Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-18
in TRIBUTE
TO OUR BOYS
Armistice Day Speaker Gives
Need of Praise, While De-
plOring War
Continued From Page l

Of their country was forever demon
Stratcd
Esut Do We Want Another War?
Most certainly we do not And es-
pccially if this war is to be such as is
pictured by win Irwin in his The
Next War.
There is every reason to believe
that thorough military preparation is
not only expensive but that it breeds
calamity. 1t is certain that such prep
aratiOn creates suspicion sufficient TO
menace the peace of the world Ger
many had. since 1871. been building in
the minds of her people what Will r.
win calls The Religion of Valor' And
other European nations were not free
from il by any means. General French,
OF the British army. called war 81
tonic
We are informed that by 1914 Ger
many published and read more books
on war than all the other nations pat
together And this is the cause that
lay back Of the spirit with which the
German army went into the war:
They were jubilant Treaties and
codes Of civilized warfare became
scraps Of paper. The direct and ef
fcctive cause of this was the psychol
ogical. industrial. and military pre-
paredncss of the German nation.
The Cost of the War
Ten million soldiers. and enough
civilians to make the number 30 mil
lien who might have been alive to-
day: $50 billion dollars of indebted
ness. and in addition. enough property
destroyed to make the figure 337 bill
lion dollars Great Britain's indebted
ness was raised from 49, billion 20
80 Frances debt from 6 1-3 to 46 bill
lion t. s. from l TO about % billion.
We are told that it will probabl take
France from 80 to - years to pay OF
her present debt. 1t may take the U.
$. couple Of generations.
In 1909 and 1910 the United States
was appropriating .279 millions for
military preparedness in 1920-21, S2S
millions: and in 1922 estimates
reach the astounding sum of 1870 mil
lion. Last year 93 per cent of our to-
tai revenues went for war. The bat
tIcShip Indiana cost less than six mil
lions: the super-dreadnOughtS OF the
present time cost about 40 millions.
And we are told that the United Sta as
has begun the construction of Is ships
of that kind.
Horrors of Future War
And then the horrors of future war.
We are informed that the United
States during the last stages of the
Great War. discovered a gas that has
81 times the spread of any gas used
during the World war; it was being
prepared for use in 1919. And since
that time advances have been made
on the spread of the famous Lewisite
gas That different type of warfare
would be waged is practically certain.
Mr. Irwin calls the present time
the dramatic moment for the United
States TO go in for Limitation of arma-
ment And the great people of sie
United States feel asSuredly that he
is right.
There is no nation under the sun
in position to assume effective lead |
ership in this moment except the
United States of America.
And we are pleased that President
Harding has called conference Of req |
resentatives Of the leading nations 10
consider the matter of limitation of
armament. these representatives being
now in Washington ready to begin ne-
gotiatiOns. An we believe that our
president in his convictions on the |
subject of limitation of armament &C.
cords with the rank and file of the AM |
erican people.
I'm an address at Atlanta recently |
he said: The sentiment and cOnvlc-
tiOns Of the people OF the civilized |
world should be crystalliZed and o.
ganiZed into an effective institution
that will successfully prevent future
wars. and put a stop to the headlong
race for supremacy as to military pre-
''As the American people were unit
ed in 1917 and Is in the gigantic task
Of winning the war. so should they
now be united, and desperately united.
in the greater task. the more important
task. Of making impossible all future
wars. This does not necessarily mean
that we shall throw down all defensive