The Washington times., 1919-01-12
DANIELS URGES
BIG PEACE NAVY
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/ continued from First rage
! forcing its decisions" said Secretary
Daniels, "And since q league OF M
tions is coming, the American peopIe
! must answer the call by building bat
tleships and still more battleships.
Guarantee Of Freedom.
l. The navy is a popular institution
| in this country. A strong navy can
not endanger the liberties OF q free
! people. And because of this fact the
| increase in strength OF the personnel
! "r thn American navy from $4,000 to
100000 men during the course of the
4" ar has met with universal approval.
! The first mission OF the American
| navy, with the cessation Of hositiiities,
has been TO bring back our soldiers from
Europe as fast as possible, and to trans
! port food to the starving peoples Of Ar
menia, Palestine, and Syria. Both these
| tasks are well under way. Our boys
| are being brought back a. fast, almost.
as they were sent over. Several navy
ships have been outftted as food trans.
| ports and are taking food to the famine
| stricken Of Europe. The American navy
Is answering the call, in as efficient a
during the war"
We Must Lead Rest.
The United States must take great
care as to the steps decided upon in
reconstruction" warned the Secretary
of the Navy. ''The peoples of Europe,
struggling through the first stages
OF democracy, have their whole minds
and souls set on the progress Of
events in this country. We must act
as a leader to these.
1--WE must set ourselves against the
Vaccinations of the American junk
ers, who have already begun their evil
plottings," said Secretary Daniels. in
discussing the economic phases of re-
construction.
These iunkers, who have grown
wealthy during the war, now plan to
| shift the cost Of the war to the
shoulders of the men who toll in the
! fields or in the factories to earn a
/; living wage. We must be watchful
or they may succeed in thei refforts."
A plea for the conservation OF the
manhood and womanhood OF the ma
| tion was also made by the Secretary
| Of the Navy.
1--WE hear a great deal about conserva-
| tion Of food and fuel and other ma
terial, bat the problems Of conservation
| of manhood and womanhood have been
almost ignored" he said.
| Following Secretary Daniels speech
Edwin Markham. acclaimed Americas
greatest living poet, recited one of his
unpublished poems. The poem was en-
| titled The Greater Democracy Ahead"
and Is written in a prophetic vein.
Mr.. Markham's poem follows
THE GREAT DEMOCRACY.
White cities rise and blossom into
dust,
While kaiserS and their crowns are
/ blown to air,
| What is the Purpose brooding on the
world,
Through the large leisure Of the CEN
| turies,
And what the end-failure or.victory?
Lo, man has laid his scepter on the
And sent hts spell upon the con-
The heavens confess their secrets, and
the stones.
Silent as God. publish their mystery.
Man calls the lightning from its
-. secret place
That he may shrink the spaces or
| the world,
And eavesdrop at the Iatched Anti
podes.
| Inc Wllo, whlte, smoking heroes or
the sea
Are startled by his thunders. The
world-opwers
Crowd round to be- the lackeys OF
| their king.
His hand has torn the veil Of, the
| Great Law,
The law that was before the worlds
| before
That far First Whisper on the an
cient deep,
The law that swings Arcturus on the
I North.
And hurls the soul OF man upon the
! way.
But what avail, o builders OF the
world,
Unless ye build a safety for the soul:
But bark, the bugle blowing on the
peaks:
And bark. q murmur as of many feet
The cry of captains. the divine alarm
| Look! the last son of Time comes hur-
rying on.
The strong young Titan of Democ-
racy.
With swinging step he takes the
open road,
In love with the winds that beat his
| hairy breast.
Barring his sunburnt strength to I'll
| the world,
He casts his eyes abroad with Jovisn
glance
Searches the tracks OF old Tradition;
With rebel heart the Book OF Pedi-
| gree;
Peers into the face OF Privilege and
cries
why are you haltin- in the path u
| man?
is it your shoulder bears the human
| load?
Do you draw down the rains of the
sweet heaven,
And keep the green things growing?
Back to hell
God is descending from eternity,
And all things. good and evil, build
the road.
Yea, down in the thick of things, the
men of greed
Are humping the inhospitable clay.
! Pv WnndroiYS foiIS the men uithOnf