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SPEAKS TO SENATE — ♦ - — WILSON ADVOCATES A LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE TALKS ABOUT WAR’S END « Proxhlent Hoyn I’rmont StruRglo Must End Without Victory—Ad- dross Couioh an Ili« Hurprim) to Diplomats and Slatowmon—Presi dent Hpeuk.s, Ho Tiiinks, for Hu manity. Whether the Vnited St«t<*s nludi enter n world police league, and* as many <‘ontend, thereby uhaixlon its traditional policy of isolation and no entan^lin^; alliances, was laid H<|Uat*ely before congress and the country hy President Wilson in a |K»rsonal address to the Sen ate Tuesday. For the lirst time In more than a hundred - years a president of the Fmted States appeared in the Senate ( hnmber to discuss the nation’s for- t iMi relations utter the manner of Washington, Adams and Madison. The effect was to lea«ve congress, all olfieial qiiarters tind the foiolgn (iipiomat.s amazed and bewildered, i m aud lately then* arose a sharp di vision ol opinion over the propriety as wen as the substance of the presi dent’s proposal. aiding, ' “stimgeriu’g,” “as- toiinduu.’.’ '*tiie nohjest utteraiHe that lias tallen from human lips t.inee tin* 1 it*el::rat ion ol Independence,” were among the expressions of sena tors. ‘‘The president himself, after Ids address, said: “I have said what e\crylx>dy has Im on longing lor, hut has thought impossible. Now it ap peals to he possible.” The president in his address said: 'tieiitlemen of tile Senate: On the :l Sth of December, last, I ad dressed. an identic note to the gov ernments of the nations at war re questing them to state, more defi nitely than they had heen* stated hy either group of belligerents, the terms upon which they would deem it possible to make peace, i spoke (ii behalf of humanity and of the rights of all neutral nations like our own, many of whose most vital in terests the war puts in constant Jeo pardy. "The Central powers united In a reply which stated merely that they were ready to meet their antagonists in conference to discuss terms of peace. The Entente powers have re plied much more definitely and have • stated, in general terms, Indeed, but with sufficient definiteness to imply details, the arrangements, guaran tees and acts of reparation which they deem to be the Indispensable conditions of a satisfactory cettlo- ment. ‘‘We are that much nearer a defi nite discussion for peace which shall epd the present war. Wo are that much nearer the discussion of the international concert which must thereafter hold the world at peace. In every discussion of the peace that must #nd this war It Is taken for granted that that peace must bo fol lowed by some definite concert of power which will make it virtually impo'sslble that any such a catastro phe should overwhelm us again. Every lover of mankind, every sane and thoughtful man, must take that for granted. “I have sought this opportunity to address you because 1 thought I owed It to you, as tire counsel asso ciated with me in the final determi nation of our international otliga* tions, to disclose to you without re serve the thought and purpose that have been taking form In my mind in regard to the duty of our govern ment in those days to come when it will be necessary to lay afresh and upon a new plan the foundations of peace among the nations. *5* ‘'It Ts inconceivable that the peo ple of the Halted States should play no part in that groat enterprise. . To take part in such a service will be the opportunity for which they have sought to prepare themselves by the very principles and purposes of their polity and the approved practices of their government ever since the days when they set up a new nation in the high and honorable hope that It might in all that it was and did show mankind the way to liberty. “They cannot In honor withhold “the service to which they are now about to be challenged. They do not wish to withhold It, Hut they owe It to themselves and to the other na tions of the world to state the con ditions under which they feel ft e to render it. “That service is nothing less than tills: To add their authority and their power to the authority and force of other nations to guarantee peace and justice throughout the world. Such a settlement cannot now be long postponed. It ts right that before It comes this government should frankly formulate the condi tions upon which it would foci justi fied in asking our people to approve its formal and solemn adherence to a league for peace. I am here to at tempt to state those conditions. ~ “The present war must first be ended, but we ow T e it to candor and to a just regard for the opinion of mankind to say that sp far as our participation in guarantees of future peace is concerned, it makes a great deal of difference in what way and upon what terms It is ended. T1m5 treaties and agreements which bring which will create a peace that is worth guaranteeing and preserving, n peace that will w in the approval of mankind, not merely a peace that will serve the several interests and Immediate aims of the nations en gaged. * “We shall have no voice in deter mining what those terms shall be, but we shall, I feel sure, have a voice in determining whether they shall be there can be no stability where the made lasting or not by the guaran tees of' a universal covenant; and our Judgment upon what is funda mental aud essential as a condition precedent to permanency should be spoken now, not afterwards, when it may be too late. “No covenant of co-operative peace that does not include the peoples of the new world can suffice to keep the future safe against war; and yet there is only one sort of peace that the peoples of America could join in guaranteeing. The elements of that peace must be elements that engage the confidence and satisfy the princi ples of the American governments, elements consistent with their politi cal. faith and the practical convic tions which the peoples of America have once for all embraced and un dertaken to defend. ‘‘1 do not mean to say that any American government would throw any obstacles in the way of any terms of peace the governments now .at war might agtee upon, or seek to up set them when made, whatever they might be. I only take it for granted that mere terms of ; peace between the belligerents will not satisfy even the belligerents themselves. Mere agreements may not make peace se cure. “It will be absolutely necessary that a force be created as a guaran tor of the permanency of the aettle- «i!ent so much greater than the force of any nation, now engaged or any alliance hitherto formed or* projected that no nation, no in^obable combina tion of nations, could face or with stand it. If tlie pe^ce presently- to he made is to endure, it must be. a peace made secure by the organized major force of mankind. “The terms of the immediate peace agreed upon will determine u iiethor it Is a peace for which such a 'tuaratitoo can be secured? The t:pon which the whole fu- ture peace and polity of the world depend* Is (Ids: Is the present war a struggle for a just and secure peace, “»• only for a new balance of |M»wer? If it Ihj only a struggle for a new balance of' power wlm will guarantee, who can guarantee, the stable equilibrium of the new ar rangement?* Only a tranquil Europe can he a stable Europe. There must he, not a balance of power, hut a community of power, not organized rivalries, hut an organized common peace. “Fortunately wo have received very explicit assurances on this point. The statesmen of both of the groups of nations now • arrayed against ‘oho another have naid in terms that could not be misinter preted, that it was no part of the purpose they had in mind to crush UiCir antagonists. Hut the implica tions of these assurances majr noC be equally clear to all, may not bo the same on both sides of the water. I think It will be serviceable If I at tempt to set forth what* we under stand them to be. “They imply first of all that it must l>e a |M\aoe without victory. It is not pleasant to say tills. I beg that I may be permitted to put my own Interpretation upom It and that it may be understood that no other interpretation was In my thought, I am seeking only to face realities and to face them without soft conceal ments. “Victory would mean peace forced u|s»n the loser, a victor’s ten ns ini|M>sod ufs>n the van quished. It would !>e accepted in humiliation under duress at an In tolerable sacrifice and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory u|H>n which terms of l**ace would rest, not permanent ly, hut only as upon quicksand. “Only a peace between equals can last Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and common participation In a common benefit. The right state of mind, the right feeling between nations, Is as neces sary for a lasting peace as Is the Just settlement of vexed questions of ter ritory or of racial and national "alle giance. . “The equality of nations upon which peace must be founded if it Is to last must be an equality of rights; the guarantees . exchanged must neither recognize nor imply a differ ence between big nations and small, between those that are powerful and those that are weak. Right must be based upon the common strength, not/upon the Individual strength of the nations upon whose concert peace will depend. “Equality of territory c* of re sources there of course cannot be; nor any other sort of equality not gained In the ordinary peaceful and legitimate development of the peo ples thejnselves. But no one asks or expects anything more than an equal ity of rights. Mankind Is looking now for freedom of life, not for equi poise of power. “And there Is a deeper thing In volved than even equality of right among organized nations. No peace can last, or ought to last, which does not recognize and accept the prin ciple that governments derive all their just powers from the consent of the governed, and that no right anywhere exists to hand peoples about from sovereignty to sovereign ty as if they wore property. “I take it for granted, for in stance, if I may venture upon a sin gle example, that statesmen every where are agreed that there should bo a united, Independent and auton omous Poland and that henceforth inviolable security of life, or worship and of industrial and social develop ment should be guaranteed to all people who have lived hitherto under the power of governments devoted to a faith and purpose hostile to their own. “I speak of this, not because of any desire to exalt an abstract polit ical principle which has always been held very dear by those who have sought to build up liberty in Amer ica, but for the same reason that I have spoken of the other conditiohs of peace which seem to me clearly indispensable—because I wish frank ly to uncover realities. Any peace which does not recognize and accept this principle will inevitably be up set. It will not rest upon the af/ec.- tions or the convictions of mankind. “The ferment of spirit of whole populations will fight subtly and con* stantly against it, and all the wdHd will sympathtre. The - world can be at peace only if Its life Is stable, and will is in rebellion, where there Is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of Justice, of freedom and of right. • '*So far as practicable, every great people now struggling towards a full development of its resources and of its powers should be assured A direct outlet to the great highways of the sea. Where this cannot be done by the cession of territory,. it can no doubt be done by the neutralization of direct rights of way under the quality of spirit and a sense of Jus tice, the peace itself. With the right comity of arrangement no nation need be shut away from free access to the open paths of the world’s com merce. “And the paths of the sea must alike in law and in fact be free. The freedom of the seas is the sine qua non of |>eace, equality and co-opera tion. No doubt a somewhat radical reconsideration of many of the rules of international practice hitherto sought to be established may ho pecessary in order to make the seas indeed free and common in practi cally all circumstances for the use of mankind, but thafi motive for such changes la convincing and compell ing. “There can bo no trust or Intimacy between the peoples of the world without them. The free constant uu- threatened Intercourse of nations is an essential part of the process- of peace and development. It need no.t be difficult to define or to secure the freedom of the seas if the govern ments of the world sincerely desire to come to an agreement concern ing It. ^ . "It is a problem closely connected with the limitation of naval arnwi- ments and* the co-operation of the navies of the world in keeping the seas at once free .and safe. And the question of limiting naval arma ments opens the wider and perhaps more difficult question of the limi tation of armies and of ail programs of military preparation. , . “Difficult and,'delicate as those questions are, they must be faced with the utmost candor and decided in a spirit of real accommodation, if pedee is to come to stevy. Peace can not be had without concession and sacrifice. There can be no sense of safety and equality among the na tions If great preponderating arma ments are henceforth to continue and here and there to be built up aud maintained. ‘ “The statesman of the world must plan for peace and nation* must ad just and accommodate their policy to It as they have planned for war and made ready for pitiless contest and rivalry. The question of arma ments, whether on land or sea, is the most Immediately and Intensely prac tical question connected with the fu ture fortunes of nations and of man kind. “I have spoken upon these great matters jwithout reserve and with the utmost Explicitness because it has seemed to me to be necessary if the world’s yearning desire for peace was anywhere to find free voice and ut terance. Perhaps I am the only per son in high authority amongst all liberty to speak and hold nothing back. I am speaking as an individ ual, and yet I am speaking also, of course, as the responsible head of a great government, and I feel confi dent that I have said what the peo ple of the United States would wish me to say. “May I not add that I hope and believe that 1 am in effect speaking for liberals and friends of humanity in every nation and of every pro gram of liberty? I would fain be lieve that I am speaking for (he silent mass of mankind everywhere who has yet had no place or oppor tunity to speak their real hearts out concerning the death and ruin they see to have come already upon the persons and the homes they hold most dear. “And. in holding out the ecpecta- tlon that the people and government of the United States will join the other civilized nations of the world in guaranteeing the permanence of peace upon such terms as I have named I speak with the greater bold ness and confidence because It is clear to every man who can think that there is in this promise no breach in either our traditions or our policy as a nation, but a fulfillment rather, of all that we have professed or striven for. “I am proposing, as it were* that the nations should with one accord adopt the doctrine of President Monroe as the doctrine of the world: That no nation should seek to extend its policy over any other nation or people, but that every people should be left free to determine its own policy, its own way of develop- ment, unhindered, unthreatened, unafraid, the little along with the great and powerful. “I am proposing that all nations henceforth avoid entangling alliances which would draw them into compe titions of power, catch them in a net of intrigue and selfish rivalry, and disturb their own affairs with influ ences intruded from without. There is no entangling alliance in a concert of power. When all unite to act in the same sense and with the same purpose, all act in the common in terest'and are free to live their own lives under a common protection. “I am proposing government by the consent of the governed; that freedom of the seas which in inter national conference after confer ence, representatives of the case have urged with the eloquence of those who are the convinced disciples of liberty.; and that moderation of arm aments which makes of armies and navies a power for order merely, not an instrument of. aggression or of selfish violence. 4 “These are American principles, American policies. We can stand for no others. And they are also the principles and policies of forward looking "men and women everywhere, of every modern nation, of every en lightened community. They are the principles of mankind and must pre vail/’ • ; Many Killed In Explosion. Casualties in last Friday’s explo sion were officially announced Tues day as sixty-nine killed, seventy-two seriously injured, and three hundred end twenty-eight slightly injured. This, It Is stated. Is believed to com prise the complete list. .. . ATTACK WILSON’S SPEECH -— Senate to Discuss Old Policy of TWO NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS IN NORTH SEA ON MONDAY REBUKES THE ABUSE m - ■ * \_u • Avoiding Entangling Alliances. . Ground work for the expected at tack in the Senate on President Wil son’s proposal that the United States join a league for peace was laid Thursday in a resolution introduced by Senator Borah, reaffirming as a national policy the doctrine of no en tangling alliances laid down by Washington and Jefferson. In a long preamble the Borah res olution quotes Washington’s declara tion in his farewell address that “It must be unwise in us to ifttplfcate ourselves by artificial ties,” in tho, affairs of the old world; a letter written by Jefferson declaring that “ur first and fundamental maxim should be never to entangle . our selves in the broils of Europe” and Monroe’s historic message td con gress, laying down the doctrine of America for Americans. The resolu tion then says: “Whereas, the policies thus eurly announped by Washington, Jefferson and Monroe and ever since adhered to by this country regardless of polit ical parties, have contributed greatly to the peace and happiness of. the people of the United States and, “Whereas, we believe any material departure from these policies would be fraught with danger to the peace and happiness of thp people of the. United States, involving .us, in all probability In the controversies .of other nations; be it “Resolvqd, That the Senate of the United States reaffirm its faith and confidence in the permanent worth and wisdom.of these policies and shall seek In all matters coming be fore it touching the Intent or affairs of foreigil countries, to conform Us acts to these time honored principles so long and so happily a part of our own policies.” RAGSDALE TESTIFY - Declare# Palmetto State Troops arc Being Discriminated Against. Congressman Ragsdale in the House Thursday attacked the policy of the secretary of war as to state troops on the Mexican border, saying that when he (Ragsdale) called on the secretary with regard to the re turning of the South Carolina troops now* there, he could not get even the satisfaction of learning . at what points the Carolinians are stationed. Representative Heflin of Alabama came to the defense of Secretary Btfker and brought" in the president, saying that he was willing to rely on their wisdom and thought that if they needed his advice about the troops they would send for him. Congressman Ragsdale thereupon convulsed the House by declaring: “I pray* God that the South Carolina troops will not have to stay on the border until the president sends for me. The colloquy between the Alaba mian. and Carolinian was at times heated, and characterized by sharp exchanges of wit and sarcasm. The Republican side of the House w*as delighted and Indulged In much ap plause, hoping to embarrass the Dem ocrats by spreading the “row.” “There is no war on the border to-day,“. said Representative Rags dale. “Troops are being withdrawn when the troops are not needed there, hasn’t the time come when the regular troops can protect themselves on the border against the Villa band and let the state troops come home? They should either use the troops on the border or when they have served as long as ours have, let them come home." THE NEGRO RACE CONFERENCE Oodbored People to lYlscuss Problems ... at Columbia Boom. . The South Carolina Negro Race Conference will convene in Columbia at 12 o’clock noon, February 7. Among the Important subjects to be discussed this year are “The Migra tion of the Negro From the South to the North,” “Are the Educational Facilities Sufficient to Meet Present Demand*,,” “The South’s Debt to the Negro,” “The Negro and the Liquor Queetlon” and “Evangelism.” Among the white speakers invited and will be present are Dr. B. F. Riley, D. D., of Alabama, who will speak on the Migration of the Negro; Dr. Weston Bruner, of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, Atlan ta, Ga., who will speak on “Evangel-. Ism”; Rev. C. C. Brown, D. D., who will speak on “Leadership,” and Dr. L. M. Dunton, of Orangeburg. Among the prominent colored men are C. M. Young, D. D., president of Harblson college,' Irmo; R. W. Mance, D. D/, president of Allen Uni versity, Columbia^ J. J. Stars, D. D'., president of Morris College, Sumter; E. J. Carter, D. D.i of Valdosta, Ga. EXPLOSION IN GERMANY ♦ >— Dresden Arsenal Goes Up, Killing More Than 1,000. The Dresden arsenal has been blown up and one thousand women and girls killed, according to a let ter taken from a fiber man jaoldiex. dated December 30 and given out in Paris by the French.;^' The letter was written from Dres den. The writer said that the explo sion was so great that all the win dows within a radius of twelve miles were broken. He added that the authorities were trying to keep the news secret and that no railroad tickets were belac issued for Dres den, except for urgent reasons. Don’t Forget to Spray. Have you made your attack on the San Jose scale yet? Remember that this is just about the worst enemy of fruit trees in South Carolina, and that th© only effective way to con trol it Is to spray your trees during the winter months while (herd is no foliage on . the trees. Commercial lime aulphurr-ht'the-proportion of one gaHon to nine gallons of water, is the spray to use. ■ —■» German Destroyers Venture Out and are Dispersed-—Each Side Ixjst - ' ■ ’A ’ _ , . . One—rGermans Probably More. ® British and German torpedo craft clashed in the North Sea Monday night and fought in quick succession two of the liveliest navy actions of the war. Both battles took place oft the Dutch. coast, in the vicinity of Schoiiwenbank, northeast of the mouth of the Scheldt. * Officially, the only definite state ment at hand is a British admiralty report issued Tuesday afternoon and supplemented by a brief announce ment Tuesday night. From these it would appear that the Germans were badly punished. Unofficial advices, strengthened by the arrival of wounded German sailors, indicate the Teuton flotilla suffered a severe defeat. The losses thus far definitely known are one German and one British destroyer. It is almost certain, however, that two German destroyers, including the V-69 were sunk, and three others dis- abledL The British admiralty admits the loss of three officers and forty- four men. Three German officers are known to have been killed. The V-69, one of the mosPmodern and most powerful of German tor pedo boat destroyers and evidently the leader of the Teuton craft, en gaged inr the second action, was made the center, of' furious onslaught by. the bulk of the British flotilla. A terrific fusillade was opened on her from all sides. ' Her entire bridge was catapulted into the sea and a few moments lated* pitiful cries for help, mingled with the roar of the naval vartillery and the whistling of torpedoes. The V-69’s comammler was picked up' from the icy waters? Both legs Jiad been shot off and he was cling ing to a piece Of w reekage'. Through out the evening heavy cannonading was heard all along* the coast, bring ing hundreds of Dutch burghers to the shore trying to catch a glimpse of the clash. ’ The German “mosquito flotilla” had ventured forth from. the naval base at Zeebrugge under cover of a heavy fog. It is believed that ft deliberately, sought an engagement with the Brit ish,' the theory being advanced in well-informed quarters" that the ac tion w*as to screen either the depar ture or arrival of one or more Ger-- man raiders. It was recalled that nearly every time a commerce de stroyer has left or arrived at a home port there was either a German tor pedo attack on the British coast or an engagement* with hostile craft. This was true partlcylarly in the cases of the Moewe’s home-cpmlqg and the IT-llner Deutschland’s depar ture and return from her first trip. Furthermore, it is believed the real reason for the German admiralty’s secrecy concerning the arrival In Swinemunde of the Yarrowdale was that the raider herself was, and probably is, expected to make a home port any day. WIFE BETRAYS MURDERER Tells Police That Husband and Not Kansas Prisoner Killed Man. A wife’s betrayal of her husband’s confidence has Just cleared Wilburn Van Horn after he had spent several years in the Kansas penitentiary, un der life sentence for the murder of William Morganson in 1907. From Tulsa, Okla., word was re ceived at the prison that Frank Em- manual had admitted that he, and not Van Horn, killed Morganson. He told his wife of his crime in a fit of anger or Jealousy, and the woman Informed the authorities. Her story was investigated and found to be true. _ Emmanuel later confessed to the police and said that bis conscience had bothered him since he lee reed that another man was paying the penalty for hie crime. He declared that often he had been on the verge of surrendering himself. Van Horn, who was eonvlcted on circumstantial evidence, always ties maintained his innocence. FOOLED BY SUB-SEA CRAFT New Americas Submarine Mistaken WILSON DOES NOT ADMIRE CRITICISM OF MILITU IT IS NOT A DISfiRA President Puts Soft Pedal on Dolega- • tion Who Present Memorial At tacking the Entire Militia 7 System and Advocating Universal Training —Thinks More Restrained Atti- , tude Would Be Far Better. President Wilson, speaking Thurs day to a delegation from the Mary land League for National Defense which attacked the National Guard and advocated universal military training, rebuked them for their “un restrained language” and said they \vould have a better chance of his . support if they were more reasonable in their attitude. The memorial read to the presi dent by Major Randolph Bartons spoke of the National Guard system as a “disgrace” and “a failure.” It urged its universal compulsory mill-• tary training and service and men tioned the mobilization of the Na tional Guard along the Mexican .bor der as an example of the failure of ft, itmUP the" system. . < . • President Wilson told the delega tion that their attitude closed the opportunity for discussion :of the question and w*as not* helpful. The ifrestdent discussing, the^compulsory military service declared’ that un questionably physical training was needed and would accomplish a^rcaV deal, “but it can be had withoui pulsory military service.” . He added that he WftS tb siro^iij doing the wise thing and that subject would receive his utud consideration. He vigorously defend ed the effort being made In congress to build up proper military service. “I do not need to prove to you or anybody my deep ’interest in thia subject,” said the president. “I will frankly say to you I would have been more impressed by this memorial if it had been expressed in more re strained language. From some of the statements in this paper, 1 must frankly dissent. “I think it due to my colleagues on the bill (the capitol) to say so at this offhand condemnation of the sys tem which they adopted after long debate upon the urgency of many of the leading citizens of the country; it is the least that I can do. You do not commend a cause which deserves the most serious* consideration by presenting it as you have presented “These things impress me the more after what we have heard from the medical societies. Unquestiona bly physical training is needed and* will accomplish a great deal but it can be had without compulsory mili tary service and compulsory military service does meet the difficulties which you have alluded to. “Any brief service in the army of the United States withdraws men from civil pursuits just as much as the recent service on the border does. No service except a standing army with professional soldiers prevents that occasional and frequent with drawal of men from Industrial pur suits. That may be inevitable but what you are proposing does. not meet the difficulty which you con demn. These things are of the ut- . most intricacy and difficulty and are not to be settled ex-cathedra. “And yet, notwithstanding the fact that I think you have gene too far, I will say to you, that of course this will have my most earnest con sideration. It Is receiving serious consideration with the country and we in Washington, of course share and feel the great tides of opinion In the United States. I am sure that speaking, if 1 may speak, for the members of the House of Repre^^Ml^^ tatives and of the Senate, we are WM desirous of doing the wise thing tot the defense of the country, and it must and will be done but we must ' not close debate by having too dog matic an opinion as a method. TILLMAN PRAISES WILSON for the Deutschland. The recently-launched American submarine, G-l, which has been sta tioned at Newport, R. I., quietly slipped her moorings Thursday and for the first time showed her new* lines to marine observers on the west shore of Narragansett Bay. The new type of submersible sub merges on an even keel after the fashion of German undersea vessels and when the G-l came out of the mist that had hung heavily over the bay Thursday afternoon, and then took the German dive shore watchers who had picked up the craft at a dis tance of four miles, thought they bad sighted the German merchant sub marine Deutschland, inbound for New London, Conn. Later, when the G-l came to the surface nearer land the American flag was "seen. The submarine carried deep sea divers and want through, a series of manoeuvres. RUSSIA RECEIVES TALK Public Opinion Appears to Be Favor able to Wilson’s Idea. Although Russian public opinion has not had time to digest fully Pres ident Wilson’s speech in the Senate, the first Impression is decidedly fav orable. The first paragraph of the speech, comparing the general reply of the Central powers with the defi nite answer of the Entente to the president’s first note was received with particular satisfaction. Such ex pressions of opinion as have been voiced thus far, indicate the tone of the remainder of the note will be en- a dorsed tn Russia, while decision is reserved in regard to some of the concrete points mentioned. Says President Has Taken Biggest Stride Since Declaration. Several strong indorsements for the president’s address before the Senate and one sharp dissent marked comment by senators Monday. Senator Tillman said: “I look upon the. president’s address to the Senate this morning as the most startling and the noblest utterance that has fallen from human lips since the Declaration of Independence be cause it is based on justice and lib erty—the two bed rock principles <3f modern civilization. “The program he maps- out for our country is a giant’s stride in interna tional comity—and it took a giant to make it. The task he cuts out for the American people is a great one, worthy of our country and its grand Ideals. It is the very quintessence qL free self-goveramentrxhstttteir and double distilled. I could see In my mind’s eye the spirit of democracy hovering over his head while he POWERFUL RADIO STATION One Near Son Diego, Cal., Reaches £2. Many Point#, ,* * The new naval radio station at - Chollaa heights, near San Diego, Cal., %hich was formally opened Frida^^ gave evidence of its power SaturJJCV when the operators on duty talkdl^ with the Arlington, , Va., station* Darien, Panama; Nome r Alaska, and Honolulu, and overheard French operators at work on the Island of . Papeete, South Pacific. The local operators concluded by exchanging the time of day with operators at a “ radio station near Melbourne, Aus tralia..^ * .