Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-25

cratic congressmen into meek subms-
sion to the will Of the White House.
Led Into Trap.
with the administration back
firing ON Democratic congressman ON
no question OF preparedness, thCy,
In preservation must from now
on be against # and for one will ra-
fuse TO vuto Tor anything that the ud.
uln!stratluu may desire from now ON.
Tho Republicans will never stand for
o. SurtaN ON Incomes or luhcrtanuys
Whlle on tho other hand the Demo-
Gratis Will not stand for Il tax on gaso-
line, bank checks or any other form
OF direct taxation other than 10y in
IIeusiuE the rate on incomes of Over
s2U,VVU, on inherltauGCs ana munitlun
plants. Sixteen Democrats can block
! ihe Democrats from putting through
any measure which they may Oppose
! and without Republican aid the ud-
mlnlStruiion cannot hope 10 put
through its hysterical preparedness
| program. The Republicans have led
! the president into trap and the DEM
Ocrats Will not help him out OF II.
How many Republican congress
men do YOU suppose would vote for
| Increased taxes ON incomes and IN
hpitances and how many Democrats
| DO you think would vote for a bond is
! sue or "A protective tariff i'm order to
provide additional millions for de
/ tense? II is all very well to rant
about prepal eduess when there is no
enemy in sight but how about raising
the revenue to pay the freight?
"Whom DO We Fear
THE president himself admits the
/ 1 ton .tvRt
QJ Jarter, then why, all this sudden
madness to prepare for against a for
eign invasion? our latest battleships
! are superior to the latest hnttleshipS
| of Great Britain. our navy in the
/ Tumher of war vessels is second only
to England. Germany with 80 bat
! tlCShips, l6 OF which do not have 4
Coalmg radius of over one thousand
miles and four others weaker IN
armanet and i'm every way than our
| own Oregon, which is considered
obsolete. Is IT Germany we fear? Is
| II Japan with a fleet of about one
| half the strength of ours?
Military experts admit our coast
! defcnses are as strong as those of any
nation ANA much stronger than those
! OF Turkey, which kept at bay tn"
| allied fleets Of England, France and
| Russia i'm their attempt to force the
! Tardancllce. Within the past few
| days, hearings before the house mill
! tary affairs committee has developed
| the fact that every harbur i'm the
! United States could be thoroughly
mined within as hours. why then
! all this hystcria?
Says It's Impossible.
The talk Of Germany, or England
on Japan or any other nation sending
| hundreds Of thousands of men to at
| t"ck our shores Is preposterous. Eng
/ land with her admittedly superior
Iavy. with her transports ana all her
Preparedness had to send "a war
| Nossels along as a convoy of the trans
ports which carried 5000 Canadian
soldiers to England. How then could
| Germany dispatch an over-poWerlne
amy to our shores? Germany has
| but 81 battlCships, l6 Of when do not
| possess the COdling facilities to carry
/ them one thousand miles from base,
and others that could not carry coal
sufficient to carry them within five
/ hundred miles Of New York. And yet.
we are told that some fine morning
We will wake up and find an army
| OF 100000 Germans, or English or
japanese marching against the
| capital.
Calls il "IIystCria.'
when the people begin to study
! this preparedness program Il great
! light win dawn on them as to the
| utter righteousness Of bankrupting
| the nation in order that the fears Of
| the administration may be allayed.
| The only result of the president $
| trips will be more determined dis
position upon the part Of the people to
| oppose the preparedness hysteria,
(which is fomented by the muniuon
makers and the army officers, VINO
see chance Of gaining quicker pro-
motion with correspondingly higher
pay"