Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-21
LOWOEN ENDORSES
UNIVERSAL MILITARY
TRAINING FOR j. S.
GOVERNOR SAYS YOUTH MUST
BE TAUGHT ARTS or WAR AND
GOVERNMENT MUST ESTAB-
lISH SELF ON FIRM FINANCIAL
BASIS.

eut policy of universal military train
ins and definite financial pro2ram
Their adoption uou'd hasten the END
% the wan
Governor Franh o. Lo0deu So dy
Glazed today in an address before The
congress OF National Service in Sos
sion here. The Congress is being
heidi under the auspices OF The Nation
al Security League
Universal military training and 4
definite financial policy would hasten
THE end OF the war as nothing else
can. he governor said. The hope
oi The central empires today Is thag
we may become warWeaty while they
are still fighting on foreign soil.
Nothing would 30 shatter that hope
as our adoption OF these Two policies
and their adoption now
The full text OF The governors ad.
dress follows:
Nh. President and Gentlemen.
You are gathered her to consider
how best we can win the wal. The
FIRST condition o. success, think all
will agree is that our people should
know what this war means. The Ual
party OF the German empire is non in
supreme control With cynical franz
ness it disNOWs the claims made in
The early days oI the war. that Ger
many was lighting q defensive Wal
Ii reveals more clearly day by day.
hat this war is only the fruit OF "a
conspiracy hatched n half century
ago The universities OF Germany be-
came its willing instrument tho
Ifcltschke taught that The state was
above moral law Therefore the
state was bound by treaty only so
long as it vas Of interest to the state.
When the German chancellor declared
a treaty 10 be but scrap of paper.
he was putting in simple language
only What the German sayants had
taught Their scientists announced
that the biological law OF the survival
OF the iittest was the supreme law of
nations and men. Therefore the Ger.
mans being the llttest, rs they assume,
should rule the world. Their philos.
ophers taught that the Christian vir.
- h. Ia, Ia.
81 men who sought TO eyade the eff.
lects OF natures law Therefore the
notion of Iriehtfulness Tilted perfectly
INTO their military code
Their ministers OF religion. also
controlled by the state dethroned the
Christian God and set up in His place
4 Cod OF battle, of vengeance and OF
lorce. They lent their sacred author.
ity 10 the HOhenzOlcrns claim of d.
vine right This is war of domoc
racy; but il is something more. It is
he eternal war Of good with evil. II
II a war for the rights OF all nations.
large and small 1t is our second
war for independence 1t is war be-
tween the spiritual and the material
forces Of The universe for the suprcm
acy Of the world
If our people shall understand the
meaning Of the war they will pay the
price, whatever it may be- for com
pIete victory
We have the men to win the So.
I"ciivc draft is our outstanding
9chiotomcnf in preparation for thi,
arIic. Bat the German war lords.
-lll lighting not on their own soil
Aal ON that OF their enemies. hcartcn
themselves with the belief that this
l3 bat a temporary device and that
Sc VIII soon weary Of it. our answer
shonld be permanent law providing
for universal military training. We
nave manhood suffrage. There should
20 with il manhood service. We do
not deserve our liberties unless we
are willing. rich and poor alike. Ia
pay some price for them We should
bc willing TO give at least one year To
the service of our country. in order
mat we maf give it protection all oI
our lives Long before the war we
nave become careless Of our most pro.
@ons heritage our liberty and our in.
dependence We looked upon our
country as fairy god mother. who
mould bcsow everything upon ma
ana receive nothing in return We
complained OF public official, and did
nor take the trouble 10 20 to the polls
To change them Human nature IS
uch that We raiue nothing highly
unless y costs us something.
In the past, the expense 10 the
government OF universal military
training was regarded rs fatal oh.
1e'uon Just the interest upon tho
rosl OF America for the first wear ol
our war would have provided In.
definitely for genuine military train.
mr.. suppose that had been the mol.
iry OF our government for the las, de.
tade Would Germany have dared ia
eros The Belgian frontier in violation
oi rs treaty over our protest? WHY.
'ofmanys main hone now is that she
can crush the allies before we can
reach In sufficient numbers. the wrst
ern front With universal military
training Ne shall have security for
The future. We shall have finer
We shall have better citi.