Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-09
NATION WARNED
OF WORLD AN|MUS
Dr.. Robert Johnston Tells
Loyal Legion Banquet Iso-
Iation Danger.

Declaring that he had found in his
FOREGROUND" Europe almost an in
feriority complex toward the United
States because of the financial and in
dustrial supremacy of this country, DR..
Robert Johnston of st. Johns Episcopal
Church last night pleaded for America
to assume the responsibility that her
privileges of this day required and to
enter more largely into the life of the
world
DR.. Johnston told the District of CO.
lumbia Commandery, Military Order
Loyal Legion of the United States at
fits annual banquet at the Willard Hotel
that trade relations now so bound up
this country with the world that war
would do us about as much harm" as
the enemy.
The choice is whether politically. ex-
ercising our best mind, We are going to
be hermit nation. shut up within our
selves" he said, "or whether we are
going to let the great expanding spirit
of America percolate through other ma
tons of great culture.
THE nations of Europe" he declared
rare history bound. We are not We
are freer than they The notion that
we can be hermit nation is one of the
silliest things as we'll as one of the
absurdeSt things I know"
ARMY and Navy" Subjects.
Col John P Wade of the general staff
of the Army made an address on The
Army and Rear Admiral Luke Nc
Nance spoke on THE Navy emphaSiz-
ing the necessity of strong national de-
Tense, despite great diplomatic efforts
toward peace. Newly elected officers
were installed.
In his address DR.. Johnston pointed
to the Philippine Islands as one evil
dence of the United States reaching out
its hand around the world, and he pre-
dicted that this hand might never be
withdrawn.
Discussing what he said were two
different visions of the sea by Great
Britain and the United States, the
speaker said Great Britain claimed CON
troll of the seas" while this country
insisted upon freedom of the seas
These two crisis he solemly de-
clared, can never be dovetailed to-
gether." Dr. Johnston warned that the
Jungle" spirit was far from dead,
either in church or state. He thought
the world was far from the millennium,
but he felt that I'VE have not exhausted
the capacity of the human mind, hu-
man spirit, or ingenuity of the American
people" in efforts toward preventing
the two different visions of the sea
Dy Gn6 TWO great ELBlSh SpcdhulS
peoples ever clashing.
Let our spirit go out" he declared.
with all its healing peaceful qualities
and something will happen"
Army Vital Factor.
Col. Wade declared "the vital factor
in any policy of preparedness must be
the Regular Army" Praising the soul"
of that Army, as endowed with gentle
ness, courage, courtesy, unself1Sh 10y
atty, comradeShip. love and country, adj
herence to duty. and dicipline," he said
this has developed a high esprit"
which he characterized as lone of the
greatest military assets that the United
States possesses today"
Admiral McNamee emphasized the
necessity for America sustaining the
freedom of the seas" as a great issue
in international relations.
when treaties are violated" he de-
clared, "the only sheriff that counts
is good army and navy. Our arms
have never failed us; our arms have
made and kept us a nation. May the
hour never come when they are needed