New Britain herald., 1916-03-06

carried out at the regular Sunday
 evening services at the Trinity Metho-
 dist Episcopal church last night. The
 feature of the evening was the pre-
 senting of the affirmative side of
 debate on Preparedness by George
 E. Chandler, compensation commits
 sioner for Hartford county. The
 church quartet rendered selections
 and Mrs. Howard Horton favored
 with solos. MT. Chandler spoke in | part as follows:
 Hymns Are Warlike.
 II notice that in even the hymns i which we sing there is ever present
 the words which bring the minds to
 the thoughts of war. History and
 human experience show that fight
 ing spirit has ever been prevalent.
 The hymns in our churches bring out
 the fact that war is an insistent con- dition. There is absolutely no req l son for us to believe the present war ] will be the last war and therefore 1 favor preparedness. The fact that i was compelled to reach here 20 min utes after scheduled time because of 1 the delay in the train facilities,
 brought vividly to my mind that Con
 necticut is ever dependent on the
 coal mines of Pennsylvania for the [ means to keep it's industrial wheels revolving.
 Connecticut, Arsenal of Nation.
 Many of the gun factories and mu- hilton plants of the country are con- i fined within the limits of our state. i The long rows of buildings in Hart ] ford, Bridgeport, Waterbury, New i Haven and even in your own city are working on implements of warfare. 1 This is the industrial. center of na- tional preparedness plants and if ever l war should be declared by a foreign power we would be the first objects of invasion. It has always been thuss for think of the parts New London and New Haven played in the Revolu- ! tionary war. The wheels of industry of the country would stop if ever the invader captured the state of Com necticut We would be unable to ob- tain coal and it would be necessary to destroy the beautiful trees and woods to keep our mills going while fighting against possible invader.
 Changes In Three Years.
 Who ever thought three years ago yesterday, which was inauguration day, the world would be plunged into the greatest war in history at this time? It was undreamed and un- thought of. Everything tended to in ] ternational trade and things went l along smoothly. This war has shown i us we should put our faith in experi- l ence and not in hopes. The world l is organized on nationalistic lines l The socialists believed in information ] al lines prior to the outbreak of the war, but it was only a delightful dream, which may or may not be realized later. The followers of the party were firm in the belief that the world could be happy if run along these international lines, but when the trumpet of war blazed forth the socialists of Germany, France and England were among the first to re- spond to the call of the elementary qualities of every human soul, the love of ones nation. Thus it is shown that human nature must be made over before the fond dreams of those who believe in internationalism will ever be realized
 Democracy and Autocracy.
 There are two types in the organ ism of the world, democracy and au- tocracy. The latter is run by cen- tral autocratic power as the case of Germany; the former by popular vote, as our own country. My firm belief is democracy is the better. The New England town meeting is probably the best type of dem ocracy, for there everyone gets chance to express his views. The autocratic power keeps it's administration year after year and consequently is able to lay plans for 50 years in advance, without the fear of an incoming administration tearing down all that has been ac- complished. In a democracy, contin- ual changes are being made with the result that the countries in that class are handicapped considerab bly,. If a town, say my own town of Rocky Hill, could be put in the hands of a com mission of three business men and run for twenty five years, it is my firm belief the expenses would dwindle much and affairs would be conducted in an economical manner. But the town meeting makes free men and each has a chance to express his opin- 1 ions. Let us classify the nations Germany is the highest type of an au- l tocracy; Russia is autocratic, but still 1 in the experimental stage, and a ma l tion of vast possibilities; France is 1 democratic fairly compact and ef1i- l cient; England, very demo cratic and 1 slow to start: Austria and Turkey, | vassals of Germany; Switzerland able | to maintain it's integrity, is very 1 democratic and efficient.
 SentimentaHsts
 There are two kinds of sentiment | talists in this contry hard and soft l The former oVerrides facts, while the | latter goes around them. This war
 has shown that an autocratic govern nent, highly centralized and with