Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27


py mean in connection with question like national de-
tense for example it is to listen both to pacss
like Bryan and Ford and also champions of preparedness like
Congressman Gardner, Theodore Roosevelt and Maxim.
AS is usually the regarding pressing national prob
es advocates of preparedness and pacsts are both right
as to some things and wrong in others One OF the virtues
OF the republican form of the ability of voters
ed before them by candidates for office by statesmen out of
job as well as by statesmen in place and strike happy
preparations for national defense result Of world
not excluding incpient struggle with Mexico
the dark concerning our own ability to begin "hatrigger
the Emperor of Germany regarding ritains course
Theory mat II Japan were to send an army to Caniona
million men thoroughly equipped for war would s spring to
from the brow of the NEUROLOGICAL Zeus.
required only the raid of Villa with few hundred
mobilize million in the United States and transform
them IRON NJ mob into an army 1t needed only prompt
Grnde to show that before the lessons of Eropes
would have taken federal government at the rate
and ammunition to nothing of getting anything better
than box cars wheels to transport them to
the Pacific BY that time the Japs would have thor
oughy entrenched themselves in series of lines of fortca
ton that we would have written the story of another Yer
dun IN advance OF that sangunary combat.
If we are ever to have it is fortunate in the
IRENE for us that the European conflict fought first.
we 90 not realize people how things have
ed from that struggle as to efficiency in both and peace
We have not had time to summarize the advantages thereof
and ponder them a whole.
We are not so far from the of the world as we
Su u9 se we were IN our SNUG Both Germany
ana had us at corresponding disadvantage The European
G6e"n af submarine opened We did
rapid fire guns We Villa vote of thanks for opening
times for his meos Te must W xii did MIN mi several er
na IN the very land of the automobile the United States
transportation battle front Record another vote of
thanks to Villa We had not realized that army was
still without in the shape aeropanes Again Villa
In short must stand aghast when we consider what
of Japan the German Kaiser had been the one to raid
be-
fore the European conflict began We would have
Wat penalty in life and treasure and devastation would
nave paid for our overcondence and lack of
One result Of these discoveries is make some of our
leading AMERICANS panic STRICKEN, awakes from
Just such soaring to bring the line of action to
which the advance couers of preparedness have fallen back
- Some OF us have seen probability of hostites with
European powers in the German sinking of the Lusitania
and other craft of bgeent nations with passen-
gers on board IN British seizure of American ships and
MOLD interruption of our trade and violation of rights
OF property ana person our mails and domestic
concerns Others have pointed to extended Monroe doc
tlne which now embraces part Of the far East we'll as
the whole American continent and defense of the rights
OF all neutral nations in time of certain
later to involve in hosities with foreign power or
mea conflict soon a embce the n 0d ana the COM
On the other hand we are told that Pam mercansm is
that the old world will be bankrupt the end of this war
and thus unable to fight that all the European nations
them, and without end All these old tales.
Most of us are more familiar with the cry of greater
other side We prefer in this connection let Congress-
man Claude kitchin Of North Carolina, democratic floor
leader in the national House of Representatives reply for the
other side to President Wilson's arguments in this connec
ton AS early last November MI Ktchin showed mot
understanding the metropolitan magazine writer's pa
trioc societies and book the fact
have built and building the strongest and
navy in the world except that Of Great Britain Our navy
stronger than that of Germany far superior to that of
France than twice strong that of Japan of any
of the other nations Ktcn quoted the evidence of Adj
mrals Fletcher Badger and others to prove his points,
When all is said and done by both sides the fact remains
Of nd in tio,,1or
than had. 1t will not be necessary though for our
various capacities to drop the hoe and the plane and paint
brush and the yadsck and the lawyers brief and the ed
toral pen and all spring to 1t will not be necessary
to have thousands of miles of coast lined with craft
and sat skies obscred by host of aircraft to pro-
tect from possible foreign foe.
We shall require stronger force in various directions
than before the European only because of the
cOvees have made in the directions Indicated
because result of this will make probable the perna
grouping of European power for purposes of offense
and defense If to become involved in with
foreign power the chances that should
fight than nation. True this grouping Eu-
ropean powers might diminish the probability of any
their number going to with the United States but the
possibility of such strife would We should be wise