Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-19
BUSINESS CAUSE Of
WORLDS WARS
IS ALLEGED
Chairman of Executive Com.
mittee of Navy League in
Favor of Ample Insurance
Against Possible Scraps.
Especial cerrsspoaaeacs 60 the usralal


Especial cerreaponaencs 90 the ueFnIdl
Washington, Jan. i9.--"Wars are
today brought about by merchants.
by men going about their affairs and
coming into collision with the mca
OF other nations engaged In similar
work. The Misunderstanding ami
friction arising are the foundations
upon which wars are based"
Such are the conclusions drawn by
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson chairman
OF the executive committee OF the
Navy League OF the United Stats
for fifty years one of the nations
closest students 81 naval affairs
"a generation ago" he continued.
"this nation did not take much in
terest abroad We were engaged in
feeding other nations We were
sending them raw material and TAX
ing IN return the products of their
labor and machinery. So long as
this happy condition existed there
was no opportunity Tor trade fric-
ton
Now. hogrNer we are exporting
every year about "a billion dollars
worth 81 manufactured goods. tho
product of our machinery and our
labor We are exporting these
goods into the home markets 81 tho
nations that formerly supplied us
with similar goods we are going In
to competitive markets 10 trcadiug
upon the toes. ana la Eome case
coruy toes, Of our erstwhlle friends.
it h out of just such conditions that
mlaundrstandings. TictIcns and
wars arise
1--WE need Insurance against these
possible wars For some time tho
Navy League has been preaching
this doctrine and bringing Il before
tho people prior 20 the last cleo
ton We had attracted sufficient at-
tention to get Included Ia the plat
forms OF all three parties a declar-
alton fnvoring an adequate navy
when the day comes when our navy
"a provided for the purpose OF ag-
grcssion. then my interest In u Is
M an end. do not believe Ia ag-
gresslOn nor do the American people
believe In Il. We want a navy for
defense and u ever needed IL VIII be
for defense against one OF the great
military nations across the seas We
must measure our building programs
against those competitors that might
otherwise attack us.
- short time ago we were the
second nation in naval stTength Now
We are third Yet We have To con
slider the possibility of attack from
nations that have millions Of men
under arms. trained soldiers who
with modern methods 81 transport
can be- banded on cur shores IN
week If they como they will find
us entirely unprepared. To-day our
available army Is on the border OF
Mexico and amounts % $4,000 men
This army no matter how good -
no defense against million men
equally good. equally weli-tFained
such as can be taken from the poo
pies Of number of foreign coun-
tries.
I'm this way Il ls shown that an
adequate navy would be one that
was able 10 hold tho sea against the
strongest power that may attack us.
10 a navy IL maintained that ~ not
able to do this. the money Tor Il u
deliberately wasted Yet the pres
ent building program ~ one ship a
year will put us Ia fifth place IN n
few years. This IN fact that the
American public is slow 70 uppreci-
ate.
yet the nation q spending twice
as much for moving picture shows
every year az Il Il for navy. u
spends more money for its automo-
bile tires than 81 does for a navy.
Last year there we're registered Ia
the states OF New York ana Massa-
Chusetts alone $4,000 more cnauf-
fcurs than there are soldcrs and
sailors combined In the whole ma
ton.
Turkey last year had an made
onate navy ana italy took from her
the province Of TriDoll and the 9TH
~ Balkan states made feast ~ her.
This country has developed. largely
because Of rs increasing trade.
war risk. II needs Insurance against
that risk N " nation Of business
men who understand the necessity
ol Insurance 4 should know that
ON adequate navy Ia nothing moro
than an insurance 81 peace and
should provide that navy"