The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-08
Large Sums Must Be Raised for Preparedness and
.. Treasury De6cit-Aid for Railroads
.,.. One of Wilson's Pleas.
INDUSTRY OF COUNTRY SHOULD PAY BILLS

the industry Of this generation should
pay the bills OF his generation.
I nave spoken to you to-day, gentle.
men. upon "a single theme, the thorough
! preparation of the nation to care for its
W security and to make sure OF entire
reedom to play the impartial role In this
hemisphere In the world which we
all believe to have been providentiaily
assigned to IT,. l have had In my mind
no thought OF any immediate or mar.
ticular danger arising out OF our reia-
lions with other nations. We are at peace
with all the nations Of the world. and
there is reason to hope that no question
In controversy between this and other
Governments will lead to any serious
breach Of amicablc relations. grave as
some differences Of attitude and policy
nave been and may yet turn out to be.
! am sorry to say that the gravest
threats against u national peace and
safety have been uttered within our own
borders.
States. I blush to admit, born under
other flags but welcomed under our
generous naturalization laws to the full
freedom and opportunity OF America,
who have poured the poison OF dis
loyalty into the very arteries OF our
national life who have sought 10 bring
the authority and good name OF our
'''' ''tN lltto VOHttTnDv, 10 utHITON
our Industries wherever they thought
II effective for their vindictive purposes
10 strike at them, and to debase our
politics to the uses of foreign intrigue.
Their number is not great as COM
pared with the whole number OF those
sturdy hosts by which our nation has
been enriched In recent generations out
OF Virile foreign stocks but 1t Ii great
enough to have brought deep dsgrace
upon US and to have made II necessary
mat We shOuld promptly make use OF
processes of law by which We may be
purged OF their corrupt distempors.
America mover witnessed anything like
ms before. 1t never dreamed II pos
sible that mon sworn into Its own cit
izenship. men drawn out OF great free
stocks such as supplied some OF tho
best and strongest elements OF that
little. but how heroic. nation that In
a nigh day Of old staked its very life
TO free itself from every ENHANCEMENT
that had darkened the fortunes of the
oder nations and set up a new standard
here-thit mep of such origins and
such free choices OF allegiance would
ever turn In malign reaction against the
Government and people who had well
coined and nurtured them and seek to
make this proud country once more a
ho,bed OF European passion. A little
while ago such a thing would have
~ IutIeulDIt. ItfHuS6 IL WAS IN
credible We made no preparation for It.
Laws for "such Creatures"
We would have been almost ashamed
To prepare for II. as II we were suspicious
OF ourselves. our own comrades ana
nelghbors! But the ugly and incredible
thing has actually come about and we
are without adequate Federal laws to
deal with II. ! urge you to enact such
laws at the earliest possible moment
and feel that in doing SO Z am urging
YOU TO do nothing less thar save the
honor and self-respect OF the nation.
Such creatures OF passion. dkloyalty
and anarchy must be crushed out. They
are not many. but they are Infinitely
malignant. and the hand Of our power
should close over them at once Tvhey
have formed plots 10 destroy property.
they have entered into conspiracies
against the neutrality Of the Govern
ment. they have sought TO pry into
every confidential transaction OF the
Government in order 10 serve interests
alien to our own. II Is possible 10 deal
with these things very effectually. I
need not suggest the terms in which they
may be dealt with.
| wish that it could be said that only
a few men. misled by mistaken senti-
ments of allegiance TO the governments
under which they were born, had been
thiiA VI 'iisAhab lb lHV StlL- DtIFtSSlOH
and misrepresenting the temper and
principles OF the country during these
days OF terrible war. when It would seem
that every man who was truly an Amer
ican would instinctively make IL his duty
and his pride to keep the scales of tudg.
ment even and prove himself a partisan
OF no nation but his own. But II can
not. There are some men among us. and
many resident abroad who. though born
and bred in the United States and call
ing themselves Americans. have 80 for
gotten themselves and their honor az
citizens as to put their passionate SYM
patty with one or the other side I'm the
great European conflict above their re-
gard for the peace and dignity OF the
United States, They also preach and
practice disloyalty. No laws, l suppose.
can reach c%orruptions Of the mind and
heart but ! should not speak OF others
without also speaking Of these and ex-
pressing the even deeper humiliation and
srorn which every self-possessed and
t~houghtfully patriotic American must
feel when he thinks Of them and OF the
discredit they are daily bringing upon us.
The Nations Real Strength.
While We speak of the preparation OF
the nation to make sure OF her security
and her effective power We must not fall
Into the patent error Of suTrosing that
h"f real Strength comes from ornaments
and mere safeguards Of written law. IL
comes. Of course. from her people. their
energy. their success In their undertake
ings, their free opportunity to use the
natural resources OF our great home
land and of the lands outside our CONT
mental borders which look to us for pro-
lection, for encouragement and for as
~sistance in their development from the
organization and freedom and vitality of
our economic life, The domestic aues.
tons which engaged the attention OF the
last Congress are more vital to the ma
ton In this It's time OF test than at any
other time. We cannot adequately make
ready for any trial Of our strength I'M
less We wisely II promptly direct the
force of our laws into these all-inpor-
tunt fields of domestic action. A matter
which IL seems Ia me we should have
very much al heart Is the creation OF the
right instrumentalities by which 10 mo-
billie our economic resources In any time
OF national necessity, take II for
granted that ] do not need your AUTHORITY
to call into systematic consultation with
the directing officers of the army and
navy men of recognized leadership ana
ability from among our citizens who are
thoroughly familiar. for example. with