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DEFENSE FOR U.S.
Presfdent Wilson Pleads for Pre
paredness Against Foes
Abroad and Within.
MESSAGE READ TO CONGRESS
v Larger Army and Navy Urged
Trained Citizenry the Natlon'a
Greatest Defense Disloyal
Acts of Foreign-Born Citi
zens Scored No Fear
of War.
Washington, Dec. 7. At n joint senslon
of the Iiouhu and senntu tliu iircsliloiit to
day delivered his ntnuiut iiichiiiko. lis
aid In part us follows:
Blnco 1 liiBt hud tlio prlvlk'KO of nil
dressing you on tlio sliitu of tlio Union
the wnr of natlorm on tliu other slile of
the non, which hud then only Iiukuii to
dlicloso Iih portentous proportions, liu.i
extended Its tliniitonliiK and hIiiIhUt scops
nntll It linn awi'pt within Kb llutno noma
portion of every iiinirlrr of tliu globe, not
excepting our hi'inlxphuti!, hns altered tlio
whole facu of liiturnutlomil affairs, ami
now presents a piuspoul of roorKiinlza
tlon and recoriHtructlun hucIi iih suites
men and peoples huvo nuver been culled
upon (u attoinpt lioforo.
Wo huvu Btood npurt, studiously neutral.
It wnH our iimnlftst duty to do bo. In
the day of readjustment and recupcrn
tlon wd curncHtly hope and bclluvo that
we can I io of Inllulto Hcrvhu.
In thin neutrality, to which they were
bidden not only by their Bepnrate llfo and
their huhltuul detachment fioui tho poll
tlcB of Kurope hut also hy u clo.ir per
ception of International duty, tho suites
of America huvo liecomo conscious of a
now and moro vital community of Inter
est and moral partnerHhlp In affairs, moro
cleurly conscious of thu many common
sympathies and Interests and duties which
bid them Htund together.
Wo huvo been put to thu test In tho ensu
of Mexico, and wo huvo stood tho test.
Whether wo huvo benefited Mexico by
tho course wo huvu pursuid remulus to
be Been. Her fortunes uro In her own
hands. Hut wo huvu ut least proved thut
we will not lake udvntitiiKu of hur In hor
dlstrois und undertuko to Impose upon
her an ordor and government of our own
choosing.
Wo will aid and befriend Mexico, but
we will not cocrco her; nod our coursu
with regard to her ought to bo sulllclont
proof to all America that wo stole no po
litical suzerainty or Bullish control.
Not Hostile Rivals.
Tho moral Is, that tho slntes of Amer
ica are not hostllo rivals, but co-operating
friends, and that their growing
ensu of community of Inturest, allko In
mutters political and In mutters econom
ic, Is likely to glvo them a new Hlgulll
canco an factors In Inleruutlonul ultulrs
and In tho political history of tho world.
It presents them us In n veiy deep and
true aoiisu u unit In world arfalis, spir
itual partners, standing together bucuuso
thinking togothor, quick with common
sympathies and common Ideals. Bopurut
ed, they are subject to all tho cross cur
rents of tho confiiRed politics of u world
of hoitllo rivalries; united In spirit and
imrpoxo they cannot bo disappointed of
their poaceful destiny.
ThlB Is I'an-Ainerlciuilstn. It hits none
of tho spirit of cmplro In It. It Is tho em
bodiment, tho ortoctual embodlmont, of
tho spirit of law and Independence and
liberty and mutual service.
There Is, I vcntuio to point nut. an espe
cial slgnlllcnnco Just now attaching to
this wholo matter of drawing the Amer
ican together In bonds of honorable) part
nership and mutual udvantago because of
the economic readjustments which the
world must Inuvltubly witness within tho
next gonuratlou, when pcueo shall huvo
at lust resumed Its healthful tasks. In
the performance of these tanks 1 behove
the Americas to bo destined to play their
purta together. I urn Interested to llx
your attention on this prospect now be
cause unless you tuko It within your
view and permit tho full Blgnlflcnnco of
It to command your thought I cannot
And tho right light In which to set forth
the particular mnttor that lies at tho
very front of my wholo thought ns I ad
dress you today. I mean national do
fense. Ko ono who rcnlly comprehends the
spirit of tho great people for whom wo
ro appointed to speak can fnll to per
colve that their pusslon Is for peace, their
enlus best displayed In the pructlce of
the arts of pcaco. Orent democracies are
not belligerent. They do not seek or de
sire war. Their thought Is of Individual
liberty nnd of tho freo labor that supports
llfo and the uncensorod thought that
qulckons It. Conquest and dominion oro
not In our reckoning, or ngreonblo to our
principles. Hut Just becnuse wo demand
unmolested development und the undis
turbed Kovernnient of our own lives upon
our own principles of right and liberty.
we resent, from whutosor quarter It may
come, tho aggression wo ourselves will not
practice. Wo Insist upon security In
prosecuting our self-chosun lines of nn
tloual development. Wo do moro than
that. Wo demand It also for others. Wo
do not conllno our enthusiasm for Indi
vidual liberty nnd freo national develop,
ment to tho Incidents and movements of
affairs which affect only ourselves. Wo
foel It wherover there Is a people that
tries to walk In theso dllllcult paths of
Independence und right IVom tho first
we huvo made common cuuse with nil
partisans of llbortv on this side of the
sen, and hno deemed It ns Importnnt
that our neighbors should be free from
all outside domination as that wo our
selves should bo, huvu set America aside
as a wholo for tho uses of Independent
nations nnd political freemen
Might to Maintain Right.
Out of such thoughts grow all our poll
rles. We regard war merely ns a means
of assorting tho rights of n pcoplo ngulnst
uggresslon. And wo nro as florcoly Jeal
ous of coercive or dictatorial power with
in our own nation as of aggression from
without. Wo will not maintain a stand
ing army except for uses which nro as
necessary In times of peace as In times
of war; and we shall always see to It
.that our military peace establishment Is
no longer than Is actually and continuous
ly needed for tho uses of dnys In which
no ensmles move against us. llut we
do believe In a body of free cltliens ready
and sufficient to take caro of themselves
and of the governments which they hnvo
set up to servo them. In our constitutions
themselves wo have commanded that "the
right of the people to keep nnd bear
arms shall not bo Infringed," and our
confidence has beon thut our safety In
times of danger would lie In the rising of
the nation to take enre of Itself, us the
farmers rose at Lexington.
But wnr has never been a mere matter
of men nnd guns. It Is n thing of disci
plmed might, If our cltlrons are evor to
tight effoctlvely upon a sudden summons,
they must l.nuw how modern lighting Is
done, nnd what to do when tho summons
com,?s. render themselves Immediately
vallnble and Immediately effective. And
the government must he tneir servant In
this matter, must supply them with the
training thoy need to tnko caro of them
soIvps nnd of It. Tho military arm of their
government, which they will not nllow to
direct them, they rnny properly uso to
Borvo them nnd make their Independence
Bocurc-nnd not their own Independence
merely but the rights also of those with
whom they have mado common en urn;,
should they nlso be put In Jeopardy,
Thoy must bo fitted to piny the great
tole In tho world, nnd particularly In this
hemisphere, for which they nru quail
lied by prlnclplo and by chastened ambi
tion to play,
It Is with these Ideals In mind that the
plnns of tho department of wnr for more
ndcquntp national defenso were concelvod
whlrh will bo laid before you, and which
t urgo you to sanction nnd put Into ef
fect us soon ns they enn he properly scru
tinized nnd discussed. They seem to me
the essential first steps, nnd they soum
to me for tho present Mufllclent.
Thoy contemplate an Increase of the
standing forco of tlio regular army from
in iiresi'iu mrcngui or d.hh omcors und
102.5S5 enlisted men of nil services to u
strength of 7,136 ofllccrs and 131,707 en
listed men, or 141.813, nil told, nil sorv
hes, rank and flit, by tho addition of 62
companies of const nrtlllery, 15 com
panies of engineers, ten regiments of In
fantry, four regiments of Mold nrtlllerv,
and four noro squndrous, bcs.des "M onl
cers required for a great variety of extra
fM'rvlrn. p-mnefiiHt I nn n ii.lti.nt-t.i . .I,.t..
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of training tho citizen forco of which I
shnll presently speak, 792 non-commh-Binned
nlllcorw for ncrvlco In drill, recruit
ing anil tho like, nnd tho necessary quota
of enlisted men for tho quartermaster
corps, the hospital corps, the ordnance
department and other similar auxiliary
services Theso nro tho nddltlonH neces
sary to render tho army adequate for Its
present duties, duties which It tins to
perform not only upon our own conti
nental coasts and border nnd nt our In
terior nrmy posls, hut nlso In tho Phil
ippines, In tho Hawaiian Islands, at the
Isthmus, nnd In Porto Illco.
. Force of Trained Cltlzeno.
Ily wny of mnklng tho country ready
to assert somo part of Its real power
nrntrifltlv tltnl linnn n ln-i.ii- innL ..l.m.l.l
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occasion arise, the plan also contemplates
supplementing tho nrmy by a forco of
tOO.OUO disciplined citizens, raised In Incro
incuts of 13T0W u year throughout u po
rlod of three years. This It Is proposed
to do by a process of enlistment iindor
which tho servlcoublo men of the coun
try would be nsked to bind themselves to
sirvc with tho colors for purposes of
trnlnlng for short periods throughout
threo years, nnd to como to tho colors
nt call nt nny thno throughout an nihil
tlotiol "furlough" period of throo years.
This force of 400,000 men would ho pro
vided with personal accoutrements ns fast
us enlisted nnd their equipment for tho
field imido randy to bo supplied at any
tlmo. They would bo assembled for trnln
lng nt stated Intervals nt convenient
places In association with Biiltahlo units
of tho regular army. Their period of
aniiunl trnlnlng would not necessarily ex
ceed two months In tho year.
It would depend upon tho patriotic feel
ing of the younger men or tho country
whether they responded to such a call
to service or not. It would depend upon
tho patriotic Bplrlt of tho employers of
tho country whnthor they made It possi
ble for tho younger men In thulr em
ploy to rcsnond under fnvnriitilu cnmii.
Itlons or not. I, for one. do not doubt
tho patriotic devotion either of our young
inon or of tho.se who glvo them employ
ment those for whose he no lit nnd protec
tion they would In fnct enlist.
Tho piogrnm which will ho laid before
you by the secretary of the nnvy Is sim
ilarly conceived. It Involves only n
shortening of tho time within which plans
long inntured shall bo carried out; hut It
does muko dctlnlto and explicit a program
which has heretofore been only Implicit,
held In tho minds of the committees on
naval uffulrs nnd disclosed In tho debates
of tho two houses but nowhere formu
lated or formally adopted, it seems to
mo very clear that It will bo to tho ad
vantage of the country for tho congress
to ndopt a comprehensive plan for put
ting tho nnvy upon a final footing of
strength nnd otllclency nnd to press that
plan to completion within the next rive
years. Wo hnvo always looked to the
navy of the country as our first and chlof
lino of dofenso; wo hnvo always seen It
to bo our manifest course of prudence
to bo strong on tho Bens. Yenr by year
we have been creating a nnvy which now
ronks very high Indeed umong tho navies
of tho mnrltlmo nations. Wo should now
definitely determine how we shnll com
plete what wo have begun, and how soon.
' Program for the Navy.
The secretary of tho nnvy Is nsklng
also for tho Immedlnto addition to tho
personnel of tho navy of 7.CH0 snllors.
2.510 apprentlco seamen, nnd 1.S00 mnrlnes.
This Inerenso would bo sufficient to caro
for tho ships which nre to bo completed
within tho tlscnl yonr 1917 and also for
tho number of men which must bo put In
training to man tho ships which will bo
completed early In 1918. It Is nlso neces
sary that the number of midshipmen nt
tho nnval academy at Annapolis should
he Incrcnscd by nt least 300 In order thnt
the forco of ofllcars should bo moro rap
idly added to: und authority Is nsked to
appoint for engineering duties only, ap
proved graduates of engineering colleges
and for Bervlco In the aviation corps a
certain number of men taken from civil
life.
If this full program should he- carried
out wo should huvo hullt or building In
91, according to the esllmntes of surviv
al and standards of classtllcntlon followed
by the gonernl board of tho department.
Hn elTcctlve navy consisting of 27 hnttlo
ships of tho first line, six bultlo cruisers
25 battleships of the second line, ten ar
mored cruisers, 13 scout cruisers, five
Ilrst-clnss cruisers, three second-etnas
cruisers, ten third-class cruisers. 1(W )
troers, IS Meet submarines, 157 const Bub
marines. bIx monitors. 20 gunboats, four
supply ships. 16 fuel ships, four trans
ports, thieu tenders to torpedo vessels
eight ossels of special types, nnd two
ammunition ships This would ho a navy
tr Jill Ur ,,Cl''1" aml wor,h- of our
Trade and Shipping.
Hut armies and Instruments of wnr are
only part of what bus to be considered
If wo nro to consider the supremo mutter
of national self-sufllclency nnd security
In nil Its nspects There nro other great
matters which will be thrust upon our ut
tentlon whether wo will or not. Thero
Is, for example n very pressing question
or trndo and shipping Involved In this
great problem of nntlonnl adequacy. It
Is necessary for many weighty reasons of
national efllclency and development thnt
we should havo a great merchant ma
rlno. Tho great merchant fleet wo once
used to make us rich, that great body of
sturdy sailors who used to carry our Mine
Into every sen, nnd who were the prldo
nnd often tho bulwark of the nntlon, we
have almost driven out of existence by
nexcusnhle neglect nnd Indifference and
by n hopelessly blind and provincial pol
cy or no-called economic protection It
la high tlmo wo repaired our mistake and
rbsumed our commercial Independence on
tho seas.
For It Is a question of Independence
If other nnMons go to wnr or seek to
hnmper end other's commerce, our mer
chants, It seems, nre nt tholr mercy
to do with ns they plense. We must use
their ships, nnd uso them rs they deter
mine. Wo have not ships enough of our
own. Wo cannot handle our own com
merce on the seas. Our Independence Is
provincial, and Is only on land and with
In our own borders. We nro not likely
to bo permitted to use oven the ships of
other nations In rivalry of tholr own
traae, and are without means to extend
our commerce evon where tho doers nre
wldo open and our goods desired. Such
a situation Is not to be endured. It Is
of capital Importnnce not only thnt tlio
United Htntcs should be Its own currier
on tho seas and enjoy the economic In
dopendenco which only an odequute tner
chant marine would glvo It, hut nlso thnt
tho American hemisphere us a wholo
should enjoy a llko Independence nnd sclf
sufllclency, If It Is not to he drawn Into
the tangle of European affairs. Without
such Independence thu whole question of
our political unity and self-determination
Is very seriously clouded and complicated
Indeed.
Moreover, we can develop no true or ef
fective American policy without ships of
our own-not ships of war, but ships of
pence, currying goods nnd cnrrylng much
moro: creating friendships and render
ing Indlspensahlo services to nil Interests
on this Bide of tho water They must
move constantly back und forth between
tho Amerlcua. They are the only shuttles
thnt can wenvo the dcllcnto fabric of
sympathy, comprehension, confidence nnd
mutual dependonco In which we clotho
our policy of America for Americans.
Ships Are Needed.
The tnsk of building up nn adequate
merchant mnrlno for America prlvnto
capital must ultimately undertake and
uchlove, us It has undertaken and
achieved every other llko task amongst
us In the pnst, with admirable rntct prise,
Intelligence and vigor; nnd It acorns to
me a manifest dictate nf ulmlnm tiw.t ,.
should promptly remove every legal ob
stacle that may stand In thu way of this
much to ho desired revival of our old In
dependence nnd nhould facilitate In every
posslblo wny tho building, purchnso nnd
American registration of ships, tttit cap
ital cannot accomplish this great task of
a sudden. It must embark upon It hy de
grees, ns tho opportunities of trndo dp
velop. Something must bo dono nt once,
dono to open routes nnd devtlop oppor
tunities where they nro as yet undevel
oped: dono to opon tho nrterles of trade
whero tho currents havo not yet learned
to ruu-especlnlly between the hvn Amnrl.
can continents, whoro they are, Hlngularly
enough, yet to bo created nnd quickened
onrt It Is evident that only tho govern
ment enn undertuko such beginnings nnd
nssumu tho Initial financial risks. When
tho risk hns passed and prlvnto capital
begins to find Its wny In sufficient nhund
unco Into these now chuunuls, tho gov
ernment mny withdraw. Hut It cannot
omit to begin. It hould tako tho first
steps and should tako them at onco. Our
goods must not llu piled up nt our ports
nnd stored upon sidetracks In freight
cars which aro dally needed on the roads;
must not bo left without means of
transport to nny foreign quarter. Wo
must not nwalt tho permission of foreign
ahlp owners nnd foreign governments to
send them whero wo will.
With a vlow to meeting theso pressing
necessities of our commerco nnd availing
ourselves ut tho earliest posslblo momont
of the present unparalleled opportunity of
mining mo two Americas together In
bonds of mutual Interest nnd scrvlco, an
opportunity which mny nover return
nguln If wo tnlsH It now, proposnls will
bo mado to tho present congress for tho
purchase or construction of ships to bo
owned and directed by tho government
similar to those mado to tho Inst con
gress, but modllled In roiiio essential par
ticulars. I recommend theso proposals
to you for your prompt ncceptanco with
tho moro confidence because-every month
thnt has elapsed since tho former pro
posnls were made hns made tho necessity
for BUch action moro and moro mani
festly Imperative.
Question of Finance.
Tho plans for tho nrmed forces of tho
nntlon which I hnvo outlined, and for
tho general policy of adequate prepara
tion for mobilization and defense. In
volve of course very largo additional ex
penditures of monoy-cxpondlturos which
will considerably exceed tho estimated
rovenues of tho government. It Is mndo
my duty by law, whenever tho estimates
of expenditure exceed the estimates of
rovenuo to cnll the nttentlon of tho con
gress to tho fact and suggest nny means
of meeting tho deficiency thnt It mny bo
wlso or posslblo for me to suggest. I am
ready to believe that It would bo my duty
to do bo In nny caso; and I feel particu
larly bound to speak of the matter when
It appears that tho deficiency will urlso
directly out of tho ndoptlon by tho con
gress of measures which I myself urge
It to ndopt. Allow mo, therefore, to
spcnK briefly of tho present stnte of the
treasury und of the flscnl problems
which tho next yeur will probnbly dls
closo. On tho thirtieth of Juno Inst there was
nn available balance In the genernl fund
of tho trcnsuiy of JlOt.170, 105.78. Tho to
tal estimated receipts for tho year 1916,
on tho nssumptlon 'that the emergency
rovenuo mensuro passed by tho last con
gress will not bo extended beyond Its
present limit, tho thirty-first or Decern
her, 1915, and thnt the present duty of
ono cent per pound on sugur will bo dls
continued after the first of May, 1910.
will bo J670.3G5.&0O. The balunco of Juno
Inst nnd theso estimated revenues come,
therefore, to a grand total of r774,535,COj,7S.
The total estimated disbursements for tho
present fiscal year. Including 125,000,000
for tho Fnnnma canal, $12,000,000 for prob
ablo deficiency appropriations nnd $50,
000 for miscellaneous debt redemptions,
will bo $753,891,000; and tho balance In tho
genornl fund of tho treasury will bo re
duced to $3).C 1 4,003.78. Tho emergency
revenue net, If continued beyond Its pres
ent time ltmltntlon, would produce, dur
ing tho half year then remaining, nbout
forty-ono millions. Tho duty of ono cent
per pound on sugar, If continued, would
produco during the two mouths of the
fiscal year remaining after tho first of
May, about fifteen millions. Theso two
sums, nmountlng toguthor to f.lS.OoO.ooo,
If added to tho revenues of the second
hnlf of tho flscnl your, would yield the
trensury at tho end of the yeur an avail
able bulanro of $7t,f!J,G05.78.
Tho additional rovenues required to
enrry out tho program of mllltnry nnd
navul preparation of which I have spok
en, would, as at present estimated, bo
for tho fiscal year 1917, $93,800,000 Those
figures, takon with the figures for tho
present flscnl yenr which I hnvo already
given, dlsclnso our tlnunclal problem for
the yenr 1917,
How nlmll wo obtain the new revenue?
It seems to mo a clear dlctato of pru
dent statesmanship and frank llnnnco
that In what wo nro now, I hopo, nbout
to undertake wo should pay ns wo go,
The peoplo of tho country nre entitled to
know Just what bunions of taxation thpy
are to carry, and to know from the outset,
now. The now bills should be paid by In
ternal taxation.
To whnt Hources, then, Bholl wo turn?
We would bo following an almost uni
versal example of modern governments
If we were to draw the greater part or
even the whole of the rovenues we need
from tho Incnmo tnxes. Dy somewhat
lowering the present limits of exemption
nnd the figure nt which the surtax shall
begin to ho Imposed, and by Inrrenslng,
step by step throughout the present grad
uation, tho surtax Itsolf, tho Income taxes
ns at present apportioned would yield
sums sufficient to bnlnnco the hooks of
tho trensury at tho end of tho fiscal yetr
1917 without any whero making tho bur
don unreasonably or oppressively heavy
The precise reckonings are fully and no
curntely set out In the report of tho sue
rctnry of the treasury, which will be Im
mediately laid before you.
And thero oro ninny additional sources
of rrvenuo which can Justly bo resorted
to without hampering the Industries of
the country or putting any too great
charge upon Individual nxnenrtltnrn A
one per cent tax per gallon on gasoline I
and nnptha would yield, nc the presont
estimated production, $10,000,000, n tax of
50 cents per horsepower on automobiles
and Internal explosion engines, $15,000,000;
a stamp tax on bunk checks, probably
$18,000,000; a tnx of IS cents per ton on
pig Iron, $10,000,000; a tax of 50 cents per
Ion in fabricated Iron and steel, proba
bly $l0,O0O.r0. in a country of great In
dustries like this It ought to bo ensy to
dlstrlbuto the burdens of tnxntlon with
out making them anywhere bear too
heavily or too exclusively upon any one
set of persons or undertakings. What Is
clenr Is, that the Industry of this gener
ation should pay tho bills of this genera
tion. The Danger Within.
I have spoken to you today, gentlemen,
upon u single themo, the thorough prep
aration of the nation to caro for Iti
own security and to make Biire of entire
freedom to play the Impartial role In this
hemisphere nnd In the world which wo
nit believe to have been providentially
assigned to It. I hnvo had In mind no
thought of uuy Immediate or particular
danger arising out of our relations with
other nations. We are nt peace with all
tho nations of tho world, and thero Is
reuson to hope thut no question In con
troversy between this nnd other govern
ments will lend to any serious breach of
nrnlcahto relations, grave ns snmu dlfTcr
cntes of nttltudn and policy huvo been
and may yet turn out to be. 1 am sorry
to say thnt tho gravest threats against
our national peace and safety have been
uttered within our own borders. Thero nro
citizens of tho United States, I blush to
udmlt, born under other flcgs but welcomed
under our generous naturalization laws
to tho full freedom nnd opportunity of
Amerlen, who have poured the poison of
illsloynlty Into the very arteries of our
national llfo; who huvo sought to bring
tlio authority nnd good name of our gov
ernment Into contempt, to destroy our In
dustries wherever they thought It effec
tlvo for their vindictive purposes to strike
at them, and to debase our politics to tho
uses of foreign Intrigue. Their number
is not great as compared with the wholo
number of those Muidy hosts by which
our nation has beon enriched In recent
generations out of vlrllo foreign stocks;
but It Is great enough to hnvo brought
deep disgrace upon us and to havo mado
It necessary that wo should promptly
make uso of processes of law by which
we may bo purged of their corrupt dis
tempers. America never witnessed any
thing like thU before. It nover dreamed
It possible that men sworn Into Its own
citizenship, men drawn out of great free
stocks such as supplied somo of thu best
and strongest elements of thnt llttlo. but
how heroic, nation that In a high day of old
staked Its ery llfo to free Itself from
every entanglement thnt had darkened
tho fortunes of tho older nations and sot
up n new standnrd here thnt men of such
origins and such freo choices of ullegl
unco would ever turn In malign reaction
against tho government and people who
hud welcomed nnd nurtured them and
seek to mako this proud country once
moro a hotbed of Kuropeun passion. A
llttlo while ngo such n thing would hnvo
seemed Inci edible. Because It was In
credlblo wo mndo no preparation for It.
We would hnvo been almost nshnmed to
prepare for It, ns If wo wero suspicious
of ourselves, our own comrades nnd
neighbors! Hut the ugly and incredible
has nctually como about and we are with
out adequate federal laws to deal with
It. I urgo you to enact such luws nt
tho curliest possible moment und feel that
In so doing I am urging you to do noth
Ing less thnn pave the honor and self
respect of tho nation.
Must Be Crushed Out.
Such creatures of passion, disloyalty
and nnurchy must be crushed out. They
nro not many, but they nro Infinitely ma
lignant, nnd tho hand of our power should
closo over them at onco. They huvo
formed plots to destroy property, they
havo entered Into conspiracies ngulnst the
neutrality of tho government, they hnvo
sought to pry Into every conlldentlnl
transaction of tho government In order
to servo Interests alien to our own. It Is
posslblo to denl with these thlngB very
effectually. I need not suggest tho terms
In which they mny bo dealt with.
I wish that It could be said that only n
few men, misled by mistaken sentiments
of nlleglance to tho governments under
which they were born, had been guilty of
disturbing tho self-possession nnd misrep
resenting the temper and principles of
tho country during these days of terrible
war, when It would seem thnt every man
who was truly nn American would In
stinctively make It hls'duty nnd his pride
to keep tho scales of Judgment even and
prove himself n partisan of no nntlon but
his own. But It cannot. There nro somo
men among us. nnd ninny resident abroad
who. though born and bred In the Unit
ed Stntes nnd calling themselves Amer
icans, have so forgotten themselves and
their honor ns citizens ns to put their
pnsslonato sympathy with ono or the oth
er side In tho great Kuropcnn conflict
nbovo their regnrd for the peace nnd dig
nity of tho United States. They also
preach and practice disloyalty. No laws,
I suppose, can reach corruptions of the
mind nnd heart: but I should not spenk
of others without also speaking of these
and expressing the even deeper humllla
tlbn and scorn which every self-posse-iiMd
and thoughtfully patriotic American must
feel when ho thinks of, them nnd of the
discredit they are dally bringing upon us.
Muny conditions about which we have
repeatedly legislated ore being altered
from decude to deende, It Is evident, un
der our very eyes, and nre likely to chnng
even moro rnpldly and moro rndlcully In
tho dnys Immediately ahead of us, when
peace has returned to tho world and na
tions of ISuropo once mote tako up their
tasks of commerco nnd Industry with the
energy of thosa who must bestir them
selves to build anew. Just whnt these
changes will bo no one can certainly fore
see or confidently pi edict, Theio are no
calculable, because no stable, elements In
the problem. Tho most wo can do Is to
make certnln that we have tho necessary
Instrumentalities of Information constant
ly nt our scrvlco so that we mny bo sure
that wo know exactly what wo are deal
ing with when wo como to act, If It
should bo necessary to net at all, We
must first certainly know what It Is that
wo nre seeking to adapt ourselves to. I
may ask tho privilege of addressing you
moro nt length on this Important matter
a llttlo Inter In your session,
Transportation Problem.
The transportation problem Is an ex
ceedingly serious nnd pressing one In this
country. There hns from time to time
of late been reason to fear that our rail
roads would not much longer be able to
cope with It successfully as at present
equipped nnd co-ordlnnted. I suggest
thnt It would bo wise to provide for a
commission of Inquiry to ascertain by a
thorough ennvass of the whole question
whether our laws as at present framed
and administered nro as serviceable as
they might be In the solution of the prob
lem. It Is obviously a prohlem that lies
at tho very foundation of our efficiency
ns a people. Such an Inquiry ought to
draw out every clrcumstnnco and opinion
worth considering and we need to know
all sides of the matter It we mean to
do anything In the field of federal legisla
tion. Tor whnt we are seeking now, what In
my mind Is the Blngle thought of this
message, Is national efficiency and se
curity. We servo a great nation. We
should serve It In the spirit of Its peculiar
genius It Is' the genius of common men
for self-government, Industry, Justice, lib
erty nnd pence. Wo should see to it that
It lacks no Instrument, r.o facility or vigor
of law, to make it sufficient to play Iti
part with energy, safuty, and nssured
success. In this we aro no partisans cut
heralds and nrophet of . nw age
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Bon's twilight."
"Whnt Is that?"
"It is generally full of mourning
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Talks Tvhat Pass In the Night.
"How can I keep my wife's Interest
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The largest Canadian wheat shipments through New Vork ever known
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"you aro quite tho stylo, your narrow,
sloping shoulders nro thu correct
thing."
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Thero nre 1.3C9 Austrlans and Hun
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