The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-21
M PREPAREDNEss.
Lalh.rt Hubbara in The Fra.l

WAR preparedness leads to The coast line between Can W ada and the United States from the St. Lawrence ryer to
 Lske Superior is about 20O0 miles
 the year 1872 there 46 forts oig and ht5 on e United States side and the number drowned at us from Canada
 At Fort Niaeara alone there were time 5000 troops Altogether we had the Great Lakes over 100 craft devoted 10 the art of fighting-this in the interest of peace
 Tn one little battle had with British cousins on Lake Erie Commodore Perry rash youth of 27 captured s British ships and killed 800 men little before this the British de stroyed ten ships for us and killed 200 Americans
 Altar the 1872 ended and peace was decaIea both sides got busy very busy strengthening the forts and ID building warships
 At Watertovn Conneaut Erie Port Huron Cleveland and Detroit were shpyard where hundreds of men were worng nicht and day building warshps Not that war was menS but e statesman of the said there nothing Se pre- pardness In Canada things much the same and there threats that Perrys famous message We nave met ' enemy and they are ours would soon be reversed
 Suddenly very quietly, two in Washington got 5o gether and made an agreement One acting secretary of state Richard Bush of Philadelphia; the other was Cnes Baot minister to the United States from England Bush was o Quaker percentage and naturally was opposed to 9e business of war.
 Bago had seen enough of fighting to know it was neither glorious amusing.
 Bush wrote out memoranda of agreement which he head ed "An Arrangement.p
 The document is written on one side single sheet of pa per and is dated April 2S, 18l7 Here IS copy
 The naval henceforb to be maintained upon 0he Great Lakes shall be confined the following vessels on each
 % On Lake Ontario one vessel not to exceed 100 tons bur den carrying not more than 20 and one lSpound cannon
 "S On the upper lakes two vessels of same burden and armed in like way.
 a4 On Lake Champaign vessel of like size and arna ment
 @ All other vessels to be dsaned and no other vessel of war shall be built armed along the St. Lawrence - CT or on the Great Lakes.
 This agreement has been regiousy kept Its effect was to stop work at once Qualifications and cause disarmament along the Great Lakes. ,,
 So far as we know the agreement will continue for all tune Roth parties are satisfied and naturally has been aecepted very few people know of it's existence
 Here is an example that friends in Europe might wen onde If those forts on the frontier had been maintained and had the ships of continued sail up and down. It would have been positive miracle there had not been flgntng
 Probably they would have forced us into var h aneaho before this v have had several disputes with Canaoa "e ;; 6 have been very easy to open hoste the tools had been handy Men posto find reasons for using ae and the nations that have big armies will find excuse 0r es ing their efficiency
 If two countries can make arrangement limiting the extent or armament and this arrangement holds for O0 yeaS cannot nine countries do the same?
 Then all that is needed is few soldiers to do pohee ouy
 Nations cannot afford be savage any more than lndi- viduals