THE K0BES0N1AN MONDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1916
PACT THEE
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WHY, PRESIDENT WILSON famil.es and tits prosperity of their, WD0 comes in earshot of you know
URGES PREPAREDNESS ' countrysides and the wealth of their; that you are a partisan for the ade-
cjuea, miu ejcoange upon wnicn xneir quate preparation of the United
States for National defense. I have
come to ask you not merely to go
hone and say, "The President seems
! to be a good fellow and to mean what
he says,. I want you to go home
determined that within the whole cir
cle of our influence the President,
not as a partisan, but as a repre
sentative of the National honor will
be backed up by the whole force that
is in you. '..j
President Wilson, speaking aa he
said "solemnly," warned the Nation
at Cleveland, 0., that the time may,
come when he cannot both keep the j
United States out of war and main-,
tain its honor. He declared that the:
country"1 must be prepared to defend
itself and prepared at once.
-America is not afraid of any
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-your feeling and the felling of all
of our citizen when I say the only
thing I am afraid of is not being
ready to perform my duty. I am
afraid of the danger of not being able
to express the chief character of this
country with tremendous might and
. . , . . I life .depends, is rooted and grounded
Xixiracis i rum rresiuem mison j -,, .- . t
On Hw lP last Week that vpon oceasioii infinite sacri-
OT1Uuc j f ices must be made of life and of!
, u4 xiiwuurfc uu. wealth, and that , there are things
ary wnere he addressed an aud- that are hi her than the ordina
iei..e of more than 4000: occupations of life, namely, the as-
"l believe in peace; 1 love peace; . 8(y.tions of the ideala of ri ht
-l Jald ,DOt be a teue Amencaa lf Calling attention to the -fact that
d.d not love peace. other3 may favor a plan different
But I know that peace costs to the one wh;ch u laid before
something and that the only way, Congress, the President said his mind
in whsci you can maintain peace is by wa3 sti:1 cpen Ho said he had pro.
thoroughly enjoying tae respect ot posed the countrv should be supnli
everybody with whom you deal, and: ed with at least 'half a million men
while therefore I can Bubscnbe to' accustomed to handle arms and live
every desire which those fine people jn ,mps. As this is so small a
have who are counselling us against force compared with modern armies,
assumin-g arms in our oouitry, I he did Dot gee how anv , couid
must ask them to think a second time' Kt,Pak as thoue-h it nointed to mi'.i-
about the circumstances under which tarism. Such fears, he characterized"
we are living. There are other coun- as imaginary
sellors, the source of whose counsel: We are in to estopped
is passion And witn them I cannot and daunted by ghosts and fancies,"
agree. It is not wise it is not pos- he exDia;ned. We are prcposin? a
sioie, to gu.de National policy under ver business-like thing, and I, for
tlie impulse Of passion. 1 WOUld be , ' ho'ioiro thnf T n-m nrnim!ln!f
ashamed of the passion of fear, -and , thorou'ehfy business-like thing. For
x wuum ;V !''.'" Iam proposing something more than effoctiven?ss whenever we are call-
i..vuwt,,. m uvmS "jr wfiat is. temporary. It is my concep- ed upoa to act jn the fied of the
lellow-citizens what they should uo ut tion that as the Government of the worM's affairs
any great crisis ot ineir lsat.onal Un ted States has done , a great deal. f .. me tell you very solemnly
; in. America does not desire any- th h evcn yet probably not enough you cannot postpone this thin?," ha
tmng tnat any other nation can give to pr0mote agricultural education in: daclared "i do not know what a
it except friendship and justice ana this country, it cpht to do a great sinie day may-bring forth. I do
i-.gnt conduct., r . .deal to promote industrial educa-jnot wigtt to leave you with the im-
-vvhat is it that we want to de- tion in thfs country, and that alon?; pressiou that am thinking of some
fend? I do not think 1 have to,with thorough-going industrial and; rticuiar danger.
in your own thought. We want to, feasible to instruct the youth of tBa-are daily treading amiasOntncate
defend the life of this Nation against iond jn the mechanism and use of i dangers The dangers that we are
any sort of interference. We want armS) jn the sanitation of camps, in treading amongst are not of our own
:to maintain the equalrights of thisihjeojrudimentarxjrinjriples control.
Nation as against the actions of airpraiceg 0f modern warfare; and so-j think n0 man m the United States
other Nations, and we wish to main- not to bring about occasions such as iws wnat a single week, a single
- tain the peace and unity of the West. we have sometimes brought about, dav mav brinir for them."
ern Hemisphere. Ihose are things when. upon a sudden danger, younjr- a wain and ae-ain the President
iu ueieiiu auu iu uicu ucicuoc ounit- gters were SUmitlOnCfl ny XJie protia-
times our thought must take a great mation of the President out of ev-
oweep cveu ucjuuu vm vmi ujimia. pry community, wno canif, vrui'c
"We want American character to preen and draw, into the prvice of
display itself in what I may per- tvr?r rourtry, infinitely willing, but
: haps be allowed to call spiritual ef- aun whnllv unfitted for the eret
ficiency clear disinterested thinking physical task which was ahead of of the war and he felt he had prov.
ana ieaness acuon aiong uie .ngui, thm.. Mo JNivon 'can waste ed he was a man ot peace wnen pos
. lines of thought." he saiu, "Ameri- vri,,v, ijvp that. - " ;Wo
wfc,;7notiahytiingfif .it consists of The'tesf, ladies;, and gehtlemeh,1: 'Some people say that the Navy
each of us. It is something only if 0f what we are proposing is not go-1 raiks - secona, .he .declared, but the
: it consists of all of us; and it can ing to be the action of Congress: eXperts agree it ranks fourth, lie
consist , of all of us only as jsur ;t jg going to be the response of . added it should be increased,
spirits are banded together in a the country; it is going to be thej Among the possible sources of
common enterprise. Tnat common volunteering of the men to take the: danger mentioned by the President
enterprise is the enterprise of liberty training and the willingess of their; were the difficulties growing out of
and justice and right. And therefore empi0yers to see to it that no ob. ' the protection of Americans abroad
I, for my part, have a great enthus- stacle is put in the way of their vol- and the obligation of the United
" iasm ior rendering America spirit- unteering. States to maintain the liberties of
ually efficient; and tnat conception .. It fills me with a very strange! the people of the'. Western iiemis-
feehng sometimes, my fellow-citizens, phere. . ,
when if seems to be implied that Ij M suppose that this country has
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spoke of tne Nation's honor. He de
clared the real man believes his hon
or is dearer than his life and a Na
tion's honor is dearer than its -peace
nnd comfort. He said it had been
difficult to keep the United States out
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lies at tne basis of what seems very
far. removed from rt, namely, thai
plans that have 'been proposed for
ne military eiliciency . of this Na
tion r
"Those plans do not involve a
great army, because that is not
America's way of being efficient in
respect of her physical force. We
do not intend, we never intended, to
have an army, a standing army,
greater than is necessary for the
ordinary uses of peace. But we want
to have back of that army a peo
ple who can rally to its assistance
in most efficacious fashion at any
time they are called on to do so;
but - who -in -the meantime are not
professional soldiers, who do not take
the professional soldiers' ;point 01
view in respect of public affairs;
whose
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uentlemen could have sat with ne position," tne rresiuent earn.- .u
eudir." the-dispatchesand handling "present'situation-orthe-world -would
the questions which arise every hour only a twelve month ago, even after
of the 24, they would have known, the European war had started, have
how infinitely difficult it had been.) seemed incredible, and vet now the
to m-iintnint the peace, and they! things that no man anticipated have
m" hipv-pd that I was the happened. The titanic struggle con-
fpionrl nf noace. But 1 also Know, tinues
the dirf ifulties, the real dangers, dan
gers not about things that . I can
handle, hut about things that the
other parties handle, and I cannot
control them.
"It amazes me to hear men speak
ps :f America ?tood alo.r.e in the
world rvr. (1 could follow her own life
Vho n! eased . We are in the midst
"What are the elements oi tne
case? In the first place, and most
obvio-jsiy, two-thirds of the world are
at war. It is not merely a European
struggle; Nations in the Orient have
become involved as well as Nations
in the West, and everywhere there
seems to be creeping c-ven upon th
Hispnp'.ip'ed the fcPirit anu
r - o . .
All the worm out
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America is on lire.
in tho meantime, we, tne
Mitm fvf our own me neople ot tne unneu ouilCO,
yie uis ... 1 .i: -A pr. thp one
ew m respcL-v, v.. yuui . f - ld that we did not make ana tlie threat
hose. thought 1S upon their daily "f a lata and its whole at- side of Ai
sk of peaceful industry; who know , - jcal conditions "And in
at the civilian takes precedence ov. mospne rc J P y Qwn j;fe g le of
w - ... l ."rrt thph' mi. tin uui v. i c; t i vuw -"'--r- -1 - .
"A plain gentleman in- black ' ' . - t tell you.rcutral power, finding it a little dit-
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dingers are murine
aomeuim a vciy Vxau KCi.w... w dineers are infinite ana ficult to oe.neuirai, "
uresides over the military force of . t-.. u shouid feel' everywhere else we are human; we
the Nation, and the tning is sym- anu ine unpardon- have the deep passions "of mankind
bolic. We think first of peace, we that 1 wj ' pjf YdJd not o out and in U3; we have sympathies that .are
think first of the civilian hie, we W omi.;s on "a""t t-nt pw oo stirred as the sympathies
ceive you into supposing that the
Army cf-the-United States so far as
it has had opportunity, is in any de
gree unworthy of your confidence.
"And the navy of the United
States. You have been told that it
is the second in strength in the
world. I am sorry to say that ex
perts do not agree with those who
tell you that. Reckoning by its ac
tual strength I believe it to be one
of the most efficient navies in the
world; but its strength ranks fourth,
not second. And you must reckon
with the fact that it is necessary
that that should be our first arm
of defense, and you ought to insist
that everything should be done that
it is possible for us to do to bring
thenavy up to an adequate standard
of strength and efficiency.
"Where we are lacking more per
haps is on land and in the number
of men who are ready to fight. Not
the number of fighting men but the
number of men who are ready to
fight. But the character
istic desire of America is not that
she should have a great body of men
whosechiefhusinessisto fights hut
2 great body of men who know how
to fiffht and are ready to fight when
anything that is dear to the Nation
is threatened. You might have what
we have, millions of men who had
never handled arms of war, who are
mere material for shot and powder
if you put them in the field, and
America would be ashamed of the
in? ffireney of calling such men to
defend the Nation."
What was wanted, the President
asserted, was men who would volun
teer to epend a sufficient -length.' of
time every year in acquiring a rudi
mentary knowledge of arms, camp
life and military "training and dis
cipline " "Wo are interested in knowing
that there are men all over the Unit
ed States, prepared, equipped and
ready to go out at the call
of the National Government up-
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We have m-
think first of industry, we want the -to . . : .v;, mlo Mhor oDle
men who are gong todefend the Na-i f;"SeJ "lsa that this terestl which W see being drawn
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on the shortest possible notice. You
will ask nie, why do you say the
shortest possible notice? Because,
gentlemen, let me tell you very sol
emnly you cannnt afford to postpone
this thing. I do not know what a
single day may bring forth.
"I do not wish to leave you with
rally to tne assistance oi tne pru- - - - NfinT.al defense. 1 0ur coast defenses, it is ooyiuus tne impression that I am thin King
fessional soldiers of the country, and artf,a.uaieJ?1 UT TO1T,t von to do is Pv-erv man that they are of the most;cf some partiCular danger. I mere-
show the Nations of the world the , f'u to make vourself vital importance to the jountry. ly want to ieave vou wjtn this solemn
mind ot America, oucn men win Such coast defenses as we nayycJ impression, that 1 know that we are
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it as the people dread it. Such men i," 0iA who have been not pot coast defenses in enough tricate dangers, and that the dan-
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of peace. But ;we want to have them lot f0V vthinS that smakes tremendous upheaval. ' '
know how, when occasion arises, to "0,ea,V of " aerression, but for, "Take for exmaple. the matter of
rally to the assistance of the pro- m theJe?TAatanKt I - rnast defenses. It is obvious to
-will know that the happiness of their
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in saying that I have proved that I
am a partisan of peace; that I would
be ashamed to be belligerent and
impatient when the fortunes of my
whole country and the happiness of
all my fellow countrymen were in
volved. But I know that peace is
not always within the choice of the
Nation, and I want to remind and
remind you very solemnly of the
double obligation you have laid upon
me. I know you have laid it upon
me, because, I am constantly remind
ed of it in conversation, by letter, in
"editorial, by means of tvery choice
that writes me out of the bod v of
the Nation: . -You have laid upon me
this double obligation.
'"We are relying upon you, Mr.
President, to k?en us tut of this war.
! but we are relying upon you, Mr.
President, to keep the honor of the
Nation unstained.'
"Do you not gee that a time may
come when it is impossible to do
both of these things? Do you not
see that if I am to sruard the honor
of the Nation against itself; we are
not goincr to do anything to stain
' the honor of our own country. I am
'protecting itga:nst things that 1
cannot control, -this action of others.
You may count noon my heart anf
resolution to keep you out of the
war, but you must be ready if it is
necessary that I should maintain
your honor. That is the only thing
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VAmerica is not afraid of any.
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feeling and the feeling of all our
fellow citizens when I say that the
only thing I am afraid of is not be
ins ready to perform my duty. I
as he will receive $20,000 from the
promoters. These sums constitute
the largest purse ever offered for a
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are not of our making and are not , am afraid of the danger of shame;
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