Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-15
Jacob NJ, Dickinson Former
Secretary Of War; Appeals
for Better Preparation for
County's Defense.
NATION MUST HAVE
BIGGER ARMY AND NAVY
Henry /, StimSon Points to
Necessity Of Preserving
Neutral Rights and Inability
to Enforce Them.
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New York, June 1I.---Better mill
tary and naval preparedness on tn,
part OF the United States was urged
here tonight by speakers OF nationa
prominence at mass meeting al
Carnegie hall Of the National Secur.
ity league, which today began a two
days peace and preparation confer.
ence at which twenty five states were
represented.
The speakers tonight included
Jacob Nj. Dickinson. and Henry L.
Stimson, former secretaries of war;
Charles j. Bonaparte, former attor-
ney general; Judge Alton b. Parker,
who Is honorary vice president of the
league and DR.. Lyman Abbott.
In introducing Judge Parker as
chairman of the meeting, Stanwood
Menken, president OF the league. out
lined its purposes and said the con-
ference desired 70 inquire into the
necessary steps which should be
taken for an adequate national de-
Tense"
judge Parker declared that the
present European war has taught this
country that what was preparedness
two years ago is not preparedness
now.
No Fear of Militarism.
I'VE are now faced with the ques-
item he said, whether We are in a
position to protect our rights. We
ned not fear a growth of militarism
but we must have an army and a navy
large enough to protect us in our
possessions.
I'VE are not prepared TO Withstand
a larger power, An attack may be
long delayed but now We are follow.
ing the president with bated breath
while he makes his demands upon
Germany and Mexico"
Judge Parker said that this coun-
try has learned the value of airships
and submarines and asked If any rea-
sonable person could object to our
spending enough money to protect
ourselves from any foe,
This movement" continued Judge
Parker, lis TO awaken the people to
the fact that We need protection TO
avoid calamity to show congress that
the people of this country have deter
mined to preserve the country for
their children and grand children"
To Secure Lasting Peace.
DR.. Abbott declared that he was in
favor of adequate preparedness as q
means of securing lasting peace.
The people Of America" he said,
"desire peace to enable them to 40
on with their business and to perform
their duties to themselves, their chill
dren and the world. Self-defense is
perhaps the first law of nature but
the highest is defense of others. We
organize government that may pro-
tect the individuals. If II fails TO do
this, II. fails in its fundamental duty"
Dr. Abbott said the people ought
to organize a council which could lay
out policy that would ensure per-
lnanent protection to the nation
Joseph II. Choate, temporary presi-
dent of the league, in letter which
was read at the meeting said he fla
vored preparedness against any
emergency. ITO be prepared for war
is one of the most effectual means of
preserving peace" Mr.. Choate wrote,
Address by Dickinson.
1t would be the blindest folly for
this country to regulate its con-
duct upon the assumption that
there will be no more wars
or intrust its destiny to any temporal
power but its own, said Jacob NJ
Dickinson, former secretary of war,
in an address here tonight, advocat-
ing better military and naval prepar-
edness. At present, he said, the army
and navy defenses of the United States
were wholly inadequate for war with
any first class power He added that
the idea of our getting into war Is
not altogether chimerical."
Judge Dickinson was a speaker at
mass meeting in Carnegie hall of the
peace and preparedness conference,
IN session here today aud tomorrow,
under the auspices of the National Sc
curty league.
Whatever we may think of wars,
their injustice, or their folly" he said,
when we know that there have been
but few periods throughout the CEN
turtles when they did not exist, when
We know that within our short ma
tional life we have had but few de-
Sades without war of some kind and
Tour wars with foreign countries and
When We have before us the spectacle
OF the greatest, bloodiest and most de-
structive war ever known since time
hegan. 1t would be the blindest folly
Tor us to regulate our conduct upon
the assumption that there will be no
more wars 1t would be but little con-
ISOLATION to US if proceeding on such
theory and suffering disaster. we
Npulu commend ourselves lOf DellB
guided by humanitarian views in adj
vance of our time. iH|tt
Condition Worse Than War.
There may be a condition worse
than war. Such a condition is abiect
submission to aggression. Was Bel
gum wrong to resist invasion, or
should she have supinely submitted?
she paid fearful penalty for nationa
Independence. There she stands the
Veritable Niobe of nations, more elo-
iTlous in her desolation than she would
De II flourlshing by the grace of a
foreign power"
Answering the Charges that there
are deliberate efforts now under way
ior foisting upon this country the
same militarism that has been the I'M
DONG of Europe Judge Dickinson
cited our action toward Cuba, the
philippines and at Vera Cruz as ''ob-
lect lessons of pacific purpose. to say
nothing of our long record of efforts
Tor the promotion of peace.
Must we stop talking altogether
about armament and preparedness
and avoid all steps in that direction
Tor fear of alarming Europe he
asked. The keynote of much