Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-02
AMERICA CANNOT
BE OSTRICH WITH
ITS HEAD IN SAND
Country Must BE Prepared
for Dangers Which Con-
stantly Threaten 1t.
WILSON. IN MIDDLE WEST.
TELLS OF DAILY PERllS
Titanic Difficulty of Preserving
Peace Cannot Now Be
Disclosed.
KNOWS PEOPLE BACK or HIM
Denounces Men Who Continually Go
About Actually Preach
ing War.
Will SON. IN MIDDLE WEST.
TELLS OF DAILY PERlLS
KNOWS PEOPLE BACK or HIM
DenounccS Men Who Continually Go
About Actually Preach
ing War.

ing War.
DIES MONIES. IOWA. February L.
largest audience or his present tr'n.
In which he is advocating preparcdn ess.
here tonight asked this question: do
you want III. situation 10 be such that
all the President can do ls TO write
messages ana utter words OF protcstT'
''why. 10 ask that question IS TO
answer IT, he said.
Whenever international law is vio-
lated b. one or the other beligeren;s -
the President said, America was called
ins!stence.
FLAG CANNOT HE
STAINED WITH IMPUHTrY
do YOU want the situation TO be
such that all tho President can do ~
TO write messages and utter words Of
protest? II these breaches os inter
national law. which are In daily dan
ger OF occurring, should touch the very
honor OF the United States 10 YOU wish
to do nothing about 1T? DO you wish
to nave ali the world say that the flag
OF the United States can he stained with
impuni;y" Why. 10 ask this question IL
to answer II.
u know there is no man or woman
within the hearing Of my voice who
would wish peace 1T tho expense Of the
honor Of the United States"
The Presidents address was punctu-
ated with thundcroUs applause He
smoke SLOWLY and gravcIy, with en-
phat!c gestures to enforce his words
His declaration tha; the United states
wanted pence drew n quick response
and his assertion that the selt-rcspcct
OF tho nation must DC preserved elected
another great demonstration. thrcng
that alcd every seat in the Coliseum
chcorcd him 10 the ccho
KNOWS COUNTRY WILL.
MAINTAIN IT'S IIOSOI,
and many a nigh; when It has
seemed Impossible for me 10 sleep" he
taid, because or the apparently in
cxtricahic difficulties into which oar
international relations We're drifting. I
have said 10 myself. u wonder I, the
people OF tho United States fully know
what that mandate means to nj. And
then sleep has como: h.ca 50 knew.
that there was II" community In Amer
ica that would not stand behind mo in
maintaining the honor OF the United
States.
The difficulty of Keeping America
at peace during this titanic struggle
across the sea cannot be disclosed now:
perhaps II never can be disclosed.
How anxious ana how difficult this
task has been! Flu; my hear, has been
in it. have not grudGcd single
burden that has been placed upon mo
with that end IN view. For know that
not only my own heart. hu; the heart
OF all america. was in the cause Of
peace"
There are actually men il, America
who are preaching war the President
declared: "mcn who want the United
States TO have cntaMgIing alliances
abroad" He said he did no, thiui.
they spoke tho voice Of America. which
he declared TO he for peace.
CANNOT DE An OS1UICU
WITiI IT'S HEAD IN SAND
america cannot he an ostrich with
It's head In the sand" he said
The President declared he hopod that
If this war had other result. il
wouid create an international tribunal
to settle questions which might cause
war. Ills declaration that he had found
the people of tho Middle West for pre-
paredness drew long applause
The President closed with 4 tribute
10 tho Amcrcun flag.
"AS ! look at that naG." he said
II seem to see many characters upon
Il which are not visible to tho physical
eye. There seem TO move ghos,ly
visions OF devoted men who looking
10 that flag, thought only Of liberty
OF The rights of mankind. OF the mis-
sion of America to show the way to
the world for the realization of those
rights. And every grave OF every
brave man in the country would seem
to have upon it the colors of tho flag
If he we're true Amcrican--would
seem TO have on il that stain OF red
which means the true pulse OF blood
that path OF pure whito which means
the pcace Of tho soul. And then there
seems To rise over the graves or those
men and to hallow their memories thai
blue space Of the sky In which swim
thosc stars which cXcmplify for us Tho
. IL glorious galaxy Of the States Of the
Union which stand together to vindi-
cato the rights OF mankind"