Bisbee daily review., 1914-03-04
LOSS Of MEN IN WAR
 REPAIRED QUICKER
 THAN LOSS 0F MONEY
Navy League Says Adequate
 Armament ls Necessary to Promote World Prosperity

W NAoithNGlON. Mdrcn o. The chief obstacle to war is the difficulty in financing |. and this diff.cuity Is 'rereased if the enemy Is well pre-. pafed."
 Such Is the summing up of the vex, ing question of International arma- ments made by Rear Admiral Sid. ney A. Staunton and issued through he Navy League of the United states.
 It may seem ooldblooded to say, continued Rear Admiral Staunton. that money is more important lnah ques.iUn of humanity, but l am .slraia that the student of history is .niyen to the coneiusion that slcE 10 ,ne case. From a nauOnai ,Int O. uew no great ross IS so quicAiy ie- pared as tne JOSS ol me. A nundtta years ago the Napoieonic wars na1 sadIy uiIninisneu the arniies oI .ne l snpre yet france has now all dmp.e popuIauon of mousorlous ana Lros- YvIous peSple. rganCe nas Iepaii Sa ger JOSS vl iis, but sue has a nauOna. 4eDt of over nye rausanu mIilIVn uoi- .ars ana oniy an inuustilous ahu frugal peopie lislng m a rlcn counuy ovuIu susan it suceessfdiiy.
 War IS enormously expensive. The War of Secession cost VNvf nse UAOa- sanu mlliions oI 0o.iars excIusive oi Sonleuerase expenditures. r1ance, m iSil, paid an Inaemnity oi a -nou' sana minions ana lost two provinces besides the expense Of the war. IO the Umted States the eeonohiic c~s. nt war IS more sei4oas than to any other power because oi the s1andarH oI pensions winch have been esiao- is,.ed. foil.y -inne years after the termination Of the War Of seeessio.' ne are paying in penssons sIsO'OvVvr QUO sear.
 War is best avoided by making 10 maintenance dangerous ahd eApeh' siye and US results ucuDtfdl. I"ese difficulties, and especially the chor' mons expense of war witn prepare- enemy, contribute grealiy w Aoep lhe ,Jvace-are con.Io oling factors. Ihere can. 1 think, be no doubt that the | fundamental question In decldins peace or war is ah economicai one.
 The subject of universal peace has been debated by organized societies ler seventy years The Universal EX- position at London in lS6l was the first of it's kind. It was hauled as d hamburger of he atsoluucn of war That was sixty-three years ago anu universal peace has not yet arrived. The Emperor of Germany, with his
 impetuous inastence upon military
 .,rengtn, was regarded for long time as a menace to the peace oi
 Europe. Of late years many regard
 tim as one of its mos. effective pro
 motors. The Strong man armed Is
 an unanswerable argument It pm-
 bodies. not theory, but fact.
 "oaicers of the army and navy
 are assuredly sometimes represented
 at peace meetings as self seeking
 persons looking only for battle ane prcmd ion. As a matter Of fact know of no class of citizens who are more firmly advocates or peace, o' who do more, concertedly, to preserve the peace ol the nation than these
 same officers. They are entireiy a
 one with the members of the peac' - societies in their desire 70 aVoio wa 8 all war: but they differ in thei , opinion as to the methods ehectiV'
 for securing peace.
 } There are those who argue Una '- A battleship costing $l5.OOo,OOo pass
 os in twenty years to the scrap hea
 and that We do not wish to use ou battleships for fighting. We dc nc d expect any war as long as we man r. tain q sufficient number or ua''i' a shlps. We expect to wear mem ou
 and ultimately to scrap them by coi
 stant use and exercises which mar g- tain their efficiency and which ,assh i. cost the country a great deal
 money in pay, equipment, repairs an 's fuel We expect that this preparauo 1t win guarantee the preservation ,s peace and We consider that this
 for our battleships, the hhest an
 most satisfactory office. The moh' 70 SO spent is fair and satisiac'oi y national insurance against the eVi d and dangers which 1t Is designed