Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-02
CAMP FOR YOUNG WOMEN
IS OPENED BY PRESIDENT
He Voices Warning That Honor and
Integrity OF United States Cam
not Be Tempered With.
NATIONAL SPIRIT REAwAKENED
If War Comes, Whole World Would
BE Thrilled to Hear Voice Of New
World Asserting Standards Of JUS
tice and Liberty.

| WASHTNGTON, May America re-
lessons from the European war. was
the theme Of an address by President
Wilson to-day at the opening Of the
National Service School Military En-
, campment for Young Women. In con-
eiuding. the President voiced warn
ing that the honor and integrity Of the
United States cannot be tampercd with
The President prayed that the country
! should no. tr dra u-n into war. hut
declared that II it should he, "In the
great voice Of national enthusiasm
which would be raised. all the world
would stand once more thrilled to
hear the voice OF the New World
asserting the standards of justice and
liberty"
The President expressed confidence
that In time of trouble the great mass
of foreign born citizens of the United
States would he loyal.
! II never had the slightest doubt OF
what would happen when America
called upon those of her citizens born
in other countries to come to the sup
port OF the flag he said. why. they
VIII come with checrs--they Will come
with ~ momentum which Will make us
realize that America has once more
been cried awake out OF every sort OF
distcnper and dream and distraction
and that any man who dares tanner
with the spirit Of America will be cast
out of the confidence of n great nation
upon the instant"
SPEAKS BEFORE SEVERAL
HUNDRED YOUNG WOMEN
The President spoke before several
hundred young women dressed in khaki
and drawn up i'll military order. They
VIII be taught first aid to the wounded
banda c-making. telegraphy and other
wartime arts. The encampment is
being held under the auspices OF the
women's section OF the Navy League
Secretaries Baker and Daniels and /,
large group OF government officials and
army and navy officers were included
in the audience. The Presidents speech
followed the formal raising of nm
American flag over the encamprpeut
He spoke in part:
You have come together TO be pre
pared for any unusual duty which
America may call upon You to perfo,
but what has moved you to do this?
your duty to your country But what
is inc foundation of that dutyc What
90 Eon conceive America to be? When
9o" come TO the last searching
analysis. we do not owe any duty
except 10 those things that we believe
w. an" 'he glory of performing our
""'E towards America is that we be-
'''>e III America-and we believe in
.iica "ecausc-1 venture to say IL
WIN eH''rc respect for other peoples
ana other governments-this govern
purpose such as no other government
ever avowed. This government was
established in order that Justice and
liberty might belong 10 eyerv man
whom our institutions could touch. and
not only that Justice and liberty should
nelong to America, but that. so far as
America was concerned and her innu
ence involved, they should be extended
to mankind everywhere So the in
spiration OF serving America ts very
profound inspiration.
GETTING INDIRECT BENEFIT
FROM EUROPEAN WAR
Have you not thought what might
ne the outcome OF this great struggle.
so far as the nations already engaged
are concerned? Can you not imagine
'he great awakening that has como to
"a country like France. for example?
HOW much more intensely every
Frenchman and every German feel the
industrial compulson than he ever felt
it before! How much more he feels
himself. not an individual, hut q frac-
ton In great whole! How much
more his blood springs to the challenge
OF patriotic suggestion! He Is not
fighting for his own life He Is sac |
rifacing his own life. or willing to sacrl-
fee IT, in order that n greater life than
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