Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-02-19
Greatest OF NAVIES
NATIONS sole HOPE
Admiral Chadwick Tells
Lawyers Free Trade is
Essential TO Peace
YEARLY ARMY OF
100000 HIS HOPE

NEW YORK, Feb. ia navy sec
ond to none in the world, an army Of
1000 900 men year under universal
military training, free trade for all the
world and the application of German
methods of efficiency in administra-
ton, manufactures and agriculture
these are the chief things necessary
for the peace and future development
OF the United States, accord ng TO Rear
Admiral French T. Chadwick, L. S.
~. retired, who spoke on Our Inter
national Relations After the War at
a luncheon on Saturday in the Law
yers Club.
I'VE are in the midst Of situation
comparable only to that of the fifth
century" said Admiral Chadwick.
Have we learned anything by these
bloody struggles? Not much. We find
here at home talk OF renewal of pro-
lection. which should really be called
restriction of trade. And we know of
the recent meeting in Paris Of the rep
resentatives Of the Entente, where an
economic war was favored. This could
only bring again this war of blood.
I'm 1898 we became an overseas
Power and started a moderate effort in
Imperialism, a thing which more and
more we are coming to see should no
where exist under any form or juris-
dictiOn IL the aim Of the world be
peace, for the imperialistic idea and
that Of permanent peace are wholly
inconsistent. 81.
All Great Powers Expanding.
"All Of the greater Powers during
this last generation have been active
~ expanding imperialistically Great
Britain has acquired 6,750,000 square
miles, or twice the area of the United
States, including Alaska. Two mill
lions Of these have been added since
the present war began. France has
added 100000 square miles, Russ a
100000 Germany 100000, our
selves 125,O00
This is no place TO 60 into the
ethical questions involved in indi-
vidual cases. All were more or less
wrong and some were deeply wrong,
notably in the cases Of Egypt, Moroc-
co and Persia.
Now nothing is in my opinion
more certain than that wars will con-
tinue unless all these spheres Of in
fluence seized since 1850 are thrown
open equally for all nations for trade
and exploitation.
''All this looks finally to throwing
the world wide open. to the destruc-
ton of the custom house and the re-
moval of all trade barriers. No doubt
there are many here who will agree
not at all with this idea. To such
I have only TO say you must take
your choice: freedom OF trade and
peace or protection and war. and To
such would l say also that with the
former lies the much talked Of eff
cheney. Protection and efficiency are
absolutely antagOnistic terms. You
will never have the best clothes. the
best dyes, the best quality in anything
under protection.
At Parting Of the Ways.
I'VE ourselves have come 70 the
parting Of the ways. We have got tC
face the music Of actualiaies. We
can drift no longer The first anC
fundamental thing, If we are to saw,
our country a distinct nation, is tC
recognize that we are only in the early
stages Of forming a nationality; thai
we must integrate our many widely
distinct elements and not tend to dis
integrate them through the passions
that have arisen during this war
THE latter can only mean our ruin
We have the Balkans as an example tC
avoid. We arc in no sense a nation
alitly as is Germany or England"
Admiral Chadwick said the 1917
census shows there were some 80 600,
600 people living here who we're either
born abroad born here of the frs
generation of foreign parents or will
foreign father or foreign mother. Thu
shape into which this vast mass il