f individuals
whose fortunes are counted by seven or eight figures in gold dollars.
And much of this money has been used to build railways, or to develop
manufactories and other useful industries. The country has grown great
through useful work, and not on account of the army and navy. In 1881
America's army numbered only 26,622 men, and her navy consisted of only
24 iron-clads, 2 torpedo-boats, and 25 tugs, but in 1910 the peace
strength of her army was 96,628 and the navy boasted 33 battleships and
120 armored cruisers of different sizes.

Within the last few years it has been the policy of many nations to
increase the army and to build as many Dreadnaughts and
super-dreadnaughts as possible. Many statesmen have been infected by
this Dreadnaught fever. Their policy seems to be based on the idea
that the safety of a nation depends on the number of its battleships.
Even peaceful and moderate men are carried away by this hobby, and
support it. It is forgotten that great changes have taken place during
the last twenty or thirty years; that a nation can now be attacked by
means quite beyond the reach of Dreadnaughts. The enormous sums spent
on these frightful monsters, if applied to more worthy objects, would
have a greater effect in preserving the nations' heritages than
anything these monstrosities can do.

The nation which has a large army and a strong navy may be called
powerful, but it cannot be considered great without other good
requisites. I consider a nation as great when she is peacefully,
justly, and humanely governed, and when she possesses a large number of
benevolent and good men who have a voice in the administration. The
greater the number of good men that a nation possesses the greater she
becomes. America is known to have a large number of such men and
women, men and women who devote their time and money to preaching peace
among the nations. Mr. Andrew Carnegie is worth a hundred
Dreadnaughts. He and others like him are the chief factors in
safeguarding the interests and welfare of America. The territory of
the United States is separated from Europe and other countries by vast
oceans; so that it would be difficult, if not impossible, for a foe to
successfully attack any portion of that country. But who wishes to
attack her? She has scarcely an enemy. No country is invaded by
another without cause, and as the United States is in friendly
relations with all the Powers, there is no reason to