The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-06

more thorough state of defense Dut
also to exert all its power and empty
All its resources to bring the govern
ment of the German empire 10 tef"'
..ud end the war. u
\ what this will involve is clear. II
will involve the utmost practicao:.lLt
cooperation in counsel and action WIN
...e governments now at war WIN
Germany and as incident to that. tIle
extension to those governments Oh 1ne M
NEST liberal financial credits, In ofder
tu;t our resources may so far as pcs-
slble be added to theirs. 1T VIII II! ~
! yClve the OrganipatiOn and mopll-
cation of all the material resources
of the country to supply the mate
rials of war and serve the incidental
needs of the nation in the most abuh,
dant and yet the most economical anu anu
efficient way possible. 1t will lnyOi'e
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 suoma-
rineS.
VIII Involve Immediate Increases.
ut will involve the immediate addi,
ton to the armed forces OF the l nlteu
States already provided for by law III
case of war at least live hundreu
Thousand men, who should, IN my
opinion, be chosen upon the principle
ui universal liability to service ana
also the authorization OF subsequent
additional increments OF equal Iorce
so soon as they be needed and can De
handled in training. 1t Will lnVONe
also, of course, the granting OF ade-
ouate credits to the government, sus-
tanned | hope, so far as they can
eauitabIy be sustained by the pres
ent generation by well conceived taxa
ton.
Il say sustained so far as may be
eauitable by taxation because 1t
seems to me that it would be most
unwise to base the credits which VIII
now be necessary entirely on none!
borrowed. 1t is our duty, | most re-
spectfully urge, to protect our people
so far as we may against the very
circus hardships and evils when
be likely 20 arise cut of the IAtia-
tiCn which would he produced by vast
loans.
In carrying out the measures by
which these things are to be accom-
nlishcd we Should keep constantly in
mind The wisdom of interfering as
EttIp as UOssible in our own prepa-
ration and in TIE equipment al our
own military forces with The duty
fer Il will he very practical duty
of supplying the nations already al
var with Germany with the m&tcrIa'S
which thCV can obtain only from liz
or by cur assistance. They are in
the field and VIC should help them Ill
every way 10 be effective there,
"i shall take the liberty ct "@%.r--
t;rg thrcu~h the several executive de-
Yartn"rls Of the government for tb.
gr Iteration cr ycur ~nmmt'''.
measures for TIE ACCOMPLISHMENT ".
TIE scv"~al objects | have mcntio"ta.
I hone that il will he vNur pleasure t.
deal With them az having been '"w-
ed after y"r- careful thought bE -r
byarrh Ct the rovcrnmrnt upon h.en
tEc resn0n,ihiiifr Of conducting tNn
var and .arcruardinm the nation will
ncst directly fan.
Joo.,i,. .''l ,ron,o,,+n,, tbirgs Iot II. h,
very clear and make very clear to all
tie world what our motives and oNr
objects are. My own thought has nat
icen driven from its habiiuaI and
normal course hy the unhappy events
nr the last two months and J do not
believe that the thought Of the ma
ton has been altered or CIoudcd by
them.
81 have evacttv the same thinrs in
MIND now that | had in mind when !
addressed the senate on the 22nd cf
January last; TIE same that ! had in
mind when | addressed the congress
on the third Of February and on the
26th Of February, Our object now,
as then, is to vindicate the rrin"inlce
Of peace and the Justice in the life Of
the world as AGAINST selfish and auto
cratic power and to set IN AMONGST
tie really free and seIf-g0vernpd ncc-
'h't'" ~ I've "tTl0 SUcn concert OF