The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-03

we are the one 1t would be easiest to
despoll. Shall we acquire treasurers
to defend, without acquiring the
strength and the means to defend
them? Shall we build like giants
and protect like dwarfs? We long
for the day when swords shall be
beaten int plough-shares; but be-
fore that day comes it may yet be
necessary to beat our plough-shares
into swords. Look at the situation
along the Mexican border only a
short time ago. The whole available
army was in pursuit Of single ban
dit. The troops we're so lily prepar-
ed that the brlgands had week the
start.
The guns would not shoot, the
aeroplanes would not fly Trucks to
transport supplies had to be gath
cred. The outcome no one can pre-
dict. There have been other clouds
upon the horizon; there may be war
clouds upon the horizon again. Our
citizens have been murdered by the
submarines Of the Central Powers,
our mails and our merchandise have
been overhauled by the allies. We
have accepted the dictatlon of Japan
upon the subject Of immigration. We
are hated everywhere. It is said that
we have only two friends-the Allan
tic and Pacific oceans, But even these
may prove false. They may become
the allies of hostile navles. The ocean
knows no difference between battle
ships. All flags look alike to 1t. 1t
is to be remembered that there are
on the Atlantic coast 116 places
where troops could be landed as the
British landed the troops at Gallipoli,
having transported them a distance
greater than from Europe to Ameri-
ca. We say nothing Of the Pacific.
We are not prepared against any ser
ious aggression. Many of our citt-
zenS oppose any such preparation.
We are not working together, They
fear miIitarism--a military caste.
They want nothing OF the kind. No
one else does. No one wants to
create a military caste in the United
States. 1t could not be done, even
if It were tried, The genius Of our
people is opposed to 1t.
Our Danger is not Militalism, But
Materialism.
We must still insist that there is
, difference between military pre-
paration and military usurpation;
between system that would enable
us to take care of our own interests,
and a system whose very spirit and
aim is encroachment upon the inter
ests of others. For two years our
lack of preparation has been known
to Congress; but only within the
last few months has action been taxi
en- into the web of our citizenship.
cient, with FIVE years more to carry
it fully into effect.
Second. There is a lack of unity
and cohesiveness among the ele-
ments which make up our popula-
ton.
l. We are largely composed of
nationalities whose sympathies, in
certain instances, are rather beyond
the sea than here; many have come,
in these latter years, for personal
gain, and have no further interest
or loyalty. They never really become
identified with u.s. One of our ex-
presidents never said a truer thing
than this: IF the republic founded
by Washington is to be turned into
mere polyglot boarding house
where dollar hunters Of twenty diff
ferent natlonalIties scramble for
gain, bearing no real allegiance ex-
cept to the land from which they
originally came, then we may as well
make up our minds that the great
experiment OF democratic govern
ment on this continent will have
failed" l do not doubt that, in the
event Of war with a foreign power,
the men Of the Scandinavian, English,
French German, or Italian lineage
will be found in the ranks Of this,
our'common country. They are WOW
en- into tn eweb Of our citizenship.
All are essential parts of 1t. One of
the greatest American statesmen of
our last generation was a German,
One of the best Americans in the
United States Senate today was born
in Norway. But there are others.
What Of the Poles and Slavs and
Lithuanians? Have they come for
the sake Of our ideals Of liberty and
manhood? Or have they come to
make gain by their labor? Most Of
them remain aliens. When they do
acquire citizenship and vote, their
demagogues, being ignorant, keep
their race brothers in ignorance OF
our greater issues, vote them in the
mass where it is most profitable to
BiIiouSness and Stomach Trouble.
1.-TWO years ago suffered from
frequent attacks Of stomach trouble
and billousness," writes Miss Emma
Verbryke, Lima, Ohio. 81 could eat