Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-03-19
(Bs Dispatch A. 7. whe)

(By Dispatch A. T. Wire)
NEW YORK, March 1S.--National
protection was urged and "profes-
sional pacifists" were denounced to-
day by Assistant Secretary of War
Hanford MacNider in an address de-
livered before the Women's National
Republican club.
MacNider condemned the "decrer
Of preparedness" and charged that
the, professional pacifist Is more
often than not on the receiving end
of some organization" Among the
professional pacifists,'' he said, care
earnest and sincere gropers for inter-
national peace, conscientious objec-
tors, paid agitators, sentimental sob
sisters and reds who are seeking to
undrmine our form of government"
The "delusions" of this strange
BROOD" the secretary said, are that
every one who has gone to war
wants to go again." He asked permits
sion of his hearers ito nail that lie to
the mast and then briefly outlined
the war departments preparedness
policies
'What we all want is not great
army, but an expert neclous, not
great gatherings of war materials to
fret us in peaee-not great mobili-
cations of men or arms, but Il we'll
thought out, comprehensive and eX-
pert structure of emergency insur-
ance plans.
"Then, when the people through
the congress declare it operative, we
can rise in one mighty and over
al,
conflagration which may menace the
peace and welfare of America and
that means the peace and welfare
of the world
MacNider paid his respects to "the
honest pacifist'' whom he described
as the man who knows war in all
it's brutal horror and prays it may
never come to him nor to his. sons
hut does not tear up his insurance
policies and boot the weary fire de-
partment out of the country" when
the worst fire. in the history Of
his particular home town has been
fought to an end.
Reverting to the professional paci-
fist the secretary said, che de-
ponds for his living and remunera-
tion upon the subscriptions which he
collects from well-meaning citizens
who feel that any movement to abol-
ish war is worth while"
"Look over some of the brethren
who make the most noise,' he said
country in time of need They re-
serve their battle energy to fight
the bugaboos of preparedness in time
of peace. They suspect that every
one who has ever worn the uniform
and offered his life to his country
is plotting to concoct another war"
At another point, MacNider said:
what is your reaction when such
splendid women as Jane Adams and
Carrie Chapman Gait associate them
selves with professional agitators in
declarations that in the administra-
ton of the national defense act there
| is a pernicious attempt through mil
| itary training in our schools to incite
the next generation to aggressive War
fare against our peaceful neighbors?
Both these fine women are famed
| for their good works-their opinions
| mean something to us ALL
| 1--WE find their names signed to
recommendations of pamphlets which
infer that army officers assigned to
| educational institutions are placed
/ there to Prussianize our children.
Isn't that a rather broad charge
against men who have offered their
lives in battle against that very sys~
/ tenn?
! "You might as we'll say that teach
| ing a child to handle an oar is Sc.
cret encouragement for trip to
| Europe in an open dory-or that
| reading aloud the instructions on the
! fire extinguisher and teaching the
i family how to use it is the surest
1 way to set the house on fire.
4 II have often wondered how those
well intentioned people who discour-
aged my generation along the same
line felt when thousands of good
American lads were sacrificed be-
| cause it was impossible to teacf
n them in a few short weeks the de
tense needed against a trained ant
aggressive enemy
"They peahaps say is was no