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...direction have served to emphasize the seriousness of the revolt. When the Government finds it necessary to court-martial industrial workers in a building closed to the public and guarded by bayonets, its alarm is great. It may very likely be that bayonets and machine guns may keep the mob of Berlin and other cities in subjection for the time being, but this will not destroy industrial demands and deep dissatisfaction. The Socialist paper "Vorwaerts" is right when it says that this movement comes from the workers' fear that they have been misled...
...last evening, Professor R. M. Johnston pointed out the weaknesses of the United States military policy since the time of the Mexican war, and described the unfortunate results which have been caused by it. Professor Johnston attacked first the theory of recruiting and hastily equipping a mob of recruits with no previous military experience. Statements made by General Meade, Kirby Smith and McClellan at the close of the Mexican campaign agreed in the assertation that the volunteers were not only inefficient and unmanageable, but that they murdered and pillaged wherever they went...
...pass in review with the evenest ranks may bear little relation to fighting in France, but it does give a good hint as to the general effectiveness of a regiment. The best way to convince the University committee that this Corps is actually more than a mob of enthusiastic boys is to make that review one worthy of praise. It so happens that the members of the committee cannot be present in Cambridge to watch the daily progress of the regiment, and they will naturally judge much from what they see today. Make their impression one which will make them...
...salute in the army--and this is true of all armies except the army that ran away before the Germans in Russia recently--is a symbol of the discipline without which an army is an ungovernable mob which a handful of real soldiers can put to rout. The young ignoramus who writes from Camp asks, "Why should an American citizen humble himself to every stripe or collar mark that indicates a grade higher in the service than himself?" The answer is that he does not humble himself. The salute is a mark of respect not given to the individual...
This meeting, however, is to be of a very different nature. The military courses which the University has planned will be discussed and explained in a calm and dignified manner, so much so that the most devout disciple of parlementarianism will be delighted. The time for mob enthusiasm has long been past; and the organizers of this meeting are well aware of it. The time for sitting down and working on national problems is with us at this hour. The war with Germany is a grave problem. It was thought three years ago that the Allies could defeat Germany...