New Britain herald., 1917-03-23
FU[ Bg]T UT
 |D IS BETTER
8oity of Editors Favor Uni } Tslsal IiHtsr lldning

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 9ew York. March 23.-That an &wheaming percentage of the edi- Esof the country are In favor of eersal Military Training. is shown
 compilation of recent editorial
 Ions on the subject, made & today by the National Security nce tho introduction of the mberlain and General Stan bills ongress made the Universal Mill
 Iraining a live issue. 1.1s3 edi-
 refArences to 1t have been made &be newspapers of the country. A
 oae of these editorials shows that
 represent 476 different papers.
 of which are enthusiastic ad- h64oe of Universal Military Train
 tOf the balance, 49.. princi-
 Socialist-Labor. and religious
 TT this vital measure for national
 be. and 157 are non-committal. ncticaliy all the big metropolitan Afea Of the country are actively
 hoting. through their editorial
 ens. the campaign of education
 kty to bring about the passage
 niversai Military Training bill
 Soxesg The Chicago Tribune"
 Dr1xe booster of the papers of
 duntxy. leading the list with 20
 ta1s. The New York Times"
 eo11s place with IS. The New
 ss enlng. Sun" follows with 12,
 comes the Chicago 'sNews''.
 1tfle Times" and the Portland
 33an'., with II each: the
 City '.star''. 10. the Minne-
 rribune'' and the Boise City Rhiladelphia Bulletin and "In-
 ' saeh: and the Philadelphia
 and New York Sun with Fs Otaher Inlluential Boosters. |Ehe enthnsiastic sendofsers df Uni- nl Military TraiH1ng. also include sthe New York se4 ailies-with the |nAption, of the Evening Post. i. fo4gn4l of Commerce., ''Staats- |1fnM the principal German news-
 161 the country; and the .'Call''.
 oe1aliat-I daily-Denyer G0untain News.'. New or sl6 l1ne6- -Picayune'' and Item. & H4iladelphia dailies. with the (30a ok the North American | saTelegrAph''. the Boston Tran k1pt's the Detroit ''Free-Press St. dls Republic. 'Post-Dfspatch'' 5d .sGlobe- -Democrat,s Ehicagos etald Seattle .Posts slpteliisence ], |n Efancisco sCalr' w11hington |pxtss and .-Tlmes'', Newat s'etar,' IF dszJsws',. Providence "1nnrnal", ks Aoxvillel '.sentinAr'. .ig
 MI fhe Hearst papers in NsW York. ii1toIE Chicago, San Fsranci91o.a and Is Angea6e arc consistent advocates this q well as all other prepared- |s |4ss sssiss.s': ssr Tor. vB,sn,nes ro.s m the list of opponents sof Uni-l Fri 1Gilitary Trsri&ang with;s13 edi-j k5kls aeainst 1t. The Louisville Ieet'' enlsaAs next with s. The only her important dailies in theacountry E arc openly unconvinced are the kaladeiphia Telegraph. ,. Boston SIobes,. Topejea ..Capital''. San Fran; kco .:nulletin"' and Chronicle. and |a Nashville sTennsssean'
 Few Nun-C -Committal.
 LEI1e da1lie0 Of importance In the bh-commtftAl list are the Springfield kepublican'', Boston ''Herald". Col nbus .'Stats Journal''. Philadelphia Snrths kaaseseAns;: Pittsburgh Dis fhch.s. IaEvaulIee s"Wisceunsin". Enaha ssHes.', Butte Miner. Louis- IIe .1ourier Journal. Indianapolis Itar,. xnd Atlanta Journal.
 IN typical editorial. which excel- kfly expresses in . few words the Siect Of the National Security league maIking this compilation. Is the fol- |wing from tho Vancouver "Colum- ssjksprssssenta4ivs sssse McKellar declares E61tvely that congress will not pass ompuIsury militAry law. and doubt
 he is right, as men of the Me- k61ar staenp are now in the ma- F1fy tuE the public is awakening to fact that voluntary service is get sIe, IF nowhere and that 1t is Jug SndI1 policy, and the McKellars are Eefv to hear from home in the next te4ion."
 STh~ Washington state papers are rficularly emphatic in their ap- 2nval and peEsistently refer to the 5sn Ayantaxo of the non-committal k1ffmde of President Wilson on uni-