Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-30
President Makes Three Ad-
dresses In Advocacy Of Pre-
paredneSSi Is Greeted With
Great Enthusiasm,
WORLD ON FIRE AND
COUNTRY DEFENSELESS
Whether United States Shall
Be Able to Protect Her
Rights IsQueStion for Young
Men and Employers 10 Solve
tsv Aosn,so louNaAl atselA, ,slsro vine,

sirN.'ono' ,.,',' ~ Jun, New CIR
,,,i,'' V"t''o'''IsS naNe ~n'n, IeS'uehe
y, " i'sol up,,'.eu ,ouns, NhiSn make
:, r'ts 'i'', ,,'s Voun-
s,'v".N - ''f''' W ""o'""'c ""
''',',' ..w, or.N'9.' a.. ,,a.
"tu "a NV n,'"'' VI "oiiu
~, W Nv w ~ i'aNv 'nu ~" ny nos
a,1eI' % sne prysiueh, saiu. It's
n,iNu NV, a'l"'al'"''is wv p"ss'V"i eon-
u.'''ns ~ a'e we voiiu,.iul's ni our own
,ane .,is1 ais9' anu, ,neroiole, ns YOUR re-
spN"s,"ie s'lNa",, : ilus' teii Sou
.nnt 'he nahserS af' INFINITE ana coh-
7",n' 80, ~.
shouiu issi 'u"' ) WIS kuli.y OF
an ui'paruon",p'e o'',lss'on II ! ulu NOT
- o"t nuu W. ,',s ivnoN eounsrNihen
.n"t hoM VlrSu''is,tnVcs naVo "rlseh
wniVn niahe =. "uvquu,vlV nevessars
Nnal ti'H SuuH'tg piepn.o hc'scii iur
Wa' hot i". "hSthinH lhnt s'liaVhs !"
'he ieast OF uesress'oh, put TOT aue-
duu'e n.tlonai uenehse'
Me'c""n. SHIPS NeeuW.
america improvldent nesiect to
pulid merchant ships' tne president
salu, IN eNp'anaelonl hau leit ,ne
e"ul''ry uepehuen, upon otner nauohs
10 carry ~ cVnlinereei ha,iuhs now
az war; an irlenus 81 Aiherioa, put
INC maintenance OF 'heH mhln pur-
pose.
Wherever the ordinary rules OF
commerce az seq ana OF insefnatonai
relationship are apt TO ne thrust aside
or ignored ne continued. tnere IN
danger OF tne more crteal KIND OF
e
me necessity lor qulfR action was
'u'tue we keshu,e ol tne preslaents
preparedness addresses IN fIttsDurgn
ana Cleveland on lhis the iirst uay
OF Weeh tour ot the midule Woel,
he tolu OF difficulties ehcountereu III
maintaining tne peace ana upnoiuins
the honor OF me united states at the
same tune. Two Things ne said, were
toiu MN lY almost everyone VINO
came 10 the White House. one was
that the people were counting on him
TO Keep them out or war; ana IN the
next breath, he continued, he was
toid thdt the people counted equatiy
upcn MIN to maintain the honor or
the uhlted states.
warns Oh 'oSsiDle trisis.
'HaVe you reelected that II time
might come wheh could not 90
pothF ne asked. itaVe YOU made
yourselves ready to stand behind your
government ior the maintenance OF
the hohof OF your country!
Nobody doubts that given time
enough we can assert any amount OF
force necessary. But when the
world Is on IRE, how much
time do you want to take to be
ready? When you Know that
there are combustible materials in
the lie OF the world ana your own
national HE and the SKY Is full or
floating sparks from n great confla-
grafton are YOU going TO sit down
and say II ~ time when the fire be-
gins to do something about II
Should BE Ready for Fire.
Il do not believe that the fire ~ go
ing TO begin but | would be surer or
II II we were ready for the fire"
National defense the president SAID,
was not a party matter He was sor-
~ that the issue arose IN presi-
Dental campaign year because of tho
danger that politics might becloud 1t.
Republicans and democrats, he de-
clared. were equally patriotic ana
should be able to agree on the national
defense Of their common country.
liut after all. the president con-
tlnued, the issue did not lie win con-
gress. He fclt that congress would do
its part The issue lay with the young
men and the employers of the coun-
Try. The question was whether the
young men would volunteer III answer
to the call and whether the employers
would place no obstacles IN tho way
Of their responding. Not untll TINS
question was answered, the president
SAID, would II pc known wnether
America was to nave an adequate ma
tlohal deiohse or not lie expressed
confidence that MS appeal would De
answered.
scores the Extremists.
The president criticised Doth ad-
Vocaies ol peace AZ any price ana the
advocates Of large standing army