Pres. Coolidge on the Drifting to Another World War Omaha, Oct. 6.
Addressing a convention of the American Legion to-day President Coolidge predicted that the world would prepare for another conflict unless racial animosities were demobilized and an attitude of universal toleration was created. He expressed the hope that America would take the lead in this respect} and begin at home.
Pence and security, the President said, would more likely be the result of fair and honourable deal ings and mutual agreements to limit the armaments of nations han of any attempt at competition squadrons and battalions.
President Coolidge expressed the opinion that military authority] should be subordinated to and be governed by civil authority and, therefore, any organization of men in military service bent upon inflaming the public mind for the! purpose of forcing the Government] into action through pressure of public opinion was an exceedingly] dangerous undertaking and precedent. "America, frit" was a perfectly correct aspiration for Ameri-eans to cherish, but the problem they had to solve was how to make Amuriea first. Tt could not be done cly cultivating national—digotry, arrogance and selfishness. "Ha-trods, jealousies and suspicions did rot produce any benefits in this lixection."—Reuter's—American Service, Churchmen and Absolute Equal of Coloured and White Folk London, Oct. 7.
A crowded meeting of the Church Congress at Eastbourne to-day discussed race problems, The Rev. Willingdon declared that! it was imperative that the problem shout be solved by peaceful methods and not by a clash of races, which would be the most schastly tragedy the world had ever known. The only practical solution was to treat the coloured races in a spirit absolute equality with the white races, If we wished to continue oar associations with and influence over! the countries which white men had Meveloped it must be by not Yogating to ourselves any race]
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