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Show r taty display and appropriate vas sums In preparation for war. A gooi many of the high schools of the etati have their cadets or military organl i rations which train the students Ii i the arts of war so far as a civil or I ganlzatlon can train them. With th military drill, the rifle practice, th r flashing accoutrements, the inartla - music, and the natty uniforms It glorl ftes war In the minds of the yoiinj ' men that actual warfare would quirk I; I dissipate. When the state legislature will ap i proprlate $6,000 for farm demonstra I tlon work In Utah, and about $80,00( 1 for the National Guard, to be spent principally fpr salaries to the adjutant general and his staff and for rent ol ' armories, all of which Is of no practical prac-tical benefit whatever, does It not seem to the young man that the arts of war are of more Importance than the arts of peace? When Congress, In response to those who are Interested In the expenditure of tffe money will appropriate millions of dollars for our navy In a Vain attempt at-tempt to keep our naval strength up to that of Germany and Great Britain, must It not seem to the young man that war is inevitable and preparation for it a necessity? Each of the great nations Is n iking ik-ing frantic efforts to keep Its flghUag strength equal or superior to that ot its neighbors. Germany leads la this fight for supremacy and ita expenditures expendi-tures for a navy alone have risen from $.-,0,000,000 In 1902 to $113,000,000 In 1912. The officers and men In the fleet In 1902 were 33,000; the number has been doubled the last year and by 1920 there will be over 100.000, with ten times as many In the army. This vast amount of money and men are taken from the arts of peace. Vb should the United States attempt to keep pace with such burdensome expenditures? ex-penditures? Each nation professes Its willingness to lessen its expenditures for war purposes If the others will do likewise, but none will take the Initiative, Initia-tive, and so expenditures continue jo Increase. It Is time the United Oh carried out Its professed anxiety tor peace by stopping Its preparations for war. Essays In favor of peace by students will accomplish little In this direction. The voice of the people must be heard In Congress. PEACE OR WAR? The Utah Peace Society has offered through tbe State Board of Education prizes aggregating $50 for the best essays es-says on the following subjects: The Cost of War; Worklngmen'a Interest in International Peace; International Arbitration; Ar-bitration; Peace and Liberty. One prize of $15 and one of $10 are affered university and college students whose esays should contain about 3.S00 words, one of 110 and one of $" to studen's of blgh schools, whose esssys should be shout 2.000 words, and two prize each of $5 to pupils of grade schools, with esiays approximately of l,f.iN) words. The esssys should be In the office of the State Board by the 11th or 20th of April. While It msy be well to encoursge the young to turn their thoughts to tbe horrors of war and the advantages of peace, this will accomplish Utile so long as educational Institutions, the state and the nation encourage mill- |