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Show mm of CABINET MAKES N OTABLES PEECH Lindley M. Garrison Declares De-clares the Government Faltered When Hay Bill Was Passed. SELF-DEFENSE THE DUTY OF THE NATION Passing It Along to States a Lamentable Failure ; General Scott to Appear Before Committee. NKW YORK, Dec. 16 To question the powor and imperative necessity ol: the national government to mako preparation prep-aration for defense "is little short of treason, ' ' it was declared here today by former Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison, in an address on "Nationalism," "Nation-alism," before the Lawyer's club, After Aft-er reviewing the passing of many powers pow-ers and duties from tho state governments govern-ments to the national guverument, he said that, in the matter of preparedness, the central government "flinched and faltered and nought to puss its neglected neglect-ed duty to the states," the result bu-ing bu-ing u 'lamentable failure." 'from the viewpoint of the national entity," Mr. Garrison said, "national-lhui "national-lhui is tho possession of and tho exercise by the national government of every power and function necessary to perform per-form properly the collective duties and to fulfill completely the collective obligations ob-ligations of tho nation. Must Yield All. "1'rom the viewpoint of the citizen nationalism is the yielding, not in the-o the-o ry but in practice, of his mi u d , his heart and his spirit to tho welfare of the nation, the contribution of his material ma-terial means and his physical force to its preservation and delense. It means service and sacrifice, devotion and loyalty." loy-alty." One of the most dangeroxis sentiments threatening the integrity of the nation, be eaid, is that which "utilizes the natural nat-ural and universal abhorreuce of war as a reason for not preparing for its possibilities. ' ' 4 ' Self-defense is the cardinal duty ' of a nation," he said. "The national government is the only agency that can make proper preparation. To deny its power or to question the imperative necessity ne-cessity of its exerting that power is little short of treason. "This is a duty which the national government has neglected. In this particular par-ticular the modern tendency has been reversed. The national government flinched and faltered and sought to pass its neglected duty to the states. The result -was, and was bound to be, a lamentable failure." Against Entanglements. Mr. Garrison went on to speak for the avoidance by the United States of European entanglements, saying that any proposition which requires this country to enter an alliance with other nations' of the world "and to engage to join with those who side with the belligerent found to be righteous against the belligerent found to be wrongful, should be tested in the fiery, furnace of fierce debate and discussion before it should be acted upon." If the United States, he said, engaged, as has been suggested, in a universal alliance, "she is perforce a party to every quarrel the wide world over. "No acceptable reasou occurs to me which warrants or justifies the United States in becoming by its own voluntary act a party to all the quarrels of all the nations of the earth." Scott Will Be Heard. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff and an advocate of universal military service, will appear before a senate subcommittee sub-committee Monday when it begins hearings hear-ings on Senator Chamberlain Ys universal univer-sal training bill. Both sides of the question ques-tion will be heard before the hearings close. General Scott made a plea for universal uni-versal service in his annual report, published pub-lished recently, and is known to have spoken on the subject for the entire staff. His report was issued with tho approval of Sec rotary Eaker. although the latter reserved his own opinion. The Chamberlain bill provides for an extensive system, under which all rhvs-ically rhvs-ically fit youths between 12 and 23 receive re-ceive military instruction, thosq between be-tween IS and 23 constituting the active forces. Officers of the general staff, at the request of Senator Chamberlain, have prepared ft substitute providing a simplex form, however, which probably will be offered as a substitute. |