Show takes narrow view governor aurther capper of kansas seems to be laboring under the impression that the spirit of militarism is abroad in the land because a majority of americans citizens favor putting the nation in a state of preparedness pa redness for the contingency that some other nation may take a notion to infringe upon our rights or make war upon us without cause or provocation very few people in this country desire war but we are sure a large majority of the able bodied men would fight if the necessity arose willingness to fight for ones country is not militarism any more than putting the nation in in a state of defense is militarism governor copper has been talking just to hear himself talk like some of the exe ex E tre mists who would have the entire male population of the united states go into camp and take a post grad aate course in trench digging the necessity for national defense having been conceded it will probably be worked out in a sane manner if it can be kept out of politics without regard to the views of the ex tribune |