The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-12-08
WILSON'S MESSAGE
PRESIDENT TO WAR ON FOES
WITHIN AS NATIONS PERIL
TO WIDEN DEFENCE PLAN.

VIII Urge In Address to Congress
Laws Against Plotters and Incen.
diaries-Demands Action to Make
the Country's Natural Resources
Available as a Sure Reliance for
The annual address which Pres
ident Wilson will deliver before
the two houses of congress on
December Z will include not only
an appeal to the patriotism Of the
nations legislators in considering
the administrations program for
military preparedness against hos
tile invasion from abroad, but q
ringing declaration in favor of pro-
yiding against foes within the Dor.
ders Of the United States.
The keynote Of the address, in
fact, the whole subject matter Of the
document, will be the national de-
fense, but in this connection the Pres
ident will point out tho dangers con-
fronting the country by the presence
among it's people Of plotters against
the peace and well-being Of the gov
ernment and domestic industries. He
will make direct reference to the
widespread efforts to destroy fac
tories which are engaged in making
Of war, and in this connec-
ton will recommend the enactment
of adequate punitive legislation.
From all that could be learned it
Is apparent that President Wilson
has determined not to mince words
in his reference to the menace which
he believes exists In this country
among an element Of the population
more interested In the success Of for
eign arms than the welfare Of the
United States. It is understood that
he will emphasize his previous refer
ences to hyphenated Americans, and
will make plain that all those who
swear allegiance to this government
must place America first In their az
fections.
The address, It was said, will be an
amplifcation of. the appeal he made
at a recent meeting Of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution for all
Americans to stand together In this
time Of peril and uncertainty.
The President will point out to
congress that owing to the made
quacy OF federal laws 1t seems to be
impossible for the strong arm OF the
government to reach out and bring
to punishment those who have been
engaged in the efforts to prevent the
manufacture OF munitions Of war by
causing fires and explosions and in
ducing workmen in these factories to
quit such employment.
AS q mecns of meeting the situa-
ton he will recommend that the anti
trust laws be so amended as to per-
nit the federal government to prose
cute such attempts as efforts to re-
stain trade and commerce. An e1-
animation of the federal statutes has
convinced the administration that
congress has failed to provide means
of punishment for bomb plotters and
other conspirators against industrial
establishments and ocean-going YES
sells and that under present condi-
tions the federal government must
look to the authorities OF the states
of the union to bring the offenders
to book.
The preparedness program OF the
president as 1t will be set forth In
Mr.. Wilson's address viii embrace
not only precision for augmenting the
army and the navy and the formation
Of q trained citizen soldiery, but also
the assembling Of the natural re-
sources Of the country in such a way
as to make it certain that reliance
may be placed In their use should the
government become involved In a
conflict with some great foreign pow.
er or powers. The conservation OF
oil and mineral lands and OF water
power will be mentioned as In the
line Of military preparedness and the
president will 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-
ture Of support of the policy Of pre-
pairing the nation to resist hostile In
vasion, that he has respected every
suggestion made to him to include In
the address subjects which, In ordi-
nary circumstances would be treated
in sympathetic spirit.
The address will convey the i'm
preston strongly that the president
will be pleased II congress will de-
vote the entire session to the cons1d-
Grafton and enactment Of the prepar-
edness legislation he advocates. He
includes within his preparedness pro-
gram, however, the passage OF bill
for the purchase and operation by
the government OF steamship lines
engaged in the ocean carrying trade.
It is understood that the president In
thus renewing his ship purchase meas
ure of the last congress, viii! contend
that the establishment OF an adequate
merchant marine Is necessary to pro-
vide sufficient transportation facill-
ties In the event of war.
To what extent the president Will
go into the matter OF providing addi-
tional revenues to meet the greatly
increased expenditures to carry out
the military preparedness program
has not been disclosed, but it was In
dicated that he would make reference
TO this subject and point out In a
general way, that while It was the
peculiar function Of congress to pro-
vide the means Of raising revenue,
various suggestions for direct taxa
ton such as those made in a recent
statement OF the secretary OF the
treasury might be considered.
It was estimated that the pres1-
dents address, upon which he was
In putting the finishing
touches Tuesday afternoon, would
comprise about $500 or 1000 words.
It will make it a rather longer docu-
nent than most Of those Mr.. Wilson
-ead to the two houses Of congress
since he became president.