The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-04-06

LeaVenWOrth, WaSn.,
the country in a more thorough state
of defense, but also to exert all its
power and employ all its resources to
bring the government Of the German
empire to terms and end the war.
what this will involve is clear. 1t
will involve the utmost practicable CO.
operation in counsel and action with
the governments now at war with Ger
many, and, as incident to that, the ex-
tension to those governments OF the
most liberal financial credits, in order
that our resources may, so far as pos
sible, be added to theirs. 1t will in
volve the organization and mobilization
of all the material resources OF the
country to supply the materials OF war
and serve the incidental needs OF the
nation in the most abundant, and yet
the most economical and efficient way
possible.
wants 100000 Men.
1t will involve the immediate full
equipment of the navy in all respects,
but particularly in supplying it with
the best means of dealing with the
enemy's submarines. 1t will involve
the immediate addition to the armed
forces OF the United States already
provided for in case OF war, at least
500, 900 men, who should, in my opin-
ion, be chosen upon the principle Of
universal liability to service, and also
the authorization of subsequent addi-
tional increments of equal force so
soon as they may be needed and can
be handled in training.
1t will involve also, OF course, the
granting of adequate credits to the
government, sustained. I hope, so far
as they can equitably be sustained, by
the present generation by we'll con-
ceived taxation. I say sustained so far
as may be equitable by taxation be-
cause it seems to me that it would be
most unwise to base he credits which
will now be necessary entirely on
money borrowed. 1t is our duty, /
most respectfully urge, to protect our
people as far as we may against the
very serious hardships and evils which
would be likely to arise out of the in
1ation which would be produced by
vast loans
In carrying out the measures by
which these things are to be accom-
plished, we should keep constantly in
mind the wisdom of interfering as little
as possible in our own preparation and
in the equipment of our military forces
with the duty-for it will be very
practical duty-of supplying the
nations already at war with Germany
with the materials which they can OBJ
tain only from US or by our assistance.
They are in the field and we should
help them in every way to be effective
there.
To Suggest Measures.
Il shall take the liberty Of suggest
ing, through the several executive
departments OF the government for the
consideration of your committees,
measures for the accomplishment Of
the several objects have mentioned.
I hope that it will be your pleasure to
deal with them as having been framed
after very careful thought by the
branch Of the government upon which
the responsibility Of conducting the
war and safeguarding the alton will
most directly fall.
while we do these things, these
deeply momentous things, let US be
very clear and make verv clear to all
the world what our motives and our
objects are. My own thought has not
been driven from its habitual and
normal course by the unhappy events
of the last two months, and do not
believe that the thought Of the nation
has been altered or clouded by them.
Il have exactly the same things in
mind now that I had in mind when l
addrarsed the Senate m the l1nd daV