Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-04
4, 1916
ENDS rmuMpIIAL TOUR.

me pFealufnt mas cnued MS fIrSi
tour into the country for tho purpose
Of arousing by series Of addresses
public sentiment on the necessity for
preparedness. lie has spoken IN New
York CITY, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, MIL
waukee Chicago. Dies Moines. Topeka,
Kansas City and st. Louis In adGi-
ton 20 the tens OF thousands who
heard him. tens OF millions have read
his addresses IN the public prints.
In his New York speech. with en-
gazing frdnkness the president told
why he had changed his mind on
the necessity OF preparedness and the
advisability Of placing the vexed and
vexing tariff question IN the hands OF
a board 81 experts. thus removing It
from the domain Of party politics
where II has been an issue for just
one hundred years He said;
you recalled the address which !
made to congress something more
than a year ago, In which said this
question Of military preparedness was
not pressing subject. But more
than q year has gone by since then
and ] would he ashamed II | did not
learn something IN fourteen months.
THE minute stopped changing my
mind as president with the change
Of all the circumstances IN tho world,
! would become back number
There II another thing about which
] have changed my mind. \ year ago
] was not IN favor OF a tariff board,
and | win tell you why: Because then
the only purpose Of q tariff board
wAH TO keep alive an Improbable con-
troversy. If YOU set up any board OF
Inquiry whose purpose II Is TO keep
business disturbed, and "a make II al
ways an open question whit you Hre
going TO do about the public policy of
the government. ! am opposed TO t."
The central thought OF all the pres
idents addresses was that this ma
tion may be called upon at any mo-
ment to choose between war or dis
honor; that while We love peace we
love honor more; that Ut the present
moment the president as representa-
tive OF the dignity and the greatness
Of the nation, can write letters Of
protest but has no power back OF him
which any first Glass nation is bound
20 respect that while we have mil
lions OF men willing to fight for the
preservation Of the ideals OF this gov
eminent, thny are without training
without arms. without ability 20 do
other than sacrifice their lIvos flu
tilely before any well drilled, and
well equipped force, and that not
month should pass without the be-
ginning OF Il systematic and we'll
thouhgt-ont plan Of preparation for
national defense
Furthermore, in considering tie
neoeaaily for instant preparation, we
must take into account the we'll.
known conservatism Of the president
~ tho United states who is not IN
the habit u uslng words aud phraaea
without firt being nware Of their
import No man IN the nation il
moro Discriminatory careful Of what
he says than Woodrow Wilson lie
Is the very antithesia Of the alarmlsf
aud tho loose talker instead Of min.
iiniglng the significance Of his warn.
lnes TO the American people. We
should all understand that more is
behind his words than he has thought
t pfudcnf TO utter.
In his Milwaukee speech he de-
eiared that the internal danecr---the
danger from the aggressive attitude
Of the hyphen under the guidance Of
Apsuo German agenis-~has passed.
ard that the danger 20 our national
life Is from Whit other nations
MAJ do"
n bis Kansas civ speech the pres
idanl warned That There Is danger 20
beth orr ooaa1s, that they arc nlades
quately defended because Of the
smalmoss IT our navy, the inmFtlei-
suey Of our Qualifications aud The ~.
Significance ~ our STANDING army,
IL added With srat salemnns
4 assure soa fheio is nh day
70 be lost