Show I i i 1 1 Othe Other Y Points d i. C of View View Q II I I II 1 I. O OV ON nIX WAR Alt o Vo have ha heard often enough that preparedness 3 does not keep a nation out of or war ar but Lut we have learn learned d now that ne doesn't either The plain le lesson on to tobe tobe tobe be drawn from the considerations that decided d the German government o to embark on its unlimited submarine warfare war war- rare fare as brought out by the publication of or the tho memorandum on the subject subject prepared prepared b by the German admiralty I U is that thata a t determining factor In that was 23 tho military weakness of or this country countr Nothing was plainer to the German tn government than i that the ille illegal al use of r the tho weapon capon ag against t in I neutral c shipping as proposed b by Von Yon would bring I It t the c United States Into tho the war v The government CO ha had to consider therefore the relation of oC this certainty certainly to the tho I Io j o object jeet to bo be achieved that achieved that is the starving ln of England laud a a. specified time On this point it took the ju judgment judg jud- mel mer ment o o c. c group of oC experts t representing the best knole knowledge l knowl- e e edge e and one opinion In the empire The They were Svere ere men snap who realized Germanys Germany's tremendous stake who considered not I c tho the Immediate necessity but ut the future relations i I of at Germany with this country a consideration involving In j the whole commercial structure o of the empire I i iThe The verdict ve returned b by these men ought to be bo a a. a text text- text for o the study sl ll of oC American n statesmen It advised ud that war Wor I America me was as not a a. consideration to halt Germany fur for a a. moment It attached no more noro Importance to It Il than tha i It If l the e que question lon h had d bean beon war ar with Portugal Those I It mu must bo La remembered wore not Pan Germ Pan fanatical or o- omere O mere jingo views Tho They were ere commercial financial economic co views I w Th They wore o views that calculated questions ques- ques I o or trade and commerce after the war of German 1 Industry 5 n. n an and foreign markets Th They y put all those Important ln- ln S cony considerations in tho the scale and ln still found no nod d danger ar in war wIth America Said one author authority t a banker niter Hitter feeling lInG in th the tho United States after the w war r Ja 3 a not lot worth north considering because If IC Germany succeeds she can dictate terms to assure allure favored treatment fa for herself Germany German In to other words would be able to treat the United States Stales as Clana has been tre treated tc Germany would be lie able tn tt demand mand markets ports port spheres of Influence and m dictate ic our tariff aw awa aws The basis 13 0 o of these views Is plain It was knowledge no leG that Germany had nothing to Ce fear r from America as UI R n military aT factor America was unprepared 1 England could be bo starved o Into su n r for p peace before America could get ret ren ready y And it was a a. proper basis for Cor this Ger German an anre re had the G German Getman reasoning as tr tc been 33 as sound Th The s German experts ts believed England co could ld be lie starved ell in six months month Had thc they bc been n right on that point they would have hove boon ju justified J on the other for COr America was as not rca ready In six month months nor Is It ready now when almost a 2 year ear hn has passed since our entrance into the war and J z a full year ear since Germany began her submarine cam eam- Here Hu then I is an n Illuminating Ic lesson on on on preparedness ss Rare Here we v see how much wel weight hl an nn unarmed nation nallon has In Inthe Inthe inthe the councils where conquest an and 1 domination are arc plotted IB 8 s It t too much to say I If a year ical n. n ago o America Ame-tJ had bad la been timed d and anti ready Germany would not lIft have flung down the tho submarine challenge to cl civilization a Cit CIl City Star r. r e ta ta Ra |