El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-01
WILSON SAYS NAVY IS PREPARED;
ARMY IS NOT YET LARGE ENOUGH
1--WE Mean Business" Says President in Speaking of
Preparedness at Chicago; Declares America Has Been
Cruelty Misjudged Abroad and that No Time Must
Be Lost in Making Pre- parations For Defence.

@HICAGO, III, Feb. 1.-The fourth
day Of president Wilson's tour Of
~ the middle west on his speaking
tour for national preparedness today
carried him west Of the Mississippi
through Iowa, where his program called
for the chief address Of the day at Des
Noines tonight -Four brief talks from
tho rear platform of his car at DaYen-
port, Iowa City. Grinnel and Newton
Iowa, were on the program for the al
tcrnOon.
large as il ought to be, IL is prepared
for Immediate war, and II has Such an
organization now as it never has had be
fore president Wilson declared Monday
night 10 an audience Of several thou-
sand persons at the Auditorium mere.
Making his appeal for military pre-
paredness. he declared the administra-
ton means business and intends to en-
large the army which is not large
enough for even the ordinary duties or
Continuing with his address, the
president emphasized that no time must
be lost in preparing for defencS' that
it is impossible to fOretell what an hour
will bring forth and that the position
of the United States can only be made
secure by immediate, effective ana
comprehensive action
when see some Of my fellow citi
zens spread finder where the sparks
are falling, I wonder what their ideal
OF Amerioanism IS" the president said.
America Ia MisjudEed Abroad.
America" the president said, had
been cruelty misjudged by the nations
now at war. know that on the other
side Of the water there has been great
deal Of cruel misjudgment with regard
10 tha reasons why America has re-
mained neutral. Those looking at us
from a distance do not feel the strong
pulses of ideals and principles that are
''They do not feel the conviction Of
America, that our mission is q mission
Of peace, and that righteousness cannot
be maintained as a standard in the
midst OF arms. They do not realize
that back of all our energy, we are
a body of idealists. much more ready
to lay down our lives for a thought
than for a dollar
Our Ideals Not COmprehended.
They suppose, some OF them, that
we are holding off because we can
make money while others are dyin-,
the most cruel misunderstanding that
any nation has ever had Z face-so
wrong that it seems almost useless to
Try to correct It because it shows that
the very fundamentals of our life are
not comprehended or understood"
Rulers Caused War.
Rulers, not public opinion. brought
about the present war; Mr.. Wilson de-
It thank God there is no man in the
United States who has the authority
to bring on war without the consent
Of the nation" he declared.
The task OF the United States. he
said. has been TO assert the principles
of law in a world in which the prin-
ciples OF law have broken down.
I'VE are not now thinking OF invR-
sion of the territory of the United
states" the president declared. That
is not what is making US think. We
are not asking ourselves shall we be
prepared only to defend our own homes
and our shores.
We Guard Both Americas.
rs that all we stand for2 To keep
the door shut securely against our enc
mies2 What about the great trustee
ship set up for liberty Of national gov
eminent in the whole western hemi-
sphere? we stand pledged TO see that
both the continents Of America are left
free to be used by their people as those (
people choose to use them under a sys- /
TEN Of national popular sovereignty as |
absolutely unchallenged as our own" |
The president arrived in Chicago from |
Milwaukee shortly after o'clock in /
the evening and was driven TO the no. |
tel Later he went to the auditorium 1