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Show I WILSON STRIKES I BACK AT TEDDY H Some Men, He Says, Are H Preaching War Great H Crowd at Des Moines. H Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 1. Presi- H 'dent Wilson tonight picked up the H gauntlet hurled down by former Presi- 1" dent Theodore Roosevelt. Just as Col onel Roosevelt has attacked him, so plainly that no one could mistake who -was meant, President Wilson scorch- H I ,ingly criticized the former president. H Ho did not mention his name, but H I there were few persons who did not H ) 1 1 know who was the object of his re- H 1 1 marks. H w "There are some men actually H preaching war," he declared, In dls- H cussing the dangers in this country. "They seek controversies with other B nations. They would have America B abandon Its traditional policies and H engage in the conflict which is devas- H tating Europe. H "I know not what the standards of V these men are, but I do know I can- H t not subscribe to those standards." B Largest Audience. B I The resident's address tonlcrht was H delivered before the greatest crowd H I he has yet faced on his preparedness H' ' swing around the circle. He referred H i to the great crowd in his speech as H 1 1 evidence of the great interest In na- H tional defense. H The president declared he had been H informed that the middle west is in a H state of lethargy and not awake to the K. i need of national defense. He said he Hi i did not believe It, but he came out to W I see for himself. B' 1 "The message continually reaches H j fine, We are counting upon you to H 1 keep this country out of war,' " the H president said. "I have expended all H my energy to do so. H "But there are some men preaching H peace who can go farther than I can. H , not farther in sentiment of peace, but H farther in preaching the doctrine of H . peace at any price and under any cir- H cumstanceo." H Speaks of Hyphen. H This brought tremendous applause H and interruptions from the crowd. H "Never," said one voice. H "Never," repeated another. M The president strongly reiterated H I his declaration that "hyphenated m I Americanism" is a thing of the past. m "Dangers to our peace do not come m any longer from within our own bord- M ers," he said. Hj "I couldn't say that six months ago. H PaBsion wns astir then in this coun- H try. But the danger is past. America M has regained her self-possession. No H Influence -within America is going to B disturb the peace of America. H "But America can't bo an ostrich j and bury her head in the sand. Hj "America's dangers and they are ; man come from contact with other H' The president then declared that B the danger does not Ho in actions of B, this government Ho asserted it lies K n actions taken by other govern- Br ments. H J ! President Wilson again strongly ad- L I vocated government ownership of mu- H nitlons plants. H ;. J Will Be Defense. M f "Bnt," he said, and he paused to m I emphasize his statement, "if It comes M to the question of defending this nn- m tion. -wo are going to defend It, no H , matter who makes money." Tho president also strongly roiter- V. M ated his previous declarations that H party politics play no port in national B defense. H , "I thank God," he said, "when it H cmeji t0 1If d existence of " I America we are not Democrats and m Republicans, but Americans." H 8peech In Brief. M "There Is a considerable body of H- I men who are trying to stir up the H i yory sort of excltemont in this coun- H try upon which every well-balanced ? American ought to frown: They are actually preaching war. "I believe that I more truly apeak the spirit of America when I say r that that spirit Is a Bpirit of peaceSv "It cannot be disclosed now, perhaps per-haps It can never be disclosed, how anxious and how difficult that task (keeping the country out of the war) has been, but my heart has been in it. "And yet there are some men I amongst ub preaching peace who go farther than I can follow them in preaching tho doctrine of peace at any price. "There is a price which is too great to pay for peace self-respect-One cannot pay the price of duties abdicated, of opportunities neglected. neg-lected. "America has a distinct character. We read that character In every page of her glorious history; wo believe that character is written in Invisible signs which can be deciphered upon tho very folds of the flag that is the emblem of our national life. "The gentlemen who are ut and out pacificists are making one fundamental funda-mental mistake. America is not the world. t "The dangers to our peace no longer lon-ger come within our own borders. I could not have said that six months ago. There was a clash of sympathies and heat of passion which made men hold their breath for fear some of our fellowmen would forget that their mat lujuny ib io America ana tneir second loyalty only to the ancient, affections af-fections which bound them to some older country and policy. But America Amer-ica has regained her self-possessIonB. "But America can not bo an ostrich os-trich with Its head In the sand. America Amer-ica can not shut herself out from the rest of the world, because all the dangers dan-gers at present come from her contacts con-tacts with the rest of the world. "I have come to tell you that there is danger to our national life from what other nations may do. Every nation now engaged in the struggle is fighting for its life, and the dangers they are running are the dangers which involve us alBO. "America is looked upon to sit In a sort of moral judgment upon the processes of the war. "What is America expected to do? Sho is expected to keep alive law while the rest of the moral world bums. I pray God that this contest will at least have the result of creating cre-ating an international tribunal and producing some sort of joint guarantee guaran-tee of peace on the part of the great nations of tho world. "If tho United States is called upon to speak its voice of protest, do you want the situation to be such that all the president can do is to write messages; mes-sages; to utter words of protest! Do you wish to have all tho world say that the flag of the United States can be stained with impunity? "There are plenty of fighting men in the United States, but war has been transformed almost within the memory of man. Mere bodies of men aro not an army, and we have neither tho men nor tho equipment for them. It would take a long time to make any army of them perhaps a fatal length of time. America is going to prepare for war by preparing citizens who know what war means and how It is conducted, "I have found the Impulse for national na-tional defense coming not from the man.who makes munitions, but from the man with whom I rubbed shoulders shoul-ders on the streets. "I confidently predict that meas-urea meas-urea for the governmental manufacture manufac-ture of armor plate and munitions will be passed in order that the government govern-ment may make enough of these things to regulate and control the price. "We are not Democrats or Republicans Repub-licans tonight. We are Americans! The honor of the flag is in the keeping keep-ing of the people with who display it" no and that women should know these foundations for all dishes. J. W. Paxman of Nephl was one of the principal speakers at the farmers' roundup. With the aid of his own charts and statistical tables, Mr. Pax-man Pax-man outlined a plan whereby he said dry farmers could make an Income of $176 a month with two teams, working work-ing only seven months out of the year. . D. W. Working, expert in farm demonstration dem-onstration work from Washington, D. C, lectured on that branch of agricultural agricul-tural extension education. He also urged that more attention be given to the work of home demonstrators. H. Rablld, dairy expert for the federal government lectured on dairying. Stock judging was conducted during the afternoon by Profossor John T. Caine III. Last night the roundup visitors attended at-tended the college play, "Pygmalion." |