Show vI v- v I He Is Iii Opposed T To Q Preparedness Editor Telegram Telegram Telegram-In In The Salt Lake Telegram o of Sunday May 23 1926 1926 you print a stat statement ment P purported put pur I ported to to be given by an I English gentleman a a. visitor in our city He lIe is quoted as sayin saying in part part The war should have taught us us' us usall all alla a a lesson the lesson that prepared prepared- ness mess along every line Is the safest In fact the the only only way to avoid war Is this really so so Does the gen believe what he ho says If It is the paly way to avoid war how came caine th the late World war var Did preparedness avoid vold it Were Vere not the nations engaged engaged en en- In that great agony agon prepared I 1 think they were and the tho result was wa's the loss of ot many millions of ot hum human n beings not to mention the grief and sorrow orrow of relatives and friends What hat was gained A great increase in territory by the empire en which the sun never sets We Ve were also led to believe that that was a war var to end all wars The cry was Defeat the Germans and anti thee e shall be peace on earth Make lak the world safe tate for tor d democracy It ii he the people of the world really delIre doMire de do- sire Mire to avoid war how shall they do it I answer answer- Simply by leav leav- ing Dg each other and each others other's property and each others other's country distinctly alone Yours respectfully JOHN G. G STEVENSON d. d |