Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-11-20


a definite consummatfon- We can ana
should profit in all that we do by the
experience and example that have
been made obvious to us by the mill
tary and naval events of the actual
present 1t is not merely matter of
building battleships and cruisers and
submarines. but also matter of max
ing sure that we shall have the ade-
quate equipment of men and muni-
tions and supplies for the vessels we
build and intend to build. Part of our
problem is the problem of what 1 may
call the mobilization of the resources
of the nation at the proper time if it
should ever be necessary to mobilize
them for national defense. We shall
study the efficiency and adequate
equipment as carefully as we shall
study the number and size of our
ships, and | believe that the plans al
ready In part made public by the navy
department ara plans which the whole
nation can approve with rational en-
thusiasm
No thoughtful man feels any panic
haste in this matter The country is
not threatened from any quarter. She
stands in friendly relations with all
the world Her resources are known
ana her self-respect and her capacity
10 care for her own citizens and her
own rights. There is no fear amongst
u.s. Under the new world conditions
we have become thoughtful of the
things which all reasonable men con-
slder necessary for security and self
ueIense on the part of every nation
confronted with the great. enterprise
OF human liberty and independence.
That is all.
In the fulfillment of the program I
propose / shall ask for the hearty sup
port of the country, of the rank and
hle of America, of men of all shades
OF political opinion | would not feel
that | was discharging the solemn OBJ
legation / owe the country were | not
to speak in terms of the deepest
solemnity Of the urgency and necessf-
~ OF preparing ourselves to guard and
protect the rights and privileges of
our people, our sacred heritage Of the
fathers who struggled to make US an
Independent nation
Hits at the Hyphenates
The only thing within our own Dor.
ders that has given US grave concern
IN recent months has been that voices
have been raised in America profess
ing to be the voices of Americans
which were not indeed and in truth
American. but which spoke alien sym
pathies, which came from men who
loved other countries better than they
loved America, men VIII were par
tisans of ether causes than that of
America and had forgotten that their
chief and only allegiance was to the
great xuhio
live These voices have not been
many, but they have been very loud
and very clamorous. They have pro-
ceeded from a few who were bitter
and who were grievously misled.
America has not opened its doors in
vain to men and women out of other
nations. The vast majority of those
who have come to take advantage of
her hospitality have united their spirits
with hers as well as their fortunes.
These men wh5 speak alien sympa-
thies are not their spokesman, but are
the spokesnen of small groups whom
it is high time that the nation should
call to reckoning. The chief thing
necessary in America in order that she
should let all the world know
that she is prepared to main
tain her own great position is that
the real voice of the nation should
sound forth Enthusiastically and in ma
jestic volume, in the deep unison of a
common, unhesitating national feel
ing l do not dquht that upon the
first occasion, u1,cn the first opportu-
nifty, upon the first definite challenge,
that voice will speak forth in tones
which no man can doubt and with
commands which no man dare gain
say or resist.
May l lot say, while | am speak
ing of this. that there is another dan
ger that we should guard against?
We should rehuke not only NANTES
tations of racial feeling here in Amer
lea where there should be none, but
also every manifestation OF religious
and sectarian antagcnism
Here is the nation God has buflded
by our hands. What shall we do with
it? Who is there who does not stand
ready at all times to act il her behalf
in spirit of devoted and disfnterest-
ed patriotism? We are yet only in
the youth and first Consciousness of
our power The Gay of our country's
life is still but in its fresh rur.iug
Let us lift our eyes to the great tracts
of life yet to be conquered in the in
terests of righteous peace. CoIe, let
us renew our allegiance to America,
conserve her strength in its purity.
make her chief among those who
serve mankind, self-reverenced, self