The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-08-22
PRESIDENT URGES :.
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Hisfc.,
Warns People Against Show
Partiz.nship In Great Eu-
ropean War.
PLEADS FOR. STRICT
NEUTRALITY OF y. S.
Would Demonstrate Self Control
In Working Toward Peace of
;. the World.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-Address-
inE the American people, President
Wtlson issued a statement In con-
nsction with the European war, warn
ing citizens of the United States
against that deepest, most subtle,
most essential breach of neutrality
which may spring out of partisanship,
out of passionately taking Sides"
The Presidents Statement.
The Presidents statement says:
MY fellow countrymen:
II suppose every thoughtful man
In America has asked himself, during
the last troubled weeks, what influ-
ence the European war may exert
upon the United States, and I take
the liberty of addressing few words
to you In order to point out that it is
entirely within our own choice what
it's effects upon us will be and to urge
very earnestly upon you the sort Of
speech and conduct which will best
safeguard the nation against distress
and disaster.
THE effect Of the war upon the
United States will depend upon what
American citizens say and do. Every
man who really loves America will act
and speak In the true spirit of neu-
trality which is the spirit of Impair
TALLY and fairness and friendliness to
all concerned.
THE spirit Of the nation in this
critical matter will be determined
largely by what individuals and soci-
ETY. and those gathered In public meet
Ing do and say; upon what newspa-
pers and magazines contain; upon
what our ministers utter in their pull
pits and mon proclaim as their opin-
ions on the streets.
Varity of Sympathy.
'The people of the United States
are drawn from many nations and
chiefly from the nations now at war.
It is natural and inevitable that there
should be the utmost variety Of SYM
pathy with regard to the issues and
I Icirc1Tfetances Of the3sco1sf4fet:. So1sse
viii wish one nation, others another;
to succeed Ia the momentous struggle.
: TT will be easy to excite passion
and difficult to allay it. Those re
spon1ibie for exciting IT. will assume a
heavy :, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
for no. less a, thing. than that the peo-
pie Of the United States whose love of
their country and whose loyalty to its
government should unite them as
Americans, all bound In honor and at
fection to think first of her and her
interests. may be divided into camps
of hostile opinions, hot against each
other, involved in the war itself In
impulse and opinion If not In action.
=. Effect of Wrong Action. ..--
such diversions amongst us would
BE fatal, to our peace of mind and
might seriously stand In the way OF
the proper performance of our duty
as the one great nation at peace, the
one people holding itself ready to play
part Of impartial mediation, and
speak the counsels of peace and &C.
connaodation, not as a partisan, but
as friend.
II venture therefore, my fellow
cbuntrymen, to speak a solemn word
Of warning to you against that deep
est, most subtle, most essential breach
Of neutrality which may spring out
OF partisanship, out of passionately
taking sides. ''.-.s s-e.
The United States must be neutra
in fact as we'll as in name during
these days that are to try mems souls
WA must be impartial in thought a.
we'll as in, action, must put . curt
upon our sentiments as well as upor
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