CURRENT TOPICS.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1917, Page 4

CURRENT TOPICS.

AMERICA AS 'AN ALLY.

Discussing the possibilities of the United States declaring war against Germany, the New York Outlook says: —A declaration of war should put the United States plainly and unmistakably alongside of those allied nations that have been contending for two years and a-half against lawlessness. To ask the question whether we should 'become the alljr. of the allies is to answer it. If we go to war, what- is our purpose? It is to defeat that- 'Power which avows that necessity knows no law. There is only one way to defeat that Power, and that is to associate ourselves with those M'ha, through experience, have learned the most effective methods of warfare against that same Power. If a man's house is burning down and he has his own privato fire-engine, it would be folly for him to refuse to work with the village fire company that is already engaged in iig'hting the flames. Military men know the supremo tactical folly of tlie proposal—heard in some quarters—that if this country goes into war it should "go it alone." If we should "go it alone" it is conceivable that Germany might make peace with her other enemies and then "go it alone" with us. If this should happen it would be just retribution.