| Show F TH 1 ac rui i aft TO 0 VI VICTORY DEMAND fl elvirina OF vr WILSO hii V HN iq president requests immediate declaration of war on austria hungary PACIFISTS ARE WARNED I 1 suggests that instead of confining enemy alien aliens in comfortable in tern ment camp camps that they de be put in penitentiaries aries president nilion VH on nil nit dr urea earing fing the tile mern bora bers of rf emigie ss on oil 4 called upon congress con grets to declare n state of nr austria pledging Atner ICIL to junr to victory rind nothing danil turn us ux neldo aside lie that air austria atria Ittin gary bo be formally listed fili tong to remove this tills obit nele that sti binand lindi i in our vay iny tilio alto broko as foll follows inix of the congre m eight months have alap elapsed ted since I 1 had hall the honor of addressing you havo have been month crowded with event even is of immense and crave grave significance for ue us I 1 shill not undertake to detail or even to irae ie these events the particulars of the pirt part we reave have played in them will be inid laid before you in the reports of tho the executive departments I 1 shall disc itez only our present outlook upon vast vat ftc fairs ovir pres cirt detles and the irn im int n hale means of accomplishing the objects we ahall shall hold ilaa x in view I 1 shall not go back to debate the causes of the junr the intolerable brongs do ie and anti planned against ua its by tho the sinister 11 mastern of Oer germany germiny mitty have lone long since 1 become too crossly obvious anti odious to eve aver true american to need to be rehearsed nut but I 1 shall ask bott ou to consider again and anti with a very cry gi ivo scrutiny our objective objectives jec tive tives and anti the measures measure si hi which we mean to attain them for the I 1 of fast trenion are in thin this place Is action and our action must move straight toward de definite finito cande our object its of course to win the war and we shall not specken or buffer our laselves 1 to to bo be dit diverted until it la Is vinn n on but nut it la is worth while v hile ticking and nn nil the question han shall we consider conat der the won from one petrit of view it la Is not necessary to brooch broach this fundamental matter I 1 do not doubt that the american ic in people know what the wr vr I 1 Is about and what eort sort of an outcome 9 they wil will regard aa as a ie iltz of their purpose on it As a nation we are united in spirit and Intent intention lon HEAR dissenting VOICE 3 I 1 pay little heed to those who toll tell ime otherwise I 1 heir the volles of dissent who does 1 not riot I 1 alar the criticism and the clamor climor of it the noisily thoughtless and troublesome I 1 also ee men hare here and anti there f allne them elves I 1 li impotent disloyalty against tho calm indomitable power of the nation I 1 hear men debate pt paco ace who understand neither nolt lier ita n iture nor the ay in which we may obtain it with uplifted ye yes and unbroken spirits hut but I 1 know that none of these speaks for the tho nation they do not touch the tile heart of anything they may safely be left to strut their uneasy hour and anti bo be corp forgotten aten hut from an sillier point of view I 1 be lieve hat tt it la to necessary esstry to eay say plainly what we here at tit the seat cat of notion con alder the war to ha be for and anti what pirt we mean to play in the settlement of tta its so arching irching I 1 ls sra a N e are spokesmen of tir tile pelo pe lo anil and they ilive h ve Q right to know whether their purpose I 1 oure ours they desire peace by the over cotil condne tic of evil by the defeat once for nil nit of the sinister forces that interrupt peace anil anti render it impossible and they dieh wieh to know how closely our thought rune runs with their theirs and hat action we propose thy are impatient alth alth those aitho ho tidore peace pence by any sort of corn com promise promSe ie deeply and indignantly tip t but they will be dually equally iu ally imp itlena with us u tf if we do not ninke make it plain to thlin th lin what our objectives are and anti what we are planning for in lit seeking to mike conquest tn of peace neace by armit H HUNS U N 3 MUST OE oc I 1 believe that I 1 speak for them when I 1 SAY two td thirlus 1 1 iret fret tint thit thia this antol erable thine thing of w which blell the ilia master masters of germany ler many have shown us the 1 face this monaco monace of combined intrigue and anti force which we now see so clearly as the german power howera a thing wi without phout con science or lionor lionor or capacity for coe canted peace must bo be crushed and anti if it it be not utterly b ua gi t an end nt at least shut out irom the friendly inter coure course of the nations nu tlona and neconia ne conil that when titta tilts thing and ita its er are tire in deed defeated and the tile time tittle cornea comes that we inn can discuss peace when tiie tile I 1 jermin people hae whose word worst we cs cr r bellese lH ee and when those 1 arc are ready in the atme mme of their deop to nc re capt llie the common judgment dement ju t f the na not tlona as ai to what hall shall heni hene orth I 1 ie e the linds of liw and of covenant for the life of the world shall he wilting illing and afla elal I 1 to no so full price for lit ilace ace and anti fey my it 0 I 1 know now what hat price will ill be b it will be full im justice J stice done at eely point abill to aery nation that the final ettl ment must affect our enemies us well na nis our I 1 IOU ou catch with me the joleen 1 of humanity maniar that ern cro in the air the TOW grow dally daily more more audible no tio nos s articulate more liters it t and they t me from the I 1 tearte of mer mers everY ril ile they insist that the tile war hall shall not end in n vindictive action of nil oil V 1 4 1 that no nation run ion or peonie ahall shall to be robbed or punished be muse the irresponsible rulers of A at ln n glit hai hae re thornsel es sion done de deep p und anti abominable wrong it Is I 1 thie this thought that been ex et pressed in tn the formula 0 no O rat one ons ro contributions no ake e tea juet just because thie this crude rot muil enrie 1 moes the instinctive judgment ie in I 1 tr baht of plain men ever where it his ai 1 loen men mido made diligent us use of by the ro in s q t era of german intrigue to 10 lend lead the tile po plo pie pt of aa and the people of lvery other country their agents could vach an order that a premature peace airm bo be brought about lefore nuton ry ha iwen been taught ita its final arsa 1 con F lesson and poyle of the burld put in tn control of their own dealt 1 fila I s hut but the fact that hot a ft wrong use h hi tp ben mide of juet just h idea ea Is no reano wha wh a right uee use should not be mule m in ule we of it it lt to he be brought under thea T patr it onara of ita its real frler friends fri erds ds CRUSH HUN MAI tans let it be aid said nain again that aut crac must first be shown the tile atte futility rp its jalania to power or tn in tb modern word wor 41 it la 19 tripo enible to appl any standard etan dard of justl a e eo so long as we much forces force are re unchecked and undefeated no n the event wasters of germany cornn cornand not until that haa has ben been dene done car richt be set et up as ins arbiter and peace maker among the natio but inen that h hi ts been donean done don an god rot I 1 willing 4 assuredly will be we WO ahall at leant least ix afree to do an unprecedented thing ar and d Vs arthia Is 1 the time to avow our purpose to 0 it we hall 11 be free to base pence so a cene rosl tha and justice to the excle lion ion of al all se fifish to ari advantage vantage elen on on the lar part t of 01 t te e 6 v victors I 1 ato ra let iet hero there b be 6 no ill asi and e axt anding out tip present and 11 ue wilt 1 to win the wa and g filia I 1 I 1 burn urn us aside rom from it lt until it Is accomplished ivery power and an resource refo m we 0 w 8 9 whether hether of men swoney cf money cor or 6 of fp i nar k r wa la Is beinar devoted VO ft ani III will to be de devoal bied tu to liht flat purpose u pose until it la to achieved tho those ae tho ho e lre to I 1 ring tring otice about before that p purpose urpo 6 e li aLnie achieved veLl I 1 counsel wip to t irav rr their heir seivi eleew nere re we W will it not entert entertain nin it we a chill shill regard the war ae an won only when tile gelman people a t to 0 th tarth rth properly iro perly accredited aa ted colern e pienta if ahm that 1 they n are re ready to agree to a 06 settlement based I upon justice and tho the tella reparation 1 11 1 of the wron wrong their rulers hin have done they have done a brow to which be repaired reil they have hae established a power over other lands landle and anti peoples thin than their own over the griat empire of austria JIu neary over hi hitherto free states over turkey tumey and anti within asia 1 which must be relin quiche I 1 ADMIRE INDUSTRY SKILL germany a success by sk edill by industry by knowledge by enter enterprise arle we did not grudge 0 cr oppose pose but admired rather S 81 ii had r built bull op up for herself a eki em piro of trade atil influence cecur d by the peace of tho th world we were c content I 1 en t to abadi me tile riv acles of af c ture lure Pc ti clenca lenro and anti co amerce that were involved live for ua us in lit lier her success and anti eland stand or fall nn an we hid or did lift not have the brains aej P initiative to her atut nt at tile moment when she ohm hid nid con won vun her triumphs nf of lease she he threw alem awa uway to in their abeal I 1 anat art the ilie wy corll orl I 1 will no longer 0 anzer per mit to ie to established ind P political damI domination nation ty I 1 y arms by which to oust where ahe she co coul I 1 not jcu the civila it in most foiled and 1 ilia I ho ponce pence we make must remedy antt wrong it must deliver dellver the once mir 11 lind nn and anti happy peoples of 0 belgium Hale lurn and northera nort heri trance 1 ranee from the prussian confluent conquest an and d tho tile Pr uselin but it also deliver the people 1 of 0 aw tria hunbird the peoples or of the kana at ani I 1 the I 1 coples of tui buike ke alike in I 1 drope and afla AF la from front the tile impudent an and d alien tile dominion of th the e I 1 iii military a and 1 I t we a owe oae it however ti to ourselves our selles 1 to Y th tt it we do not riot wish in any wnm to impair or to the quatro alun farlin ernil empire lre it tn ta no affair of ours wilt thoy they do with their own life either or ve e do 10 not purpose or deagro to dictate to them in liny tn any fly we wa only desire to see mat y a atra fril are left in their own hands hancin in nil I 1 matters 1 I tier 4 great or nr email small we benall onali ll 11 hop llan an to secure for the peoples of the ll and for the people t f ill thi turkish empire the likht and tui tul it ity to make their own alvea ive s wife stife their ow own I 1 I 1 fortune hex staure against ol or injustice and anti from the diet dictation wen of foreign kourta or partle q ATTITUDE TOWARD GanA OEn MANY ANY and our attitude and purpose pur poe with re tind pr ar I 1 to germany nany herself are of a like kind e ingeni no aroix against the tile brynan emparo em piro no with mith her int internal ernil affairs we should deem deeni either the one or r the other abs absolutely unjustifiable contrary to the prin caplea we hivo h ivo emed to live bv ant an 1 to hold moat sacred throughout our life 11 tuition the people of germ iny ara are now being t told id by tho tile men who the they no v permit lo 10 alcey deceive e them ard to act aano asno aa t their heir masters mastern tilt they are fighting for the very nery life ond and existence exie lenco of their empire a ir 0 f desp enit lf defense d riel h e crata rats aggress on oil nothing could te be moie mote 1 or win wantonly tonly false land we must tek by by the utmost openness ope I und candor as to our real alma alms to convince them of f ite its wo are in tact fact fighting for heir their from fear along with our own on from the fear an ag well as fion flon 1 the fact of enli i attack by neigh bora or rivals or achem tra after aorl empire no one la to threatening the ex benoe or the independence co or the tile peaceful enterprise of the german empire the TI to worst that can happen to the dearl ment mont of the german erman people ie Is ihli 4 that if they stilt still after the war nr Is over continue to bo be obligated to live llo under and anti intriguing misters inter eted to disturb the peace pence of the world men or classed of men whom the other people of the world could not trust it te ir po possible elble to admit them thein to the nhip of nations which must henceforth hen co guarantee Kim rantee the world worl dill a pence that must be a ip of I 1 A not a mere of 0 BOV gov it might be he ro in acl untoward rd circumstance to nd it cormany Cpr many to the free economic intercourse which mut undoubtedly strang out of tho of a real but there woul I 1 be no in thit th it and art auch much n situation altu atlon inevitable because of ra trat would in the very nery of or ghinns sooner oner or liter cure curt it itself belf by pro casica ifould am bredl set in RIGHTING OF WRONGS lahe wrongs tile ver er dep deep brongo committed omm ted in lit this war will ill have to be righted that of course hut lint they fan can not and must not be righted by hie tile corn com mission of sim similar ilir wrongs oer miny and hir allies ilia orld will not permit the coman alto on n tf t f a milar u wrong a ni 0 of reparation and settler neilt esme emeri ta f 11 must lust by tilts alil time have learned th tint thit it t ie e opinion of the world Is everywhere w de 11 awake and slid fully tu u elds the tile tasu 1 1 a involved nn no represent Athe of any fda re 1 t governed ned will adnie diere gard it ly I 1 y at tempting any covena covenants cove nanta n to of selfish eel flah and anti coal com romiee as wi e 0 r i into tho tile congress of Islen lenni wi tt t thought hought of the linero i lain people here and t afe world the people who enjoy enoy elloy j oy no prill ege and liev it e very simpli ind I 1 standards tan dardi of or right id d rong ron la Is the air all rovern government ment s st henceforth 1 brentan r linthe if th ill y wo wot 1 I 1 live it Is 1 in th the full disclosing light of tint wit ne thought th that t all pol lea lr mun I 1 ie e con calved and in this midday midd ly hour of trie till world e life rulers have been tn able to upset the peace e 0 of tile th only he caLse tit HT ier a rl were not offered ered tinder their tutelage to abare the comradeship coordt of the other people peoples of the world I orld either in it ought or in ahey I 1 hey were nere allowed to have no opinion of their own which might be met up tip as a ride nil cf ef conduct for those thone who exercised authors au O 0 oter er them but the congress that milc ludes this war will ill feel the full strength eti of t d 0 tides lides that run now in tho the hew host tn th end of free men ev its lit conclusions ifill run with those titles TRUE FROM all those things have haa been true from front the very ery beginning of tilts till tupen doue var sar and I 1 cannot help thIn kliR g that if the had been made eltin at the th very outset the sympathy Bim sm pathy and entrust tom of tho the It itus atan people might tune lime been ope for ell all enamel on the side or of the al at iles lie suspicion and anti distrust swept aay and anti a real and lastine of fillad they bl levert theao these et at the very pry moment of alt thrle ir revo lutton lution and find had hall they 1 neen coi confirmed fIrmed in that belief since the tile iad and which have hae marl cd ed the progress pros reas of their affair i towards an ordered and table stable government of 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