Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-21
Secretary of War Garrison Discusses Problem of Na-
 'tional Defense.
PEACE LEAGUE MAY
 GROW OUT OF WAR
Columbia University Professor Ad. dresses Conference on Peace of Pos. abilities of Great Alliance of
 Countries.

Lake Mohonk, N. r., May 20..-The, United States must arm immediately II It is to keep it's place among the nations, Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison told the pacifists gathered Tor the annual conference on interna- uonal arbitration here tonight in a brilliant speech, carefully argued and bristling with striking opigrams
 He declared the real problem of American national defence is to get the people to look the facts squarely in the face. Only a united nation can accomplish anything in armine for the conflict which is bound to come sooner or later.
 '1We will be despised among the nations of the earth and our right ecusness will not save us from the Iaggressions of the unrighteous if we remain weak and flabby,' he 'declar- ed. We must be ready to make war in order to keep the blessings oi peace" he said. Self-preservation is the first law of nation" Significant excerpts from MT. Gar rison's address are:
 "rhe real problem of national de- fence is how to get the people o1 this country to look the facts square ly in the face"
 Turning aside won't do-it will not only not prevent the calapity but will also serve to make it's ef fleets more. disastrous if and wher il does come.
 "Sc sound reason can be adiucet which would justify a sane man II concluding that isolation alone spell: safety.
 "No sound reason can be adducet upon our lack of aggressive inten ton, our freedom from coyetousness CT our tendency toward righteous ness.
 ''Self-respect, without which mal Is an invertebrate animal, require that we should be prepared to pro tect that which we cherish, which no only includes our material posses sions, but that intangible somethin which makes Us distinctive natlol in the eyes of the world.
 1 'tHidecus as is the face of wal abhorrent as are the evils consequen upon it, it's results in the long ru would be the failure of that nation courageously and fearlessly asce1 tain its duty and do it.
 "We are surely not so deluded a to believe that we can reach by intui tion what others can only acquir by training and experience We ar surely not so sacreligious or irrevel ent as to believe that Providence ha
 unjustly discriminated in Our fave
 and against the other peoples of tn world
 "Americ institutions are the yer Ark of the Covenant; and if we ar worthy to possess them, we mus show that we cherish them aud vii protect and defend them"
 Will Peace League Grow Out of War
 Prof. John $. Clark of Columbi university, discussed the possibilit of using the triple entente, and tripl alliance or combination of both al the nucleus of a world peace leagui at the end of the war, in a speecl here today before the conference ol international arbitration.
 "lt is desirable to make plans fol a wholly new league which shall pre- serve the peace of the world :" ht asked Two international, alliance! now exist each of which acts toward the outer world somewhat as a single empire might do. They are waging a terrible war with each other, but it is too lightly assured that they natur. ally tend to increase warfare.
 If a new league of peace should be formed on any of the plans which find most favor, the entente or the ai- liance would have to continue as a smaller union within it. The single nations embraced within the larger body cannot afford to forego the pro- lection which the smaller combina. tion now affords. A natural mode o1 accomplishing all that is desired is to enlarge one of the 1xisting leagues and give it the needed provision for settling disputes .mong it's members ito make it as we'll guarded within as it is without.
 "A league which already has eight nations as members cannot be ac- cused of being theoretical or utopian It is actually doing what the cautious leagues that have been frequently suggested would not do, namely, put ting forth it's utmost power in de- lending it's members against attack | In this the present realty outstrips our dreams"
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