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Show PRESIDENT DEMANDS FORCE TO BACK HIM Declares Army Now Is So Small He Cannot Prevent Mexican Bandits From Raid- ing Across the Border SAYS HE FINDS COUNTRY IS AWAKE Kansas City, Mo., Fob. 2. President Presi-dent Wilson tonight demanded that steps be begun during tho present month to bnck him up In defending American lives and commerce abroad Ills demand met with shouts nnd np-plauso np-plauso from an audience of 10,000 persons, who waved American flags, leaped to their feet and cheered. When tho President ceased speaking speak-ing ho leaned forward and aBked the great throng to Join him In singing "America." The hand p'uyod softly, tho audience stood and tho words of America's national anthem camo In n glorious burst of song from 1G.O0O throats. Tho big crowd was for tho President Presi-dent from the start. It waited patiently pa-tiently on hour to sco him nnd then cheered Itself hoarso In u three minute min-ute demonstration when ho appeared. Sixteen thousand heard hlm, twenty thousand were turned awny and ten thousand moro tried to .gllmpso htm as ho left his hotel for tho half. SUMMARY OF SPEECHES I At Kansas City I "Tho United States la awake. Thoso gallant men' who sit on tho hill at Washington nnd mako our laws aro going to doMycr tho goods. "I have como to ask you what is bnck of mo In this tnsk of preserving preserv-ing at onco tho penco and honor of this country ecauso I don't know how long tho mere Insistence of tho government will maintain the honor and dignity nnd power of tho nntlon. "Thcro may como a tlmo when I shall have to ask: "I have said my say; who stands back of it?" Whore is that force by which tho majesty of tho United States Is to bo asserted? assert-ed? "Tho futuro does not depend upon us, but upon commanders of ships and of submarines and upon blockades block-ades and upon many other men. "Modern wars aro not won by mere numbers and enthusiasm. They uro won by tho scientific application of Irresistible force. "No nation ought to wish either nn army or a navy to mako a toy of. It Is tho arm of tho force which must Ho back of every sovereignty In tho world. Tho navy of tho United States must be brought as rapidly as posslblo to n stato of efficiency and numerical strength which will make it practically linpregnnblo to tho navies na-vies of the world. "But on land what stands between tho President if ho should havo to enforco tho demands of tho United States for respect nnd right? An army ar-my so small that I have not had enough men to prevent bandits from raiding across tho Mexican border. "Do you remember tho Spanish American Am-erican wan You sent thousands of men to their death because thoy woro Ignorant. Thoy did not got any further fur-ther than tho camps in Florida nnd thoy died in tho camps Hko files. Tho percentage of our loss by dls-caso dls-caso In that camp atone was greater than tho loss of tho Japanese by dlseaso and battlo combined in their wnr with Russia. "Do you want to repeat that? What sort of disaster may como whllo you aro trying to mako an army out of raw material? "Tlio railroads of tho country havo never been drawn Into tho counsels of tho government until recontly to mako plans for coordinating them to transport troops and munitions. Never Nev-er until recently have wo called tho business men and engineers Ho consultation con-sultation to ascertain how to coordinate coordi-nate the country's resources in tlmo of war. "I am anxious that you should look at tho hot stuff of war before you touch it; that you appTy your hard business sense to tho proposition. "Thero is not a day to bo lost. This month should not go by -without something declslvo dono by way Qt preparation of tho arms of selfvlndl-cation selfvlndl-cation and defense. "Wo nro witnessing a catacylsm and God knowB what tho issues -will bo." At Topeka - "If may be necessary to use tho forces o; the United States to vindl- cate tho rights of Amcrlcnn citizens everywhere to enjoy tho rights of International In-ternational law. America Is not going go-ing to abide tho habitual or continual neglect of thoso rights. "Some men of foreign birth havo tried to stir up' troublo. But somo of the most Intemperate counsels havo como from mea who for generations genera-tions havo been ldentlflcd with America, Am-erica, but who havo been so carried away hy their sympathies nnd that they havo ceased to think In terms of American tradition and policies. "Tlio army Is now too small for tho ordinary times of peaco. It has been too small to patrol tho Mexican border properly and I havo been un-ablo un-ablo to do soveral things I should havo jono becnuse of tho amnll nr-my. nr-my. "If it be nn ofTenso ngaliiBt the peaco of nations to covet honor, then Amerlcn Is tho most offending nntlon In the world. "The difficulties of our foreign policies pol-icies dally increase In number nnd in intricacy, livery hour is critical whllo tho contest rages In Europe "There Is another thing we ought to safeguard nnd that Is our right to sell what wo produce In tho open markets of tho world. Wo ought to recognlzo the ordinary restraints created by war, but wo have n right to send food o peaceful' peoples. "Wo havo neglected our American merchant marlno. Wo havo not tho American ships to send tho goods In and we havo got to get them. "So far as dollars and cents aro concerned .wo havo nothing to mako by the Monroo doctrlno. America knows thnt tho only thing that sustains sus-tains tho Monroo doctrlno is hor own moral and physical forco. Tho Monroo Mon-roo doctrlno simply rests upon tho statement of tho United States that If certain things happen she will do ccrtnln things. "We kept our promlso to Cuba. Now wo nro tho trustees for tho Filipino Fil-ipino pcoplo and Just so soon ns we feel they can tnko caro of their own nffalrs without protection, our flag will bo tho moro honored In tho 'low-orlnc 'low-orlnc than In tho raising. "In America there aro thoso communities com-munities which contnln men whoso birthplace, whose affections aro on the other sldo of the sea. It is natural for old memories to bo awak-ened awak-ened and old passions rekindled. But tho majority aro steadfast Americans. Ameri-cans. You nnd I wero horn In America. Am-erica. Thoy chose to bo Americans and tho vast majority havo tho pas-Blon pas-Blon of American liberty in their hearts. 'Tho Amcrlcnn flag stands for honor, hon-or, not ad vantage But tho world does not understand thnt yet. It has to havo a fow moro demonstrations like tho ono In Cuba. Every nation thnt makes right Its guide and honor its prlnclplo is sure of peaco. But until thoso things aro believed of us wo must bo ready with tho hand of forco to hold off others from tho Invasion In-vasion of every right wo hold sacred." |