Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-02

preserved elected another grea
demonstration.
| The president declared he was try.
ing to weigh carefully every word hi
said. He reiterated that he had beer
daily charged to keep the country out
of war and also to uphold its honor.
And many night when it has
seemed impossible for me to sleep" he
said, because of the apparently Nm
Z extricable difficulties into which oul
International relations were drifting,
have said to myself, I wonder If the
people Of the United States fully know
what that mandate means to me-
Confident Of Unity.
and then sleep has come; because
! I knew that there was not a commun-
lily in America that would not stand
behind me In maintaining the honor OF
the United States.
The difficulty of keeping America
at peace during this titanic struggle
I across the sea can not De disclosed
How p-vfous ar,l to--. d'ee'e''.t 49,
been III 1t. ! nave lot :. - ge,. !. $ ...s
burden that has been placed upon me
with that end in view. For 1 know
lJdI NOl olliy lily oWI llGdI uul Liz
heart of all America was in the cause
of peace"
There are actually men in America
who are preaching war. the president
declared: men who want the United
abroad. He said he did not think they
spoke the voice of America which he
declared to be for peace.
"Never! Never!" From Audience.
He added that others go further than
he, in advocating peace.
They preach the doctrine Of peace
at any price, he said, while men in
the audience called "never Never!'
He said these men did not know the
circumstances of the world.
The president declared he hoped if
this war had no othr result it would
create an International tribunal to
settle questions which cause war. His
declaration That he had found the
people of the middle west for pre-
paredness drew long applause.
One Fundamental Mistake.
1.-The gentlemen who are out and
out pacifists are making one funda-
mental mistake. That is not mis-
take about the sentiments of Amer
lea, but mistake about the circum-
stances of the world. America does
not constitute the world. In many of
her sentiments and predictions she
does not represent Or influence the
world The dangers to our peace do no.
come any longer from within our own
borders. l could not have said that .
few months ago.
Every nation now engaged in the
titanic struggle On the other side OF
the water believes with an intensity
of conviction that can not be eXagger-
ated that it is fighting for its rights
and in most instances that it is fight
ing for it's life, and we must not be
too critical Of the men who leao
those nations If Americas liberty
were involved, if we thought that
Americas life was involved, would
we criticize our leaders and public
men before they went every length OF
even desperate endeavor to see that
the nation did not suffer and that the
nation did triumph? 9e& gI
Il have it not in my heart to criti-
cize these men. But want you TO
know the dangers that they are UNI.
ring, and that the dangers they are
running are the dangers which in
yolre us also. -
: Thronss Out Despite Cold.
Despite the low standing of the
atmospheric temperature which seemed
to mock the best efforts of the brill
liant sunshine. the presidents prog
ress thru the Hawkeye state was not
marred by any lack of warmth so far
as the people were concerned.
The enthusiasm of the day could
hardly be described as of the un-
bounded variety, but everywhere there
was genuine evidence of cordially.
How much gof this is due to the office
of president Of the United States, how
much is the Wilson personality and
the record Of the administration and
how much to the crusade for pre-
paredness in which the chief executive
is at the moment engaged, is something
else again.
On the train it was said that fur
Their east there had been evidences of
real enthusiasm. The crowd had been
more demonstrative than those en-
countered yesterday. At Davenport,
for instance, while the crowd cheered
heartily and evidently was in. amicable
mood, there was no indication OF
feeling such as folks are
supposed to experience when the
necessity of marching forth to save a
nation in imminent peril is borne in
upon them.
Local Issue at Davenport.
Davenport admittedly is for pre-
paredness. 1t is largely a live issue in
that town. just as the tariff is in many
places. For just across the river there
is the Rock Island arsenal. The feeling
Is that If the country sets out upon 2
military program, the arsenal probably
would be utilized to its full capacity.
which would mean practically doubling
It's present output, and the employ
rnent Of something like good many
people. That would build Davenport
and Davenport naturallyis inclined to.
be enthusiastic abouts it.
In fact the leading business men of
the town had hoped to get little in
boosting out of the presidents
trip to the arsenal. They had it all
figured out that the president could
leave his train at Moline, drive to the
arsenal, look. 1T over bit, and drive
over to Davenport, arriving there
ahead Of the train schedule But there
was nothing doing. The plan was not
even considered on the train.
Germany Not Forgotten.
But Davenport, while it is for pre-
paredness. also is strongly pro-Ger-
man and there was abundant evidence
yesterday that the feelingsarouseds over
the diplomatic negotiationS with the