The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-01
New York Police Makes Important Capture
THE PRICE OF PEACE

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Gently that he was for peace at an,
price, and he added the price o
peace was war. He's right abou
that. The price of peace now is war
Had we begun to prepare thre,
years ago, it might have kept us ou
OF the war today; but we didn't pre-
pare. The pacifists wouldn't let US
And the greatest shame of it all /:
that we still have professional paci
fists running at large in our coun
try and bowling against prepared.
ness! These men are seeking to cut
the nations throat, and don't know
it.
About half the people, think, be-
lieve that Germany is on her last
legs, and that she has drawn the en-
nifty of the United States against her
because the greater the forces to
which she surrenders the greater the
salve to her wounded military hon
or. These people do not understand.
They don't know German efficiency.
They havn't stopped to consider the
illuminating facts that the news that
filters across the Atlantic is censor
ed by censors of the Allies and that
most of the war correspondents are
with the Allies and therefore SYM
pathizers of the Allies. The truth of
the matter is that Germany is far
from being on her last legs. There is
no end to German efficiency.
l want to ask you this question:
If Germany wins in this great war,
just what will happen to America?
With belligerent Mexico to the
south of US, with a nation whose re-
no man knows on the
will happen to America
if Germany wins the war?
For Germany will need to re-
olenish her Golfers; and there will
De no other way so quick and so easy
IS to replenish them with American
at the same time she
would be getting even for the
wrongs she thinks we have done her
n sending men and munitions and |
ood to the Allies. What other ma
ion do you think would help us?
;hina? Tell it to the marines! The
act that nobody loves us is a dis
ressing and shameful fact just the
anne. Read that again; it's worth it.
There are still too many people
Tho think that the United States can
ok the world, too many people who
epend wholly on the Esprit of
'6." The spirit of '76 is all right
18th training and good rifle, if it is
SISTED by plenty of aeroplanes,
lachine guns, far-reaching big guns /;
nd submarines. A man himself is ,
ut half soldier; training is the :
'her half. Why don't we finally be- :
in preparedness, now that we're at ,
ar, by adopting Universal Military ,
Ask your Congressman
,out it.
For a citizen army in this day of I
odern things means slaughtered
my.
An Utopian America, that's the
'owink of the professional pacifist.
cannot understand why men wko I
e so sensible along other sSles MI c
'liberately allow themselves to be S
ind to the fact that the world is p
It yet ready for an Utopian condi- I
IN of things. There is too much of
e animal in us now; we are not yet
tficientiy far advanced in the
CHER order of intelligence. Brute
rec figure largely in the low sur
val as yet, and so it shall be for C
other hundred years. The weak of A
is day must perish. G
AS we are not loved by Europe, 81
lther are we feared. And l say to "
u, brother, nation that is neither
'ed nor feared cannot long keep
t Of war. So talk preparedness for C
e nations sake. And talk it
pecially to your Congressman.
mt be an Unamerican. Be an
nerican nl-HanShuro I;oho hi