Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-06
Tn Armed Neutrality Forced to Demand Freedom of
 Action.
pARADE DISPLAY
 OF AMER1CANISM
po,;sh Citizens Bear Banner Declar.
 ,ne aWe Are Ready to Fight and Die sor America''-Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Marshall Share Acclaim.

The full text of President * wilson's address appears on * | page two. s s * * * * * * * * * * * s: * Washington, March 5.-Woodrow Wilson, with the major part of the world at war, and America poised on it's verge, consecrated his second in- augural as president of the United States with a last message of hope for peace Standing in the shadow of the nations capitol, with his face turned toward the eastern war-seared skies, the president renewed his oath of allegiance to the constitution, pray E ing to God that he mighl be given wis., dom and power to do his duty in the extreme spirit of the American peo- A pie.
 While trumpets flared and martill requirements rattled prophetically about him, the president pictured the deep wrongs the United States patti ently had borne in the conflict of other peoples without wishing to wrong or injure in return.
 Asserting that the tragedies of mother continent had deprived us of irovincialism and made Americans taizens of the world, and that the principles Of this republic should be applied to the liberation of mankind, he resolutely voiced the determina- ton that America, standing firm in armed neutrality must insist on her claim to minimum of right and free dom of action in world affairs" Peculiar interest and significance, in the light of the rebuke last night to senator's who prevented passage of the armed neutrality bill, were at tached to the presidents assertion on this point
 Would Fortify Peace.
 Even more interest and concern were aroused when he added, "We may even be drawn by circumstances lot by our own purpose or desire to more active assertion of our rights as We see them, and more immediate as- @clation with the great struggle in Europe, but nothing will alter ou- purpose. We desire neither conquest nor advantage. We wish nothing tn It can be had only at the cost of another peop!e. We have always professed unsellsh purpose, and we covet the opportunity to prove that our profes sons are sincere"
 Making no attempt to review the .eslslative record of the last foul years, the president ssid this is not ume TOT retrospection: that the time sas one to speak of the immediate u'ure To be independent of war se said, was impossible, and he was s!m m the conviction that the par Ms country wished to play is the part Of those who mean to vindi sase 'Ms and fortify peace."
 Taese were the dominant thought. T tne president as he addressed { susetlng multitude in the broad plaz; M me capitol grounds. In the as .smoiage before him American citi ssas or all nationalities had sun: america" with mighty voice whil' saltlhg his appearance, and in th' MMocesslons which followed him z ,1e walte house and passed in reviev s.U0 vomposlte and cosmopolitan peopl ss.s' ea.s graphic evidence of loyalty ant SulUtlsm. .ss. We are American citi ;,aa ;sus' was the declarat. on that glare, ,sua nvm banners held by once alien citi fo. ' We are ready to fight and di ,s.. II america" was the stirring mes orss NY o.azlng from a standard waivin! sM tne heads of American citizen ,n"a. vm roland. Men of many foreigl sS.lles mass held to the breeze as the, cs soued past the stand other insigni smhl s hplalrlotism, and America First rons. roS,a1oned on countries streamer lnstos rseu tae great throng along Wash ed s~as ",.. broad thorofares to continu
 ou'oursts of patriotic fevor.
 women Share Plaudits.
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 ha wilson, who accompanied him t
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