The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-16
new DICKINSON REPORT NEXT
STRUGGLE OVER orr NATIONAL
DFFENCES GROWS HITTER.



in official circles over Secretary of War
Dickinson's suppressed reports on the
unpr.paredness Of the national defenccs
has become more acrimonious. Repre-
sentative James A. Tawn.y Of Minnesota.
chairman of the House Appropriations
Committee. practically charged to- ght
that "A conspiracy exists between tho
various Departments and military on
thu-asts III Congress to create nation
wild" sentiment in favor 81 big appropria-
tons for army and navy purposes. Mr..
Tawn"ys statement explains the ac-
tvify OF the Congress leaders supported
10y President Taft in bringing about the
suppression Of she so-called sensational
Dickinson reports.
The War Department said Mr.
Tawnev. has Joined in an effort to Hob
| sonile the entire country
| The Tawney statement was only one of
several interesting developments that
occurred IN the course ri the day. The
White House announced after President
Taft had conferred with Secretary Dick
/
al the head Of the War Department. that
no report whatever would he sent to the
HOUSE in rsspons" 10 the Mci.achlan
resolution calling for a statement Of the
| condition Of the national defencss
| Later th.r" were fusther conferences
AZ the Whit" Hons" and an announcements
that another report. the third in the
series that hav" heen prepared Ivy Score
tarv Dickinson. will 10 sent to the House.
! This announcement was made by Secre-
| tary Dickinson himself after he had had
a talk with tho President. II il supposed
| that Mr.. Dickinson objected TO the en-
| harrassinE situation in which hs would
| find himself If he finally had 10 abandon
his intention OF sending in a report after
wv" unsuccessful trials Accordingly he
and Ma or Gen. Wood, Chief Of Staf i'm
| meChat"ly settled down To- the drawing OF
| n third statement ON the condition Of the
national dsfences. This report will elm
| mate the data and opinions OF a sen@ati onaI
| character that were objected Ia in the
other reports and apparently will be en-
tirely harmless, II il expected that the
! third report will D." finished Tomorrow
| While Mr. Tawney was talking Hobson
|
| holding conferences the military en-
thusasts in the House. notably those
from the Pacific coast. were airing their
| opinions on the countrvs military forces
and IN. doleful prospects Of the future
| Representative McI.achl1n the author
Of the resolution that has stirred up the
trouble. was quoting Gen Adna Chaffee.
| Admiral Bob Evans and other aufkori-
''n- Of equal prominence on views which
they had Coniid..i To him on the dangers
| from IN" yellow peril" II was the talk
| Of these men. according to Mr. McT.achlan,
that inspired him 20 introduce his trouble
some r..-ollt ION
Thor" - something peculiar about
the matter" said Representative Tawney
this evening i do not like 20 uss ths
word conspiracy in connection with IL,
but thor" may he interesting dev slop-
menrs when the whole story is told IL
- positive disgrsc. for a man or n ma
tion tO d"Clar that he or il il not capabie
of competing with any adversary that
NAV come along | NAV feel confident
that another mans physical powers nre
superior 10 mine. but would he regarded
as a coward II ! confessed II from the
housp'ops
This effort that has been made 70 ret
the report of the Secretary Of War before
tn" American people IL simply part Of a
propaganda On the part OF our military
enthusiasts Ia secure support for larger
appropriations lIobSon for the last
four or iiv" wears has attempted 70 scare
IN" American people ny preaching tho
danger II "A JaTsanr-e invasion, and now
tn" War Depart menu has Joined in with
an effort 90 Hobsonize the whole country.
g., IL
leonard wood. and Mr. Hobson have
another III otIy" in "ndesvoring to in
flu"nc" tho public mind by representing
our unpr.rarsin.~s for war. They rcal-
ize that tn" Democrats will control the
HouS. nf Representatives in the Sixty
second Congress and that appropria-
tions for war purposes will originate
I'm that body and under tn" control Of that
PARTY. Perhaps they think that this
- their golden opportunity for securing
larR" appropriations 80 TINT they can
max" those appropriations the iyass for
larger aIlotm.nts for military and naval
purposes IA tho next Congress than they
otherwise could hop. to obtain
-Ihe-" advocates NJ mIlitlrisrl ignore
entirely III" chief weapons OF defence
that "" hav" our great natural re-
sources md tn" -pontan"ity with which
the patriotism at orr people would bs
aroused IN the event IL an assault Of any
kind from any foreign foe. They likewise
ignor" our geographical isolation. The
fact that some newspapers Of the country
have violated the seal ~ secrecy under
which they received advanced copies
nf this report Indicates Ia me that they
ar" NOR. concerned in gathering and
publishing, tn" new- than in preserving
their reputation and honor and that they
do not know the meaning 81 the word
Patriotism
II was Nr. Tawn"y who first got wind
"f tn" -sen-n onal- character % the
Dickinson report and hurried TO President
Taft with protest against ifs being
made public. II was after Mr.. Tawney's
protest that the first report was killed
by Mr. Dickinson apparently at tho
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