Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-05
President DevOtes Entire
Address to New Inter-
national Problems.
FREEDOM OF SEAS
DEMANDED BY ALL
Warns Nation to Beware Of Men Who
Turn Tasks and Necessities Of Ma
tion to Own Private Profit, Of Dis
loyal Intrigue and OF Any Effort to
Break Unity of Ameriea-says It Is
imperative Nation Should Be Unit.


| Imperative Nation Should Be Unit.
Washington, March s.. President
Wilson took the oath of office in pub.
lie at 12:45 this afternoon and deliv.
Sered his inaugural address before q
great crowd which packed the plaza tc
the east Of the capitol.
The president, touching on the inter
national crisis, declared there could be
no turning back from the events of the
past thirty months. He declared anew
that America must stand for peace
stability OF free people. national
equality in matters of right. that the
seas, must be free to all. and that the
| family Of nations shall not support any
government not derived from the con
sent of the governed.
Sounding a solemn warning against
any faction or intrigue to break the
harmony Of the American people, the
president called for an America united
in freedom and for service.
At the conclusion of his address the
president led the inaugural procession
back to the White House, where it
passed before him in review.
Presidents Address Brief.
President Wilson's inaugural ad-
dress was as follows:
my Fellow Citizens: The four
years which have elapsed since last I
stood in this place have been crowded
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vital interest and consequence. Per-
haps no equal period In our history has
been so fruitful Of imp ortant reforms
in our economic and Industrial life.
We have sought very thoughtfully to
set our house in order, correct the
grosser errors and abuses OF our in
dustrial life. liberate and quicken the
processes Of our national genius and
energy and lift our Politics to- 4
broader view. IT 10 . record of4aingu-
lar variety and singular distinction.
But shall not attempt to review It.
It speaks for itself and Will with in
.creasing influence as the years go by.
This is not time for retrospect. It
Is q time rather to speak our thoughts
concerning the present and the i'm
mediate future.
Interests Become Worldwide.
"Altho we have centered counsel and
action with unusual concentration and
success upon legislation with which
we addressed ourselves four years ago,
other matters have more and more
forced themselves on our attention
matters lying outside our life as alma
ton and over which we had no control
and have drawn us more and more ir-
resistibly into their own current and
influence. |
ut has been impossible to avoid
them. They have affected the life Of
the whole world. They have shaken
men everywhere with passion and
an apprehension they have never
known before. We are a composite
and Cosmopolitan people. We are Of
the Blood Ok all the ma ations that are at
war. The currents of our thoughts
as well as the currents Of our trade
run quick at all seasons back and
forth between us and them. The war
at first set upon our lives alike our
industries, our policies and our social
action. To, be Indifferent to 1t was out
Of the question.
Deeply Wronsed Upon Seas.
"And yet. all the while, we have been
conscious that we were not a part Of
it. In that consciousness, despite many
divisions, we have drawn closer to-
gether We have heen deeply ww-onsea
upon the seas, but we have not wished
to wrong or injure in return; have re-
tanned thruout the consciousness Of
standing in some sort apart, intent up
on an interest that transcends the i'm
mediate issues of the war itself; as
some Of the injuries done upon us have
become intolerable we still have been
clear that we wish nothing for our
selves that we are not ready to de-
macd for all mankind-fair dealing,
Justice, the freedom to live and to be
at ease from organized wrong.
IT Is with this spirit and this
thought that We have grown more and
more certain that part we wish to play
is the part OF those who mean to YIN
dicate and fortify peace. We have
been obliged to arm ouNelves to make
good our claim to right Of freedom
OF action. We. stand hrm In armed
neutrality since It seems that in no
other way can we demonstrate what
we insist upon. We may even be
drawn on by circumstances, not (by
own purpose and desire, to more ac-
ttttve assertion of our rights as wc see
them. and more immediate association
with the great struggle itself.
% Not Desire Conquest,
'.But nothing will alter our thoughts
and our purpose. We desire neither
conquest nor advantage. We wish
nothing that can be had only at the
cost to another people. We have al
ways professed unsslfish purpose and
VIE covet the opportunity TO prove that
our profession are sincere. There are
still things to do at home. to clarity
our own politics and give new vitality
to Industrial processek to our own life,
and we shall do them as time and the
opportunity serves. But we realize the
great things that must be done with
the whole world FOR stage and In CO.
operation with the wide and universal