Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-12

10 bring II TO a point or extraordinary
force and efficiency as compared with
the other navies Of tbs world is that
we should hasten ou- pace in the
policy We have long been pursuing,
and that chief of all we should have
a definite policy of development, not
made from year to year but looking
well into the future and planning for
a definite consummation. We a and
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 a matter Of
building battleships and cruisers and
submarines, but also a matter of max
ing sure that we shall have the ade-
quate equipment of men and NUM-
tions and supplies for the vessels We
build and intend TO build. Part OF our
problem is the problem of what | may
call the mobilization OF the resources
of the nation at the proper time If it
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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 are plans which the whole
nation can approve with rational en-
thusiasm.
No thoughtful mar 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
and her self-respect and her capacity
to care for her own citizens and her
own rights. There is no fear amongst
us. Under the new world conditions
we have become thoughtful of the
things which all reasonable men con
slider necessary for security and self
defense on the part CT every nation
confronted with the great enterprise
Of human liberty and independence
In the fulfllment of the program
propose ! shall ask for the hearty sup
port of the country. OF the rank and
file of America, of men of all shades
Of political opinion. ! would not fee
that ! was d~ischarging the solemn OBJ
legation | owe the country were | not
to speak in terms of the deepest
solemnity Of the urgency and necessi
ty Of preparing ourselves to guard and
protect the rights and privileges o.
our people, our sacred heritage Of thu
fathers who struggled to make us al
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 American
which were not indeed and in trutl
|, American, but which spoke alien sym
pathies, which came from men VIII
loved other countries better than the,
loved America, men who were par
tisapg, az other causes than that O
America and had forgotten that thei
chief and only allegiance was to tn
great government under which the
live. These voices have not bee
many, but they have been very lou
and very clamorous. They have pre-
ceeded from a few who were bite
and who we're grievously misled
America has not opened its doors il
4 vain to men and women out Of othe
nations. The vast majority of thos
who have come to take advantage O
her hospitality have united their spirit
with hers as we'll as their fortunes
These men who speak alien sympa
} thies are not their spokesman, but ar
the spokesman of small groups WHOM
r it is high time that the nation shoul,
call to a reckoning. The chief thin
necessary in America in order that sh
I should let all the world know
that she is prepared to mair
: tain her own great position Is tina
the real voice of the nation shoul,
sound forth Enthusiastically and in me
2 iestic volume, in the deep unison OF
common, unhesitating national fee
ing. | do not doubt that upon tn
first occasion, upon the first opportt
G nifty, upon the first definite challenge
e that voice will speak forth in tone
\ which no man can doubt and wit
commands which no man dare gair
say or resist.
May | not say, while ! am speal
ing of this, that there Is another da
| ger that we should guard against
We should rebuke not only NANTES
t tations Of racial feeling here in Anne
lea where there should be none, bu
o also every manifestation of religion
d and sectarian a~ntagonism.
Here is the nation God has builde
: by our hands. What shall we do wit
j it? Who Is there who does not stan
e ready at all times to act in her behaI
in a spirit of devoted and d~isinteres
: ed patriotism? We are yet only !
q the youth and first consciousness c
cur power. The day Of our country
life is still but in its fresh mornin,
Let us lift our eyes to the great tract
G Of life yet to be conquered in the II
$ terests Of righteous peace. Come, Il
uS ranpw our alIppianca IN Amario.