Evening star., 1916-04-26
Senators Cummins and Pom
creme and Others Argue for
National Preparedness.
ADDRESSES AT BANQUET
OF DAUGHTERS OF 1872
Speakers Say Time Is at Hand When
United States Must Provide for
Own Defense.

! Declarations of imminent need for
! national preparedness and condemna-
ton of paGiicists were made by Sem
ators Cummins and Pomerene and Rep
resentatives Mann and Rainey of IL
| iinofs, who We're the principal speak
ers at the banquet of the United States
| Daughters of 1872 in the New Willard
Hotel last night. Other addresses fea-
tured by pleas for adequate prepara- =
| ton against war were made by rep
resentatives of patriotic societies as
follows:
| Maj Gen. A. W. Greedy, retired, for
the Society for the Mayfiower Descend
| ants: Mrs. w. Samuel Goodwin of vir-
ginia for the First Families of Vir-
ginia; Mrs. William Cumming Story
| of New York. for the D. A. r.; Mrs.
William Gerry Slade of New York, for
the Daughters of 1872. of which she
was president for eighteen years: Mrs.
John A. Logan, for the Danes of the
Loyal Legion: Mrs. F. G. Odenheimer
| OF New Orleans, for the United Daugh-
terS of the Confederacy, and Mrs AL
bert Sousat of Maryland, for the CO.
lonlal Danes Society.
Others at Guest Table.
Others seated at the guest table
were; Mrs. James D. Iglehart of Bal
| timore, second vice president; Miss
| Martha H. McInnes of Norristown. Pa,
fourth vice president; Mrs James r.
| Mann. Mrs. Atlee Pomerene. Mrs.
Henry T. Rainey, Mrs Albert Cum
minis, Miss NJ Louise Edge of Jersey
City, N j., first vice president: Mrs.
I n L
years national treasurer; Mrs. James
president, and Mrs. A. w Greely.
! Both Senators Cummins and Pom
creme said this was the time for
America to be uppermost in the minds
of the citizens of the country Senator
Pomerene scored the pacificists He
deplored the fact there are men in
public life today who would rather
cater to the alien than vote for Amer
lean idealS.'
Senator Pomerene's Address.
Asserting that the capture of the
| capital of the United States by the
British in 1777 and 1912 was a lesson
| in unpreparedness, Senator Pomerene
| said Il am not for war nor am 1 in
peace coma,' and was enthusiastically
| applauded He deplored hyphenated
Americans. saying that people in this
country cannot afford to have two
| flags.
Senator Cummins' address was trib-
ute to Americanism. He asserted that
the country needs untainted Americans
now as never before. He recited the
! bravery of the American manhood in
| former wars and paid tribute to the
| ideals of women's patriotic organiZa-
tions. praising the spirituality that
| their organized forces mean in contra :
| distinction to and toning down the
materialist stand of the men.
Hot Shot by Mr.. Mann.
Minority Leader Mann, prefacing his
hottest shot with the explanation that
| while he favored getting ready to fight
on land and sea he was for keeping
out of war, said: Its easy enough to
talk about defending our honor-not
every insult requires blood. We must
prepare for war and not be too tender
of our rights" He said that in pre-
paredness the United States is taking
stand not only for its own civilization,
but also for that of Europe.
He brought a sympathetic tumult of
applause from the more than 300 diners
when he said:
But if we do have war. I hope we
continue it until we wipe the other ma
tion off the face of the earth. We will
| repeat the precedents of our history.
We will let the assailant know that
when the United States fights no one
ever comes back for more. That is the
Americanism of our fathers. That is
the kind we have today"
Must Choose Between Flags.
Warning that the time has come
when Congress must choose between
the American flag and that of Haps-
burg" was made by Representative
Rainey. He reminded the auditors that
about 800 American lives have been
lost through submarine warfare. He
urged immediate preparedness against
possible attempts at invasion, and firm
ly denounced the policy of patiently
standing by in the present submarine
warfare on vessels of commerce.
He paid tribute to the United States
soldiers in Mexico in pursuit of Villa.