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f li , • \ 9 USOTOEiH PIESBENT TALKS TO BIMi CROWD IN CHARLOTTE PEACE HINTS DISCOVERED A . Ob^rrer* Think They See Signs of a Possibility of the Ending of Euro- pean Straggle—Wilson Urges Peo- pie Not to Forget New, and Yet the Old, Ideals of This Country. President Wilson, speaking on world peace before a crowd of ofte nunty-ed thousand persons at the anniversary celebration of the sign ing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, at Charlotte Satur day, intimated plainly that not much progress was being made by the warring nations of Europe, and that the objects Being sought could bs achieved better through peaceful means. “It is an interesting circum stance that the processes of war stand still,” he said. He added that “these hot things that are in contact with each other do not make much progress against each other,” and that “when yoa cannot overcome, you must take counsel.'' The president spoke guardedly when mentioning peace in Europe, but his utterances on peace were given significance by, his hearers in view of the recent discussion of the possibility of ending the European war. He said that “here In America we have tried to set the example of bringing all the world together upon terms of liberty, co-operation and peace, and America has been a sort of prophetic -sample of mankind.” The president's address was en thusiastically applauded by a crofrd gathered from several states. Be fore speaking he reviewed a long military, agricultural and prepared ness parade, and afterwards was the guest of hd'flSr'Tr a~Tuncl>eoa and went _ CoHeke. twenty, miles away, where he once was a student. He lift Saturday night for Wash ington. accompanied by Mrs.* Wil son. Secretary Daniels. Secretary Tumulty. Dr. Cary T. Grayson, Sena tor Overman and Representative Webb. The reception committee In cluded Governors Craig, of North Carolina, and Manning, of South Carolina, and Mayor Kirkpatrick. Following Is the text of President W llson’s speech delivered In Char lotte. before a nrowd estimated at more than one hundred thousand, gathered for the Mecklenburg cele bration: — “It Is with unaffectei that I And myself this Interesting company .1 have come back for a i brief to a region very familiar to my heart, and the greeting of whose people Is peculiarly welcome to me. “I do not know, my fellow citl- sens, whether I can interpret for you to-day the spirit of this occasion, but It is necessary when we get together In celebrations like these to take counsel together with regard to just what It Is we wish to celebrate./ “You will say wo wish to celebrate the memories of that time to which we look back with such pride, when our fathers, with singular wisdom of counsel and stoutness of heart, undertook to set pp an Independent nation on this side of the water, but it Is very much more important that we should remind ourselves of the •lemenU with which our forefathers dealt “There were only three million citizens in that .original republic of the United States of America. Now there are one hundred millions. It is a long cry back to these modern beginnings, a great period of time not only, but a great period of pro found change separates us from that time, and yot l would remind you that the same elements were present then that are present now. "What Interests my thoughts more than anything else aboutjrthe United States is that it has always been in process of being made ever since that little beginning, and that there have alw-ays been the same elements in the process. At the out set tlrere was on the part of the men who led the movement fpr independ ence a very high and handsome pas sion for human liberty and free, in stitution:?. “And yet there Lay before them a greftt-'eontinent which It was neees- sarv to subdue to the uses of civili zation if they were going to build upon it a great state among ,ttv(T family of nations. I heard a preach er once point out .tho very interest ing circumstance that our Lord’s Prayer begins with the petition for ‘our daily bread,' from which he drew the inferen'eo that it is very difficult to worship God on an empty stomach, and that the material foun dations of our life are the first foun dations. , “What I want to call your atten tion to Is that this country ever,, since that time has devoted practically all its attention, perhaps to much of Its atteption, to tho material founda tions of Us life; to subduing thia ■continent to the uses of the nation and to the building up of a groat body of wealth and material power. “I find some men who, when they think of America, do not think of anything else but *hat. . But, my friends, there have been other na tions just as rich and just asT>owor- ful in comparison with the other na tions of the world as the United States is; and It is a great deal more Important that wo should determine what we are go(ng to do with our power than that we should possess It. “You must remember, therefore, tho elements with which we are deal ing. Sometimes those of us wbo^ ^rere born in this part of the country paranoia nnrtalroa thi« l« th« characteristic part of America^-Hero more .than anywhere dse has been preserved a great part of the original stock which settled this country, par ticularly that portion of tbs stock which cane from tbs British Isles (I an not nsaalag taaxcluds Irslaad). my friends who live in New England Imagining that tbs history of this country? is merely the history of the expansion of Now England, and that Plymouth Rock lies at tbs founda tion of our Institutions. As a mat ter of fact, my fellow dtisens, how- over mortifying it may bo to them or ns, America did not come oat of the South and it did not come out of Now England. “The characteristic part of America originated in the Middle States of New Yprk and Pennsyl vania and New Jersey because there from the first was that mix ture of populations, that mixture of antecedents which is the most singular and distinguishing mark " of the United States. “The most important single fact about this great nation which wo represent Is that it Is made up of all the nations of the world. I dare say that the men who came tp Amer ica since came with a single' pur pose; sharing como part of the pas sion for human liberty which char acterized the men who found tho republic, but they came with all sorts of blood In their veins, all sorts of antecedents behind them, all sorts of traditions in their family and na tional life, and America has hold to servo as a melting pot for all these diversified and contrasted elements. What kind of fire of pure passion are you going to keep burning under the pot in order that the mixture comes out may be purged of its dross and may be fine gold of untainted Americanism? That Is the problem. “I want to call your attention to another picture. America has always been making, and Is to be made, and while we were In the midst of this process, apparently at the acme and crisis of this process, while this tra vail of soul and fermentation of ele ments was at its height, came this great cataclysm of European war and almost every other nation in the world became Involved In a tremen dous struggle which was for what, my fellow citizens? “What are the elements In the struggle? Don’t you see In this European war is involved the very thing that has been going on in America?. It is.a competition of no-. tton&I standards, of national tradi tions and national politic*—political Fount Mftfllll OF BUT AROUND VERDUN BES1NS HERMANS ATTACK FRENCH LINE IN TERRIFIC BATHE TOrBILLA CHIME systems Europe has grappled in war as we have grappled In peace to see what Is going to bo done with theso things when they come Into hot con tact with one another. For do you not remember that whllp these processes were going on In America some very Intcreefl&R things were happening? It was a very big world Into whidta this na tion came when it was born, hut it Is s very little world now. It used to take as many days to go from Washington to Charlotte In those days as It now takes hours. I hoard sn Irishman say that If the power of •team continued to Increase in the nfcxUlfty years as It had in the last, wo would get to Charlotte two ho irs before we left Washington. “And os three processes of inter communication have been develop ed and quickened men of the same nation not only have grown closer neighbors, bat men of different nations have grown closer neigh bors with each other; and now that we have theae Invisible tongues that speak by the wireless through the trackless air to the ends of the world, every man can make every other man in the world his neighbor and speak to him upon the moment. “While those processes of fermen tation and trarial were going on. men were learning about etch other, nations _gero becoming more and more acquainted with each other, nations were more and more becom ing Inter-relatod as Intercommunica tion was being quickened In every possible wnyr-so now that tho molt ing pot Is bigger than America. It is as big gs the world. “And whtt you see taking placo on the other side of the water Is tho tremendous—I had about said final —process by which a contest of ele ments may, In God's process, be turned into a co-ordination and co operation of elements. “For it is an Interesting circum stance that tho processes of tho war stand still. Theso hot things that are in contact with each other do not make very much progress against each other. When you cannot over come you must take counsel. See Judies and gentlemen, what a new age we have como into. I should think that it would quicken the imagination of every man and quick en the patriotism of every man who cared for Aiirerica. “Here in America we have tried to set the example of bringing all the world together upon term*? of liberty and co-operatloa and peace, and in tli^t great experience that wo havo" been going through Aujcirica has been a sort of a prophetic sample to mankind. “Now, the world cutsitlo of Amer ica has felt the forces of America; felt tho forces of freedom; the forces of common aspiration, the-forces that bring every man and every na tion face to face with this question, “What are you going to do with your power? Are you going to translate It into force or are you going to translate It into peaco*and salvation of. society? “Does it not^ interest you that America has run before the rest of tho world in making trial of this great human experiment, and is it not the sign and dav’n of a new ago that tho one thing upon which the world is now about to fall back is the moral Judgment of mankind? “There is no flnsr sentence in the history of great nations than that sentence which occurs in tho Decla ration of Independence (I am now referring to tho minor Declaration at Philadelphia, not to tho Mecklen burg Declaration) In which Mr. Jef ferson said: ‘A decent respect for the opinion of mankind mdkes it necessary—I am not now quoting the, words exactly—that w< Two too* Desperately Clinging to Lower Slopes of Hills Which They Mast Dominate. The battle of Verdun, the longest and most bitterly contested Individ ual sthruggle of the war, enters on its fourth month Monday. The Ger mans, with characteristic patience and stubbornness, are hammering at Dead Man Hill; where the most furi ous and bloody fighting of the thrbe tnonths’ conflict has taken place. flinging desperately to -the trenches that they have wrested from the French on the lower slopes of the hill, the Teutons have hurled sixty thousand men, backed by sixty batteries of guns of all calibres, forward along a seven-mile front from Avocourt wood to the Meuse in a desperate effort to seize the coveted. As has been usual In this war when either side launched a well pre pared and strongly delivered offen sive, the attacking forces have won initial advantages. The Germans have succeeded In gaining a footing in the French first line at a cost of severe losses. However, judging from the experience of the past. It will not be a difficult task for the French to dislodge them before they are able to follow up their advan tage. Both sides will then return to their firmer positions to await an other offensive. That the Germans must continue their tremendous on slaught on Dead Man Hill or aban don the Idea of taking Verdun seems obvious. This blood-soaked summit and Its sister eminence. Hill No. 304, from the key of the whole system of Verdun!* defenses. The fire from their batteries flanks the Douamont plateau across the riv er. Without the undisputed posses sion of this plateau military critics agree that no attack on Verdun has any rnance of success. Mtu. «*U1 iw. of -T^». TILLMAN DENOUNCES ANNUAL RIVER AND HARBOR STEAL WANTS MONEY FOR NAVY FRENCH GIVE UP GROUND dona” Offeusiv* With “Astoaislv- Ing” Dash, Power, Persistance. London reports: The Germans ore attacking In great strength along the whole western front. From Belgium to the Vosges, the field marshals of the Kaiser are directing this tre mendous offensive with dash, power and persistence that are astonishing. Among the outstanding events of this general attack are a dash on the Yser canal, an aerial bombardment of Dunkirk, heavy fighting in the Champagne district, an engagement in the Vosges,\and, above all, a con centrated intensity in the battle of Verdun. \ All during thi night and running through the morning hours the Ger mans bombarded the French posi tions in Avocourt Wood and Dead, Man’s Hill with a violence that never lessened for a moment Saturday afternoon every man is the Crown Prince’s command seem ed tq have been launched on the entire French front west of the Meuse. East and , west of Dead Man's Hill the Germans swept over the slopes. At the close of the day’s fighting, according to the French, the Ger mans had penetrated the first line of French trenches, only to be driven out by counter attacks. West of ■ad Man's Hill, that. Is In -thwHlll 3(l4\and Avocourt Wood section, the Germkns by nightfall had occupied some of thq advance F'rench trenches and In one ba$e even penetrated the second French line, only to be driven back with great louse*. There was also a determined but unsuccessful attempt by the French to drive the Germans from thslr dangerous hold on the • Haurourt- Esnes Highway, which furnishes a clear road to the Verdun-Paris rail way only three miles from Esnes. Two days ago the Germans drove mu* SOiAad “s 7, Uhl ted this highway, entrench ed. and Jiava held U ever since. Their to Senator Saye ••Pork” Preparedness Scheme a Vital Blow —Advocates Immediate Baildiag if a Fleet Second to Hint Britain's Alone. Great Senator Benjamin R* Democrat, of Sooth Corel chairman of the Committee on Njsvnl Affairs, Saturday delivered in the Senate a terrific broadside against the river and harbor “pork” barrel bill und demanded that the *42,000,000 appropriation which it carried be expended for naval Increase. The Senator was in his eld time form, says the New York Herald, and mercilessly wielded his famous "pitchfork” against what he de clared to be “criminal expenditure** under the existing circumstances. Regardless of the fact that the bill carries |300,000 for South CaroIJpa, he said he would be ashamed to go home and say that he had voted for It when the country was In a defence less condition and needed ths money to place Itself in a condition of pre paredness. He sold the bill seemed to come from a wild craze for local appro priations and a complete disregard of national needs. “This slogan has become common,” he said. “You vote for my steal and I will vote for your steal.” In concluding, he said: /If this bill does pass, I pray God tha president will veto it.** Mr Tillman made It plain that he was far from satisfied with the bill TO TEUTONS AT VERDUN occupation of this point stands to day the great menace to the F'rench communications between Verdun and the capital. Report* Conflict Somewhat Bat Gee- ■ a mans Insist They Have South west of Dead Man’s Hill. After a period of inactivity by the infantry around Verdun the German foot soldiers were hurled Friday against the entire French line In the lie More Homme region. East of Le Morte Homme the Germans pene trated the first French lines, but were driven out with serious losses. To the west and on the northern slopes of Le Morte Hommq the Ger mans occupied a portion era a French advanced trench. I’*deJ»a violent fire by French guns the Germans are reported to have retreated from the position In disorder. Artillery con- tlnnee active in the other sectors about Verdun. On the south and southwest slopes of Dead Man’s Hill on Saturday Ber lin reports the German lines were advanced after active artillery pre paration. Thirty officers and thir teen hundred and fifteen men were taken .prisoners and In addition to other war material, sixteen machine guns and eight cannon were cap tured. Minor counter attacks by the French were abortive. RUSSIAN CAVALRY JOINS BRITISH IN MESOPOTAMIA ARMY STANDING PAT Gen. Funaton’s Command of 50,000 Soldiers ore Inactive. With the arrival on the American side of .Col. Sibley’s little force that rescued Jesse Deemer and Monroe Payne, and chased border raiders 145 miles into Mexico, Gen. Fun- ston’s command of nearly fifty thousand men await developments. That portion of the army under Gen. Pershing, In Mexico, has be come as Inactive as the remainder of the border fefree, and so far as army officers know, the period of comparative inaction will be un broken unless the initiative is taken by Mexicans. - to enlarge It when JV. coached tha Senat*. He said he wasted aa ade quate navy, and by this meant a navy second only to Great Britain’s. When the war waa over, he eatd, Europe would be filled with veteran soldiers, and sprinkled with empty treasuries.„ while the United States wonld hav*' the accumulated billion* brought here by the war. Confronted by these conditions, he said, the only thing for the country to do was to prepare Its defenses, and he gave it as his opinion that the country was ready to pay the necessary money, though he thought the cost now would be heavy. Mr. Tillman spoke briefly, bat hi* speech has encouraged the non-par tisan group that is fighting the bill all along the line. Headed by Mr. Kenyon of Iowa, a Republican, of the Committee on Commerce, they are trying by a protracted filibuster to kill the entire bill with Us appro priation of some 942,000,000, and substitute It for s hJll ten lines long, merely voting 120,000,000 to be epont on maintenance work as directed by the Secretary of War. ▲ fight of this sort, waged single-handed by former Senator Burton of Ohio two years ago, was successful. ‘‘Much to my regret.” said Mr. Tillman, “I feel compelled to vote against this bill. If I am the only Democrat to do so. The Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Lodge) said the other day with a cynical laugh, ‘This is one of the bills that was mads to pass.' I have no doubt It will pass, but all ths same I do not think it ought to become a law. like a fire . ... . . , , -. bell In the night, the war hoe called ance of this body of cavalry is as attention In clarion tones to the cow- great a surprise os was the first land- dltlon of unprepared*^ for self- defense In which the United States "Not a* many ships or as power ful a navy a* Great Britain, bat equalling it In individual twit* and If possible surpassing it in every essen tial at modern warfare. ThJe will coat hundreds of millions of dollar*, but no matter what it coats, we ought to have it—we must have it—and we ought to set about obtaining It In a hurry, for it takes time to build battleships and battle cruisers. “This bill proposes to spend 140,- 000,000 or more on rivers and har bors. The committee on commerce reported this bill to the Senate with one of the most meritorious Items that the House had put in stricken out—that for the East River, ‘pro viding for a channel of deep water from New York harbor to the navy 1,’ bo that a battleship could go . to the navy yard without running aground at any period of the tide. The Senate has shown Itself too patriotic and broad to follow its com- ■ mittee, and this item was restored by an overwhelming vote yesterday. “This policy of urging a river and harbor bill at this time Is iBexpUco- ble. It is as though men were wild and crazy over local affairs and have no broad national grasp at alL Why should we spend all this money in the face of the fact that we are com pelled to greatly Increase our taxes in order to get mqney to run the government this year? 1 cannot undersUnd such a policy at all. I do not want to hart an)body‘s fee*, lags or to wound sensiMUties, bat to me this expenditure wonld be crimi nal under the drcumotaacea that wow exist. I have not ths figures or even the approximate data, and cr.n only guess, but I would bn willing to vote 9300,000,000 If necessary to begin at once—and hurriedly as though we expected a war Immediately—the construction ot«the necessary ships of the goat improved types to give us a really first clast navy. ' **i see the Howse Committee ow Naval Affairs proponed five battle cralaern of the moat approved typo. When the naval appropriation come* over from the House. If there Is no provision in It or adequate provision in tt for docking these monsters. I expect to have something to say in regard to how we coa get in one year and * half the first dock large enough on the Atlantic to repair them. London Reports Joinder and Won ders How KJevs Made the Trip to Gen. Lake. Ix>ndon reports: A force of Rus sian cavalry has joined tho British army on the Tigris, in Mesopotamia. Gen. Lake reporU that on the nine teenth the enemy vacated^the Beth- aissa advanced position Ira the right bank of the Tigris. Gen. Gorrtnge. following up the enemy, attacked and carried the Dujailam redoubt. The enemy le still holding the San- nsyyst position on the left bank of the river. X force of Russian cav alry has Joined Gen. Gorringo after a bold and adventurous rid*. The suppoettlon Is that this de tachment came from th* Russian army which Is threatening Khanl- kan, but it still remains a putzle where and bow the Russians suo- ceeded In crossing the river. Their sudden appearance with Gen. Gor rtnge also has raised the question whether ths Russians have already cut the Bagdad railway, at Mosul. In any case the unexpected appear ing of the Russian troops at Mar seilles and Is another Instance of the swift and stealthY movements of the Russian forces ini Asia Minor. 1$ HIS LAST TERM CUT U. S. TELEGRAPH WIRES Soldiers Have to Patrol Wires to Keep Off-AIari\qdcra. v 'c® • . .. *• Marauders cut the arnyotcTegfaph- line between‘Marathon and ttfe Mexi can frontier in three places last Fri day night, according to Capt. Evans, who arrived from Boquillas, where he had been directing the erection of the line. Capt. Evans pointed out that if communication is to be maintained by MaratMn and Col Sibley’b base at Boquillas that tho whole line will have to be patrolled with soldiers. »-*■■■♦ / ■ — German Ships for Italy. Portugal, with the consent of Great Britain, is ready • to put. at Italy's disposition the German ves sels recently seized In Portugese ports, says the Gazette Del Popolo. ence of mankind this Httlo group of three million' people should say, ‘Friends hnd fellow citizens of the great world, our reason for doing this thing we now intend to state to you in candid and complete terms, so that you will never think that we wore merely-throwing off a yok^ out of Impatience, but know that we were throwing off this - thing in order that a grea. world of liberty should be open to man through tur InstrunTcptaltty.* ' ,f I would like, therefore, to think the splritjof this occasion coufd be- si die TTrrrrEunTr upon which we I harv* taken the Important step of as sociating gar Independence.’ “A decent respect for mankind— It 1* m if Jefferson knew that his waa th* way in which mankind itself wo* to Strugfl* to reallx* Its asp I ra tions sad that, sUadlac la th* pres isting some sacred emblem of coun sel and of peace of. accommodation and righteous Judgment, before the nations of the world and reminding them of that psaaage in scripture, ‘after the wind, aftur tho earth quake after th* Or* th* still small voice of humoalty.’ " Senator Tillman Says He Will Re tire After Present Term. During the delivery of his' speech Saturday attacking {ho river and harbor bill and, urging a liberal ap propriation for. preparedness; Sena tor Tillman made reference to the fact that lie intended to retire from the Senate at the end of his present terras ' , Senator Thomas, of Colorado, at this point saw fit to indulge in laughter. Immediately Senator Till man called bis flippant, colleague down in substantially this language: “I am not like you fellows in Colo- ardo; when I say a thing I mean it,” Senator Thomas protested that he hadn't meant any‘harm, and that he didn't mean to question his South Carolina friend's stiT'ement. The bit of comedy amused tire Senate. CAVALRY FIRED UPON Reports Reveal Presence of Ameri cans far Into Mexico. Thirteen troopers of tho Seventh cavalry were fired upon Friday near the town of Temosachlc and one was wounded. The attack is ascribed to bandits hiding under a bridge near the town, which is a few miles south east of Maedor, on the Mexico-North western railroad. After a few shots the Mqjclcans fled and the Americans continued on their way. This is the first intimation re ceived that American soldiers were stationed so far to the south. All reports have placed their southern most'point at.Namiquipa, which la a finds itself. “I shall part company with my colleagues on this river and harbor bill with great reluctance .But I really cannot see thing* t* they seem to see them, Judging from the action of the Senate commerce com mittee. "Congress has appropriated hun dreds of millions of dollars for the army and navy both; but the country feels now, I am sure, that the army and' navy which we have are not at all adequate for the amount of money they cost. Had the $50,000,- OOO appropriated by congress when the Spanlsh-Amerlcnn war broke out not have been scandalously spent we would not now have such a worthless and inadequate transport service. “Instead of congress4iavlng to ap propriate money for a merchant ma rine we would have a very respect able Jot of ships, and serviceable, too, already belonging to the navy which could be utilized for that pur pose. It is my belief that^we ought to set about and confine our energies and expenditures almost entirely to these two purposes—the army and the navy. ,,i -— “We Americans can instate, and ought to imitate and emulate the wonderful efficiency of the German people. The inventions of Americans have cut a great figure In the story and results of the fighting. Ameri can inventors first conquered the air, but every American must have blush ed with mortification at the unpre pared condition of our army and the worthless character'of our flying machines as shown by the punitive expedition into Mexico. It was any thing but creditable to American genius, progressiveness and business ability. “The submarine, too, is an Ameri can invention, and yet we hate *1- lowed the Europeans to outstrip m> so far as to wholly discredit our ability to manufacture and use our own Invention. We have had a hard struggle between the two commlt- .tees of .the House and Senate about the size arid Character rtf our army separated by the Sierra Madre range. Lynch Gets Ten Y ears. Ambassador Page at London'Sat urday night Informed the state de partment' that the American consul at Dahlia had reported haring beerf officially advised that Jeremiah C. Lynch wa* se&teaced to tea year*' Imprlaoameat. considerable distance to the north ^ „ Temosachlc, from which. It 4s- alee y- ^ rejoiced to feel that we have agreed on s mlTlfary force o% lapd **I am not frightened, bat when I the possible danger* that: front a* n* n people when this European war is over with mil* Ilona of trained and bankrnpt t out Europe and leu, the rich eat globe with brought to O' _I term bio at could happen “Armies are not day. It takes six year to drill men a them with the nae of arms no thnt they know bow to fight nod defend themselves. Otherwise they eaa be slaughtered like no many ■heap. “And a navy la even of slower growth. It toko* from two to three years to build modern ship* of war, depending on the site, and they havo become such complicated machines that It takes a long while to drill the officers and men to handle thorn efficiently. It ia far bettor—even an ignoramus will admit thio—to keep men from landing on oar shores end doing us damage, than it is to have to fight them after they land. “Therefore, the American people have never been willing and they are not willing now for a large standing army. I believe religiously that the taxpayers of the United States are not only willing but anx ious to put their, hands Into their pockets to create and maintain n navy sufficient to protect os from invasion. The people of the Pacific coast are, and have been for a long time, deeply concerned because of th* un protected condition of that coast. I do not believe any man of an^-party will receive consideration at the hands of Intelligent audiences who objects to giving us a powerful navy, ‘second only to Great Britain’s’—I stress this because to me it is like Cato’s famous utterance: ‘Dolendo est Carthago^!—. «— "The policy involved In the river and harbor bill has been in vogue for a long while. Members of the House where ail revenue bills must originate and whose members go be fore th j peoptej-every two years have always been more solicitous about such things than aerators., ‘You vote for my river and 1 will vote for yours; I’ll tickle you If you will tickle me.’ And finally the slogan became very common: ‘You vote for my steal and I will vote for your steal.’ “But I do not want my share of the stenting in this bill. And while South Carolina has items In lg amounting to i shall vote against it and hope that it will feot become a law. We need the money, so much for more important things, that it is criminal to my mind to die- cuss this bill at all. Think of it! Forty million , dollars to be wasted and taxes to he heavily Increased! That forty millions would build two battle cruisers. No one know* how many submarine* it would built end I can only guess how many airship* and other things of that sort wo could build, with it. “I make bold tp sry that I would. . be ashamed to go home to South Carolina and tell my people that I bad voted 9900,000 for Sooth Coro- llnn nwi’ left uupMepniwl tua H the necessary reserves, temporarily * to’'defend.our country If wqr should -unhappily come. “But the one e—entinl and rnnet important expenditure confronting no, and to which we shoald bawd nil the notion's rnevgi**. I* an rided for th* raomentons qsestion of a great navy. I‘believe th* nnti— two modem battle gfMB— them It does or eaa poeribty need to he h«n> eflted by tbit 94$.M«.M$ far riven and karhets. “If thii Mil God th*