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to bring 1t to a point of extraordinary
force and efficiency as compared with
the other navies of the world is that
we should hasten u 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 contamination. We can 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. It is not merely a matter Of
building battleships and cruisers and
submarines, but also a matter of max
quate equipment of men and muni.
tions and supplies for the vessels we
build and intend to build. Part of u
problem is the problem of what may
call the mobilization of the resources
of the nation at the proper time IL 1t
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 l 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.
mo thoughtful man feels any panic
haste in this matter. The country Ia
not threatened from any quarter. She
stands in friendly relations with all
the world. Her u are known
and her self-respect and her capacity
to care for her own citizens and her
own rights. There Ia 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 fulfillment of the program
propose / shall esk 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 feel
that l was discharging the solemn OBJ
legation l 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 Of
our people, our sacred heritage Of the
af6a - xyhn 1krr uo1nd IN rnok0 no ar
independent nation.
Hits at the Hyphenates.
1.-THE only thing within our W Dor
ders that has given us grave concern
in recent months has been that voice;
have been raised In America profess
ing to be the voices of American!
which were not indeed and in fruit
American, but which spoke alien sym
psthies, which came from men wit
loved other countries better than the,
loved America, men who were par
tisans of other causes than that o
America and had forgotten that thei
} chief and only allegiance was to tn
great government under which the.
J live. These voices have not beef
many, but they have been very lout
: and very clamorous. They have pro
} ceeded from q few who were bite
and who we're grievously misied
> America has not opened its doors II
} 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 well as their fortunes
These men who speak alien sympa
thies are not their spokesman, but ar
: the spokesman of small groups whor
r it is high time that the nation shout
9 call to a reckoning. The chief thin
z necessary in America in order that sh
should let all the world kno'
s that she is prepared to mali
tain her own great position Is tina
l. the real voice Of the nation shout
n sound forth Enthusiastically and in M
g jestic volume. in the deep unison of
: common, unhesitating national fee
ing. l do not doubt that upon th
first occasion, upon the first opport'
o nifty. upon the first definite challeng
q that voice will speak forth In tone
n which no man can doubt and wit
commands which no man dare gal
n say OF resist.
9 May l not say, while ! am spea
ing of this, that there Is another da
ger that we should guard agains'
We should rebuke not only mantle
It tations of racial feeling hero in Anne
lea where there should be none. b
70 also every manifestation Of religion
ia and sectarian antagonism.
s Here is the nation God has build,
:, by our hands. What shall we do wi
At it? Who is there who does not star
I. ready at all times to act In her behs
!. in a spirit of devoted and disinterel
= ed patriotism? We are yet only
r. the youth and first consciousness
y our power. The day of our country
life is still but in its fresh mornin
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