South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-02
WILSON KEEPS
FAITH IN HYPHENS
President Declares Nation
Cannot Tamper With Hon.
or of United States.

WASHINGTO\ May Amer
ica reawakened IN national spirit
through lessons Of the war in Eu-
rope was the theme Of an address by
Pres't Wilson Monday at the open
ing Of TIE national service military
encampment for young women. In
concluding the president voiced a
warning that the honor and integrity
of the United states cannot be taw-
pered with. He prayed that t.e
country should not be drawn into
war but declared that il il should
be lin the great voice Of rational
enthusiasm which would Oe raised
an the world would stand once more
thrilled 10 hear the voice OF the
new world asserting the standards
Of justice and liberty"
Banks on Foreign Born.
The president expressed confidence
that in time OF trouble the great
mass Of foreign born citizens OF the
United States would be loyal.
Il never had the slightest doubt
what would happen when America
called upon those Of her citizens
born in other countries to come TO
the support 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 distem-
per and dream and distraction. and
that any man who dares tamper
with the spirit of America will be
cast out Of the confidence of a great
nation upon the instant"
War AwakenS America.
The president said
IF this war has done nothing else,
81 has at least done this. II has
made America aware Of dangers
which most Of US had deemed un-
real and has made us aware that the
danger Of our own time is nothing
less than the unsettlement CT Che
foundations of civilization. Civiliza-
tion does not rest upon war. 1t
rests upon peace. 1t rests upon those
things hich men achieve by cooper
alton and mutual interest in one
another.
Have you not thought what
might be the outcome Of this great
struggle. so far as the nations al
ready engaged are concerned in il.
Can you not imagine the great
awakening that has come to coun-
try like France. for example; how
much more intensely every French
man and every German feels the
national compulsion than he ever
felt it before?
How much more he feels him
self not an individual. but a frac-
ton in a great whole? How much
more his blood springs to the chal-
lenge Of patriotic suggestion? lie
is not fighting for his own life. He
is sacrificing his own life. or will
ing 10 sacrifice II. in order that a
greater life than his might persist,
the life OF his nation. SO in Amer
lea, We are getting already the in
direct benefit of that suggestion. We
are beginning to realize that a ma
tlon is a unit, and that any individ-
ual who does not feel the impulse
of the whole does not belong to il
and does not belong i'm 1t.
Americans First.
We have heard a great deal
about divided allegiance in this
country. but before we look at il
in it's political aspect we ought 10
let our thoughts run back TO what
is perhaps our divided allegiance in
respect to our relations TO each
ether America had been brought
o. such a point Of diversifcation of
interest. of occupation of objects
sought. that she was i'm danger OF
losing the consciousness of her sin
gleness and solidarity. There were
men pulling at cross purposes i'm
regard 10 their private interests
and their public endeavors in this
country long before the war came
10 remind us that we were a single
ration. with a single duty and a
single ideal. and the first thing that
has happened 10 us is that we have
AN been pulled together by a great
tug az the heart in respect Of our
individual interests. We have all
been reminded with an emphasis for
which ] for one thank God. that we
are first of all Americans and only