Topeka, July 10.
Mr, Harry H, Woodring, who resigned as Secretary of War last month, ina speech here last night, urged the United States to keep out of the Euro, pean war and to "prepare to Insulate this hemisphere from war."
"it the reaction to my, leaving the War Department asa known noninterventionist has caused a modifica tion of some policies and sobered some of those provocative, meddling ad~ visers to the Administration who Would strip our defences, then T regret Thad only one set of guts to sacrifice the altar of public service," Mr. Woodring asserted, have always been and am now: and expect to remain a non-inter-Ventionist, Iam a strong advocate of Keeping this country out of European wars, "What is our quarrel with any power in the Orient, Fur or Near East, Europe or Asia? We have all we can do to mind our own business and prepare to insulate this herisphere from war'
Mr, Woodring said that if his recommendation. while Secretary of War had been followed, "we today would have over a million and a half mill-tarily. trained young men as reservists."-United Press.
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