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Show PREPAREDNESS IS TO LEAD TO WAR Salt Lake, Nov. 20 Military preparedness pre-paredness on the part of the United States will sooner or later lead to war with some foreign country, In the opinion of Thojflas ITermansen, a retired re-tired .photoplay magnate of Aarhus, Denmark, who is registered at the Hotel "Utah. Mr Hermansen left Denmark about? the middle of October Octo-ber to visit the California expositions and Is now on his way baok homo. Ho says. "Military preparedness was un- nouDtedly the cause of the great European Eu-ropean conflict now in progress, and preparation for war on the part of the United States, I firmly believe, will bring on -war with some foreign nation. na-tion. If the United States prepares for war other nations will feel that they must take similar precautions, and each country will watch the other jealousy These jealousies mav not seem formidable at first, but thej- will grow until a slight diplomatic breach will bring on another bloody conflict "The United States has nothing to fear from Japan, or any other country, coun-try, for that matter. The Japanese are too shrewd to start trouble with this country and other countries have no desire for war and will not havo for many years to come." Business conditions in Denmark, Mr. Hermansen says, are similar to those) in the United States. All factories fac-tories aro working overtime and manufactured man-ufactured pioducts and products of tho soil find a ready market at high prices Everybody is prospering ex- i cept tlie laboring class The laboring class he asserts is working steadily, : ' but on account of tho high prices the cost of living has greatly incrcabed. 5 Arrangements have been made, ho i says, for higher wages through Den ; mark iu 1916. , t Denmark, being neutral, diides its ) export trade betweon England aud ' Germany, although the feeling amoas ' the citizens is favorable to the allies. 1 The Danes have not entirely forgiven i Germany for taking some of T)en- i mark in the, trouble .about fifty years l ago. However, according to Mr. Her- mansen, the Danes do not want war and no trouble Is anticipated although the standing army has been increased from 30,000 to 70,000 to enforce neu trality if necessary I |