The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-08-24


SHALL WE BE UNPREPARED FOR
PEACE
Il is high time to ask the uestion SER
iously. Is this country to Be ~ unpre-
pared for peace - It was Tor war! we
do not know when peace may come. IL
NAV be sooner than we think; It may not
be for wears. But the part u prudence
is ia be prepared for It In advance, 30
that whenever II comes we shall be ready
for IL. THERE'S leSs excuse tor unread
ness Tor II than there was for war, be-
cause there no n g SegsHnty tna5. wars
would come and there wes AWAY
ground Tor hope chat It would not. But
we are hoping for peace, and we know
that soon or late it is certain to- Gomez
There Is stronger compulsi6n TO, prepare,
for certainty than for an uncertainty. .
That is what the other Allied Powers
are doing. They have appointed author
itative commissions, Of their ablest
statesmen and men of AFFAIRS to forlnu.
late industrial, commercial and general
economic policies to be pursued after the
war; Those commissions have been IN
existence and, earnestly lat work for a
long. time, and it is understood that they
have come to pretty definite agreement
among themselves as to the policy to be
pursued by those countries in unison. But
this country has no such commission and
has adopted no policy, and the only def
mite intimatiOn that has been given on
the subject is, that our government is not
inclined to approve or to accept the ten
tative policy indicated by the others.
Speaking of the so-called Paris ResOlu-
tions, adopted by the European Allies
as the basis of post-bellum policy, Mr..
Lloyd George said the other day:
"Up to the present America has
expressed no opinion upon them,
+, and it is vitality important that the
/; policy Of America and that OF this
country should be in complete
agreement on economic as well as
other problems" .i, (. Il ~ .55so,-
That IS absolutely sound. The Paris
Resolutions may be good, bad or indiffer-
ent; that, however, is not the immediate
point. What is most necessary is that
we should do something, and not continue
to dream in q fools paradise as we, did
for years before the war; We should be-
gin earnest and authoritative prepara-
lions for peace, and we should do, SO in
accord and cooperation with our Allies
We should get into touch with them. Ii
their Farist Resolutions are good, we,
should adopt sthem.n Ii they are bad, we
should point out that fact and convince
them Of it, and in conference with them
devise some better programme. Nothing
could be lncSe unfortunate, more iunaus-
picious, more inbecile, that to wage this
stupendous war in concert with our Al
lies andto make no provision for admins
istering and conserving its results or for
dispoeing Of them in accord with our AL.
lies.
IT will not do to say that no special
preparation is needed for peace, because
peace is a. normal condition, upon which
we shall automatically re-enter the mo-
ment the war ends.
That may have been 4, true after
one, which will transform the world with
more radical changes. than have been
known for thousand years. There will
bscenffonting us issues of peace as col
ossal and as imperative as those of the
va iplf; end if they are not met
promptly and Alright the result, will be
sg a9s otls We now know to ouIS cost
%aft cRme Of our ante-belun chatter
and prattie about not being unmindfuI,
and about calling for million men at
sunrise and having them all in battle line