Show STRIKING POINTS IN PRESIDENT WILSONS MESSAGE I 1 the department of war contemplates an increase of the standing force of the regular army from its strength of officers and enli enlisted sied men to officers and enlisted men and supplementing thi the army by a force foice of disciplined citizens it will be to the advantage of the country for tho congress to adopt a comprehensive plan for putting the navy upon a final footing of strength an and efficiency the gravest threats against our national peace and safety have been uttered within our own borders borde rs it Is necessary for many weighty reasons of national efficiency effi clency and development that we should have hav e a great merchant marine it seems to me a clear dictate of prudent statesmanship and frank finance that in what we are now to undertake we should pay as we go we should be following an almost universal example of modern government if we were to draw the greater part or even the whole of tho the revenues we need from the income taxes we have been put to the test in tho the case of mexico and we have stood the test whether we have benefited mexico by the course we have pursued remains to be seen see n our concern for the independence and prosperity of the states of central and south america la Is not altered I 1 |