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THE PROPER WAY.:Tt:is' evident'that if we are really ri td Have-.war witli Germany-—and it '■...now..-seems as if only Germany could ' prevent it—-President Wilson , is not gota£ to confine himself, merely to aeEeiLBive . operations against German Hubmarines. It is probable that a declaration of war will result in anof-fensive and .^defensive alliance, with . .the-Entente allies, and Mr. Wilson is -even now considering the ways and means of floating a nve billion dollar loan for them. . .The -Btatein.ent from Washington that the sending of an army abroad will: he considered later is somewhatnlgtildcant. It shows that the mat* lr has at last boon broached, arid that it has not been contemptuously cast aside as unworthy of consideration.We have never been invaded since we became a nation. There was one attempt made by a- foreign nation when the British forces returning victorious from the field of Waterloo sailed Into the mouth of the Mississippi and attache! Now Orleans.As State Press In the Galveston Newh soya, “the foray of the British from their transport? in Chcsapealtc Kay. when they raided the village of Washington and Imrned the national capital. w:=k not. an invasion; it was only a raid/' And the only force that was there to oyjiOHO the British force j waif a body of mllJUafneu, greater in number than the British, if $c- true, but undisciplined and inexperienced. ] The agents , o£ the department of ] justice arc da Wi^eri ?iffjk■ bis fellow Ger-niisns deijounce aa British coimidra-cics to discredit, Germany. mid which they claim arc fin- ndr, of agents provocateurs.Bui it is plainly apparent, to alt that the acta of German spies who] have been convicted wore not the re- j suit of British cmistiiraciea, and that orie may look for almost anythin#! from the Germans who have a great-j or loyalty to the German Ties thatij they have to that or the country [ which they sought as a refuge frorc- j German tyranny. \General Rurktnpn the other night; quoted the remark of an American! army officer who has spent the past; two years or more in Germany and j Austria as a military attache. Her sSld‘ “While the United Slates is!inotdlizinE the r.iilroada, the Indus !tries, the banks and the merchants.';4If is fatting: in mobilize {.ho cnostinecessary par* of an army—the i mob/' |General Rnckmrm aaid H was airsplendid thing to prepare for every [ eventunllty, ami paid a high tribute* to the preparedness of the- Rod Cross.! But, ho said if yon do not supply t?ie! men to fight* those bandages and j nupplios will bo wasted for I a cl? fj subjects npon which lo 11150 them/' | We are glad to know Hint our' country if; preparing everything Unit! may possibly bo needed for a groat! war. Had wo begun those propara*j tion* a decade ago, wc should not ho' needing thorn at. present. But ail our, battleships. rttr submarines. our air-jplanes and our gigantic; armament' will bo of little use without the menj behind thorn,A patriotic wave In 13PS brought us a few hundred thousand volunteers.! many of whom were unfit for service) and were not accepted. But 5n casoj of war with Germany we should ncedj a. million ;U the very outset and asjmany more each ninety days thereat* j ter until the war was ended.Wo have Uic men, but we need to establish and maintain some system Iby which the men wilt bo available. We have found that the volunteer system is deficient when it comes to furnishing all the men wc need.General Ruekman said: “The argument used ro favor of universal service was that it was democratic. We may as well drop that classification, for an army is not mn on democratic lines. If we say, however, that n in right and justT we shall be tnore near the,..tnith. and, wTe shall have a greater chance' securing it, XJniverBal sendee wonirfi prevent theneedless sacrifice of onc^ man out ofa hundred, and it would\ make everyman do his duty/1 \\
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 01, 1917
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