Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1930, Page 29

THE EVENING “JORNON ATTCAS - PACTAS “ONFAR? London Treaty Endangers U. S. Defense and Imper- ils Commerce, He Says. (Continued From Page B-12) believe we should not yield to pressure, and some of us are still thinking of the generations that come after us! Americans may determine with whom the honors rest among officers of the Navy who have testified upon the Lon- don treaty. A few took their positicn— in good faith, we assume—where the road may lead to favors and prefer- ment. To their undying honor be it sald the great majority, in the propor- tion of five to one. of the officers of the United States Navy have gone the difficult road of opposition to influence and power and have dared tell the truth, even at the expense of being de- | rided by a Secretary of State. And, fter all, who best knows about a bechnical treaty such as this? We maintain with pride our splendid Acad- emy at Annapolis, where men are edu- cated in naval knowledge and for com- mand upon the seas. Upon graduation some devote their lives to the profes- sion for which the Government has fit- ted them. These, grown old in service Tecognizing but the one flag, with a thought single to their country’s wel fare and protection. tell us how to be- ware, would halt us on an emotional brink, where we find ourselves in part because of our feelings and in part bes sause of our politics; and should we not heed the warning of these men to | safety in our whom we Intrust the Nation time of peril> Who makes wars? Secrrtary of State would imply ‘naval officers. Not so. Our country has fought many wars, and every one of them has been dictated by civilian officials—never by naval officers. Cites Stimson’s Demand. The Secretary of State demands im- | mediate ratification. He asserts that the consequences of delay would cause the treaty to be a matter of political discussion this vear, and that what he terms irresponsible misrepresentation and a spirit of international suspicion and ill will would be a part of every political canvas. This is the argument made by every foe of democracy. There never has been a piece of legislation which could not stand detailed scru- Qiny but what its friends alwa isted that it was of little consequence and should be immediately passed and got out of the way. And today this is the specious plea most often heard in Rhe Congress for immediate ratification. It is an argument ever tq beware of in ation, but when is added to it the statement ' that the treaty may be dis- cussed with our people and, therefore, should be ratified before that discus- fon is possible, men who believe in the people and their right to govern should instantly repudiate it. humble opinfon that the demand for tmmediate ratification and for no delay 13 not fear that this treaty may become s part of a political campaign, but fear that it may not become a part of the ensuing political campaign. It is a treaty that was made, not because of its merits, but because by certain people | ajt was deemed necessary to have a treaty. It becomes thus a political treaty for use in the domestic politics of the Nation. I would take it out of politics, if I had the power, by post- poning its consideration until after election. Not only would this take it from the political arena and not permit it to be used as a buffer and an alibi our | I express my | | give us a short four months for the | mony, the fact that we fail to build | gress op) |in a political campaign. but 1t would | once. According to authoritative testi- | standpoint of those who in the CnnJEFFERSUN GIVES ‘ pos | people of the United States to unde stand it and, understanding it. to ex- press themselves concerning it. The | treaty is a highly technical document. | I am quite within the fact when I say | | that very few Senators have any ade- | quate conception of it, and even a | smaller proportion necessarily of our | people know what it is. Four months ! will do no harm to this treaty if it be what the Secretary of State and its signers say it is. If they are right, this bricf time will justify them, but if they are wrong, and we act with the haste that they desire, then an irreparable injury, which never can be | undone. will have been inflicted upon our country. Nonsense to Deny Probe Right. It is nonsense to deny a people the right of investigation of what may aflect their future welfare, and the| denial upon the ground that interna tional, relations may be intimately dis is a counsel of fear which should | frighten nobody. For more than three months what was considered at Lon- don? It was the relation of the navies of Great Britain, the United States| and Japan. Every conceivable aspect, from mass combat to commerce pro- tection, from submarines for immediate defense to great ships in far-flung battle array, was discussed. With meticulous care Great Britain and Japan measured our Navy in comparison with their own, and each was concerned in pre- erving either its equal balance or | uperiority. It wasn't a question of war at London. It isn't a question of war now. Nations, of course, ish in this world of Trealities, unfortunate as we may think it, to feel safe in any con- tingency. And in the last analysis it is_peoples who are to be safeguarded. who, if not, must the lves pay the price, and when the very subject mat- ter is their future protection, who have a better right of understanding and discussion than the very people them- selves? The great preponderance of testimony is against this treaty. Among the wit- nesses who were summoned, and who testified because summoned, were R”’“, Admiral Mark L. Bristol, Rear Admiral | J. V. Chase, Rear Admiral J. M. Reeve Rear Acmiral George C. Day, Rear Ad- | miral Henry L. Hough, Admiral Charles | F. Hughes, Rear Admiral H. P. Joncs, Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, Rear| Admiral L. M. Nulton, Rear Admiral J. | | R. P. Pringle, Rear Admiral Samuel | Shelburne Robison, Rear Admiral George H. Rock, Rear Admiral Frank | H. Schofield, Rear Admiral W. H.| Standley, Rear Admiral M. M. Taylor, Rear Admiral H. A. Wiley ern'ed);‘ Rear Admiral R. E. Coontz, Capt. Adol- phus Andrews, Capt. Alfred W. John- son, Capt. J. K. Taussig, Comdr. Harold | C. Train and Capt. D. W. Knok. All favor reduction and limitation of navies. Their testimony demonstrates to any | disinterested person: . That the treaty carries with it no | economy and does not reduce the bur- den of taxation of our people. d 2. That if we act under it, we im- | mediately enter upon a building pro- | gram that belies any cessation of com- | petition, and what is worse, if the un- | settled condition in Europe continues and the “escalator” clause is invoked | none can foresee the end of naval building. We Are Not Given Parity. 3. That we are not given parity with | | Great Britain. Even in battieships, | with the scrapping of five by Great | Britain and three by us, the Rodney and Nelson and their battle cruisers | give Britain a marked superiority. And | here 1S the complete refutation of the | 'ment Tecently made that we obtain | stal parity of our battleship fleet almost at I RN S5 VR RN YT ST |COLONIAL ANTHRACITE | “Guaravteed No Slate. No Clinkers” Ask the Man Who Uses It Ralph J. Moore Coal Co. 1406 N. Cap. St. | Pot. 0970 Pot. 0971 T RO S D S Visit “Home Sweet Home" A full size model home on the fourth floor of The Hecht Co. Here vou will find the newest ide urniture arrangement. new battleships will make it necessary | to modernize all of our old battleships, | it we are to approach parity with Great | Britain. The present disparity is pri- | marily due to the fact that Great Brit- ain since the Washington conference has_built the two ultra-modern bat- tleships, the Rodney and Nelson. The | modernization of our old battleships will | ing power: a pact so difficult and | cost approximately $118.000.000. For this great sum we could have nearly built three new battleships, instead of sinking vast expenditures into mod- ernizing old ships which will not last as long and can never be as efficient as new ones would be. In contrast| with this method of modernization, the | British and Japanese, by a special pro- vision of the treaty, hasten the scrap- ping and replacement of many of their | old cruisers, and to them this appears to be the morc sensible way of modern- izing their navies, In the long run it| certainly is the more economical way. And do not forget that recognizing our | inferiority and our lack of parity, our | representatives at London asked the | right. to construct a new superdread- | nought like the Rodney or Nelson, and of course, their request was imme- | diately denied. As "has been pointed out the de-| strover and submarine programs of the treaty are unfair to us because of the very substantial superiority we had in these classes when we went into the London Conference, and which we | yielded without commensurate return. | 4. The ratio of 5-3 with Japan ac- corded by the Washington Conference is substantially increased in favor of Ja- | pan, to our disadvantage and the peril of our seaborne commerce. We cannot with the cruiser strength given us by Great Britain adequately protect our commerce. Great Britain | with her bases and merchant marine with the allotted eight and six inch gun cruisers can thoroughly well pro- tect hers; but our lack of both bases and merchant marine, and the refusal| to us of the larger gun cruiser, deny | us exactly what Great Britain has, with | meticulous care, preserved for herself. 6. Our time-honored naval policy, by which the primary duty of our Navy | is to protect our commerce, is aban- | doned in favor of designing our Navy for fleet combat strength alone. 7. The important cruiser part of the United States Navy must be built not as the United States requires, but ac- cording to British specifications. The Secretary of State suggests the arriors” of all nations are attacking | the treaty and he refers to a hazy press dispatch “that some unfortunate officer in Japan committed suicide because of it. As an argument this is scarcely worthy a Secretary of State. The Jap-| anese are ic](‘\‘er and patriotic people. It may wel be that observing the ease with which their representatives ob- tained exactly what they wished, some Japanese may resent that they didn't ask more and, by mere insisting, obtain greater concessions, But from the YOUR BOY— Send Him to Camp This Summer Up by Sugar Loaf Mountain. & vate farm camp for boys from 10 to 14 years of age. 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Whatever incense fay be burned at the altar of internationalism: what- ever Hosannahs of praise may be sung to peace and good-will: whatever genu- flections may be made to power that demands at all hazards a treaty as a demonstration of achievement and.ac- complishment, this document that is sought to be crammed down the throats of the American people has within it not only the germs of Jfuture misun- derstanding and ill-will; but above and ond all this, it is unjust and unfair to’ our country. It robs us of that which we thought by sacrifices we had obtained in 1922; it may imperil our marvelously growing commerce, now equalling that of any nation on earth, and endanger even our national defense, and after all the boastful utterances concerning parity, it yields us only in- feriority. It does not -measure up to our material necessities and it falls far short of our ideals. 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