Show World War S Secretary of Navy Warns America 1 1 Against Hysteria Following Early Reverses Editor not note Th The Th follow w wan written for it NtA and nd The The- Salt FIt 11 Ij bake by Jn Ian Dan lel teb ilton Uon i of lit the Ih navy nat na Daniel whom rr President Koo Roo Boone evelt e- e veil velt addressee at as chief really quail euall flea II a at a. on one nf of America Am elder l at tr m men n. n In addition to hU hi In World war nar I I. I during which Franklin D 1 n. n Koone II elt w wan wa hi his hi alsan a l ha has ha had hada a long career In n public bile n He II 1 recently re retired a a. a to Mexico By JOSEl JOSEPHUS DANIELS DAIELS RALEIGH N N. C C. Dec 15 15 There is no basis for the near- near panic or the hysterical talk of court naval officers because because be be- cause of the sudden sneak sinking of an American at Pearl harbor or the destruction of the Prince of ot Wales the British flagship in Asiatic waters When a man rushes out of the dark and stabs a pedestrian in the back the policeman on the large beat is not suspended or discharged or put in disgrace race The United States did not lose its head in the Wilson days when the Lusitania was sunk It was recognized as one of the hazards of a war waged by ruthless as as- The people then recognized that those who used the stiletto and practiced iced submarine piracy could quickly deal death and destruction It must be recognized now that the early advantage is with the pirates who employ the blitzkrieg Need l Common Sense The need of this tragic hour is the exercise of plain old-fashioned old common sense If people inand in and out of congress are wracked nerve and all of us are under severe tension ten ten- sion they sion-they they at least ought not to air imaginary charges against brave men going down to the sea In ships as they place their lives in n peril or against like brave men in the army who are standing gu guard rd and suffering and some dying dying dying dy dy- ing In the flung far-flung battle lineon line lineon on sea and land and air The sinking of the Bismarck did not create a panic in Germany and the destruction of the Prince of Wales in the orient has created none in England No more should the first heavy blow at American naval forces in Hawaii or other losses cause the people of America America America Amer Amer- ica to lose their nerve or poise or consecration to a 8 cause dearer to them than life Pendulum SH Swings ings The pendulum swings from one extreme to another Two weeks ago I heard some of the very people people peo peo- 1 pie who are now looking for a victim victim vic vie I tim crying out Why doesn't the government quit talking with two-faced two Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese envoys and smash the miserable miserable miserable miser miser- able little Ja Japs s before breakfast They spoke from ignorance then as they are speaking now out of lack of knowledge when they seek to make culprits of men who are ready to give their lives to prevent the destruction of of free governments governments governments govern govern- ments on the earth Those who were were clamoring for fora a before breakfast annihilation of ot the Japanese forces and the Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese empire and the bombing of Tokyo as if it were something that was easy knew nothing of either i mm f. f N b biF Y 7 r ris iF 0 P v T w a aaR 5 aR is e i f n nY k Y 4 s' s P f 5 c f i f e r t Ai t A r 4 THERE IS BUT nUT ONE CALL TO ALL OF US Josephus Daniels secretary of navy in World war Mar I how Japanese covet death for country country country coun- coun try or how for a score of years all the Japanese have been regimented regiment regiment- ed to the one business of making ready to destroy all who did not acquiesce in the old order of imperialistic imperialistic imperialistic im im- government with which they beguiled their innocent people by calling it a new order Quotes Lincoln No man man acquainted with what the Japanese navy did in m the Russo-Japanese Russo war or with their preparedness for this stab in the dark talked of cleaning them up as if it was an easy and quick job to be soon over and done withAs with As I read the demands for martial courts-martial and dishonor to tomen tomen tomen men who are ready to die I am reminded reminded re re- re- re minded of of what Lincoln said in a adark adark adark dark hour for the Washington government government government gov gov- in the war of the when hysterical people were demanding demanding demanding de de- manding that he smash Richmond in 1861 without benefit of ot clergy Lincoln illustrated their attitude by a reference to the feat of Blondin who the to I VUU was LUO first uHL LV walk VUU was LUO uHL LV on a tightrope across Niagara falls Tired of uninformed the patient but unperturbed Lincoln made a statement something like this this Hampering Not Helping Suppose you and other volunteer volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer critics had been standing on the ground looking up at Blondin in his dangerous adventure andone and andone andone one would cry out to him Blondin Blondin Blon din Go a little farther to the left or you will lose your balance And another would scream Move five inches to the right or you'll fall to the ground and be dashed to pieces And others equally excited were making different suggestions suggestions sug sug- to the man on the tight wire in m the air Do you suppose if he tie listened to them they were giving giving giving ing him aid Rather were they not guilty of ot imperiling his success success suc suc- cess As a lifelong editor may I remind re- re remind remind re re- mind my ny brethren of the press that hat even the great and patriotic Greeley lost his wisdom in forgetting forgetting forget forget- ting that he was not a tactician and strategist and undertook to be bea a back seat driver the inthe early days of the war of the 7 In the south also some editors assumed to know more about waging waging wag- wag ing ng war than the immortal LeeLike Lee Like the great Lincoln the great southerner never never lost lost his poise even cven under g great cat at provocation Editors Too Smart When criticism of his actions actions appeared in newspapers whose whose editors thought they knew more about winning victory than the c chosen osen leader General Lee in a a. letter to his wife said I am sorry as you say th that t the movements of ot the armies cannot keep pace with the expectations of the editors of papers I know they can regulate matters satisfactorily satisfactorily satisfactorily to themselves on paper I wish they could do so in the field That statement of General Lee in 1861 applies today to editors and radio commentators and con- con and all the conversational conversational conversational conversa conversa- strategists and critics on street corners corners in in the capitol anc and elsewhere President Roosevelt has given assurance that the people shall be kept informed of the bad news aswell as aswell aswell well as the good news when such information will not give knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge that will aid the enemy Can Trust President The A American m e r i c a n people have learned that in they can I trust their president Their faith in him Is based on on- his frankness I and wisdom in the anxious days behind us use They know he will not fail fall them in the critical days we face face critical critical days surely but days that will end in an assured I victory There Is but one call to all of us in this high hour It is to consecrate consecrate conse conse- crate everything we have and are I and hope to be fashioning the weapons weapons weapons' that will bring success and in the full use of every ounce of brain and brawn in factory and andin andin andin in field and aid on the seas and in the theair air Our country has the men and the skill and the money to make our war effort invincible Let us give allegiance and full faith to the men at the helm They maybe may maybe maybe be depended upon to weed out any who are unfit or ineffective if such there be and plan and execute execute execute exe exe- cute everything that will bring victory We have just begun to fight should be our slogan And no backseat backseat backseat back back- seat driving |