab W 41 europe will not disarm in an spite of the swa advice which president hoover has given her she will not for reasons among them mutual national jealousies tears fears and ambitions put but the biggest reason of all can be found jn an ithe ever looming chadow of soviet russia the communists have declared war oon on the capitalist wadd Koia ii and although the foreign policy association gives the number of russian first line conscripted troops as ew n e vhf w ho ts Is enuch tn touch alth w ath the situation knows that hat potential military strength is far greater than this in fact the soviet leaders arbor sure the entire nation man woman and child on a military basis and bast that within a few years they can call out nut an army of tera ten jt trained i roen men with this menace hovering near it Is small wonder that cen central aral aad western euro europe pe are not inclined to disarm yet enough a great many of our professional pacifists paci fists seem strange IY y sympathetic with russia it if they want to start a real demilitarizing movement let thenn begin by convincing brig keviet russia that tiow flow is the time tor for 11 good nations to loV aarm |
