Show e Text of Presidents President's Address in Tacoma I ACO Lt A Wash ash Sept Sopt 13 The Tho Tho text TACO JL of or President Wilsons Wilson's address In part was as follows I feel as 15 I am sure you ou feel teel that wo we have havo r reached ono ono one of or the most critical critical crit crIt- ical periods In tho the history of ot the United Unit Unit- United ed cd States The Tho sha shadow ow of ot the war Is not lifted from us and we have havo Just come como out of the depths o of tho the Valley 0 of Death I thought It might be useful I If I T remind you ou of or a few things lest wo we forget It Is so easy with tho the strong tides of ot our life to bo swept awa away from one situation Into another mother to forget the real depths of oC meaning which lie llo underneath the tho things thing that wo we are aro merely touching the surface of Therefore I thought It would not bo be Impertinent on m my part If It I asked ed permission permission permission per per- mission to read you ou the concluding passa passage e of or tho the address in which I re requested requested re- re quested tho the government of or the United States to accent accept Germanys Germany's challenge of ot war Quote Himself Wo Ye shall fight I J said for the things we have havo always alwa's carried nearest our hearts for democracy for tor tho the right of or those who submit to authority author author- It fly ity to have a voice In their own government government gov gov- for the right and liberties o of small nations for a universal dominion dominIon domin- domin Ion Ibn of right of ot such a concert of or free freo peoples peonies as ns will bring peace an and safety safely to nil all nations and mal make e the world It Itself itself It- It self at nt last free To such a. a pass w wo e can dedicate our lives lI and our fortunes fortunes fortunes for for- tunes overy everything thing that we are arc everything everything every every- thing that wo we have c with the pride c of ot otI those who know mow that tho the time has l I como come when America Is privileged to toI I spend 1 her blood I d and and d her might t for the e principles that nat gave ncr her birth of 01 happiness hap nap happiness and of ot peace which she has enjoyed God Got helping her she can cnn do dono dono dono no other That Is the tho program wo we started out on That Is the program which all America adopted and shall w wo o now falter at the cr very critical moment when we are arc finally to write our name to tho the standing pledge which we then I took I I want to remind you ou many other I nations were put under a deeper temptation temp temp- tation than w we c It would have havo been possible for tor little tittle helpless Belgium at any time lime to make terms with the en- en en emy Belgium knew that resistance was useless Belgium know that she could get any terms of oC advantage antage from I Germany German that she pleased If It she would only submit And at tho the cost of ot everything everything every cry did nothing nothing noth noth- thing that she sho had B Belgium underwrite civilization ing else than Calls II It Inspiring I do not know anywhere In history of ot a moro more Inspiring fact than that Belgium lies Ues prostrate because sho she I fulfilled her pledge to civilization I II Italy could havo had her terms at tho the I hands of ot Austria at almost any period before of ot tho tt war ar particularly Just she made her final stand at the Piave 1 la e river rl but she sho ho would not compound with tho the enem enemy She too had underwritten underwritten under tinder written civilization And this passage which I have haye read to you which the I whole country countr accepted as Its pled pledge go I Is but bu an underwriting o of civilization cl I But In ord order r to let you ou remember what tho the thing thinS cost let mo nto read you youa ou a few figures If IC I did not havo have them themon on official authority I would deem them Incredible Here Is what tho the war cost those who were engaged against Germany Great Britain and her dominions France the United Stales States 2 Russia Rus- Rus 1 tsia Italy sia sla and the thc total including Belgium Japan and other smaller countries t tIt It cost tho the central powers Germany German Hungary Austro 21 1 i Turkey and anti Bulgaria a total of or a aI I grand grand total of oC direct war cost of ot an incredible sum to save civilization cI Americas America ur Cost o t tow I Now ow the question Is are aro we going going- to J keep safe The Tho expenditures of or the I Untied States wore at the rate of or an nn hour for Cor two years ears j an hour Including tho the night nighttime nighttime nighttime time for t two 0 years Battle deaths deaths- and this is tho the cost that touches our hearts were hearts were Russia Germany German Germany Ger Ger- man many France Great Britain Austria Ita Italy 6 the United States 50 a total of oC all belligerents of ot men dead on tho the field of or batI bat bat- I tlc tIe Tho total wounded for Cor the United States was as OOOO excluding those of or course who were killed The total of oC all aU battle deaths in all aU of oC the wars of or the world from the year car 1793 19 to 1911 1111 I were something under un under Under Un- Un der So that In all aU tho wars o of the tho world worM for more than years rs fewer men died than havo have been killed upon tho field CleM of oC battle baUle In the tho last five f years are arc terrible facts and we wo ought never to forget them We Wo went Into this war to do don a n. thing that was fundamental for tor the tho world and what 1 havo have como come out upon this Journey for tor is 3 to ascertain a whether tho the country has forgotten It or not noU I 1 11 have havo found out already alread The Tho country country country coun coun- try has not forgotten olten It H anti and will non never ar permit hermit any man who wino Stan slane n n the way of or tho the fulfillment of or those lJ great pledges es ever er to forget torget tho the sorrowful day when ho he made mado tho the attempt Up to All AH Free Peoples America alono can not nol underwrite civilization All tho the great free treo peoples peo pIes ples of or the world worl must underwrite It and only tho the free tree peoples of o the tho world can ean Join the tho league of or nations Ger Ger- German Germany man many la Js for tor tho the present excluded ed be because because be- be cause she sho must prove provo that t at site she Is self self- governing Sho must prove pro that she hc has changed the tho process of oC her bier constitution t and the purpose of or her power When hen she has proved these things she sho can become one of oC the partners guaranteeing guaranteeing guaranteeing guar guar- that civilization shall not suffer sutter again these intolerable things I I The Thc league leng la Is not only a 0 union of or free Creo peoples to guarantee civilization It is something much more than that It is a n league o of nations to 1 advance I civilization b by substituting something that will make mako tho the Improvement or of civilization possible I I call you to witness that our civilization Is not satisfactory It Is an nn Industrial civilization and nd nt at the tho heart henrt 1 I of or It Is an antagonism between those who labor with their han hands s and those who direct labor You cannot compose those differences in the midst of oC war and you ou cannot advance ance civilization cl unless you ou have o a n. peace of or which yon make tho the fullest use of bringing these elements of oC civilization cl together Into a a. common partnership In which everyman e every everyman I man will have the s same mo Interest In the work of ot his community that those have who direct the work of oC the nit 5 Wo TO have got goot to have havo leisure and andt t l freedom o of mind to settle these things j War nr A t Autocracy This was was wn a war against ag autocracy and if you ou have hn disordered If It you ou have ha populations If It you ou have p insurgent 1 t t in to our nuT c emen y lations tl ns you are going n l to l have havo e autocracy because the stronger Is goIng goIng soIng go- go Ing Ing- to seize tho the power as it has hns seized It In Russia I want tc to declare I am tho the enemy of or the tho of ot any minority however howe constituted I believe e for tor m my part that the league of or nations covenant Is 98 n per cent Insurance In Insurance Insurance In- In against war rather than none an and If Ir It is not nol 98 IS per cent I dare daro say you C U would rather like 10 per cent There is a a. provision pro for the constant regular International discussion of oC la labor labor ln- ln bor problems no matter where the they arise In tho the world for tho the purpose of or I lifting the whole level lo of oC labor conditions conditions condi condl- for the purpose of or safeguarding the tho help of oC women and children for forthe forthe forthe the sake of o bringing brine about those International International international Inter inter- national comities with regard to labor u unon n on w 1 t tl Mn to 1 t mess nf of mankind p V 11 n u t I pP so much depends What hat I want everybody c to understand understand understand under under- stand is 18 this Tho first effective Impulse Impulso impulse Im Im- pulse toward this ort rort of oC thing J came canto from America And nd I want to call can your I attention to the fact that it came of oC the very cn men who are arc arenow aronow now opposing its consummation It is of or particular Importance to remember at this moment when some men have o dared to intro introduce uce party p passion into Inlo this question that some of oC the leading spirits perhaps I might say tho the le leading spirits In the concePtion 1 conceP- tion of ot this great reat Idea were tho lead- lead j I I InS InS' figures of oC tho the Republican party j I When I 1 advocated the tho things in this league of ot nations I 1 had the full and I proud consciousness I was only ex expressing ext ex- ex t pressing p the best bost thought and nd the be best t conscience of or my beloved ed fellow count coun coun- t I coun-I Tho The only things that I have o any InY special special special cial connection with In the league of oC I nations covenant co arc things that I was care careful Cui to have put in there because of the very considerations which i arc now being beIng- urged Converted Concerted Ono One of or tho the most must distinguished ed lawyers Ja of oC the United States tit Mr Ir of oC Now New York who was the t attorney general in Mr lr Tafts Taft's cabinet came over to Europe I am told lold to oppose oppose oppose op op- op- op pose the things that he ho understood the American peace mission was trying to accomplish and and and what happened to Mr lr Wickersham He Ile was absolutely converted converted converted con con- above all things thinS's else to the necessity of ot having having- a n. lea league ue of oC nations not only onh but this lea league ue of or nations I need n not l tell you tho the conspicuously sly fine Ine work which his chief Mr lr Taft taCt has been doing doln In the same cause 1 I Iam am very 11 proud to forget party lines because there Is one thing that Is so 80 much greater g than being being- a Republican I ought or a Democrat that these things never to bo mentioned or connected w with Ith this and that Is being an anmer Amer mer ican President Wilson said t-ald tho the nation takes council of ot the lonely farms where there used to bo be a to help the old man and ho continued Now he hc cannot cannot can- can I not even get a hired man to help him j but yet ho he Is trying to iced feed tee the tho world worl He lie realizes that tho the wot world worl Id Is hungry tho world is naked that tho the world Is suffering and that none no no of or these things s can be bo remedied until the minds s o of men are reassured It r I wanted to have o a joint debate with Ith some somo man who wanted to put our part in this peace down own on the tho lie lowest possible level level how how much money we were Wore were going to make a out of or it It it-I I could silence nen e him hint b by assuring him him tha that r the world Is not reassured I believe beHove in my heart there Is hardly h a man in in 11 America if you ou get Iel really t back ack of or his superficial thoughts who Is not man enough h to be willing to tomake tomake tomake make tho the sacrifice to underwrite civil civil- lm Now the tho nations of or the world have declared that they are arc not afraid of or the tru truth tho One of ot the things that this treaty treat Incidentally l does Is to absolutely In Invalidate Invalidate Invalidate In- In validate all aU secret treaties I 1 hope no attempts will bo be made to qualify or embarrass oss Ss tho the great process which Is Inevitable and I confidently predict that some somo day we shall look 1001 back baek with surprise upon the thin fact that men In I America above all nations nations' should ever er have bave hesitated to d do this great thing I J |