Show idson t u Aid V War SID NT U. U 9 Sa S SISTO 0 ISTO M S T I a RS I Ie of L. L Declared e 5 Reasonable Than II it tal ital l in Aiding Gov- Gov n nent nt in Trial Hour Robert B. B Smith I News Service Staff Correspondent N. N Y 12 l Q ni post t stirring speech of I r r Pr President Wilson Vilson to- to to-I to i It sing ing tile the American Americano I Io o of Labor in jn conven- conven I pled pledged anew mcw the pOW power r I n JI es s of America to the deo de- de the o the Prussian military au- au victory is the only ease ta e and called caned upon labor l d d efforts orts toward the win win- l R l' l war var Ira ir unparalleled In all his ills war ar speeches the president presidente e pacifist movement and gear ear car that tho the patience of mentis is near exhaustion in to ah 1111 the obstructionists usand us and delegates and visitors lie lief president with an ene ene enie en- en ie e e has not met before the thet oft left t no doubt among his c where labor Is standing duct of the war upon upon labor for Increased en- en the conduct of the war the said ife ie true friends of freedom fee see that tho the power of this in nd J the productive activity shall be bo raised to the gree and nothing should to stand st. in Its way quickly followed this declaring capital n n if to blame blamo for foi labor trou- trou l he workingmen He Ire said ed pd some new n cooperation between labor laborA A al to bp lH devised soon Roon to toa uta a greater efficiency I co arc are fl fighting for fr freeSt tree free o- o mIst wust St Ime fe that labor is free tree d F. F COL HOUSE os es dent drew w r cheers anu anuro ro rp t tilt the crowd when he ho cx- cx mission to lio ho said r 7 sent I Colonel House to toh rho ho h Is as great a lover of the world hut but I didn't Anna on a n. peace mission I sent m mission to find out how the lwi won ou ou If It youre you're for or me the m concluded Ho lie hurried lie ike the train back to WashId Wash Wash- the id-the Id tho cheers of ot tho the labor abor fT was driven to the I h 11 n the middle of a of aAre r Jot student oC officers from l Fu aJ If rhe were filled despite the cold raw rid j the president was given welcome eld eM l tie tle ic out of tins tha if er the presidents president's party lien lien- lienthe n. n the doors yere thrown of people poured tip 1 p every available Inch of dent Ident entered the hall hail to toft toof ft of f the tho Star Spangled Banos Canis Danas Dan Can os as is cheered wildly Ho He was by the welcome pl platform with the president wet Luel Tel Gompers president of l lean an Fc Federation of Labor WhItman of at New York and New New York state notables pers mera took the chair and I 1 f r. r address Introducing tho the after atler declaring the cons conven- I of destiny this man who t to the great occasion and of of our time the spokes spokes- dom the tho Interpreter of off f of f our times tims tho the leader of Continued on page 3 PRESIDENT TELLS I Continued from pa page e 1 1 thought and action among tho men of ot the nations of ot the earth who aspire is with us PRESIDENTS PRESIDENT'S SPEECH President Wilson began speakIng at 1020 This is a a. great privilege and a great honor said the president I r gladly accepted the Invitation because it t seems to me that it was wa a welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come opportunity to speak to you some of ot the tho thoughts which have been gathering in my mind for tor the past few months I would be glad if it you would regard me not as the president but butas butas butas as a a. man seeking counsel I 1 tl think that in order to realize Just what this moment of ot counsel is it would be well veIl to remind ourselves Just how and why this war came abou about t. t The war var was started by Germany Her lIer authors deny it but I am willing willing will will- ing ins to await the verdict of ot history Why did Germany German start the war Remember the position of ot Germany In the world The whole world stood in admiration of ot her Intelligence and ard material achievements As university man I have been surrounded by men trained in fn Germany Nowhere else could they get such training Her Industries were perhaps the most competent In the world Se So had access access ac ac- access cess to all an markets in the world but men in fn these markets feared Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many because of ot her almost irresistible ible competition Her Industries were perhaps the best In fn the world The label made In Germany was a a. guarantee of good workmanship She had a place In the sun Why was she not satisfied What more did she want There was nothIng nothing noth noth- ing in fn a world of ot peace she did not have yet she was not satisfied There is no important industry in Germany upon which government has not laid its hand to direct and If ff necessary to control It ft They were the same kinds of ot competitions com com- petitions that we have tried to prevent pre pre- vent ent b by law Ja- The conditions of ot compe compe- were thus controlled by the German German Ger Ger- man government A political control which would unable un- un enable en en- able her to control all labor Jabor and Industry industry indus Indus- try of ot the world was behind it all Look at the map of Europe Germany Germany Ger Ger- many in fn thrusting again her peace proposals proposals proposals pro pro- upon us talks of Belgium northern France Alsace Those are deeply Interesting hut but they are not talking about the tho heart of ot the matter GERMANYS GERMANY'S DOMINION Look at the map of ot Germanys Germany's do lo- lo minion I r saw Raw a a. map the other day appropriately ap ap- ap- ap printed In black and and the black stretched all the way from Hambur Hamburg Ham Ham- burg bur burto to Bagdad If sho she can keep that her power can enn disturb the world always provided the present Influences the country and the can still control Germany is determined that political political political cal power of the world shall hall belong to her There has been beta much ambition before the they have been real But never before based on such exact and scion srI n n rifle plan of ot domination Power cannot be used against free peoples if It it is used by free peoples What I am opposed to Is not the feeling of the pacifist but their stupid stupid- ity My heart is with them but my mind has contempt for tor them Any people that compounds with the present German government is compounding for tor its own destruction I want peace but I know how to get It and end they dont dontA A great cheer went up as the tho president president dent spoke these words You will will notice I sent a friend of ot mine Colonel House to Europe who Is Isas Isas isas as great a lover over of peace an ne 1 there Is IK in inthe inthe the world but I dl didn't nt send him on a peace mission I r sent him on a mission mission mis mis- sion slon to find out how tho the war can be won Yron lie ITo knows as s I mow that the way to t got get t peace If it you want ant ant it takes more than a few te moments If IP we are true friends of freedom we will see fee that the power of this country and nd the producing activity of the country shall be raised i 1 to the tho highest highest high high- e est t df degree grec and nothing should be al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed to stand in 11 Its' Its way Our dut duty if wo we arc are to do this great gent great thing and bell believe belle e that America has hM the hope hoc of the world wo must stand toge together to- to I ge gether her nl night ht and day But while we weare or are fighting for freedom we must see seeth th t labor is free 4 p And this means a number of ff things We Ye must see Ree that the tho conditions of ot labor Jabor are rendered not riot more mora onerous d during the war but see seo that tho tiro in instrument instrument in- in strument through which labor conditions conditions condi condl- are arc improved Improved- I must not hE chocked checked The president eulogized President Gompers I r like to lay my mind mine alongside o a a. mind that knows how to pull in fn barness har bar I ness he ho said The horses that kick over the traces will have havo to be bo put in a corral I NO RIGHT TO STOP LABOR He continued Stand together means mean nobody must interrupt the progress of our energy if it Interruption can be avoided without invasion of freedom Nobody has hal the right to stop process of labor until all process of council have havo stopped I might as well say right here that I am not talking to you alone You do sometimes stop the tho forces of ot labor Jabor but there thero are others who do the same You are more reasonable in a larger number of cases than capitalists I haven't said these things to them personally personally personally per per- because I haven't had a chance Everybody has to transact business I would liko like to see seo all of the critics ex exported ex- ex ported A A settlement is hard to avoid when parties are brought face faro to face We Ve must insist in every instance nce the he parties must come into each others other's j presence My counsel to you is this Let us show ourselves Americans by not goinz goine goinz go- go inz ine off Into separate camps but 1111 by co- co operating In releasing the world from bondage We arc still st of f t twant the same Iame clay claT and spirit and We can an get together If lf we wea want toI to I would be willing in to te set Iet that up as a final test of ot been an American I have very much distressed by the mob spirit that displays self Itself hero here and there ther in f the country I have no sympathy sym sym- pathy into toto their with Ith me men Who take teko punishment U own hands I I Want to utter my I earnest farnest protest a against lawlessness In ln any cause or orall I all anywhere Dem Democracy C acy means mans first of ot w we can enn govern ourselves The Tho man Hn Who takes the law Into his hisor I own O hands Is not nott the S. S rIght man raan to c cooperate co- co or operate t In i the development of ot free tree Institutions in in- in Some ot of the Processes that capital and labor have take are very near to what I described We Vo must accept and obey common counsel tion Some Instrumentality o of ot cooperation cooperation opera co must be Devised between labor Jabor and andT ca capital pi al The reason n T I came from Washington ton is 1 that lat I oOm sometimes get lonely there f There t are f a S so many P people Pe in 1 Washington Washing Washing- ton n that know T things s that aren arent aren't t so 50 and so few f I people that know what the rest of ot the city is thinking about I wa wanted ed to talk k to lo men who are up a. a against Im the real thing and anA say to them with y yOU u if It youre you're with th me The thing to do Is not to think about me personally but the power and dignity of ot the things I represent hats hat's the u matter with Woodrow tho the delegates shouted as the president sat down President Compete Gompers proposed three cheers for tor the president of th the Stafel dr g United States an and his good wife The crowd gate ga them with great heartiness |