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Show THE CITIZEN 4 t ost NA TIONAL SECURITY AND THE SUBMA RINE ith's ontac the se m trugg ig as enof of and adherents advocates and with carriers the laitf Ranting successfully cope airplane prevent v are with relations isolated our extended at littoral foreign nations, zones, eapor( taking particular delight troops tangling spots along in vilifying France for its attitude regarding submarine tonnage. west. The time may come when this nation, can compIaisanze 2 France has let it be known, unequivocally, that she does not pro-- . aside the submarine but not now. hods sacrifice of defense. At the one best weapon pose to scrap her great .he s all of the respect of those who would have the nations lay down DEBS TO BOOST RANTING COMMUNISM WHILE Bfth th forms of war weapons, while the world is still dominated by greed s. LASTS. and avarice, France has clung to her national right to prepare an In b foe. defense against any possible foreign adequate No sooner was Eugene V. Debs liberated from jail than he01 Perhaps it would be advisable for the United States, the richest to look around for a larger world to conquer. Debs confess and most envied nation in all the world, to carefully consider the he still believes he. is an enemy to the capitalist submarine from the viewpoint of coast defense, before proceeding to and declares in fine they shall find no comfort as long as t;er enter into a wholesale scrapping agreement with other powers. t flc in his body. breath There are some essential things to consider in relation to the s, er While Debs of be menace the not any may worthy great es o submarine that have not come to the surface in the armament conwill of consideration, yet it serve to keep alive the trend t: ference. The possibilities of the submarine, invented by an AmerDeb ican and perfected as a war craft by Europeans, renders this country communism that set in so strong during the war period antith s immune to invasion. It is patent that our isolated geographical over into the reconstruction period, and is now only waiting an tune time to show it fangs. Debs was liberated because the g'0111 position, with an ocean rolling between each of our coasts and any ment felt he had served a sufficient term for his transgressic n as possible enemy of sufficient strength to give us serious concern for vile he for anthema was uttered that agak forgiven having national safety, and the great length of our coast line equal to greatest government in all the world, or that he should be per. ted I weaall that of Europe; makes the submarine the logical to again assail that which has stood the test of more than a t pon for defensive purposes and more important to us than to any and finds itself and more worthy wor infinitely grown stronger foreign power, France not excepted. mt, future. is make evidence that it willing to While this country has given But who is Debs haranguing against who is a capitalist?17111 of in world nations the interest sacrifices than other peace, Sch( greater A capitalist is one who has capital one who makes his yet such concessions should not include the sacrifice of the best the aid of capital. Capital as defined and as generally unde means of protection against the naval armaments, permitted to rein ordinary usage, is property money an aggregation of gooc Orential and European countries. main in the hands of war-lik- e to promote production of more goods instead of being mereWEM include well is be extended to a motto that may Safety First able in their own right all of which may be owned by indi-odefined such attitude a clearly the entire nation at this juncture, when corporations. gec on the part of other nations to retain some form of naval war weapon, is be it a Ford true that Henry capitalist; albeit, may inLea in sufficient numbers to constitute a major nucleus around which to sense, he is a benevolent capitalist. Henry Ford became a ca; as or the trend of a fleet the construct exigentime, mighty speedily by making something of vital necessity to the progress of the:son cies of events may dictate, is so manifestly contended for. He is still a capitalist, giving employment to perhaps 40,000 lookrneij is did of ; it not seize of war the spoils This nation not any women who have not the capitalist aptitude or ability deveic:eme mandated ing for territory of any other nation ; she has no any great extent and who would very likely be arrayed charof offensive territorial ambitions requiring weapons side of Debs and other socialistic malefactors, if it were not for. acter. But she is rich and prosperous above all other nations and Ford and the huge Ford industries. te(j j desirable most and hence she stands a picturesque Ford was not always a capitalist. According to his own st Bird of Paradise among the nations, ready for the plucking bee, in toured the retail markets in company with his wife, seventeen event that she does not provide adequate defensive armament. ago, trying to find a turkey cheap enough to comport with tfo j if The millennial anniversary is still a thousand years away, the plenished purse for the Thanksgiving festival. Mr. Ford them se w armament conference is any criterion of the national attitude of the capitalist, as capitalists are rated, neither did he have any consi,;e(j d majority of people regarding war. Limitations will come troin time capital. s an to time, but in a million years, maybe, the world will sec complete But Ford was a good mechanic and possessed of vbior. i it disarmament. saved some of his wages and laid it aside as capital whicli fo The submarine is denounced as a murderous device in propaganda invested, and made that capital give employment to others vrlv which has been carried on from an obvious source during the past ed vision and the saving habit. The results : Henry Ford is :io 1 Lecc he few weeks. It is just that, exactly, as all other forms of war weapons was which he to under the permitted government, ing of The is talk and murderous. business of murder war making capitalist, around $76,000,000 a year income tax. As stated arQ war over into a pink tea party is purile. But while- the nations insist he is giving employment to more than 40,000 people of all naliVie1' upon keeping up the status quo in sea and land armament, it is beyond and paying them top wages many of them getting far n onaSai question dangerous business for the. richest and most envied nation they are worth, it is presumed, because they arc allied witu nmei of the world to lay aside all its defensive craft and thus invite the the Debs stamp, who would gladly sec the institution that tur1 invaders to prepare for the inevitable picnic. them a livlihood, razed from the earth. And Henry Ford is iVas To replace the scrapped battleships the nations now in conferthe capitalists against whom Debs has declared war as Id a ence have left the airship and the poison gases. It is not possible breath remains in his body. Debs wants a world war again2 fo to limit the development of the airplane and poison gases may be methods and system by whjcli Ford created his huge autonwbul oi manufactured in huge quantities in secret, thus making it possible tractor establishment. an for a predatory nation to launch a sudden attack upon any country That is one extreme. There are others. it may select for a victim. New York could be totally destroyed in On any street corner you will find a humble grocery ti't 'W ft single day. The submarine is the only weapon of defense that can by a foreigner, who with the aid .of a frugal wife, denied pcacc-at-any-pri- cc i so-call- ed a , sea-goi- far-flu- sea-goi- full-feather- ng ng ng ed, -- - fc |