Milford chronicle., 1928-08-31
NATIONAL NEWS OF INTEREST
TO EVERYBODY WHO READS
Written for this Paper by
FRANK P. LTTSCHERIT


While lauding the Kellogg anti
war treaty as a big step toward
permanent Peace President Coolidge
has not permitted this diplomatic
accomplishment to blind his vision
to the necessities of the day. In his
recent speech to the American Leg
ion in Wisconsin the President said:
Because we believe in our coun-
try it will always be our desire and
our duty to defend it. 1t cannot be
too often stated that we cherish no
sentiment of aggression toward any
other people. But the obligation to
resist evil, to be prepared to main
tain the orderly authority of the
rule of law in both our domestic
and our foreign relations is one
which cannot be avoided. For the
government to disregard the science
of national defense would expose it
to the contempt of it's citizens at
home and of the world abroad, 1t
would be an attempt to evade bear
| ing our share of the burdens Of civ
ilization. For this reason we main
tain, according to our resources,
our population, our position and our
| responsibilities, a moderate army
and navy based on what we believe
to be our requirements for national
security"
This is a clear cut and logical ex-
position of the case of those who be-
lieve in adequate national defense.
None but those who are blinded by
anti-American prejudice will main
tain for moment that the United
| States has any sentiment of aggres-
sion. We took no territory and no
reparations from the losers in the
World War. A few years later we
called together in Washington a
disarmament conference and in an
effort to cut down the naval pre-
parations of the world we voluntar-
lily relinquished a worldwide su-
premacy in battle ships which was
naturally coming to us. Our army
is one which is barely big enough
for the maintenance of peace at
home and in our territories, and
certainly we cannot be accused of
naval jingoism when we have volun-
tarily relinquished bright chance
for the naval supremacy of the
world.
Whence comes then all of this
talk from the alleged liberals about
Uncle Sans militarism and imper-
ialism? This demand for the scrap
ping of the navy and further limita-
ton of our army, this terming our
brave marines as the tools of Wall !
Street,"
It might be we'll in this connec- |
ton to note again the first sentence |
of the President quoted above. Mr.. !
Coolidge says because we believe
in our country it will always be our
desire and ourt duty to defend it."
Is it possible therefore that those
among us-they are comparatively
few but very noisy-who demand
that we do not keep the means for
defending ourselves, are no longer
interested in American defense be-
cause they no longer care for Amer
ican traditions and American ideals?
This is something worth ponder
ing over. There has grown up in
this country of ours a sect which
sneers at things American, which
makes light of our ideals and the
sacrifices of the founders and de-
tenders of the nation, which char
acterize the Constitution as an out
worn antique document and declares
hat the doctrine of patriotism
should be replaced by the doctrine ,
If internationalism.
Of course there are many ardent !
)acifists who mean well but reason
who swallow idealism
Ind strain at facts. But it must be :
aid that most of the anti-Ameri-
ans, those who would substitute q
world government for American L
overnment, can be found in the
anks of those who are against ma c
lonal defense. They do not want 2
.merica defended because they no q
)nger believe in it! b