Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-28

1T is very fine to remember what ideals
will be back Of that assistance Economic
assistance in itself is not necessarily
handsome. 1t is legitimate thing to
make money. Money brings with it
power, which may be well or i'll employed.
And it should be the pride of America
always to employ her money to the high
| est purpose And yet il We are drawn
into the rnaeistrom that now surges across
the water and swirls even in the western
regions of the world. we shall not be per
mitted to keep free hand to do the high
things that We intend to do. And it is
necessary that should examine our
selves, and so order that can make
certain that the tasks in posed upon US
will be performed. and we'll performed
| America has been reluctant to match
| her wits with the rest of the world When
! face d body of men like this, it is al
most incredible to remember that only
yesterday they were afraid TO put their
| wits into free competition with the world
The best brains III the world afraid to match
brains with the rest of the world We
have preferred to he provincial. We have
preferred TO stand behind protecting
devices. And now we are thrust ont to
do on a scale never dreamed of in recent
generations in America the business Of
the world
| I'VE can no longer be a provincial
! nation.
V, I
speak the truth. that the question OF
preparation for national defense i. a
| question of war or of peace
! IF there is one passion more deep
| seated in the hearts of our fellow
! countrymen than another, il is the pas
! sion for peace. No nation in the
world ever more instinctively turned
away from the thought of war than
this nation to which we belong. Partly
because. in the plentitude of its power,
! in the unrestricted area of its oppor-
tunities. IL has found nothing to coyet
| in the possessions and power of other
nations.
No Spirit of Aggrandizement.
There is no spirit Of ACKNOWLEDGMENT
in America. There is no desire on the
part of any thoughtful and conscien
tious American man to take one foot Of
territory from any nation in the world
| And / myself share to the bottom of
my heart that profound love for peace.
have sought to maintain peace
! against very great, and sometime s
| very unfair. odds and | am ready. at
! any time. to use every power that is IN
me TO prevent such a catastrophe as
| war coming upon this country
| so that II is not permissible for any
| man to say with anxiety that the de-
| Tense of the nation has the least tinee
| in IL of desire for power which can be
| used to bring on war. But, gentle
| men. there is something that the Amer
| lean people love better than they love
| peace. They love the principles upon
| which their political life is founded
| They are ready at any time to fight
for the vindication of their character
and of their honor. They will at no
time seek contest. but they will at
no time cravenly avoid it. Because, If
there is one thing that the country
ought TO fight for. and that every ma
| ton ought to night for. it is the integ-
rity OF it's own convictions. We cannot
surrender our convictions. would
rather surrender territory than sur
render those ideals which are the
staff OF life for the soul itself And
because we hold certain ideals, we
have thought 1t was right we should