| Show UNNECESSARY DEBATE A- A A second protest to the i United States government against the sale oi of war munitions to the tlde al allies al- al lies Hes ignores tho the fundamental rule of logic logi because l like ke tho first it attacks at nt- tacks only tho the volume of the transactions transactions transactions trans trans- actions and not their character Whatever cr is proper propel in ill principle must be proper also in degree If the Un United tc l States Stales enjoys tl the 1 e right to sell Bell one pound of powder to Austria's enemies it enjoys the right to sell all aU it can manufacture If it may sell ten cn cases cs of arms of precision precision precision pre pre- it may sell a m million cases Either the transaction is wrong rang or it is h not and ann its frequency or volume cannot affect the point at issue When the tho Teutonic allies concede tho the right rig of American manufacturers to sell a small amount of munitions to the al allies allies al- al lies they concede their thug ri right ht to sell all ull they can an manufacture Austria may calm herself as to tho rho industrial future of the United States There Thero need be fear no of the eco ceo economic life of the United States States' being I mado maclo subservient to the production of war materials on the greatest y possible pos pos- 6 sible blo scale and even en were there cause ca cause sc for a apprehension that question I is is one for the American Peoples people They are able to attend to their own affairs af af- af- af fairs as the Austrian ambassador ret re- re t- t Gently disc discovered v t i i. i Jc D Defense cn c of the p principle plc that flint a neui neu- neu nation m may w sell war materials to whatever 01 belligerent erent has Ins access t to them is as ns vital to the United States as to Great Britain and Trance France The American republic cannot become an armed camp with ample war equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment at hand at all nIl times and numerous numerous numer numer- ous factories that cnn can supply more on short notice Yet the United States may ho bo attacks attacked as ns Belgium was at nt- nt tacked Obviously until its own in industrial industrial in- in in- in or organization has been heen turned from the tho arts of peace to those of war it must depend in tho the early months of war upon shipment shipments from abroad Its own preservation at some seine future late date ma may depend upon the tenability of this principle The latest Austrian note need no extended discussion 1 by the American government go The q questions raised were wore disposed of previously Continuance Continuance Continuance Con Con- of or interchanges es can n servo sene no good purpose Washington ton would do dowell dowell dowen well wen to turn its attention to something something something some some- thing thing- more important |
