Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-02

i tnirndous struggle have not been
2 thrust hy way Of present influence and
\ Icffccig Tho whole world n trcmulou-
? with the Influence ~ passion and Of
= desperate struggle. and the only great
i fliscngageh nation IL this nation which
: We love ana whose Interests we would
= conserve.
What IS America expected 60 do p
= she is expected 10 do nothing less thar
I keep HE law alive while the rest Of
/ the world burns. You know that there
5 II no international tribunal. my fel-
3 low citizens. ! pray God that II this
contest have no other result. II viii
~ least have the result OF crcntine an
international tribune and producing
some sort Of Joint guarantee Of peace
on THE part Of the great nations OF
the world. But # has not vet done
i that, and Tho only Trims, therefore
that keeps America out Of danger is
that TO some degree the understand
ings. the ancient aud honorable Under
standings, Of nations with regard to
their relations ia one another and TO
the citizens Of one another. are to
some extent still observed ana followed
and whenever there ~ departure
from them. the United states Is called
upon 10 intervene. Ia speak rs voice
Of inaistence.
Must Protect Nations Honor.
''DO you want II "a be only voice
Of inNisiencc? DO you want the sitnn-
fion 10 bc such TINT al that the pres
idcnt can do Il 10 write messages: "a
breaches OF international law whicl,
nrc IN daily dnigcr Of occurring should
touch The very vital Interests and
honor ~ the United states. Do YOU
wish 10 do nothing about IL? DO YOU (
wish To have an the world say that the
flag Of those. whom we love, can be
stained with impunityg why, to asl,
tho question IN TO answer II. I know
that there Is not man or a woman
In the hearing of my voice WHO would
wish peace ~ the expense OF the honor
Of the United States.
II said inst now TINT an unmistakabic
voice had come 10 my ears from out
the great body Of this nation saying,
We depend upon YOU 10 keep ~ out
of war but TINT same ,uicc added al
ways this sentence also. Hut Nc de-
pend upon You "a maintain unsullicd
and unqucstIoncd the honor and Integ-
rity Of the United States and many
night when II has seemed impossible
for me to sleep, because Of the
thought Of the apparently ncxtrica-
bio difficulties into which our intcrna-
tional relations were drifting, | have
said to myself, 4 wonder II the peo-
pie of the United states fully realize
what that mandate means 10 me and
then sleep has come because ! have
known In my own mind and IN my
own heart that there was not a COM Il
munity IN America that would not
honor Of the United States and how
are YOU going to do it2 There are
two ways of doing H. one is the care
less, onsy-golng, wnsteful way IN
which we have done these thlnGs !
hitherto. You can say. there are
plenty Of fighting men in the United
States; there are unexhausted and
inexhaustihle material resources in the /
united States; nobody could do more
than put us at a disadvantage for
little while
Plenty Of Unframed Men.
Yes, there are plenty OF fighting
mon In the United states hut do they /
know how modern war II conducted?
do they Know how 10 guard them {
selves against diseases In the camp |
DO they know what tho discipline OF
organization IL? Slall we send the Z
whole body OF these men who first !
volunteer 10 he buichcrcd because d
they did not know how to make :
themselves Immediately rcady for the /
battle field and the trench. because ,
they did not know anything about q
the terrible ,icissItudes aud dlscl- i
plines OF modern battle? Why. war c
has been transformed almost within
the memory of men. Tho mere as
semhlng of volunteers IN not war
Mere bodies of men are not an army r
and we have neither the men nor the h
equipment for the men when they are v
called out It would take time to q
make an army of perhaps It i
fatal length OF time--and II would =
take Ions time TO provide them with i
the absolute necessities of warfare |
Ainrrica II not going to sacrifice her 1
youth after that fashion. America h &
going 10 prepare for war by preparing /
citizens who know what war means /
and how war can he conducted. IL Is I
going 10 Increase its standing army 4
UP To the point Of efficiency for the /
present uses for which Il Is needed /
and II II going 10 put back of that |
army great body Of peaceful men, a
following their daily pursuits, knnw- /
ing TINT their own happiness aud the !
happiness Of everybody they love de- /,
pend upon peace, WHO, nevertheless /
at the call OF their country, viii know (
how immediately to make Themselves {
into an army and To come out aud 4
face nm enemy IN q h~Ntoh Nihch 4
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