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i:rriii:it ks.wi: on roi:
"" "ongres.s is to be unanimous to consider
sriiv" international Ifsuck. to
? 'consider whether it is necessary to
d-.-lar. war. We have exercised the
greatest restraint against _CSermati aggression. our national conscience is
\ i,ill ut offense We know in our hearts
that?e should seek to avoid war. but
in this hour a pacifist is either a
Knave or a foe
"There is nothing in the league to
Knforce Peace inconsistent with military preparedness. On the contrary,
-we should maintain our rights against
.i lawless agency. I am not compelled
to any particular plan, but I am driven
to the conclusion that for military preparedness, as distinguished from naval
preparedness, we should enter upon a
plan for an army for national defense
We should have compulsory military
training for one year, and it should include all the youth of the land between
the ages of nineteen and twenty-four."
The whole house applauded the idea.
' This is the only system," the speaker
went on. "which would give us a body,
of citizens from whom, in an finer
U'-ncv. we could summon an army of
u.t.m 1 men." He ridiculed the idea
that any army could be raised between
? litis. 