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Show R R R AMERICA ANDTHE WORLDPOLICY In! one part of his address to Congress President Wilson said, with reference to the naval building program, recommend-, ed for appropriations: , . 'ilt uould.bei:clearl unwise for us to attempt to adjust 6ur programs to a future, fu-ture, world policy as yet undetermined." We hope that the' significance of this observation is-one of real indication of conviction in the president's mmd, that it wilVprevail in congressional action, and that it willjbe spread out to cover all the needs and prospects of the United, States, , The president's specific reference; was to the necessity of going ahead with the navy building program as devised before, be-fore, we entered the war; We couldask for an amplification of the advice to cov-r cov-r all the requirements of tlie United States, requirements which deal with, its own responsibility for the character and security of (itsjitizenship. N We not gnly believe that- this principle ougty to. applyjjtp the navy but'ithat if ought to apply, to the army. We believe. that the United States should be strong in its own right, and that it can be strong .without, threatening an invasion of the peace of the world, a disturbance oliiny international agreements; without flna-jing flna-jing itself in discord, but finding itself merely sufficient, if discord came. We believe that there should be not only a reserve toward a future world policy pol-icy hot yet determined but a. reserve toward to-ward a world policy determined but not proved. i We not only do not know what the world policy will be, but when we do know , whatit, will be we shall not know how it will operate. We do know thai the United Unit-ed States is not a. provocative iiation and ;iwill not become ;pne, Its diplomacy wiUV not offer incitements to war. ts.diplo-, imacy WwaysfwillCeiidoavbr tofind" ways xmtof,war. fc If the new world, policy is one which Eromises; guaranties for peace ;there will e no act of the United States to threaten. the beneficieht1coriditi6n.-Bu"keven when we. know what thg. policies are )ve do, not know whethfjr they willprevail; WeJean-notjknow WeJean-notjknow hrSw they will stand the test of experience: We dp know that if the' United States, will continue to build, tte nayy which it has.nnder construction and in its program, pro-gram, and if: it will keep the wonderful army establishment which, jt has-rif it; will put its young men under, militarydh-structien militarydh-structien it will be sale and secure. We know that if the United States is strong in its own right it will not Jess be -at willing subscriber tojiew world policies. poli-cies. We know that tt'the policies fail it will be able to; take, care of itself. ' We have everything to gain and nothing noth-ing to lose by remaining strong. We have: everything to lose and nothing to gain by lapsing-mto weakness. K ' v cannotrust.noy tci afworld:prq, '. gram which has not been.def ined we can- , has been defined, and has not been test- ' in G f , Tj " - ,.'. J. If we obtain universal military train- '' d mg, retain our military equipment, or-. '- ; gamzation; and' material, we cah face'the " "! ' future confidently, hopeful that the. best " - plans of alturists will work, secure if . they do not work. . , tf . . |