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Show UNCLE SAM'S UNPREPAREDNESS. Col. G. V. Whistler, in command of the Puget Sound coast artil-lery artil-lery district, speaking the othor night in Seattle, declared that the United States is utterly unprepared for war, especially if menaced on the Pacific front. He urged that no one should be allowed to exercise the right of suffrage until after serving a term in. the National Na-tional Guard. Did. Col. Whistler mean to include the ladies in this? Or did he forget for the moment that Washington now has woman suffrage? Judging by the way the women are fighting for their rights in England, they might make better soldiers than most of the men, who are rapidly degenerating, it appears. - m |