South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-24

saturated politico-egotism that they just
as void OF patriotism himself could make
them. Because they have pipeline into all the
arsenals navy yards and store-rooms Of the United
states; Prest Wilson hasn't consulted them
about it: because secy Baker hasn't taken them into
his confidence; because Secy Daniels wouldn't trust
them to transport his years boots to cobber
for tapping; of what they don't know, they
seemingly want TO upset the country under the false
pretense Of knowing it all.
What has the government done during the year in
the way Of preparedness?
Well for one thing it moblized 10000 national
guardsmen. of them twice the
country gave them real military training fitting
them for active service-and it done. too with
twice the dispatch that William Mckinley modified
his for the spanish American war. of about the
same number OF men. and. Furthermore. there have
been no "embalmed beef" scandals
Suppose these carping critics TO awake some
morning to the discovery there are in
ais and storerooms of the United States, uniforms
guns. ammunition for a reasonable time, with field
guns. etc, supply being added all while
sufficient TO equip army of 100000 men?
That much knowledge would probably burst their
empty heads same as would exact knowledge of the
number of 'wasps'-submarine chasers.-that Uncle
Sam is ready slip into the say .othing of
dry other scientific contraptons OF the Thomas A.
Edison John Hays Hammond variety, which neither
Mr.. Hughes Mr.. Roosevelt a whole lot of
publican editors would be able to comprehend if
they knew all about them.
Assuredly we are not prepared for war as Germany
was. Germany is Germany preparing for
war when Mckinley Roosevelt and Taft were presi-
dent. was they who allowed navy fall below
the German equipment and then the politicians of
their school howl because Wilson didn't
it back his first year
They expect Of the Wilson administration in a sin
gle year what they never touched in 16 years They
talk about Daniels censorship keep from the
try quality unpreparedness beneath which the
country lost. they appear, there
phase of that censorship that might we'll have been
put into recently enacted sedition
laws.
They ought to provide line of imprisonment for
carping "cOpperheads' who for political effect. lie
and profane the government. There consider
number of by-four editors in this country
some of them not very far from South Bend, who
could be taken of under such law, very much
to the improvement of the public knowledge. With
such out the the revival of the Hughes petit
FORGERY and the blatant bOistOusness of oyster Bay
might be o of voices that
would at least help little
republicans are of such cheap trash; no.
not all republican editors We mention Mr. Elihu
Root Joseph II. Choate William Howard Taft sew
era in congress- and such editors as Henry w. Mar
shall Lafayette Journal Richard Smith of the
indianapolis News with numerous others. to whom We
lift hat. No, do include the Chicago Trib-
une, its South Bend imitation in any such likely
class patriots.
There are republicans who really mean what they
say casting politics craftsmanship and
facing this crisis a united people. They are men of
size. too. They suffer neither from dyspepsia or
lack of patriotic intelligence.