Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-28
dunno POINTS TO
PREPAREDNESS OF
COMMUNITY HERE
TnIiSting Volunteers and Drafting Re-
cruitS Not Only Need in Time
of War. lie Says.
FACTORY AN IMPORTANT UNIT
Governor. Addressing Chautauqua,
Praises President Wilson in
Keeping Nation at Peace.

democratic half of the political pro
gram at the ChautauQua. The governor
was greeted by reception committee,
headed by Cornelius Donovan and Rep
resentative W. G. Maucker. The COM
nittee included members of the nluuIc-
tpal commission and chautauQua asso-
citation and was not partisan i'll char
acter This evening he will be given
a reception at the New Harper. and
later he will depart for Chicago.
Governor Dunno took the platform
after an entertainment of half an hour
by the Kellam male quartet. An hour
was given for the presentation Of the
democratic side and then after more
music the republicans had their in
ming. John Wesley Hill of New York
was sent here by the national repub-
lican committee 10 speak. A number
OF other politicians and candidates
from both parties were present. Many
had been invited to speak. but the al
lotment of time to the various speak
ers was decided by the local commit
tees of the respective parties Gov
e-uor Dunno said.
Rock Island county is one of many
beauty spots of Illinois. 1t has played
an important part in the history of our
state and country.
Here is where the Black Hawk war
was fought out and where Abraham
Lincoln and Jefferson Davis marched
abreast under the same flag as union
soldiers and comrades in the same
army Here is the government arsenal
on the rOckbOund island, from which
the city and county derive their eu-
pnonious name. and which is washed
on all sides by the swift currents Of
the greatest of all riv ers.
We hDDp and DraN that the white
dove OF peace may always hover over
our land. but should DEGREES Of divine
Providence be otherwise we know that
Rock Island will play conspicuous
part in future wars. as it has done in
past conflicts, and as it is now doing
in the busy and busting work of ma
tiOnaI preparedness which Is stirring
our country.
Preparedness for national defense
means more than enIisting volunteers
or drafting recruits and equipping the
troops with uniforms. weapons and
other supplies. A coOrdinated indus
trial system. embracing agriculture,
commerce and manufacturing must be
at the basis OF the nation 5 power TO
cope successfully with an enemy No
where in the country has greater prog
ress been made along these lines than
in the twin cities of Rock Island and
Moline The factories in this center
typify efficiency, capacity and thor
oughness.
In a recent visit to Rock Island 1
was painfully reminded of the sad trag-
edv OF war by a symmetrically ar
ranged group Of uniform white tomb
FrOnes erected in a beautiful grove to
mark the last resting places of the con-
federate soldiers who died in the union
prison on Rock Island in the bloody
war between the states, the most ter
ribIe war OF history until the present
European conflict.
If we could thoroughly sense the
full horrors Of war. the cost in life
and money. the pain and the anguish
Of mothers and children the return
TO savage life and conditions, it some
times seems TO me that we, the COM
mon people. would be IOath to resort
to force and violence and blOOdshed
and destruction in the settlement of in
ternatiOnaI controversies and factIonal
or class misund and that
wars would cease and that people
would resort to reason and to arbi-
tration in the adjustment Of all dIf1er-
ences, no matter how stridently false
leaders may clamor for war.
Patriot but No lingo.
Il aim TO be a patriot, but not a
lingo | believe in national prepared
ness for all emergencies, but l also be
lieye the army and the navy should be
a means to an end with free people
and never the militaristic or the auto
cratic ideal.
We want no wars Of conquest. Let
Us properly govern what domain we
now nave rather than covet other peo-
ple's lands We must seek to develop
national greatness along other and
higher lines Justice and progress and
square dealing should be the ideals
TO be borne in mind.
But we must be adequately pre-
pared TO defend the national honor. to
repel the invasion of any enemy and TO
protect the rights and the lives OF
Americans at home and abroad. am
for peace with honor, but not for peace
at any price.
This country has been singularly
favored in having a man with such
ideals and opinions in the presidential
Office in the present crisis. With the
world on fire and with the blood OF
men torn into shreds by shot and shell
reddening the streams OF Europe, with
tension high and heartstrings break
ing, with judgment obscured by pas
sion and reason submerged by preJu-
dice and bias, he has held his poise
and kept his head and balance most
supeTbly.
He has kept the country out OF war,
not only with the war-crazed countries
OF Europe. but with revolution ridden
Mexico He has kept the peace, but
peace with honor.
He has not surrendered one Jot or
title Of American manhood tradition,
courage or pluck, and yet he has avert
Ell a sixth great war darkening and
saddening the homes OF American
mothers.
His task has been a delicate and
difficult one at times as perple1ing
as that Of Lincoln. l am thankful that
Wilson was the president, particularly
on two or three vital occasions. rather
than some Of the lesser lights who
have mounted the pedestal TO constl-