The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-01

cited in bitterness They are sob
erly set before your eyes, citizens,
because they are facts and because
1t is ONLY BY THE FACTS RE.
CORDED IN THE STORY OF THE
PAST THAT A THINKING PEOPLE
CAN FIND WARNINGS AND
GUIDES FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN
THE PRESENT AND FOR THEIR
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FU.
TURE.
Citizens, human nature does not
change. The present rulers of Eu-
rope are men whose passions, in.
firmities, motives and ambitions are
exactly like to those Of the men who
ruled Europe before them. The ra.
.ial antipathies of Teuton, Slav, Lat.
In and Anglo Saxon are as strong as
they were hundred years ago. Or.
thodox and Moslem hate each other
with the same religious fervor. Be.
tween the white and the yellow PEG.
pies is the same mutual repulsion.
The best intellects are employed in
the study of war. The richest trea.
suries are emptied in preparation for
war. Immense fleets claim the lord
ship OF the seas for this power and
immense armies claim the lordship
of the lands for that power.
This nation Of ours, citizens, this
native land, this dear, dear mother
land, this country SO abundant In
riches and so inviting to greed and
rapacity, exists among nations whose
centuries old habit is war and whose
chief energies and activities are con-
stantly employed in preparing the
weapons OF war.
And the history Of these nations.
citizens, clearly shows that none OF
them has ever needed any other
cause for going to war than the pos.
session Of superior military and nav
al power and the prospect OF rich
spoil.
Citizens, in such a world, with such
a history, A NATION so RICH AS
THIS NATION OF OURS Is MAD
IF 1T DOES NOT STAND READY,
BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. TO DE-
FEND ITSELF AGAINST AND AT.
TACK.
In that Providence which gives ex-
istence to peoples and metes and
bounds to seas and continents, 1t has
been our happy lot SO to be placed
that defense is easy and sure II we
are but vigilant in preparing In the
days OF peace for the assaults OF the
days OF war.
We can beat of the armed attack
Of any possible combination of ene-
niles II We follow the plain dictates
OF ordinary foresight and common
sense and now-now. while there is
peace In the land-begin to add to
our navy such strength that It can
guard the osean approaches against
any log tnht may come.
There never was grouped together.
In all the tide OF times. a population
SO prodigiously productive as our own.
There never was piled up within the
borders Of any nation on earth such
an enormous mass Of riches-thous.
ands Of millions upon thousands of
millions-to tempt supidity and to
excite rapacity.
What amazing what incredible fol.
ly and stupidity 1t Is that balks at
spending a little fraction of. these
riches to safeguard the gigantic
whole-even though the voice of pa
triotism did not bid us to count the
dollars as but dust In the balances
when weighed against the safety of
the land and the perpetuity of its
noble and most precious institutions
and liberties!
Americans, the abundance of the
land and the riches of It are but per-
lis added to perils and weakness null
tiplied by weakness unless you deter
mine to compel your servants in the
Congress of the United States to
provide for the continuous construc.
ton and the continuous maintenance
Of a NAVY POWERFUL ENOUGH
IN BATTLESHIPS AND IN CRUIS.
ERS AND IN AUXILIARIES AND IN
ARMAMENT AND IN MEN TO DE
TER ANY ENEMIES FROM ATTACK
ING US OR VIGOROUSLY TO De
STROY THEM IF THEY DO AT.
TACK US.