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Show SOUNDS WARNING TO PEOPLE. Former President Taft Says Crisis is at Hand. Salt Lake. City. mat was probably former President William Howard Taft's most emphatic and strongest, speech on the problem of national defense de-fense since he left the White House was delivered Friday noon at the Bonneville Bon-neville club luncheon at the N'ewhouse ( hotel, when he declared that the United Unit-ed States was in a state where it may be called into war at any time "and we are fools if we do not make preparation prep-aration to meet the condition." He said that the United States must not remain in its helpless condition and that this nation must have an army and navy strong enough so that its protests will have the neoes,trv backing back-ing and force to make ibem effective. former President Taft told his listeners list-eners that the nation was up against a serious problem. He wanted the People of the United S'ates to know hat a crisis was at hand, and urged them to use their influence with their representatives in confess t0 ,Pe that the first thing done wh,a the na- ional legislature convene; again is to provide for an increase in -,he arn.r States should have a mobile army of. to S1dei(b0mC'i:this mnbe7no to include the coast artillory corns ereW v0i;!n nu""er AltT& j Possession So, |