Show t 4 t r COMMUNICATION I t Ogden Ofden Utah Au Aug Aug- 6 6 1924 Editor Standard Examiner Standard When I read the tho News Yews and an Views column the day It contain contain- contained contained contained ed a halt half a column of or commenda commenda- commendation commendation commendation tion of ot General Pershing 8 plan ot of mobilization for tor or September 16 1 I felt as sick SId rYd hopeless as nl Europe will foal feel when It first tint hears ot of a plans for tor September Sometimes I think that the terrible power wielded by the tho thon n editor Is more responsIbility responsibility thin than any one man ought to wield for It If It were nerd not tor for tho thone ne the s and Kin Kin- Hin find and of ot the world could not Involve nations i iwar war without consent of ot the pee Po pi pie And this plan of ot Pershing s 8 means war tor for the tho United States Statu as surely as day means nl night hc Al Already Al- Al AlreadY ready the tho newspapers of ot Europe are teeming with Ith the What doc does docs the United Stats States mean mea by b refusing to go so Into any plan for tor abolishing war nor ar and then stag stal- stagIng Ing a a preparedness day thy they are their 0 own onn n answer to that hat question and tho the I trend of ot the ans answers ers are Depend I upon It Uncle Undo Sam Is reaching to for I his hip pocket and we se will Hilt have havela Ito to be quick on tho the draw If It we aru aN going to beat him to It And they will be quick and they thy havo j ia la much poison gas gos and many moro morn aeroplanes aeroplane over there than we have hate And wo we ourselves havo demonstrated that an ocean Is no barrier bet between eon een nations at war For anyone to rock the boat at this time when the nations errall err arO all watching us with Ith suspicion be- be because be because cause of ot our refusal to go Into either the league of ot nations or thO orld court Is 1 I the tho most foolish thing that could be done don And the people of ot the States Stales ama alo not It But Dut If It we keep still and let lot General Pershing rock rockI the he boat the tho effect will nut be just the same sam The people of ot this thle nation are overwhelmingly In favor of ot our going Into any mot mot- move movement mo moment ment meat that alms to abolish nar ar whether It Is la a perfect one or not but our war leaders and politicians are not going to consent to any plan which shears sheals them of ot a part ot of their power which Is their stock In fn trade It If they are aro left to decide An movement mo ment of ot this I kind nut must come ome by demand of ot tie tre people backed up byall by all the tho power wo no 0 po pos pos- possess pos possess sess which Is considerably mope mo othan mo-othan o othan than we no e I Is It not all too e that most of ot us do not realize whit what the Initials U S staid sta for tor Aside from the words United d Stales It means to many people I Uncle c Sam a mythical t person Io em Ia o onto whose h O ld wo no are r wont to roll all the responsibility ct ot gov gov- government eminent But U S means lust Jut ju what hat It spells for tor we the pope people are meant to be bo tie fie o government O Hut But are we Our tendency to let Geor George e do our thinking for Cor I is has hils In the past led us Into Inlo all ali sorts o ot of trouble Including war nar Are Aro we ne going to be j ja a again aln Into Inlo something we ne do not want just lust because we will not take taho the time lime and trouble to let the feaster hear OUR voice 11 d m listening to his voice It If ev every ev- ev every every ery citizen will act as though the I responsibility of ot having o oe not having a war ear on our hands I rests entirely I AV him hint or her then I I We will not Kato have one But Hut It If e emery citizen acts as ns though the tho eI hole I matter of ot nar y al nl concerns no ono one but General Pershing then Mar viar ar s 's Until me Hable me ratable and soon at that Un- Un UnI UnWe Un I til W we are a member of ot the league Iague I ot of nations 01 or world orld court show show- showing I ing lag that x wj do not want war nar It if It Itcan Itcan can be avoided we ne e cannot afford d to do anything that looks like no ItI 0 I arc preparing toi tot a war ar To man mans man manof of ot our citizens this da Ida day or preparedness da day call I It what hat YOU ou sill Ill It 11 does Hot not sound just right means only a fiesta Clesta a I holiday but 11 It they would only I think what it will null mean to the wart I torn nations of ot Europe filled Ith I suspicion and hate they the will willDee Dee 3 that those people will III ha have hate e no such thought about UIt 12 U bel It will still mean IDean to them that they must arm to subdue an arrogant nation that I Is setting Itself up to defy the just as Germany did And the tho other nations in wl wh hate hale us and combine to h cru-h u us just as they hated and to crush Gelman And the war will III be one of ot defense for tor us 1 The he world war nar w was s Ilke lUte a bad dream tj to t tous us filled tilled with lIh n et I otI and meatless days davs and a n chaos ot of o I occupations that were wre distasteful to tous I us But a war nar of ot defense will be bea bea a nightmare In I all the former discomforts plus plug plu bombs bomb and poison gas that 11 children mow mo modon down n men women omen and anil chil- chil dren like tiles flies the tho Innocent with the gUilty There Thele Is no use to tosa sa ea that this Is all exaggeration toa and a big fuss over nothing 1 this his plan of ot General Pershing's is load load- load load- loaded ed It II e ever eer er a plan was nae as Wo We Ie must consider not what It appears to 10 o 0 oo on the surface but what bat It 11 11 wl ni l Ion lead to 10 And if It the people who do not want ant wai nar and that Is all who ho Ill nill wil not profit b bi it In way w ay do not noi ask President Pre Coolidge to call off ott the foi tOI September 16 1 then we ne will Hill deserve all that Is 1 I coming to u us We Ie can dare to express ourselves no now because we use are arc not yet vet et In a f state of war star because this is a republic re- re repUblic republic pUblic and not an autocratic go- go because wo no 0 have a pres- pres president ident elected by the people and noa nOt I nOtI nota II a kaiser because our constitution 1 gh es us the right of ot petition at all times and what Is our right I be-I be- be tomes our duty at such a lime time as a athis this It Is up to the people of ot th's nation tithe and It Is I especially up to the women omen of ot the llio nation to lo begin tIIs movement mo through their I vat vat- varIous lout Ious organizations Then It Is up u to the voters to see seo to It that can can- candidates tor for legislatures and con con- congress gross gress are arc pledged to vote vole tor for America Ant Ant- erica 8 5 entrance Into the world court while this Is an ex exl I It Is not one that can lead to nar war ar so eo Ine Inevitably as not I having one can do It Is not ao Q much a matter of ot WHAT HAT we do to t I war nay as lIS that we do SOMI sOlin toI I U THI quickly to show the wort that ou our r hearts are on the tha rights right side In this matter has been beon looking to Am- Am America I to be her Moses and lead her herI herout herout out of ot tho the wilderness The warl warI war war- I I weary neary nations grabbed i at the th league of nations and the tho world court eagerly Even after atter we no 0 to- to fused or our did It for tor forus tous I us ue to enter these Europe still sUII seemed sure suro that we ne had hod some de- de plan pla-n up our sleeve s t fr r abolishing WAr What will be their feelings when their Jingo pa- pa papers pers begin to give their of ot September ber 12 7 Respectfully LUOTA LIOTA K 1 |