Enforced peace; . capacity as apeople. I cannot believe that we wiU merely give of ourwealth to relieve the suffering of war, but leave the high-way of the world still infested with outlaws. I know thespirit that animates the men and women of our nation,and I know that the United States will not pass by onthe other side but will resolutely do its share towardhelping the world make war less probable and peacemore lasting, that the United States will give itsallegiance to the program of the League to EnforcePeace. The closing paper on the general subject of ThePlatform was by Hamilton Holt, Litt
Enforced peace; . capacity as apeople. I cannot believe that we wiU merely give of ourwealth to relieve the suffering of war, but leave the high-way of the world still infested with outlaws. I know thespirit that animates the men and women of our nation,and I know that the United States will not pass by onthe other side but will resolutely do its share towardhelping the world make war less probable and peacemore lasting, that the United States will give itsallegiance to the program of the League to EnforcePeace. The closing paper on the general subject of ThePlatform was by Hamilton Holt, , ,,Editor of the Independent, as follows: THE LEAGUE PROGRAM, PREPAREDNESS, AND ULTIMATEREDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS Except for the extremists in both camps—and theyare after all very few—the pacifists and preparationistsare not as far apart as they think. Both want peace,both want adequate defense. The pacifists dwell per-haps most on the end to be achieved, the preparationistsmost on the means to the Photo by Aimi Dupont, New York HAMn>TON HOLT, , ?\ice C)iairm;iii of the Executive Committee, League to Enforce Peace ENFORCED PEACE 51 The pacifists, however, have the broader are internationaUsts. The preparationists arenationaUsts. They concern themselves mostly withnational security. The only difference between bothgroups seems to be this: the preparationists say thatarmaments are our only final protection against an-nihilation; the pacifists say that armaments lead usdirectly to war; that if you prepare for a thing you getwhat you prepare for, and there never would have beenthis war if some nations had not been prepared. Nowif we are candid as we ought to be in approaching a sub-ject of the magnitude of this, we must admit that arma-ments do protect us when we are in trouble, but on theother hand they do get us right into the trouble. Theproblem before us is how to solve that paradox: howcan we have the full protection that armaments a
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