Swiss Military System ideal for Switzerland--Not adapted to United States as a whole--Reserve of wage earners impracticable--Their mobilization would cripple industry and cause privation for families--City clerks and factory workers lack physical stamina--A citizen soldiery needed of hardy men like founders of this nation--Anglo-Saxon stock is deteriorating in cities--Only remedy is Homecrofts for workingmen and their families--Otherwise Industry will destroy Humanity--Greatest danger to the City of New York is from within--Racial degeneracy is most serious menace--Patrician class warned against Roman System which resulted in Proscription and Confiscation--The spirit of Switzerland should sway the world--Inadequate Standing Army a serious danger--Invites attack against which it cannot defend--United States Standing Army gives no assurance of national safety. CHAPTER VI MENACE OF ASIATIC COMPETITION AND INVASION 135 Japanese influx into Hawaii and Pacific Coast States--Unexpected incident like blowing up of Maine might precipitate conflict--In that event peace advocates and governments might be powerless to prevent war--Japanese merit the good will of other nations--Reasons why they come to Pacific Coast--Japan is overpopulated--30,000,000 rural people on 12,500,000 acres--Population increasing 1,000,000 annually--More Japanese in California of military age than entire Army of United States--Japanese in South America and Mexico--United States must meet economic competition of Japan--Pacific Coast must be settled with Caucasian population that will cultivate the soil as Japanese would cultivate it if it were their country--Otherwise armed conflict with Japan inevitable. CHAPTER VII JAPAN AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY 176