Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-08
COuNTRYHAS NOT NEGLECTED
NATIONAL DEFENSE, DECLARES
PRESIDENT IN MESSAGE TODAY
Says We Shall Not Ask Young Men
To Spend Best Years In Making
Soldiers OF Themselves.

tive as possible. aud .o induce our young men
u ~ undrrEn 10 at such times as tnry can com
mnnI litti" frrrdnm und crin sr"k thc ply
~i,il dtyuiut uitnt they need. tur mere health \
stkD. ii fur nothing more. Every mrurS hy
which such things can br stimulated Is lcgti-
mate. and such method >macks nf true
4 American ideas.
~ wv right. ttn. that NV. National Guard uf
V fhr states should hr Developed and strengthen
II td ~ every means which il not Inconsistent
with ugr obligations To- uur own people or with
\ th" established policy a uur government And
v this. aI~u. not because the time nr occasion
especially calls fpr such measures. hut because
V II should hr uur cun~tnat policy a. make these
provisions for our national peace and safety.
Nor" than this carries with q reversal oi
v thr whole history uud character ~ cur policy.
More thlu this. proposed Ht thiS tlmc permit
tnr tu .lN. would mean merely that wr hal lu~t
our .rlt possession. that We had been thrown
! uN ulu haiIur" hf q war with which We have
nothing tn dp. whose causes can n"t touch us.
VI At hr~t very rNi~truvv affords u~ opportunities
Inf friendship and di~iutrrrsted service which
should make u~ ashamed ut any thought ~ hos
l ItihfN or fearful preparation Tor trouble. IhlS
I 3, as-ucdly The opportunity fuT which a pr"rl"
Iud government lkr ours were raised Up the
Irrpurtunity nut unli ny speak hut actually NJ
ruhu,t Hud rNrmpiiy thr c"unarS "f peace
Iud amity and the lasting cunrur+ which iS
basod "n Justice and fair and generous dealing.
"a powerful uaty wr have always regarded
A~ unr rruUrr and natural means ul defense.
Hnd i ha- always been "f defense that wr have
But who shall TIL us now what sort ut navy
Co., huildt We shall take leave tn be- strong
upon the seas. in thr future iE thr past. und
there viii ht NJ" Thought MI "hen~r ur "i pro-
tut4itiuu iu that. cur ships are natural
lhuiWark~ When viii The experts tcl a. just
what kind Wc should construct and when viii
they ~ right f"r tn Years i"srth"r. 4 q"
relative eficirnr1 ~ craft ~ different kinds
uud u~rs continue tu change a~ W. have seen
IN change under uur Nrry eyes ~ these last
z few month>t
''liui / turn away FROM the subject. u Is
NOT new There N un new need 10 discuss u.
W. shall nui alter uur attitude toward u hr-
lriu-t some amongst us ARE nervous Hnd rN
cited W. shall easily and seusibly agree upon
|a policy of defense. The question has not
changed it~ ASPECTS because the times are not
normal bur policy viii not hr fur Hn uctnSiun.
V N vIl hr conceived a~ permanent und settled
thing. which Wp Viii pursue at Hl SEASONS.
without ha>tr aud after fashion perfectly
consistent with The pracr IT the world. the
abiding friendship ui states. and The unhHmprr
v rd Freedom WI All with whom ~ dtHL lrt
there hr un mi~rrnr"p ptiun. The country hHs
boon msiufurmrd We hlve not been nrgli-
gent ol national defense. w ar" not unuind
ful ni fhe great responsibility resting upon us
We shall learn uni profit hy the lesson M
every experience and every new circumstance
aud what i~ needed Will "" adequately done.
4 - reacc u Europ, the president referred
briefly We are the champions ut peacr and
Iuf concord" hp -ail "Aud wr should hr V'rl
irlinn- NJ this distinction which N.Y. have sought
tl earn. Just urW Wr should hr particularly
jealous uf ID hc,au~r " is uur dearest present
hoppe that this character and reputation maA
presently. In Guh'~ providence. bring u~ an ur
purrunIty ~nrh H~ ha- seldom been vuurh~ufrs
aul nation. thr opportunity tn counsel lni rh
tuiu prIrr ih cow world mud reconciliation unt
q hraIug settlement ui mauN e matter thai
has cuulrd Iud interrupted thu Friendship o
untiru~. This I~ The ffmr above uil others whri
MAJ should wish aud rrSulyr tn hrrp uul
strength hN self nnS~r~~iuu uur Influence hl
preserving our ancient principles ~ action"