| Show I II I I GRO OGDEN MURDER I I DEFENSE DAY REFUSAL HELD DEEP BLUNDER Democratic Senator of Missouri Criticizes Party Candidate TO REVEAL ERRORS Sees Union of Pacifism and Political I KANSAS CITY Aug AUT Refusal 2 of Gov Coy Brian Ban of Nebraska and other state to co operate co In th the National Defense day pro pro- program pro program gram as announced by President Coolidge o was os as characterized AS a serious blunder by United States Senator James Jomes A Reed Democrat of Missouri in a 0 statement Issued her here tonight The Th senator slid he would prefer to accept the judg Judg- Judgment judg- judg judgment ment mont of General Pershing to that lot of oC Governor BO Brian Bran an et aP al as to toI I any military maneuver I Senator Reed said ald It would ap- ap ap appear peas pear to the tho th onlooker Individual that war pre-war pacIfism has joined bonds with political He Ito declared that the real of the tho th seeds of war Is I the erea- erea creature tur crea-tur ture who goe goes so about crying Peace e when hen there ther Is no ito peace and that the pretense that preparedness will create a lust lunt for blood 1 Is the tho th limit of absurdity DJ DEPENDS MI pr DS ON O SIZE Every lr citizen possessIng po com corn common cornmon common mon tense sense sence Senator Reed s state state- statement statement statement ment continues knows knos that the theda theda da may come when hen some somo som gre great t I power powe or com combination of great 10 cr mav may attack Ck the UnIte United States The Th sole solo purpose of o the I Defense day program I 1 to de elop the best bet possible plan for the mob moh- moh of our resources 10 o 0 that nations will alit hesitate to attack us usand and nd should they de d EO so to repel attack nith the least baa loos s Th The program ma ma mas mabe be n a as full of errors as an egg Is of meat The sery cry object of the th experiment Is Isto Isto Isto to discover er these thee error errors In ad- ad advance vanc ad-vanc vance vanc Instead of waiting wollin to leorn ban them on fields strewn thick with the corpses of American bo bois boa s I Senator Reed declared that tt pre pre- prepared pre vre preparedness pared nus Is a a e term and pointed out that a 0 condition andI I constitutes complete preparedness against a 0 small po power er bo be barrows groas ros u against af a great power or com of great powers powen I 50 1 SO K E ER i SR R rF CO For more mor t thin h 50 year yeon the st the th tle United States lia e e been In a II state of preparedness against Mexico and anI all 1111 of the south tn Americ-tn coun coon countries countries tries A As to them her power 1 ts and l I Irresistible She could withIn Sd 90 dais ds hAve crushed an anor anor or all of them then Ne Nevertheless the possession of this power was no temptation to move against them On the th con con- contrary contrary con contrary the th fact tact of ot our dominance and their weakness led us to as- as as assume sume some a bene benevolent protectorate over them a 0 policy which wo we w would never ne have hav assumed had they occupied positions petitions of If danger danger- dangerous ous ouo rivalry It It i Is plain therefore that the tho by America of power has haR never led to a II policy of ag- ag aggression ar The Th claim that tat by placing our our- our ourselves Reh selves e In a where Attack will certainly be b repelled we there there- thereby thereby th re-by re by Invite attack borders on the Idiotic It answers lf OF VR CRA CRAVES VI T T Imagine some som ome European or Abi ruler looking S across the ocean and declaring I I j observe that the th Americans are ar so 80 thor thor- thoroughly thoroughly ought organized for tor defence that they y can destroy any force landed on their soil Roll so I have hav to attack thorn them and got get a a good licking The Th fact tact Is that once onee one It Is known that our shore are ar nabbe and that we can defend our our- our oel sob sob-s s again against all come corners comers wo we willbe be free tree from danger dancer 1111 The Pacifists dream of eternal peace can cn only be realized In II a world Illumined by the spirit of othe the or In a Il land power power- powerful powerful powerful I Ithe ful enough to be Immune from the tho I attacks of enemies The former of these alternatives Is la seemingly fu far In tho the future futuro The fatter may I it If we employ common sense ense be approximated 00 |
