The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-05-05
Warns That Country's Honor Is
Not To Be Tampered With
IN SPEECH TO WOMEN
At National Military Encampment-
Tells Of Reawakenina OF Ma
tional Spirit-Expresses Con-
fidenee In Foreign Born.

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of an address by President Wilson
at the opening OF the national ser
vice school military encampment for
young women.
In concluding, the President voiced
q warning. that the honor and integ-
rity OF the United States cannot be
tampered with.
He prayed that the country should
not be drawn into war, but declared
that, IL ii should be, ''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 be 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 will come with cheers, they will
come with a momentum which will
make us realize that America has
once more been cried awake out OF
every sort OF distemper and dream
and distraction, and that any man
who dares tamper with the spirit OF
America will be cast out of the CON
fidence OF great nation upon the in
stant."
The address in part follows:
TT is with unaffected pleasure that
j came to greet you as you have as
Bembled for the interesting things
you are going TO do. have always
felt that there was very much more
Inspiration in things that were vol.
unfairly done than In things that
were done under official direction and
by official summons.
you have volunteered TO come to-
gether without offic suggestion in
order to study some things which.
while they are Characteristic of the
sort OF comfort and assistance which
women have been accustomed TO Of
fer. are. nevertheless, in this instance
RssociasSs with a very great national
conception and duty.
I'VE, OF course, are living in the
presence OF conditions which we can
not yet assess, because they are un-
precedented The world never wit
messed such war as is now convuls
hg almost every part OF the world
except this part which we particular
" love and would seek TO safeguard,
md the very foundations OF the ordi-
nary life OF nations have been dis
!urbed, so deeply disturbed. that no
nan can predict what the final settle
ment will be. And II this war has
sone nothing else. II has. at least,
lone this: IL has made America
aware of dangers which most OF us
had deemed unreal. and has made us
aware that the danger of our own
lime is nothing less than the unset
tlement of the foundations of civili-
Iation.
You have come together to be pre-
pared for any unusual duty which
America may call upon you to per
lorm, but what has moved you TO do
hat? Your duty to your country.
But what is the foundation OF that
Iuty? What do you conceive Ameri
"a TO be? When you come 10 the
last, searching analysis we do not
owe any duty except to those things
that we believe in and the glory OF
performing our duty towards America
Is that we believe in America. and
we believe in America because--I
venture TO say IL with entire respect
Tor other peoples and other govern
ments-this government was estab-
lished with a special purpose such az
no other government ever avowed
This government was established ir
order that justice and liberty might
belong TO every man whom our insti'
tutions could touch, and not only tha.
Justice and liberty should belong tc
America. but that, so far as Americs
was concerned and her influence in.
volved, they should be extended &c
mankind everywhere.
Have you not thought what Nigh,
DE the outcome OF this great struggle
so far as the nations already engaged
are concerned? Can you not imagin,
the great awakening that has come tt
a country like France. for example !,
how much more intensely every
Frenchman and every German feel,
the national compulsion than he ever
felt IL before? How much more he
feels himself. not an individual, but s
fraction I'm great whole? How
much more his blood springs TO the
challenge of patriotic suggestions?
He is not fighting for his own life
He is sacrificing his own life. or WILL
ing to sacrifice II. In order that a
greater life than his might persist
the life of his nation.
I'VE have heard great deal about
divided allegiance in this country
but before we discuss divided ale.
glance I'm its political aspect. we
ought TO let our thoughts run back Il
what were perhaps our divided allie
giances in respect TO our relations 4
each other"