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Show Wr7so2 Speaks To G. O. P. Pro Leaguers I LONG ILLNESS AND STRAIN SHOW DELEGATES SAY President Says So-Calleri Americanism Is Invented For Party Purpose ONLY ONE WAY TO STOP WAR, HE DECLARES Make It Dangerous to Break the Peace, Executive Tells Visitors WASHINGTON, ict. 27. Pnsldent 'A llson, spooking to a group of pro-1 jlefgue Republicans today at the Whlte Hons.' declared that that so-called. Americanism which we hear o much i j.r. ir.g aoo'Jt now Is spurious and In-1 ented foi party purposes onl; ' kCHTJ VE N fVR'S lUIUOSE Appealing for the completion of the; "greji moral achievement." which he j s.hl the war represented, the prosl-j lent asoortod tb.at vhe war will In'.-.'! I n fiuhr in vain and our Immens sacrifices thrown away unless complete com-plete tlu. work wo then began. " "There Is only one way to assure the world of peace." the president declared, de-clared, "and that Is by making i; so ihmgorous to breal: the peace that no ther nation will hiivo the. audaciiy lo attempt it." IlRNIXG issued The president warned his hearers not to b'- deceived Into supposing thatj Imperialistic, schemes ended with the defeat of Germany or that "Germ: uyj Is ihe onlv nation lh'. nlcrtairted .-..jcli, schemes ur was moved by sinister um- billons und long-standing jealonsle- to attack the very structure of civiliz.i-j Hon " "There uro other nations," said th?! president, "which arc likely to bo. pOWOrfulll) moved or ure already moved by commercial Jealousy, by the desire to dominate ad to liuve their own way in politic:! and in enterprise! ur.4 It is necessary to check them and) t.i apprbe them that the world will be united against them as It was' against Germany If they attempt any similar t.iinrrs " In a formal statement Issued after, they left the White Houae members. the delegation taid they were "deep-I; "deep-I; touched by the physical appearance of the president who received them sittingand plainly showed the effects; oi his long Qlnesfl and the tremendous' strain which he has been carrying." HIS VOICE CHOBJ "He read from a manuscript his reply re-ply to the address ot the deputation. " I the statement continued, "and was greatly moved as he 'lui .- Mori, than once hi.; voice choked and particularly when he referred to the soldier boyo and the mothers of soldiers who had; fallen in battle. "It was evident that he 'was voicing' the profoundest emotions of his heart,") the delegation added "ilir whole oc-i caolon was inexpressibly solemn and I teuder " "It was evident that the president's; Intellectual powers were in no way lm- paired," the statement continued, ' but, the deputation felt that it was nothing I loop than tragic that the great presi-l dent of the I nltcd States should have, been brought to such a su-icken physical physi-cal condition as the result of his Indefatigable Inde-fatigable labor for his country and' for humanity." The delegation said "they felt that this might be the president s appeal to the conscience of his countrymen, ,in the Kupreme moral decision that' they are called upon to make." President Wilson In un address to a; delegation of pro-league Republicans today al the Whit,.. House, said : "My Follow 'ountry men . "it is to be feared thai th.- supreme, ir.suc prc-sented for your consideration In the present campaign Is growing more obscure rather than clearer by I reason of the many arbitrary turnji tho discussion of It has taken. The edit- I ors and publishers 0f the country' would render a great service if they would publish th full text of the covenant cov-enant of the league of nations, because, having read the text, you would be able to judge for yourselves a great many things In which you are now in danger of being misled. 1 hope sin-! jcerely that It will be very widely and generally published entirely It is with a desire to reclarify the issue and to assist your Judgment that I take tho liberty of stating again the cas, sub-! mltfed to ou. In as simple terms as possible. C LLKI) TO WAR. 'Three years ago it was my duly to! summon you to the concert of war. I to Join the free nations of the world in meeting and ending the most si Eds-1 ter peril that had ever been developed, In the responsible politico of the old World: Your response to the call rc-l ally settled the fortouea of war. You' win remember that the morale of the Gorman people broke down long before! the strength of the German armies was broken. That was obviously because be-cause they felt that a great moral force which they could not look In the face had come Into the contest, and that thenceforth all their professions profes-sions of faith were discredited and they were unable to pretend that their continuation ot t lie war was not the support of a government that had violated vio-lated every principle of right and ev-erv ev-erv consideration of humanltv. i- I I I I) 1 1 PI At I . It is my privilege to summon you now to the council of peace and the completion of the great moral achievc- ( Continue! on Page Kle-co. ) Long Illness and Strain Show, Delegates Say ; (Continued From Page .One.) ment 011 your part which the wajs represented rep-resented and In th" presence of which the world found it reassurance and a recovery of force which it could hAVfl experienced in no other way. We en-1 tered the war, jis you remember, not' merely to beat Qccmany, but to end the i . ' -s : 1 1 1 1 1 1 of the renewal of such schemes as Germany entertained The i wilt have been fought in vain and our Immense sacrifices thrown away unless we complete the work we then began, and I you In consider that lere Is only one way to assure the world of peace; that is by making it so dangerous to break the peuce that no! 'Unci nation will have the audai ily to, attempt it. We should not be deceived deceiv-ed into supposing that imperialistic schemes ended w ith the defeat of (Jer-i many, or that Germany is the only na-! I tion that entertained such schemes or I was moved by sinister ambitions and long-standing jealousies to attack the B very structure of civilization. There are other nations which are Likely to; be powerfully moved or are already moved by commercial Jealousy, by the desire t' dominate and to have their own way in politics and in enterprise. and it is !ic(essj.T to check them and to apprise them that the world will be united against 'them as II was nguinst Germany if they attempt an; similar thing. MH HfiRS N Ml "The mothers and sisiers and wives of the country know the sacrifice of war. They will feel thai we have misled mis-led them and compelled tbem to make an unnecessary sacrifice of their be-' loved oner, if we do not make it as certain as II can be made that no similar simi-lar sacrifice be demanded of mothers nnd sisters and wive- in the future. This duty Is so plain that ll seems to mo to const i primary demand .upon the ci i ;. n of everyone of us.' it la inconceivable to mojt of us that any men should have been so false or so heartless ; to declare that the women of the i ibntry would again have to suffer the Intolerable burden and privation oi war If the league of nations were adopted. The league Ol nations ii the well-considered effort of the whole group of nations who Were opposed to Germany to s themselves and the rest of mankind against a repetition of the war. It will have hack of It the watchfulness and inate'inl force of all these nations, na-tions, and Is such . guarantee of a peaceful future us llo well - Informed men can question Who does not doubt the whole spirit with which the war was conducted against Germany. The great moral Influence of the L'nlted States will hp absolutely thrown away if we do not complete the taxk which! our soldiers and sailors so heroically! undertook to CXeedtC KTIt LE Tl nl si RIBED "One thing ought to be said .m.l said very clearly about Article Ten j of the covenant of the lcagu.. of na-j lions. It Is Ihe specific pledge of the' members of the league that thev win' unite tu resist exactly the things whloh Germany attempted, ,nu matter who attempts them in the future, ii is as h ci i definition as could b- given inj general terms of the outrage which Germany would have committed If she could. 'Germany violated the territorial Integrity In-tegrity of her neighbors and flouted their political Independence in order to aggrandise herself and almost e- ery v ... story has originated in such designs. It is significant that the nations na-tions of the world should have at last combined to define the general cause Of war and to exercise such concert as mav be necessary to prevent such methods. Article Ten, therefore. Is the specific redemption of the pledge which the free governments of the world SAVe to then people when they . hi. red the war. They promised their peopl not onl) that Germany would be prevented from carrying out net-plot, net-plot, but that the world would be safe-guarded safe-guarded in the future from similar de- .- i K 1 1 s . l VKJ2 GOOD t t IT "We now have to choose whether W will make good or quit. We have Joined issue, and the issue Is between the spirit and purpose of the I'nUod States and the spirit of imperialism. alter where it shows itself. The Bplrll of Imperialism Is absolutely op- i sed to fie government, to the safe hf.. of 1 1 ions, to the development of peaceful industry, to the completion of the righteous process of civilization. It hpeins to me .and I think ll will seem tQ JTOU, thct It is oui dtlty to show the Indomitable will and irresistible majesty maj-esty of the high purpose of the l'nlted States, so that the part wc played In tin war as soldiers and sailors may be crowned with the achievement of lusting peace. j n i ) rill R PI v. 'No one who opposes the ratification ratifica-tion of the treaty of Versailles and the adoption of llo covenant of the league of nations HhlS proposed any other adequate meahB of bringlnS about settled set-tled pease There is r.o other available avail-able or possible means, and this meuns its ready at hand. They nhve, on the Contrary tried to persuade you that the very pledge contained in Article T' n. which Is the essential pledge Of th whole plan of security, is itself a threat of war- I 'Js is, on the contrary, assurance of the concert of all the free peoples of th world in the future aa in the rc-Iceyt rc-Iceyt past, lo see justice done and humanity hu-manity protected and vindicated. This is the true, the real Americanism. This is the role of leadership and Championship of the right .which the leaders of the republic Intended that it tthoujd pis: The so-called Americanism Ameri-canism which we heai- so much P rat-In rat-In 'bout row Is spurious and invented for party purposes only, VOTER Ml m 0HOOS1 "This choice is the supreme force of the present campaign 1' Is regrettable re-grettable lhl this choice should be associated with a purr, contest As lompared wtlh the choice of a lO'ir.--;of action that now underlies even Other, the fate Of parties is a mattCJ I of indifference. Parties are significant signifi-cant now in this contest only because th, voter-- must make up their minds which of th. (WO parties is most llkelv in sec ore the Indispensable results. The nation vv:s never called upon to make a more solemn determination than it must now make The whole future moral force of right In the world depends de-pends upon the l'nlted States rathei than upon any other nation andit would be pitiful indeed lr. after so many great fiee peoples had entered ;i'Mf league, we should hold aloof I suggest ttlut the i:inlldacv Ol every candidate for whatever office he tested test-ed by this quest ion. shall we, or shall we not redeem the great moral obligations obli-gations of the United States ' |