South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-11

LED TO MS resignation rum lic SehD-
met. finds himself in thorough ac-
cord with the action Of the president
in ordering punitive expedition
into Mexico against villa and his
outlaws.
The great COmmoner was in South
Bend Friday evening TO deliver his
lecture on The War in Europe and
It's Lessons for U.s." Previous to his
address at the high school auditori-
UNI ne gave The News-Times the
! following statement:
Approves Action.
IT cordially approve of the posi-
ton taken by the president in the
Mexican matter as that position is
reported in this afternoons paper
namely that he will send troops
across the border TO overtake and
punish those who were guilty of the
| outrage against an American COM
munity; but will not intervene in
the affairs OF Mexico or enter Mex
| leo for the purpose of invasion.
II am glad he is not permitting
| the men who have been advocating
! Intervention for two years to force
/ him into Intervention now, however
| exasperating the attack on Column
4 bus. The parties making the attack
arc in instruction against the gov
| eminent of Mexico and we can not
therefor consider this an act of war
on the part of the Mexican govern
ment. outlaws who are being hunt
ed by their own government do not
speak for their country and cannot
| Justly become a cause of war"
Act is Friendly.
Mr.. Bryan secuted the idea that
First Chief Carranza would take Of
| Tense at the action of the United
States and indicated that he be-
lieved that the Mexican provisional
president would look upon the act
as friendly to his government rather
than hostile.
In his lecture at the high school
Mr.. Bryan dwelt particularly upon
the false philosophy which he de-
clared was the basis of the European
struggle and eloquently argued
against the adoption of this policy
| By the United States. He ridiculed
the fears OF the radical preparedness
advocates, so-called jingoes, as WIS.,
ionary brain vaporings. and pointed
out how the immense sums Of money
which they urge for military prep
araSions could be used for internal
| improvements to increase the ma
tons prosperity.
Compares Figures.
Last year the farmers of the
United States raised by far the larg-
est crops in history. the gross in
! come from all of the crops being
more than five billions of dollars, .
said he. "A very conservative esti-
mate OF the net income is $50. 00O,-
| 600. Our preparedness friends are
asking us to spend many times this
amount namely $500. 100000 each
year for the maintenance of mill
tary forces which they believe to be
adequate. Surely IL is absurd as
it is staggering"
The speaker pointed out that the
nation is now spending approximate
ly $3.50, 600. 900 yearly for military
| purposes and assailed the attempt to
quadruple this amount as an insidi-
Gus movement of special interests.
other Uses for Cash.
Take just $500. 100000 OF that
! money" said he, and see what we
| could do with it, in the construc-
ton of good roads for instance We
could build 100 macadam roads u
miles apart across the continent
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
we could build 100 roads II miles
| apart from the Cana dian boundary
TO the gulf. / submit, that for ra-
tional preparedness. for constructive
preparedness we could do much bet
ter by this road building than by
putting this immense sum into
dreadnaughts and guns"
Mr.. Bryan also pointed out that
with only 1900 900. 600 the bank cap
ital and surplus OF the nation could
be doubled. the facilities for borrow.
ing money be enormously extended
rural credits be adjusted and the ma.
ton enormously benefited in pros
perity.
The speaker opened his address
with a resume of the war as il is
and as II affects neutrals. Pointing
out that while il is not the greatest
war undoubtedly il is the biggest IL
all respects that the world has ever
seen. he showed how war in all OF
its aspects is neither 10 be coveted
nor desired. The war is based upor
the false philosophy that might
makes right" he declared a doc.
|. trine which every state in the unior
has repudiated
Points to Example
when laws were passed which
forbade the carrying OF concealed
weapons that doctrine was repudi
ated," said Bryan. The same ar.
guments for concealed weapons wer,
advanced which are now being ad
vanced for an enormous measure o.
: preparedness. The weapon would
be used strictly for the purposes o.
defense IL was argued. But IL wa!
soon discovered that the possession
OF a gun brought with it the dispo
sitiOn to use it." Continuing tn,
/ analogy he declared that the posses
sion OF enormous military facilities
brought the predispOsition TO us,
them and invited attack. Mr.. Bryan