Word: armament
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...much less poetic was Mr. Noyes's appeal for disarmament and the "realm of peace and love and justice." In stirring phrases he denounced the vicious circle of logic by which the nations defend gigantic navies and armies. "We must strengthen our armaments because others are strengthening theirs" is the argument. European parliaments know that it must stop, and yet they cannot escape from the "vicious treadmill that they have set going" which is "grinding the bones of men." Armament and the taxation it requires weaken Europe like "a great financial vampire sucking the blood of nations...
...must be admitted that they would appear diametrically opposed. But, if we take them out of this purely artificial atmosphere, and examine them in the light of their application to present day international problems, we must at once see the great interest which to United States has in armament as a means of carrying...
...world is so far no more than a poetic fancy. The results of the first Hague Conference in 1899 and that of 1907 are abundant proof of this. Although the conference of 1899 did not succeed in its main object, namely, to reduce the armed forces and the armament of the nations of the world, it did accomplish one great thing, the establishment of a permanent court which makes it improbable in the highest degree that civilized nations will go to war without first using every other possible resource, and unless the problems at issue are of fundamental and vital...
...yesterday afternoon, will speak on "The Political Economy of War" in Emerson D this evening at 8 o'clock. He will take up the effect of war on labor and industry, its economic consequences, and the best method of financing it: and he will describe the modern competitions in armament and will discuss the naval rivalry of nations. The lecture will be open to the public...
...cruiser "Harvard" has come to port at Newport News, Va., in order to receive her full armament, the gifts of the undergraduates can now be sent to her. The chest containing the stand of colors was shipped on Saturday, and the loving cup, which will be on exhibition in the show window of N. G. Wood and Sons in Boston for a few hours today, will be sent immediately. Lack of time prevents its being placed on exhibition in Cambridge...