The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-02

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New York. Jan. s7.--Prssidsnt wil-
son 'toniGht began his personal appeal
70 ~ eeuntry fer. preparedness for
uAtlpaal defense. He save warming
shat pssns for the rsadjustmsnt of
The azmy must bs carried out with
out Aelay and solsmply declared he
ceum not prsdtct that The outlook
for che UNIV 4 States would be as
bright tomorrow = today. Speaking
q hanousts Of the Railway Business
assoctatton and the Motion Picture
Beard Of Trade. he sounded the key
pots Of addresses that he will deliver
durins NE next ten days In the Mid
de- Wet ~.
l6r. Wilson was In . nsliting mood.
t1n . spssch early IN the day he de-
clarsd hs always acosptsi an invita-
don 70 fsht. Topisht hs told the
rallroad men hs wss an advocate of
DsAes ana had strvssisd to keep tina
Unhsd statss At peAcss but he con.
adersd the hbsrt nd honor OF tho
na&ton even more ,I-~n psaes.
Woe to any man Who plays mar.
peet - who sssks to make partI poll
Sties ~ personal ambition take pre-.
eedenes over candor. hon'r and UNI
e~nrA unpsrtisan servtce!'' said
she president In sp- king OF his de-
49, pan before the railroad men.
He eseasrsd that the country expects
sction; this ~ . year Of sccountins.
and Ne accounting must be definite
en NE part VI parties and ON part Of
svsyy individual who wishes to enjoy
thepsbfic conndsncs. yS
B 9or my part. hope every man In
peolic NE viii set what 10 coming
q n1hfsAid Mr.. Wilson au,id laugh
Ter - apDlapss. ~
ne peesident at both bapquets and
All during his days visit to New York
wae grseesd with enthusiasm. On
J hio rids between the hotsls whore
Ne eQneuots were held tonight he
- ssoertsd by .. bard and the Ninth
co0npeny Of coast artillery OF the
NV York National Guard. Thou
<nuGs Of persons packed the streots
md cheered him az ne went by.
! In his speech httors nearly 1900.
buulnss men ~ ths railway banquet
he east aside almost entirely the text
of ths aaArsss that he had previously
~ prssi6snt admitted that in q
nengaos 20 the last congress he had
A1d the need for preparedness was
not pressing. He declared that ne
learned something In the mean time.
He cited hts recent support OF tar
i6 Commission - another Instance Of
= change on his part.
Ar. Wilson spoke Of mer of high
character Who were 'cloudins the pre-
I paredness issue. He declared they
were prOvinciai. He vigorously de-
fsndsd hls Mexican policy. He as
serted tAat TO invade Mexico would
mean the losing of the confidence OF
the rsss Of the Western hemisphsrs.
He cited the case Of Cuba az an in
stance Of good done by the United
States. et.
III We are drawn into the maelL
strom which now surges In Europe"
the president declared. I'VE shall aot
bo permitted to do tho high things
we would prefer" 80 ts.t.s
The president defended the conti-
nentai army plan drawn up by sec-
retary 0arrison and said that he did
not care about the details OF. any
plan a long ss s00,0oo trained mon
were provided as reserves under the
federal government. He advocated
| strengthening the National Guard
but ssid the constitution itself put
the suard under the States. He add
ed that the United states will not turn
In the direction Of militarism.
Outiining why the United States
should be prepared. Mr.. Wilson said;
We must protect our rights as a
nation and the rights of our citizen,
In America and outside of II, as the
consensus of civilized people has de.
fined them; must endure the unem.
barrsssed realization OF our pclitica
development within our own border,
and must protect the peace and
political autonomy OF the Americas
He added that national defens,
means. the protection Of the countr,
from Invasion and also the prevention
OF flank assault upon "the thing
which we believe to underlie oul
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