Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-22

her and that if her territory was threatened with invasion the opinion of the civilized world wuodl be suni- cient 10 prevent the carrying out of the threat. and besides It was pointed out there were treaties absolutely guaranteeing Belgium against iuvas- ion, and furthermore it was explained that The Hague Conventions which we ourselves signed but which we inn mediately treated as scraps of paper when the demand was made to show that our signatures meant something made the whole world guarantors of Belgium territorial integrity
 Cautiously enough, it was the dis tinctly workingmen's party which f. naliy became the most considerable factor in insisting that a beginning should be made in preparing for de- fense. The beginning was made But 1t was only a beginning and war over whelmed poor Belgium before she had more than barely entered on the path that Switzerland had so wisely trod.
 China offers an even more perfect parallel to the conditions to us. Fifty years ago Japan and China occupied substantially the same positions as regards the world at large Japan now stands abreast of the leading civ ilized nations of the world, ger prog ress having been on the whole more remarkable than that of any other na- tion known to history. This is not merely due to her development Of fighting efficiency for the history of Turkey has shown that mere fighting efficiency by itself will not save 8 na- tion from ruin. But 1t is no less true that without fighting efficiency all other national efficiency amounts to is a house built on the sand. Japan's progress would have been absolutely impossible if it had noe included pros ress in fighting efficiency exactly as in industrial and social efficiency.
 China. on the other hand, had for generations been trained to regard peace as the most desirable of al aims and to look down upon war and soldiers. She has acted on the theory that the worst peace was better than the best war, and therefore she has suffered all the evils of the worst ! war and the worst peace. The aver | ace Chinaman took the view tHar Chi
 nd was too proud to fight and n prac
 tce made 1t evident his hearty applo val of the sentiments of that abjcct
 pacihcist song, I Didn't Raise My l nCy to be a Soldier, @ sonf wHlct should have as a compaion p.ece on,
 entitled, T Didn't Raise My Girl to be
 a Mother approval of whi ch of cours,
 dep ,es any men or women Of at ! rights of knship wi,a .ne soldiers ana l wlth tre mothers and wives of th'
 soldiers, whose yalor and services w'
 commemorate on the Fourth of Jul.
 and on Decoration Day; a song thu
 singing of which seems incredible t
 every man and woman capable of be
 ing stirred to lofty and generous en
 thusiasm by the tremendous surge O
 Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn O
 the Republic; China has steadily r1 1. fused to prepare for war Accordingl China has had province after provinc lopned oh her, until one-half of he ? territory is now under Japanese Rpl sian, English and French control,
 "The professional pacincists tn ? peace-at-anypriee, non-resistance un versal arbitration people are now see 3 ing to Chinafy this country Whl the best people in China are painiul 7 endeavoring to raise the new China { Continued on Page Biye)