The Detroit times., 1916-02-02
WILSON
IN iNvADEs
KANSAS


IN hAubA8 lily, tue pIcbtoout eoo
Mrs.. wilson will 90 to st. Louis
where the president will deliver the
inal big address Of this tour.
Last night the president expert
enced the first real hitch" on the
trip thus far. Through blundez
In Des Moines. the presidential
special was not ready when the
executive and his party arrived at
the depot. The president and Mrs,
Wilson waited for more than IL
minutes In the dispatcher's onice
pending tho arrival Of their car.
Last night, In Des Moines, the
president addressed 5000 persons.
There In . considerable body Of
msn In this country who are trying
70 stir the very sort Of excitement
In this country, upon which every
rue. weu-balanced American ought
10 frown." the president said In his
Dee Aoines address.
There aro actually men In Amer
ica who are preaching war, who are
preaching the duty Of the United
States to do what II never has done
before-seek ENHANCEMENT In tho
controversies which have arisen on
the other aldo Of the water-aban-
don its habitual and traditional pol
ICY and deliberately to engage In the
conflict which Ii now engulflng the
rest OF the world"
Probably the largest crowd Des
Moines ever saw greeted the presi-
dent on his arrival at $3.50 over the
Rock Island from Chicago. Through
decorated streets he wa% escorted
by q battalion or National guards
men 10 the Chamberlain hotel,
where he dined in private with Mrs.
Wilson.
Ia the home OF Senator Cummins,
. possible opponent at the next elec-
ton. hc spoke not q word OF the
battle raging between the continen-
tai army scheme OF Secretary of War
Garrison and the hackers Of Senator
Cunmins' increased national guard
bill
In his address here the president
again attacked the reports that pre-
psredness is the child OF the muni-
tion makers. He called attention to
his demand on congress. even be-
fore the war began, for an armor
plate plant owned by the govern
ment While he expected some men
would make money from furnishing
war supplies. he thought the govern
ment should own factories enough to
control the price, and pointed TO the
governments powder plant as an ex-
ample.
81 know there IN not a man or wo-
man within the hearing OF my voice
who wishes peace at tn. expense 81
he, horror or the United states" he
The president spoke slowly and
xravely, with emphatic gestures to
enforce his words. Ills declaration
and his assertion that the self-re-
spect OF the nation must be preserved
elected great demonstration.
MANY night when a has seem
cd impossible FOR me TO sleep" he
said. because Of the apparently in
extricable difficulties into which our
International relations were drifting.
have said 10 myself i wonder IL
the people Of the United States fully
know what that mandate means to
me And then sleep. has come. be
cause | knew that there was not a
community In america that would
not stand behind me In maintaining
the honor of the United States.
"Casnot he DisrIosed.-
The difficulty Of keeping America
At peace during this titanic struggle
across the sea cannot be disclosed
now. perhaps II never can be Iis-
closed. How anxious and how difh-
Ifa.s
heart has been in il. ] have not
grudeed single burden that has
been placed upon me with that md
in view For know that not only
my own heart. but the heart OF all
America was In the cause of peace"
There are actually men In America
who are preaching war. the PRECEDENT
states to have entangllng alliances
SbroRd He said he did not think
they spoke the voice OF America.
He added that others go further
than he In advocating peace. They
preach the doctrine OF peace at any
price" lie said these men. did not
know the circumstances OF the world.
America cannot te an ostrich with
It's head In the sand" he said
The president declared he hoped "
this war had no other result ~ would
create an international tribunal TO
settle questions which cause war. lie
declared that he had found the peo-
Dj. of the middle west for prepared
ness
someone who does not know our
fellow citizens as well as he ought
10 know them told me there was a
/. certain degree OF Indifference and
sethargy IN the middle west with rc.
gard To the defense OF the nation"
ne declared IL said did not be-
lieve ID. but WAS going out to see.
nave seen what | expected 10 see
great bodies or serious men and we
men coming together to show their
interest In the object OF my visit"
The president closed with a tribute
20 the American Hag
"As I look at that nag," he said.
\ seem TO see many characters upon
4 which are not visible to the physi.
.ai eye. There seems 10 move zhostly
visions of devoted men who. look
ing to that flag. thought only Of lib.
srty, Of the rights OF mankind, OF the
mission OF America TO show tho way
70 the world for the realization OF
hose rights. And every grave OF
rvery brave man In the country
would seem to have upon II the col
,rs OF the nag " he were true
American--would seem to have on IL
that stain of red. which means the
rue pulse Of blood that patch "
pure white which means the peace OF
Inc soul And then there seems to
rise over the graves of those men
and to hailow their memories that
hose stars which exemplify for US
Inc glorious galaxy OF the states ~
he union which stand together to
indicate the rights OF mankind
The president and rtrs. Wilson were
ae m ~ lag