Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22

be on their knees and with faces turned
toward America. begging of us to show
them the way that they may lift this
great burden of milttarism which has
been dragging them down to this ter
rible degradation: = and II we are in a
position to say to them that the Amer
lean system has been tried and found
good for more than century and we
can recommend they come to our stand
ards and disband their standing armies
they Will listen to us. but IL when they
are appealing to us for guidance we
shall haveIto admit that we have Just
decided on abandonment Of the CEN
tury-old American policy Of prepared
ness for defense only, and to go to the
policy which has made Europe an
armed camp in peace and a slaughter
house in war, they will not listen to
! us. Let us uphold and present to the
world with our commentator the true
American principles on which demo-
ratio government was founded and has
been so well maintained. This is our
true preparation"
After Harry Polk had read for forty
minutes from one of the preparedness
articles that are in circulation, Lafay-
cite Young. on Thursday, made a bril-
liant speech in which he presented the
whole argument in favor Of getting
ready for a foreign war. He paid a
high tribute to President Wilson, said
that he had been engaged in framing
our policies, had done the best he
could. not always with the best Of ad-
visers but probably the best that could
be had, and II am not going back on
the president now" New conditions
are confronting the nation at every
turn. The submarine question presents
a new phase. The submarine warfare
| is simple murder In the first degree.
You couldn't get a man in Des Moines
| to take job on a submarine. II it
| was one of ours he'd be afraid 1t would
| go down and never come up" Wars are
due to the system of diplomacy, and
diplomacy is just common lying"
There will never be any peace In the
| world until diplomacy has been
| changed to honesty and frankness In
| talk. "A man told me in Germany that
| the Americans are a great people but
| are chiefly q lot Of horsethieves in Of
| Ace. AS wasn't just then holding any
Office did not enter into any argument
| with him. Another big factor is the
condition of the newspapers. Let there
| be a free press in Russia, Austria, Ger
| many, and there would be an end to
| wars. But there will be wars SO long
as there are kings. I'gathered from DIR.
Medbury's talk that formerly he put
| about 40 per cent of his trust In provi-
Idence-the providence that takes care
of drunk men and the United States
but that now he is placing about 80
per cent of his faith in providence.
Well. If he follows that long enough
somebody else will get his church. Now
when does country invite disaster
It is when 1t Is defenseless. Napoleon
never fought prepared nation. It was
only when all the other nations pre-
pared and all got together and caught
him at once that they whipped him
Might makes right" Is the unwritten
law and guide Of all those nations and
1t Is from them that we may expect an
attack and against which we must
i arm" -:I =
All who heard the talks agree that
Senator Young was brilliant In his wit
and apt way Of stating homely truths
that DIR. Medbury never rose to higher
heights OF eioquence, and that Mr.. Ing.
ham, In his brief talk, became impress
sively eloquent and wonderfully force.
full. Not one OF thetpeace advocates who
came here from the east to tell Iowani
all about 1t was so well equipped al
Medbury and Ingham to present fact
that have real bearing on the situA-
tion. Not one OF the advocates Of wal
i who have visited Iowa was able TO en-.
terrain SO well AZ Mr.. Young. TIT
Il 0u1v fr0fIhla u that an " Tho a1urfaC(
has been SKINNED ana there remaini
tgreat need OF much light on the sub
iect hefo.e Is - 4
eide what measure Of preparedness 7
n necessary and how 10 70 shout pre-
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