Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-05
PREPAREDNESS
NATIONS DUTY,
SAYSGARRISON
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evil was upon us, there would. be con
slant and steady retrogressioH in M
man affairs. ...a.
Another stumbling block to some ia
the suggestion that no preparation
should be made and no precaution
should be taken because no one can
foreteil how much we may have 10
meet and what we will require to meet
IL. Here again the idea embodied in
this suggestion would stay all human
progress No one can foretell the fu-
tufe with accuracy with respect to
anything In human life. Health,
wealth. outbursts Of nature, and hui
man outbreaks--no one can surely
foretell anything concerning them. II
we should not prepare ourselves rea-
sonably with respect TO these things
because we cannot be sure that we
have projected ourselves against all
copceiyable possibilities. we would be
deliberately choosing the path OF folly
and not that Of wisdom. The two ex.
tremes Of any proposition are the fool
ish ones; the reasonable mean is the
wise one.
There will be some who assert that
the devastating effects and the. hor-
ror produced by the war now being
waged make 1t certain that war will be
avoided for long period OF time after
the close Of the present war. They
will argue that the exhaustion OF re-
sources and the erecollectipne of the.
awful suffering will have the effect Of
lettering nations from entering upon
war.
History pispeis Theory.
What basis Is there for such belief2l
Certainty such basis cannot be found
IN history--our own. or that Of other
nations.
The colonists had barely passed
through the exhaustive and deyastat.
Ing wars with the Indians before they
engaged IN the Revolution. That war
was surely as exhausting to our
ineager resources and as productive 81
horrible conditions as can we'll be
imagined, and yet within q very snort
time after its close we were or the
verge OF war with two of the greatest
nations Of the world and finally went
to war with one Of them.
The war between the states had ey.
cry element Of exhaustion and every
untoward effect which war produces,
and yet ct It's close we took position
In support of the Monroe doctrine /
which would inevitably have brought
on war with one of the great nations
Of the world II Il had not yielded to1
our insistence So
War Breeds War.
History literally abounds with ex-
anplee Without going further back |
than the era of the Napoleonic wars
We fnd that the strain upon resources
and the horrors produced By war did
not result IN the avoidance OF war.
Probably as striking an example as
any Il the most recent-the Balkan
states have engaged IN two wars WITH
In three years, straining their material |
resources 70 the utmost and attended /
BY an the horror that war produces,
and. notwithstanding that. some Of
them are already engaged In the pros |
ent war and there 10 much discussion |
as 10 whether others viii not also be
engaged
The only conclusion that can posi-
bly, be drawn from the facts Is hat
there IL no justification for the belief
that because there has been war thsre
will be no more war.
There will be those who believe aud
assert that the time when war can
be avoided by negotiation or srbitra.
ti0n or other like means will be ad.
Yanced n we refrain from adopting a
proper military policy. but win be set
back II we do So II Is difficult 70
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