Arizona republican., 1916-02-01
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

CHICAGO, Jan. S1.-The United States has made preparations for immediate war as far as the navy is concerned, although the present nav al force is inadequate in size, Presi dent Wilson declared tonight in an ad- dress before several thousand persons in the Auditorium here.
 We mean business he said. in speaking for the preparedness plans of the administration
 We have given to the present fleet of the United States an organization such as it never had before. l am told by Admiral Fletcher" the president said. And we have made preparation for mediate war, so far as the navy is concerned"
 The army, the president said, as at present constituted lis not large enough even for the ordinary duties of peace"
 The president repeated his warnings that no time must be lost in strength ening the defenses of the nation. He declared the government was doing everything it could for preparedness.
 When I see some of my fellow citi- zens spread finder where the sparks are falling l wonder what their ideal of Americanism is the president said.
 America, the president said, had been cruelty misjudged by the nations now at war.
 T know that on the other side of the water there has been a great deal of cruel misjudgment with regard to the reasons why America has remained neutral. These looking at us from a distance do not feel the strong pulse of ideals and principles that are in us.
 ''fhey do not feel the conviction of America that our mission Is a mission of peace and that righteousness can not be maintained as standard in the midst of arms They do not realize that back of all our energy we are a body of idealists much more ready to lay down our lives for thought than for a dollar.
 They suppose, some of them. that we are holding off because We can make money while others are dying, the most cruel misunderstanding that any nation has ever had to face-so wrong that it seems almost useless to try to correct it because it shows that the very fundamentals of our life are not comprehendcd or understood
 Rulers, not public opinion, brought about the present war MT. Wilson de- Clared
 ''T thank God there is no man in the United States who has the authority to bring on war without the consent Of he nation" he said
 The task of the United States, h. of jaw in a world in which the prin. ciples of law nave broken down.
 We are not now thinking of invasion of the territory of the United States the president declared, that is no what is making us think. We are no asking ourselves shall we be prepared only to defend our own homes and ou1 own shores
 Is that all we stand for? To keel the door shut securely against our en. emies? What about the great trustee ship set up for liberty of national gov crnment in the whole western hemi sphere? We stand pledged to see tha both the continents of America are lief free to be used by their people a. those people choose to use them unde a system of national popular sover eighty as absolutely unchallenged a our own
 The president arrived in Chicag, from Milwaukee shortly after D. m and was driven to the hotel. Later h vert to the Auditorium. which was riot of red. white and blue, swung il festoons from rails and boxes. Bac of the stage hung the America coat O arms on field of blue
 Four galleries beside the main floo / were white with faces. Many ha sought in vain to obtain tickets an Were turned away. Twyelve hundre police held in check the sideWal