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Excerpt from The Question of Preparedness
The first plank in the platform of Preparedness as already defined is the conviction that the United States is in serious danger of an attack by one of the other great powers. This is shown in countless articles in the press under such titles as The Writing on the Wall, The Next War, The Sub jugation Of America, The Battle of the Connecticut, Arm or Surrender. The argument generally begins with a vivid picture of the sufferings of Belgium, overrun because of her unpreparedness, calls attention to the predatory tendencies of certain nations (the United States stands unprotected amid a gang of calculating international rob refers to the probability of grave disputes with this country because of our large foreign population, and gener ally ends with the statement that the only way for the con quered side in the War of Ten Nations to recoup will be for it to threaten our seaboard cities and hold them by the throat for a colossal ransom.
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