Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-18
uNpREpAnEDNEss ToR WAR.

The United States H. utterly IN.
prepared for war There really wa,
no need Tor Congressman Gardner e
call attention to a fact known by
every thinking person IN the country
of course. We did not know just how
utterly unprepared We we're until We
began 20 read OF the equipment Of
the Germans. Their big guns were a
surprise 20 the nations Of Europe as
much as to this country.
We have little national police
force. That Is all that we can say for
cur army Like Great Britain. We
have placed our reliance In our navy's
ability 70 guard the two great oceans
which separate Us from what might
otherwise be formidable foes
Another lesson for our navy Is IN
the deadly work done by the little
submarines, an American invention
which might have been an American
monopoly had Il not been for the stu
pidity of our government when lioi-
hand presented the submarine plans
and attempted 20 sell them 10 our
navy. We have now very little in the
way Of submarines and, according to
Congressman Gardner. who probably
spoke with full knowledge. very few
torpcdoeH
Fortunately We have had no war,
and now the danger OF one Is passed
for a long time 10 como, When the
European struggle ends, which may
be within six months or within six
years, every flrst-class power OF Eur
opo will De too weakened financially
10 attempt hostllties with any coun-
Try Of even fair resources Il VIII re-
auirc IL least a quarter u century
FOR reasonable regeneration
After the war with japan. Russia
got on her feet quickly. but She WIS
enabled TO do - by vast loans from
France. Al the end Of this war there
VIII be no European country LEFT ca
pable Of financing another on Itself.
even.
Japan is Ia the same boat with the
countries of Europe, While her war
operations cost her comparatively
little. she had little to begin with and
Is hurdened with the debt Of the war
with Russia Should she undertake
war Of even fair size now she would
be bankrupt within a month Had not
her bonds found ready sale IN the
United States and Europe during her
war with Russia. she would have been
crushed long before the battle OF
Mukden occurred
L, viii be recalled that bismarck
once said there We're three things ne
eossafg 10 the successful prosecution
OF war. The nrst was money the
second was money and the third was
money When The war ends, the
United States will he the only nation
Of me world with money FOR financing
ANYTHING
u VIII be well for this country to
~ ahead With the construction Of
naval equipment until through a con
ference of world powers there shall
bo agreement 60 dlsarm More than
any other nation III The world except
Great Britain wc need powerful
navy sud must have one cur regular
army ana the National Guard CON
siiine nucleus fot ap army but We
cannot have is real army unless Il
has arms ANA ammunition up To the
last moment 81 efficiency aud enough
II them % supply n&e millions Of men
al least
IN the light Of the present We
know that & Germany had decided
60 ~ II war vigh "a ana had been
able to torpedo our fleet ont Of OK
istence as force she could haye
landed az army ia our shores that
could have marched from the Atlantic
to the Pacific without effective op
position We would have been help
less
The danger is now "a thing of the
past Fortunately Tor us We have not
had 20 meet il. BUT let il be said here
that We would have been almost as
helpless ia Tie hands 81 Japan not
vithstandlng our brave talk ~ war
little more than year ago lf amy
nation outside of Germany knew
what was being done by the kaiser
il was iapAn. It would not be sur
prising ii the Waflike brown men OF
the Asialic island empire were found
20 have equipment FOR Waf quit,
equal t. that 81 the Germans