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Show Commendable But Dangerous The people of the United States and, we presume, of the United Nations, were on the anxious seat for several days recently momentarily expecting the news that Japan had accepted the unconditional un-conditional surrender terms of the allied nations. The popular excitement demonstrated dem-onstrated conclusively the love of peace that dwells within the heart of the average American. Notwithstanding the great triumphs tri-umphs that have crowned our flag in warfare the people wanted want-ed peace and the return of their fighting sons. This is an admirable trait and one which augers well for the future peace of the world. It reflects re-flects a deep-seated hatred of warfare and demonstrates the reluctance of a democratic people peo-ple to continue the processes of modern warfae, even when the devastation almost exclusively affects enemy property. Comendable as this preference for peace may be we should not overlook the danger that it carries car-ries to our republic. If, through love of peace, we neglect the fundamental security of the nation na-tion or become impetuous in our anxiety for normal living, we will risk much more than we gain. As we have said before, there is not much danger of militarism in this country but the peril that democracies have to fear is that love of peace and regard for individual life may make us careless in the defense of our liberties. |