Show iu U. U I S. S S. S WILL ACT ACI ON ONI I DEFENSIVE IN CASE CASES OF WAR WARBy S By Henry Wilson I I VT Tho n Sp lal Yews s Stale iee WASHINGTON WASHINGTO Feb 10 After talking confidentially with the best hest in informed informed In- In formed na navy and army m men n in Washington Washington Wash Yash YashIn In ington ton all an of or whom refuse to allow their names to be used at this time I Ican Ican Ican can state emphatically that In case there should be bo a 0 declaration of war between the United States and Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many tho the first m military tan activities Ues and the only activities on the part of at this country for tor weeks w s und and months will be beat beof beof of at a n purely defensive e nature There will be no sending of the navy naY to European waters nor an any sending of any part of ot our amI army to European soil Our activities will wUl be much like those of ot Japan who Wile is an ally of ot tho the entente nations Japan has not contributed ships or orI ormen ormen men to the operations In the Mediterranean Mediterranean I the tho English channel the North sea or tho the Irish sea sen Japan has busily I manufactured munitions of or war for tor II Russia The United l States will be most mOISt useful useful useful use use- ful to the allies b by making munitions and sending the these e and other necessaries saries Including food to 1 France rance and En England land This country countr would of course employ employ em em- plo ploy its navy in convoying ships loaded with these and In this dangerous dangerous dan dan- work some of ot the ships would I sooner or later run afoul of a German submarine or mine mino or might oven even meet meeta a German raider Merchant ships under the American flag would follow Great Britain In arming such ships for tor defense etense against submarine attack and In every wa way possible this country countr would operate co-operate with tho the allies to Break tho German attempt to blockade the British Islands and Franco with Its submarines and mines The rhe United States has no naval vessels vessels ves ves- sels which can cnn be spared to augment the British fleet nor do the British need our vf vessels except as stated d to convoy munitions and pro ll provision ion ships As to sending men to tal take o part Inthe in inthe the tho fight on the western front the Idea Is so 80 remote that at this time officials re regard ard It as fantastic I Men lien like Gen I Leonard L Wood and General Scott say quite frankly that our OUI army Is quite Inadequate to our homo home needs and no one would think of ot sending It abroad The few men wo we could now muster would do no good and it would take lake a year or at least six Ix months to recruit and train u u. force which would con con- anything to tho the m military operations operations operations opera opera- on tho continent If the country I 1 i i roused d h by some somA particularly brutal attack on American American American Ameri Ameri- can shipping and Innocent lives aro are sacrificed It might be 10 possible to recruit ro- ro cruit a u foreign legion such as Canada I has raised and sent but all nil this de depends do- do upon future happenings j de-j There Thoro are no troops now a available for tor foreign service The Tho one ono tiling thing the United States can cando cando cando do to help the allies aUle most and to hurt Germany most Is to mobilize the tine credit of this country and place It at the disposal disposal disposal dis dis- of the allies 5 If it come comes comeR to war with Germany German theone tho the one formidable thing congress can cnn do dois dois is ift to appropriate a billion dollars to tobe tobe be raised b by bond Issue or a n heavy increase of or tho the taxes on wealth an and i iI I I appropriate It to the needs of r the allies |