The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-09-01
SECURITY LEAGUE
CRIES OUT FOR
Tremendous Interest Has
Been Aroused Through
out the Country,
Report Shows.
COMPREHENSIVE review o.

~ its nation wide campaign for
more adequate preparedness
for national defense was Is
sued the other day by the National Sc
curity league from its national head
quarters in New York city.
The tremendous interest awakened
throughout the country through the &C.
tivities of the league Is reflected In the
favorable attitude now being shown
by members of congress irrespective of
political affiliations toward national de-
Tense legislation.
The work of the National Security
league Is based upon the realization
that congress Is the pivot upon which
more adequate national defense finally
rests. The recommendations to con.
gress of the general staff of the army
and the general board of the navy have
not received in the past the considera-
ton which they deserve, nor has the
money necessary to carry out the va.
rious projects been appropriated.
Leagues Work Appreciated.
Within the past few weeks the Ma
ti0nal Security league has brought Its
effort to change these conditions to the
attention of members of congress and
has requested an expression Of opinion
both as to the effectiveness of the
methods employed and also as to the
views held by the senators and repre-
sentatives on the question of more ade-
quate preparedness. Replies already
received indicate that the work Of the
ated, but is regarded as u patriotic and
necessary endeavOr. They also indi-
cate that when the president brings the
subject of more adequate national de-
Tense to the attention of congress,
which it is officially announced he has
determined upon. he will find that an
awakened public sentiment for more
adequate national preparedness is al
ready making an impression upon con-
gress.
As would naturally be the case, the
senators and representatives in the
New England states are thoroughly
alive to the situation. In Maine Rep
land says that he always had pro-
nounced ideas on national defense, as
his votes In the last congress will
show. In Massachusetts, where the
National league has branches in Bos
ton. Worcester and many other cities
and towns, Senator Lodge has declar-
ed himself positively in favor of more
adequate national defense. saying that
safety lies only in strength. Governor
Walsh and Mayor Curley of Boston
are in full sympathy with the move
ment. Representatives Frederick W.
Dallinger. James l.. Gallivan. Ernest
w. Roberts. George ii. Tinkham and
Samuel L. Winslow. all of Massachu-
sets. have expressed themselves in
letters to the league in favor of more
adequate national defense
In Rhode Island Governor r. Liv
ingston Beeckman has accepted pO-
sition OH the national committee Of the
league. while Representative G. s.
O'Shaunessy states that he favOrs the
strengthening of both the army and
navy. In Connecticut Governor Hol-
comb is a member of the leagues ma
tional committee. and Senator Brandc
gee states that he favors the program
of the National Security league in max
ing public the facts concerning the ne
cessity for larger degree of prepared
ness for national defense in case Of
emergency. New Hampshire already
has a State League of National De-
tense. while Representative Greene Of
Vermont says that he sympathizes
most heartily with any well founded
and well directed effort to awaken the
American people to realizing sense
of the unpreparedness Of this country
for national defense.
New York Practically Solid.
The movement for more adequate ma
honal defense originated In New York.
where literally billions of dollars worth
Of property interests are ut the mercy
of any hostile warships able to get
within the range Of New York. The
New York city congressional delega.
ton is practically solid in favor Of