White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-23

That day has past. Has there ever
been danger of war between Ger
many and ourselves, members of the
same Teutonic race? Never has 1t
been even imagined. America,
Britain, Germany in China marched
their united forces under a German
general to Picking, and so will these
three powers some day unite again
when danger requires. We are all of
the same Teutonic blood and united
could ensure world peace. HI
fourth naval power is our ally of the
Revolution, the sister Republic of
France. Could even an American
admiral or commanding general sue
coed in believing that war was pos
sible between the two republics?
This would be found beyond wen the
widest flights of his vivid magma
ton. The Taft treaty submitting all
questions to arbitration was signed
by three of these powers, Britain,
France and ourselves in Washington
by order of his government assur-
ing us of her desire to become a
party to the treaty.
This would have been the begin
ming of the end. These powers,
once united for peace through arbi-
tration, intimating to any civilized
powers threatening to break world
peace that such action would not be
favorably considered and asking that
their policy of peaceful arbitration
be adopted instead. would not,
could not pass u%nheeded and peace
would be preserved, and the foulest
blot upon civilization would thus
have been erased. The treaty failed
Unexpectedly to get the required two
thirds vote in the senate, but let the
peaeemakers be of good cheer. We
hope and believe that the incoming
administration is to renew the effort
and succeed. There can be no such
word as fail in a cause SO noble.
Let Wood, Mahan. Goethals and
others, admittedly the right men in
the right places, give us one good
reason why any nation should desire
wal with us. When they do this to
the country's satisfaction we should
listen, but not till then. To name
our probable invaders and de-
scribe their means of inyad-
ing us would Danish all ground for
anxiety. Think of a European pow
er having to transport an army and
its supplies across the Atlantic to
the question why and with what OBJ
ject. Thanks to our constitution, If
We must repel invasion We shall
have the advantage of a civilian
commander-in-chief in the president
and not a professional theorist, in
capable of Judging questions of gen.
eral policy. Here we are reminded
of an axiom in business, beware
the expert" especially those whose
life work is dreaming of wars which
seldom or never happen. Our naval
and military officials must dream of
wars since most of them never ever
see one. They resemble our war
ships. few of which even fire a hos
tile shot, but parade round the world
showing their guns as peaeoeks dis
play their feathers, always ornamen-
tai, but seldom useful. Lincoln with
a Stanton, a Grant and a Sherman, is
the ideal-not one of whom but came
direct from civil life to defend his
country. 1t would possibly be our
land; guide them into the interior as
far as they would go-getting in
they would find easy, but when it
anne to the question how they would
get out it would be another story
surrounded as they would be by hun
dreds of thousands of sharp-shooters
from every quarter OF the compass.
Our republic, Dol to number 100,-
900, 600 of free and independent
citizens, our men old and young
ready with their rifles to do or die
for their country if attacked, surely
every man, even the narrow profess
tional soldier in his sane moments,
must realize that no such hair
Drained madness as invasion will
ever be attempted. Our harbors
could easily be torpedoed before the
enemy could prepare and arrive.
Men who refused today to walk
abroad without lightning rods down
their backs with a ground eonnec-
ton, because men have been struck