South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-02
PROTEST NOT ALL
THAT IS NEEDED
Nation Must be Able to See
That Its Demands
Are Met.

Pres Wilson in addressing the
largest audience Of his present trip.
In which he is advocating prepared
ness here Tuesday night asked this
question:
do you want the situation 10 be
such that AL the president can do is
70 write messages ard utter words
Of protest -
why 20 ask that question is TO
answer IT," he said.
Whenever international law is
Violated by one or the other bellig
erents." the president said "Ameri-
ca was called upon 20 register "a
''voice Of protest. Of insistence.
do you want the situation 10 be
such that all the president can do
is % write messages and utter words
Of protest. n these breaches or
International law. which are in daily
danger OF occurring. should touch
the very honor Of the United States.
90 you wish 20 DO nothing about it,
TO YOU wish 70 have all the world
say that the flag OF the United
states can be stained with impun-
itv2 Why. TO ask the question is 20
answer H.
"I know there is not q man or
woman within the hearing OF my
voice who would wish peace at the
expense Of the honor OF the United
statesg~
Applause ThunderOus.
The presidents address was
punctuated with thunderOus ap-
plause lie spoke slowly and
graveIy with emphatic gestures TO
enforce his words His declaration
thar the United States wanted peace
drew a quick response. and his as
sertion that the self-respect Of the
nation must be preserved. elected
another great demonstration. A
throng that filled every seat In the
coliseum cheered him to the echo.
The president declared he was
trying 10 weigh carefully every word
ne said. RE reiterated that he had
ieen daily charged TO keep the
country out Of war and also 90 up
hold IFS honor
And many. a night when it has
seemed impossible for me TO sleep,
ne said. because Of the apparently
fireNtricabIe difficulties into which
our relations were drifting. ] have
said 10 myself. I wonder If the peo-
pie Of the United States fully know
wha, that mandate means TO me2'
and then sleep has come. but
knew there was not a community i'm
America that would not stand be-
hind me i'm maintaining he honor Of
the United States
Peace Task Difficult
The difficulty OF keeping Amer
lea at peace during this titanic
struggle across the sea cannot be
disclosed now; perhaps it never can
be disclosed.
How anxious and how difficult
shis task has been But my heart
has been in g. have not grudged
"a single burden that has been placed
upon me with hat end i'm view. For
j know that not only my own heart.
but the heart OF all America was i'm
the cause Of peace"
There are actually men i'm Amer
Tea who are preaching war. the
president declared. men who want
the United States to have changing
alliances abroad He said he did not
think thai they smoke the ,-oica Of
America which he declared Ia he
for peace
Others Go Further
He added that others 90 further
than he i'm advocating peace
They preach the doctrine OF
Deacs at any. time % no added while
men in the audience called mover
never Tie said these men did mo-,
know the circumstances Of tho
world
"Auorica cannot be an os+rf.r
with its head fn the sand p. no lid
The president declared me bonad
if this war had mo- other resll- g.
vouId create am f1tarna+fo,al m
bunaI 20 settle questions which cause
var His 6ecl4rafior tina. be bad
found the people Of the middle vosr
for preparedness. drew Iorp an
pIause
someone vybo does moi f.,,ov. c.,,-
fellow citizens as we'll ss bo o,,,,ht
~ know Them told mo fhsrs ,,.,s 4.
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