MUST FIGHT 03
BREAK OUR WORD
Preparation for War Necessary
If We Join League of Nations,
Declares American “Ace.”
The following is the second of
fair articles by Capt. “laddie
llickenhacker on "Win/ Soldiers Are
Against the League of Nations.
Capt. Rickcnbacfcer ifas the ace of
aces in American aviation on the
front in France. IIis acquaintance
among the soldiers of the late war
is nationwide. When he speaks for
them, he s/iraks what he knows.
By CAPT. ‘EDDIE’ RICKENBACKER.
Chapter 2.
If article 10 means what It says, It
mentis war—more war than the United
States ever had before. If we pledge
ourselves to preserve “against exter-
nal aggression" every other member of
the league we have got to light or
break our word.
If we nre going to fight, we must get
ready to fight. That means n great
deal. Only a man who was In the war
knows how much. We can’t contract
for a lot of war by signing article 10
and then not prepare for it.
The United States has fine fighting
men; none finer. Kvery soldier who
was In France knows this. And when
they got into the way these men were
warlike enough. Hut they never felt
that war was a regular business with
them. As the people in Europe under-
stand It, they were not military profes-
sionals. And the American people are
not professionals. They are a fighting
p»s)ple, when culled out. hut in peace
they refuse to he military.
We went Into the war unprepared,
and were protected by our allies while
we made preparation. We were In the
war ID months and we came out still
unprepared. Vet we spent $-0,000,000,-
uUU.
We nad only 100 nlrplnres nt the
front in !■ ranee at the end of the war,
and not o..* of them was a fighting
plane. Yet \. «• spem ii»>ie than a bil-
llot dollars for aircraft, 'toe soldier
of the air knows that.
We did not make onr 0»a gas
though we tried. We did not us“ our
own grefiades. We did not haw our
own liquid fire; we did not have my
American tanks. The soldier of ihe
line knows that; and lie knows the
thousands of lives these fuilures cost
us.
We cannot nfTord to go Into nnothcr
war thus unprepared. It would cost
too many lives and too much money.
If we contract for wars all over the
world we have got to prepare or suf-
fer awful losses.
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M. W. Gayman |
Physician and Surgeon
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A soldier who was In Europe during
the war realizes what a burden a pol-
icy of militarism would put on the
American people, lie understands how
terrible would he the losses, under ar-
ticle 10. if a policy of military prepara-
tion were not adopted.
The soldier Is against bringing Euro-
pean militarism to America and he Is
against sacrificing American flesh and
blood in conflicts for which we are not
prepared. If we go Into the League of
Nations we would have to choose—
preparation or punishment. He knows
It. That Is why he does not want this
country to go in under article 10. That
Is why he is against the League of Na-
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