Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1916 — No Need of Haste In Increasing Our Armaments [ARTICLE]

No Need of Haste In Increasing Our Armaments

By HAMILTON HOLT, Editor of New York Independent

LET us make haste slowly in increasing our armaments. By . the time the war is over we shall most likely find the nations ready to organize the world for peace and disarmament. IF THAT IS THE CASE ANY GREAT BURDEN OF TAXATION NOW IMPOSED ON , THE AMERI-. CAN PEOPLE FOR ARMAMENT PURPOSES WILL BE WASTED. If the nations, however, instead of making a durable peace, only declare a truce in order to continue the mad scramble for greater and ever greater armaments, then the United States, having lost neither in treasure nor in men, will be in a better position than anv other nalion to ENTER THE INEVITABLE AND CRUSHING RACE WHOSE END IS DEATH TO ALL BUT THE MOST POWERFUL. “Go to Church Sunday,’’ April 16.