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To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

The letter in Friday's CRIMSON from opponents of national defense has revived in my mind some speculations as to what might not probably but conceivably happen to us. Should the naval power of England collapse,--a most unlikely event--the British Empire would everywhere be exposed to German attack. Among the parts of the empire thus exposed would be Canada. Indeed, if I am not in error, the newspapers have lately attributed to the German Ambassador at Washington certain conjectures as to how the Monroe Doctrine should be interpreted if an attack on Canada should occur. Canada is evidently assailable not only through her own ports but through ours. The accident of American neutrality need no more interfere with German plans than the accident of Belgian did. That a German military expedition against Canada by way of Boston or New York might probably be disastrous is no reason why it should not be attempted. That America would permit it is unthinkable. Such indemnities as might consequently be demanded from Boston and New York would be highly desirable, in the present state of German national expenses. BARRETT WENDELL.