Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-06-17 | Page 12 | British Editor Sees World Peace Object in U. S. Preparedness

British Editor Sees World Peace Object a in in U. U S S. S Preparedness is LO LONDON DON June 17 17 The 1 The preS preparedness preparedness pre pre- I S Issue in America means i that the greatest power on the face of t. t the e globe has come into the world sy system tem to secure herself against war And the effects effects of of or war ar says Alfred G G. Gardiner editor of ot the Dally Daily News in a a. two column editorial in that newspaper today So far as the United States Isy is y concerned the forthcoming presidential presidential election is the most momentous momentous momentous mo mo- since Lincoln was chosen So far as the world is concerned it Is Incomparably more momentous because it is to decide what America stands for tor in regard to the future of ot the world And with that decision de decision de de- cIslon not the interests of or America alone but the interests of ot Europe and of the whole earth carth are bound up The underlying watchword of or the preparedness issue which is sweepIng sweepIng sweeping sweep- sweep Ing the United States is the idea that the power of America should be besa sa used to deliver humanity from the tolls toils in which it has been enmeshed by the tho past that it should be the weapon of a pew new dispensation tion and that the affairs of or men shall henceforth hence hence- forth be subject to the J not of force torce but of justice The sword which America is p forging will be used not to make w war r. r but to make war ar on war and to lay the foundation of or world se se- se It means that America will be the savior fol of Europe