Show AU AD S PEE f OLSON DI D I Ir II I r Daniels Give ut Address Made Mad or i Eck Deck of Warship tc to Officers of the Nay Nav Navy I ASHINGTON May 11 Pr President Wilsons Wilson's 8 hitherto I published p war instructions instruction's tc to officers of the Atlantic fleet ven in person on the quarter quarter- k ot the flagship Pennsylvania on gust 11 1917 and bidding them i. i row irow tradition on n to the winds strike word prudent from their Ies and do do the thing that Is au- au clous cious to the utmost point of risk were made public here herey day y by Secretary Daniels Ini laying the text of his remarks fore the senate naval Investigating Secretary Daniels said they owed lowed the bold and vigorous policy president j had outlined for the lor I vy OF AUDACITY TIo o not stop top to think what Is pru- pru nC for a moment the president icU You will win by the audacity et od when you cannot win by by i Q and prudence I r jJ think that there are willing ears ears' h ar this In the American navy dithe dEthe American army because that ml Ithe kind of folks we are There here will have to come coma a a. new Into a service which does doest t ti do audacious and successful Ings Th The president also aleo expressed his with progress then be- be It tow towardS toward rd crushing the sub- sub campaign The British admiralty had met suggestions with what no to statements that It It never d been done done- done the president said lo ding I And I felt like saying Well noth r was ever done so systematically nothing Is being done now now I Jn nT opening his address to the off off- rn rs Mr Wilson said UNPRECEDENTED WAR Admiral Mayo and Gentlemen I Iva ve va not come coma here with malice prensa pre- pre rise nse to make a a speech but I have me here to have a look at you anday and ad andy Eay ay y some things t that at perhaps may Intimately said and even though e C company is large said In nce nee This Is an u unprecedented war and fore it Is a war in one sense rf amateurs Nobody ever before a war like this and there- there Ir re nobody can pretend to be a pro- pro In a war like this Here I Ic etwo great navies s not to speak peak of f c oj 01 others associated with us our us-our our en t and the t e British outnumbering t fa- fa favery avery very great margin the navy to rich ilch Ich we are opposed and yet et castIg cast- cast Ig about for a way in which to use superiority and our ur strength SNow Now somebody has got to think I iwar war out Somebody has got to Ink out the way not only to fight tight but to do something ff ferent rent from what we are doing l- l O FIND HORNETS' HORNETS NEST We are hunting horn hornets ts all all all' allover over 11 I farm ni and letting the nest alone ne of ot u us know how to go go to the theland st stand land and crush It and yet et I I despair I hunting for tor hornets all over the a when I r know where the nest pest Is yd know that the nest Is breeding as fast as I can find them I IAn An willing for my part and I know u are willing because I know the tuff yo are made of of-I of I am willing fIa sacrifice half halt the navy Great Brit Brit- fland we together have to crush that 81 t because If w we crush It the war wari i von I have come here to say that do do d 1 not care where It comes from from from- not care whether It comes cornea from officer or the oldest but want the officers o of this navy to toive tova tove ive ve va the distinction of saying say how Is going to be won I am willing to m make mk ke any e for that I L am ready to tot toe e t myself at the disposal of ot any of- of J er In the navy who thinks he knows V to run this war I will not under- under e to tell you whether wh ther he does or orI because I r know th that t I do not but butwill butwill I will Ill undertake to put him In co corn com I with those who can find hether whether his l Idea will work or not riot ave the authority to fo do that and m ill 11 do it with the greatest pleasure AT THE FLAG MEANS I 1 Wish that I could think and had hadt t brains to think in terms of ma- ma warfare because bemuse I would feel II I was Wag figuring out the future his his- pf qt f the political treed freedom om of manI man man- d. d I do not see e how any man can tat lat the flag of ot the United States his mind crowded with of the number of at men seeking no object of their the advantage d of no dynasty the tage o of no group of ot privileged pr l r but the advantage of ot his fel- fel Continued on page 8 J I I I i I I f WAR SPEECH S Continued page 1 L who have died under the folds S of 0 o. o that thai beautiful emblem emblems I i. i it if men mei who wh do die dle under i 4 realize reaUze the they y have hate There rh re is- is isa a Distinction n j jn 1 he e vl pr leg leg- legand and r I for my part am m sorry to play so peaceful a part In the busIness business business busi busI- ness as asI I myself am obliged to play and I X c c cj n lic IY tj to ge to pome ome anti and took look you look at men who vho have the theother the theother other other- thin to todo do and ask you to come andt ll Ine ne e S C how this thing can can dope dope done and nde nd we e will thank thank- God Goi- that God that we have got nien men of ot originative bra brains ns among us THROW rf TRADITION TO TOWe wiNo We have haye leot got t to throw tradition to the 1 wind A As lh gentlemen I take tale It for granted that nothing that I say here will be repeated and therefore I am going to say say this Every time we h have ve suggested anything to the British admiralty admiralty ad ad- the reply has come back that Virtually amounted to this that it had never been done that way and I felt Uk like s saying Well Ven not nothing was was ever done doneso so so s systematically as nothing Is being d done dono ne' ne now Therefore I should like to see something unusual happen something that was never done bet before re and in inasmuch as the things that are being you were fore tore dont don't y you u think it is worth worth- worthwhile while to tc try something that was never done before Ie against those wh are doing them to you 4 S There is no other other- way to win C 5 C A America is the prize amateur nation world 0 rid Germany is the prize professional nation of ot the world Now wh n wh n it comes to doing mew things lind doing them well I 1 back the amateur against the professional every time He lIe knows so little about Jt t that he is fool tool enough to try the right thing The men mer that do not kno th danger the are rashest men ELIMINATE PRUDENCE Please leave out of ot your altoS altoS' altogether ther the word prudent Do the thing that is is audacious to the utmost point of ot risk and daring be because because be- be cause that is exactly the thing that the theother other side does not understand C C I i think that there are willing ears to he hear r this this' In the American navy and the American army because th that t is ls the kind of folks we are We get tired of the old ways and cove covet coves the new ones I lOr am not discouraged raged for a moment particularly be ause we have not even en begun and without saying saving anything in disparagement of ot those with whom were we weI weare are re associated in hi the the war I do expect ex ex- peet things t begin tp J. J begin when we begin If the they do do- donot not fiot American history will wUl have changed its course the American army anny and navy will ha have ve changed their I character There will have to come ItI a It anew new flew tradition into a service seT which does not do new and audacious and I successful things |