Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-04
], s. MUST
 STAND BY
 OUR ALLIES
British Empire Imperatively Needs the Greatest Navy In the World.
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
Is \ Phrase That May Mean Anything or N"thing-If, As Germany akes 1t. It Is MiSchipyOuS.

New York, Dec 3.-Assertino that the United States had not done near ly as much as the British navy and the British, French and italian armies 10 bring about the downfall, of Ger many, Theodore Roosevelt declared in statement here tonight that it Is our business to stand by our allies at the peace conferences:
 He declared it sheer nonsense" to say the American army was fighting for President Wilson's famous -four teen points, He made the assertion that there was not on American soi- dier in every thousand who ever heard of them
 The British empire imperatively needs the greatest navy in the world and this we should instantly con- cede." said the colonel. "Our need for great navy comes next to hers, and we should have the second navy in the world. Similarly. France needs greater military strength than we dc, but We should have all our young men trained to arms, on the general lines of the Swiss system.
 The freedom of the seas is phrase that may mean anything or nothing. If it is to be interpreted as Germany interprets it. il is thor oughly mischievous. There must be no interpretation of the phrase that would prevent the English navy in the event of any future war. from repeating the tremendous service it has rendered in this war.
 ''rNho Pritich ,,n-t of oo,,rco f,ooo the colonies they have conquered.
 "As for this nation. it must keep its absolute economic independence and raise or lower its economic bare riers as its interests demand, for we have to look after the welfare of our own workingman. We must in- sist on the preservation of the Mon roe doctrine. We must keep the right to close the Panama canal to our enemies in war time. and we must not undertake to interfere ill European. Asiastic, or African matters with which We ought to have pro- perly no concern"
 Declaring that "President Wilson has not given the slightest eXplana- tion of what his views are or why he is going abroad" the colonel as serted, "he is himself responsible for any diversion among the Americanmh any division among the American pso- pie as regards the peace conference at this time"
 "He has never permitted the Am erican people to pass on his peace those proposals clear and straight forward. As for the fourteen points, so far as the American people have expressed any opinion, upon them, it was on November 5th, when they re- jected then," he continued, adding that "the American army was fight ing to smash Germany" and "the American people wanted Germany smashed"
 "The allies have never accepted the fourteen points, he continued, "the United States has never accepted them. Germany and Austria enthu- siastically accepted them. Here cer- tain individuals. including President Wilson. MT. Hearst. Mir. Viereck, and as I understand it, number of pro Germans and pacifists and interna- tional socialists have accepted them. but neither the American people nor the American congress has accepted 1 them."
 The colonel declared that '1MrWil- son himself has rejected at least one of the IA outright. and has interpret ed another in the directly opposite sense to it's plain and obvious mean ing," and added that some of the II points are thoroughly mischiev- ous under any interpretation, and most of the others are vague and ambiguous.
 1 "Inasmuch as MT. Wilson is going over, it is earnestly to be hoped tha: it is his business not to try and be an umpire between our allies and our enemies, but act Loyalty as one of the allies said the colonel. "We have not suffered anything like as much and we have not rendered as much service as the leading allies. It is the British navy, and the French
 British and Italian armies that have done the most to bring about the downfall of Germany, and therefore
 the safety of the United States. Il Is our business to stand by our all lies"
 Senators ', williams, Democrat o1 Mississippi interrupted Senator sher. man to say that President Wilson's trip was not without precedent: tha' President Taft visited Canada ant