Show SEES WAR CLOUD ON THE PACifiC k Capt Hobson Urges a Big Navy To Preserve Nations Peace CITIZENS TO TAKE ACTION r i t Three Will Call Ui on Id to For lor i Fur Kor 01 To Prevent Its Us Coming f Tn In the tho Interest of or peace LO aco and Justice I f Bo llo It Unsolved by iy b this th gathering ot oC o citizens ot of o tha city of at f Salt Lake Lako mid ud State o ot of Utah 1 1 I That general treaties ot oC o arbitration arbitration tion should bo be negotiated by b thu the Unit United Unitt ed lod t d Slates with w Ith nil all nations granting to the tho international court courtat nt lit Tho TuG hague over us as many mall classes ot of controversies ItS as the tho other Ini Ing power poe po we I In each cach case clUe can bo ho Induced d to 10 from the tho th Hold nelll of tiC battle battlo to tho tM precincts ot of courts of or justice 2 That tho tIO United States should de tie declare dare clare In III favor tavor of or a 11 permanent Inter International international national congress containing representatives from froni every nation to assemble periodically and automatically for Cor or tho tint 1 of or such uch changes In Inthe tho the law of at nations und and In the tha meth ineth method od 01 of Its administration its at the cur cUI current rent of ot events may ma bo be desirable and practicable ble 3 That present conditions ecU colt rot for the thc Immediate adoption of oCL o a five sive program that will give the thu United States a II navy capable of ot per por performing forming Its duty dut 1 I e o of oC protecting our cur vast st our groat grent tUft and ever volume ot of oceangoIng IK coot com commerce mere merce our growing Browing Interests In foreign markets our OUI distant and of ot executing effectively all nh Just foreign policies of ot tho the nation 4 tho the chairman appoint n a corn com committee of ot three to 10 call upon the Die th tony may mayor or who Is hereby requested to lo Join with raid committee In It communicating this resolution to tho the representative in III Con Congress gress gres of this district tho two senators from this titI stole state and tho president ot of the United State BUttes These Ate are the tho resolutions which Con COli Hobson of oC Alabama uttered offered at ot last lant nights meeting In the tho Lyric and ond were adopted with a tL ringing nye aye by IW I the tho audience without a dissenting vote vole Captain Ca Joseph Josoph E 1 presiding on er then appoint appointed ed elt Dr Henry LA Motto tt c U S l N re retired retired I tired J JU II to tool Judge Tu J A Street OB M tho thu committee to te wait walt on OTt the tue mayor as os recommended n In the res resolutions which ore oro tho the santo same as have been boen adopted at Capt In Instance stance In cities In Iii tho United d States The address by b the congressman was one OtI of ot the most stIrring over ever delivered In Salt Rait I Lake ike arousing an un In the good sized audience that quickly put It in lit 11 sympathy with the speaker This In turn luh encouraged him bun so tnt that lint ho lie put pul forth an eloquent effort which will not easily bo be forgotten lie had been entertained at ut dinner lato late In iii Inthe Inthe the afternoon at tho the University club and was given from Crom the tho first to feel Ceel that he was a welcome visitor vl hero here At 1 th ht club the visitor wO was the tite guest of or Di Dt la VI Motte The other vero veroA A J 1 Weber Weller II H J John lohn A Mi M I E E Wilson I Dr r II n D Niles and nd Captain Garrison U 8 S SA A ON TIlE THE SEA SiA Captain Hobsons lecture was on America as tu the Mistress of oC tho Seas Ho n was Introduced by Capt Ca t comb Olno In a 11 hort chort eulogistic address relative reh hoto to His Ills feat nt at itt tho the mouth of or Santiago harbor with a 11 few tew remarks r I of f tho the gallant captains achievements In tho the bloodless of ot Capt Hobson Hobon HolI on then titan said In part Tho national defense Is tho the most Important question before the tho Congress of ot tho the United States today Wo Ve can ClUI cannot not leave our to tho the theother other othor nations It Is folly Coli jo 0 allow hilOw the tho theothor theother other othor great powers of tho the earth to arm themselves and America to depend on tho the Justice of Its claims for fot Co protection I 1 hope for tor tho the day da to como come when the nations of the earth will viii have a acol col collective collective protection but let lot America take tho the leadership In III this A GREAT COAST LINE There ore are two ways for ono tho tile army and the tha other wealth which means great lILvie where It Is possible for a u country tn tu protect herself hereit with the navy All iiI na no nations can con not do this on account of land frontier but bul America hat has a IL groat coast hue lino and should I hasten to take advantage of ot this thin moans of protection Unless the tho nation controls tho Iho seat It must have havo an nn army Wu Wo want a II navy to keep keet us ut front from being attacked and nd nuch a 11 one on that no nt nation na will darn daro attack k us lly By this moans mOlln we wo are aro suto of oC peace P and und should thero there be IKS war warth warthIn tin navy In will be bo of such a tt size that It will bring victory Instead of defeat On the tho Atlantic coast COLIt there are oro 60 to OO miles of oC waterway while tho the four louI great ireat powers of ot r tJ have till nil to together together gether only miles Tho Tito coast dO de defense Is I Inadequate ami therefore th the Iho navy must bo be depended upon upun to secure UK Ut On tho the exposed waterways of or the Ilia United States there thoro IB is more property than limn In ull till the refit of the tho world Wo are becoming a II great greal producing nation notion and must have a II market for Cor our on prod irod products across the tho water Unions wo we con cott control control troi the tho sea aca IN we wo can not hold our trado with foreign countries JA England has tta at lit the tha present time In the Atlantic 78 18 warships France 81 flu 27 while America hM but live Au We W are ars to protect our out own On coast C I t lot let alone trying to uphold tho tito Monroe Munroe doctrine Wo We have Otto ono Ill et anti IIII two loUII and tho the coant OllIt do 10 tb ton on oi this th 1 Ls 01 oven even more In iii titan than that on tho the Atlantic vo ro cnn can tInt not our own 1 with tho navy of ot ito tho proa lIro out cot During the tho trouble In San Han Francisco with i th tho titi Japanese Stilt children lit Evil ito tho t d nUl iut to tl Ui to Japan M only l because WP Wt did 11 1 not hivo a H navy large Iorge enough to put a 1 fleet floel In ITt tho the PaUllo to protect us u Japan know this titis hOld and took advantage of ot the fact Wo We 0 now have havo a II fleet In the tho and 1 Japan Is itt but wo we will again havo hlo to submit to her hor Insults as 15 n soon as ns tho tint ships return to the tho Atlantic Is l sending her trained to this country an 1111 tt emigrants and l It Is of lU u pronto Importance that wo we control the tho Pacific MUST LOOK TO 10 ASIA The Tho history of tho the world worl l has hM shown that republics havo always been boell the prey proy or of monarchies Republics are arc now and they the do Io not build no so permanently IJ as do tb o the older forms Corm of oC government I 1 Iam Iam I am om not hero to alarm you ou but I say Wo We o think wo we are lire safe eICO from Crom ruin the tho monarchies of or Europe wo we are arc not wife rate from runt tho monarchies of ot Asia The rho time Is coming coining when Europe Will tie our nut ls within Asia crushon us Tho only security for Cor the tile United States Is IH to build a n navy big enough to control tho the Atlantic and the tho Pacific ut itt tho tile same sante time ll llan hiatt author Izell two now new battleships to bo bu built Already all nil tho tito nations of Oc Europe I have gloater natel navies titan than us and It does not take them as long lunY to build whips Un I der dei lI tile tho way nY things are aro at ILl present It takes five years yeats for rOI tho the United Status States Stat to ti build bull a IL a while In n Europe It takes but two battleships Is Isu Isu Isa u a great but Is not as fl expensive Hive sive as war var It If the tho United States had three more battleships the tho Span Spon WIll costing there would have havo been no war waD and the tho pent foolishly lilting up old would havo luo been b Cn saved and anti tint the th country A A great navy noy Is tho th surest and shortest way to peace JAPAN TAPAN Hobson mado modo It very cry clear clem that Japan has Ita hu been If she nho Is not 1101 now desirous of oC picking a quarrel with the tho United States as her hor attitude in tit tho the matter of or tint tho Japanese and ami Ereen house Incidents at San Suli Francisco l co howell There had been outrages that worn outrages against Japanese In Australia nod and nd British Columbia ha it hasold h sold said but hut they attracted l no attention from coin the government while slight alight In III of what could not hot bo be classed as nil lever H el Infractions of tin the public In California where nesse were Vero Involved went wen cm seized upon by II 1 the Japanese o government as on alt cx for nn an ultimatum to the United States that meant war var If It tint not to Tho The speaker gave a IL graphic ac nc account account count of or how the demand found this country entirely unprepared 1 for any conflict with viLh the Pacific coast entirely unprotected so ao that the tile president wits forced to resort rf ort to humiliating extremities of diplomacy In order to avoid tIle the threatened declaration of war wal on tho part pari of Ho ha sent for tor or tint the mayor mayO anti and superintendent of ot schools of lIt San Sun Francisco co to come corne to Washington On tho the way thither thoy tile tho vero frequently Interviewed d by lIy reporters to 10 whom they the declared they proposed to stand on their rights and und their position po was WIlA logical and perfectly defensible as us the tho state of ot California certainly hUll has tho thin right to tn regulate her own school nd od ho contended But what whal WOH tho tile attitude of the two San Fran Frail Franciscans on their return Wily Why they thoy have havo any ony attitude They Thoy had the tho international situation explained to them and the Japanese vero taken right back buck In III tho the schools The matter had been taken Into tho the courts of California and tho the supreme court was to hand down own an ItO opinion Jito 1110 Japanese government had hod stated that tho the decision lon of this tithe court would de tie decide cide Japans Japan action Well Veil tho the KU tat premo preme court noVel never handed down the tha decision although It was WIL ILS understood that It would do so and that It would woul sustain the action of ot the Sun Francis Francisco l co school sch ol authorities Captain Hob liob Hobon Hobson son on laid particular stress on tim the ma lila machinations of Japan In forcing treaties on in European l nations whose possessions In lit the tho orient are extensive and valuable valuable able In tact fact ho lie said soh Japan has lia hu I forced England Into an offensive and I defensive alliance anti and with the tho Japa Japanese nese neso fleet on the Pacific and ond tho the Eng English English ng lish fleets on ott tho the Atlantic what show will tho the United States Slates have In making uny un toward protecting its II enormously long water lines The pur PUI purpose purpose pose of Ir IC Japan Is to put the United States to cheap Bleep in Iu fancied security while she shio continues to expand her army orm and anti navy naty and then tilen when she sho Is ready roa she sho will wilt demand of or England I to fulfill her obligations and proceed to crush us Japan will hue huye ha e no trouble In seizing till all American Insular possession In the tile or In lit landing hordes of oC armed mon on Oil our Pacific coast Then Thon Congress will wako vaito up forced to 10 do something and tho the amount of blood 1 to be bo spilled and treasure expended will willbe willbe willbe be Incalculable Now ow all al this titis am eun be Welded avoided by lIy building bull up a 1 navy com COOl commensurate commensurate with tho tile demands of or our geographical situation anti and 1 Interests as asa asa Is IH tho ito cheap cheapest a II notion nation A great grent navy est st Insurance against l such a n disaster ler lerDo Do Di you want a small navy and ond tho tint i desolations of ot war or 01 a 11 big navy nONY and I assurance of pence 1 The Tue navy Is U a 0 preventive war tho disease Not n alone lo o does doell our peace depend on It but hut the of ot the tho whole world peace for Cor Just policies If Jt she had control the open door po policy Icy of oC Justice and rIght would I 1 do not hut advocate war var but hut lollee Pence Peace can cati i bo he haiti had only by hy tho the rule rulo ot of tho the Just anti and right government As Its long lone as liS nations havn hao navies let America have blavo tho the no navY Hobson put his hlA In Ina solemn solomn frame framo of a very when he explained that tho the out mind policies meant meint the tito of ot Japans como COllIe of ot tho the yellow olloW against the he arraying white races This meant that tho titi th lire hire lIe Ho was sva bo ho mt Hot on Oil would world or d 1 very 01 attentively to |