The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-11-26


committee of the o. r. T.. of the Chi
icago and Northwestern line, which
has had long drawn out negotiations.
In view OF the fact that the North
western committee reached what the
telegraphers generally consider a
splendid settlement on the sixth OF
this month. the Omaha committee cx-
poets a settlement from the Omaha
management as good as the North
western committee received.
From Sstu-I-,. -:
Karsn City, Mo-. November H.
Hus-oi Maxim. inventor OF many inn
PIGMENTS OF war. addressing the Kan
sas City Commercial club at It's an
nual dinner here last night, asserted
that the only way America could be
saved from war would be To have a
navy big and powerful enough to
stand successfully against any other
navy in the world and IAN army big
enough to save the coutry from the
horrors of defeat and humiliation. even
| should our navy be destroyed"
Our little. poorly equipped army
would not be able to effer resistance
enough to make ripple in.the lire OF
the enemy's advance" Mr.. Maxim
said. Our army would make just
about one good days killing.
Suppose the enemy should land
al Boston or New York or at any. OF
the ports between. Nothing under
heaven we could do would prevent the
invaders from capturing the entire
country between the Aveghsnies end
| the sea within two weeks" MIR.
Naxim's suppcsitional invasion was
by first-class European power at the
conclusion OF the present conflict.
War Tried Veterans.
ANY one OF the great warning ma
| tions. II victorious" he said would
have available several million war
| tried veterans for trial at arms with
us. and should that foreign nation be
| either England or Germany. II would
have navy far superior TO our own.
and. consequently could not be OPP
posed by our navy. Hence that nation
would be able to land upon our shores
It's legions of trained fighters. equip
ped with all the paraphernalia and
engineery of war rs fast as they could
be brought overseas"
| A quarter OF a million men. Mr..
Maxim said. could be landed within
q month and reinforcements OF that
| number brought over every thirty
days thereafter, IL needed. After they
had captured that area. tho inventor
continued. for America. rthere would
| be but one way out:
| I'VE should have 10 ransom our
selves with gold and the enemy would
| throw his sword into the scales rs
did Brennus to make good weight.
Our captors would take possession OF
our homes and OF our women, for TO
every household would be detailed a
certain number of officers or privates
to be fed and entertained. You would
no longer be masters OF your own
would be masters Of ceremonies.
| Others Armed to the Teeth.
! While all the other nations OF the
I world are armed to the teeth. and
are still arming and fighting for the
4 mastery OF the world, Il Is the ex-
IRENE OF iribecility for us not to arm
| also. We are forced TO decide whether
| we will kill our enemies in self-de-
/, fence or allow cur enemies TO kill us
'If this country should be invaded
and we should send our young men
/ to the front without adequate prepar-
alton. Il would be merely TO sacrifice
them In shambles of slaughter. We
do not want TO do this thing. II Is
your duty-it Is the duty OF all Of us
Ito use our brains. our mouths. our
.pens and our money to the full 10
defeat the propaganda OF pernicious
| paciflsm. 80. "
! Richest Country in the World.
I'VE are the richest country in the
wcrld and we can very well afford
national insurance; and we must In
sure in time of peace. Look at Eng
land. France, Russia. Think OF the
vast Sburden the taxpayers OF those
countries win have to bear In future
ard hew much sgreater that burden
| Will be than II would have been had
those countries been as we'll prepared
as was Germany.
/ The chief lesson of the present
war is that we should prepare against
! war. From every sense Of obligation
! from every sense OF economics from
every sense of duty and religion. VIC
should get ready--and lose no time
about IT,"