The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-02-10
DANIELS GIVES WILSON
CREDIT FOR ENDING WAR
Declares People "Had Already Found
They Got Gold Brick by Electlng
Republican Congress.

New York, Feb. 5.-President VIII
son was given credit here tonight by
Secretary Daniels, speaking at the
Democratic club dinner to national
Chairman Homer S. Cummins, for
having seen the necessity of shutting
German submarines off the seas as
the only effective method of combat
ting them before naval stats "on
either side of the water" moved to
that end.
"You must shut up the hornets in
their nests" the President was
quoted by Mr.. Daniels as having SAID
in quarterback speech to officers OF
the battleship Pennsylvania, early IN
the war, "for you can never end the
submarine peril if you let them out
and then have to devote yourselves to
chasing them over the ocean,
America Responsible.
"The barrage finally built across
the North sea-" said Mr.. Daniels,
"vas the American navy's answer to
the Presidents counsel. It was pro
posed by Admiral Earle, chief OF
ordnance in April, 1917, appEoVed
bv Admiral Benson ard Admiral
Mayo. by the general beard, by ne
eacre+o7v Of the Navy and by TIE
President. It was the greatest coz
structive naval measure cf effective
ness in the whole war. 1t was f@"-
tor both in destroyir~ the mo"&t"
Of the German navy ard in is deadlE
destruction of submarines"
President Wilson had also pointed
out before the naval etafs h"d
reached that conclusion, Mr.. Daniels
said, "that the only way to most sure
" safeguard merchant ships was to
send them in conveys, protected by
armed ships"
The secretary attacked the record
of Congress since 1918, when dis
honest appeal to hyphenated politics
enabled the Republicans to elect
majority of this Congress" and de-
clared the people chad already found
they got gold brick" That record
he characterized as certain to defeat
the Republican party next November
Gas it is certain that the Democrats
will have the wisdom to go forward
and nominate a great leader who is
himself platform of obstructive
legislation"
League as Means Of Peace.
Mr.. Daniels said he believed that
League of Nations, such as that
proposed In the treaty would enable
the world to maintain peace without
competitive naval building but with
ont such league, American duty was
"as plain as a pikestaff." He quoted
President Wilson'S statement in 1916
that the navy should be "incompar-
ABLY the most adequate navy IN the
world" ard added that none OF the
nresent American building program
would be delayed or abandoned.
eve are to have league OF ma
tions with America making as large
contribution as any other country TO
the mobile police force afoat,' ne
said. cor we are to have a navy
sincomparably the most adequate
navy in the world Which IS 1t to
be? It must be one or the other"
Republican Neglect.
Reviewing the history of the mef-
chant marine through forty years OF
Republican neglect and Indifference
the naval secretary declared it was
not until President Wilson's first IN
a,1guration, when a shipping bill was
introduced in 1914 by Representa-
tive Alexander, now secretary OF
commerce, that constructive meas
ure to give America a merchant
marine with administrative backing
had been presented.
"This new merchant marine is IN
jeopardy again." he said. "Unless the
people register their high resolve
never again to let America be de-
pendert upon foreign bottoms, TINS
: Repub can Congress will start the
nerchant marine down the toboggar
: slide out OF which Woodrow Wilson
nulled it against Republican opposl-
ton and hostility