The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-02-12
AUGMENTED BY AN ADDITIONAL HALF


AUGMENTED BY AN ADDITIONAL HALF
MILLION MEN.
Inasmuch as we have no little Belgium to
bear the first brunt of attack and give us a
breathing space in which to collect our forces to
meet the invader, how many trained men could
we draw from all over our vast country to PIT
against the first half million invaders? About
so, 900 regulars and 10000 or 100000 militiaren
And the latter, from the standpoint of training
and efficiency would be just a little bit better
than nothing The fate of such pitifully made
quate numbers against an invader over three
times stronger numerically and much better
equipped and trained would be very tragic and
sudden 1t would not be question of months,
but only of weeks until our eastern seaboard
states would be conquered and their fertile fields
productive mines and factories and tremendously
wealthy cities paying conquered's tribute IN
women and treasure to the victors.
With the loss of our eastern states thus speed
ily brought about, our forces in other parts OF
the country would be terrifically handicapped De-
cause nine-tenths of our arms and amm'AItlon
are manufactured there and would thus De lost 10
us. If our fleet lying at anchor say in New I ork
harbor did not go out to destruction from
the enemy's fleet it would be captured or de-
stroyed as it lay at it's mornings.
The fate of the east would be the fate OF the
west and the Japanese-Canadian army would
shortly control all territory from Canada to Mex
leo and from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains.
Nor could the middle west, Indiana, Rlcnmono'
expect to be spared British Canadian gunooats
coming from the Atlantic by way Of the st. Law
renee River would quickly control the Great
Lakes Once assured of this, no time would be
lost on the part of the invaders in capturing con-
troll of the iron districts of Michigan, the manu-
featuring centers and rich cities of Illinois, Ind
lana and Ohio Not to do this would be to give us
the opportunity to develop new manufactures for
arms and ammunition in this territory and that
is something no intelligent enemy would dream
of willingly permitting.
ONLY the volunteers, differed by men I'M
trained in the wonderfully technical science OF
war and armed with every nondescrpt weapon
conceivable, therefore sadly handicapped through
lack of standard equipment, would remain to face
the victorious invaders, the very flower of Eur
opes and Asias magnificent army systems.
There could be but one conclusion, unless out
side friends whom we do not know possess
today should come to our aid. Our country would
be laid waste, despoiled, conquered, from Canada
to the Gulf and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
This would be sadder sight than Belgium today
presents because humiliating to think that
nation of one hundred millions should have al
lowed themselves to come to this pass through
having been led into fairyland of supposed
peace resting on military unpreparedness under
the leadership of well-meaning but stupidity
ignorant pacifists.
worse sight than Belgium presents, because
for every Belgian woman despoiled fifty Ameri-
can women would be victims of the invaders
lust; greater calamity because for every Bel
gian city destroyed hundred American cities
would pay tribute be liquidated in the smoke
of the skies; end to make Heaven itself heart
sick because when Belgium passed out of nation
al existence, only buffer state died, but when
the United States lies under the heel of the con-
queror nation with ideals imbedded in it's very
foundations, ideals shining out through all it's
history and still leading it into paths for the
greater Qualification and service of mankind, the
country with the greatest mission earth today,
dies and that due to its own and no others fault
1T WOULD NOT PREPARE AT THE PROP
Err TIME TO BE ALWAYS IN A POSITION TO
PROTECT ITS NATIONAL EXISTENCE AND
ITS WORLDWIDE MISSION.
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