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The Washington times., 1915-12-07

ton for defense seems to me to he alb
solutelv imperative now. We cannot
do less
The program which will be laid be-
fore you by the Secretary of the Navy
Is similarly conceived. 1t involves only
shortening OF the time within which
plans long matured shall be carried out:
but 1t does moke definite and explicit
program which has heretofore been
only implicit held IN the minds of the
Committees on Naval Affairs and dis
closed In the debates Of the two houses
but nowhere formulated or formally
adopted. 1t seems to me very clear that
II will be to the advantage OF the coun-
try for the Congress to adopt a COM
prehensive plan for putting the navy
upon q final footing of strength and ef-
f,iciencv and to press that plan to CONF
Dletion within the next five years. We
have always looked to the navy of the
country as our first and chief line of
defense: we have always seen II to he
our manifest course OF prudence to be
have been creating navy which now
ranks very high indeed among the
navies OF the maritime nations. We
should now definitely determine how
we shall complete what we have begun,
and how soon.
The program to be laid before you
contemplates the construction within
five wears OF ten battleships. six battle
cruisers. ten scout cruisers. fifty de-
strovers. fifteen fleet submarines
eightv-five coast submarines. four gun.
boats. one hospital ship. two ammuni.
tion ships. two fuel oil ships. and one
repair ship. 1t Is proposed that OF this
number we shall the first year provide
| for the construction of two battleships
two battle cruisers. three scout cruisers
| fifteen destrovers. five fleet submarines
| TWENTY-FIVE coast submsr rines. two gun
boats. and one hospital ship: the sec
| ond year. two battleships. one scou
| cruiser. ten destroyers. four fleet sub
| marines. fifteen coast submarines. on,
| gunboat. and one fuel oil ship: thu
! third year. two battleships. one batti,
! cruiser. two scout cruisers. five de
stroyers. two fleet submarines and fif
| teen coast submarines: the fourth year
| two battleships. two battle cruisers, tw,
scout cruisers. ten destroyers. two flee
submarines. fifteen coast submarines
one ammunition ship. and one fuel oi
ship: and the fifth wear. two battle
ships. one battle cruiser. two scou
| cruisers. ten destroyers. two fleet sub
marines. fifteen coast submarines. on
gunboat. one ammunition ship, and on
repair shin.
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$500 More Sailors Asked
BY Daniels

The Secretary OF the Navy is asking
also for the immediate addition to the
personnel OF the navy OF 100 sailors.
800 apprentice seamen. and 1900 ma
rlnes. This increase would be suftl-
cient to care for the ships which are
to be completed within the fiscal year
1917 and also for the number of men
which must be put in training to man
the ships which will be completed early
in 1918. 1t is also necessary that the
number of midshipnien at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis should be in
creased by at least 800 IN order that the
force OF officers should be more rap
idly added to: and authority Is asked
to appoint, for engineering duties only.
approved graduates of engineering COL
leges. and for service in the aviation
corps a certain number OF men taken
from civil life.
If this full program should be carried
out we should have built or building in
1921. according to the estimates OF sur
vival and standards OF classification
followed by the general board OF the
Ing Of twenty-seven battleships. OF the
first line, six battle cruisers, twenty
five battleships OF the second line. ten
armored cruisers, thirteen scout cruis-
class cruisers, ten third class cruisers,
los destroyers, eighteen fleet submarines
l67 coast submarines, six monitors,
twenty gunboats. four supply ships. mr.
teen fuel ships. four transports, three
tenders to torpedo vessels, eight Ves-
sells OF special types. and two ammu-
milton ships. This would be navy
fitted TO our needs and worthy OF ouI
traditions.
But armies and Instruments OF wal
are only part OF what has TO he con
sidered II we are to consider the su'
preme matter OF national self-efficiency
and security in ell It's aspects, There
are other great matters which will bt
thrust upon our attention whether We
will or not. There Ia, for example, 8
very pressing question OF trade arC
| shipping involved In this great PROB
| lem OF national adequacy. 1t Is neGs
sary for many weighty reasons of ma
| tional efficiency and development tina
we should have great merchan
marine. The great merchant fleet w
| once used to mako us rich, that grea
body OF sturdy sailors who used L
| carry our flag into every sea, and VIII
| wore tho pride and often the bulwar
| Of the nation, We have almost drive
| out nf eSistenSA by ineIcusabls neg
Iect and Indifference and ny hops
lsssiy blind and provincial poltoy OF %
The Washington times., 1915-12-07
Recommends Plan to
Purchase Ships

With a view to meeting these pressing
necessities OF our commerce and avail
Ing ourselves at the earliest possible
moment of the present unparalleled op-
portunity Of linking the two Americas
together in bonds OF mutual interest
and service. an opportunity which may
never return again II we miss II now.
proposals will be made to the present
Congress for the purchase or construc-
ton of ships to be owned and directed
by the Government similar to those
made to the last Congress- but modified
In some essential particulars. I recon-
mend these proposals to YOU for your
prompt acceDtance with the more conf
dence because every month that has
elapsed since the former proposals were
made har made the necessity for such
action more and more manifestly i'm
perative. That need was then foreseen
II Is now acutely felt and everywhere
realized by those for whom trade is
waiting but who can find no convey
ance for their goods. I am not so much
interested in the particulars OF the pro-
gram as I am in taking immediate ad-
vantage of the great opportunity which
awaits US II we will but act in this
| emergency. In this matter. as in al
others. a spirit OF common counsel
come an early solution OF this pressing
| problem.
There is another matter which seems
| TO me to be very intimately associs tee
| with the question of national safety anC
preparation for defense. That is oul
policy toward the Philippines and tn,
people OF Porto Rico. Our treatment Of
| them and their attitude towards us ar,
ma anifestly of the first consequence II
| the development OF our duties in tn,
| world and In getting a free hand to per
| form those duties. We must be FIRE,
from every unnecessary burden or EN-
|barrassment: and there 10 no better wa,
\ to be clear of embaSr0Sa9D0att than t
| fulfill our promises and promote the in
| terests of those dependent on us to tn,
utmost. Bills for the alteration and re
| form of the government Of the Philip
pines and for rendering fuller politica
Justice to the people OF Porto Rico wer
! submitted to the Sixty-third Congress
| They will be submitted also to YOU.
need not particularize their details. Yol
| are most Of you already familiar will
| them But I do recommend them L
your early adoption with the SINGER
J conviction that there are few measure
you could adopt which would NOR
| serviceably clear the way for the grea
policies by which we wish to make good
now and always. our right to lead in en-
terprises oS peace and good will an
economic and political freedom.
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and other governments viii lead to any
serious breach of amicable relations
grave as some differences OF attitude
and policy have been and may yet turn
out to be-. j am sorry to saw that the
grsNest threats against our national
peace and safety have heen uttered
within our own borders. There are citi-
zens OF the United States blush TO
admit. born under other flags but well
coined under our generous naturaliZa-
tion laws to the full freedom and oppor-
tunity OF America. who have poured the
poison OF disloyalty into the very ar
sought to rrirg the authority and Iood
name of our Government into con-
tempt TO DESTROY our industries whcr-
ever they thought it effective for their
and to deSase our politics to the uses
Of foreign intrigue. Their number is not
great as compared with the whole mum!
Der OF those sturdy hosts by which our
na ton has been enriched i'm recent gen.
erations out Of virile foreign stocks; but
II is great enough to have brought 'ceD
disgrace upon us and to have made 1t
necessary that we should promptly
make use Of processes of law by which
We may be purged of their corrunt dis
, terpers. America never witnessed any
thing Ike this before. 1t never dreamed
, 1t possible that men sworn into lis own
citizenship. men drawn out of great free
, stocks such as supplied some Of the
| best and strongest elements or thlt
| litt lie. but how heroic. nation lnat Al II
| hich day of old staked it's very lie 10
| free itself from every ENHANCEMENT that
had darkened the fortunes OF the older
nations and set up a new standard nero
that men of such origins and such free
| choices of allegiance would ever turn IN
mnlign reaction against tho Government
| and people who had welcomed and nur-
tured them and seek to make this proud
! country once more a hotbed OF Euro
! naan passion. A little while ago such A
Thing would have seemed incredible.
because II was incredible we made no
preparation for 1t. We would have been
almost ashamed to prepare for II. as IL
we were suspicious of ourselves our
own comrades and neighbors! But the
ugly and incredible thing has actually
come about. and We are without aua,
ouate Federal laws to deal with II
urge YOU to enact such laws AZ tne
earliest possible moment and feei tnSt
in doing so ! am urging you 10 uc
nothing less than save the honor ana
| self-respect of the nation. Such crea'
lures of pa assion. disloya yalty. and anArcn!
r-ust he crushed Out. They are no'
many. but they are Infinitely mangnant
and the hand Of our power shouia CLOS:
over them at once. They nave IorHee
nlots TO destroy property. thay nave on
tered into conspiracies against tne hon
treIity of the Government. they nay
sought to pry into every conndeh9s
nsaction of the Government IN oro1
to serve interests alien to our OWL
, is nossible to deal with these INNS
verv effectually. I need not sueSeet a' w.
; terms in which they may De oea'I Will
The Washington times., 1915-12-07
$222,O 900, 900 In Bonds
Available at Present

How shall we obtain the new rev.
enue? We are frequently reminded that
there are many millions of bonds which
the Treasury Is authorized under exist
ing law to sell to reimburse the suns
paid out OF current revenues for the
construction of the Panama canal. and
1t is trus that bonds to the amount of
approximately SD, 900 are now available
for that purpose. Prior 20 1913 Sl34, ,631, $50
OF these bonds had actually been sold 10
Tecoup the expenditures at the Isthmus,
OF the public debt. But l. tor one, DO
not believe that the people o. this couE-
try approve of postponiBg the payment
OF their bills. Borrowing money is
short-sighted finance. 1t can he iusti-
fed only when permanent things are
10 be accomplished which many gener-
ations will certainly benefit by and
which 1t seems hardly fair that a sin
jects we are now. proposing TO spend
moEey for cannot be so classed, except
in the sense that everything wisely
done may be said to be donn in the
| own. 1t seems to me a clear dictate OF
prudent statesmanshir and frank
finance that in what We are now, |
hope. about to undertake We should
try are entitled to know just what bur-
| dens of taxation they are to carry. and
to know from The outset, now The
l'new bills should be paid by internal
taxation.
To what soil, ces. then, shall we turn
| This is so peculiarly a question which
| the gentlemen of the House of Repre-
sentatives are expected under the Con.
| stitution TO propose an answer to that
| you will hardly expect me to do more
| than discuss 1t In very general terms
We should be- following an almost uni,
versal example OF modern forernments
II we were to draw. the greater par
need from the income taxes. BY some
| what lowering the present limits OF ex
| emption and the figure at which th'
surtax shall begin tc lie imDos"d, an
| by increa sing. ster by step throughou
the present graduation. the surtnN it
| self. the income taxes as ut present ap
| portioned would yield sums sufticien
TO balance the brCks of the Treasury a
| the end of the fiscal year 1917 withcu
| anywhere making the burden unreason
ably OF oppressively heavv. The pre-
else reckon'pgs are fully and accurate
" set out IN the report ot tho Secre
| tarv Of the Treasury. which will be i'm
medieteIv laid before you.
| And there are many additional sources
OF revenue which can Justly he resorte'
70 without hampering the industries q
tho country or nuttinC anv too eTes
charge uron individual nNnenditur" 4
tax OF per cent per gallon on gasolen
and naphtha would yield OF the present
estimated production, $40 HN.o0o: tax o
20 cents rer horsepower on automohla
and internsl explosion engines SlANo.
on: a stamn tax on banlS checks. nroh
nhlv SIS mo ONN: y ta~ Of * con's No" to-
on pig iron. $40. 900. 900; n tax of % cents pc
ton on fabricat ed iron and steel nrnhabl
$40 ONO No. In n country Of great indus
tries like this It ouaht to be easy 10 dis
tribute the burdens OF tavpt'On wlthou
making them anywhere hear too heaNil
pe-sons or undertakings What Is clea
! is that the industry OF this CeneratiO
should paw the bills of this generation.
The Washington times., 1915-12-07
Republics Friends, Not
Hostile Rivals

The moral Is. that the states of Amer
lca are not hostile rivals. but co-opera-
unS friends. and that their growing
sense OF community of interest alike in
matters political and In matters eco-
nomc. is likely to give them new
significance as factors in international
aftairs and In the political history of the
world. 1t present them as in very
deep and true sense a unit In world
affairs. spiritual partners. standing to-
Gether because thinking together. quick
with common sympathies and common
ideals. Separated they are sub ject to
all the cross currents of the confused
politics OF a world OF hosdle rivalries
united in spirit and purpose they cannot
be disappointed OF their peaceful des-
tiny.
This is Pan-Americanism. 1t has none
of the spirit of empire in 1t. 1t Is the
embodiment, the effectual embodiment
of the spirit of law and independence
and liberty and mutual service.
- very notable body OF men recently
met in the city of Washington, at the
invitation and as the guests of this
Government. whose deliberations are
likely to be looked back to as marking
/ q memorable turning point in the his.
tory of America. They were represen.
tative spokesmen of the several indie
pendent states OF this hemisphere an6
were assembled to discuss the financia
and commercial relations of the repub
| lies Of the two continents which nature
| and political fortune have so intimat tel y
| linked together. l earnestly recommend
to your perusal the reports of their pro
| ceedings and OF the actions OF thei
| committees. You will get from them,
! think, fresh conception OF the eas,
and intelligence and advantage will
which Americans of both continents
may draw together in practical CO
| operation and of what the materia
foundations OF this hopeful partnership
| OF interest must consist-of how W,
should build them and OF how necessar,
1t Is that we should hasten their build
ing.
There Is, ! venture to point out. an es
peeial significance just now attaching
to this whole matter OF drawing tn
Americas together in bonds OIL honor
able partnership and mutual advantag q
because of the economic readjustment
which the world must inevitably wit
ness within the next generation, whel
peace shall have at last resumed il
healthful tasks. In the performance O
these tasks l believe the Americas 4
be destined to play their parts togeth
eT. ] am interested to fix your al
tention on this prospect now becaus
unless you take II within your view an
permit the full significance OF Il to con-
mand your thought 7 csprot find IN
right liEhr In which to set forth IN
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Native Americans Preach
Disloyalty

to,, ,not it could be said that only
.or,- mon misled by mistaken senti-
ments of allegiance to the governments
under which they were born, had peeh
entity of disturbing the self-possession
and misreprcsenting the temper ana
n,inciples of the country during these
davs of terrible war. when 1t would
seem that every man who was truly an
American would instinctively make II
his duty and his pride to keep the scales
of Judgment even and prove himselt
partisan of no nation but his own. But
il cannot There are some men among
us. and many resident abroad who'
though born and bred i'm the United
States and calling themselves Amerl-
cans, have so forgotten themselves ana
their honor as citizens as to put their
pa ssonate symapthy with one or the
other side in the great European con-
fict above their regard Tor the peace
and dignity of the United states. TheN
also preach and practice disloyalty' 40
laws, / suppose, can reach corruptloha
OF the mind and heart; but l shouid nor
sneak of others without also speaking
OF these and expressing the even deeper
humiliation and scorn which every selt-
possessed and thoughttullN pat1oue
American must feel when he thinks OF
them and of the discredit they are daily
While we speak of the preparation 0t
| the nation to make sure of her security
! and her effective power we must not
fall into the patent error or supposlna
| that her real strength comes from
| armaments and mere safeguards Oi
| written law. 1t comes, of course. from
her people. their energy. their success!
| in their undertakings, their free oppor
| tunity to use the natural resources o
our great home land and of the lands
outside our continental borders whicl
look to us for protection, for encourage
ment. and for assistance in their GO
velopment: from the organization an,
freedom and vitality of our economi
life. The domestic questions which en-
EgagCd the attention of the last Con
grass are more vital To the nation /
this its time Of test than At suv OH"
time. We Cann0' adequately ma x
ready for any TRIAL oC our strength un
less We wisely and promptly direct In
Confined on Seventh PageJ
The Washington times., 1915-12-07
Urges Approval of
Defense Program

1t Is with these ideals in mind that
the plans OF the Department OF War for
more adequate national defense were
conceived which will be laid before you.
and which l urge you to sanction and
put into effect as soon as they can be
properly scrutiniZed and discussed.
They seem to me the essential frst
steps. and they seem to me for the
present sufficient.
They contemplate an increase of the
standing force OF the regular army from
its present strength OF tve thousand
and twenty. three officers and one hun
dred and two thousand nine hundred
and eighty-five enlisted men of all scrv-
Ices to strength of seven thousand one
hundred and h'rty-siX officers and
one hundred and thirty four tbOusan nd
seven hundred and seven enlisted men,
I or l4l. l.S&3. all told. all services rank
| file. by the addition Of tifty-two COM
panies Of coast artillery. fifteen compa-
nies Of engineers, tel. regiments Cf in
fantry. four regiments of field artillery
| and four aero sQuadrons. besides seven
| hundred and fifty officers required fol
| a great variety of extra service. espe
| cially the all important duty Of trainin.
| the citizen force of which | shall pre-
| sently speak, seven hundred and ninety
! two noncommissioned officers for serv.
| ice in drill. recruiting and the lke anC
the necessary quota OF enlisted men FOL
| the Quartermaster Corps, the HOspita
| Corps, the Ordnance Department. snt
| other similar auxiliary services. fhcs'
| are the additions necessary to rendeI
| the army adequate for its present du
| tics. duties which it has to perform no
| CnIy upon cur own continental coasts
| and borders and at OUR interior arm,
| posts bat also In the Philippines. IL
| the Hawaiian Islands. at the lsthmus
and in Porto Rico.
BY way of making the country read!
| to assert some part of its real poWe
promptly and upon large scale, shou''
| occasion arise. the Ilan also contern
plates supple lementing tho army by
force OF four hundred thousand disci
plired citizens. raised In ircremeEts o
ore hundred and thirty three thoussn'
a year throughout a period NJ hire
years. This il Ia proposed to do by
process of enlistment under which tn
serViceahle men - the country woul
be asked to bind themselves TO serv
with the colors for rurp 'ses ~ trainin
FOR short periods throughout thre
years. and to come to the colors ~ csl
! at anv time thr0uchont an adTitof 2
"furloueh" period of three wears Thi
force OF four hundred thousand me-
| would he provided with nnrsonal ac
| cOutrpments as fast 40 enIHfed an
their eouirment for tho heli mac
ready to be Supplied al any time: The
| would he assembled fOr 'ram'n" 2
| stated intervals at convenient Dlacos '
| association With suitable units or IN
repular army Their Deriod of annus
/ training would rot necessarily eAcer
two months In the year.
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Would Crush Out All
Hyphenated Americans

am sorry to say that the
gravest threats against our
national peace and safety
have been uttered within our
own borders.
There are citizens of the United
States, | blush to admit, born
under other flags = = who
have poured the poison of
disloyalty into the very
arteries of our national life,
who have sought to bring
the authority and good name
of our Government into con-
tempt, to destroy our indus
tries and to debase
our politics to the uses of
foreign intrigue.
Their number is not great 80"
but it is great enough to
have brought deep disgrace
upon us and to have made
it necessary that we should
promptly make use of pro-
cesses Of law by which we
may be purged of their cor
rupt distempers.
Such creatures of passion, dis
loyalty, and anarchy must be
crushed out.-From the
Presidents Message read to
Congress today.
The Washington times., 1915-12-07
Evervthinq Depends on
Mems Patriotism

IT would depend upon the patriotic
feeling of the Younger men Of the coun-
try whether they responded to srch
call to service or not. it would depend
upon the patriotic spirit of the en-
pioysrs OF me s,n country Tnethsr shs Sn,,nTsy y
men in their employ TO respond un'
der favorable conditions or not. !. for
one, do not doubt the patriotic devotion
either of our young men or or those
who give them enployment-thoss fol
whose benefit and protection they
would In fact enlist. | would look for'
ward to the success of snch an expert
ms Mt with entire confidence.
At least so much ny way Of prepsra'
The Washington times., 1915-12-07
Pan-Americanism Is
Defined By President

the states Of Ameri-
ca have become conscious
:. OF a new and more vital
community Of interest and
moral partnership in affairs,
more clearly conscious OF
the many common sympa-
thies and interests and
duties which bid them stand
together.
We still mean always to make
common cause Of national
independence and Of politi-
cal liberty in America.
We have been put to the test
in the case Of Mexico, and
we have stood the test.
Whether we have benefited
Mexico by the course we
have pursued remains to be
seen. But we
have at least proved that we
will not take advantage Of
her in her distress.
the states OF Amer
ica are not hostile rivals,
but cooperating friends.
This is Pan-Americanism. Ii
has none Of the spirit Of
empire in it.-From the
Presidents Message read to
Congress today.
The Washington times., 1915-12-07
Plans Involve Large Ex-
. penditure of Money

The plans for the armed forces of the
nation which have outlined. and for
the general policy OF adequate prepara-
ton for mobilization and defense. in
volve. OF course. very large additional
expenditures OF moneS-eXpenditure
which will considerably exceed the es-
timated revenues of the Government. 1t
is made my duty by law. whenever the
estimates of expenditure exceed the
estimates OF revenue. to call the stten-
tiop Of the Congress to the fact and
suggest any means Of meeting the den
cheney that II NAV be Wise or posslble
for mo to suggest. am readv TO be-
lieve that II would he NV duty 10 do
~ In any case, and | feel particularly
hound 10 speak Of the matter when II