Show WILSON DEMANDS SUPPORT OF ARMY DESIRES sufficient FORCE TO DEFEND AMERICAN LIVES AND COMMERCE ABROAD pool declares it may be No necessary osary to Us use the forces of the united states state to vindicate righta gats of citizens to enjoy protect protection of law president wilson wilc visited korm kanaka city bud and topeka on february 2 1 in hta his journey across the country for the arp purpose or of explaining his hia prepared no ness pro program kraun to the people A at topeka the president asserted the right of americans americana to travel abroad and their right to s send end tood food cotton and in manufactured factored products to 10 peaceful populations in open gentril markets and wherever the aoud if tiona of v war make it possible to do so BO under the ordinary rules miss of internal tumor I 1 law it may be noc necessary essary to use the force of er the united states to vind vindicate icat the tig his of american citizens to en an joy the h prot protection tion of international law iw he declared emphatically he urged the support of the people of ran kansas in preparing that force tor for use it if necessary ln in his address at kansas city pros ident ideal wilson demanded that steps be tab taken do during the present month to back him up in defending american Amer iian lives and commerce abroad his hia its de mand blood met with shouts and ad applause from an audience of 16 oo 00 P persona fags who waved av d american sags I 1 leaped cap ed to I 1 their seats eats and cheered the president said the time had come for him to ask his fellow alti zens sees to get up on our hind legs lege and oil talk and to tell I 1 I 1 the people who depre sent you what the nation desires desire and demands the thing that everybody I 1 in a democracy is listening for la is the trump tramp tramp trump tramp of cl th the facts not haium ft hen the fir president dent ce ceased 0 sed speak ing he leaned forward and asked the great radio audience to loin join him la in singing Ar america alderic Deric th the bead pid PI d aft ly the audience stood and the words came I 1 in a glorious be hurat t of 2 song g tr 16 th throats at at des moines iowa on february I 1 the pros president ident dealt with the futility of mo moge messages ge and ad words word of protest to meet broaches breaches of international law do I 1 sou went want the situation to in be such that bit ail the president com can do is to write messages and utter words of protest he asked in advocating preparedness before the largest andi eure ence of his arese prese present tr trip P t inay hy to ask that question la is to answer it tie he said ft chenever international law 1 Is vio 1 by one or the other ants W the pro president ri ent said aid america was called upon to register a voice of protest of basult insistence there are actually men in america who are preaching war vat the president d declared declai l ed d me men who want the halted oiled states to liae bae entangling alliances blood abroad he do said aid he did ont think they spoke poke the voice of at america which he declared a red to be for peace H he added that others th go further farther than he be 1 in advocating peace D 0 go they preach the doctrine of peace at adv v price he said mid while bile men in the audience called never never lie he said these men did not know w the cir c cum ant stances ces of the world rd america cannot b be an ostrich t ich with wita its head e ad 1 in the sand it he said the he president a address was abed with thunderous rono applause he spoke slowly rod and gravely with ith eia ean chatin gestures to enforce forea his so words rd his declaration that the tha U united states wanted peace drew a response and his assertion that the self respect of the nation must be preserved elic ice cited adoth another ga gibat eat demont demonstration ration ahe declared he was oas try 1 ing 19 9 to weigh seigh carefully every word I 1 lie u said he mit reiterated rated that he be bad bee been d daily aily charged to keep the country out cut of war and ad all albo to uphold its ill honor the difficulty 0 of ke keeping ping america at peace he said aid during this titanic struggle across the see sea cannot be dm c closed I 1 0 red now perhaps it never can be it disclosed se I 1 sit f how anxious u no and d he how dit dif blice ficula th this he task bas b been but a t my heart has bell hem been in it I 1 have not grudged a single burden that has baa b been placed upon me with that end in view irr for I 1 I 1 know that not only my own can heart but the heart of all america was in the colio cause of peace I 1 I 1 iha he president opened his perso personal at appeal to the tha country for c national at jonal ch de leave bense in too aft 0 addre addresses addres s at new lark ork city on 3 january ary za lie he then gave warning that plans for the read mad of the army must be for forma gilted and earth d out without delay li and solemnly ol rily deel declared imil he could old not predict t flat the outlook tor for the united sto stated would be as bright amer tomorrow aa today mr air wilson spoke ot of men of hah chat character ctr who she were clouding the pre p pared 1 nesa se I 1 latue he they were provincial cial and that the united states could no longer cut itself off from the rest ot of the world |