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Show I EDISON WOULD BE PREPARED, (in hi. T5th birthday. Thomas A. hdison was asked a number of questions ques-tions by l he reporters who interviewed him and among his answers was the following as to the results of the arm conference "Anyhow, it's better than nothing at J all. I've never been able to put It over, but it a fact that I believe in preparedness for war in an experimental experi-mental way. Flease be careful not to misinterpret me. I mean that we should not cease experimenting with deadly gases and improvement? in big guns and the like. In other words, we ought always to know how to carry-on carry-on such a war, so that if in the future by some rascality some one should I Start this gas business, we should be ready through our experiments in thir ty days to give them a wore dose than they gave us. Contracts to do this and that axe not always safe. If we do not experiment we might find ourselves at the mercy of some nation which has prepared quietly. We've got the ex perts. I hopo all the nations will experimentI ex-perimentI hope they 11 make war so terrible that the nations will say to each other 'the game is up, we're all sure to get It in too neck if we make war because of the weapons at our disposal dis-posal ' " Mr. Edison did not say that he thought the next war would be fought with chemicals, but he gave the im pression that ho believed it would There Is wisdom in Mr Edison's remarks. re-marks. At present this country cannot can-not go to sleep In the arms of confi denxe. simply because an agreement baa been entered into. Some nations are as crafty and treacherous as some individuals, and must be viewed with suspicion. To meet a sudden attack from the untrustworthy, this country-should country-should be prepared |