The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-12-04
PRESIDENT ASKS
ARMY FOR PEACE
Calls For Reckoning With Those
Of Alien Sympathl0s.
MAKE NAVY CHIEF DEFENSE.
Seeking a Renewal and Revival OF
National Allegiance - Opposes Con-
quest Of Any other Lands or Peoples
and Does Not Favor the Accomplish
msnt Of Our Purposes by Force.

and Does Not Favor the Accomplish
msnt Of Our Purposes by Force.
That President Wilson. In his speech
the other evening before the Manhat-
tan club OF New York struck pop
ular chord In advocating larger army
and a larger navy for this country, Is
shown by the comment which il has
caused. Preparedness. not for war,
but for national security, was the key
note, but applause even more enthusi-
astic greeted his rebuke TO men OF
alien sympathies."
Here are some OF the things Mr..
Wilson advocated
The fullest freedom OF national
growth.
America as the friend OF the nations
OF the world.
Preparing the nation to enforce its
right to unmolested action.
Four hundred thousand citizen sol
diers TO be raised In three years.
Making the navy an effective first
and chief line OF defense.
Safeguarding at ali costs the good
faith and honor, OF the nation.
The nonpartisan support OF the eoun-
try 10 obtain preparedness.
For bringing to reckoning Ameri-
cans OF alien sympathies.
Renewal and revival OF national al
legiance.
Here are some OF the things he OPP
poses:
What He Opposes.
Conquest OF other lands or peoples.
The accomplishment OF our purposes
by force.
Preparations for aggressive war.
Military training which would in.
terfere too long with civilian life.
Panic haste In setting about pre-
paredness.
Minimizing the necessity for pre-
paredness
Partisan clamor for special pro-
gram.
Divided allegiance.
Manifestations OF racial feeling I'm
America.
Manifestations Of sectarian or re-
ligious antagonisms
Some Ringing Extracts.
Some of the most striking utterances
follow:
THE plan / shall present TO congress
calls for 100000 citizen soldiers 10 be
raised I'm annual condngents OF $4,000.
these 20 enlist for three years with the
colors and three years ON furlough and
TO be independent OF the national
guard"
"All that is needed for the navy sss
is that we should hasten our pace In
the policy we have long been pursu-
Ing and that we should have a definite
policy OF development, not made from
year TO year. but looking TO the fu-
ture."
The only thing within our borders
that has given us grave concern re
Gently has been that voices have been
raised in America protesting 10 be the
voices or Americans which were not
indeed aud In truth American. but
which spoke alien sympathies, which
came from men who loved other coun-
tries better than they loved America"
''rhe chief thing necessary la Amer
lea - ? IL that the real voice OF the
nation should sound forth unmistak-
ably and In majestic volume, in the
deep unison OF common. ,sinhesitat-
ing feeling" ~.
In words that fell like hammer
blows the president admitted that
since force IN now the factor that
sways the world this country must
prepare itself to yindicate it's right to
independent aud unpolested action by
making the force within II ready for
assertion. As earnestly as seemed pos
dble be voiced bis approval VI the new
program OF defense and preparedness.
the assembling OF forcesnot for attack
against any nation. aggression I'm any
quarter or for satisfaction OF any sort
OF ambition, but purely 20 make sure
OF our own security. ,s-es a,,..s
For the FIRST time since he was won
over 10 the necessity of real naval ana
military preparedness the president
outlined his personal views on the
subject and was NO meticulously care
ful not 20 be misunderstood or mis-
quoted that he prepared his 1900
word speech IN advance and read II
word for word
In fact. no person who heard his re-
markabIy effective address ~ the Man
haitian club celebration remembered
ever 20 have heard Mr. Wilson read n
speech before As he himself said
iokinely 20 that intimate Of Cupid. Dr.
Cary n. Grayson. he brought canned
tongue 20 the feast The departure
from accepted habit Illustrated most
forcibly the degree OF Importance at