The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-03-02

Kenosha people interested in hear
ing some real facts about the war and
the necessity of the United States to
prepare for her defense, will hold high
carnival at the Rhode Opera House
this evening when big mass meeting
is to be held with a view of or
ganizing a Kenosha branch of the
National Security League.
The movement is purely a patriotic
one and organizations in the city
which emphasize patriotism are tax
ing a leading part in the plans for
the evening. The leaders in these or
CARNATIONS are hopeful that thous-
and people will turn out for the meet
ig. 1t is going to be an interesting
meeting to every one, even for the
man who believes in peace at any
price. There is going to be lecture
and pictures dealing with the new
methods of war which should prove
interesting to every man and woman
who follows great world events.
The speaker for the evening will be
Captain James V. Martin, U. S. A. R.,
who is declared to be the best posted
man in the United States today on the
new modes of warfare. Captain Mar
tin stands at the head of his profess
s25oi9 as an aviator ord as daripo
operator along the BATTLE fronts Of
Europe. He is one of the few Ameri-
cans who have had the chance of
studying the problems of world IS
war as an eye witness.
He is not coming to Kenosha to
scarce the people of the city or any
thing of the sort, but he is going to
tell mighty interesting story. He
has with him lot of interesting
things in the line of pictures and relics
brought from the war zone. Captain
Martin has spoken to many big as
semblages in the country and his talk
is declared to be one Of the most in
structive ever offered to the people
along the lines of modern warfare.
There is no desire on the part of
any one to make politics out of pre-
paredness in Kenosha, but a lot OF
the people of the city have an earnest
desire to know just what the perils of
the nation may be in order that they
may figure out in their own minds just
what the best plan for meeting these
perils are. Preparedness is'the biggest
issue in Congress today and it is go
ing to be the big problem for the whole
nation during the next few months or
until after the war in Europe is over.
No formal plans have been made for
the formation of the branch of the
National Security League in Kenosha
This matter is to be threshed out at
the meeting tonight. In nearly all of
the large cities of the nation the
friends of preparedness have united.
Not for political alliance, but rather
in an educational movement to show
the people just what the peril of the
nation may be and to act as an advis-
DRY capacity in laying plans for the
future preparedness program.
The meeting this evening is free to
every one. The invitation has been
issued especially to men who work as
it is declared that the big problems
of the proper defense Of the nation is
one of especial interest to these men.
There will be no call to the military
at the meeting this evening, but it will
be patriotic festival along educa-
tional lines.
People in Kenosha who have been
efudvin0 this bi0 nn1estion from -
many angles will find in the meeting
this evening an unusual opportunity to
gain some first hand information
Of just what the big national move
ment means.
Captain Martin came to the city
early this afternoon in order to make
preparations for the illustrated lecture
which is to be featured at the meet
ing this evening.