Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-04


TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. a.
President Wilson was cheered by
several thousand persons as he
passedthrough here late today. He
addressed the crowd briefly.
You know my errand," he said,
and added There is no oubt about
Indiana"
ST. LOUIS, Feb. S.--President
Wilson today told an audience OF
$4,000 cheering tumultuously at his
feet, that the United States should
have the greatest navy in the world.
Il believe the navy OF the United
States should be unconquerable," he
said, "the greatest in the world"
The president declared that sub
marine commanders abroad have in
structions which for the most part
conform with international law, but
that the act OF one commander might
set the world afire, including
! America,
| Upon Nne ocean tnefe are hunuEc0s OF
cargoes of American goods" he said
cotton, grain and all the bountiful sup
plies America Is sending out to the
world--and any one Of those cargoes. any
one OF those ships may be the point OF
contact that will bring America into the
war"
For the first time during the tour the
president told OF how one set OF bell
lRerents was cut Off from the world.
lie said this kept the United States from
helping them as II would like. He made
the statement in trying to show that
the United States was really neutral.
Middle West for preparedness.
The president opened with the state
ment that he had come seeking some
thing In the middle west and found IT.
He said he had been told the middle west
WAS against preparedness. but did not
helleve Il.
Il did not come out 10 learn how you.
! thought, hut TO toll you what was Eoing
ON. came out that there may be abso-
lutte Qualification OF the issues we are
now confronting,
America Is at peace with all the world
because II Is the friend of all the world.
The friendship IL genuine. We are the
, friend OF all the world because We are
made up OF all the world and under
! stand all the world.
II would tear the heart strings OF
America to be at war with any other
} nation.
I'VE believe we can show our friend
ship for the world better by keeping out
: OF this struggle than by getting into it.
! ! do not misread the spirit OF America
r II have no indictment Of any form OF
government,
Americans Will Not Be LED.
mo man can lead America any whittier
that it's people do not desire to be led. |
believe II to be my duty to subordinate
! my individual feelings 10 the consclen-
, tious attempt 20 interpret and express in
/ these international affairs the genuine
spirit OF my fellow citizens.
$50 far as America 10 concerned no maj
: need so amongst rs preaching peace.
! We are disciples Of peace already, and
. no man need preach that gospel to Us.
, Suppose my neighbcr's house Is on
. fire and the roof is OF combustinio ma
terfai, It IL not my fault II the fire
> spreads. The danger Is not from within,
, but from without.
One Man May set werId Afire.
. The commanders OF submarines for
! the most part are IN accord with law OF
nations but the act of one commander
may set the world on fire.
There are cargoos OF wheat and cotton
and manufactured articles on the sea, and
|. every one Of them may cause trouble be-
cause they so into the zone OF fire.
America has drawn no fine points. no
! new Issues In its international relations;
It has merely asserted the rights Of man
Kind when the life Of mankind ls threat
ened In world afiane with war. IL has
rested upon what is already written plain
on the documents OF international law"
The president said that some day states.
; men OF the older countries would have to
, admit that It was America that kept
burning the flame OF international law
9 upon it's altar when every other altar in
G the world was swept by the windso OF pas.
: sion.
q i am ready TO make every patient
n allowance" he continued, for those
l. WhQse tempers are upset by war.
Yields All bat vital Points.
Il am not in critical frame OF mind.
a am ready TO yield everything but the
q vital points.
! 4 am ready to make allowances for
7. both sides
You know how one set OF belligerents
Is shut off from the rest Of the world.
Therefore, the United States is not able
TO express itself toward them as they
would like. ! believe the United States
! is really neutral
MY fellow citisens. while we know
our own purpose. it does not follow that
other nations understand.
. Men press forward with a sort OF
blind recklessness.
The peace Of the world, neIudine
!, America. rests with the remainder OF
= = the world. and not with America.
Only tive Alternatives
Here y the alternative;
A Either we shall sit still ana wait for
A the necessity for immediate national de.
fense to come and then cali for volun-
. teers. who would be. for the frat few
months. impotent as against = trained
:. and experienced enemy.
"or. we shall adopt the ancasut Arnsr-
lean principle. that the men oe the cosm-
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