The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-02-05
MUST Be ABLE TO
BACK UP PROTESTS
AMERICA CANNOT BE AN os-
TRlCH WITH HEAD IN THE
SAND, DECLARES PRESIDENT.
Condemns Advocates Of War as We'll
as Peace at Any Price theorists
In Des Moines Address ard De-
clares Country is for Peace.

Des Moines. Ia.-President Wilson,
speaking here Tuesday night dealt
with the futility of messages ana
words of protest to meet breaches Oh
international law.
DO you want the situation to De
such that all the president can do IS
to write messages and utter woros Oh
protest?" he asked, in advocating
preparedness before the largest audi
enee of his present trip.
| "Why. to ask that question IS TO
answer it." he said.
whenever International law is vio-
lated by one or the other beillger-
ents." the president said, America
was called upon to register a voice
Of protest, of insistence'."
There are actually men in America
who are preaching war, the president
declared; men who want the United
States to have entangling alliances
abroad. He said he did ont think they
spoke the voice of America, when ne
declared to be for peace
He added that others go further
| imam he, Ill duNUtdtluS PC1~S.
preach the doctrine of peace at any
price," he said, while men in the
audience called Never, never" lie
said these men did not know the cir
cumstances of the world.
America cannot be an ostrich WIN
its head in the sand" he said.
The presidents address was punctu-
18th +l,updarouc anniausp He
spoke slowly and gravely, with en-
phatic gestures to enforce his words.
His declaration that the United
States wanted peace drew response
} and his assertion that the self-respect
, of the nation must be preserved, clio
: tied another great demonstration.
The president declared he was try
ing to weigh carefully every word he
said. He reiterated that he had been
7 daily charged to keep the country out
$ of war and also to uphold it's honor.
4 THE difficulty of keeping America
+ at peace" he said, during this titanic
r struggle across the sea, cannot be dis
s closed now; perhaps it never can De
disclosed. HoW anxious and how dlt-
fcuA this task has been! But my heart
has been in it. have not grudged a
3 single burden that has been placed
l. upon me with that end in view. For
# know that not only my own heart
l. but the heart of all America was In
l. the cause OF peace.
New York.-President Wilson on
Thursday night opened his personal
appeal to the country for national de-
N tense. He gave warning that plans
J. for the readjustment OF the army
h must be formulated and carried out
d without delay and solemnly declared
n he could not predict that the outlook
s. for the United States would be as
bright tomorrow as today. speaking
- at banouets of the Railway Business
association and the Motion Picture
Board of Trade, he sounded the key
note Of addresses that he will deliver
in the middle west.
Mr.. Wilson was in fighting mooc
throughout his address. In speech
delivered early in the day he declared
he always accepted an invitation K
fight At night he told the railway
men he was an advocate OF peace AM
had struggled to keep the Unlte'
States at peace, but he considered tn
liberty and honor of the nation ever
more important than peace.
'Woe to any man who plays maj
plot or who seeks to make party, pc
litical or perconal ambition
take precedence over candor
honor and unselfsh, unpartisal
~ service" said the president, l
81 speaking of his defense plan befor
q the railroad men. He declared ina
& the country expects action; this is
q year of accounting, and the account
B ing must be definite on the part
& the parties and on the part or ever
## individual who wishes to enjoy tn
A public confidence.
% For my part, hope every man
III public life will get what's coming
q him." said Mr.. Wilson, amid laught'
81 and applause.
n The president admitted that in
q message to the last congress he III
s. said the need for preparedness w
81 not pressing He declared that
# had learned differently in the mea
Is time. He cited his recent support
Z a tariff commission as another
stance Of change on his part, but {
sur clared there previously was no ne
nm for a commission.
"" Mr.. Wilson spoke Of men of hi
>" character, who were clouding the p
.sr paredness issue. He declared tn
~ were provincial, and that the Unit
- States could no longer cut itself
from the rest of the world.