New Britain herald., 1925-05-08
AIR DEFENSE NOT
 l ENOUGH. WILBUR
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Sea battles were fought on thc seven seas in this war, And although our shores wera lavaIed and our capitol at Washington burned by the enemy these sea victories far from our shores won puace and gNo safety to the couury France al- tackled us al sea, and a' sc4 we r"- tallated The HJrbary States struck at our fas, and alter mlsorahly yielding tribute for a 'imo Ur finally rallied to n" cal "Nun"us for 'h- tcnse bat uo, ona cent for t1'C,,." We sent our ships. few H. nGmnr to contest with tHoSe r.BuaI states for freedom of c9mmre'e upon tuo Mediterranean.
 In the CeIl nar ve fauw c.r ships fighting o@ 't. rm.,s O. France and m 'he larrn. ID ru.u- tain tho fas of .h. lm.u up.u tL. high seas The ST3nsh-Am,rican war found our sai0s, nHhu a month after war vas lrolar.i. dgGu0g in Manila Bay on 'ha far stls of fhc Pacific, seniInc guoGu.r7 across the Pacific 70 meet the naW Spanish feet, transporting troops to th" Philippines. 10 t'uha and Porto Rico, and dcstrolnE the nre proui sea power o' Srarn at Sau'iaro. 1'h, World war vt'h al. IS philosophical and historical basis, furnished a clear instance of yio'a'oI couw"r- cial rights anI ot our dr'onso rh"ro- Of. We fought not because Grr- many invaded or threatened 70 in- wade America. hut hacoUse sna struck st onr commerce on f.. North sea, and denied 70 crr ehNpe and 70 OUT citizens on ,ha high sr7s the protection of OUT 74g 1s she had denied the protection of cher noI- tral flags.
 Must Prepare for Defense
 ITO defend America we must he prepared 70 defend its interests and our flag In every corner of The globe. If our minister Is assaIlad in Pekin our marines march to htS protection. f our corsul is slain in Teherar, Persia. re demand and receive redress ard our ships ro to the bourdarias nf Persia n receive and ack0oH'edge apologies and reparation. r our cltizens and sol diers are sIatn hy narauders across the Mexican border Ua take and hold Vera Cruz r0'u more stable government takes over power. Piracy has been wholly suppressed upon the high seas and our gun boats are ratroiuus the Yangtsa river for q thousand miles inland fin China 10 suppress piracy there. 1f trouble is threatened in samoa our ships there seek 10 secure justice for the inhabitants. Our Navy knocks with friendly hand upon every door and exchanges greetings of friendship with every people. Its potential power holds up the hands of every consul, minister diplomat and plenipotentiarv as he transacts the affairs of state.
 T have deliberately chosen 10 ircct your attention to America as 2 world power with world wide commercial interests. and with in- escapable commitments and Obiga- tons in order 10 call your attention to the necessity Of an adequate navy for national defense. am persuaded to do this because ] think you can see that A Chimes" wall around continental United States whether of stone, of coast d"- fense batteries, or of bombing planes capable Of attacking ships o5.0 miles from our coast Is no defense of the far flung commerce and interests of the United States World wide interests require a world wide defense. X Chinese wal around the United States would nc more protect the United States than 2 Chinese wall around the state o' Iowa would protect that state. AT American child crying on the banks of the YanEtse 2 thousand miles from inc C0asT can SIHlilbI It ships of the American navy uD that river 10 protect it from un1us' as saut Any nation facing the see can he called to account bv oul navy. The suggestion that th' Tinted States can he defended solely by alroraft operating from our shores is born of ignorance Of wha constitutes OUT nation and of f. vast and world wide interests, anf also of an unwiss enthusiasm fo one feature ot national defense, wise and sane development of 'h' army and navy. 2 T0asonah0e a5 vance along lines o' 7rogr'ss i7 al means o' nationa! daf.-se WY rr move serious though, cf aEFrassio by others.
 "T.at lis seek roa-o ard 71rs|o ! diligently, wisely and porsis'"n''y and may our peace rebound 'o +h peace and security ct all men,