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SECRETARY OF WAR
ON NATIONAL DEFENCE
In Address Before Workers for International Peace He Adocates Immedi
ate and Fearless Consideration of Problem of the United States Being
Prepared for Any Emergency That May Arise
(By Associated ITess)
MOHONK LAKE, N. Y., May 22—
Before a distinguished gathering of
workers for International peace, Lind
ley M. Garrison, Secretary of War, de
livered an address here last night ad
vocating immediate and fearless con
sideration of the problem of national
defence. The occasion was the twen
(ty-iirst annual meeting of the Lake
Moliank Conference on International
Arbitration.
"I can and do entirely sympathize
with every sane and sensible move
ment which tends to abolish conflict
and to insure peace,” said Secretary
Gnrrison; “but I am utterly out of
sympathy with the idea that we should
neglect or postpone consideration of
what is now the existing condition, be
cause of a hope or a belief or even con
Viction that it may be altered, even
radically altered in the future.”
Such a great epochical event as the
establishment of an international tri
bunal or the limitation of armament,
Mr. Garrison said, could only be
brought about "by those who are
strong, courageous, self-respecting
and righteous; by those who look
facts fearlessly in the face and act ac
cordingly; by those whose conduct is
guided by reason and judgment. "If
we are a nation possessing these
characteristics,” he declared, then we
will fearlessly and courageously take
up the present problem which it is our
duty to determine, and will determine
it properly and be prepared in the
proper way and with the proper spirit
for what may come hereafter.”
The Secretary of War made no di
rect reference, to (he present European
conflict. lie said that he purposedly
trefrained front discussing the defence
policy which should be adopted and
the details which must be carried out
to make that policy effective. He
urged his audience not to shrink from
Consideration of the problem and not
to permit themselves to be diverted
by "items of opprobium.” "Militar
ism,” he said, “is used as a term of
reproach to divert proper considera
tion of w'hat must bo considered if
the subject is to be considered at all.
Militarism, in the sense of having the
military force interefe in the slightest
1 with the conduct of our government by
oy our authorities, is not conceivable
in this country. Militarism in the
sense of the absolute necessity of
proper military precautions and mili
tary preparations, is the subject mat
ter for consideration; it is the Impera
tive question for decision; and it needs
stouts hearts and sound minds to de
cide it. We are surely not so much
deluded as to believe that we can
reach by intuition what others can
only ncqulre by training and experi
ence. We are surely not so sacre
tiglous or irreverent as to believe that
Providence has unjustly discriminated
in our favor and againBt other people
of the world."
Secretary Garrison laid down as his
"first and Indisputable premise" that
self-preservation is the first law of a
nation. The second premise was that
"a nation to deserve preservation must
be sane, just, righteous, self-respecting
and courageous.” Since these virtues,
tie said, were obtained only by con
flict they could be restrained only by
being prepared to defend them from
inevitable assaults. He took issue
with the belief that If a nation takes
military precaution it Invites what It
seeks to prevent or repel.
“They, however, who deprecate the
taking of these precautions and the
making of these preparations," he
went on, urge still further opposition
somewhat akin to that just disposed
of. They say: "If you are strong
enough to fight you are more likely
to fight”—or, stated in the negative,
"If your nation is not prepared for
war, your nation is less likely to be
Involved in war.”
"To be perfectly frank, 1 cannot
preceive the slightest basis in reason
or fact for such a contention, viewing
it solely from the negative side, with
out now adverting to the nfflmatlve
side, which this position absolute
neglects.
"Whereabouts in the realms or
spiritual or physical life do those who
urge this contention find any basis
for its soundness? Do the things
which we call evil refrain from as
suiting the weak, the flabby and the
feeble? In the physical sphere, where
and when has feebleness and weak
ness acted as a shield and a buckler?
Where in the history of nations do we
find tlie strong staying its hand be
caus of the feebleness of its rival?
The pages of history literally abound
with instances to the contrary.
"If the only reason that we should
not prepare such strength as may be
necessary to protect ourselves is be
cause of a fear that we may be tempt
ed to misuse it and may In fact mis
use it. it were better to run that risk
than the risli of feebleness and weak
ness againBt the strength of others
which is just as likely, on this theory,
of being misused against us.
"Our geographical position undoubt
edly minimizes the danger of Inva
sion of our continental possessions.
Our lack of aggressive Intention and
our righteous intentions minimize the
sources and causes of war; our Isola
\ ion has not, as a fact, assured out
freedom from conflict; and other na
tlons relatively ns Jm nted have been
Involved In war; and no sound reason
can be adduced which would justify a
sane man In concluding that Isolation
alone spells safety. Furthermore, our
isolation is geographical only. No na
tion dwells unto Itself alone. Mod
em conditions have caused the inter
ests of nations to be as co-related as
those of families who have intermar
ried. The interests of many of the
large nations today are inextricably
Interwoven with those of some or all
of the others.
"Nor can sure reliance be placed up
on our lack of aggressive intention,
our freedom from covertousness, or
our tendency toward righteousness.
The conflicts and struggles In the
spiritual and the physical spheres are
not always or often between the un
righteous and the unrighteous, or be- 1
tween the covetous. Evil preys upon
virtue, the nnjust upon the just, and
the covetous upon those whose posses
sions they covet,
"Self-respect, without which man is
an invertebrate animal, requires that j
we should be prepared to protect that j
which we cherish, which not only In-1
eludes our material possessions, but
that intangible something which
makes us a distinctive nation In the
eyes of the world. Some one has very
finely said that it docB not matter so
much what happens as the courage
with which you face It; and very often
he consequences of conflict, abhorrent
as many of its incidents are, have
'brought forth some fine, hitherto un
developed strain In a people and made
them worthier to contribute to the
progress of civilization.
"Another obstacle to the proper
consideration of the subject is potent,
though perhaps in many cases un
conscious. It is the question of ex
pense or cost. Men set aside for mili
tary service, while so serving, and
ynoney spent for military material, are
asunied to be wasted; and this con
sideration causes many to turn aside
from a further consideration of the
BUUJtXl.
"It goes without saying, of course,
that unnecessary expenditure In any
line is waste; but it is equally true
that a necessary expense, whatever
the tangible return therefrom may be,
is not waste.
"In a general way, most govern
mental expentures produce no tangi
ble profit; they are not like the ex
penditure of the individual citizen that
oducea something that he sees and
can handle or can identify and assess
Its value. Governmental expenditures
are, so to say, overhead charges which
lie community contributes from the
pockets of all so that each, by reason
of such expenditures having been
made ,and the result thereof, may
pursue his daily vocation with its at
tendant profit. The expense and cost
of government is largelytcomposed of
maintaining executives , courts and
legislatures, and those who guard the
life and the property and the health
of the citizen. There is no identifiable
return for such expenditures; the ci
tizen cannot carrry an item on his
books which represents the return to
him therefrom. But even slight con
sideration will convince that every
governmental expense is justified
which is found necessary to provide
those things which government must
provide.
"Among those things which the
national government must provide,
among those things which the found
ers of our Republic decreed should be
provided by the national government,
is the common defense. Whatever,
therefore, is necessary to provide for
the common defense, must be done at
whatever proper cost.
“There need be no fear, therefore,
that the people will shrink from any
proper expense attendant upon proper
measures of common defense after a
common agreement has been reach
ed ."
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Adame Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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