The Washington times., 1916-01-28
SEE HINT At KAISER
IN WILSON'S SPEECH
New York Defense Plea Believed
to Have Direct Bearing on
Lusitania Case.
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that Germany desires to reach settle
ment, but from hints dropped today IN
official circles, the patience OF the AG-
N nistration is beginning to wane.
Secretary Lansing expects TO nave
longStalk with the President come time
today before the latter leaves Tor ms
speaking tour in the middle west on
behalf of the national defense. At this
conference the whole Lusitania contro-
Nersy will be carefully gone over. lf the
next communication from Berlin Is not
more satisfactory than its predecessors,
there Is believed to be strong posi-
bility that the negotiations will be
broken off.
In the meantime the president eX-
poets to carry his warning to prepare
into other parts of the country. and It's
repitition. officials say, Will take on
added significance both in its notice
TO the American people that the intcrna-
tional relations of the United states
may suffer rupture at any time, ana
in its indirect notice to GERMANY Ihal
the United States IS not TOO proud TO
fight" but ready to defend ltSe!i
against every contingency that may ar
feet or impair" its intresests:
President Wilson returned TO Wash
ington today eager and ready lof MS
swing through the Middle west
Unexhausted by strenuous DAY
spent in New York yesterday, where
o. he addressed three gatherings. the
President worked rapidly today clear
ing up official business preparatory
TO leaving tonight for PittsburSh.
Within the coming week he VIII speak
at Pittsburgh. Cleveland. Milwaukee,
ChicfSo. Des Moincs Topeka, Kansas
City, and st. Louis, not to mention
brief stops all along the ROAD lor
rear platform addresses.
Mrs Wilson. who accompanied the
President to New York. will be with him
on the Middle Western trin. Happy
over the rousng greetings which met
pt,. nipNt frn rnn1- = hn-
der talk in New York. she is looking
forw ard to the coming trp eagerly.
From the time the President reached
New York until he left he was in Fight
ing trim. In taking up the cudgcls for
national defense he did not hesitate to
admit that a year ago. in opposing any
large increases in the military forces. he
was wrong. Since then. he declared, he
had seen the light.
Sounded Grave Warnings.
Grave were the warnings he gave OF
the dangerous position in which the
United States is placed, surrounded on
all sides by war. Where the prospect
of attack may spring forth he did not
profess to say. Hidden dangers there
are on all Sides he declared America
must be prepared to meet them.
The audiences which heard the Presi-
dent had no doubt after hearing him
that the Presidents phrase of year
ago. too proud to tight" was not IN
tended to represent hts ideal of the
American attitude. This country, he
declared. is ready to fight at an! time
that the integrity of her principles 1s
threatened The American people, he
made it plain tor the world to hear, are
not towards.
Will Not Avoid Contest.
"They are ready" he asserted amid
outbursts of widest enthusiasm. ito
fight for the indication Of their char
acters and Of Their honor. They will
at no time secn Il contest. but thay
will at no time CluVenly avoid it. BE
cause, IL there is one thing that tho
country ought to fight for and that
every nation ought to ilgnt tOr it is
the integrity OF its own con'iCtious
We cannot surrender our convictions.
I would rather surrender territory .htn
surrender these ideals which are the
staf Of life for the soul itself
Time and again throughout his ad-
dresses. the President hammered home
the need Of a reserve army of 100000
men. How these men are to be raised.
he declared. he did not care, but what
he said convinced the audiences that he
believes they are needed, and needed
badly. In official circles here II was de
Clared that the speeches yesterday
showed that the President had every
intention throughout his trip Of get
ting down to brass tacks."