5 FEBRUARY 1916, Page 3

Last Saturday Mr. Wilson spoke at Pittsburg and Cleveland again

on behalf of preparedness. " The world," he said, " is on fire and sparks are likely to drop anywhere." According to the Times report, he continued :- " Let me tell you very solemnly that you cannot postpone this thing. I do not know what a single day may bring forth. I do not wish to leave you with the impression that I am thinking of any particular danger. I merely wish to tell you that we are daily treading amidst intricate dangers. Tho dangers we aro treading amongst) are not of our making, and are not under our controL I think that. no man in the United States kno wa what a single week, a single day, a single hour, may bring forth."