Show i i 3 NATIONAL AFFAIRS FOR FOP THE RE CORD BY BT P 9 an all americans who have the welfare att their ca country at heart will heartily ap pp rove the wise and patriotic words ot of general er J ohn john J pershing speaking before re the a assembled ase ambled delegates ot of the mill tary order ol of the world war at phila dh is general pershing reminded his bearers that th the s world Is not yet free prom ir am jealousy end and and declared lec lared that our situation as a world war over requires that we maintain a highly g y developed neu cleus ot of a national defense de tense I 1 continuing general pershing said there can be no earthly aitor for saying a few million dollars a year tn lan the army during a con I 1 U ence we must spend many billions in an em emergency in an attempt to make up alp de deficiencies alel lencses Len cles the difference ditle rence between an adequate and inadequate system is not sufficient to warrant the risk there Is a point bale below W which we ci cannot go without serious r results and we have reached that point aw aw IM all americans who think clearly will agree with general pershing that tincie uncle sam must maintain the nucleus ol of th ah army and sa an efficient nucleus la in time of need in spite ot of the league ot of nations and other much advertised agencies of 0 world peace there is no indication as yet that the god rot of war has been relegated permanently to the background the spirit I 1 of jealousy still exists and certainly the present feeling ot of many european nations tow toward a rd the united states Is not one that would jus jussay afy our lying down in a manner to await the coming of 0 the ax 0 aw AW the united states Is not a military natian and never will be we have the great natural advantage ot of geographical isolation which enables us to get along w without a tremendous standing army but this does docs not justify the efforts of the international pacifists paci fists who would have us lead the way toward general disarmament by beating all our swords into ploughshares plough shares before i the f T other nations even commence the process doubtless many ol of these pacifists paci fists are well meaning rne aning but they have permitted their heir sentiment to warp their pud gement it if they have any ally ol of the last named ity 40 4 aw A navy as good as the best and a army capable of rapid and effective together with a real air service and an adequate merchant marine will take care of us in the present and the near future at least but we must see bee that we have these things or some of the th e days we ve may regret our foolish neglect W aw aw the pacifists paci fists make progress because it is 13 difficult to get the average citizen concerned about these matters he JS is busy and seems to think that som om how it will come out all right because I 1 it always has As general pershing I 1 himself put auti it the busy lives of present day ay americans too often absorb their thoughts to the exclusion of that consideration ot of the obligations ot of citizenship a sate safe and sound government under the constitution rests As teal real americans we must see that we a have an efficient though small army a sufficient navy a real air service anas and a I 1 real merchant marine these are our insurance against future trouble and the premium we pay to maintain them Is more than reasonable considering the protection afforded Us as |