The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-01-18

"The good old rule
Suillceth them-the simple plan
That they shall take who have power,
And they shall keep who can"
still governs the Nations of the earth,
| Christian and Heather.
Peaceful. unaggressive but defense.
less China, with four hundred mil.
ions of population and no real Ma.
tionalism, is striking illustration OF
how utter lack of preparation pro.
tects a nation.
All great wars produce peace at
any price men and women, human be.
ings so obsessed by sentiment as to
be blinded thereby to love OF coun.
try, to patriotism, and sometimes to
honor and duty. During the Revolu-
tionary War, this class. time and
again, were ready to declare the war
a failure, and they grew so strong
and clamorous at last that but for
the indomitable perseverance and un.
yielding resolutions of Washington
and his officers we should have been
conquered, England would not have
learned her bitter lesson and Canada
and Australia would not be blessed
with the freedom they now enjoy.
The whole heart of the nation was
not in the War Of 1912. We had a
very large peace at any price party,
and as natural psychological re-
suit, we were shamefully beaten on
land, our militia were generally n
disgrace to our manhood, and but
for our little Navy, it is doubtful II
our nation would have survived.
During our Civil War we had a
peace at any price party and had
their views prevailed, 1t would, in the
words Of Ex-President Roosevelt
have meant not only the death Of
our Nation but an incalculable disas.
ter to humanity"
But, thank God, the people general
ly were heart and soul with their
armies! This applies to the Confed
crate as well as the Federals. 'One
side fought for what 1t thought was
right, the other for what they knew
then, and what we all know now, was
right" and the result was most
magnificent exhibition of what soldi'
ers can do when the people are with
them in spirit.
1t was a saying in that war that:
IN all our battles there were home
voices that rammed our common
down, edged our swords and sent our
stormers cheering on their desperate
way"
Mass Of People Must Help
To be successful in any future
wars, for wars there are bound to be-
the same psychological spirit must
animate the mass of our people, and
sustained by such spirit among the
PEOPLE, victory will crown our arms
in the end; but without proper prep
aration we shall pay terrible extra
cost in suffering humiliation, blood
and treasure.
As Americans We are proud of the
magnificent record made by both ar.
mics in the Civil War, but that very
pride may be our ruin IL we ever
face an enemy that Is prepared. In
that war neither sire was prepared;
as a General officer of repute said:
During the first year of the War
there was not a single battle wherein
regular force one half the size OF
either army could not have defeated
both armies combined"
Many intelligent people, recalling
the glorious achievements OF our sea.
soned volunteers say: 1--WE can do
the same thing any time" Yes, so
we can provided the enemy will kind
| ly wait six months or more until we
are ready. Do any OF our people i'm
agine he'll do 1t?
Let me give you an illustration OF
how patiently he will wait. Just fif-
ty.six hours after the Russian Gov
eminent was notified that diplomatic
relations were broken, not war de-
clared, mind you. one Japanese squad
ron was off Port Arthur. 700 miles
from Japan's nearest naval base; a
second squadron off Chemulpo, 400
miles from that base, and within the
next twenty.four hours, 5000 veteran
troops had landed upon Korean soil,
two Russian battleships, two cruisers
and one gunboat destroyed and three
cruisers injured. Today, II nation
Is prepared as Japan was In this case
or as Germany was in 1870 and l9l4
the time between the declaration OF
war, and the movement OF It's armies
is but a day. In fact, during the past
century the movement of troops more