Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-12

t, MoMENTous ADDRESS.

Al efiilcnl mVhchl, Nhch iHe o9ti
% all the world we're conferred on The
White House. President Wilson went
10 Philadelphia and delivered an ad'
dress. SO timely, so patriotic, so hu-
manltnrian IN itn sentiments that
IL must have quiet effect upon the
whole country.
The people Of the United states
were Justly anRered by the torpedo
ing o. the Lusltana and the conse-
aucnt loss Of about twelve hundred
innocent lives, more ihanl one hun
drod OF the victims being Americans,
The natural impulse was 10 de-
mand vengeance Former President
Roosevelt at once shouted for war,
and made the tragedy occasion for
an attack on the foreign policy OF
the administration.
Bnt the president was not swept
from his bearings. lie shut himself
away from all advisers. away from
. the tumuli and the shouting, the
churgea and counter charges and
thought Il over during days and
nights Of intense mental and spiritual
struggle.
The president had been asked 70
deliver an address IN philadelphia to
four thousand naturallzed American
citizens Monday night II was as y
the audience OF former foreigners and
the city IN which American indepen-
dence was declared had been special
Is selected for one Of the most mo-
moutuous announcements Of Amcri-
can history.
The l.usitania tragedy WAS not
mentioned. There wis no direct ref
cfencc 70 oiermany or Great britain,
France, Austria. Russia. Turkey or
Belgium
The immediate appeal was for nat
uraliged Americans TO give undivided
loyalty % the country Of their adop-
ton Il wns au eloquent foreeful up-
peal IN one Of the greatest speeches
ever delivered Ia this or amy other
nation. The time the place aud the
audience made STAKE effect as ilt-
ting as the field Of gettysburg was
for lie Immortal address Of Abraham
Lincoln. Lincolns address dealt with
the eternal sentiments aud principles
90 The haman heart and viii be reaa
az long an human liberty Is price
for which men strive az long AZ he
folu sacrifices for country and hui
manlty arc cherished hy grateful peo-
pies. We siin read with profound un'
defstanding the great address Of PERL
Giles, delivered more than two thou
sand years ago over the Athenans
who fen ~ the Pcioponesian wars
We understand the words Of rerieles
heeause they expressed the thought
whether voiced on not. Of al peoples
Of all cliInes aud Oh lines
The address Of President Wilson
viii be world-eiassic. because Il ex-
processes IN striking phrase the eternal
sentiments OF the human heart and
Is in accord with The best thought Of
The wisest men everywhere.
So much Ter the great speech q
mon who have left the hand Of theft
hIfih aua become an integral. vital
TART u the great American rcpnbill.
nal what the people q the world
we're looklns for. straining their ears
ie catch the sound Of, was an inkllne
of what course the United Staie'
would pursue regarding tho over
aess u the German government IL
the carrying out Of the submarine
hlockade inaugurated against e;ree
Britain Following close upon the Pa
lsha incident. which Il resemhlcd
and the sinking OF the American
steamer dainieht. would war foilov
the lusnania horror
IL cryptic ianguaee. as NOT ufre
anentlr IS his custom. the presiden
gave the following answer.
America. must have the conscious
ness on al sides u touches elbows an,
touches hearts with al nations Q
mankind The example 81 Ameriei
must De a special example and mus
he an exninple no, merely OF peace
because il viii not flght. bul beeaus
peace il "A healing and eleyAiing in
fluence Of thc weird ana strife Is noi
Their Is such thing as a man be
ing toa proud "a fight There = auel
d thins az a nation being se right tina