Evening times-Republican., 1916-05-31

cummins said gravely, 1--WE must be
prepared for war. There Is no other
plan. II we should know that We had
six months or a year to get ready for
war then we could depend on our
volunteer system, but even with a
warning OF sixty days we could not
depend on the volunteer system And
sixty days is lot longer than the
warning which Belgium received. althc
fortunately our situation is much more
favorable than was Belgium's.
II look on the navy as scientific
problem. I do not know how many
ships 1t needs or what they ought to
be. I prefer to leave the determina-
ton OF that to men who have made
the navy the study OF a lifetime.
think It nothing short of impertinent
for man like myself, with ma naval
training. to- attempt to decide how
! many or what kind Of ships we need.
Wants First Power Navy.
"Such needs should be told us by a
general board Of the navy which I
have always urged. If want a watch
II go to matchmaker. / do not tell
| him how think it ought to be made.
| I tell him only that I want watch
which will keep good time. The highly
technical problem Of the navy is ex-
actly the same. Any course other than
to listen to the advice Of experts Is
unintelligent and absurd.
! TT is easy for me to say. however,
what I want our navy to be able to
do 1t should prevent any other navy
lin the world from reaching the shores
of the United States
ANY navy?".
! "Any navy the senator repeated
firmly. He paused for moment. then
plunged into a subject on which he
feels strongly, and has felt strongly
not only since he came to the senate
in 1909. but in the preceding unin-
| Iterrupted six years Of service as gov
ernor Of Iowa.
| Uraes a Broader Patriotism.
THE campaign for preparedness has
seemed to me to be lacking in two
essentials" he said earnestly 1T has
assumed too often that getting an
army and navy are the only matters OF
Importance and there has been an
effort to drive out of the public mind
every other consideration. With that
attitude I am not in sympathy.
"One of the fundamentals is the
settlement of our national problems.
An army and navy are of no avail un-
LESS there are men who are willing TO
die for their country. and there are
not going to be such men in needed
! numbers unless they believe in their
Icountrys institutions, in the Justice
of it's laws. and are devotedlY at
tached to its sovereignty and its flag.
It is not right to get the people IN
the mind Where they will believe they
are safe With large army and navy
and nothing else.
! Urges Social, Economic Justice.
There must be a genuine love Of
this country above all other countries
There must be feeling by each citi-
zen that he personally is getting a
square deal, not in times of war. but in
times OF peace. Our program OF
social, economic justice must be car
ried forward"
J What are the things you feel are
SO urgent ~ - - g,t,.g g.
"The, regulation Of corporations sc
that they will deal justly with the
! people. and so that the people know
i it." Senator Cummins returned. bring
ing down his fist with a bang. THE
protection of women and children
from undue hours or conditions OF
labor. Proposals for the betterment
of the people. These are fundamental.
If we fall into the blunder of think
l ing. that we can have any sort Of gov
\ ernment and still continue able to re-
sist invasion, we are doomed to dis
appointment,
Wants U. S.. Leader in Peace.
"And here is another important par
ticular which we must not let escape
our minds. The world is passing thru
a crisis. We must not abandon faith
in the settlement Of disputes in q
peace eful way. And in building an army
and a navy~we ought to have the worlc
understand that we are not enterins
Iany new program, but are pursuing oul
old orderly policy and doing still oul
mart in the steady advance towarc
peac eful settlement Of disputes. An op'
portunity for this example to the worlc
such as the world has never before
seen is with US today, and we shoulf
not ignore 1t.
IT, THE United States should be the
Header in this splendid cause, and an
Fearful that an insistence on a large
army and large navy as the only Is
sues before the country may lead to the
general belief that we have abandoned
all idea of peaceful settlement of dis
lputes. Any program Of leadership
among the nations has the army ant
navy as an important part, but keep ir
mind that it Is still q part, and not the
whole" "-
| Sees G. o. P. Harmony on Tariff.
4 Senator Cummins does not believe
the tariff will cause any discord In the
Il republican convention, for he feels tha,
Il sentiment has settled down to com
mon agreement Of principle. with the
amount of Individual duties the only
j point in dispute. f.
"The principle Is now recognized" he
i said, "as matter Of equalizing the
cost and conditions OF production al
home and abroad. That question mus,
i las with the nayy-be settled by men
who have given their lives to the study
1 and can familiarize themselves in a
scientific manner with each individual
case. I have been an earnest advocate
OF q tariff commission from my frs,
year here. &
II do not believe the republican party
ever again will Insist on very high du.
4 ties, but do not indulge in the hope thai
the tariff ever will be taken out of poll
tics, for it never will be. All that the
tariff commission can do Is to gather
facts: then policy must determine
i whether home industries are to be pro-
tected and to what degree"
Doesn't Expect Convention Split.
aAre there other differences of opin.
ion so sharp that there is a possibility
OF repeating the tragedy OF 1912 In the