The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-06-18
ACTION Urged ON
NATIONS DENSE
Military And Naval Power
Inadequate.
National Security League Asks
Wilson to Take Matter Up
With Germany.

New York, June 15.-A resolution
introduced by Mayor Curley of Bos-
ton, appealing to President Wilson to
call the attention of Congress to
the pressing need of prompt and eff
ficient action" with regard to the ma
tional defense. was unanimously
adopted today by the delegates to
the Peace and Preparedness Confer
ence of the National Security League.
The Massachusetts, delegates at
first proposed that a special session
be demanded to consider what they
termed the unprepared state of the
country. but such action was deem
ed inadvisable and was abandoned.
The preamble to the resolution
read, In part. as follows:
War Liable To Come.
Events of the past year have DEM
monstrated the fact that war, no
matter how greatly it may be de-
plored. may suddenly and unexpect-
eddy occur, notwithstanding the ex-
istence of treaties of peace and unity
and they have shown that nations
unprepared have paid and are pay
ing the price of their lack of fore
sight. The reports of our military
and naval experts have made it clear
that the defensive forces of the coun-
try are inadequate for the proper
protection. of our coasts, to enable
our Government toll maintain its ac-i
cepted policies. to fulfill obligations
to other states and to exert in the
adjustment of international questions
the influence to which the republic
is entitled.
The resolution itself urged that
the President be appealed to call the
early attention of Congress to "the
pressing need of prompt and efficient
action"
Army And Navy Men Speak.
The resolution was adopted at an
executive session following a lun-
cheon in an uptown hotel. which
more than a thousand persons at
tended. The speakers were George
Won L. Meyer, former Secretary of
the Navy; Luke E. Wright, former
Secretary of War: Maj. George Hav-
en- Putnam and Friedrich r. Coudert.
Mr.. Right said in part:
1--WE have seen the we'll establish
ed rules of international law. as ap-
piled to blOckades and the rights of
neutrals, disregarded by two of the
great belligerent Powers. 1t be-
hooves us. the men and women of
America. to see If this bloody tragedy
which is being played before our eyes
does not carry with it some lesson
to us.
lone of those lessons is that trea-
ties. however solemn, in the stress of
angry passion or selfish interests,
may be torn to shreds and thrown in
the waste basket Another is that
the rights of neutrals are not always
carefully regarded by angry belliger-
ents, and the third. the most impor-
tant to us, is that II a nation can
hope to escape from danger to its
prosperity, or to its very existence.
it must be by preparation and by
reliance upon its own preparedness.
rather than upon treaties. and writ
ten papers of any sort.
Evidence OF Possible Trouble.
We see today evidences of. II
not irritation. at least of the posi-
bility of trouble growing out of the
remonstrance of the violation of our
rights as a neutral nation and I am
not referring to Germany. because
England u In the same boat The |
English orders-in-council. are just as
from a neutral stand
point as is the sinking of belligerent
ships with neutrals on board. with
out giving them a chance to escape.
The underlying principle is the
same. Our president is dealing with
this delicate situation in mastery
way and without further referring
to this matter. We are well content
to leave 1t In his hands, knowing
that he will deal with the subject.
with courtesy. with frmness and We
believe with very satisfactory re-
suits. !
They say the Lord takes care of