The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
FORGE OF AMERICA IS FORCE OF MORAL
 PRINCIPLE, STATES
 PRESIDENT WILSON
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 and by the inspiration of our own ex ample and standing for these things. It is not pretention on our part, but we are saying that we are privileged to stand for what every nation would wish us to stand for and speaking for those things which all humanity mus. desire.
 When I think of the flag that those ships carry, the thly touch of color about them, the only thing that moves as If it had settled spirit in it, in their solid structure, 1t seems to me that see alternate stripes of parchment upon which are written the right of lib- erty and justice, and stripes of blood spilled to vindicate those rights; and then in the corner a prediction of the rough sea into which every nation must swim which stands for those things.
 Americas Mission
 "The mission of America is the only thing that a sailor or soldier should think about; he has nothing to do with the formulation of her policies he is to support her policy whatever it is--he | is to support her policy in the spirit of herself, and the strength of our policy is that we, who for the time be- | ing administer the affairs of this na- | tion, do not originate her spirit. We attempt to embody; we attempt to re- alize it in actions; we are dominated | by the image; we do not dictate it.
 And so with every man in arms who serves the nation the warman stands and waits to do those things which the
 nation desires. America sometimes
 seems perhaps to forget her programme
 or rather I will say that sometimes l those who represent her seem to for get her programme. But the people never forget them. It is as startlins
 as 1t is touching to see how, whenever you touch principle. you touch tho
 reverberated senses of the people ol Pthe United States. They listen to tn, debates of policies; they determine what party they will prefer to assit to DOW.
 CT; they choose and prefer as ordinar,
 men, but their real affection theil real force, their real irresistible mo, mentum Is for the ideals which mel lengross.
 1 "l never go on the streets of a grea- lefty without feeling that somehow do not confer elswhere than on tn,
 streets l am the great spirit of tn,
 people themselves elsewhere goins about their business, attending to tn
 things which concern them most. an.
 yet carrying treasure at their heart all the While, ready to support thei
 choice of Presidents as individuals an as members of a great union which con ] stitutes patriotic people.
 And so this sight in the rive touched me merely as a symbol of tha
 truth, and it hastens the pulse of ever good man who realizes these things } to have anything to do with them i case of crisis When one arises it as 1T you put your hand on the pulls 1 of dynamo; 1t Is as if the thing 5 which you were in connection wit were spiritually bread. You had noth ing to do with them except that wer you to analyxe the spark you believ : what you hear
 8 These things now rest on the rive 3 their spirit moves with the men wh . represent the nation in the navy; thes things will move upon the broad wa ' ters in the maneuvers under man an r mate--with no threat lifted any again. ' man, against any nation, against an : interest but great geniune evident s that the force of America is the fort ' of moral principle; that there is nc n anything else that she loves. and ths y there is not anything else for which sf 1: will contend"
 a The President boarded his yacht for u i review at o'clock. A half-hour WE . spent in receiving official visits fro s officers of the fleet. and then the Ma, : flower got under way. The Presiden D with Secretary of the Navy Daniels Se d retary Lane, Secretary Redfield and Ac : ing Mayor McAneny stood on the yacht h bridge.
 2 The fleet stretched ahead up the riv, ! for four miles, each ship dressed vii
 pennants and ensigns. The srews in blu