The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-12-07
PATRIOTISM ITS AIM
Security League Congress To Be
Held In January,


and q next, under the auspices of the
National Security League, which be-
fore definitely deciding to hold the con-
gress consulted a large number of
prominent men and women in all parts
of the country as to its advisability.
Among those who responded favor
ably were DR.. Charles W. Eliot, presi-
dent emeritus of Harvard University;
DR.. David Starr Jordan, of Leila I'd
Stanford University; Prof. Henry w.
Farnam, of Yale University; Charles
L. Dering, president of Chicago Cham
Der of Commerce; Medill Mccormick,
of the Chicago Tribune, and E. H. But
Ter, of the Buffalo Evening News;
Frank A. Vanderllp, president of the
National City Bank of New York:
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor; Henry
B. Joy, of Detroit; Charles Nagel.
Meredith Nicholson, Frederic r. Cou-
dert; Gov, William P. Hunt, of Ari-
IONA; Dr.. H. W. Wiley, United States
Senators Chamberlain, of Oregon, and
Wadsworth, of New York; Miss Maude
Wetmore; Herbert w. Bowen, former
Minister to Persia; Joseph Letter, Dr.
Layman Abbott, Miss Mabel T. Board
man; Charles A. Mum, publisher of
the Scientific American; Gen. John F.
Organ, of the New York National
Guard; Gen. E. w, Nichols. superin-
tendent of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute; Brooks Adams, of Boston; Rep
.resentative Gardner, of Massachusetts;
former United States Senator Lafayette
Young, of Iowa, and many others promi.
nent in the financial, commercial, educa-
tional and professional world. These
letters analysed American conditions of
thoughtful fashion and without excep-
ton agreed that the congress proposed
to be held would make marked impress
sion upon the American mind and would
unquestionably 60 far toward develop
ing, strengthening and unifying national
spirit.
THE main objective of the congress, "
S. Stanwood Menken, chairman of the
executive committee of the National Sc
curity League, said, twill be to deter
mine how, through education, the
American people can acquire nonpar-
tlsan knowledge of questions that go to
the root Of America S position as world
power; to determine how to bring to
the masses an understanding of the dip
lonatic problems the country has to deal
with, and to show the direct relation
which the solution of such problems has
not only upon individual prosperity but
the ultimate safety and destiny of the
nation. Primarily related to the posi-
ton of the country as world power
are not alone the defense questions, but
the matter of industrial preparedness
and the attainment of maximum eff
cheney of government in a manner suit
able to the spirit of our people. These
and kindred questions will be taken up
by the league, and it is hoped that the
ultimate development of the congress
will be broad educational campaign
carried along scientific lines for the
presentation of these questions to the
American people 1t is because of the
desire to do this work that the congress
is called Congress of Constructive Pa
triotism.
The problem of developing a unfit
ed American spirit is considered of such
importance as to demand consideration
of an entire session of the congress.
The National Americanization Com
mittee; of which Frank Trumbull, CHR
man of the board of directors of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, will
provide presiding officer and speaker
for this session. The subjects for dis
cussion will include educational pre-
paredness for AUGMENTATION and the
question of Americanizing Immigrants.
'The directors of the League are
also of the belief that efficiency in gov
eminent and in civic life is direct in
f1uence upon American development,
and discussion of this phase of pre-
paredness will include the substitution
of careful planning for logrolling in
state finance; the efficiency of foreign
governments. and an outlook of financial
planning for the nation.
another subject regarded as i'm
portant is universal obligatory military
training and service. Not only will
session of the congress be devoted to
presentation of this question, but it is
planned to hold in Washington stimuli
taneously with the congress confer
ence of representatives of patriotic So
cleties for the purpose of adopting
plan of concerted effort whereby an
aggressive campaign to secure universal
military training and service can be
secured"
The program of the congress will in
clude among other questions the fol-
lowing:
The scone and effects of universal