New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-27
NEXT WAR,
WILSON DECLARES
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Wilson was greeted again by the
( crowds and the cheering that have
/ featured his other visits to Western
/ cities.
After the President had denounced
&C absurd reports Of the manufacture
| of vast quantities of goods abroad TO
be shipped to America after the war,
which was impossible, he said, because
| the nations involved were straining
every nerve to supply the armies in the
| field. he turned to those who have been
criticising Americas attitude toward
/ the war. -,
"A great many men are complaining"
| declared the President, that we are
not fighting now in order to get some
/ thing@not something spiritual, not
/ something we could be proud OF, but
something we could possess and take
advantage Of and profit by. They. are
complaining that the government Of the
| United States has not the spirit OF
/ other governments, which is to put the
| forces of the army and navy behind in
vestments in foreign countries. just
! as certainly as you do that you JON
[ this chaos of competing and hostile am
/ bition.
the present war? If you have, | wish
YOU would publish it, because nobody
else has. So far as | can gather. moth
! ing in particular started It, but every
thing in general
Wilson Gets Republican Welcome.
Cincinnati is a normally Republican
CITY. but there were no evidences OF
ito political beliefs in the welcome ex-
tended the President There were fewer
campaign features in evidence than IN
/ Omaha or Chicago. Although Ohio is
/ the battle ground Of one Of the fiercest
/ state campaigns fought in years, poll
I ticians were noticeable by their alb
sence. Instead, the Presidents hosts
| during the day were two commercial
clubs.
Perhaps the most noticeable incident
was the Presidents visit, on his auto
mobile tour Of the city, to the pubic
schools and the presentation by the
children Of flowers and flags TO him and
( Mrs. Wilson. In fact, most OF the cheer
/ ing was by the children, the older
/ neople merely expressing a we'll inten-
| toned curiosity in the distinguished
visitors. The absence Of peace sentl-
ment, supposed to fill the Middle west,
was particularly noticeable.
Cincinnati rs one OF the strongest
/ German cities in the country, and the
president did not neglect the oppor-
/ tunity of again emphasizing the neces-
/ sity of a greater moral and spiritual
unity in the nation.
Urges Spiritual Unity
= At the Chamber of Commerce, where
the President was welcomed by tho
Mayor and local officials, Mr.. Wilson
declared that America would not be
equal 10 the great tasks of her future
without the spiritual unity of the peo-
pie. Nearly all of the $500 members Of
the Chamber of Commerce are citizens
of German extraction, and the Presl-
dents remarks were enthusiastically
applauded His words were carefully
chosen. however, not to offend their
susceptibilities.
All through this section of Ohio the
Republicans have been using the tarlff
argument and the prediction OF bust
ness calamity after the war. Blllboard5
and street banners have borne these
warnings TO the voter, and 1t was to
them that the President made answer.
In his speech TO the City Club he
dwelt particularly upon the construc-
tive legislation of the Democrats as
being designed to combat economic
panics or unfair foreign competition
after the war.
In his speech on Americas relations
after the war President Wilson said:
Attacks After-War Theory
"For one thing, it is predicted that
after this war is over Europe will IN
some way overwhelm the United States
by her economic power and her econom-
ic antagonisms TO the United States.
| wonder that any thinking man can
entertain an opinion Of that sort. 1t
is obviously based upon singular and
profound Ignorance.
What is this war doing to Europe
Does war increase the economic ef-
fciency Of a nation? There are some
$4,000. 600 men under arms or who have
been under arms in this titantic strug-
gle. From 40 70 60 per cent OF the
skilled mechanics of Europe have been
called into the field; not mechanics
merely, but men Of skill of every sort
musicians, men who could play upon
the human spirit as well as deity han
die mechanical instrument.
and the whole energy, the whole
physical energy, the whole deXterity,
the whole thought of great nations,
have been concentrated upon this bust
ness Of destruction. The business Of
destruction has been so successful that
the materials Of economic life have
been destroyed upon an enormous scale.
The debts that these nations are piling
up are so great that the interest on
them will equal the whole budgets OF
these nations before the war came on.
And these gentlemen tell us that
these nations that have spent their best
blood and energy for this thing are in
the meantime doing what? Creating
great bodies OF goods, which they are
going 20 ship 10 w and dump on US
when the war is overl
% Have they ever seen war; Have
they any imagnations? Have they any
conception OF what this war means?
DO they not know that the population
that is not in the field is bent in all its
concentrated energy upon one thing,
namely, sustaining those who are in
the held7
And are they now creating dye
stuhs 20 ruin our markets. Are they
now manufacturing silks 20 overcome
our American silk factories? Are they
producing the things that they have
ordinarily sent 20 America In such
abundance while they are In this death
grapple that they are thinking OF over
whelminR America
"Why, my friends, We ought not 20
turn 10 these people In fear, but in
| ay,,n.tbv We ought 20 realize That