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our .aeffc.ency .n the artillery branch
q our establishment. Does not the
gentleman know we appropriated
some m..pns II dollars Tor the in
crease Of the artillery Ia the last mil
i,ary APPROPRIATION bill?
Conclusion.
Mr.. Gsrdner-I know there has
been an Improvement in artillery. but
hat ! am cOHteudlug for is d radical
change, not palliative. The whole
matter lies deeper than congress. The
trouble - that We have never dared
% tell the people that they are living
-n fools paradise, for fear that W.
should antagOn.Ze somebody and per-
haps incur the charge that We are
revealing our weakness 70 foreign ma
tons, as 4 there were any secret
about our weakness which we could
conceal 4 We tried The truth is that
each one of Us is afraid that some ma
uCnal guard man in his district VIII
say, Why that man Gardner says i
am no good. l Will teach him. That
Is why the people Of the United states
have not yet awakened TO the under
standing that 42-Centlmeter guns and
uperdreadnaugh present stronger
arguments than past victories and
present treaties.
Appendix
Statement given 10 the press Octo-
Der is, 1914, by Congressman Gard
ner Of Massachusetts, upon the intro
ductlon of house joint resolution 372.
providing for national security
commission:
Totally Jnpreparcd for War
! have introduced this resolution 10
investigate the military status Of the
United states, because / know that
a public searchlight will open the eyes
or Americans TO a situation which is
being concealed from them.
The United States il totally unpre-
pared for a war, defensive or often
sive, against a real power In my opIn-
ion, the effect of the vast sums of
money spent by Mr.. Carnegie in his
peace propaganda has been to blind
Americans to the fact that our ma
uonal security from military point
OF view Is undermined.
Nearly every army and navy offl-
Ger To whom | have spoken tells me
the same story of inadequate secur-
ity. have yet to speak to a single
member of either the committee on
itary affairs Of the house Of repre-
sentatives in whose judgment ! have
confidence, who does not. in private,
make exactly the same admission. Yet
all these gentlemen seem to consider
II their duty to refrain from making
any public statement.
The Monroe Doctrine.
We are the most prosperous nation
nn "a FsVh nd
the wonderful South American CON
tlnent, which We have closed TO Euro
pean colonization by the Monroe doc
trine. l simply can not understand
how any intelligent student Of history
can fail to see that we are impotent
to defend ourselves and to enforce the
Monroe doctrine by moral suasion and
financial might alone.
The German Menace To Democracy.
The time has not yet come when
the United States can afford TO allow
the martial spirit OF her sons TO be de-
stroyed, and all the Carnegie millions
In the world will not silence those OF
US who believe that bullets can not be
stopped with bombast nor powder
vanquished by platitudes.
II Ia true that with respect 10 the
present European war my views are
AitN AitNfft VI a lAtulldls am tnUT0lA
convinced that the German cause IS
unholy and, moreover, menace 10
the principles Of democracy. Further
more, ] believe that the god Of battles
Will visit defeat upon the Germans.
Our Security Demands Immediate
Action.
But no matter which side wins we
must remember that since the begin
ming Of time victorious nations have
proved headstrong and high handed.
We must begin at once TO reorganIze
our military strength II we expect TO
be able TO resist high -handedness
when the day OF necessity comes.
OF course, all this is unpopular doc
une. 1t would be far easier for me
to declare that all is well and that
our present military establishment,
coupled with our national guard and
our naval militia, is to be depended
upon for our defense. Unfortunately