Show t. t l T. T I War Outwitting THAT THAT insult to traveling Americans in ini adua when our flag was trampled in the streets ts by Italians Italians' moves moves s this Ulis government to toc c consider n ider what should be done Our neutrality pro proclamation l una cn and official warnings to our shippers shippers ship ship- pers per about sending c commodities that are not strictly war mu munitions i iti Hons ns provoke Italians to refer to it as an unfriendly even a hostile act Out of th these se two circumstances we ought to learn something The first lesson should have been learned twenty years ago Americans caught caugh unexpectedly unexpectedly unexpectedly edly in the war zone had their trou troubles les in getting getting getting get get- ting out They realized that when war Avar breaks out theres no place like home Now anyone abr abroad ad when wa-r wa war comes is not notto notto notto to be blamed but blamed but what of those who set out t to get their thrills in the war zone after troubles come Thrill seekers ought to realize that their recreation should stop short of involving th the rest of the country Some individuals have to take risks o on legitimate errands but those who go only for far a an api adventure should be met by some restraining 1 law w that will keep them at home In the matter of outwitting war however we shall have to togo go further than w wd we have gone with our new neutrality act and proclamations ns Senator Bennett Clark writes of this in Decembers December's Decembers December's Decembers December's Decem Decem- bers ber's Harpers This member of the senate munitions munitions munitions muni muni- committee believes that if America is to keep out of another war the stop-gap stop legislation legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion must be sharpened and expanded Even as late as November 1916 President Wilson was reelected because he kept us out of war says Senator Clark Yet five months later we were fighting to save the world for democracy in the war to end war In the light of that experience it is high time we give some thought to the hard practical question of just how we propose to stay out of international con con- No one who has made an honest attempt to face the issue will assert that there is an easy answer Senator Clark remarks that existing legislation legislation legis legis- lation has not stopped the activities of war munitions munitions munitions muni muni- makers Reports tell of booms in war preparations Chambers of commerce in cities with large war materials plants proudly report reemployment of f skilled munitions makers in large numbers the stepping up of output to as high as per cent the rushing to completion of new additions to plants night Day-and-night shifts in the brass and copper mills rising prices and large shipments of these metals and the acquisition acquisition acquisition tion of large capital for immediate wartime scale production all indicate that Mars has waved his magic wand in our direction All this is so plain that everyone must Understand understand understand un Un- that in spite of a profound national sentiment for peace we are not to any dependable dependable dependable depend depend- depend able extent whatever assured against trouble with our neighbors What we must have now is a practical approach to the problem and a G national sentiment that will be an effective antidote antidote antidote anti anti- dote for war var profits greed |