Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-12

| CHICAGO January 1.-THE full text
of the declaration of principles by the
progressive national committee fol-
| lows:
'erhe progressive party began its ex-
| istence, as did the republican party, as
| party of moral conviction and ma
tional purpose. The progressive plat
| form OF 1912 was of necessity a COM
posite of national and state issues, FOR
the party was new organization and
| had to speak at once for both nation
and state. Since then state issues, such
at the short ballot. initiative and ref
erendum and recall, have been taken
up in various state platforms.
"rhe national issues presented by our
platform of 1912 and those for which
we now stand represent the vital needs
| of our national life.
Reassertion of 1912 Platform.
"They. are in substance
"a broader nationalism, to make pos
sible an effective program of social and
industrial justice at home and the pro-
| lection of American citizens and rights
broad.
The constructive federal regula tons
rather than the destructive disruption
of efficient business organizations, be-
aayior and not size being the test.
..rhe introduction of business eff
cheney into government by the budget
system and the coordination Of pe-
partmentS. .,e
"a permanent non-partisan tariff
commission to make possible the SCI
entific revision of tariff schedules on
protective lines; also a pledge for the
immediate revision of such schedules
as the conditions of world war nave
made unjust OF as are necessary 1or
The preservation after the war OF the
Industries newly estaohsheo mere
whose necessity the war mas oeihoi-
strated
THE reinforcement of the invisible
government.
"A provision for an adequate mer-
..To the progressive platform of 1917,
as above summarized and amplifed, we
pledge our continued allegiance Both
OF the old parties have failed to make
serious efforts to enact these national
principles into law.
Confronted by Grave Problems.
Because of the failure of the Wilson
administration to deal adequately with
national honor and Industrial welfare,
this country faces problems of sraV-
er and more far-reaching consequence
than any since the civil war
international law is humanity's final
safeguard and civilizations last bull
wark Its recognition and observance
! by the nations is the true measure OF
the worlds progress: it is our high
| duty to do our utmost to uphold 1t for
| the advancement of higher civilization
| 1t is likewise our supreme duty to pro-
tect American institutions and Ameri-
can standards of justice.
Declare for National Defense.
| This momentous hour, therefore, de-
mands complete preparedness, not
| merely in military armament. but pre-
| paredness that will mobilize our eco
nomic resources, agricultural, indus
trial aud financial, preparedness that
will unity American citizenship and
create a loyalty to our institutions such
| as peoples of other nations have so pa
| t-iotically shown since the terrible test
| of war: the preparedness of seIf-de-
Tense, that preparedness which creates
| spirit unalterably opposed to milftar-
| ism and the ultimate object of which is
/ universal peace, but national spirit
and soul which views the doctrine of
peace-at-any-price as futile, cowardly