On Behalf of Military Camps.

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To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

Your editorial on the Menace of Military Camps seems to me not to stand the analysis of careful study. I think we can assume that the temper of the American people and our democratic institutions are a sure pledge that the United States will not be drawn into any war of aggression of self aggrandizement. But to many of us it seems that a sincere love of peace alone is not sufficient to keep us at peace. Probably last June Belgium loved peace and was as unoffending as Switzerland but Belgium had no "adequate armament" as had Switzerland and as a result her industrial development of centuries was effaced in two short months. Truly, the road to perfect peace through the development of international law and political unity is long.

It is urged that the camps will infuse into the students the "correct" view as the army sees it. It may do this and it may perhaps "stifle the university man's belief in the chance of peace new and today." But if it does, it will do it by showing him facts that may be new to him. Are we to urge a man to keep away lest he learn the truth? Is the position of those that oppose all preparation for possible war so weak that they fear to have a college man, who can and will think for himself, brought face to face with the other side of the problem for six weeks?

I have supposed that President Wilson was right when he said, "The camps will also tend to disseminate sound information concerning our military history and the present policy of the Government in military matters."

"When a strong man armed keepeth his palace his goods are in peace." This remains as true today as it was nineteen centuries ago. FLETCHER CLARK, JR., 3L.