The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-06-10

would consider reasonable Prepared
| ness. He replied: "The second navy
in the world and an army of $4,000
men,"
In this case, pacifist and advocate of
| Preparedness are in agreement as to
| the size of reasonable army. An
army of 100000 men means one SOL
der to about 430 people. There is one
policeman for every 416 people in
Philadelphia, and one to every 429
! people in New York. To me at least
an army of that proportionate size
carries with it no threat that militar-
ism is about to overwhelm democracy.
AS to the Navy, from 1905 to 1909,
our Navy was the second in the world.
Having it second did not endanger
democracy then. / see no reason why
it should endanger democracy now.
So far as | am aware no one famil-
| lar with naval affairs believes that
| submarines and mines at sea and guns
on land, without feet, can be depend
ed on to defend coast like ours. The
whole teaching of the present war
shows that they can not. German SUD-
marines, it is true. have succeeded in
| preventing any increase in the British
| sells about as fast as new tonnage
could be added. But that is all they
| have done. They have not even threat.
ened, much less endangered, the sup
remacy of the British fleet. 1t is the
British fleet which keeps England safe
from invasion, just as our feet must
keep US safe.
1t will not do, however, to forget
+hot D,o.ol~s-
far more than arms. A navy and an
army are not enough. In modern war
nations fight not alone with weapons,
but with all their natural resources,
with their industry and transporta-
ton, and above all with the patriotic
devotion of their citizens.
Rounded National Preparedness on
modern lines works. not only toward
securing peace, but also toward max
ing this country a better place to live
IN for all of US when peace has been
secured. The great natural resources,
like coal, iron. copper and waterpower,
the raw materials Of prosperity as
well as the raw materials of National
defense. They must be made avail
able for the use of the people both in
peace and in war But above and be-
yond all else, We must have country
defended against attack from within
and without by equal opportunity and
social Justice-a country whose people
will stand by it because it has stood
by them.
Let no man imagine that because
he lives inland he is safe from injury
by war. The capture of New York or
San Francisco would break the routes
OF trade, and the resulting dislocation
of business would be felt in every
home in the land. Farmer. miner,
merchant, wage Garner, employe-
every man who works would find his
livelihood in danger if the normal de-
mand for labor and the products Of
labor were overturned by war.
recognize that in the manufacture
OF munitions and supplies for war ex-
ccesslVe profits are often found. | am
IN favor of eliminating them with
strong hand. But it seems to me as
foolish to decide against National de-
tense because there is graft as it
would be to abolish the police force IN
any city because there is graft. The
thing to do is to drive out the graft,
and yet maintain the protection which
Is so necessary to all our people.
You and are protected by our laws
because behind the law there is force
international law has no force behind
It. Some day. We hope and intend. it
3will be made unsafe to break the aw
Jof Nations. AS yet, however. each
3Natlon must still go unprotected or
{protect itself. Until the Nations unite
together to enforce international law.
lour best hope for peace lies in making
ut dangerous for 2ny Nation to attack
Gus.
4 You and | belong to a great peace
aoVlhg people. We hate war and desire
/. peace. We seek with eagerness for
any means that will hasten the coming
Of permanent peace. w acre ready TO
40 everything that is just and honor
able to secure it. Doubtless We ION
with every lover of peace in looking
81 onward to the day when reason and
understanding will settle or prevent
disputes among the Nations. But the
road to peace does not lies through
habby weakness, as the history Of
emma proves, but through self-re-
Spectlng strength. That is why be-
lleve in National defence. The mere
desire for peace, and the best inten-
ions on our part, can not always Sc
cure peace. Among nations, as among
men. it often takes but che to make a
quarrel.
Last year | was in Belgium. What
| saw there | shall never forget. No
sacrifice can be too great to prevent
our people or any part of them from
being ruled by foreign bayonets. Talk
is always cheap, but never cheaper
than when it sets guesses and wishes
against the tremendous facts of the
world war.
Guessing and wishing are no de.
Tense. Guessing and wishing can not
even keep the peace between our citi-
zens. The force behind the law does
that. How then can we trust them to
keep the peace between the Nations?