New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-14

I ing of the sort in our platform. II IS
my sober Judgment that he does nov
sneak for any large body OF people
The room was crowded with women
while Miss Addams spoke, and vigorous
applause greeted her sallics against
militarism. -,
Miss Adams said that preparedness
agitation in the United states ALREADY
was having it's effect on other ha'iohs'
Japan was talking Of larger navy,
many of the immigrants among on'
she works came to the United states 10
escape military service. and were pc
wiidcrcd over the talk of compulsory
service.
Miss Adams insisted that the WON
en- of the country, in thu quiet OF their
homes and away from the stress ana
! excitement under which men iabored'
were likely TO be less subject to "A war
/ panic than men.
II was their judgment. she said. that
no increase Of the army or navy should
now be made, but that commission
should make a thorough study oil the
army and navy expenditures Tor SIX
months, and that any increase In pre-
paredness should await the report OF
that commission or the close Of the
European war.
Senators Grill Miss Adams.
The same argument made by Miss
Adams before the Senate Military
Committee brought forth a flood OF
questions.
Senator Fletcher asked whether she
! believed il safe to assume tttro would
/ be disarmament after the war. She
responded that no nation would have
/ enough money or men left to care TO
carry on another war. Senator Thomas
suggested that Bulgaria and Serbia
were going through their third war IN
short period OF time.
/ Miss Adams remarked tina. nations
we're ike boys, and that the boys with
. krucklcs were the ones likely 10 get
/ into scraps. Senator Catron said he
was willing TO assume that Germany
was the boy with the knucklcs If she
would tell him what she would have
recommended to France about throw
] ing away it's knuckles.
! There is naturally much sympathy
/ for France" responded Miss Adams,
but our case is not analogous. We
( have not had an enemy since 1872. IL
will be time 10 prepare when one comes.
/ II We think there rs an enemy IN the
Orient. let us appoint a commission
10 see how differences may be avoided.
When senator Thomas suggested that
/ il China had been prepared Japan would
/ not have extended It's power there, Miss
/ Adams declared China had existed for
| one thousand years without m army,
/ longer than the life Of mos. armed
/ nations, and that after the war II
might be expected that oy concert
of nations Japan would be compelled
1 10 withdraw. Anyway, she urged,
I Poland with its army had been ABB
sorhed. and Belgium, with a very gal
liant army. oycrrun.
Miss Adams conferred with Presi-
dent Wilson at the White House over
the possibility of restoring peace to
Europe and maintaining II after the
war. She said afterward that her talk
was n continuation of one she had with
the President several months ago. when
she proposed conference Of ueutrsls
to propose peace terms. Miss Adams
declared regretfully to-day that she
saw no immediate prospect Of ending
the war.
Planes Enough. Says Bliss.
General Tasker II. Bliss told the
House Committee after Miss Adams
had presented her views that American
plants could build 100 aeroplanes a
month and that there WAS no immedi-
ate necessity OF increasing the army
aircraft fleet except TO equip the new
aero squadrons proposed in the depart
mcnt's plans. lie believed that a bal
anced organization in which all arms
were represented IN proper proportion
was the vital need Of the army.
General Bliss said 1t was impossible
10 determine the relative value OF the
Lazy. coast artillery or the mobile
army IN any plan of defence. It would
be AS easy. he said. to decide which was
most necessary to the body. the heart
lungs or brain. He argued in behalf
Of the War Department plan to add
new regiments to the army TO make up
the skeleton formations Of the three
infantry divisions contemplated as
necessary by army experts.
General Bliss Endorsed the continen-
tai army plan fully and said that he
had been unable, in months Of study.
to sec any practical way of employing
the national guard TO meet the nations
needs. He disapproved suggestions
that the regular army he concentrated
at several large DOsts