New Britain herald., 1924-09-13
BE PREPARED, IS
 D0NOVANS ADVICE Judge Delivers Eloquent Address
 at Defense Day Exercises PLAN CONCERT PROGRAM
Series of Five Events to Be Given At Community Theater--McKin- istry Nominated For Grand Knight of Palos Council.

istry Nominated For Grand
 Knight of Palos Council.
 Defense Day observance yester- day went down in the annals of the city as an event Of significance for years to come. Approbation of de- fense idea was shown In the out pouring of the citizenry at large and in the splendid manner in when the military and patriotic or ganizations of the city responded to the call, The street parade in- cluded about 500 people with the New Departure and Bristol Brass corporation bands providing the music. Headed by Chief of Police Ernest T. Belden and squad of police, the paraders circles about the city through the centsY to. the Memorial monument, which had been beautifully decorated under the direction of Mrs. w. F. Sessions and Mrs. Stephen M. Wells.
 The exercises at the monument were featured by the stirring ad- dress Of Judge Joseph NJ Donovan. The evenings program was con- cluded with dancing on the parking space of the boulevard near Main street, where motor cars were ar- ranged so that the headlamps light ed the floor" for the dancers.
 Judge Donovan spoke as follows:
 The committee in charge of to- days celebration notified me that I would be doing them a favor if l made my address very brief, as the late hour gives but little time for military mansuvers before darkness shall fall 1 shall of course comply with that request. It is very easy thing to be brief when there is only one side to question.
 Tn appearance we are celebrating the anniversary of great battle to- day. Actually the celebration today is unique in the annals of American history, in that we are celebrating and reminding the public that we will have not battles to celebrate if we are properly prepared to defend our honor and liberty l do not mean that war is exterminated from the face of the earth. No one ex- poets courts to remove crime. No one expects physicians to remove disease. They minimize, but do not abolish. Wars can never be abolish ed. They are the result of mental diseases of an incurable nature and of the criminal tendencies of certain abnormal or subnormal minds.
 Tt is the same type of individual who becomes the thief in the night But did you ever hear of a theft mo- testing the home of man known to carry a revolver and known to be able to use 1t? That is the answer to Defense Day. We will have no trouble if we Jet it be known that we can carry a cannon or a rifle and can use it, And with it, we have people who will and can quickly mo- biiize to furnish the many necessi- ties of war.
 There has been opposition to such day as this, will not trou- ble to discuss those who viciously oppose 1t, as believe we in America have a very small minority of inita- tion Bolsheviks. But for those who ignorantly opose it, let me say that in almost every country, there is universal service in time of peace as we'll as in time of war. Great Britain has annual maneuvers and tests of what to do in case of war
 Some of the nations prepare sole ly for militarism. That is not true in the United States.
 We seek no aggressive warfare. We only ask, and if necessary will demand, that we be allowed to live in peace and unmolested. But to ask is not always enough Not by words do you frighten the thief in the night, Not by idealistic dreams do prospective enemies halt. It is only the big stick that will deter.
 Why did Germany dare to in- suit us in 19172 Why was it neces- sary to prepare for battle as the only means of retaining our honor, and perhaps our liberty and our status as a nation? It was solely because Germany. like all other na- tions knew we were unprepared and thought it would take too long to prepare that we would be per- manently snnihilsted before that time came, Results have shown that Germany recxoned wrong in the time needed to prepare, but not so far wrong. It was not prepared ness that won the war. II WAS our loyalty and our enthusiastic patrio- tiSo, that achieved tha suncess tbst