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Show WILSON SPEECH STIRS PEOPLE Throws Down Guantlet to Opponents Op-ponents of National Preparedness Pre-paredness President Loudly Cheered. WARNS HIS HEARERS Movement Not Initiated by Manufacturers of War Munitions Mu-nitions Advocates Government Gov-ernment Control. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 31. President Presi-dent Wilson threw down the gauntlet today to opponents of national preparedness, pre-paredness, who have declared that the movement sprang from the desires of munitions and armament manufacturers manufactur-ers to make money. "There are some things that are being be-ing said that I hope you will not believe," be-lieve," the president declared. "It is being said, among other things, that this agitation for preparation for national na-tional defense comes chiefly from those who are interested in supplying the government with the munitions of war and from those who are interested interest-ed in supplying it with armament. Warns Agajnst Misstatements. "Gentlemen, do not allow yourselves to be misled by statements of that sort. Anything that the government does, somebody is going to make money out of it; but the impulse for this thing does not come from those quarters. The impulse comes from men disinterested, men who know the actual circumstances oi me country and who know that these things are immediately necessary. "I, for my part, have all along advocated, ad-vocated, and always shall advocate, that the government, as far as possible, pos-sible, shall manufacture these things for itself in order that, at any rate, it may control the prices at which these articles will be sold to the government. gov-ernment. If it is necessary to protect pro-tect ourselves against those who would make money out of the necessities neces-sities of the nation, there are adequate ade-quate means of defending ourselves and we will use those means. But, I do not believe the impulse conies from those quarters. I do not believe that in those quarters there is patriotism pa-triotism lacking any more than there is patriotism lacking in other quar-'ters."- The president's declaration was delivered de-livered from the rear platform of his private car at Racine, Wis., an hour before he reached this city. Ten Thousand at Kenosha. At Kenosha more than 10,000 persons per-sons braved a chilling wind to greet the president, who made a brief rear platform talk on preparedness. Mrs Wilson smiled on the crowd from the window but did not leave the car. As the president was speaking a crowd of school children was gathered close to the platform. "1 used to be a school master," said the president, "but I cannot keep these youngsters quiet. I apparently have lost the art. I think the voices arc being squeezed out of them by tho pressure of the crowd." Begins Milwaukee Speech. An audience of 9,000 persons filled tho auditorium when the president began to mnke his Milwaukee speecn at 2:32 p. m. The police estimated that 5,000 persons had been turned awny. As the president arrived at the auditorium au-ditorium the crowd stood and cheered long and loud. The band played America. The committee of three hundred on the stage started to sing, the president joining and the big house caught the air and joined in the chorus. Mrs. Wilson occupied a box near the stage with Dr. Grayson. Denies a Crisis. "I want at the outset to remove any misapprehension in your minds," said the president. "There is no crisis; nothing new has happened. I came to confer with, you on a matter which we should confer on in any event. o should sco that our house is set in order. When all the world is on fire the sparks fly everywhere. "America has drawn her blood and her energy out of almost all the nations na-tions of the world," he said. "We know that our rules and our traditions run into other soils |
