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

No than Woodrow Wilson in Vol of his Amer
lean People has described the of 1912
brought by program of peace
The description apt and impressiveas significant to-day
hundred years ago
frequent thing for to be brought by the pro-
gram of peace country has within the next dec
ade will be other nations have been encouraged
attack us by our UNPREPAREDNEss- program of
peace"
The would be peacemakng administration of 1872 whose
program disarmament had the army practically dis
banded and the navy dsmanted that when the high spirit
of the American people rushed protest against the
of American ships and naval weakness and mil
itary impotence possible for British ships sail up
Potomac and of beautiful Capital MONUMENT
OF ASHES TO PROGRAM OF PEACE
The Civil War of 1861 would have would
shortved but for another program of peace An
other group of peacemakers whose program disarma
to the extreme Of introducing bill in Congress
ABOLISH THE NAVY ALTOGETHER! They succeeded to
the extent of inducing Congress make appropriation for
naval ncreae-and the Civil War found the Government
prepared.
The South breathed through its seapor strong navy
could have blockaded Southern port stopped the export
exchange ammunition 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 unsettled There wars and
of Japan restless; England controversial Ger
many ambitious We entering upon mighty of
merca development that will inevitably excite competition
and sharp antagonsm The Monroe Doctrine looms
everhreaening The Panama Canal in its unsettled
problems makes for the coming decade We
ing great interests and against great nations that
differ and find their interests jeopardized by
The causes that separate from other nations
vital wohirds of the that have made be-
fore.
For the past hundred there has been of
from two naval expeditions landed protect
citizens consulates and property There need for
navy all the time The navy not essentially alone for
aggressive FOR coast defense is TO make effective
the 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 peace to make
certain WARP Shall build and label in falling navy
the unang temptation to other nations to be aggressive
to attack us?
The whole crystal teaching of history experience and the
present day makes clarion call for the of PRE-
PAREDNEsS FOR WAR AS THE ONLY PROGRAM OF
PEACE THAT WILL ENDURE.
You not improvise navy. You not build one
buy emergency is like gun You do not need
often, but when you do, you need quick.
The display of force in the hands of government makes
it unnecessary use rights
liberties.
John Fiske 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 most pacific communities.
Every sensible American wishes adequate navy, and
asks pledged Congress redeem its pledges and build