Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01

The text of the Presidents speech Al
Milwaukee last night was as follows:
s "Mr. Chairman, fellow citizens. need
not INQUIRE whether the citizens OF Mil
waukee and Wisconsin are interested II
the subject of my errand. The presence
,Icf this great body in this vast hall SUI
I1ciently attests your interest But
want at the outset to remove any mis-
apprehension that may exist in your
minds.
II There is no sudden crisis Nothing
Thew has happened. ! am not upon this
,Hrrand because of any uneNp scted situa-
ldion / have come to confer with you
,&pon a matter upon which it would. in
tAny circumstance. be necessary for us to
;Seonfer, when all the rest of the word is
sen fire and our own house is not fire
,sproof.
Everywhere the atmosphere of the
5world is thrilling with the passion of a
disturbance such as the world has never
leseen before, and it is first in the words
jjust uttered by your chairman that we
$hould see that our own house is set in
tEprder and that everything is done to make
seertan that we shall not suffer by the
isdangers to which this nation seemed, at
tSthe outset of the war, to be exposed
(which l think can say with confidence
E "Amer;ca has II rawn her blood and
cher energy out of almost all the nations
isof the world II is true of a great MANY
sOf US that there lies deep in our hearts
Snot America We know that our roots
Sour traditions run back into their national
soils and there are some songs that stir
Eions which engage our affections and
EStlr memories
g
.E Takers Not to BE Feared
q
~ we cannot forget our forebears.
awe cannot a1toee,ber ignore the fact
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Eof our essential blood relationship. and
Fat the outset of this war it did look as
,eif there were a division of domestic
,S.;. ,;, -,
'ei.' "n'.' mug III 'e"u US " s''ie
,Eerrors of Judgment and some errors of
Faction. But L for one believe that
,adanser is past never doubted that
iSthe danger was exaggerated, because
81 had learned long ago. and many of
Eyou VIII corroborate me by your eX-
Experience. that il is not the men who
care doing the talking always who rep
.kresent the real sentiment of a nation.
81. for my part. always feel serene
,Sconfidence in waiting for the declara-
4 ton of the principles and sentiments
of the men who are not vociferous. do
z do their own thinking. attend to their
Il try and. therefore. have at no time
Esuppesed the men whose voices con-
diYision noO ~ vi, '",i~'ne riirea. VI
Sing the sentiments even of those whom
they pretended to represent.
sf.m;1, sant; go nay no Jeaiouss Oh
81 of deep AFFECTION which runs bsct
4 through long lineage II would he n
: pity if we forgot the fine things that
z our ancestors have done. But also
e know the magic of America T also
know the great principles which thrill
= with emotion in the great body nolitic
TO which we belong in the tinted
e States I know tine imn,,Ises u-hioh
q have drawn men to our shores Tbev
have not come idly They have not
~ come without conscious nurnose 70 be
,S free. They have not vet come without
K with the great nation on this side of
81 the sea. and / know thar whnnsS Sue .b oa
u test comes every mans heart will he
Il FIRST for America
81 "And wherever thew coma from q,
~ was the principle and affec,ion and
Il ambition and hope that drew men ~
Y these shores And they are not yo;no
= to forget the errand upon which tbeS
made their refuge and tbs;r 49,. ;H
a not suffer by any forgetfulness on
6 tnelr part.
81
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Il
Inc trouble makers have shot their
p bolt and il has been intellectual
q of ,h.r, h.,. - 'oine
"e" very Nociierous All
OF them nave been exceedingly ire
- sponsible Talk was chean ,,a *
~,x oil :. o.. 'H'
II 'hehi' 'ney oidnt have
81 10 90 anything. But you will know
without my telling you that the man
VINO TOT the time being you have
CnaIseo win the duties of President
oi the onlted states must talk with
u.ep sense OF responsibility. and he
must remember. above all things, the
"ne trduitiohs or MS ONCE
~ some men seem to have forgotten
.here Is no precedent in American his
= tory Tor any action OF aggression on
~ the part OF the United States. for any
iea Is seeking to connect herself with
q the water. "a
Men VINO seek to provoke such &C
IL The I-ni,ed S,s.o 'ne .rsoltions OF
X with whom you have intrus,ed o,Iee
to remember the traditions Of The
chited states and 20 see what those
II Natiohs are that the actions of the
- koNeSnihent are made to square with
- tnose uadltions-
n But there are other dangers my
- 1eIIow -citiZens, which are not PASSED
u ana which have not been overcome al nd