The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-29
CALLS DREADNOUGHT
Big BRITISH BLUNDER
And Mr.. Carnegie Urges Wait.
ing to Build New War
ships, if Any.
PEACE SOCIETY MEETING

England. misled by so-called experts
made her greatest blunder when she built
up an enormous navy OF dreadnoughts
Andrew Carnegie asserted yesterday after
noon at tho annual meeting Of the New
York Peace Society in tho Hotel Aston.
Germany, crafty and cautious watched
and waited until Britain had designed a
perfect dreadnought. then took advantage
Of Englands long experiments and started
building a large and powerful navy OF its
own. lie added
~ received one bright beam from the
newspapers this morning in reading the
speech of the chairman of our Committee
on Naval Affairs who got up before Con-
gress and said: 4 am opposed to build
ing warships ut this time for the reason
that we do not know what Kind of war
ships will he needed l haven't heard
as much good sense in Congress in many
a long day.
Britain had by far the greatest navy In
the world while Germany's was compare
lively nothing. Experts are very danger
Gus men. In our plant we never allow the
experts TO go beyond a certain line. When
we employ them II is 10 gain their Opin-
ions on effect. Then We judge for our
selves. But England didn't wait tn see
what effect the building of these great
ships would have
when England had completed the per-
feet dreadnought Germany learned the
secret and started building too. Now Ger
many has a modern navy and Britain has
been laboring for some tlme to keep ahead
of her. while the great navy she once had.
some hundreds of ships, have become use
less Junk / hope that We Will wait until
the war is over before constructing any
more battleships. and probably then the
nations will disarm and we won't need to
build any
Military preparedness was dccried by
Samuel 7. Dutton. honorary secretary of
the society. in his annual report. Col.
Roosevelt coming IN for the bulk Of the
criticism MIR. Dutton said:
cit is dlsheartening to notice that the
most dominant note in America at the
present moment in the press, on the plat
form and in Congress is military pre-
paredness'
"One who has been highly nonorcd by
his countrymen Ithe speaker later admit
ted he referred TO col. RooseVc,D and who
speaks Of righteousness and war as
though they were synonymous terms uses
Contemptuous words against all citizens
who differ with him. While denouncing
tho fruits of militarism seen in broken
wishes to have our republic adopt policy
OF preparedness.
I'm view OF such utterances and OF the
agitation for larger ornaments our So
ciety has done well in approving the at
titude of our President in deprccating
unusual additions at this time TO our army
and navy or in agitatng unduly the sub
ject OF national defence
John Bates Clark. chairman OF the
executive committee said that latest esti-
mates from economists in London are
that 40, 900 men of all the armies engaged
are put out OF action every day in killed
wounded, sick. missing and captured. OF
tho number of estimates he has received
an average shows that IL costs $4,000, OOt
every day to carry on the war, while, as
the direct and indirect result Of tn,
struggle the world loses Sl20.000.000 a
day
The treasurers report showed that
during the past year the total receipts
have been s2o,4Sj1o. disbursements
s2O,4S51O. leaving a balance on hand OF
only s1521O. Miss Marion r. Burritt
read the report of the women's organiza'
ton.
A very scant audience was present a
the meeting OF the society held last nigh
in Aeolian Hall to hear the peace talk
delivered by Senator Theodore +. Burton
md Rabbi Stephen S. Wise.
selves" asked Rabbi WisN that W
should need large army and navy
sSurely not the struggling nations Of Eu
'rope that are bleeding their LIES blood
Then is IL HobsOn's pet enemy Are W
10 arm against Japan? If We believe 81
then let us be honorable enough to ga,
so. II We must arm against Japan lie
u. do II in the right way--treat Japal
"a gentlemen should. II half a doZe
lunatics should manage Ia drag US into
war with Japan we would have to becom
reconciled, but now is the time to protest
"Not only Is the menace Of a large
army and navy hanging over us, bu
there is the candidacy of the champions
two years hence which will likely groN
out Of this military propaganda. II W
must choose between the candidacy o
thcae men and the large army let u
have the big army
Senator Burton expressed the belle
that the Panama Canal will great
strengthen the cause OF peace when tn
war is over. because OF the stimulus
Gv.I,