The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-05
WILSON SEEKS FAVOR
ON MORE DEFENSE
Begins Campaign for Support of Policy
of Better Preparation Against
War--Addressed Manhattan
Club Banquet in New
York Last Night.

New York, Nov. 5.--President Wilson
opened the administration campaign fol
its national defense program in com
prehensiye and carefully prepared ad
dress delivered here last night at the
Manhattan club banquet. He declared
| solemnly that the United States had nc
aggressive purposes, must be prepared
to defend itself TO assume "full liberty
and acknowledgment" Significantly he
said that, with ourselves in this great
matter we associate all the people OF
our own hemisphere" adding that, 1--WE
wish not only for the United States, but
for them the fullest freedom of inde-
pendent growth OF action"
The president was received with en-
thusiastie applause as he entered the
banquet hall and during his address. The
hall was decorated with American flags
and even the galleries were filled with
Democrats, happy over their victory in
New York City. When the president
rose to speak, everyone jumped up and
applauded again and again until he was
forced TO signal for quiet.
Within a year." said the president,
Eve have witnessed what we did not
think possible, great European conflict
involving many of the greatest nations
of the world. The influences Of the
great war are everywhere in the air.
All Europe is in battle. Force every
where speaks out with a loud and i'm
perious voice in a titanic struggle of
government, and from one end Of our
own dear country 10 the other end men
are asking one another what our own
force is, how far we are prepared to
maintain ourselves against any interfer-
enee with our national action or devel-
opment."
The president called upon "men of all
shades OF political opinion TO rally to
the support of the program. He said
IL represented "the best professional
and expert opinion of the country and
be gave warning that III men differ with |
me in this vital matter | shall ask them |
10 make IL clear how far and in what /
way they are interested in making the
permanent interests Of the country safe /
against disturbance"
"No thoughtful man. declared the
president, feels any panic haste IN this
natter. The country is not threatened
rom any quarter. She stands in friend
y relations with all the world. Her re-
sources are known and her self.respcct
md her capacity to care for her own
itizens and her own rights, There i
10 fear amongst us. Under the new
world conditions We have become
houghtful OF the things which all rea-
enable men consider necessary for Sc
urity and self-defense on the part Of
very nation confronted with the great
nterprise Of human liberty and inde-
'endencc. That l. all.
~ls the plan We propose sane and rea-
enable and suited 90 the needs Of the {
our Does it not conform 10 the an
ient traditions Of America Has any
etter plan been proposed than this pro- /
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