Arizona republican., 1916-02-01

for what is right? Is it not possible that in maintaining the integrity of the character of the United States it may become necessary to see that no man does that integrity too great vio- lence?
 Tt is a very terrible thing 70 have the honor of the United States en- trusted to your keeping. It is a great honor, that honor of the United States. In it runs the blood of generations Of men who have built up ideals and institutions on this side of the water intended to regenerate mankind and any man who does violence to right any nation that does violence to the principles of just international under standing is doing violence to the i ideals of the United States We ob- serve the technical limits: We assert | these rights only when our own cir cumStances are directly affected but you know that our feeling is just i the same. whether the rights of those individual circumstances are affected or not. and that we feel all the con- cern of those who have built LID things so great that they dare not let them be torn down or touched | with profane hands
 We may have to assert the prin- clples of right and of humanity at any time. What means are available? ? What force is at the disposal of the United States to assert these things ? The force of opinion. Opinion. I am sorry to say, did not bring this war [ on, and I am afraid that opinion cannot stay it's progress.
 This war was brought on by rul | CTS, and not by peoples, and I thank { God that there is no man in America 1 who has the authority to bring war i on without the consent of the people No man for many a year yet can trace the real source of this var But i this thing we know. that opinion did not bring it on and that the force of , opinion, at any rate the force of | American opinion is not going to stoI it.
 And if not the force of opinion what force has America available tC stop the flood from overfloWing oul own fair area? We have one con siderable arm of force, very consid- erable arm of peace, namely. the splendid navy of the United States. I am told by the experts to whose judgment I must defer in these mat ters that the navy of the United States in respect of it's enumerated force ranks only fourth among the navies of the world I entertain. ant indulge myself with the opinion thar in quality it ranks very much higher than fourth place
 And the United States has nevel been negligent of it's navy, despite what some gentlemen may say; leas of all has it been negligent in recen years Three years ago there were 1S2 vessels in commission in thai navy. There are now 23S These dreadnaughts and fifteen subordi-
 nate craft will be added within { month or two. There have beer added 5000 capable sailors to the ranks of the enlisted men of that navy The congress of the United States in the last three years ha. poured out more money than was poured out on the average in any previous years or the history or lnt United States for the maintenance and upbuilding of the United States navy. We have made preparations
 for immediate war so far as the navy is concerned
 The trouble is not with the quality or the organization of the existing navy; it is merely that we have fol lowed plans piecemeal, a little bit al a time, now in this direction now in that direction. We have never sci ourselves a definite goal of equipment and set our resolutions to attain tha
 goal within reasonable length O
 time, and the plans that are beins proposed to the present congress ant
 which the present congress will adOp are plans to remedy this piecemea 1 treatment of the navy and bring 1
 to it's highest point of efficiency bu
 studied plans carried out from montl to month and year to year.
 "I have proposed to the congress that for one thing we at once build oul own armor plant not for the purpose
 of making all the armament that oul
 ships need, unless it should become
 necessary but for the purpose Q keeping the price within sight and have proposed to congress, also. thai we prepare to manufacture also the