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Show sides at $18G.nO').OUO,000 and the cost to tin; Vnitcd States as $1,000,QiiO an hour for two years, he said that was the cost in money of saving civilization. In addition, he continued, there werC T"10'-,'," batU,! 'tilths. Ti,e.e were terrible taets," he declared, and he had conic out to the people to sec , !n!''r thy lia,i forgotten them. The country has not forgotten," he added 'and it will never permit anv man who stands in the way- of the fulfillment ful-fillment of our ledges to forget the sorrowful day when he made the attempt. at-tempt. ' ' Purposes of America in Entering Great Struggle Strug-gle Not Fully Won, President Decl ares. I Audience in Tacoma Welcomes Chief Mag- I istrate and Applauds Arguments for Pact. TACOMA, "Wash., Sept. 13. Reading to a Tacoma audience today a part of his address to congress asking a declaration dec-laration of war with Germany, President Presi-dent "Wilson declared the purpose there outlined was not yet fulfilled and J would not be until the treaty was rati-; rati-; ficd. Pointing out that he had asked j in that address for a complete freedom I from autocracy and guarantees for lib- j erty everywhere, he said that was the program which had been adopted with- out respect to party and which it now was proposed in some quarters to aban-, aban-, don. When he asked whether the people peo-ple wanted it abandoned, there were i ( shouts of "No! No!" and cheers from the crowd. Before ho went to the armory, the president was driven to the stadium, where a cheering mass of humanity, including in-cluding ninny schoolchildren, welcomed him. With a seating capacity of 30,000, the stadium was packed except for small spaces at the ends of the horseshoe, and thousands more thronged the steps ; and terraces above. |