The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-02-01
MUST BACK IDEALS
WlTh some FORCE
BEGAINS PERSONAL APPEAL TO
COUNTRY TO RALLY.
Says People Demand Action Which
) Make for Safety of America and
Maintenance of Principles.

son tonight began his personal appeal
to the country for preparedness for
national defense. He gave warning
that plans for the readjustment of the
army must be carried out without de-
lay and solemnly declared he could
not predict that the outlook for the
United States would be as bright to-
morrow as today. Speaking at ban
Queets of the Railway Business associ-
alton and the Motion Picture Board Of
Trade. he sounded the keynote Of ad-
dresses that he will deliver during the
next ten days in the Middle West.
Mr.. Wilson was in a fighting mood.
III a speech early in the day he de-
ciared he always accepted an invita-
ton to tight. Tonight he told the rail
road men he was an advocate of peace
and had struggled to keep the United
States at peace, but he considered the
liberty and honor of the nation even
more than peace.
Woe to the Selfish
"Woe to any man who plays mar
plot or, who seeks to make party poll
tics or personal ambition take pre-
cedence oyer candor, honor and un-
selfish, bipartisan service!" said the
president in speaking of his defense
plan before the railroad men. He
declared that the country expects ac-
ton; this is year of accounting, and
the accounting must be definite on
the part of parties and on the part OF
every individual who wishes to enjoy
the public confidence.
For my part, nope every man in
erJt.ic life will get what is coming to
him said Mr.. Wilson amid laughter
and applause.
The president at both banquets and
al during his days visit to New York
was greeted with enthusiasm. On his
ride between the hotels where the ban
quets were held tonight he was es-
cortd by a band and the Ninth COM
pany of coast artillery of the New
York National Guard Thousands OF
persons packed the streets and cheered
him as he went by.
In his speech before nearly 1900
business men at the railway banquet
he cast aside almost entirely the tex.
of the address that he had previously
prepared.
Was Wrong Then.
The president admitted that in
message to the last congress he had
said the need for preparedness was
not pressing. He declared that he had
learned something in the mean time.
He cited his recent support of a. tariff
commission as another instance OF a
cnange On his part.
Mr.. Wilson spoke Of men of high
character who were clouding the pre-
paredness issue. He declared they
were provincial. He vigorously de-
Tended his Mexican policy. He as
serted that to invade Nexico would
mean the losing Of the confidence of
the rest of the Western hemisphere.
He cited the case of Cuba as an in
stance Of good done by the United
States.
IF we are drawn into the mael-
strom which now surges in Europe
the president declared, eve shall not
be permitted to do the high things
We would prefer"
Must Have an Army.
The president defended the CONT
mental army pan drawn up by Sec
retay Garrison and said that he did
not care about the details of any plan
as long as 100000 trained men were
d plovided as reserves under the federal
government. He advocated strength
Aning the National Guard, but said the
constitution itself put the guard under
the states. He added that the United
States will not turn in the direction
of militarism.
Outlining why the United States
should be prepared, Mr.. Wilson said:
eve must protect our rights as a
ra,ion and the rights of our citizens
in America and outside of it, as the
consensus of civilized people has de-
fined them; must endure the unem-
barrassed realization of our political
DEVELOPMENT within our own borders
and must protect the peace and po-
sf4ical autonomy of the Americas. " He
added that a national defense means
the protection Of the country from IN