The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-30
PENNY WISE, POUND FOOLISH"


 umphant through the greatest ordeal that ever tried the souls of men, was military power of first magnitude desiring peace above all things but ready for war in defense of American rights While the States were at war with each. other,-, the monarchists- of France, aided and abetted by other royal in terests of Europe, landed armies in Mexico, aiming to set up there the European system of caste and kings.
 "Get out!" was the American order It was instantly obeyed The Mexican Republic was saved The Monroe Doctrine was vindicated
 Suppose the American army and navy had been as weak then as they were a few years later In that condition we could not have en- forced the order to 'svamos' and probably it never would have been given. throne, al dynasty, would have been established upon the soil of this continent and wars would have followed regularly through each decade.
 In reducing the Army and Navy to point where America would be at' the mercy of for eign powers in case of sudden war the Con- gess is making lamentable mistake. It would do well to listen to the warnings of Gen. erals Pershing and Harbord. They know what they are talking about. Notwithstanding all the flubdub about disarmament" and the 'sdawn of the millennium" when 'spears shall be beaten into plowshares and swords into pruning hooks," these Generals know the danger of sudden war, IF AMERICA IS UN- PREPARED. George Washington left us the same warning in his immortal Farewell Ad- dress.
 If prepared at all times to use its defensive resources, America is safe from foreign at tack If weakened beyond the point of safety, it will become the prey of predatory powers. There will be wars as long as kings exist. Wilhelm, Nicholas and Karl were not the last of their kind, by any means The prlnclpe of monarchism survives and teemlng millions foster it, who as yet do not know the meaning of liberty War is the sport of kings, who believe, as Mahomet taught, that the sword IS the key to heaven and hell.
 Mr. Bryan's absurd statement that "mll- lion men would spring to arms' at the first sound of the drum in defense of America, IS a fair sample of the nonsense that underlies the whole pacifist propaganda
 America wants all the economy that IS con- sistent with safety, but neither the Govern ment nor the People shares the pacifist be- lief in the possibility of universal peace.
 World peace, under existing conditions, isl just as impossible as universal summer. o. The frontier Army posts in Alaska should not be disturbed, but should be maintained and developed This Territory will be fac tor of enormous importance in the next great war, perhaps. Mighty fleets of the air and the sea may clash in decisive combat in the Alaskan region, with the fate of all America at stake.
 If prepared, America is powerful, and mere hint is sufficient to halt the aggression of any sabre-rattling foreign power. If unprepared, just as surely as night follows day, America, like China, would become ere long the prey of predatory nations. A nation, like the indlvld- ua must be at all times ready to fight for its rights and principles, or be the butt of un- versal ridicule and the victim of every lmpu- dent bully.