The Independent . nehas, both property and life, when the necessity small professional army is necessary to maintain in-struction, to study problems, to meet emergencies, toorganize. But a professional army, relied on as the de-fense of a government, is a fit arm for monarchy volunteer army is an aristocracy, in about the bestsense of the word; but an aristocracy it is, and a volun-teer army system is irreconcilable with must come to universal military obligation,or it must go out of business. This country in particular needs conscription for mili-tary and f
The Independent . nehas, both property and life, when the necessity small professional army is necessary to maintain in-struction, to study problems, to meet emergencies, toorganize. But a professional army, relied on as the de-fense of a government, is a fit arm for monarchy volunteer army is an aristocracy, in about the bestsense of the word; but an aristocracy it is, and a volun-teer army system is irreconcilable with must come to universal military obligation,or it must go out of business. This country in particular needs conscription for mili-tary and for other than military reasons. We need it forpatriotic and moral reasons. It would bring men to-gether, the East with the West, the North with theSouth, the men of the seaboard, the prairies and themountains. It would open the hearts of men to the real-ities of comradeship and brotherhood. It would improvethe health of a population that has become too discipline it would make men more efficient for. (S) Underwood A Under wood A NEW CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND When the International War Council arrived in Washington on April 22 the British High Commissioner, Arthur J. Balfour, congratulated theUnited States on turning the first page in a new chapter in the history of mankind. That self-governing communities are not to be treated asnegligible simply because they are small, he said, that the ruthless domination of one unscrupulous power imperils the future of civilizationand the liberties of mankind, are truths of political ethics which the bitter experiences of war are burning into the souls of all freedom-loving this great people should have thrown themselves whole-heartedly into this mighty struggle, prepared for all the efforts and sacrifices thatmay be required to win success for this most righteous cause, is an event at once so happy and so momentous that only the historian of the future will be able, as I beMeve, to measure its true propor
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