New Britain herald., 1917-03-23

garoS tnlS measure (tne CnemOot18an bill) as admirably adapted to present day requirements. It is plain enough that aggressive warfare as we know 1t, and the evil influences which. almost without warning. are likely to subject an inoffensive population to it's terrors, make dependence upon hastily organized volunteer armies suicidal folly
 On December 1o,. 1916, the said:
 For us to go on a military de- bauch at time when all arc talking peace and mutual insurance against war would disappoint the world and crashes between great civilized powers will have ceased to be-
 On February 2s. 1917. the Pioneer Press" said:
 There is ample authority for the contention that short period of in- tensive military training is far more adequate to the purposes of pre- paredness than a 1ong period of train- ing poorly organised and managed. Quality in military training, like quality in everything else, reduces the need for quantity. Let the govern ment be prepared to make? every minute count"
 Canvass Nation. .wide.
 The National Security Leagues canvass was not confined to the biz dailies of the country. but included newspapers in small cities and coun- try towns in every state In the union. The editorials examined cover every section of the country from Bangor, Maine. to Arcadia, Florida, to Lonx Beach. California, to Seattle Wash tngton. The point of view in the dif- ferent sections is seen from the fol- lowing quotations from the papers in these extremities.-
 Bangor ..News'-"Nearly every where there is apparent readiness to consider the question of universal military training. The plan seems fair. democratict and American"
 Arcadia "Enterpriser-"Com servico would prove diSastrous to the political party that undertakes stb endorse it.
 Long Beach ''Telegram"-'Anyr ra- tional scheme of defense based on our free institutions requires the training of civilians in great numbers so that enough of them will be ready. when the call of duty comes, to take the field. National sentiment plain ly seems to have swung around to tho principle of compulsory training for all our young men."
 Seattle ''Times"-'There h urgent necessity for compulsory military training as 3 means of assuring the nation . dependable reserve of trained men for any emergency that may arise"
 Tn the compilation, New York leads both in number of editorials and Tn papers which have expressed Themselves on the subject. 309 and 0e respectively. Fifty of these pa pers are advocates of universal mili- tary; training. only are against and 90 non-committal. The 5 opposed. besides those mentioned, are the AL bany "Argus.'' Giens Falls Post Star" Newburgh 'News.' the '.Na tion." which is controlled by tho 'Hvening Post" and the Walton s'Iss porter" . democratic weekly in Del- aware County. The list of advoca44s. cIudes the Outlook" ''Lealis's weekly" .'scientific Amsrican'' and Town Topics Only Three Oppose in Pennsy1van1a.
 Pennsylvania comes next with 104 editorials, divided among 4s papers. 1cs Tor. 3 against and 10 non-comnnit- taL The 2 3s0pponents arc the Johns- tcwn Democrat" the Lancaster 'New Era" and the Philadelphia Telegraph" The non-committal list includes the saturday Evening Post
 Illinois supplied 60 editorials, di- vided ampg 1s papers. and Massa- chusetts 6b. divided among. 32 pa- rers. The 16 Illinois papers stand 3 for, against, and 5, ,non-committal The opponents ars the Christian Century" small weekly. and the Public sociological weekly, both published in Chicago. The Massa- chusetts papers are divided IF for, 5 against and IF non-committal. The against are the Boston "Globe," the Fall River Globe and the Springfield ''News.''
 New Jersey yielded 54 editorials and Missouri and California 52 each. The 27 New Jersey papers are divided. 16 for and II -committal. without a single opponent. The 13 Missouri papers are divided, for, 2 against. and non-committal. Those favorinE universal military training, in addi- ton to those already mentioned, in- clude the St. Louis Star and the
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