The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-21
Advocates Gather by the
Hundreds in Wash
ington
| UNIVERSAL PEACE
ONLY WITH JUSTICE
All Else Is Illusory, David
Jayne Hill De-
clares

Washington, d. c., Jan. 2l.-Increas
ing in year from six patriots who me
in New York hotel 10 band of near
ly 10000, the National Security league
opened its three-day preparedness con
Igress here yesterday. The organization
already boasts sixteen state committee,
Iappointed by governors, sixty commit
tees named by mayors, and liz organ
lied branches, and is represented in ey'
cry state in the union. After holding
a conference in New York last June and
the second at Chicago in November, the
Washington congress is held to focus
the attention of the Congress of the
United States upon the issue of military
preparedness and to demonstrate to the
Legislators the strength of the nation
wide sentiment favoring adequate ma
tional defense Following the congress
here fourth meeting will be held on
Washington's birthday in Atlanta, or
in Birmingham, that the South may
give special expression to its known
desire for proper legislation.
| Should Congress desire to investigate
the financial backing OF the league, as
the enemies of national defense propose,
| it would find its material at hand in an
auditors report just issued by the GER
titled public accountants who act also
for the Federal Reserve bank of New
York. This deals with the six months
ending Dec. 81, 1915, during which time
a little more than $4,000 had been
handled by the league. According to
the official statement of the auditing
firm the league has had "no contri-
buttons received from persons engaged
in the manufacture and sale of NUM-
tions of war; Since Jan. /, the total
cash handled by the league has grown
to 100000 and this, so states Secretary
Henry l.. West, has been contributed by
about 1900 persons, or an average con
tribution of So for each member of the
league Additional evidence that the
league is acting from public spirited and
not selfish motives, is the fact that of
the delegates who are attending the con-
gress in Washington some coming from
far Hawaii-all are paying their own
expenses, and the same is true of the |
score or more distinguished speakers |
who will address the congress.
I Secretary Daniels naval program was
assailed as weak and insufficient and /
the eountry's foreign policy was at
tackled as having created situation
where an American citizens life of late
had scarcely enjoyed the consideration
accorded that Of turkey buzzard in the
land to the south of u.s."
"This is not time to mince words,
declared President s. Stanwood Menken
in his opening address, but to state
oddly and clearly the facts so as to let
he country know who are for the coun-
try first as distinguished from those
gho are for themselves and their own
selfish advantage"
Secretary Daniels recommendations,
lie said, did not go sufficiently far.
"His program is weak and insufficient
or the needs of the country and it
must be borne in mind that the navy :
lie recommends will not be built under !
lis plan till the expiration of ten years.
we need navy at all. We need it =,
low. Any program which leaves the /,
ecuring OF a navy to the chance of |
vents for ten years, under present war
onditions is radically wrong and must !.
e strengthened" !
THE present Congressional situation !
particularly menacing," he continued, ,
owing to the fact that the majority
'ader of the House is opposed to the j
of the chief magistrate 8
nd finds support in the position taken :
Y William Jennings Bryan. Mr.. Bryan's
lew, according to his supporters, is \
lsed on sentiment To my mind it is !.
erely another proof of his notorious q
ability for direct or hard thinking on a
ny grave matter" Il