Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-22
Universal Military Service
Only Solution for Defense,
Security League ProcIaims

Universal military service was pro-
claimed as the only real solution of the
national defense problem of the United
States at last nights meeting of the
National Security League. held at Me-
mortal Continental Hall, by Senator
Chamberlain. chairman of the Senate
military committee. John Purroy
Mitchell, mayor Of New York. presided.
Recognizing that the people were not
ready for such a step, however. Sen
ator Chamberlain said Secretary Car
rison's continental army plan might be
utilized to provide the force which the
country must have to guarantee its Sc
curity as a world power. protect the
Panama canal and be ready to repel
possible aggression from either Europe
or Japan.
Senator Chamberlain's speech came
at the close of day and night crowded
with plea after plea for arming the ma
ton. Mayor Mitchell threw the league
into a tumult of applause by demanding
adequate protection for the country's
metropolis. Senator Phelan of Cali
| fornia spoke of the Pacific peril, and
appealed for preparedness to meet pos
sible attack from Japan"
japanese Fleet Nearby.
| Japan is aggressive" Senator Phe-
the Mexican coast 1t Is rumored today
that her troops are in that country.
! She has had a warship in the waters
down there, presumably crippled, and
has sent over large number of her
warships in order to take the Grip
| pied vessel. so-called, off the shoals.
| But have 1t on the best authority that
| the vessel was not crippled at all. and
that at the very time Japan was maxi
| ing this demand under the twelve ar
| ticles against China, and feared Amer
| lean protest-which was made. And
that fleet was over here. l verify be-
| lieve, to make a demonstrations; but
| happily for us (and America is sin
gularly fortunate in all It's affairs),
other nations like England and France
| joined in the protest against the de-
mands made by Japan upon China; and
| because our protest was SO fortified
| that fleet withdrew from our coast.
| we were not prepared even to meet
| the fragment of the Japanese fleet,
which could have put our cities under
| tribute and sailed away"
| "None Feel Kindly Toward U.s."
| Senator Chamberlain's speech was in
| part as follows:
| There is not a country in Europe
that feels kindly to us today. and we
know 1t. There Is no use for us to try
to disguise it. So do not let any of US
| fool ourselves with the idea that any
Of the powers of Europe feel too kind
ly to us to wage an aggressive war on
| us after the present war is over
| They say we ought not to talk about
| these things. Why not? There is too
much of disposition nowadays to
conceal the truth from the people
With that feeling in my heart and that
thought in my mind. l call your atten-
| ton to the orient. On the Pacific
| coast, where / live. we look across the
| water and see powerful, warlike
people that in fifty years have devel-
oped into not only the most warlike
| nation on the face Of the earth, but
the most industrious people on the face
of the earth, and l glory in the mag
! nificent progress they have made.
| have not in my heart anything but the
kindest of feelings toward them.
| Racial Differences a Bar.
| But there are racial differences Not
hatred-God knows we do not hate
them-anybody whose color is different
from ours-but there are racial differ
ences and distinctions, which will al
ways prevent these great powers from
combining socially, and presenting to
| the world mongrel race of people
| She does not like US; there is no Dues
| ton about that. A few years ago un-
der the distinguished President of the
United States. we had the humiliating
spectacle of the President of the United
States begging California to admit the
| Japanese children to the schools Of the
Pcifc coast, Notwithstanding the fact
| that boys eighteen or twenty years Of
the schools with little girls. children
1eight or ten O." twelve years Of age.