Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
"Program of Peace
Provoking War

No less than Woodrow Wilson, in Vol of his Amer
lean People described 1912 arms
brought on by program of peace.
The description apt and impressive significant today
a a hundred years ago.
1t is frequent thing for to be brought on by the pro
gram peace If country has a within the dec
will other have been encouraged
attack by our UNPREPAREDNEss- our program of
peace
The would be peace making administration of 1872 whose
program disarmament, had the army practically dis
navy dsmanted that when the high spirit
of the American people rushed to protest against the
of American ships and naval weakness and mil
itary impotence made possible for British ships to sail
the Potomac and make of beautiful Capital MONUMENT
OF ASHES TO A PROGRAM OF PEACE.
The Civil War of 1861 would have would
have been shorved but for another program of An
other group of peacemakers whose program dsarma
to the extreme of introducing bill in Congress
ABOLISH THE NAVY ALTOGETHER! They succeeded to
of inducing Congress make appropriation for
naval ncreaseand the Civil War found the Government
prepared.
The South breathed through its seaports strong navy
could have bookaded every Southern port stopped the
exchange for and ammunition and starved the
South into surrender in year
Millions of money and hundreds of thousands of human
lives the CHASTITY monument of the sixties to the little
Americans program of peace
The times about unsettled There and
of Japan restless England controversial Ger
many is ambitious. We entering Upon mighty of
merca development that will inevitably excite competition
provoke sharp antagonm The Monroe Doctrine looms
threatening The Panama Canal in its unsettled
problems makes for the coming decade We
ing great interests and great against great nations that
differ and find their interests ieopardized by
The that separate from other nations
vital than twOthrds of the that have made wars be
fore
past hundred years there has been average of
from naval expeditions landed every year protect
American citizens consuaes and property There need for
a navy all the time The navy not essentially alone for
aggressive nor for defense make effective
great American policies which for the benefit of the
entire Western Hemisphere The Monroe Doctrine of
these 1t is being questioned every day.
Shall encourage another program of to make
for war? Shall build and label in falling navy
the unfaing temptation to other nations be aggressive
to attack us?
The whole crystal teaching Of history experience and the
present day call for the of PRE-
PAREDNEsS FOR WAR AS THE ONLY PROGRAM OF
PEACE THAT WILL ENDURE.
You can not improvse navy. You not build
buy one in an emergency like gun You do not need
one often but when you do, you need it quick,
The display of force in the hands of government makes
it unnecessary to use of rights and
liberties
John Fke the historian his great lecture Manifest
Destiny" declared:
Obviously the permanent peace of the world be
cured only through the GENERAL CONCENTRATION OF THE
PREPoNDERANT MILITARY STRENGTH into the hands of
the pacifcrommunites.
Every sensible American wishes adequate navy, and
asks pledged Congress redeem its pledges and build