The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-03
new DANGERS FACE
u S, SAYS WILSON
Nation May Fail to Keep Peace
With Honor. ~"
ASKS BIG ARMY RESERVE
Nations Chief Executive Issues Sol.
emn Warning to People in
Speeches Delivered at Pitts
burah and Cleveland.

Cleveland, o., Jan. 3l.-President
Wilson, speaking in Pittsburgh and
In Cleveland issued solemn warn
ing to the people that the time may
come when he cannot both keep the
United States out OF war and maintain
it's honor and that the country must
be prepared to defend itself aud pre-
pared at once.
Let me tell you very solemnly you
cannot postpone this thing" he de-
! clared. Il do not know what single
day may bring forth. do not wish
to leave you with the impression that
| am thinking OF some particular dan
ger. | merely wish to tell you that We
are daily treading amidst intricate
dangers. The dangers that we are
| treading among are not OF our own
making and not under our control. l
think no man in the United States
knows what a single week, single
day, a single hour may bring forth"
Urges Big Army Reserve.
The president advocated his reserve
army Of trained citizen soldiers. This
force, he said, could not be viewed as
a turn toward militarism, as might be
the raising OF huge regular army.
The militia, he said, was an excel
lent force, but the fact 1t is controlled
| by the several states and cannot be
called for duty outside continental
United States would prevent its use
as substitute for his reserve army.
The president also spoke of the
navy and of the coast defenses. The
latter, he said, are good in quality but
not In quantity.
Some people say that the navy ranks
second in the world, he declared. but
the experts agree it ranks fourth. He
added 1t should be increased.
"Worid Now on Fire"
Again and again the president spoke
Of the nations honor. He declared
the real man believes his honor is
dearer than his life and a nations
honor Is dearer than its peace and
comfort, and added that an adequate
force Is needed to protect that honor
Nobody doubts that given time
enough we can assert any amount OF
force necessary" he continued. But
when the world is on fire, how much
time do you want to take to be ready
| When you know that there are COM
bustible materials In the life of the
world and in your own national life
and that the sky Is full of floating
! sparks from a great confagration are
you going to sit down and say it is
time when the fire begins to do some.
thing about it?
Il do not believe that the fire is
going to begin, but | would be surer
OF it II we were ready for the fire.
Il should feel that | was guilty OF
an objectionable omission" he added,
If did not go out and tell my fell
| low countTymen that new circum.
stances have arisen which make 1t
try prepare for war, not for anything
that smacks in the least of aggression
but for adequate national defense"
.. slaps at Two Opponents.
The president criticized both advo-
Gates Of peace at any price and the
advocates of a large standing army.
The latter, he declared, are "counselors
the source OF whose counsel is pas
SION; the former he likened to a man
80 in love with peace that he cannot
imagine any kind Of danger; almost
envy him the trance he is in. And
SO long as he is In the trance he is
not going to do anything but enjoy
the vision" In this connection. Mr..
Wilson mentioned no names.
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