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Show ARMS AND THE MAN Llo d George s addresses to Br t sh wo kmeu are i owerful arguments for preparedness In oue speech he told h & hea e s tha the n ore g ns pro u ed the te e n en lied If a e ta n plan ot anin un t o were ead a a e ta n t n c the mr n ght be ended n to ty aj s he ad and f not ready at that tne le a ht be prolonged fo r h ulred aa Ha 1 tl e g ns 3 d e a n n t on been n tore at the o tbreak of the ar Grea Br ta n e eu tho gh her arm nas nade a e 0 Id 1 a c sup pi ed he h c v. th eno gl m 1 tar n ate al to e able the to the war 4.11 of which nd cates that one ot the best a to prepare for war s to pro do a s rpl of b j, gu s and ammun t on en war beg us a pre ponderance n amm n tion may turn the tide e en tho gh the army be too small for complete triumph early m the conft ct In the long run thousands even hundreds of thousands of soldiers will be spared injury or death All that s needed for the production of guns and ammunit on is mone The mone pai 1 o t for the gt ns and mun tions is a rem m on a gigant insurance pol cv and t s an insurance pol y which has the pe ul ar mer t of saving lite and 1 mb as well as prop ertj It has been sa 1 that we have only enough shells to supplv our coast de f ense guns for a f c v hours of cont n uous fir ng In s n eans of course that we have enough for many hours of fir ing bv the guns that would actually be used as only a te v points would be attacked but if we had enoigh for weeks and months of firing we would have a reserve strength wh ch m ght make anv foe fear to attack us Militarists say that a great armv pre vents war pa fists that no arm) at all keeps- a nation at peace Both arc wrong No absolute guarantee against war can be devised Whether a nation hae a big or a small army or none at all it- is apt to become invol ed in war with little or no warning But there- are partial guarantees of peace and there are almost absolute gnaran tees of victory Among these guaran tees is preparedness And if a nation can prepare itself by the manufacture of guns and munitions as effectually as it can by training vast numbers of soldiers it would be folly to neglect the opportunity It would be folly for a poor nation to show such neglect it would be madness for a rich nation |