New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1917, Page 10

| suicidal folly.” to rampant militarism, the World re- gards this measure (the Chamberiain bill) as admirably adapted to presehit day requirements. It is plsin enough it, and the evil almost without warning, are likely % | subject an inoffensive population to |its terrors, make dependence upan i hastily organized volunteer armies On December - 10, 1916, “Pioneer-Press” sald: “For us to go on. a military de- bauch at a time when all are talking peace and mutual insurance against the y“k,,m 28.—That an!war would disappoint the world and dm.‘ Percentage: of the edi- |[remove further the day when awful @ ‘country ‘are in favor of lllm.ry ‘Tralning, is shown on -af ' recent ' editorial the .subject, made by the National Security /th: Antroductfon of ' the lain and General Staft bills made the Universal Mili- ning a live issue, 1,193 edi- J ces to it have been made ) newspapers of the country, A of these editorials shows that Tepresent . 476 different papers, of pmch are ‘enthusiastic ad- Jof Uhiversal Military Train- the belance, 49, princl- <Labor and religious phla vital measure for national and 157 are non-committal. cally all the big metropolitan #8 of the country 'are actively .through their editorial ,, the campaign of education to bring about the passage Military Training bill ( The “Fribune” “bo' ‘ot the papers of the list with 20 New York “Times” place with 18.. The New . Sun” follows with, 12, ‘comesa ‘the Chicago ‘“News”,. "l‘h'nn“ and the Portland 11 each; the “City’ "!ur", 10; the Minne- une" and the Boise City iman”, with 9 each; phia ‘Bulletin” and “In. and the Philadelphia [ New York “!\)n': with & also include th the ““the n:v'emn; P crashes between great civilized powers will have ceased to be.” On February 26, 1917, the "Plonnr- Press” ‘said: ‘There is ample autharity for the contention that a short period of in- tensive military training is far more adequate to the purpeses of pre- paredness than a long period of train- ing poorly organized and managed. Quality quality in everything else, reduces the need for quantity. Let the govern- ment be prepared to make? every minute count.” Canvass Nation-Wide. The National Security League's canvass was not confined to the big dailies of the country, but included newspapers in small cities and coun- try towns in every state in the union. The editorials examined cover every section of the country from Bl.n‘or. Maine, to Arcadia, Florida, to Long Beach, Califorfifa, to Seattle Wash- ington. ' The point-of view in'the dif- ferent seétions is seen from the fol- lowing quotations from the papers in these extremities.— Bangor = ‘“News”—“Nearly every- where there is apparent readiness to consider ‘the question of universal military training. The plan seems fair, democratic( and American.” Arcadia “Enterprise,—‘"‘Compulsory service would prove disastrous to the political: party . that undertakes -tb endorse it.” Long Beach “Telegram” tional scheme of defense based on cour free institutions requires the training of.civillans in :great numbers 50 that enough of them will be ready, when the call of duty comes, to take the fleld. = Natienal sentiment plain- ly seems to have swung around to the principle of compulsory training for all our young men. ‘. ‘Seattle “Times"—'There is urgent ;| necessity for compulsory military 8t. Dboth in ‘number of editorials fn papers which "have expressed | 4 | Star,” Newburgh “News,” training as a means of assuring the [nation a dependable reserve of trained men for any emergenty that may, arise.” In the compilation, New York lud- and themselves on the subject, 309 = and 89 'respectively. Fifty of these pa- pers are advocates of universal mili- []| vy . training, only 9 are againat and non-committal. The 5 opposed. besides those mentioned, are the Al- Bany *“Argus,” Glens Falls ' “Post- the “Na """ whick is controlled by thr | “Bvening Post:” and the Walton “Re- {Sludes porter,” a ‘democratic weekly in Del- sre County. The list of advoohtes. besides the -big New York dailles, in- the “Outlook,” “Lealie’s Weekly,” “Scientific Ammn-" and *Town Topics." mfibmmnm m»ot importance in the mittal list are the lvfln:fleu llldllfllwlll i excel- w in & few words the the Natlonal Security league this eompilation, is the fol- \from the Vancouver *“Colum- gsentative McKellar declares st § 5 that congréss will not pass * lsory militdry law, and doubt- ho fight, as men of the Mc- are now in the ma- et public is awakening to that voluntary service is get- ‘nowhere and that it is & jug ‘policy, and the McKellars are hear from home in the next mfim state papers are nlarly emphatic in their ap- ‘u‘ tly refer to the ige of the mnon-committal de of President Wilson on uni- '-.q tnlnlnl. T certain that a gornit .”mn.l of the plan (by the ool N would qsurehs’l great in- A congress and might even, temper of the Alncfl- 5 §, result in the enactment of ”m‘ into effect this fair, “’ and dmwenue system of defense,” #ays the Seattle jént Wilson falters in thé lden opportunity to serve wfltb high distinction and er, o ded the mature and ‘:..“;‘mb:nt of his general ‘why, a general stam?” u.skl the ; ..”.k-mn.nemw Two Conversions. o notable eonv-rdou to unlvebr; the N mHnthaputd ow x “World” and the St Paul ” Decetnber 19, 1916, the “World” ‘into an armed camp. ' Mh have 1,500,000 men .w“tum»o!uuhu. urlnmhe-dlmt Pennsylvania comes next with 102 editoriale, divided among 48 papers, 2¢ for. 3 against and 19 non-commit- tal.’ The 3'opponents are the Johns- tecwn “Democrat,” the Lancaster “New Era,” and the Philadelphia ‘'Telegraph.” The non-committal list | inciudes the “Saturday Evening Post.” Iliinols supplied 76 editorials, di- vided amng 16 papers, and Massa- chusetts gers. The 16 Illinois papers stand 9 for, 2 against, and § non-committal. The 2 opponents arg the “Christian Century,” a small weekly, and the “Public,” & soclological weekly, both published .in Chicago. The Massa- chusetts papers are divided 17 for, 2 against and 12 non-committal. The 3 against are the' Boston “Globe,™ the Fall River “Globe” and the Springfield “News.” New Jersey ylelded 54 editorials -.nd Missourl and California 62 eac 27. New Jersey papers are divided, 16 for and 11 non-committal, without a single opponent. 'The 13 Missourt papers are divided, 8 for, 2 against, and 3 non-committal. Those favoring universal military training, in addi- tion to those already mentioned, in- cludp the St. Louis “Star” and the in military, training, like’ -—"Afly ra- | MchLLAN STORE, lnc. 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Far West Favorable. ; The Security league gathered 33 editorials from 13 Ohlo papers, divid- ed 8 for, 4 non-committal and only 1 against; and 31 éach from Iowa and Washington Stato papers.. The 18 Jowa papers are divided 11 for, € non-committal, and only one against; and the 8 Washington papers, 6 for, and 2 non-committal, with none against. The single opponent in Ohio is the “Western Christian Advocate,” o | published in Cincinnati by the Metho- dist Book concern. The 8 advocates of Universal Military Trainihg, in ad- dition to the big Cleveland dailies al- ready mentioned, include the Cincin- nati “Post.” The single opponent in Iowa is the Des Moines ‘“Yoeman Shield,” a monthly published by theé Brotherhood of American Yoeman at . EASTER HANDBAGS of real seal and morroco, $2.50 to $6.98 uc]:. priced 25¢ all kinds, the Castle. The Des Moines ‘‘News’ is among the advocates and the “Cap- ital” non-committal. The Oregon and Connecticut papers produced 29 editorials each and the Minnesota papers 24. The K Oregon papers stand 4 for, 1 against, and 2 non-committal; Connecticut, 15 for, .2 non-committal; Minnesota, § for, 1 against, and 2 non-committal. The single opponent in Oregon is the Port- land “Oregon Journal.” The 15 ad- vocates of Universal Military Training in Connecticut include the Hartford “Courant” and the New Haven “Times-Leader” and “Evening Regis- ter.” The single opponent in Minne- sota is the Duluth “Herald.” South Approves. Nineteen editorials each were gath- ered from Utah, Louisiana and Kan- sas, 18 from Maryland, 17 each from Michigan, 1daho, Washington, D. C., and Nebraska, 15 from Virginia, 14 from Indiana, 13 each. from Alabama and Vermont, 12 each from Texas, North Carolina and Maine, and 11 from Rhode Island. The Salt Lake City “Tribune” and ‘‘Herald-Republi- can” are among the advocates and the “Desert News” non-committal. 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