Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-22

tary instruments, so that this force
should have its full eombatant val
ue.
These are facts, gentlemen. am
not noticing them and bringing
them here just to make my case
better. They arc facts that have
been verified, and that everybody
can ascertain Tor himself. There
fore, as a question OF fact and from
the point OF view oil etfectiyes, Ger
many can raise in few weeks, and
perhaps almost in a few days and
can begin to raise her 100000 or
100000 men with their officers
again, and the noncommissioned
officers are ready TO do the work
and TO help.
Ask Only Safeguard.
Now | must ask the great peo-
pie OF the United States, so fond OF
justice, so noble in their purposes,
to answer me when ] tell them this:
Suppose that by your side, o,
American people, nation which
has been for years and centuries in
bloody conflict with you; and sup
pose that this nation, you feel, is
still ready, morally and materially,
TO enter into a new struggle. What
would you do? Would you turn
away your eyes? Would you close
your eyes to a danger that was
threatening you? You that are said
to be such a positive, such a pre-
else people, would you close your
eyes? Would you not desire to do
everything in your power to safe
guard your life, and, what is more,
your honor? Would you do any
thing to weaken yourselves? No.
There is not one citizen il the whole
United States would not answer me,
mo. Never in the world"
France is looking OH what is hap
pening. France does not exagger-
ate. She is only watching and wait
ing.
/ now come to the question OF war
material. We have been told that
there was no more war material, it
is true, the commissions OF control
in Germany have done admirable
work. A great manly guns-artillery,
mean-have been destroyed. Some
of the destruction has been super
vised by the allied officers. It is
real.
Other destruction has taken place,
as we have been told. We might
have a doubt. We are not quite
certain. But we must give the op-
ponents the benefit of the doubt, and
we believe the destruction on that
side is practically completed.
Can Get War Materials.
But the problem of war material is
one that can easily be solved. You
have seen, in the war, with what
promptitude-and that was lucky,
because if help had not come SO
quickly we might have been down,
flnally-you have seen how quickly
immense armies have come over to
us, provided with the most modern
material, and fought ON our sides
upon the battlefelds.
Well, what is Germany but vast
country of industry-industrially Or
ganized? Germany always had two
aims. The first was trade, commerce.
And that is only natural. The Sec
ond was war. All her industries, all
her manufactures, have been work.
ing to the full during the war, and
they have developed since.
Everything is ready in Germany.
The plans, the designs and the cali
bers. Everything is there ready to
insure steady manufacturing of
guns, machine guns and rifles. Sup
pose that during a period of diplo-
matte tension purposely protracted
tor number of weeks, certain of the
manufactures, certain of the works,
begin to fabricate, just at the begin
ning, Just to start the war, Just to
set the war going, and then 20 on
manufacturing guns and rifles and
artillery; what would happen? 1t is
not only in Germany that industry
can work to the full. You can make
preparations outside. In fact, pre-
paratlons have actually taken place.
By Scandinavian Plants.
In fact great captains of industries
have bought important firms in Scan
dlnavla, and in other parts of Eu-
rope. 1t is easy enough to fabri-
cate these guns without our seeing
it, outside of our supervision. You
know that it is possible to build great
railroads. You know very well that
it is impossible to bring here the
proof that Germany is not actually
making or purchasing war materials.
1t is different from the navy. 1t is |
rather difficult to lay the keel of the
ship in the stocks, to prepare the
dockyards without the world know
ing it. But suppose that was pos
sible, do you think you could launch
a capital ship without somebody be-
ing on the spot and knowing what
was happening. But the guns, the
rifles, the machine guns-any instru-
ments used on the field of battle
can be manufactured and can
not be controlled with any measure
of certainty.
All, gentlemen, this is not the first