The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-27
The Present Conflict Would
Have Ended Long Ago
Had We Been Prepared
SENATOR NEW is
VERY EMPHATIC
Says We Must Win for Ourselves
Victory Alone Will Save the Country
from Becoming Armed Camp Against
KaiSerdom.


WASHINGTON, March 27.-Universal
military training, to assure an army that
would enable America to protect itself
amply against the menace of Prussianism
was advocated in the senate by Senator
New OF Indiana, as an amendment to the
draft law The Indiana senator argued that
ing three years ago, when 1t was before
the Senate. and the country, az the same
time had made substantial industrial
preparations" the war today would be
over.
Under Senator News amendment all
youths between the ages OF 10 and p
would be subject to military training,
at the discretion of the President, this
discretion to be exercised 50 as to avoid
depicting important industries The
amendment will be voted on by the SEN
ate this week as part of the new draft
law by which men who attained the age
OF u after June last would be made
subject to the original draft.
! Each day that passes makes it more
conspicuously apparent that the United
States entered upon this war most woe
fully unprepared," said the senator What
We are to suffer by reason Of this failure
cannot be foretold or overestimated Had
universal military training been adopted
three years ago this country would have
been in condition to take such part into
the war upon its entrance as belligerent
II, i loT,> ~, III
to force a peace wholly satisfactory anG
credtable to the United States There
would have been no collapse in Northern
Italy, no Russian debacle. The saving il
life and money would have been beyond
measure.
Had we earlier devoted our energe.
toward preparation for war rather thar
to issuing pronouncements Of terms or
which We would make peace, We woulC
now be much nearer the day when oul
voice as to terms would command NOR,
attention. But objection, sentiment
hesitancy combined to prevent anythin;
that even Appropriated preparation
with a result that is now appalent-ap
palingly so.
e This amendment would not send gu
!, boys into active service until they wer
81. 1t merely provides that they shall
be trained and prepared for service a
a time and manner specified by tn
President 1t will be urged that tn
! country boys cannot be spared from tn
farms This is at least partially me
by the discretion vested in the Presiden
as to the time of year and length of perio
during which they viii be called for trar
ing
e Our intention is to win this war 70
ourselves. to prepare this nation for ger
g erations to come. to save this Democrat
a republic from the greatest menace Of a
i time. To do this our present militar
i force would appear to be but the begnnin
) Of what we must have | would have tn
e kaiser understand from our fixed cour>
that we are prepared and determined I
o fight it out for years if necessary and t
furnish as many men as may be require
n to complete the job.
Z There are some who oppose furtht
u military preparations in the belief thu
le this is to be the last war. ! would sa
"a to them that should this war end in
= stalemate, or in any other way than
: victory for ourselves and our allies. it
)" my belief that far beyond the day tht
III these hopeful souls shall have passed fro
:, the scene the peacelovlng United Stat
- Will from very necessity be an armt
u camp. And if there are to be no futu
- wars it will be because no nation is lie
with strength and will sufficient to hg
kaiserism.'