The Detroit times., 1916-01-29
Read This Book Before
You Make Up Your Mind
About Preparedness


Are you for preparedness COR miiitm-
ISM for this country
Are you for President Wilson's half
hearted preparedness. even
Can you support the program of the
administration which would not prepare
the country at all. but which calls for
Just enough more ships and just enough
more soldiers for a standing army 20 sup
ply ground for the charge that the ad-
ministration has surrendered 70 the mu-
milton makers and jingoes?
Have you made up your mind concern
ing the big and momentous question Of
preparedness?
We hope you have not, and that We
are in time to help YOU by introducing
Norman Angell's book, The Worlds
Highway"
In which book we are shown that there
is no such thing as preparedness based
alone on powder and shell and blood
letting
Angel's book contains nothing by way
of an opinion on the big subject; it pre-
sents facts of history and opinions of men
known in history.
In places the author suggests, but what
ne does, principally, is PROVE.
He proves for us by facts, by the opin-
ions of authorities and by comparisons,
all nicely dovetailed into the big sugges-
ton, under a sub-caption ''Non-Miitary
Means of international Coercion, that
there must be moral force, in addition
to any physical force. no matter HOW
powerful, before any nation or group Of
nations can be deterrent of aggression.
"The Worlds Highway leaves an
empty pretext, indeed, for President Viii
sons call for more ships, more guns and
more men, even for the purpose Of de-
fense.
We wish the president could have read
the book before he wrote his prepared
ness message.
We don't believe that he did.
We feel quite certain that it would
have changed his mind.
We are certain that it VIII change the
mind of most any man. because 1T WILL
MAKE HIM THINK.
The book is stimuant i'm that direc-
ton, and we contend that in tine end this
question of a boodles~ settlement OIL dil-
ferences between on among nations al.0
be settled by THOUGHT
"The World Highway is quite likely
to change the mind of any man who is
capable OF changing his mind, so clearly
and so powerfully does it prove the fai-
lacy of security through armament alone.
The author Is himself pacif-t aho
seems to indicate in several places that
he has little hope OF any immediate gen
eral adoption OF his own conviction,
which is that wal should give way TO
economic pressure enforced boy an asso-
citation of nations responsible to an in
telnational court.
A chapter in the book devoted to The
Ultimate Problem of Power" is thus in
troduced
If The struggle for power is the struggle
of rival groups for su-tenauCe i'm world OF
limited space and opportunity, If war BE-
really. dE Foo tnf prrHtllnE conception u ls,
struggle lol brgad ~ is Inevitable be-
tween men and UtI' eo 1u. Do one of two
parties must car IrD other fhc IwO can.
NOT come to a really aWIoah.e agreement
about the matter Even no tins O. NOT fte
case. but mankind remains persuaded thar
Do is to, war viii also continue But iu chat
case it would hc "a struggle nor 0t necessity.
hut OF Misunderstanding which better think
ing and adjustment could dispose Of as III
disposed of religious wars the cessation Of
which proves clearly that s0ne OF mans
deepest passions can be redrected by
different Interpretation OF farts-knowlclrf
NearN 8l political philosopay asd pu6Ifr
discussion avoid tht question but unin NE
have mai' uP our mind on DC all schemes af
world organization must necessarily be fms