The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-11
Pres1dent spealzs Calnl!

= his thoughts regarding the Lus1Iania fIaea<Rezat had been fed in the iso- Iaf7on ax%Hashan gton in which he has r,nrssa@red over the crisis facing this C5nvernxnent- There was no sug- zuasfaon of heat or an inclinati on to- waxH aegresstve measures, and at the sT,d when his remarks regarding peaeeshad been approved so distinctly l5v his au udience, he declared that his z4.E1F gF mean had been re- nSsea by fEse crj portunity which had been furnished him to sense the f4,oal srfu4z, that are moving in the pub lie 5mkrd. a thing which he said 1t was exceedingly difficult to do at WashfneEon because of the propensity of many people to send him reports which are inaccuTa1e-
 The high note of the Presid speaeh did not relate directly to the Isusi ifnHlfa crisis, but to the th1nly yelled warning he gave pro-GeFT11an n aeitatorss who sought to stir up the loyalty of GerInEan- Americans to 9 nitcl1 where their patr1ot1 sm as Amer jeans is endangered. To the newly naturalfzad citizens sitting in front Of hdrn. he said:
 The man who thinks of hiHnsetI as belonging 10 particular national group is not a true merriam, and the man who goes among you to trade upon your na4i onaHty has not true place in the land Of the Stars and. Stripes.
 .F'fIle man who seeks to divide yOu., eroup from group, nationality from na;tfona1a<y. and interest from inter est Is striking at the very heart of this nation "
 His expressions were almost ves1e- nnent as he spoke this warning
 War1Ang to Po1iricians
 MT. Wilson paid his respects in pass ing to any man who may attempt to z1lsks political capital out Of ths ex- ts4tng crisis
 s.Y am sorry, he said, flor the man who seeks to make personal capital owt of tho passions of his feElcwnaan- z fary of Labor Wilson and Mayor B9anAzezlsogzrg had delivered strong ap- peaAs to the foreign born citizens of the Uu1hed States that they be, above ali things, loyal bo their oafhs of ale g3aDce in whatever crisis may arise be- tween this country and the land from -w4l5ch tk7eXs eRsnSe
 The Hesfaent warned these cfti- zans that although he would not eoln- sea them against loving the land of tE1elr birth they must be warned aga1nst Locking over their shoulders have left behind 7
 The stenoeraphic copy of Mir. Will sons address in full follows:
 .sEt warns my heart tI1at you should give me such a reception But it is not for myself that I wish to think bo-nte11t. but of those who have i.sss become citizens of the United States This Is the only country in the world which experiences this constant and repeated reb1rth.
 .sYour countries depend upon the multiplication of their own native peo- pie. This country Is constantly drink ing strength out of new sources bS skhe voluntary asseEia ton with it o1 skx bodies Of stret14g fnen and for a=1Eard locking Wofnsal aid so, by the gift cf the free w11s of independen1 people. 1t is constantly being renewed from generation to generation by tat same process by which it was orig inaIly created. It is as if huTnanitA had determined to see to 1t that thi: great nation. founded for the benef. of humanity should not lack for ths allegiance of the people of the world
 An Oath to an Ideal.
 eYou have Just taken an oath o, allegiance to the United States. Oi allegiance to whom Of allegiance te no one. unless it be God. Certainly not of allegiance to those who tempo. rariIy represent this great Govern ment- You have taken an oath O. allegiance to a great ideal, to grea body of principles, to a great hope O the human race
 ou have said We are going tc America, not only to earn a living, no only to seek the things which it wa! more difficult to obtain where yol were born but to help forward th' great enterprises of the human spiri ito let men know that everywher, in the world there are men who vii cross strange oceans and go where speech is spoken which Is alien t. them, knowing that whatever tn speech. there is but one longing an, utterance for the human heart an. That is for liberty and justice.
 And while you bring all countrie