Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-07
STIRRING MESSAGE OUTLINES
US. IDEAL OE PEACE; SHOWS
IT RESTS ON PREPAREDNESS
Follows Plan of McAdoo
In Raising Funds, With !
War Tax and Sugar Duty

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WASHINGTON, ID. c. Dec. with the galleries OF the
House Of Representatives crowded with breahssy attentive
. ns and the senators and listening gsyey and m
session the longest and perhaps the most vitality important
of all his messages.
dealt in the main with national defense and in outlining his
for preparedness the president measured forth
Americas ideal of and the methods of assuring that
coming generations. u
Touching upon the country need for additional revenue de-
ense the president figures showing what
must be secured and made suggestions for increased internal
Recommends Present Sugar Tariff
He recommended the the tariff
and extension of the bill providing for emergency
taxes, known the fswar revenue bill -
the patriotic duty Of American citizens and his ringing that
citizens who plot order Of their country must be
Mrs Norman Gait president those
e IN the galleries occupying conspicuous place and she was the
Spirit Of .. s. Set Forth
large part of the set forth the spirit in which hf
troubous The president declared that the country has
remained neutral because has special interest the which
moved the European powers to
1T the duty Of the nations of the western hemisphere to pre-
the collective economic ruin Of these countries stranng
combat he said.
policy the towards
Mexico has demonstrated that we have selfish interest either
Central South America
The day guardianship he replaced
full honorable association Of partners whose interest that Of
solcitude for the welfare of all the Americas =
Turning assuring peace States
and preparing resist foreign aggression, he sad
garded by merely Of assocang strengths and
asserting rights against aggression But mat
of and If citizens fight effectively
the call of sudden must know how modern fighting
DONE
He then pointed that trained czenry cannot be built
but that orderly and farseeing policy be developed
now to safeguard the future
Larger Army Wanted.
connection president the plans the
department for increasing the standing S with
supplementary of 100000 this later force be developed by
undergoing short training periods for three Of years
listment.
reference development navy detailed
involve only the short
enng of the time within which plans long maured shall be carried
out He dwet briefly the necessity for navy expansion
The president said that the department. plan for strength
the essential first step and for the SUI
fnt and depends the patriotism of the and
employers to the advantage of the country he pointed out to
adopt comprehensive plan TO put the final footing OF
strength efficiency press that plan completion within
five years.
emphasized another part message need for build
the American merchant marine and referred to the ship
bill his belief that it could be made available medium
for stimulating the American marine
Financial Estimates.
In outlining the financial situation which will result the plans
preparedness carried he stated that the additional
pense the country for for national defense viii
year probable deficit
i the which will be needed but is
vded $112000000 This he recommended
and the surtax special
of $4,000 He also suggested taxes
line automobiles bank checks and fabricated iron and steel
The Poison Of Dsloyalty
closing his message the president referred emphatic and
resou the for putting end to the activities OF
citizens of divided loyalty and of who operating IN the
United States for the benefit of countries abroad.
urged close citizens Of for
birth he declared have poured the poison OF doa
into the very arteries of national ife.'' - s.
These dsloyal poters are not many ne said but he