South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-01
NAVY READY now
SAYS PRESIDENT
More Ships Needed But Ones
in Use Are Prepared
For Duty.

States has made preparations for
immediate war as far the navy is
concerned. although the present ma
val source is Inadequate in size.
, Pres't Wilson declared Monday night
In an address before several fnou-
sand persons In the auditorium nerc.
1--WE mean business" he said ia
speaking Of the preparedness plans
OF the administration
I'VE have given 20 the present
feet Of the United states an organ
ization such as it never had before.
7 am told by Admiral Fletcher"
the president said. And we have
made preparation FOR immediate war
SO far s the navy IS concerned"
The army. the president said. as
at present constituted. lis not large
enough even for the ordinary duties
of peace"
says No Time TO &c Lost.
The president repeated his warn
ings that no time must be lost IN
strengthening the defenses OF the ma
ton.
lie declared the government was
doing everything it could for pre-
paredness.
When 7 see some OF my fellow
citizens spread finder where the
sparks are falling. / wonder what
their ideal OF Americanism is" the
president said
America. the president said, had
been cruelty misjudged by the ma
tions now at war.
Il know that on the other side of
the water there has been a great deal
OF cruel misudigrncnt " TN regard
80 the reasons why America has re-
manned neutral Those looking at
us from n distance do not feel the
strong pulse Of ideals and principles
that are in us.
Ideal>c Above Dollars.
"They do not feel the conviction Of
America that our mission is "a mis-
sion of peace and that Righteousness
cannot be maintained as a standard
i'm the midst of arms They do not
realize that back of all our energy
we are a body OF idealists much
more ready 70 lay down our lives FOR
"a thought than dollar.
They suppose, some of them,
that VIE are holdins off because we
can make money while others are
dying. the most cruel uisunderstand-
ing that any nation has ever had To
face-so wrong that Il tseems al
most useless TO try TO correct il be-
cause il shows that the very funda-
imentals Of orr life are not compre-
,,r,Tor-ef col
Rulers. not public opinion,
trought about the present war, Mr..
Wilson declared
Il thank God there is no man in
the United states who has the au-
thority to bring on war without the
consent of the nation" he said.
The task of tie United states, he
said has been TO assert the princi-
pies of law i'm a world in which the
principles of law have broken down.
Not Thinking OF Invasion.
Eve are not thinking of invasion
of the territory of the United States 10
the president declared THAT is not
5. hat is making us think. We are
rot asking ourselves shall we be pre-
pared only to defend our own homes
and our own shores.
els that all we stand for? To keep
the door shut securely against our
enemies? What about the great
urusteeship set up for liberty of nd-
tional government in the whole west
crn hemisphere? We stand pledged
to see that both the continents Of
America are left free 10 be used by
their people as those people choose
20 use them under a system of na-
t.onal popular soveiguty as absolute
Is unchallengeI as our own.
AT this moment the Americas are
growing together upon that hand
some privilege of reciprocal respect
and defense"
Detailed plans for STRENGTHENING
the army and navy and the aviation
corps and for making munitions and
rrmar1ent by the government were
outlined The president spoke for
nearly an hour.