El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-21
CALL AMERICANS
To ARM NATION
Speakers Before Security
League Declare Time Is
Coming for Defence.

Washington, =. C., Jan. 21-Several
hundred merchants. manufacturers
publicists. lawyers and others gath
cred at Thursdays meeting OF the Ma
tional Security league. heard speakers
call the American people to arm the
nation for adequate defence in a fast
coming day when they may need to
fight
Robert Bacon. former secretary OF
state. brought the audience at the even
ing session 10 its feet when he de-
clared-
The nation is astir with a new feel
; ing there is an awakening throughout
the land. The call for America to save
the Americans is sounding forth from
house to house. ana city to city, like
that call which on the 18th day of April
in 70 went through every village and
farm. and 1 believe the answer will be
as strong and clear as it was them
ROOsevelt's Name Cheered.
Theodore Roosevelts name was loud
" eheered. His sister. Mrs. Theodore
Douglas Robinson, read to the gather
ing a letter in which he said he re-
garded the proposed continental army
rival TO the national guards; that the
navy program was "a paper program.
entirely inadequate to our needs" and
thar mlntaTE preparedness should be
required as "a matter Of right. not as
citizens.
States failure TO take other action
than diplomatic negotiations over the
loss Of American lives. by submarine
warfare, to a man whose wife's face
was slapped on the street and who
took no other action than TO tell her
TO stay home
Miss Maude Wettmore chairman Of
the wOmen's section Of the National
Civic federation. told the congress that
no woman who brings up her children
on a policy that she did not raise her
boy to be a soldier. has right to the
protection Of another woman's SON.
Americas Policy Reversed.
Luke T. Wright, secretary Of war in
Roosevelts cabinet, declared the cOun-
softly, and carry a big stick" by
club"
1T is time. he said, for adequate
preparedness to meet what might come
after the European war, II for no other
purpose than 10 make good our recent
Vaunt OF America for Americans and to
uphold the Monroe doctrine, which is as
prolific OF fights as barrel OF red
liquor
Mr. Wright said it is possible that
the United States might have to fight
England. after the present war, be-
cause IF there is any thing that makes
England peevish IL is to disturb his
trade"
The entire administration program,
he continued, is based on two funda-
mental thoughts. both Of which seem
10 me wrong. The first is the thought
that you can make a soldier while you
wait: the second is the thought that
You can get all the volunteers you
want"
Wide Territory to Defend.
Col Roosevelt, in his letter. reiter-
ated his criticism of the administra-
ton for failure TO act more decisively
on the submarine warfare ISSUE and
announced his preparedness program
4 believe" he said, that we should
Sc military and naval nTOgTam
upon the retention and defence Of Alas
ka. Hawaii the Panama canal and all
its approaches, including all the points I
OF South American soil north of the
equator and Of course including the
defence Of our own coasts and islands
of the West indies To free the navy
we need ample coast defences manned
by 100000 men, and mobile regular
army Of 10000 men
The proposed continental army is
sham"