South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-24
MAY "A, 1910.
PREPAREDNESS AND PARADEDNEss.

PREPAREDNESS AND PARADEDNESS.
Be careful friend you're in danger OF the Judgment
If you are not for the parade parade put on by the
republicans under Pretense super-patriotism-you
Of course, can't be for army navy equipped to
enforce peace you traitor to your country and
ought be hanged
That appears to be the sentiment on foot since the
mass meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Monday
night You can't be for preparedness any more without
being for the parade. theory apparently that
the parade will settle the preparedness-after the
fashion that we pass laws and then depend upon
to enforce themseivcs.-you supposed to get out
and tear the pavement. republico- patriotic re
CARELESS Of birth race color condition or creed Then
when present majority democratic, com
pletes its preparedness program and appropriations
the republicans say. we to it; it was
parade that did the work"
1t beats all how the republicans have all Of a sud
een. in their minds. at least, grabbed
nopoiy of the preparedness sentiment OF course it
has taken the European o bring them to it, but
they have arrived-made possible by the determine
ton TO have something with Rxsst Wilson
and congress about,-and it is wonder that. the
process of having necessary to waken
them up they should regard a parade essential to
awakening OF the people. one would think
the republicans in power there would be such
thing talk about preparedness probably there
wouldn't be History proves that. Take this from
Hon. Leslie NJ. Shaw. himself republican. sec
OF the treasury T. Roosevelt ex-president
recently expressed address IndianapoliN
He said
Il have hestancy in admitting
doubts whether the republican party can even
II it should try, and also whether it ought to
try to defeat the party in power upon
of excoriation because it has failed to
accomplish in four years what failed to
in forty years. If have a small and
Inadequate army and navy the republican
party is eighty per cent responsible for its in
efficiency. Tor the republican party
in power eighty per of half
If coast defenses are silly. sub
nit it does not lie in of the repub-
lican party to much about it,"
Yet this is exactly what republicans trying
do; is exactly what the parade promoting republicans
ere up to--endeavo ring to have it appear that the
democrats control Of congress have been woefully
derect and that they must come to the with
great patriotic demonstration order that the
try may be saved. Few republicans broad as
Mr. SHAW ready TO that they themselves placed
the country i'm the jeopardy in which the democrats.
and the outbreak the European found it. oh.
yes they are great preparediss now; preparediss to
the extent Of being paradsts. but much one
Of them expressed himself at the meeting Mon
day night: II will be willing close my shop half
day for preparedness" thinking perhaps that pre-
paredness and paradedness are synonymous.
We wonder how many those attendance at that
meeting will be willing join Co. F. keep ii alive
or how many will join second company here to make
up South Bends legitimate share Of the 500 national
suardsmen required from congressional district
under the army bilI2
Only a few. practically certain, for though there
were plenty ~ old political horses on hand, there
we're but few young who would be eligible TO
shoulder gun. and the reason is obvious. our race
tradition is an against IT, Naturalization is in our
blood and we should thankful that II is. The boys
want preparedness yes. and they viii not mind the
drilling with the government equipped with arms.
armament and ammunition for their use. if called to
war duty. but with the present republican program
and any prospective OF Roosevelt to head the gov
eminent very few care take any chances becom-
ing his military dupes
10 is all right these paradists to talk non-part
sanship Perhaps the majority of them are honest
about a. but trapartisanshp does not prevent
them becoming the dupes of certain rng-leaders car
ing little for principle. but who hope to sweep he
country off its feet by Establishments Of the big
show That is what these preparedness parades are
for. II is what the movement concocted COR. and
nothing else.