El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-02-03

Topeka, kanS.y Feb. Zs-Fr4siuen
Wilson told an audience Of 5000 per
sons here today that nAmerica is no
going to abide the habitual or contiu
ual neglect Of tie rights under inter
national law, neither with respect Ii
the safety Of it's citizens o. its foreign
commerce.
fFor one thing, Il may be neces
sary' the president said with an EN-
phatic gesture, ITO use the forces d
tine United states to vindicate thu
rights of American citizens every
where to enjoy the rights Of interna
tionaI law
1--WE must also insist on the rlnh1
Of Americans to trade With the world
he continued. We shall respect any
blockade, but the world needs ths
products 81 the United States and W
Will insist that the world gets them
The Philippines, the president said
would be freed.
THAT flag will come down. he
said, when wa will that the Phil
ippines can take care of their own af
fairs, and no longer require our pro,
lection, and II will be more honpred In
the lowering than IN the raising1
There is no special critical situa-
ton in which / have to discuss with
YOU the president continued, nbut
want YOU to understand every day,
every hour, is critical while this great
contest continues IN Europe
1T Is easy to refrain from unnen.
trail acts, but II is not easy to refrain
from unneutral thought.
rAmerica is a composite nation.
Many Of you people r native born
and think naturally Of America 1rst.
But there are many communities with
many people from foreign lands. You
cannot wondeE J do not wonder, that
their s~ympathies are stirred.
The majority of them are stead
fast Americans, nevertheless. For
while we were born here, they come
here Of their own free and deliberate
choice.
Some men Of foreign Birth have
tried to stir up trouble. But there are
also some men born here who have
tried to stir up trouble in America.
If you could listen to the c~ouneels
dinned into my ears almost every day
at Washington, you would find that
some of the most incorporate have
come from the lips of men who for
generations together shave been iden.
titled with America but who for the
moment have been SO carried away
with their sympathies that they have
ceased to think in Terms OF American
tradition and policies.
II have heard that Kansas was not
IN sympathy with any policy Of ma
tional defense, ! do not believe a
word Of 1T.
Kansas IS not looking for trouble,
hut has made trouble for those who
interfered with its liberties.
'lf Kansas is opposed, or has been
opposed to the policy Of preparedness
Tor national defense It has been only
because somebody has misrepresent
that policy"
What is the issue2 Why, of course.
are men going about proposing
great military establishment for
America, but YOU have not heard any
connected with the administra-
lion that did. You have not heard
anybody in any responsible position
who would carry out that plan, pro-
POSSE It. A singular thing about this
situation Is that the Ioudest voices
ave been irresponsible voices.
IL is easy to talk and say what
should be done when you don't have
o do it.
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All that anybody in authority has
proposed IS that the people Of the ma
ion learn how to defend themselves.
Can't Patrol Border
I'VE are not asking for a large in
'rease in the army It is too small
for the ordinary times Of peace.
I has been too small to- patrol the
Iexican border properly and I have
Ieen unable to do several things j
Ihould have done. because Of the
mall army.
What we are asking is this-that
he nation supply arms to those
rained for war.
This is not a militaristic policy It
: merely a policy Of adequate nation
! defense. Anybody who says differ
ntly either does not know what he is
alking about or is purposely mis-
epresenting the facts.s
President WilsonAsaid that the ma
guard was unavailable for the
alton, unless its territory was in
AIDED. Just then the crowd outside /
nshed the guard and created a com.
lotion In the han. The president {
aused and waited till It died down. !
That's somebody ~over-eager for ma
onal defense" he said, and the crowd /
There are some people" the pres I
lent continued, rafter asking what {
le United States would do with a
reat military establishment, who
link that the force Of the United I
ought to be used to get any
ing We could get with It. But you a
5nt think that, / don't think it, and j
one person in a hundred does
I'VE are uof oofup n fnvodo anvil