Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-10

Wake itself etfective should occasion
arise And especially wheH hall the
World II a nre 10 shall be careful
To make our moral insurance against
the spread Of the connagralion VERY
definite and certain and adequate ii.
deed.
Let ug remind ourselves. therefore,
of the only thing We can do Or viii
do. We must depend III every time
81 national peril, III the future - lnI
the past, not upon Il standing army,
NOR yet upon d reserve army. bat anon
1 eitiEenry trained and accustomed
~ arms. II viii be right enough right
American policy. hased upon orr &c.
cnstonaed principles and practices, n
provide i system By which every
citizen who Will volunteer Tor
the training may he made familiar
with the use 1T modern arms. the raai
nients 0s drill and manAnEnr, aud the
maintenance agad sanitation III campo
We should encourage such training
and make II d means of discipline
which cur young men viii iearn To-
value, III II right TINT We should pro
vide II net only. but that va should
make IL AS attractive ~ possible, and
SO induce our young men To undergo
IL at such times IL thes can command
d little freedon aud can aeek the
physical development they need, for
more health's sake. IL for nothing
more. Every means BIZ which such
things can be stimulated ii legitimate.
and such u method snaeks of true
American ideas. It III 4 right. too.
that the National Guard of the states
should be developed and strengthened
by every means which ii not incor
ssstent with our obligations III our
own people or with the established
policy of our government. And this.
also. not because the time pr occasion
| specially calls for such measures. but
because II should be our constant pol
lcs to make tlesa provisions for our
national peace and safety.
More than this carries with Il q ~
versal Of the whole history md char.
acter Or our pollty. Mere than this.
proposed ut this time. permit me 20
1 say. would mean merely that We lad
/ lost our seif-posseasion. that We had
been thrown ofI our balance BIZ war
| with which he have nothing To do.
whose causes cannot touch ua. whose
very existence affords III opportun.
tiles Of friendship and diainterested
service which shonls make W
ashamed 81 any thought 81 hostility
By fearful preparation for trouble,
Ships Our Natural BuiMarks.
Al powerful navy We have always
regarded as our proper and naturai
means of defense. and II has always
been BIT defenee that We have thought
never or aggression or III conquest
Hut who shall tell iii now what aoF
Oh navy to build? We shall take Ieas,
10 be strong upon the seas. In tn,
future as III the past; and there VII
be no thought 81 offepse OF of prove
cation III that Our ships are GA
natural huiWfrks When win the es
perts tell rs just what kind We shout
construct aud when win they b
right for ten years together. II III
relative efficiency Of craft for differ
ent kinds and uses continues q
change as We have seen ii chang
| under our YER. eyes In these las
few months?
i but | turn away from the subject
ii Ia not new, There lii no new nees
10 discuss Ii We shall not alter oul
attitude toward ii hecsu use sons
amongst us are nervous and excited
| We shall easily and seusihly agrss
such pOlicg OF defense The Qnes
tion has not changed It's aspects De
i cause the times are not normal Oul
policy Will not BIZ for an occasion
1t will be conceived as d permaneai
and settled thing. which we will pur
sue al all seasons. without haste anf
| after a fashion perfectly eonaisten
with the peace of the world, the abid
ing friendship OF states, and the uil
iiampered freedom BIZ all with whom
we deal, Let there be no mfaconcep
/ tion, The country has been mtsin
formed We hayt not been negligen
OF national defense We are not 1n
mindful of the great responsibility
| resting upon Hs. We shall learn ans
profit by the lesson Of every expert
ence and every new circumstances,
and what II needed will be adequately
done.
Great Duties OF Peace.
| | close, as I began. by reminaias
you Of the great tasks and 6atias b
peace which challenge our best pow
ers and Invite us 10 build what vii
last. the tasks 10 which we can address
ourselves nov and at all. times thu
free hearted rest and With NIL the tia
est gifts OF constructive wigdom va
possess TO develop our life and oul
resources. to supply our own people
and the people Gf the world as thels
need arises. from the abundant psents