Arizona republican., 1916-01-16

been no war, but the people of both nations got behind the movement and war resulted.
 Do you think that if the president of France and the king of Belgium had anything to say about it there would have been war in Europe to- day? No; the people themselves make war and they alone
 Now, this being the case it will always be difficult to prevent war because misunderstanding are bound to occur between peoples of different languages and races. Where national pride is touched arbitration is inn possible. It is grave question whether people of different races ever really understand each other without long residence in the strangers coun- try. For example, when you think of bread, you think of a large soft white and brown loaf that can easily be cut with a knife; but the word Pan brings up an entirely different mental picture to the Spaniard or Mexican. He sees small hard loaf about the size of your fist, which is nearly all crust and which is habitu- ally broken instead of being cut. It is even worse for the Chinaman or Japanese because he does not know | bread as the Spaniard or American knows it.
 Take the word tomorrow: for an American it means the following day but to the Spaniard or Mexican it may mean several days hence. In the exchange of international notes it may be seen how easily a misunder- standing may occur.
 This also shows why diplomats should be trained in the service and not merely deserving politicians who are sent abroad as a reward for ser vices rendered.
 Should the Japanese invade the 1 Pacific coast at this time while we
 are so unprepared for var, it would
 mean that Washington, oregon and ! California would be invaded, con- | quered and lost to us for at least three years, for it would take us that 1 long to prepare an army capable of reconquering them. This is not spec
 ulation. Any United States army or
 navy officer will tell you that this is
 a deplorable fact.
 ! The Japanese question is not set 1 tied yet by any means It is dor
 mant-that's all, and the slightest in
 cident may revive the whole question again. For instance, a street fight hetween Japanese and Americans or
 any other similar incident.
 Now we come to the question of
 expense for adequate preparedness | Before discussing this, one question
 must be answered. Is your liberty
 and your country worth defending If the answer is ives" then no price is too high to pay. If the answer is
 no then don't worry-you will soon
 be under another flag and that ne- tion will tell you when you will serve in the army and how much taxes you
 will pay. You who have lost your
 country and liberty will have nc
 voice in the matter, rest assured ot
 that
 Is there any danger of this? Well
 Germany could land three hundred and fifty thousand men any place or the Atlantic coast in fourteen days
 Other European nations could do the , same thing.
 l. We could not get our regular arm, f and national guard, amounting tt
 about one hundred and twenty thou , sand men together in any one place in that time. Think this over. Ant
 remember that with the exception O , fthe regulars. of which we have 5000, , available. the remainder are in n, , sense of the word trained soldiers