EXTOLS ACHIEVEMENTS OF WASHINGTON PARLEY

"The Washington Conference did much, both in the interest of economy and in the interest of peace", declared Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt '08 to a CRIMSON reporter recently.

"We must be careful, however", he continued, "not to misinterpret its lessons. We have been allotted a treaty navy. We must expect further conferences in the future. If we desire to wield the influence in future conferences that we did in the past one, we must maintain adequately our treaty navy. Though the Conference has, I am confident, aided the course of peace, I should be either a fool or a knave if I should say there will be no more wars.

"In letters as grave as war we have no choice. In order to play our part effectively in the future, in order properly to defend ourselves, in order to be able effectively to work for peace, we must keep our treaty navy adequately maintained and properly manned. This cannot be emphasized too strongly".