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DON'T BE A BROWN BEAR
TOM P. KNOCKAFELLOW, DROPS
DISGUISE, AND ATTACKS MIL-
I TAIIISM.
Editor, The Michigan Daily:
The chief grudge that the pacifists
have against the militarism is their
total lack of imagination.
Naturally, the first thing that occurs
to anybody, when they are afraid that
some other people are coming with
bombs and torpedoes to blow them
skyhigh, is to also get some bombs and
torpedoes and do some blowing them-
selves. If they can get together
enough of these weapons, and can
arouse the necessary spirit to use
them, by cheers and flag waving, it
would seem to be a foregone conclus-
ion that they would blow up the
enemy before the enemy could blow
them up. Logically, the scheme is
perfect.
The trouble is it doesn't work that
way.
In actual practice, we have seen
men for centuries trying to guard
themselves against war by arming
themselves; and, the more they
arm themselves, the more wars there
are.
Right now, at the present moment,
under our noses, as it were, we have
the most stupendous laboratory ex-
periment, so to speak, of the results
of "preparedness." All the Euro-
pean nations were "prepared." Some
were prepared more than others;
but it is an error to say that any
of them was unprepared. The re-
sult is the general mix-up that we see,
with the apparent probability that the
most prepared of all is not going to
come out on top, as logic would re-
quire, but just the opposite.
Now, our militarists seem totally
incapable of learning from experience.
Did you ever see a bear, walking up
and down-up and down-behind the
bars of his cage, trying to find a
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Editor, The Michigan Daily:
It has come to my ears that my very
dear friend and fellow capitalist, Tob
P. Knockafellow, has written you a
letter, the publication of which was
intended to increase the number of
students desirous of military training.
While I am in no wise unmindful of
the benefit that would accrue to our
clan and to the street in the event that
war would be declared, I yet perceive
one.or two flies in the otherwise
placid ointment, whose presence has
evidently escaped the sagacity of Mr.
Knockafellow.
Short-sighted indeed are those mem-
bers of the capitalist class whose end
and aim is to increase interest in such
military training and preparedness
with the purpose of precipitating the
country into a war, and then enriching
themselves by the luscious profits. I
warned dear Knockafellow not to try
a gag so ancient as that of painting
the glory of war, the adoration of
women, the flying flags, and number of
medals, saying that university students
had surely arrived at that degree of
wisdom where they felt the need of
preparedness for the sake of protect-
ing their country and their homes from
possible invasion, and that military
training if left in their hands, pre-
pared against war, and not for it.
But he laughed at my suggestion,
saying that declarations of war were
not left to university students or to
anyone else, save the government act-
ing under our control. I should be
happy to believe this, but my greatest
ear, both waking and asleep, is tha4
when matters come to a crisis, war
wil, or will not be brought about by
the people of the United States, not
subject to our intervention.
I further asserted that the portion of
the people to which he was addressing
his letter, could not be blinded to the
wide-spread desolation and poverty
that follows in the wake of war, nor
oblivious to the fact that while a few
munition makers might profit, the
country as a whole would suffer: Be-
sides there is always the danger that
the government, which after all, is
more under the rule of the people than
of us, would take over munition plants
and those built for the manufacture
of supplies in the event of actual war.
"Stuff!" exclaimed my friend.
"Even at that, we could run the coun-
try into a vast public debt. Bonds
would then be issued ,which we might
gobble up and reap interest on for a
thousand years."
"But, my dear fellow," I said, "in
the case of a bonded indebtedness
heavier income and property taxes
would be levied, which would fall
heaviest upon us and upon us alone."
He cried out that if I were a pacifist
at heart, then at heart we ought both
agree, since it was evident that we
both deemed the man-in-the-trench as
mere cannon-meat, I because I would
send the unprepared boys to certain
death withoij profit to anyone, while
he would at least make sure of a
profit for himself. At that moment
little Knockafellow, aged six, entered
the room with a toy gun upon his
"choot the Jummuns." I turned pale,
shoulder, saying that he was going to
for I know of some very lovely bits of
cannon-meat myself, which bear my
name.
No, my dear sir, I am not a pacifist,
if pacifism means lack of prepared-
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ness. If we could make terms with
all the foreign powers that would se-
cure for us a lasting peace, well and
good. But since we seem unable to do
so, and since even we capitalists have
far more to lose than gain by wagin
warfare, I am for strong military
training and for a preparedness that
will result in the respect of foreign
powers, and cause some hesitation on
their part ere they lightly declare war
upon us.
Herein Knockafellow and I full
agree that military training, especially
in the universities should be fostered.
But whereas he sees only profit for
himself, I see none. Yet I do preceive
safely and protection for everyone,
and ourselves .included. Therefore,
with him I enjoin more of your stu-
dents to come forward for the sake
of protection, for the sake of insuring
a lasting peace for our country.
PUBLIUS CROESUS.
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space wide enough for him to get out?
If the bear had any sense, one might
address him and say, "Stop, Mr. Bear
-stop right now! Don't go back to
the other end of the cage again! You-
v'e tried it fifty times. You ought to
be sure by this time that you can't
get out that way. Try scratching a
hole through the bottom of your cage,
or finding some cranny at the top;
but stop doing what you've tried a
thousand times before with nothing
but failure!"
Of course the bear would neither
listen nor understand; and, to all ap-
pearance, neither will the militarist.
Both the bear and the militarist
have the logic on their side. The
front of the cage is the most open-
manifestly the proper place to try tc
get out; the only way to oppose some
body who is coming to kill you, is te
kill him first. The weakness of us
pacifists is that we have no logic to
help us. It does seem absurd-it
may be freely granted-as far as logic
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is concerned, not to arm for defence
But if we have not the logic, we have
the facts; and he who has facts can
let the logic go.
So we again urge you militarists not
to keep on doing blindly what you
have tried hundreds of times before
and found a conspicuous failure!
Have more sense than a brown bear
The, experience of ages has proved
war futile; give up war anyway-try
some other way, be it scratching a
hole through the bottom or scrambling
out at the top! War has been proves
a failure by the facts. Give it up!
And that means peace at any price!
And now I see you balk-"Oh,no!
not at any price!" "Well, why not'
What higher price could you pay foi
anything than you pay for war. Would
peace cost more than war? Harly!
Of course, I could tell you the rea
remedy, but your minds are not yet
ready. For the present, all I am ask-
ing is that you should use what in-
telligence you have to more purpose
than a brown bear.
JOHN BEVERLEY ROBINSON.
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