The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-05-21
THE PRESIDENT
REVIEWS FLEET
Battleships Engines to Promote
Interests of Humanity.
PATRIOTIC SPIRIT RAMPANT
Asks Nothing For Herself Except
What She Has a Right To
Ask For Humanity
Itself.

New YOrk.-Pre6tdent WILSON, the
man on whom the eyes OF the world
are turned because of the international
situation, reviewed the Atlantic feet
in tie Hudson River. and at q lunch
con rendered to him ON shore by the
city of New York told distinguished
gathering of navy officers, army off,
GERS and civilians what the country
and its Navy stood for. The great bat
tleships that lay in the river. he said,
were engines to promote the inter
ests Of humanity"
THE inspiring thing about Amer
ica," the President asserted, SIS that
she asks nothing for herself except
what she has right to ask for hui
manity itself. We want no nations
property; we wish to question no ma
TONS honor; we wish to stand self
ishly in the way Of the development
of no nation. 1t is not pretention on
our part to say that we are privileged
TO stand for what every nation would
wish to stand for and speaking for
those things which all humanity must
desire" Ha ap
The spirit which brooded over the
river. said the President, was "just a
solemn evidence that the force Of
America Is the force Of moral princi-
pie, that tsere Is not anything else
she loves and that there is not any
thing else for which she will contend"
Tribute To Daniels.
The President took occasion, In his
speech, to pay tribute to Secretary of
the Navy Daniels. who sat beside him.
Although the day was damp and
chilly, with occasional downpours OF
rain. the weather abated in no way the
enthusiasm with which New York
greeted the head OF the nation In
the forenoon he reviewed a land parade
of 5000 sailors and marines from the
neet's 16 battleships and from the
moment he sat foot on shore until.
after the luncheon, he returned to the
Mayfiower to review the fleet, his prog
ress through the streets was a con
ttnuous ovation. remarked upon by
those who accompanied him as the
most enthusiastic they had Witnessed
since the Presidents inauguration. He
was plainly touched by the welcome
accorded him.
Everywhere the spirit of patriotism
was in evidence. Many men and wonl-
on seized every opportunity to tell the
President OF their support in the pres
emit international crisis. Thousands
stood in the chill drlzzle while the
brigade of sailors and marines
marched up Fifth avenue and during
the afternoon, with a cold, damp wind
blowing across the Hudson, thousands
more thronged the slopes of Riverside
Drive and other vantage points to
watch the Mayfiower as she passed up
the river between the grim gray lines
Of war vessels.
The Presidents remarks at the
luncheon were greeted with tremend-
Gus applause.
The President said in part:
"This is not an occasion upon which,
1t seems to me. that 1t would be wise
for me to make many remarks, but |
would deDrive myself of great gratifi-
cation IL did not express my pleasure
in being we're: my gratitude for the
splendid reception which has been &C
corded me as tie representative of ths
nation, and my profound interest In
the navy of the United States.
81 think it is the natural instinc
tive judo neat Of tie people Of the
Urited States t at they express their
power appropriately in an efficient
Navy, and treir interest Is partly, l
believe because that Navy SOMEHOW
Is exrected to express their cNarac-
ter, not within our own borders. where
that character is understood. but out
side our borders, where it is fc7ed
we may occasionally touch others with
some slight wisdom of what America
Stands for.
"Prt before speak Of ire Navy
OF TIE United States | want to take
advantage of tire first public ocpoI
tunity ave rad to speak of tie Sec-
Rotary of the Navy. to express my con-
fidence and my admiration. and to say
that he has my unqualified support. for
I have oounselled with him in intimate
FASHION. know how sincerely Re has
had it at heart that everything the
Navy does and handles should be done
and handled as ire people Of the
United States wish them handled--be-
cause efficiency is something more
than organization.