The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18

5 he reviewed the big naval Hpara0 gre yesterday. President Wilson wa test at a luncheon to the officers Q le fleet at the Hotel BIltmore. Tn resident made brief but stirrdn 1dress. during which he praised tn srsonnel Of the feet expressed hi in the administration c acretary Daniels and told the diner tat America asks for nothIngf fo erseIf, except what she has d righ ask lllr1anity itself. 7
 The Presidentss remarks follow
 MT. asypr, Secretary, Ad- the 4laats This is not an occa- thai ii would be wise for me to .r1l:axe mary remarks. but r. would Gap1dVe myself Of "a great gratihcation If did not express nay pleasure in being here, my gratitude for the splendid recep ton which. has beene accorded me as the resent tive eof the na- ton. ana my profound interest in the navy of the United States
 That it is an interest with which WAS apparently born. for it began when was a. youngster and has T1pened with my klaoV1- edge of the affairs and policies oR the United States
 think it is D natural irstinc- tive 5ud dg5nenlt Of the people of the United States that they ex- press their power pproprfate1y in an eff1caciDus navy, and tKaeix interest is part1ys II believHy be- cause that navy somehow Is ex- peefed to express their character, not within our borders, where that character is understood, but outside our borders, where if Is hoped we may sipna11y touch others with some slight vision of " hat America stands for.
 But 5efore F speak ef the navy of the United States Iwant to take advantage of the nrsts pHb bzfc opport unity I have had to speak of the secretary of the navy. to exp1 esss1 my comfidenee and Ad nairation, and to say that he has my nr1qlaa,llhed supp port, for have yunseled with him in in tis1late fashion
 I know how sincerely he has fE at heart and ytnlng that the navy does ana handles should be- done and handled as the people Of t1ae United States wish them handled because efficiency ia sonaet7 hing more than organiza- ton
 Efficiency runs into every well considered detail Of personnel and method Efficiency runs to the extent of listing the ideals of "a service above every personal fnteTest
 so that when Tspeak my ss1p- port of the secretary of the navy 5rlaerely speakiEl 6 my zIsxpart 56x hat know every true lover Of fhe navy to desire an q to p11T- pose for the navy or the United States is body ally trusted with the ideal of Afi2erica- yNazssza Engines Of IEa.allslz,fty.
 alse to in nay tIaosa sszlt this ideal These SIyatet ships. 3 lying in the river and no suggea- ton of b11star about them no intz1laadIon of agEression They are commented by men thought fuI Of the duties Of citizens as weH as the duty Of officers men ac- qualnted with the conditions of .thee great service to which they belong men who know by touch with people of the United States what sort of purposes they ought to entertain, and what sort Of discretion they ought to exer- else, in order to use those engines of force, engines to promote the interest of haraainlty.
 Tor the kerestinga and iIfspiT- ing thing about America. gent1e- men Is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has "a right to ask 11nanity itself. sk
 We want no nations propertys we wish not nafio on,s honors yue wish to stand selfsh4y in the WAY Of the e1oprnent of no nation. we want nothing that we cannot get by our own legitimate enterprise and by the Inspiration of our own things it is not pretentious on our own expd1e, and standing for these things. 1t is not pretentious on our part to say that we are privileged to stand for what ey- cry nation would wish to stand : for, and speaking for things those things which all humanity must desire.
 " hen think of the lag those. ships carry, the only touch of color about them, the only thing that moves as if it had a settled spirit in it, and in their solid structure. it seems to me I see alternate strips of parchment, upon which are written the rights of lfberey and justice. and strips Of blood, split to vindicate those rights, and then, in the corner, a. prediction of the blue serene into. which every nation may swim which stands for these great Iiv- ing things
 The mission of America is the only thing that 2 sailor or soldier should think abo1lt he has not71- ing to q O with he for1zlIl lation of her policy: he is to support her policy. whatever it but lie is to support her policy in the spirit of herself. and the strength Of Eos7r policy is that we, who for thk time being, admfnister the af- fairs Of this nation. do not ori g mate her spirit. we attempt to emb ody its we attempt to realize it in action we are dorninafed by it, we do not dictate it.
 It was not until il o'clock la light that the President returned he Mayflower off Forty first stre rom Admiral Fletc11er's flagshfp, q Wyoming He went aboard t4 Wyoming at last evening for tl