The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-23
CALLS carnegie
Menace TO Home
DR.. Edward Brock Says Pa
ci6cist Gentry Imperils
the Nation.
SOCIETY HEARS LECTURE
Former Secret Agent Asserts Sacred
Possessions Are at
Stake.
SOCIETY HEARS LECTURE

Andrew Carnegie, DR.. David Starr Jor-
dan and others of the ''pacificist gentry
j are a menace to the American home. DR..
Edward Breck. writer, military student
and former secret agent of the United
States. told fashionable society of WASH
inEton in the Perry Belmont home in
New Hampshire avenue yesterday: DR..
Brock WAS the principal speaker at a
lecture on Our Navy and What 1t
Means" given under the auspices of the
Navy League OF the United States. of
which he is field secretary and Mr.. Bel
mont director
DR.. Breck has had long career in
the consular and diplomatic services of
the United States. His ability in that
work and his authoritative knowledge of
military matters was recognized when he
was sent to Spain in 1898 as a secret
agent, or spy. He was to have been exc
cuted by Spanish authorities, but ex.
tricated himself by his ingenuity. DIR.
Brock also is A scholar. being an associ-
ste EDITOR of the Encyclopaedia Britain
MICA.
Big Navy Best Insurance.
"nrm our diplomats with moral s,,as-
ion. but put them on the deck of a bat
tleshr. Continuity of diplomatic rela :
tons and service is the first line of ma
tional defense. but the very hest insur-
ancc against war is a pow crful navy
pr. Breck declared.
when the paciticists say there should
he no armament they are gambling with
our most sacred possessions-the honor of
our men and virtue of our women. But
don't think that A pacificist would stand
by and see his daughter insultcd by
foreign invader
but merely the tools. War is caused by
human nature: by envy and hate and
covetnusne>s and commercial rivalry. Be
fore weapons Were invented primitive
mon fought with bludGeons
The peaCe-at-any-pric'n individual
asks: Who is this invisible enemy
against whom W" have to defend our
selves? We cannot find him anywhere
At first blush that looks like a reason
able question. but do we argue that We
don't see the lightning when We place A
lightning rod on our house? Do we say
that We don't see the thief when we put
our valUables in SAFE
DIR. Breck. intimating here that he was
too suggestive. turned his attention to
other subjects. Afterward. in inter
view, he added this extract from his
written address:
The probability of Japan being our
anna SOfllSt some time IN inc future mas
been taken for granted by hundreds of
cool-hcaded authorities People are anx-
ious now concerning the Japanese
Chinese imhroglio. And there are other
dangers, great and small, lurking in the
mist of the future
Urges Armed Peace.
AS explained by DR. Breck and by Mr..
Belmont in his Introductory address. the
Navy League does not advocate war. but
armed peace. Its purpose is to distribute
propaganda literature and work for a
moro powerful navy.
His lecture was Illustrated by a score
of slides.
Among the 100 guests present were Mrs.
John A Logan. Mrs Secretary Daniels,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Hamphill. Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Lowe. Commander
and Mrs. Mcfarland. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cushman. Mr. and Mrs. Noyes. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edison. capt. Valley. DR.. David
Jayne Hill. former Ambassador to Ger
many: Brig. Gen. Goodloe. and Admiral
and Mrs Ki01halI