The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-31

The crowd nppIauded
4 never doubted that IN" danger
was exaggerated. for my pnr; al
Nay- fceI 81 serene confidence in
waiting Tor declaration ct Tho princi-
pies ana sentiments uf tho r.rn who
are not Nocitcruus. who du their own
thinking. attend to their own business
ant leave everything else hl,uc.
Il have not supposed that he men
whose voices seemed to Th"w u threat
against US represented even the people
they claim tu represent
Il know the mage oi America. |
know the impulse winch draws men
tu our shores.
II know that they camc tu bc free.
II know that when the tes, comes,
every mans heart Will be first for
America.
'rhc trouble makers nave shot
their unit They have been ioud. hut
Intellectual Their talk costs nothing.
you know must remember my re"
spunsihilitic>. There Is NJ precedent
in American history tu show that We
have ever been aggressive.
There are danger, now"v'r which
are past our control aud WHICH have
not been overcome, dangers We can
not control We can control the ir-
responsible takers IN our midst All
WI. have 10 do b. tu encourage them
10 hire hall ana they Will dnundantlN
ndVcrtis" THEN own folly
America. the president said, was
attending to her own affairs ~ world
where everyone els, was absorbed IN
war
"Thcr" is daily. hourly dancer he
| continued that they will feel con-
strained ia do thiugs which are ah-
solutcly inconsistent with the rights
of the United Statcs Thcy are not
| thinking uf US; they are thinH'ng first
of all ut thoif own af:nirr.
The very uncalculatcd course ot
anairs may touch us to IN, quich "a
any time Standing on the midst OF
these difficulties | want you Tee know
| I am IA difficulty
rhc president said he knew the
, people wanted him to keep the nd-
tion put OF vur. There was prolonged
| applause.
! ~ pledge YOU" ho continued sol
omnlg, that. cod helping. / VIII keep
! it "ut oi wur"
| He went uu 10 say that tho nation
wanted MIN To preserve ih, honor ui
thc United States
! m" applause continued.
TINS pruplo is not going ID choose
war ho said. but We are deahug
with po.ptnments rather han people
ana d1 not know what an hour ur a
! day Will bring forth.
] IL In
uc something that springs ,ut of thH
s'numonts, the principles a"d toe ic-
! lions Of tn I'opl' themselves. II ~
ON that account that I am cuuusclng
,ongt,s, not to take the advice Of
those who recommend thnt v" should
have - vcIS large standing army, but,
on the other hand, to see that the
oiuzous oi the country az. 60 trained
and that equipment ~ 50 pros ,dcd for
! them that Nnon they choose they can
Jake up arms aud defend themselves.
~ want tho people To know some
thing oi military liie II IN" cpll should
! come. That b. the reason ! am urr-
! INK on ia" congress of the United
states thnt at least a part of the poo.
pie b, trained
| i.c said ne wanted congress 10 do y
great deaf tot the national sdard. bat
tnat fc did not see how l. could Dee
placed ~ the disposal oi n. federal
Roy,rumcnt
we have got down, not to the sen
timent of national defense, hut to the
BUSINESS of national defense he said.
Even that arch Democrat. Thomas
Jefferson, believed IN compulsory mil
itary education.
There is another misa apprehension
want To remove from your minds.
don doubt that these thiuiE tn pre-
pare for defense will he done. | be-
lieyo that the people are entitled o.
know Just what IL being done.
| 4 am not here to convert YOU;
am not here Ia argue with you; I'm
lust telling vnu. Il has rcon very
seduluusly spread abroad In th.s coun-
try that the impulse back at this IL
the desire of men who make tn, ma
terials nf warfare to make money out
of tn" treasury oi tn" United states
4 wish the people vho say thai
could sec meetings like this one Did
} you come for that putr,sc' 81
course you did not, | am ready to
admit that pronnbly the equipment
tor defense viii have to he ouGght and
that 'unohody viii make money,
II government does not manu-
: iacturc what II wants someone vii
make money, | have been drGing that
the government itself got ready |,
mako what II wants. 80 that We can al
least control prices | assure you IN,
government viii bo ~ least able I,
regulate the matter, and my cot
loagucs aio watchrl ia this matter
There is nothing new In cur nee,
for national defense. some pcopl,
say our coast dcfcnses are Hot aie
p quatc. You know coast dc'enses ar,
, not advertised, Mhilc thcf ARE no
numerous enough. what we have arr
! az good ~ possible.
"Criticisms also have pocn made q
p our navy
An the navy lacks ~ quantity. II
Y size Il is fourth | think & II had 4
! give an account of itself, however,
= would be raised above tnr fourtl
- place.
b What We are proposing nov Is no