competitors.
CHAPTER XIII
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S SECOND TERM--CONTINUED
[1907]
While President Roosevelt advocated peace, he believed that the best
means to preserve peace was suitable preparation for war. In his message
to Congress, 1904, he said; "There is no more patriotic duty before us
as a people than to keep the navy adequate to the needs of this
country's position. Our voice is now potent for peace, and is so potent