The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-30
RESIDENT WILL ATTACK ENEMIES
 WIT HIN BORDERS
Annual Message Will Con tain Stirring Appeal to
 Patriotism.

Washington, Nov. 3O-The annual address which President wilson will deliver before the two Houses of Con- gress on Dec. z will include not only an appeal to the patriotism of the na- 'tion' legislators in considering kthe ad- nninistration's program for military preparedness against hostile invasion from abroad, but ringing declaration in favor of providing security against foes within the borders of the United States.
 The keynote of the address, in fact. the whole subject matter of the docu-
 nent, will be the national defen but in this connection the President will point out the dangers confronting the country by the presence among it's people of pIotters against the peace and well-being of the government and domestic industries. He will make
 direct reference to the widespread eff. Eorts to destroy factories which are en- gagged in making munition of war, and in this connection will recommend the enactment of adequate punitive legis- ilation-
 From all that could be learned to- day 1t is apparent that President Will son has determined not to rnincea words in his reference to the menace which he believes exist in this country among an clement of the population more interested in the success Of for eizns arms than in the welfare of the United States. It is understood that he will emphasize his previous references to hyphenated Americans and Will make plain that all those who swear allegiance to this government must pIa~e America first in their affections
 The address If was said, will be an ar11pIihcation of the appeal he made at a recent meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution for all Americans to stand together in tn1s time Of peril and uncertai11ty
 The President will point out to Con- p-rees that. owing to the inadeuuacy of Fedsra1 laws it seems to be impossible for the strong army of the govern
 pent to reach out and bring to pun ksllrt,ent those who have b4en engaged fn the efforts to prevent the n1anufac- .44Tre of munitions of war by causing ire and explosions and inducing WorK- men in these factories to quit such er1l- p1oy1ne11t- Az aZrnea.r,s Of meeting the situa- l ion he will recommend that the Anti 4r,1st laws be so amended as to perl init the Federal government to prose cute such attempts as efforts 10 re- strain trade and conmerce An ex- animation of the Federal statutes mas convinced the administration that Congress has failed to provide means of punishment for bomb pIotters and otl1er conspfrators against zindustrial spsta bffshrnents and ocean going yef- s4is and that under present conditions the Federal government must look to | the authorities of the states o1 the J3nion to bring the offenders to book
 rrI,a Fun Preparedness Program
 The preparedness program of the president as it will be set forth in srr wilson's address will embrace not only provision for augmenting the s1Isrnv and the navy and the formation of d trained citizen so1diery, but also the assembling of the natural re- sources of the country in such way as to make it certain that reliance may be placed in their use should the government become involved in a con dict with some great foreign power or powers The conseryat ton of oil and mineral lands andso water power win be mentioned as In the line of military preparedness and the Presi- dent win advocate the passage of the conservation bills which came before the last Congress.
 So determined is the President that all he has to say shall be in the na- t41re of support of the policy of pre- pairing the nation to resist hostile in vasiorf that he has respected every suggestion made to him to include in 2QQIGSS ary circumstances would be treated in a sympathetic spirit
 The address will convey the i'm precision strongly that the President will be pleased if Congress will devote the entire session to the consideration and enactment of the prepar edness 1egisIafion he Advocates. He includes within his preparedness program, however, the passage of a bill for the purchase and operation by the gov ernment of steamship lines engaged in the ocean-carrying trade It is u1- derstood that the President in thus renewing his ship purchase measure of the last Congress, will contend that the establishment of an adequate mer- chant marine is necessary to provide suff1cient transportation facilities in the event of war.
 VIII Make Revenue Suggestions.
 To what extent the President will go into the matter of providing addi-1 tfOna1 revenues to meet the greatly increased expehditures to carry out the military preparedness program has not been disclosed. but it was in dicated today that he would make reference to this subject and point o1t in a general x ay. that while it was the peculiar function of Congress to provide the means of raising reve- ntze, various suggestions for direct taxation such as those made in a re- cent statement of the Secretary. Of the Treasury might be considered. In that statement Secretary McAdoo as- snrnsd that the present emergency taxes-wou1d be re-enacted. and Con eress would repeal the provision of the Underwood Simmons Tariff act placing raw sugar on the free list from May l, 1918. In addition, Secretary McAdoo suggested a tax on gasoline and crude and refined oils, a tax on the horse power of automobiles and internal combustion engines generally, an increase in the rates of taxation on individual and corporate incomes, agreductfon in the exemptions granted income tax payers under the present law, and a reduction in the surtax on trldividuaI incomes to $1O.00O or $15,- poo from $20.0 900 as now provided.