Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-12-10
TO ARM OR NOT TO ARM.
THE independently
Some Expression by Famous Men and
Newspaper of the United States.

William III. Taft-Our coast defense
are practically complete and impreg
nable.
William ]. Bryan-For what is the
United States to prepare itself?
Joseph II. Choate-We could not
keep invaders out day.
Mrs. William Alexander-It is in
cumbent upon the women to aid in
obtaining adequate national defense.
Senator Stone-We want navy
strong enough for offensive action.
Senator Wee&s-Thcre should be no
partizanship on them after Of pre-
paredness.
Senator Norris-A preparedness
germ has swept the country.
Secretary McAdoo-If we are to
have adequate naval preparedness we
must have an adequate naval auxil-
airy in the form of a merchant ma
rine.
Congressman Bailey-There is more
sentiment among members of Con-
gres in opposition to the proposed
program than l had expected.
Sidney Ballou-We are prepared
againset any nation on this hemis-
phere, yet it has not brought war
with any of them.
Senator Lewis-How is the money
to be raised?
Senator Phelan-If war is hell,
then preparedness is religion.
Mrs. Chas. Van Rensselaer, We
women want peace, and we believe ad-
equate defense will preserve it.
Cardinal Gibbons-The wav to Sc
cure preparedness is through the State
militia.
Roger w. Babson-War can be
avoided only thru complete world or
ganization.
Z Secretary Daniels-Unless we keep
adding to our fleet we can not enter
an international conference to end the
building of great fleets.
Oscar t. Crosby-In preparing as
we now plan we are going to be the
next menace to the peace of the
world.
Chauncey M. Depew-New York
could be seized by a hostile force
without much difficulty.
Clark Bell-Providence will watch
over this whole nation.
President Crothers-There will be
no more war for fifty years.
Champ Clark-The American people
want preparedness without bankrupt
cy.
Congressman Kitchen-I will use
all my power to defeat it, but believe
the President program will go thru
by an overwhelming vote.
Henry Ford-Preparedne leads to
war, causes it, dares it, urges it on.
Clark Howell-Sentiment in Geor
gia is overwhelmingly in favor of the
position.
New York Evening Sun-The dan
ger lies in the ability of the Bryan
Kitchin-combination to control more
than the Democratic margin in Con-
gress.
New York Times-The implication
of setting Waterman to blow
trumpet in case of danger is that
those thus awakened should have arms
with which to defend themselves.
Indianapolis News-That old say
ing about "billions for defense" looks
as eff it were going to work out
in real life.
Topeka Captial-It is not defense
campaign at all, but a campaign for
the creation of an offensive military
power.
Philadelphia Evening Ledger-What
ever error there is in the program is
on the side of conservatism.
Galveston News-Neither did the
Armenians believe in preparedness.
Senator Penrose-A dreadnought for
every state.
Salt Lake Willingness to
fight for ones country is not militar-
ism any more than putting the nation
in state of defense is miltatrism.
The Bellman-The expenditure next
year of $400,000,000 seems to those
who have not been seriously bitten
bv the preparedness bug considera-
BILE sum.
Newark News-The Garrison "Con-
tinental" proposal is worth a try-out.
Omaha Beetle Presidents sud
den zeal for preparedness is confess
sion that all these years the Demo-
cratic party has been wrong in oppos-
ing an adequate army and navy.
Kansas City Times-China has
found that to influence by example
rather than by exciting fear has not
worked.
New York Journal of Commerce
There is no more occasion for getting
excited over national defense than
there had been for years before this
war.
Taxpayers are entitled to a frank
discussion of what the object of pre-
paredness is.
Wilmington Every Evening-If the
word was composed entirely of Will
liam j. organs there would be no
need of defense preparations, but it
isn't.
New York Tribune-The Presidents
views regarding the army to be Great
ed are inadequate.
Philadelphia Enquirer-The plans
should contemplate greater rapidity
of naval construction.
Dertoit Free Press-President Will
sons doctrine, as we get it, is to be-
lieve in the best and be prepared for
theworst.
New York Sun-The administration
should make it clear that it will not
accept plan which includes con-
scription.
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