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...drawn into any war of aggression of self aggrandizement. But to many of us it seems that a sincere love of peace alone is not sufficient to keep us at peace. Probably last June Belgium loved peace and was as unoffending as Switzerland but Belgium had no "adequate armament" as had Switzerland and as a result her industrial development of centuries was effaced in two short months. Truly, the road to perfect peace through the development of international law and political unity is long...
This country is supposed to have become a world power; consequently, it is argued there must be a reasonable increase in armaments which the Military Camps are expected to give. Adequate armaments, however, are relative armaments,--a fact which those militarists who use the insurance analogy ignore. Any increase in military strength on the part of one power no matter how reasonable--is sure to be met by a similar reasonable increase on the part of other powers. The menace which we face is that of permitting this country to enter the European reasonable armament competition which has no other...
...part of wisdom to prepare himself in time of peace that his sacrifice may give the maximum of production with the least actual loss. Lying back of this argument is the further assumption--less prominent now since the outbreak of war in the armed camps of Europe--that "adequate armament" is itself the best guarantee of peace. The Summer Training Camps offer, it is held, an opportunity for college men to do their part in securing this so-called "insurance" in a not altogether unpleasant way, with the least possible personal sacrifice and without danger of developing a spirit...
...attention has been called to an item in your issue of March 4, under the caption, "Speaker Urged Stronger Armament." This proves to be a report of my discussion of the Armament question at the Harvard Union on March 3. What I did in fact urge was that there is not the least reason for increasing armaments. The present war is, in my opinion, the outcome of the long series of conflicts of interest attending the era of colonial expansion, now practically closed. We never had a serious conflict of interest in this field, and consequently were not menaced...
...clock. The purpose of the organization is to arouse public influence to secure a systematic plan of national defence according to the plans of the National Security Commission created by Congress. Several prominent men, including the Hon. A. P. Gardner '86, M. C., who believe in national armament have been asked to speak on an increase in the number of battleships and a larger standing army. The active work of the society will be fully explained and all members of the University interested in such a project are invited to attend and take part in the discussion...