New-York tribune., 1916-01-23
s..,oort Temperate Pro-
'upr "qsmme in Congress, He
Tells Genesee Society.
oOrpAREDNESS SEEMS
WINNER IN DEBATE
, u;Il and c. Vanderbilt Warn
VI :, peril-pinchot Wants
Content In u S.

-, Wilson seized upon the
f'''.s "or,uni,y to inject his Official
t''' w ii,,v into unofficial discussion Of
F'-a5,ess last Night in a plea 70
fc..,,,v q the Genesee for support
ia' -. ADMINISTRATION programme.
20, - ,ersonsl Letter to Louis Wiley,
500 o the society. the President
- ,,,9es v,.l in favor Of his temperate team. and
'.s.opssle programme" The letter,
-, was read at the annusl dinner Of
=. .o,,ety at the Hotel KnickerbOcker'
v.s IS .ollows'
~ns,r Mr. Wiley ! am very much
,...sS 70 learn that national de-
,.... {, 70 be the topic Of discussion
:. =. next annual dinner OF the So
,'..v Of the Genesee. I wish that
-. bs present 20 speak Of the i'm
live necessity Of pressing forward
~, matter think the whole eoun-
- -esli7es that necessity, and my own
-. a. that with the greatest sobriety
- ,hoprht. but with a very clssr pur-
80. ne influence Of sll forward look
:, men will be exerted in behalf OF
-. ,emperste snd reasonable pro-
,,srme now before the Congress.
Cordially and sincerely yours
WOODROW WILSON"
debate on Defence Problem.
r., evenings programme Of speeches
had been planned as O debate with
a-ss speakers on each side Of the de-
,,sss question. It is possible that the
v,sxpee.ed contribution from Presi-
s,rt Wilson may have had something
>, DO with q, but the general impress
90, wss that the psciAsts were hope
l,.,lv ou.classed in the arguments.
There was no doubt as 10 the atti-
,s5s o. the 250 diners when Henry D.
y,srbrook announced that he was not
- eouplete accord with his fellow Ne
s,,skar. The unmilitary Colonel Bryan.
q do no; question in the least that
I represent the true feelings Of the
Middle West much better than Mr.
Brysn." said he. The Middle West
stuck By the government against
enemies within In 1880. and we are
ready 70 stick by the government
against enemies without to-day. There
j, no question in my mind about the
tdvisability Of adequate preparedness
ior defence There Is no room for ar
gument against it,
Oswald C. Willard. editor of The
Evening Post and prominent among
the pscifsts. was the most determined
Of the anti-prepsredness takers in his
OPPOSITION % The Presidents pro-
gramme.
The Pre- ident to-day is reversing
himself in demanding an incrvssed
naval appropriation" he said. 1t was
bu. year ago t1st he told US we
need not be afraid and that above all
else the United States must not be
TUNED into an armed camp.
David Jayne Hill said he would be
sstisAed-and they should be satisfied
with nothing less than an American
diplomacy reinforced By the spirit OF
John Hays demand upon Morocco;
'Perdiesris living OF Rsisuli dead"
Osborn Opposes Wars.
William Church Osborn, lawyer and
rsc.hst, oountered with the assertion
that zone war averted is better than
ten wars won. and peace with honor Is
better than victory with glory
Then Cornelius Vanderbilt, chairman
Of New York Clty's committee on ma
torsl defence. speaking for the absent
Mayor Mitchell, held up the vision OF
what would happen 70 the country at
large Z an enemy captured New York,
and proceeded 10 describe how easy
tie Job would be for that enemy.
Amos Pinchot appeared in the role
q practical preparedness" advocate.
Hs said that before guns and ships
would amount 20 much as weapons OF
defence Bismarck's principle Of secur-
IN the loyalty % the civilian popula-
non by making workers content must
be put in force In the United States.
For ny own part Mr. Hill told
the Gsneseeites. u do not doubt there
"a highway that leads 70 peace, but
believe It passes through the narrow
gateway Of international justice. But
shul these aspirations, in which we all
mare, are realized, we shall continue
70 be confronted by problems of ma
Ionsl duty which cannot honorably be
aregsrded
"There ara so-na 4bfnos 4. vvould he
imply cowardly and pusillanimous 20
is'u'e or neglect to defend Whatever
We moral law may have TO say about
ss taking Of human life, the man who
you'd not defend his wife or child if
mslf lives were endangered is not ht
70 live
What ! favor and urge upon my fell