Evening journal., 1916-01-21
Invasion of United States Certain Is Prediction of Hudson Mm

with modern shoulder arms, would be completely
overmatohed and easily defeated by an army Of
$4,000 men amply equipped with modern field ar
tillery The infantry would be wholly unable to
get within musket-rangc. because they would all be
destroyed by the shrapne OF the enemy before they
could get enough to fire a single effective
shot
1.-The zone Of fire in front Of the enemy's
trenches will be heaped high, acres wide and miles
long, with their dead bodies; and wrilhing. groan-
ing shrieking agonzed forms Of the wounded viii
crawl over and under the dead toward the hope
Of safety and mercy.
Into such a hell are the hyper-sentimenial
peace sophisls planning TO send those you most
love. those to whom you most cling, and on whom
YOU most depend and you are aiding and abetting
the crime il you believe the words Of these false
reasoncrs.
Come, young lady reader let us, in imagi-
nation stand together on the firing line Those
regiments lining up are from New York New
Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts, They are
forming for a charge Ii is the only way. Those
shells bursting among them with such deadly ei-
feet. are shrapnel from the quick-hrng guns OF the
enemy placed just over the crest Of yonder dis
tlnt ridge and those huge plunging projectiles,
which throw up great inverted cones Of earth with
fragments OF men, are from the enemys big
howitzers located under cover of the wood that
irnges the horizon.
If we only had the necessary quick-hrng
field guns and shrapne ammunition and the neocs-
sary field howlzers we might dislodge or silence
those deadly batteries Of the enemy At any rae,
we should be able to engage them efficiently and
cover the charge Of our troops We shoalld also
be able to storm that line of trenches, to the dis
oomhture Of the enemy hidden there in vast num-
bers. and mus TO prepare for the onset OF our
men Bu we have neither the guns nor the ann
munton.
Hopelessness of Charge.
See the order is givcnl Onward they go
Watch them. the brave fellows Why does the
front line lie down SO suddenly, with a few left
standinga Ny friend, they are not lyng down
they are dead But they arc not all killed
large number Of them are wounded. They are
Torn in every Uncomfortable. horrible manner Of
mutilation And look The other lines so down,
too some lying still, others wriihing on the
ground One Of those poor devils. with hands
clcnched in the grass and gnawing the earth, IS
your brothorl
"'See a huge howilzcr shell explodes right
among them The young man whom you were
TO marry on his return from the war was standing
on the verge Of the crater when the explosion came
and he is now lying there with both eyes blown
out bv the awful blast and hanging on his checks.
VIII you continue to think thoughts and
speak words which may drive him TO that awful
DEATH?
This seems exaggerated l only wish it were
II will happen. and the future historian will have
this chapter to write in American history. We
could avert the calamity, but we will not There
is great talk about the cost Of armament and the
price of being ready The peace advocates say that
what we would spend this way would stagger the
nation and would saddle burdensome taxes on all
of u.s. Here are a few facts about our expendi-
lures that you viii find in Defenseless America
BattIeship Weight in Gold.
According TO statistics we Americans spend
every year on sensuous indulgence, on our hilari-
tes-joy food joy drink, joy dope, and night out
ings-nine thousand million dollars, which, in gold,
would weigh more than thirteen thousand tons
the weight OF a good-sized batteship,
"'The biggest super-dreadnoughts cost Sl5,-
100000 each, built in pairs; built hundred at a
time. they certainly would not cost over So p
100000 each We could build for what we spend
on sensuous indulgence $50 super-dreadnoughts;
we could build 100 super-dreadnoughts year for
what we spend on alcoholic beverages; So yezf
for what we spend for tobacco; three year Tor
what we spend for chewing gun.
"'The total amount that we spend each year
on our army and navy is about $3.50 OOO Con-
seauently we spend more than twelve times as
much on alcoholic drinks and tobacco as we do
on our army and navy
"I do not mean to preach a temperance SER
mon. or to advise against the use OF tobacco.
Nevertheless do think that for every dollar we
spend on indulgence we might drop couple OF
cents into the side till just for insurance for the
safety of our country against war, in order that
our ioys Of living may be continued.
Besides this very vivid pen-picture OF how this
land would be devastated by foreign invader. Mr..
Naxim's book contains interesting points on the
Monroe Doctrine, termed by the author piece Of
inconsistency which will bring serious trouble to
the United States when the war is over. Mr..
Maxim shows how a philosopher can make his
point by statement that to the layman seems
inconsistent when he writes that "the quick-hrine
gun is the greatest life-saving instrument evei
invented" Most persons have always regarded il
the most deadly but the author proves his poin
very conclusively.
The needs Of our navy occupy the thoughts o.
our statesmen and those interested in the welfare
of the country, and Mr.. Maxim devoted much o
his book to the real needs of the battleships tina
will bear the brunt Of the first defense of thes
shores He dscourses on the army and its needs
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