Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-21

preparCdnes5 and manifestation of @ determination not Go go to war. ev- -n for just cause We owe grave du- ties to the discharge of which we may find ourselves incapable if VIC are not prepared to oppose force to any f9rcC that may seek to deprive us Of the power to perform those duties J do not believe in militarsm. but ann a firm believer that this great na- ticu, actuated by it's highest ideals, should prepare itself to realize those ,dcals whether that duty be to our selves or to our neighbors and to the world.
 "lf We expect to preserve our own lives, liberty and property and secure to ourselves and to our DCsterity those great opportunities that life offers ! fl we expect to be influential for good in world policies, and t is our duty to 1o SO, t can only be by our power and the use of it. We should not as- lire tc a bully among nations, nor seek Co oUpress our neighbors, but frankly, ] prefer that than that wc should be the unresisting victim of trucuient nations OF of oppression by others. Might may not be rigbt-but right that is not mighty cannot pre- yail To be helpless and to be weak in this world is Co be useless and fu- tile.
 Happily the potential force Of tho United States, mighty in the certainty of it's military prowess developed in lime may cause other nations to hes itate to attack us
 "But in these days of scientific war, mere numbers of untraincd soidiera count less than ever before. and un- preparedness is almost a crime.
 We ought not to be content to rely too much upon our assumed ability ! to eventually reDel an enemy by drill ing, training and equipping our sol- diers and building navy after a var has bcgun-enormous injury couldFbe inflicted upon us, though we might eventually prevail
 "Let the exigcncy of the situation determine what preparation we should make viewed from the standpoint of lhe expert But the event of war is always imminent and we should not be wholly unprepared for it No man can more earnestly wish that war will cease than I; that 1t Iwill become unnecessary and there fore unjustifable. But until we are ! free from angry waves of discord and l contention, let us not neglect our means of self preservation 1 Dean William Scarlett held the close attention of the group of college men for twenty-five minutes He paid high tribute to the ideals of the pa- ] cificist, and pointed out the lallacy
 of armaments as a preventative of
 war The great conflict now raging in Europe, he said had led many to ] believe that nations would sec the
 ftility of trying to settle questions by violence, and lead them to adopt 1 more peaceful means. It had been urged he said, that great amamonts were a protection against var, but
 events of the past few months had
 shown the fallacy of this theory. The
 ideals of nations, be declared are
 changing, and the time is coming
 when they shall seek arbitration, and not war
 Judge Richard D Sloan, continuing the discussion took Che view adVanc-
 ed by Judge Kibbey James Wester- ! welt supplemented his remarks with largunents in favor of preparation, a
 view endorsed by Judge Kent. who
 said that while disarmament might
 come ultimately, the time was not yet ripe for universal peace other mem lbers of the club joined in the discus
 sion