The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
SAFETY IN WILSON,
SAYS MORGENTHAU
Ambassador at Economic Club
Dinner Urges All to Stand
Behind President.
NOTED SPEAKERS HEARD


at inner last nigh, in the Hotel Aston.
heard directly from a Representative in
Congress as to the t%enseness and cloudi-
ness Of the situation in Washington
the clash OF opinion between President
Wilson and his recalcltrant party leaders.
Representative Warren Worth Bailey
OF Pennsylvania was to have been a
speaker at the dinner. and many per-
sons were wondering whether he would
allude to the telegram sent to him yes
teriay by William J. Bryan. a telegram
expressing the hope that Congress would
make II possible to refuse passports to
Americans travelling on belligcrcnt ships
or to refuse clearances to helligerent
ships carrying American passengers.
Mr.. Bailey was unable 10 leave WASH
ington and expressed himself In the fol-
lowing telegram 10 tho club
owing to tense situation IN Congress
Il Is deemed .inprudcnt that I should alb
sent myself at his time. | must there.
fore forego engagement. Had hoped
situation would clear. but IL remains
clouded. Convey m sincere regrets"
On the Other hand. Henry Morperthau.
Amba ssador to Turkey. who had n lonc
conference with President Wilson yes-
terday, spoke in a more reassuring vein.
In the course OF his address he said:
II had the extreme honor Of spending
nifty minutes to-day with the best aud
most capable man in the United states,
President Wilson. All OF us may foe
perfectly sure that nothing untoward
will occur to our country while his ha'.j
is guiding AFFAIRS. Irrespective of party.
ae all of US ought to stand behind our
President"
Mr.. Bailey's telegram was heard In
silence. Ambassador Morgenjhau's ref
ercncc to the Presidents attitude Vas
received with cheers.
The Economic Club discussed ".Ameri-
can Policies at i;s dinner and called
upon a considerable company OF we'll
known persons Ia expound their views.
The speakers were President Edmund
j. James OF the University OF Illinois.
Judge Ben y. Lindsey OF Denver. Gov.
Hanna OF North Dakota, President \.
Lawrence Lowell OF Harvard University
and Gen. Leonard Wood. william X.
Wilcox presided.
Il hold no brief for President. Vii
son. said the university president from
Illinois. but | confess I was profoundly
shocked Dy tn. bitter attack mad. r..
Gently by owen W!ster in a poem on
the President. No matter how We may
regard his policies We must conced.
him TO be one OF the fairest fruits OF
our American utilization. /, bodies III
for national harmony when such v%itrio,ic
attacks can proceed fro msuch a source.
The most immediate and most press
ing duty o. the American people If they
wish 10 advance civilization is - provide
for themselves 4 more efficient system
OF national defence. II We are to adopt
and pursue any wise economic policy
we mus; be in Il position to defend our.
selves while We are doing IL We mus;
defend ourselves by the grace OF God
aud our own '!ght arms Thc President
of the United States should H. put In
. position where u. can defend our ma
tioual and individual rights by a more
effective means than literary notes
Ambassador Morscuthau began 10y
saying that his l,ps were scaled.
: ~ is. however. extremely encourage
ing fo- men IN public offices Ike mine 90
cone back nome and ue received =,
: warmly ne said when I first wen: IN
Turkey iry fellow diplomats shifted
around mc like dogs. They couldn', un-
derstard our sending a W.jc business
man 10 he an Ambassador. We, 7 could
have told them that the training New
York business NE Ewes makes the bee.
kind ~ Ambassador. ANY one IL :o,i
men VINO nave been successful m bus :
ness * better trained than many az the
professional diplomats. lou know how
To- give ana take
Il don't purpose t. reveal all OF the
tricks by which | managed to get along
a~inlcably. hut ! don't mind saying that
one OF them was my lefusai ever to sa,
no.
Ambassador Moreen,hau said face
- tiously that he was thinking OF writing
o "A book on his experiences and calling Il
8 My Dip Into Diplomacy
Judge Lindsey bewiiled the shipment
OF war munitions to Europe and sad
! that in Germany he had seen terrible
4 death dealing Inventions bearing the
4. names Of New York business men.
Like Gov. Hanna. his companion on tho
, Ford p.lc. ship adventure, he dwell,
4 adm!ringly upon German eNcellences Of
one sort or another.
Gen. Wood reminded the Economic
. CLUB that. although arbitration IL "A
grand deal. IL can never he obtained 10y
D., a weak. unprepared nation against the
wishes Of strong. prepared nations.
To-day * not the day of arbitration,
i said Gen, Wood, The Peace Palace q,
The III cue stands empty. Conditions
u will endure for perhaps two Years as
I they are now, aud il hehooves rs to get
ready. We want a FIRST class navy and
I "A regular army big enough TO garrison
e our outlying possessions. to hold the
d canal and to provide sufficient coas,
g artillery forces and a sufficient mobile
= force. There must he some means ~
training officers and of providing 4 de-
G rendlble reserve. whether the National
Q Guard is used or some other means
adopted"
President Lowe! OF Harvard argue
FOR n world tribunal to keep impaticn
nations from starting vars.
"a league" he said. should he formed
y by the nations OF the world To- proven
2 any one Of their number from At
u lacking any other member until the cas-.
q at issue had been submitted to IN,
tribunal. Wars will occur. The rrea
u object IL TO limit them or to proven
them. with such a tribunal "A nat!oi
n violating its edic,s would have To- fac,
tho world AZ war, That is the inetho,
civilization has pursued in keeping in
dividuals IN order and in making IN,
world ~ to live in Why should no
= the method he mad" 10 apply to ra
lions: don't say 1t would work.
do say IL ought tn he SVEN a chance"
THO Inner was attended by 500 per