New Britain herald., 1916-02-03

upon many other men, big and little Il have read editorials" he said sheerlng at the number of notes sent aoroad by the government and asking why doesn't the government act?' Ana Tn these same papers I have seen edltorlals against the preparation tc do anything whatever effective if these notes are to be regarded Is that the temper of the United Stateso It may be the temper of some editorial of- fices, but 1 know it is not the temper of the people of the United States A wave of applause swept over the gathering. A voice in the gallery cried: "No!' and the crowd yelled again.
 Must Defend Atlantic Seaboard The president presented a warning that most of the munition factories of the United States were on the At lantic seaboard and that therefore, the nation must be ready to repel the first attack in order to avoid disas- ter. The present army, the president said, was so small that he did not even have enough soldiers to station along the Mexican border to prevent bandits from crossing the line
 q have even felt" he said. "like e asking congress to encourage the re- cruiting of Texas Rangers. We are witnessing a cataclysm and God only knows what the issue shall be-" was the way he prefaced his conclusion. in which he asked his audience to keep cool, but to uphold the judg- ment in it's demands for a larger. more effective means of national de- fense
 16,OO Locked in Hall.
 Sixteen thousand persons were locked in the great convention hall an hour before President Wilson began to speak here tonight. Outside a multitude surged against a double line of bluecoats, vainly seeking ad- mittance.
 When the president entered the hall at S:23 o'clock the whole throng rose to its feet and cheered. Thou sands of little Americans flags broke into a flutter and the lights at the rear of the platform flashed red, white and blue. The president began to speak at tS:30 o'clock
 Speech in Part.
 President Wilson's speech follows, in part:
 You will know without my de- scrlbing it to you, what the task as- signed me has been It has been the task of keeping the scales so poised from day to day that no man should throw into one scale or the other any thing which would imperil the peace of the United States, for I have felt that you were depending upon your government to keep you out of this turmoil which is disturbing the rest or the world You are counting upon me to do more than keep you out of however. You are counting upon me to see to it that the rights of citizens of the United States Wher- ever they might be, are respected by everybody. You have counted upon me to see that your energies should be released along the channels of trade in order that you might serve the world as the only nation disen- gagged and ready to serve it. You have expected me to see that the rest of the world permitted America thus to press and exercise her humane and legitimate energy. And l have come out to ask you wLat there was behind me in this task. You know the lawyers speak of the law having sanction back of it. The judge as he sits on his bench has the whole physi- cal force of the nation back of him. And when he utters judgment the man against whom it is uttered knows that he dare not resist it; but when I as your spokesman and representative utter a judgment with regard to the rights of the United States in it's re- lations to other nations, what is the What is the compulsion?
 
 The force and majesty of the United States Yes, the force and majesty of the United States, but it is ready to express itself?
 'If you resist the judge there arc the bailiffs of the court! If you resist the bailiffs of the court there are those who assist the sheriff of the county; if you resist the sheriff, there is the national guard; if you resist the national guard, there is the army of the United States, but if you ignore in some foreign capital what the presi- dent of the United States urges as the rights of the people and government of the United States, what is there back of that?
 Mere Word of U. S.
 'It is necessary, my fellow citizens. that I should come and ask you this question, because I do not know how long the mere word and insistence of your government will prevail to maintain your honor and the dignity and power of the nation.
 "There may come a time-I pray God it may never come-but it may. in spite of everything we do come upon us and come of a sudden, when l shall have to ask: I have had my say: who stands back of me |? Where is the force by which the majesty and right of the United States are to be and asserted?' I take it that there may in your own con- viction come a time when that might and force must be vindicated and as serted. You are not willing that what