The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 22, 1916, Page 4

Bortppe Northwest Leagee Newspapers Published Dally by The Star Publishing Oo Phone Main ote { A United American This newspaper stands for AN AMERICAN NA TION! One and indivisible! Long ago the mingled blood south and north, washed from blight of critical, of our heroic forefathers, Columbia's slate the threatened sectionalism Today, at a moment well nigh this paper presents to its readers for their indorsement a great ®ational policy—a declaration of principles which pr claims for a nation united in its ideals, indivisible in the American nationalism of its combined citizenry, universal in the response of its people to the stern duties of the } loftiest patriotism. The Star submits as the first and most important plank in its platform the necessity of military pre pared as news mess which shall be adequate for the defense of the cour try AGAINST ANY ATTACK THAT CAN BE MADI AGAINST IT. Tt is our firm ‘conviction that the best possible ir surance against such an attack would be world-knowledge that we were prepared successfully to resist it No man can say with any certainty that the chances | are that the United States—in its present state of de _ fenselessness—will be attacked and suffer a great disaster ' =o great a disaster that our imaginations cannot com it. But that there is at least the possibility that we may be attacked, and the probability that the attack would be successful in the present state of the national defense, seems to be outside the realm of argument. Tf our ideals, the lives of our people, the material wealth which we have accumulated by qr toil, are things of value, we must be prepared to defend them. That we are not prepared; that, population, extent of territory and wealth considered, the United States is the most defenseless nation in the world—is known to ary ene who has given serious thought to the matter e have ‘many domestic problems pressing for solu tion, problems which are so complex as at times to seem ible of solution. We have been so occupied with these problems, so busy developing our material resources, © $0 industrious becoming the richest nation in the world | that we have forgotten that our first duty is to be pre pared to defend ourselves 3 By comparison with other nations, we are richer to ) day than we ever have beer. By the same comparison, we are weaker from a military standpoint and therefore less able to defend ourselves. ‘ It is probably well within the facts to say that WE | HAVE NOT ONE REAL FRIEND AMONG THE | GREAT NATIONS. We are hated by some and envied or despised by others. As matters stand, and as they probably will stand for Some years to come, our position in the world of nations —if not our very existence as a nation—depends upon Our willingness to make whatever sacrifices are called for | te prepare to defend ourselves. The best and cheapest ¢ insurance that we can have is the STRONGEST NAVY in the world and a _ Gitizenry, every male of which has been trained for mili- tary service. That is what this newspaper means by s preparedness. \_ We believe that this should be the keystone of the arch of our national policy, and it is our purpose to use hatever influence we may have, in all legitimate ways, to accomplish this object. THE NAVY The coast of the United States is about 21,000 miles long. It is obviously impracticable to defend more than a very small portion of this with coast defense guns. About | the most that we can do in the way of land fortifications is to protect the large cities and the important harbors a Our chief reliance against a foreign enemy must be Next Week “PIDGIN ISLAND” By Harolé MeGrath RRM RRS | done and Bob said it was possible jand that he could do it. can’t be done.” Bob Bennett was g00d to look “Of course, it can.” on. Some of those young ladies “A man\ couldn't survive | who wave banners when young men ordeal.” {strain their backs and their legs C do it myself.” jin the cause of learning, had, in scene was the University the days of the not remote past Dickie said it couldn't be‘ dubbed him the “bine-eyed Apollo.” A Novel Week! ra CHAPTER L ‘The Temerity of Bob & bound in convenient ‘form for use in your kitchen will be mailed FREE if you send your name and The cooking lessons explain how you can always have “good luck” in your baking through choosing the right materials, mixing them, regulat- ing the heat of your oven, etc. Address JAQUES MFG. CO., CHICAGO EDITORIAL AA RAR AK RAIA A ATI TOR ~ MR MN KKM RRR RRRRMMMANAMAMAK ARAM KRMMMDOR AM | proving glance women usually be- i urchin. " | Bob : | Now that Bob had ceased the] “There's Mins Gwendoline Ger-| ‘They gazed at him admiringly.| there,” suggested Clarence | masta Aitata You Tanyas battins ha bs ener tee eoney rie chase for learning and was out in| ald, for example. Millions In her Clarence Van Duzen “took” some| Accordingly they entered the athae that remark overheard.” and inscription, He read { the wide world, he should have ac-| own name, and one else who staked Bob. And| Waldorf and the commodore hus-|""son don't hurry,” said the com-|he groaned, Would Mr. Robert quired an additional sobriquet “Hold on, dad!” eried Bod. Hta|then Bob ataked himself. |tled them up and down and around, | mogore hastily,” “Between old | Bennett Join Mrs, Ralston’s honee that of “Impecunious Bob.” It|face was flaming now. “Little short of cash at the bank | Without, however, their encobnter-| ‘ings hut I<eay —By Jove, you | Party at Tonkton? pulmo cme: would have fitted his pecuniary] “I knew you were acquainted,” | just now,” he observed. “But if|{ng @ single person they knew lane looking well, Never saw you| And tha there. condition very nicely. Once he had| observed dad softly, still studying | you'll take my note | “Whew! This is a lonesome! jooking so young and charming.|in anot handwritin “4 Nghe had great expectations, but alas!—| him. “Resides & beautiful! “Take your word if you want,”| piace!” breathed the commodore at|Never*” it wae eather erndeiy Will your" hat swan dad had just “come a cropper nt ane aS eat i hi a ey commodore. s | Inst |done, but the commodore could say wasn't signed. Bob stared ore broke, Bob,” eald dad that] 00D Mt dads’ barst lromarrel, {tt ea oe able in 30 | Let's depart!” disgustedly from | things more bluntly than other peo-| at {t. Would he? He had to. He very morning. lees Sdenty he tealivod his |faye ttecsaufal bue he did it He| clarence. “Apologize for stoering| ple and “get away With them.” was in honor bound, becatise or- “Never mind,” observed Bob) liiiag 4 pal) i. Sarah. iran tcmah ne ae, dot 1 Into these barren wastes!’ Bob began to breathe hard, hav-|dinarily he would have accepted magnanimously. “Don't you Worry | 3tttt ide ne nt ey eee eat oe fidence ‘he | "What's your hurry?” said Bob,|ing a foretaste of what was to| With alacrity. But a house-party Jor reproach yourself. to heap abuse on those gray hairs. i Nation and a Dec the navy and the strength of this navy must be In exact proportion to its responsibilities. These responsibilities are greater than those of any navy in the world. Logically, the American navy nrust be the strongest navy in the world The one outstanding and unanswerable argument for the strongest navy in the world is—THAT IT MUST BE A DIVIDED NAVY. No man can say whether our danger is greater on the Pacific or the Atlantic, No man can say that we will not be attacked on both coasts at the same time. Certainly, if this is a nation with one national spirit and one national ambition and the same national idea each coast is entitled to the same consideration from a gt nment worthy to be entrusted with the supreme powers which we delegate to our government Strategically, the Panama canal has not solved the problem of making a given amount of naval strength equally efficient on both oceans, It would not solve it, even if its safety could be relied upon, for the very reason that the navy may be called upon to give battle to hostile fleets off both coasts at the same time, One does not have to let his imagination run riot to conceive of just this situation There have been many suggestions as to how the United States is to proceed to acquire the strongest navy in the world—a na ong enou to make any nation, or probat of nations, hesitate to attack us—and st *h to defeat any single enemy, or probable com f enemies, should they refuse to be »yparent strength The character of our navy must be decided by the experts, the officers in the service who have devoted their lives to the study of this problem That, there is enough ability and patriotism in the American navy to create a fleet, such as outlined above, in the shortest possible time, cannot be doubted. That such a navy should have its full complement of battle over-awed by our ay ships, battle-cruisers, submarines, torpedo boat destroyers, aircraft and supply ships, all of the most efficient type, goes without saying. It is for the president and congress to determine that we are to have a navy that will render our shores immune from attack and to appropriate the money AND THEN TO KEEP THEIR HANDS OFF SO LONG AS THE MONEY IS BEING HONESTLY SPENT, THE ARMY The navy is our first line of defense and should be planned and built on the theory that nothing that can be anticipated will be left undone to defeat the enemy before he reaches our shores. But, strong as our navy may be, we can never be sure that it will not be defeated when it is called upon to meet the supreme test of battle. Our preparedness must be based on the theory that we will engage and fight the enemy on the sea and hope to defeat him there, but that should we fail, we have an army of sufficient strength to prevent invasion. That our army, today, is not strong enough, either in men or armament, to prevent the landing of a de- termined foe on either the Atlantic or Pacific coast, is as well known to the general staff of every nation in the world as to our own army chiefs and such of our statesmen as THINK WITH THEIR BRAINS IN- STEAD OF THEIR EMOTIONS. There are bills in congress to increase the regular army and to supplement it with an increased state militia. Every military expert in this country knows that it is we need for national STAR—MONDAY, MAY 22, 1916. PAGE OF THE SEATTLE STAR PAGE 4. army to be effective as a fighting force must be a national, not a state, institution. National defense is one thing; strike duty is some- thing else. They won't mix, and so long as we put any reliance as a nation on soldiers—who, when they enlist in the state militia, know that their chief duty is to act as state policemen—we are simply fooling ourselves Switzerland and Austria are where we must get our ideas for an army upon which we can rely with implicit confidence in its efficiency and patriotism, The theory upon which the Swiss and the Austrians provide for national defense is that the first duty of every man is to submit to military training; that every man who enjoys the privileges of democracy only be willing, BUT MUST BE PREPARE FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRAY; that he cannot be pre pared unless he has been trained There is a great difference between universal mili- tary training and universal military service. In this coun try, universal military service—calling for men to serve one, two or three years consecutively, with the colors would mean a standing army of several million men, ob- viously unnecessary from the ndpoint of military necessity. Universal military training would mean no larger standing army than we now have, if it were con sidered wise to have it no larger 3ut, it would also mean that ready to respond to the call of their country are MILLIONS OF TRAINED AND EQUIPPED MEN THE EQUALS OF ANY SOLDII IN THE WORLD from the standpoint of physicak fitness, techni cal knowledge and the courage which comes of having been schooled to do the thing which is to be done. THIS WOULD BE A DEMOCRATIC ARMY, an army cap- ableof defending this nation against the world, consider ing that the enemy would have to be transported over HOW TO RAISE THE MONEY The building and maintaining of the strongest navy in the world and the training and equipping of a great democr army, based on the Swiss-Australian systems, wil} cost a lot of How is this money to be raised so as to impose the least burden on the people of the nation? In a series of articles recently published in this news- paper, Basil Manly proved that income tax frauds amount to at least $320,000,000 a year. Without going into details, it seems probable that these taxes, out of which the nation is now being de- att money frauded, would pay our Pa bill. THE COM- PLETE COLLECTION OF THE INCOME TAX IS NOT ONLY A MATTER OF JUSTICE BUT, UND THE PLAN FOR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS WHICH WE ARE FORMULATING, IT WOULD BI A MATTER OF NECESSITY The remedy which has been urged as fundamental to the prevention of income tax frauds—publicity of re- turns—must be the keynote of American fiscal policy as it relates to preparedness. We demand the PUBLICATION of the income tax returns, therefore, not only as the most effective method of detecting the Income tax thieves and raising the money for national defense, but as a sure preventive’ of possible inefficiency and graft among government officials who are charged with the enforcement of the income tax IMMIGRATION This newspaper stands for the further restriction of immigration. Hence, we favor the bill now in congress providing for a literacy test. We have many and im- portant reasons for including this policy in our declara- worrying. now.” | Japanese methot impossible to get as may men defense thru voluntary enlist and they also know that the state militia always has been, and always will be, almost, if not quite, useless. OTT 5S HOE ONE IEDC “NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH” I'm not going Thanks, Rob.” Coolly. “I'm not You seo, it's up to you Me?” Bod sta Yes. You se 3 | I belleve in the) “What's that?’ Uneastly. “Duty of a child to support his} parent, when said child is grown up!” | Rob whistled “I've got a dollar or two tucked Bob looked disgusted, STR PON PT EM NG A ae ENS EAN ment in a regular paid army tions of principles. FOR THE SAKE OF TI his own dad! “I confi And toward dad Having the utmost nee my boy, I'm too old to make An- | sald the commodore. like,” from Bob,| had paused at the corner of T ty- fourth st, ' the stormy petrel, We favor restriction, in the first place, Copyrimht, Bobbs Merril! Co. 1E IMMIGRANT HIMSELF By Frederick S. Isham A Novel, by the 1) rota, A Week |beg your pardon, air,” he mutter-| would win, he didn't stop to real-| With @ little more bravado. Then 4 contritely. “Tm afraid I am ise what a large contract he was|*uddeniy he forgot about those forgetting myself. But please taking on. But Dan, Dickto, Clar-| ther three. His entranced gaze be tera the talk.” bats nh On clue On came focused on one. He saw only All right,” #ald dad, “I for! “Of course, you can't go away | ber : |give you. I was only trying to and hide,” said Dickte to Bob with| “Ha The commodore'’s quick élucidate your position. But since sudden suspicion glance, following Bob's, caught sight, {t's not to be the matrimonial) “Rob understands he's got to go| too, of that wonderful face in the | market, it'll have to be @ hustle,/on tn the even tenor of his way,” |distance, She was followed by one |or two others. other fortune, I've done my bit) Bob nodded, “Just as ff noth-| The commodore precipitated him- and now I'm going to retire on my ing had happened! he observed, | self in her direction Bob put out \son, Sounds fair and equitable, |"I'll not seek, of I'll not shirk,|@ hand as if to grasp him by the doesn’t it, Bob?" I'm on honor, you understand.” coat tails, but the other was already away,” went on dad. “That will| “i'd hate to contradict you, sir,"| ‘That's good enough for me!”|beyond reach, That “advice” dad have to Inst until you come to the|the other answered moodily. sald Dickie. “Bob's honest.” had given him weighed on Bob like rescue. But it won't last long, Bob. Dad walked up to bim and laid ‘And me!” from Clarence. ja nightmare. Suppose ghastly Bear that in mind. It'll ben mighty|an arm affectionately upon son's “And me!" from half a dozen |thought!—truth compelled him ever short respite.” broad shoulders I've the utmost | other good souls. to speak of that? And to her! ‘Oh, Vil not forget it. If—1t it’n| confidence in you, my doy,” he| “When does {t begin?” inter-|shiver ran down Bob's backbone not an impertinence, may I ask/ sald, with a bland smile rupted Bob, Nearer she drew--nearer—while what you are going toflo, dad?” | “Thank you, sir,” replied Bob.| “When you walk out of here.” | Bob gazed as if fascinated, full of I'm contemplating a fishing) He always preserved an attitude; “At the front door?” rapturous, paradoxical dread, Now trip, first of all, and after that—|of filial respect toward his one} “When your foot touches the|the commodore was almost upon quien sabe?” And he spread out| nd only parent. But he tore him-| sidewalk, son." The commodore, | her when his hands in carefree fashion and|S@lf away from dad now as soon as|who was about 40 in years, some-| Ah, what was that? An open smiled blandly, _— could, He wanted to think. Me-|times assumed the paternal elevator?—people going in?—She, Bob started to go, and then he| Chanically walked on and on,| Bob got, up. too,—those with her— Yes—click! |Iingered. “Perhaps,” he sald, “you rhs haga be his unenviable| “Going? r a closed door! The radiant viston can tell me what | am going to do?) {te Suddenly he found himself) “Might as well had vanished, was golng upward “Don't know.” Cheertully in front of the club. Bob went in.| The commodore drew out al Rob breathed again “What can I do?” Hopelessty, | And there he met Dickte, Clarence, | watch “Old friend of yours, Miss “Couldn't aay ’ fe rar Same & ogg commodore,’ | 3 iy gpl rect rg athe mS ™.| Gwendoline Gerald, I believ said x don't now anything.” J ‘ soln onda, he 12 of September » co) odore Bt “Ha! hat" Dad tee as if|) seg Pe evo ‘ ee should |he said. “You are all witnesses of |‘ ere aes haa. Gekila A lead 1c “Well, that | bave said could be done” to/the time the ball was opened?” eal a nalaty Move. Experience and harg{ "8d have allowed himself to be| “Good-bye, Bob.” eccayeyT: Na at galgelbe oh pence" tere dded, [drawn further ie the attair was} “Oh, let's go mith him a way!"| i, EM te 1 Sahel a ie 3 r oftly = n pif, a pertinence, For! “Might be interesting,” from|™,,, “ Ee ro ote aad (Was |Dicklo didn't have to worry about | Clarence sardonically r The somodore wheeled. "Mrs. ; , |hustling, the way Bob did now. That's a0. Come on.” Which | Ralston!” he exclaimed giadly get out and fight bis way moved| ‘hey ‘had been going on about! they did “Juat finished my shopping and him, [that “could” and “couldn't” prop- | ides thought I'd have a look in here,” Of course, T could give you A) osition for some time when some | CHAPTER |she said vivactously |1ittle advice, Rob,” said the gov-\one staked Bob. That some one 3 ER IT | “Concert, I suppose?” from the ernor softly. “If you should find! was promptly “called” by the| A Try-Out | commodore, jubflantly hustling a bit arduous for one of | “commodore”—as jolly a sea-dog| ‘To tell the truth—to blurt eut|_ “Yes. Dubussy. Don’t you adore your luxurious natare, there's @n|as never trod a deck nothing but the trath to every | Dubussy?” with schoolgirl enthus alternative.” 4 | Well, the commodore called that! one, and on every occasion, for ho almost @, sho had the Don't know what you mean”) some one quick three whole weeks—that's what f a ‘just-come-out.” growled Hob, “Five thousand he can't do it."|pob had contracted to do | “Nothing like it,” led the com jet ‘married,” said dad, coolly.) “Mor how long?” says Dickie, |. Ax he and his escorts strolled | modore. Hob changed color, Dad watched| “A week,” answered the commo-|down the avenue, Bob wasn't so| Bob gazed at her and the com him keenly. dore. sanguine as he had been when he|modore enviously, Oh, to be able ‘There's always the matrimonial) “Make it two.” had left the club. jonce more to prevaricate like that! market for young men who have ‘Oh, very well,” “How about the Waldorf?” They |The commodore had never heard not learned to specialize.” “Three, if you hir- | Dubussy fn his life. Ragtime and “May find some one merry hornpipes were his limits, followed. | “Well,” she said, with that ap- By mali, out of city, one your, O40) @ io per month up te © aration of Principles by This, Newspaper plicity in his native land, to a life of deadly isolation, exploitation and degradation in this country. Millions of these people are herded today in smoke and soot-swept settlements and insanitary slums, where, shunned, lonesome and abused, they learn nothing what ever of the land of their so-called adoption—LEARN RATHER TO HATE IT because of the miseries they are compelled to suffer by those who exploit them. It was once America’s proud boast that this country was the haven of the poor and oppressed. The evigence is clear and conclusive that the peasant who is poor and oppressed in Europe is still further impoverished and oppressed when, having fled, he finds himself in this haven of his dreams We hold that this nation has not assimilated the thirteen millions odd of immigrants who have landed on our shores since the opening of this century and that it is high time now to call a halt upon further immigration until we shall have taken this great mass of humanity to our hearts, cheered them with our interest, educated them to our national ideals and made them Americans who will love, and die, if need be, for the nation which has really lifted them from poverty and freed them from oppression. We insist that this process of valid absorp- tion is one of the prime necessities in the making of a new and united American nation. We, too, believe, with organized labor, that the practically unrestricted immigration of the past 15 years has been UNFAIR TO THE WORKING PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. The competition of a million new arrivals every year, in addition to the natural nat crease of hands that work, was too great. The entire advantage was with capital—often heartless, ruthless capital. The almost complete cessation of immigration since the beginning of the war has been a double-edged revelation to the American workingman and to those thoughtful citizens who have viewed with anxiety the increasingly serious labor problem in our land. Unem- ployment has passed. Wages have increased., Working people are more prosperous, their families more comfort able And mark this Altho immigration was suspended and the working population was decreased the half million who returned to Europe to fight, PRODUC TION INCREASED BEYOND ALL RECORDS, shown by the official figures of our exports and domest consumption. Does this not prove that well paid, regu- larly employed labor, unhampered by competition flowing from abroad, is a greater producer of national wealth than dissatisfied labor, working half time and suffering from undue competition? Have we not also the proof before us that a population of ONE HUNDRED MIL- LION can provide, in the natural human increase, all the labor needed for the work to be done? Thus—restriction of immigration promises better citizens of our foreign born, more prosperous and more contented citizens in our great working classes, better homes, a stronger people in body and. mind, greater production of wealth, all of which will combine to cement us into a nation strong for hearth and country and willing and quick to defend both when the occasion demands. A WORD FROM THE EDITOR TO READERS In presenting today the accompanying declaration of nation- al principles, this newspaper is at the same time particularly inxious to receive comments from its readers on the policies con- tained therein. We therefore solicit letters from you, giving your views, one way or the other. If you have only a few words to say, send us a post card. The editor will be very giad to dis- cuss editorially any specific points wherein a large number of the People of this city and vicinity are shown to be Interested, and will not fail to give due attention to criticism or suggestion that his policy should be reconsidered.—EDITOR. An who is brought in most cases from a life of lowly sim- Sees? j Ket COOK WOONONA | And Mrs. Ralston was going to the| “Mr. Robert Bennett!” | voice of a concert, It {s true, but to hear the music?’ Ah, no! Her box was a/ fashionable rendezvous, and from|ed to it she could study modernity in| science hats. finger. for follow. And Mrs, “Willie” Ralston him under present circum- was Miss Gwendoline Gerald's | stances! aunt! No doubt that young lady| (Continued in Our Next Issue) | was up in her aunt's box at this moment. | “Never!” repeate 1. | sJ-W. EDMUNDS Oph.D. repeated the commo dore. “Eh, Bob? Doesn't look a | Sates ery peak day over 80,” with a Jovial, free- || jmtQoamed POURS GASSES hearted sailor laugh, “Does she,!|pom TRAIN: . . “it had come. The first test! | EYES Ms ' “ETC 1 ef POPULAR PRICES | And the question had to be an- swered Suddenly an {dea shot thru Bab's FRASER-PATERSON CQ 3: befuddled brain, Maybe Mrs. | ’ Ralston wouldn't know what ‘| DON’T SUFFER jsaid, if he—? Sho had been numer- | jous times to France, of course, but | che ‘was oe meatatyeasavs:| WITH NEURALGIA | weight. He would take a chance on her. | He made a bow which was | Musterole Gives Delicious Comfort |Chesterfieldian and ineldentally When those sharp pains |made answer, rattling ft off with |the swiftness of a boulevardier. | “Nl me faut dire que, vraiment, | Madame Ralston parait aussi agee |quielle Vest!” (“I am obliged to your skull seems split, just rub a little if it say that Mrs. Ralston appears as the pain—gives quick relief old as she is om Nag rellet, Then ho straightened as if helo oe ue is a clean, white ointment, made with had just delivered a stunning com. ltard pliment P “ire jter and does not blister! The lady smiled. She | also beamed. “How well you speak |ommend MUSTEROLE French, Mr, Bennett! |'Throat, Bronchitis, | The commodore nearly exploded. | Neck, Asthma, for Croup, Neuralgia, guage of courtiers and diplomats! he mumbled, Colds of the that hereafter, as Clarence express. ed it Bob talk United States.” | “All right, fellows,” said Bob} |shortly, “You quit tagging and I'll |talk ‘United States.’” “Good, I'm off,” said the com- modore, And he went. The others Bob was left alone, page smote the al: Se ote ie ir. | For the moment Bob was tempt- let him slip by, but con- wouldn't let him. He lifted a “Message for Mr. Bennett,” said shooting through your head, when would MUSTEROLE on the temples and neck. It draws out the inflammation, soothes away oil of mus- Better than a mustard plas. Conges go Doctors and nurses frankly rec- | He understood French, |tion, Pleurisy, Rheumatism, Lum Bob expanded, beginning to | bago, Pains and Aches of the Back breathe fre once more. “Lan-|or Joints, Sprains, Sore Muscles, | Bruises, Chilblains, Frosted Feet— Chest (it often pre- Mrs. Ralston shook an admon-| vents Pneumonia). ishing finger at him, “Flatterer!"| At your druggist’s, in 25c and |she said, and departed, 500 jars, and a special large hos- Whereupon = the ~—_ commodore | pital size for $2.50. leaned weakly against Dickie while] Be sure you get the genuino ence sank into a ¢ r. MUSTEROI Refuse imitations hey showed themselves fair-|—get what you ask for. ‘The Mus minded enough, tho they insisted |terole Company, Cleveland, Ohio,