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Show Prepare Defense Now Say jam eis - American Association Is Almost Unanimous In Adopting Resolution Seattle, Wash., Sept. S. Tho American Am-erican Hankers' Association today adopted ad-opted a resolution, offered from tho floor of tho convention by former Congressman Cornelius A. PugBley, of Pccksklll, N. Y., strongly approving approv-ing and p'edglng support to tho several sev-eral stato governments as woll as to the national government, In all efforts ef-forts to sccuro practical preparedness nlong tho lines of national defense. Ono negative voto was cast. Despito tho objection of tho trust company section, an amendment to i the constltulon providing that no proposed national or stato legislation should bo urged by any section of tho law committee and of tho association asso-ciation as a whole was passed. Tho trust company section regarded tho amendment as a movo to hamper Its members in an effort to havo repeated repeat-ed that section of the federal rcservo act which confers on national banks trust company powers. It appears to bo assured that Kansas Kan-sas City will get tho 191G convention. Cleveland, which had been spoken of as n competitor, is seeking the 191" convention. The commltteo on nominations recommended rec-ommended that James K. Lynch, president of the First National bank of San Francisco, bo elected president. presi-dent. P. W. Ooebol of Knnsns City defeated Sol Woxler of Now Orleans for vlco president In tho commltteo by a voto of 29 to 15. Could Not Resist Invasion Henry D. Ens t brook a Now York attorney, declared In an address that It would bo bettor for tho United States to scrap every gun and warship war-ship It now owned than to attempt to resist invasion by n notion prepared for war. "No nation threatens us in bo many words," said Mr. Estabrook, "but who Is oblivious to hints and Intimations Intima-tions that speak louder thnn words? Wo boast our strength to repel attack at-tack when we know wo aro weaker thun dishwater. Whllo every othor nation has been preparing for aggression aggres-sion wo havo not oven prepared for self dufense, "I would heartily advocate Mr. Hryun's policy of nonrcslstauco rather than n policy of hnlf preparedness. I had rather soo ovory gun and warship wo own scrapped if wo nro not to add to them. ' For if wo woro without strength to repel invasion wq could nt loust claim tho privilege of tho weak and surrender without loss of life. Whorens, to fight Inadequately armed arm-ed and cortaln of losing would bo nothing Bhort of murder for which every ev-ery taxpayer In tho United States would bo measurably responsible "To say that wo aro too big or too proud to fight In uelf dofenso Is absurd. ab-surd. To say that n mob of a mil lion or SO) untrained citizenry would leap to arms and put to fllglU the bullet tested soldiery of Asia or of Europo Is porvcrso stupidity." Mr. Estabrook said a standing army ar-my of 150,000 which would bo a skeleton skel-eton that could quickly tako on flesh fro,m tho militia, should bo sufficient in conjunction with a big navy. Ho declared a largo standing army was frequently a inenaco to a nntlon but thnt this was not tho caso with a largo navy. |