New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1915, Page 10

ON OUTLINES DEFENSE PLAN htinued From First Page.) prve order. Onmly those who ets of admission were permit- o to the upper galleries, and ive rumor of some sort of a suffragist demonstration out extra guards, rinkled among the spectators he corridors through which sident had to pass. A num- en were placed at command- litions in the galleries. his. were silent about the pre- S, but it was said at the cap- it word of a plan of some of ore militant suffragists to demonstration had come to I was said that lawyers rep- & the women had made an ex- ONn of the precedents govern- #mpt in the house, and from ftion officials suspected that [hg was being planned. i Mrs. Galt Present. tithe galleries had been filled Jusual visitors, the official ‘tame in. Mrs. Galt, the At's fiancee and her party took ive gallery. Other reserv- ‘€8: were occupied by govern- als and their wives. The gtié gallery was unusually well b Latin-American members srgely represented. ‘before 12:80 o’clock the mem- which | !Do You Drive a | Car? Moleskin Ulsters |Do Not Cost As Much | As Fur These ulsters are lined with Beav: ized sheepskin, Mackinaw lined sleeves and sweater cuff. Water-proofed and weather-proofed. This is the warm- the doors, it has the imported Moleskin est coat made for man out of and we have sold a lot of ’em at $20. and the prosperity of the states of Central and South America is not al- tered. We retain unabated the spirit that has inspired throughout the whole life of our government and which was so frankly put into words by President Monroe. We still mean always®to make a common cause of national independence and of politi- cal liberty in America. But that pur- pose is now better understood os far ' the senate, marching two by lent over to the house chamber ok seats reserved for them in nt rows of the benches. Com- hiad been appointed to meet dent on his entrance to the ‘and take him to the speaker’s 'Where he awaited the moment ering the house chamber. President Gets Ovation. after 12:30 o'clock the presi- k his place at the clerk’s desk ‘manuscript in hand ready to ¥ rybody in house, floors and &5 alike, rose up and cheered. a tense silence settled down hall as the president began in a low, even voice which be heard everywhere. His ref- %0 all parts of the American ént standing, “‘so far as we are on a footing of genuine ,”* aroused the first applause. ‘the allusion to “United States t not corercion” of Mexico, d more enthusiasm. Watches President. hy members followed the ad- from the printed copy. Mrs. vatched the president closely, scasionally glanced over the pub- [ileries. pther burst of applause followed eference to ‘‘Setting America .as a whole for the uses of in- dent nations and political free- L {ancee & ry recommendation embodied in locument had to do with compre- lve plans for strengthening the &l defenses. The program in- d the army and navy plans al- made public by Secretaries son and Daniels; legislation for nment owned merchant ships; a credit law; the Philippine and b Rico bills which failed of final hge at the last session; conserva- legislation; a law giving federal o incustrial and vocationaly edu- n; and the creation of a com- on to inquire into the transpor- [ problem. Plotters Denounced. turalized and native born Amer- who, sympathizing with bellig- ts abroad, have plétted and con- pd to violate their own country’s ity were scathingly denounced jhe president, and congress was d to provide . adequate federal p to deal with such offenders, ternal taxation was proposed as means of providing the money ssary to add to the naval and tary establishments. Sources of tion suggested were incomes, gas- e, naptha,’ automobiles and inter- explosion ‘engines, ‘fabricated iron steel, and a stamp tax on bank Extension of the war reven- bill and continuance of the present iff on sugar were recommended, the sale of bonds opposed- Longest Message, is message was the longest Mr. on has ever delivered to congress began with a statement that since last addressed congress: 'The European war has extended threatening and sinister scope un- it has swept into its flame some tion of every quarter of the globe, excepting our own hemisphere, has d the whole face of international jairs, and now presents & prospect Teorganization' ‘and reconstruction as statesmen and peoples have r been called upon to attempt be- No Interest in Causes. he United States has remained he said, because it had no in- in the causes and because it the duty of the natlons of the ern hemisphere to prevent col- ctive economic ruin. The president pointed to the atti- de of the United States towards exico as proving that this country s so selfish motives in its interest countries in Central and South fmerica. There was a time, he said, e’ the United States looked upon elf us a sort of guardian of the ;publics to the south as againstthe rcromchment or efforts of political [ntrol from Europe. Difficult to Maintain Role. “But,” he added, “it was always iflicult to maintain such a role with- ut offense to the pride of the peoples hose freedom of action we sought to rotect, and every thoughtful man of fffairs must welcome the altered cir- fumstances of the new day in whose ght we now stand, when there is no aim of guardianship or thought of ards, but, instead a full and honor- ble association of partners between urselves and our neighbors, in the nterests of all America, north and outh. “Our concern for the independence as it concerns ourselves. It is known not to be a selfish purpose. It is known to have in it no thought of tak- ing advantage of any government in this hemisphere or playing its political fortunes for our own benefit. All the governments of America stand, so far as we are concerned, upon a footing of genuine equality and unquestiotd independence.” Test in Mexico, “We have heen put to the test in the case of Mexico, and we have stood the test,” declared the president. He added that it remained to be seen whether Mcxico had been benefited by the course taken by the administra- tion, but that “we have at least proved that we will not take advantage of her distress and undertake to impose upon her an order and government of our own choosing.” “The moral is,” continued the pres- ident, “that the states of America are not hostile rivals but cooperating friends and that their growing sense of community interest, alike in mat- ters economic is likely to give them a new significance as factors in inter- national affairs and in the political history of tht world. It presents them as in a very deep and true sense a unit in world affairs, spiritual partners, standing together because thinking together, gquick with common sympathies and common ideals. Sep- arated they are subject to all the cross currents of the confused politics of a world of hostile rivalries; united in spirit and purpose they cannot be dis- appointed of thelr peaceful destiny. National Defense. “I am interested to fix your atten- tion on this prospect now, because un- less you take it within your view and permit the full significance of it to command your thought I can not find the right light in which to set forth the particular matter that lies at the very front of my whole though as I address you today. I mean national defense.” The passion of the American peo- ple, the president declared, was for peace; that conquest and dominion was not in their reckoning nor agree- able to their principles. “But just because we demand un- molested development and the undis- turbed government of our own lives upon our own principles of right and liberty,” he said, ‘“we resent, from whatever quarter it may come, the aggression we ourselves will not prac- tice. We insist upon security in pros- ecuting our self-chosen lines of na- tional development. We do more than that. We demand it also for others.”” ‘War Regarded By U. S. ‘War, the president declared, was regarded by the United States merely as a means of asserting the rightsof a people against aggression, and that “we are as fiercely jealous of coercive or dictatorial power within our own nation as from aggression from with- out” He sald the nation would not maintain a standing army except for uses which are as necessary in times of peace as in times of war, but that the country did believe, in a body of free citizens ready and sufficient to take care of themselves and of the government. “But war has never been a mere matter of men and arms,” he con- tinued. “It is a thing of disciplined might. If our citizens are ever to fight effectively upon a sudden sum- mons, they must know how modern fighting is done, and what to do when the summons comes to render them- selves immediately avallable and im- mediately effective. And the govern- ment must be their servant in this matter, must supply them with the training they need to takec care. of themselves and of it. The military arm of their government, which they will not allow to direct them, they may properly use to serve them and make their independence secure—and not their own independence merely, but the rights also of those with whom they have made common cause, should they also be put in jeopardy.” Pln to Strengthen Army. The president presented the war de- partment plans for strengthening the army as “the essential first step” and “for the present sufficient. The plans include the increasing of the stand- ing army to a force of 141,843 men of all services, and the establishment of a supplementary force of 400,000 dis- ciplined citizens, who would undergo training for short periods throughout three years of a six years’ enlistment. “It would depend upon the patriotic feeling of the younger men of the country whether they responded to such a call to service or not,” said the president. “It would depend upon the patriotic spirit of the employers of the country whether they made it possible for the younger men in their employ to respond under favorable conditions or not. doubt the patriotic devotion either of our young men or of those who give Iths‘m employment—those for whose benefit and protection they would in fact enlist. I would look forward to the success of such an experiment with entire confidence.” Outlines Navy Plan. Outlining the details of the navy plan presented by Secretary Daniels, the president said that “it involves only a shortening of the time within which plans long matured shall be carried out; but it does make defi- nite and explicit a program which has heretofore been only implicit, held in the minds of the committee on naval affairs and disclosed in the debates of the two houses, but nowhere for- mulated or formally adopted. It seems to me very clear that it will be put to the advantage of the cous try for the congress to adopt a com- prehensive plan for putting the navv upon a final footing of strength and cfficiency and to press that plan to The president said that in order to secure national self-efficiency and self- curity the country must have a mer- chant marine. “For it is a pendence,” he asserted. tions go to war or seek to hamper each other’s commerce, our merchants, it seems, are at their merey, to do with as they please. We must use their ships. and use them as they determine. Our independence is provinecial, and it is only on land and within our own borders. We are not likely to be per- mitted to use even the ships of other nations in rivalry of their own trade, and are without means to extend our commerce even where the doors are wide open and our goods desired. Such a situation is not to be endured. It is of capital importance not only that the United States should be its own car- rier on the seas and enjoy the eco- nomic independence which only an adequate merchant marine would give it, but also that the American hemis- phere as a whole should enjoy a like independence and self-sufficiency, if it is not to be drawn into the tangle of European affairs.” Must Undertake Task. The task of building up an adequate merchant marine, Mr. Wilson said, must be undertaken ultimately by American private capital, but in the meantime, he declared, every legal obstacle standing in the way of the building, purchase and American reg- istration of ships should be removed and the government should undertake to open routes, especially between the two American continents. When the risk has passed gnd private capital begins to find its way into these new channels, he added, the government may withdrawn. The president told congress that proposals would be made during the coming session for the purchase or construction of ships to be owned and directed by the government. The measure, he said, would be similar to that submitted to the last cong . but modified in some essential particulars. Follows McAdoo’s Statement. In outlining the financial condition of the government, the president fol- lowed closely the statement recenily given out by Secretary McAdoo. He said that the additional revenue re- quired to carry out the program of military and naval preparation would be $98,800,000 for the flscal year 1917; that if the present taxes were con- tinued throughout this year and the next there would be a balance in the treasury of about $76,500,000 at the end of the present fiscal year and a deficit at the end of the next year of some $112,000,000, reckoning in $62,- 000,000 for deficiency appropriations. Proposing that the new bills be paid by internal taxation, the president sug- gested that by lowering the present | limits of income exemption and the figure at which the surtax is imposed, and by increasing step by step throughout the present graduation, the surtax itself, income taxes as at present apportioned would yield sums sufficient to balance the books of the treasury at the end of the fiscal year 1917 without anywhere making the burden unreasonably heavy. He added that there were many additional sources of revenue which justly could be resorted to without hampering the expenditure. He estimated that a tax of one per cent. per gallon on gasoline and naptha would yleld $10,000,000; a tax of fifty cents per horsepower on automobiles and internal explosion en- gines, $15,000,000; a stamp taX on bank checks, and a tax of twenty-five cents per ton on fabricated iron and steel, probably $10,000,000. No Serious Breaks. The president said ‘there was reason to hope that no question In controversy between this and other governments would lead to any gerious breach of amicable relations, and that he was sorry to say that the gravest threats against national peace and safety had been uttered within the country’s own borders. “There are oitizens of the United States, I blush to admit,” he declareg, “born under other flags but welcomed under our generous naturalization laws to the full freedom and oppor- tunity of America, who have poured the poison of disloyalty into the very arteries of our national life; who have sought to bring the authority and good name of our government into contempt, to destroy our industries wherever they thought it effective for their vindictive purposes, to strike at them and to debase our politics to the uses of foreign intrigue.” Mush Be Crushed Out. No federal laws exist to meet this situation, said Mr. Wilson, because such a thing would have seemed in- credible in the past. “Such creatures of passion, disloyalty and anarchy,” he added, “must be crushed out. They are not many but they are infinitely malignant and the hand of our power ghould close over them at once.” Turning again to military ques- tions, the president said he might find it advisable to call into systematic consultation with the directing officers of the army and navy, men of recog- question of inde- nized ability who are familiar, for example, with the transportation facilities of the country and therefore I for one, do. not ! completion within the next five years.” | ! Guiry “If other na- | | else to be done to better ‘the probably $18,000,000; | competent to advise how they may be co-ordained when the need arises, those who can suggest the best way | to bring about prompt co-operation | among the manufacturers, and those who could assist to bring the technical | skill of the country to the aid of the { government in the solution of prob- lems of defense. He said he might later ask congress for an appropria- tion to defray the expenses of such work. May Give Another Addres: The president told the members he might address them again later on commercial conditions about Wwhich | much legislation has been passed, and which are likely to change rapidly | after the war when the nations of Furope again take up their task of commerce and industry. The most ! that can be done now, he said, is to | > for- [make sure that the necessary instru- | . ooy mentalities are at hand for securing adequate, information. Regarding the railroads, the presi- dent said there haq been reason to fear ‘that they could not cope much longer with the transportation prob- lem, and suggested it would be wise to provide for a commission of in- to ascertain whether the laws as at present framed and administered were as serviceable as they might be n the solution of the problem. He said that the regulation of the rall- roads by federal commission has had admirable results and that the ques- tion was whether there was anything con- ditions under which the railroads are operating. LANSING REPLIES TO GERMANY ON ATTACHES RECALL (Continued From First Page.) case of Captain Von Papen, and the trial of the Hamburg-American con- spirators was mentioned in connec- tion with the case of Saptain Boy-Ed: Probably Will Grant Request. Berlin, Dec. 7, via London 11:50 a. m.—The request received here from the United States for the recall of Captain Von Papen and Captain Karl Boy-Ed, military and naval attaches, respectively, of the German embassy a Washington. undoubtedly will be compiled with in accordance with dip- lomatic usage, it is stated. However, Germany probably will ask to be in formed of the grounds on which the United States government bases the undesirability of the attaches. News of the request for the recall has not been published as yet by the German press. First Direct Word. The above despatch is the first direct word to be received from Berlin in regard to the probable action of the German government in response to the request of the United States for the recall of the two attaches. Since Germany already has asked Washing- ton for information as to the grounds on which the United States bases its request for a recall, it would appear that this fact had not been made pub- lic in Berlin up to the time of the filing of the despatch. CABARET PLANS PERFECTED. Big Entertainment New Year's Eve at Elk’s Club. The house committee under whose direction the annual cabzg”t enter- tainment of New Britain lodge of Elks will be held on New Years eve held a meeting last evening and prac- tically completed arrangements for holding one of the most successful social entertainments ever undertaken by the lodge. Talent from New York is now being communicated with, and it is proposed to have a selected cast from the Sporting Widows company, which will be at the Grand theater, Hartford, during that week come to this city at the conclusion of tho regular performance. The committee is having postal cards arranged so that the members of the lodge may write for reservations, and it is to be understood that after a member has applied for his tickets no chango will be made. The arrangements for the annual Christmas tree celebration were also discussed, and the committee is re- | 5 | take the greatest pleasure in confer- ceiving excellent reports daily of the returns for solicitation of contribu- tions. The event this vear is to cclipse any previous attempt, accord- ing to those in charge, and early in- dications further strengthen the com- mittee’s belief that this will be ac- complished. KENILWORTH CLUB ELECTS. Semi-Annual Meeting is Held by cial Organization. i-annual meeting of the Kenilworth club last evening officers were elected as follow: President—Rodney Miller. Vice president—Harry Scheuy. Financial secretary—Dudley Near- ing. Recording Stearns. Treasurer—Roland Andrus, Executive committee—H. C. Jack- son, L. Bamford, E. Edwards and E. Erickson- . Chairman of social committee—W. C. Timbrell. Chairman of 'house Thomas Schilling. secretary — Harold committee— TO HOLD ENTERTAINMENT The members of the Hebrew Bible | classes of the city are anxiously waiting for next Sunday afternoon, { when an entertainment, consisting of musical numbers, novelty dances and | a sketch will be given at the Russwin | Lyceum theater at 2:30 o’clock. Miss ‘Anna Goldschmidt is in charge of the sketch and those, who are to appear in it have been busy rehears- ing the past few weeks. The proceeds of the entertainment will be used to further the work of the Bible classes. | With regard to what is the right thing | others until WILSON ENCOURAGES } WOMANSUFFRAGISTS Promises to bonier With Congress Leaders on Amendment Washington, Dec 7.—Woman suf- fragists brought their demand for a constitutional amendment to congress again yesterday and renewed their re- quest for support to President Wilson. While the president declined to take up their cause in his annual ad- dress today as they asked, he prom- ised to confer with congress leaders over the amendment, and from that assurance the women derived much encouragement. Heretofore the presi- dent consistently held that suffrage was a state issue. What effect, if any, the recent defeat of suffrage in the elections in the eastern states, may have had on his attitude, was not disclosed but the women were confi- dent that their latest pilgrimage to the White House had been the most fruitful of all. 300 Women Present. The president’s interview with 300 women in the east room of the White House was the climax of a day’s dem- onstration which included the pre- sentation of petitions to congressmen speechmaking on the steps of the capitol, the introduction of the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment in the house and a parade up Pennsyl- vania avenue. A celebrated suffrage petition, 18,000 feet long, and bearing 500,000 names of voters in the west- ern suffrage states, which was brought across the continent in an automobile by Mrs. Sara Bard Field of Oregon and Miss Frances Jolliffe of Califor- nia was lost between here and Wil- mington, Del, by the express com- pany which had been entrusted with the last few miles of its long journey. The women had another petition with them, however, and although less pre- tentious it was presented to Repre- sentative Mondell, republican, of Wyoming, on the steps of the capi- tol. | Three Resolutions. When the house assembled Mr. Mondell introduced the Susan B. Anthony amendment; Representative Raker of California, a democrat, in- troduced an identical measure, and Meyer London, the new socialist con- gressman from New York, presented still another. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National Amer- ican Woman Suffrage association, sat in the gallery with a party of suffrage leaders and watched the proceedings. The introduction of three identical re- solutions seemed to please Dr. Shaw. “We have introduced this selfsame resolution in every congress for the last forty-seven vears. said she, “and while we never have had any difli- calty in getting it introduced, we rarely have enjoved such a degree of co-operation from all political par- ties.” March on White House, Satisfied that that was about all to be expected of congress for one day, the women marched on the White ifouse. Up Pennsylvania avenue with some brass bands and a fife and drum corps they paraded between lines of prolice who were under special instruc- tions to see that they were unmolested. The disorderly scenes of three years ago, when the suffrage parade was niobbed and the police stood power- less, were fresh in the minds of some cf the women and they stepped with broad smiles of recollection of how they had forced congress to in-vesti- gate that incident. Today some of the women rode on horseback, but 9 TO 11 A. M.—HOUR SALE—3 TO 5 P. M. e —— Smoked or Fresh Shoulders Every One Guaranteed EGGS Native Turnips yeow Globe 4 qts 7c MEAL Ygov 5ibs 12¢ Corn b 11}c doz 27¢ WEDNESDAY -Big Bargain Day FRANKFORTS or BOLOGNA ......Ib 1 21/2C FRESH HAMBURG STEAK ...........b llc PRIME CHUCK ROAST BEEF .....1b 1 21/2c FANCY RIB ROAST BEEF, short cut . ..lb 1 4c LEAN FRESH PORK ROASTS ........Ib 1 4c FORES OF SPRING LAMB ...........1b 1 lc LEGS OF SPRING LAMB .............Ib 16c .» 18¢ :f;l;igrt"fll(‘):!: w» 15¢ NEW SAUERKRAUT g c RUMP OR LOIN VEAL ROASTS .. BEST BEAN Moh. C Best Pu Botter e 30C ’ T the MEADOWBROOK CHEESE .... 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The president listened attentively to their request that he ‘take up suffrage in his address to- day and told them he found it impos- sible because his address was finished and he had devoted it to another sub- Ject. President’s Remarks. “All T can say with regard to what vou are urging at present,” said he, “ie this: T hope I shall always have an open mind and 1 shall certainly ring in the most serious way with my colleagues at the other end of the city to do at this time concerning this great matter. T am always restrained as some of you will remember, by the consciousness that I must speak for others as well as for myself so long as I occupy my present office, and therefore I do not like to speak for I consult others and see what I am justified in saying.” DONASKI ARRESTED, «Coroner Finds Former New Britain Man's Death Due to Reckless Driving. As a result of the finding of Depu- ty Coroner Walter D. Makepeace, to the effect that the death of Wlad W Niedzwiecke, twenty-five, of Terry- ville, formerly a constable in this city, who was thrown from the auto of Felix Donaski on the morning of November 21, was caused by the criminal act, omission, or carelessness of Donaski, a warrant for the latter’s arrest, on the charge of marfilaughter was issued yesterday by Prosecuting Attorney James A. Peaseley of Wa- terbury. The warrant was given into the custody of State Polceman Her- bert Cleveland of Terryville for sery- ice. The finding of the Deputy Coroner states that at the inquest, which was held on December 3, he examined sev eral witnesses, among them the a cused, and found that the accident came while the deceased was one of seven passengers in the care of Donaski, who as a jitneur was driv- ing them from Union city to Terry- ville. ’ of ington when the democ al committee held it second day of the ses Chairman William F. sided. tional committee, 1916 Campaign Opens With Meetings of Committees WILLIAM F. MSCOMBS CHARLES D.HILLES t shot of the national campaign ! ship of Chairman 1916 was fired Dec in Wash- | will meet, atic nation- | formulate meeting on the | Chaipman Hilies had already an- ion of congress. | nounced that an ek upon #the McCombs pre- | Wilson administration and upon he On Dec. 14 the republican na- ] present tariff will be the princip. under the leader- | features of the G. 0. I’. fight. Charles 1. Hilles, in Washington, fo for the campalgn. also plans