Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-12
Support h Every State Of Union
National Security League Announces Results Of Direct Nation
Pennsylvania Leeds With Greatest Number Of
RepHes--Mayors Strongly FAVOR Proposal

| Military Training as an Immediately
] imperative measure for National De
Tense is supplied In the announcement
/ today by the National Security League
of the result of a direct canvass Of
every state in the union. g..
! In order to ascertain the sentiments
OF the people in every section Of the
country on this vital issue, the Ma
tional Security League wrote the may
ors OF all the cities in all the states OF
over 5000 population. asking them To
answer certain questions, the replies
TO which. would accurately sum up the
situation in each city. Tie result OBJ
tanned has been most satisfactory.
A total of 37S mayors answered the
leagues queries or the cities repre-
scented, 200 are enthusiastically in fay
or OF the adoption Of a Universal Mill
tary Training law by Congress. Only
"a mayors replied that the citizens OF
their cities are opposed to such &C
ton. The balance, IA cities, were
found to be either Indifferent to the
subject or to have an equally divided
opinion
Approval everywhere
This overwhelming opinion in favor
of Universal Military Training is
shown by the canvass to exist in every
section Of the country and in cities
large and, small Even the so-called
"pacifist belts" of the Middle West and
South were found to contain commune
ties of citizens who realize the vital
necessity or Universal Military Train.
ing. The opposition is confined al
most entirely to mining and manufac-
turing centers whose population is
largely socialistic. "a
In few cases, the mayors confined
their answers to an expression Of their
own personal opinions, notably Mayor
Preston Of Baltimore, who writes:
81 am opposed to war or mill
tarism in the United States, Ger
many, France, England or any
where. am peace advocate
pacifist If you will. l believe
there is no danger of war being
declared on the United States. Z.
think we can be ready to meet it
when It comes" - -.
The largest city heard from was
Boston, Mayor Curley reporting that a
large majority of the citizens of the
Massachusetts capital is in favor of
Universal Military Training.
Pennsylvania supplied the greatest
number of replies in the canvass, 40
mayors Of cities in that state sending
answers to the Security Leagues ques-
tions. They are divided-16, including
Easton and Wilkes-Barre favorable;
Z unfayorable; and II, including Allen
town and Erie, non-committal. The
communities opposed are Ambridge,
Bristol, Freeland, Carnegie, Kane,
Scottdale and Tamaqua, all mining
cities. A typical answer, voicing a
complaint which was heard from other
quarters, was that Of Mayor Scott of
Bristol who remarked: l5y1
personally am in favor of Uni
yersal Military Training but a
number of our young men were
held down on the border for six
months and 1t had a bad effect
upon any question effecting mill
tarism."
"Patriotlsm On Wane"
John G. Davis, Burgess Of Freeland,
made the following caustic remark:
81 have seen three periods of
turmoil in this country from 1851
to 1898 and at the present time
patriotism is on the waHe. The
rich won't fight and the poor have
nothing to fight for"
Mayor Lincoln Of Munhall replied:
I'VE have a large foreign-born
population which is largely indif-
ferent. The Americans favor the
proposition
New York supplied % replies with.
out single opponent Twenty-Five in
GLIDING Albany, Auburn, Elmira, Glens
Falls and Rochester are favorable, and
6, including jamestown and Niagara
Falls, non-committal.
Mayor Stephens Of Albany writes:
The people of Albany favor leg
islation by Congress designed to
strengthen the hands Of the ma
tional government In protecting
American citizens and upholding
the honor and dignity of the, Amer,
lean republic"
Mayor Cline Of Amsterdam writes:
Everyone here believes impli-
city in military preparedness and
will approve and back any good
bill the administration may pass.
We want action-action action!
Not words"
Mayor Drake of Fredonia writes:
"The majority Of our citizens
are in favor OF preparedness and
believe that the universal training
idea removes from the shoulders
Of the few the duty of the many.
Mayor Crumb of Peeksville writes:
rThe people need awakening
They are patriotic but the govern
ment has been so dilatory that
there is no pep among the people
on the subject. Somebody ought
to get the bands out. The news
of the day makes little impress
sion" .a.-. ~.
Only One Mas Opposed
Mayor Hoag of Salamanca gives a
touch Of humor to the New York re.
plies with his remark:
Il know of but one man in this
city who is opposed to Universal
Military Training and he does not