Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-03
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/ NEW YORK, N. Y.-The honor and
safety OF the United States have been
ieopardized BY the failure Of .our pub
tic servants to provide adequately for
defense in war. said Charles ]. Bona
parte. former attorney general, in an
address before the National Security
League here recently Deleg ties from
% states were in attendance at the
conference.
THE peril against which We would
furnish safeguard may well become
imminent within MONTHS" said Bona
parte, "and there is the greater rea-
sen to demand an immediate remedy
because so much time has been so
culpably lost
Bonaparte strongly urged the inn
mediate strengthening of the United
States eeet.
"1f cur sailors can fight with fair
show for victory he continued. they
may be finally defeated, but they will
at least give MS some of that precious
time for preparation which Americ7, il
threatened with invasion. is almost as
sure to need as Ajax needed light"
Urge Training for All.
The enrolment and military instruc-
ton OF every available able-bodied man
in the United States between the ages
of Is and As WIS recommended in the
report of the militia committee Of the
league at the first session. National
and state laws to this effect should be
passed without delay in the opinion
Of the committee, which is headed by
Colonel Charles e. Lydecker.
Courses in military education and
field hygiene should be embodied In
the curriculum of every college, in
the committees opinion, and the huge
enrolment of citizens, it Is urged.
should be affiliated as reserve, more
closely with the regular army than the
National Guard now is affiliated. A
school for officers to train the citizen
soldiery is also advocated.
immediate Preparation.
Immediate prepar ton for a nation
al defense adequate to meet any even
tuality was urged by Henry L. Slim
son, secretary Of war in the cabinet of
President Taft. in his address.
The main danger of war today
said the former secretary, lies in the
feet that We so acted in the past as to
give good reason for believing that
we do not really mean to protect our
rights The surest way to get into
fight is to use strong language and
then stand with your hands in your
pockets. Is there a. man who doubts
that President Wilson's note to Ger
many would receive more attention If
1t were known that our navy was In
readiness and our free people, in the
language OF WASHINGTON, disciplined
and trained to armsg 80
Mr.. Stimson opened his address by
calling attention to what he described
as the acute issue which has arisen
because Of the destruction OF Ameri-
can lives on the Lusitania. ?
Face to Face With War.
Today we are face to face with the
European wal" said Stimson, .in
which one Of the combatants has re-
verified to the thorough-going logic of
primitive warfare. Finding force to
be the ultimate factor in war, she has
declined to recognize any inconvenient
restrictions upon the use Of force
which interfered with her purposes or
methods of warfare. The neutral
rights of Belgian territory lay between
her and her goal and she tr0d them
under foot; unable to harm the fort
resses or battle-ships of her island