Evening star., 1913-07-28

BRIG. GEN. ALBERT l.. MILLS.
militia division of the War Department
in statement issued by him today ex-
pressed the opinion that Andrew Car
negie, the apostle of peace, Is incon-
sistent in praising the German emperor.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie again invites
public attention to the fact that he is an
| advocate of universal peace" says Gen.
Mills, by praising the German emperor
as the greatest peace force in the world
At the same time Mr. Carnegie and his
employees in this country are trying to
discourage and discOuntenance the efforts
of those who are trying to maintain
peace along the lines which have been
so effective under the renowned William.
Who for a moment believes that the
German emperor could have maintained
peace If Germany had not been prepared
for war? That the German government
has maintained peace for a quarter Of a
century is the most effective answer to
the demand of those who are clamortng
for disarmament. particularly when the
countries of the world are far from that
universal accord which makes disarma-
ment possible.
MIR Carnegie boasts that he would
himself take a gun if necessary to drive
out an invader. Would even Mr.. Car
negie's services compensate for the un-
necessary death of thousands of brave
men which, should the policy Of disarma-
ment he advocates prevail will inevitably
follow? Would they compensate for the
humiliation of an invasion which would
be improbable il the nation Is even fairly
prepared for war? The trouble with us
Americans is that we do not realize the
vital distinction between available mill
tary resources and actual military
strength Time is essential to develop
the former into the latter, and this time
is denied us by modern conditions.
If Germany was without an army and
navy; if Germany had no trained SOL
diers and competent officers, does any
one suppose war would have been averted
during the past twenty-five years? When
Mr.. Carnegie praises the German emperor
he praises just what his agents in this
country are doing so much to discourage
that is, the proper preparation Of this
country to meet war emergencies il they
should occur.
"All that the friends of reasonable prep.
aration contend for is that an adequate
navy and an adequate and ready military
force are the best peace guarantees this
nation can possess. Land and naval forces
are mutually dependent, each the compile
, ment of the other. The navy and the
coast defense system which have beer
built up under successive administrations
have helped us TO maintain peaceful rela-
tons with all countries. With q mobile
military force of infantry, cavalry anG
field artillery which will compare favor
ably with the navy and the coast artil.
lery, this nation will be in position to b.
an effective peacemaker on the American
continent, and at the same time we will
have a guarantee that neither the nations
of Europe nor the nations Of Asia will
seek a quarrel with US.
War Talk Due to Weakness.
1--WE know that all the talk about DOS.
| sible war with Japan arises because OF
| the weakness OF this country as regards
its available military forces. II we had
an adequate military force. well trained
with officers having experience with large
bodies OF troops, and with an adequate
reserve, which could be promptly mobil
lied In case of war. there would be les.
talk OF war than we now hear year after
year
| while mention is made of Germany
| ''c army Vi tuttt country does not figure
In any comparison. This country doe:
not need a military force like that of Ger.
many or Of any other European power
An adequate force means a body o
trained soldiers sufficient in size for ouI
| needs which can be quickly mobilized
| and reserve force which can quickly
| assemble with the colors mention Ger
many only because Mr.. Carnegie, who ha.
become an apostle Of peace, and whose
agents in this country are opposing botf
adequate military and naval forces, holds
up the German emperor as the greates
peace preserver of tte world, when we al
know that he has been potent as a peac.
man only because. Germany had an army
and navy which maintained her nationa
honor and protected German interest.
Iboth at home and abroad