Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-05-14
MAR UNLIKELY,
WILSON HINTS
PRESIDENT IN SPEECH coUN-
Sells PEACEFUL COURSE
WITH GERMANY.
WOULD sETEUROPE EXAMPLE
Nations Pilot Pleads for United Amer
lea In Address to 5000 NaturaIized
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to Show Kaiser
Error and injustice Of His Way.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to Show Kaiser
Error and injustice Of His Way.
Western Newspaper UnAoa News Service.
Philadelphia. - President Wilson
gave to a gathering Of 5000 natural
lied Americans Monday the first in
timation of what course the United
States government will pursue IN the
situation resulting from the loss or
more than a hundred American lives
on the British liner Lusitania.
He spoke by implication, but his
hearers interpreted his remarks as
meaning hat while the United States
would remain at peace it would seek
to convince Germany of the injustice
to mankind Of the tragedy of last Fri
day.
America" said the president, must
have the consciousness that on all
sides it touches elbows and touches
heart with all nations of mankind
The example of America must be a
special example and must be al exam
pie, not merely Of peace, because it
will not fight, but because peace Is
a healing and cheating influence in
the world, and strife is not.
There is such a thing as a man
being too proud to fight. There is
such a thing as being SO right that 1t
does not need to conince others by
force that it is right"
omits Reference to Lusitania.
rho~o ,oo,ory,r rroo;rftotad n fumu1t
of applause and patriotic enthusiasm,
attended by a waving of thousands of
small American flags. The president
made no direct reference to the Lusi-
tania tragedy. but the audience did
not hesitate to read the application of
his statement.
Introduced by Mayor B~lankenburg,
who spoke in distinctly German accent
a welcome and an appeal for a single
allegiance to the United States, the
president carried forward the idea of
makeup Of America by pointing out
the true goal Of right American citi-
zenship to be a loyalty not to the
country OF ones birth, but to the land
of ones adoption.
while you bring" he said, "all
countries with you, you come with q
purpose OF leaving all other countries
behind you-bringing what is best of
their spirit but not looking over your
shoulder Dr. seeking to ~perepetuate
what you leave II them. I would not
certainly be one who would suggest
that an American cease to love the
place OF his origin. 1t Is n thing
to leave the place where you were
born, and another thing to dedicate
yourself to the place where you go.
You can't be an American II you think
of yourself In groups, America does
mot consist OF groups. A nan who
considers himself ~ belonging to a
national group is not yet an American.
Humanity First, He Urges.
my advice to you is to think first
not only Of America, but to think first
Of humanity. and you do not love
humanity II you seek to divide hui
nanity in jealous camps"
The president was constantly inter-
rupted by spontaneous outbursts Of
applause. He spoke clearly and SO
quiet was his audience OF $4,000 that
he could be heard distinctly in all
parts Of the great hall. Everywhere
the red. white and blue flag and bunt-
ing vas displayed and q band during
the evening played patriotic airs.
Some OF the passages in his speech
which the crowd applauded most
loudly were these:
Il am sorry fOr the man who seeks
to make personal capital out of the
passions Of his fellow man. He has
lost the touch and ideal of America.
for America was created to unite
mankind by the passions that lift and
unite and not by the passions that sep
arate and debase mankind.
1.-THE man who seeks to divide man
from man. group from group, interest
from interest in the United States is
striking at its very heart.
4 was born in America. You
dreamed Of what America vas to be.
and I hope you brought the dreams
with you. No man who does not see
visions will realize any high
hopes or undertake any great enter
prise
SSsroTa Guard Trails President.
In his %peroration, the president
aroused much enthusiasm when he
said that he had felt that he ought
to be away from Washington, and
after coming he found the gathering
revealed his spirit as an American.
""In Washington" he said, "men tell
you 30 many things every day that
are not SO and l like to come and
stand In the presence of my fellow
citizens and drink out of the common
fountain with them, feeling the sense
of their support"
There was q tremendous ovation as
the president finished his speech.
Because of the present status Of in
ternational affairs extraordinary pre-
cautions had been taken to guard the
president during his stay in Phila-
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