The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-03-06

great activity in order to provide the vast supply of commodities ot
 which there will be a deficiency
 when the war comes to an end; but
 this vigorous demand is not likely
 to last very long,.
 For these reasons Gothein rightly
 concludes that "All the Powers will
 find it absolutely impossible to meet
 expenses resulting from the war if
 they attempt to maintain their ex-
 penditures upon armaments at the
 old level, and a fortiori if they
 attempt to increase that expenditure 1 Their only resources will be to re- I strict ornaments. Even if they do
 not grasp this fact immediatel;
 after the war, the increasing fnan-
 cial needs of the first years ot
 peace will soon enforce it- recn%ni-
 tion The only way out will 5e an
 international understanding for the
 limitation of armaments. Before
 the war no such agreement could be
 secured; but after the war it will
 be enforced by bitter need'.
 And Gothein concludes this able
 review by declaring that "once the
 nations have learned to recognize
 the advantage of international dis
 armament, their desire for it will grow, all the more because the pre- , sent war will have sickened them of the ultima ratio regum'. International disarmament will come, notwithstanding all the na- tional embitterments; it will come
 for the simple reason that the ia, tions will be unable to sustain the
 cosss of armaments in addition tC the burdens imposed upon them b! 2 the war.
 = It is quite significant that tn' l contrary view should be used as th' : basis for an entirely new scheme o t national preparedness in industr. l and matters of war in the United e States; that instead of realizing = with candor the logic of the circum l stances in Europe, the contrary con
 dition is being held out as the cer l tain result of the war so that tn n United States may properly "pre l pare.
 [ The fact of the matter is tha e militarism is killing itself off il l. Europe. Every day that the wa
 prolongs itself it is driving a mai n in the coffin of huge military arma - ments. It is bankrupting the coun - tries which could support such ex l cessive burdens, for it Is placing
 upon their backs burden whicl f will require all the strength of tn f nations to carry without the addi Q ton of the former peaceful estab t lishments of the military organiZa l tionS.
 !. This does not apply So America 2 This country has acquired wealtl S while the others spent their portion y What Europe had, America now ha 2 and with that having, the United e States is well equipped to enjoy al I orgy of military and naval organiza I tion the like Of which the world ha l never seen. The days of the i'm g perialists are approaching. And tn : time is coming when the United Q States may be the most powerful il { all the world It can have tn ] largest navy and the strongest arm, in the world, and it can set out t I spread American rule over the sever 9 seas and the lands contiguous there l to.
 This vision is worthy the miltiar ists. No wonder they are super ? active; and that the country is t'
 begin with militarism where th' P older nations which have been dom 3 to death in their suicidal struggl' : have left off, is their vision. 5 A departure from American stand l ards and American principles il 3 theory as we'll as practice will alarn 3 none, if national security leagues f and preparationists do their worl : well. They have money enough tt be thorough any way.