The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-08-04

by our people and the opportunities
for the development Of bitter feeling
would have been vastly reduced.
~ Is great mistake to say that
rasolutencss in protecting American
rights would have led to war. Rather
in that course lay the best assurance
Of peace Weakness and indecisior
In the maintenance Of known rights
are always sources Of grave danger
they forfeit respect and invite seriou'
wrongs. which In turn create an un'
comfortable popular resentment. Thai
II not the path Of national security
Not only have we a host Of resources
short Of war by which TO enforce oui
Just demands. but We shall never pro.
mote our peace by being stronger ir
words than In deeds. We should not
have found II difficult to maintain
peace, but we should have maintain.
ed peace with honor. During the cri'
teal period. the only danger Of wal
has lain In the weak course Of ths
administration.
Value Of Life and Property.
do not put life and property or
the same footing but the adminlstra
ton has not only been remiss with re-
spect Co the protection Of American
lives II has been remiss with respect
60 the protection Of American proper.
ty and American commerce. II ha,
been too much disposed TO he content
with liesurely discussion. cannot
now undertake to review the course
Of events. but II IL entirely clear that
We failed Co use the resources az oui
A.
and that We suffered In consequence
We have no Interior purposes. and tn,
administration should have know
how to secure the entire protection OF
every legitimate American interest
and prompt recognition of our just
demands as a neutral nation.
We denounce all plots and conspir.
aciss In the interest Of any foreign ma.
ton. Utterly intolerable IL the use oi
our soil for alien intrigues. Every
American must unreservedly condemn
them. and support every effort FOL
their suppression. But here also
prompt. vigorous and adequate meas.
ures on the part Of the administrator
were needed. There should have
been no hesitation; no notion that u
was wise and polite 60 delay. Such
an abuse Of our territory demanded
immediate and thorough going action
A. soon a. the administration had
notice Of plots and conspiracies. II
was its duty 90 stop them. II was moi
lacking In resources. its responsible.
ity for their continuance cannot bs
escaped by the condemnation Of
others.
A. TO Preparedness.
We are a peace-iovinE people. but
We live In a world Of arms We have
no thought OF aggression. and We de-.
sire 90 preserve our democratic ideal,
without the wastes OF strife. so de.
voted are We TO these Ideals. 80 intent
upon our normal development. that
do not believe that there ~ the slight.
est danger ~ militarism In this coun.
Try. Adequate preparedness IL not
miiiiarism. II N the essential assur.
ance ~ security. II IL - necessary
safeguard of peace.
II II apparent that We are shocking.
~ unprepar.d. There IL no room for
controversy ON this point sine. tn,
object lesson on the Mexican border
All our available regular troops tlsss
I believe. than forty thousandJ. are
there or In Mexico. and ~ these have
been deemed insufficient the entire
national guard has been ordered out.
that II We are summonlng practically
all our movable military forces In or.
der o. prevent bandit incursions. In
view ~ the warnings Of the past three
years. u IL ineNcusabie that We should
find ourselves In this plight For our
faithful gusrdsmeh, who With a fine
patriotism responded 10 this call aud
are bearing this burden. I have moth.
ms but praise. Hut ] think n little
short 1T absurd that We should be
compelled 90 call men from their
shops. their factories. their offices
and professions for such a purpose.
This. however II not all. The units
of the national guard we're az peace
strength, which was only about one.
half the required strength. II WAS
necessary a. bring In recruits for the
most part raw and unframed. only
small percentage Of the regiments
recruited up To- war strength viii have
had even a years training In the nn .
tional guard. which at the maximum
means hundred hours OF military
drill and, on the average, means
much less, Take the Eastern depart.
ment a. an illustration. The states
In this department contain about ~
per cent of the entire organized mill
tarN Of the country. I am Informed
by competent authority that the quota
Of militia from this department re-.
Gently summoned with the units rails.
ed to war strength. as required, would
amount Co about i3l 600 men: that In
Response Co this call there are now en-
route Ca or on the border about bt 10
600 men, and In camp In their respec.
tive states, about $4,000. ana thus
after what has already been accom-.
lished, there still remain o. bs sun.
piled In recruits about $1,000 men
Men fresh from their peaceful en-
Payments and physically unpTepsrsd
have been hurried 90 the border for
actual service, They We're Uithout
proper equipment, without necsssar,
supplies; suitable conditions of trans.
portation Were not provided. Men
with dependent families were sent,
and conditions which should hay,
been well known We're discovered sf-
ter the event And yet the exigenr,
comparatively speaking. was moi ,
very grave one
II involved nothing that could moi
readily haNa h.af, f..r......