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_THE ANNEXATION OF AMERICA_
_"I think, All Highest, we had better not insist upon the annexation of
America."_
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In the inscription "Ten Million Men between 21 and 30" on the Statue of
Liberty, Raemaekers has as usual gone to the heart of things. Ten
million trained citizen soldiers!!! What an insurance of peace and
security against attack or insult. Universal Citizen Military Education
and Training.
From the beginning the first article in our International Creed has been
the Monroe Doctrine--America for Americans. If the result of the present
war shall be to add two additional items to that creed, namely Universal
Military Education and Training, and the United States, the First Air
Power in the world, it will be worth all that it costs, and this great
nation can go on in peace and security to work out the mighty destiny
awaiting it.
Raemaekers' placing "All Highest" and his aide upon the conning tower of
a submarine, suggests another most vital matter at this present time.
The submarine has held the world's spotlight for the last two years. Its
deadly efficiency is universally conceded. That deadly efficiency is the
direct result of Admiral von Tirpitz's unyielding insistence on a
centralized, independent, untrammeled Department for the submarine.