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fate of Canada, puts us, ipso facto, in the path of 

 a triumphant foe unless we are prepared to swal- 

 low our Monroe Doctrine, and even that will not 

 save us from German militarism, drunk with suc- 

 cess and enriched with the wealth of England. 

 How many billions of indemnity will be de- 

 manded of us because American bullets were 

 found in the bodies of German conscripts? 



This is no fanciful danger, our wisest men, our 

 best informed citizens recognize it and are clam- 

 oring for armies and armament to meet it. But 

 this would take years of gigantic expenditure and 

 would be too late for its purpose. Common 

 sense and common humanity point out a better, a 

 safer and a just policy which would quickly 

 restore peace to the world, make of us the bene- 

 factors of our race and end forever that competi- 

 tive armament which has ruined Europe and 

 threatens us. 



We alone of the great nations, in a contest 

 peculiarly ours, stand aloof, watchfully waiting, 

 calmly investigating, challenging the citizenship 

 of murdered Americans and denying the right of 



