Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-04
PRESIDENT IN STIRRING MESSAGE
81. Gemanys Power Must be Crushed and Ugly Counance Of
Autocracy ob|iteaedy defeated Nations Not to
be Humi|ated After War;
DEMAND MADE FOR war DECLARATION AGAINST AuS1RANGARY
DEMAND MADE FOR Wal

DEMAND MADE FOR \
Warrington. Dec. 4.-1mmediate dec
lasAtion Of war against Austria-Hun-
sSary was recommended to congress to-
! DAY BY President Wilson.
The president did not. however, rec
osnmend declaration Of war against
Turkey and Bulgaria at this time.
Immediate war against Austria, the
president told congress, was necessary
TO meet the anomalous situation the
United States faces in its war with
Germany, even tho Austria was not
her own mistress and merely vassal
Of Germany.
The same logic, he said, would lead
but they did not yet, he said, stand in
! the path Of the United States in Its
war against Prussian autocracy.
Germany Must 30 Beaten.
j IN ringing and definite terms the
president told congress that nothing
VII turn the United States aside until
the war - over and Germany Is beaten.
Peace" the president declared.
could come only when the German
people make It thru rulers which the
world can trust; when they make
reparation for ruin their present rul-
sers have wrought. and when Germany
recedes from al the territory acquired
by armed CONQUEST"
I 3 The presfdent gave plain warning,
howstf. that he would not hesitate to
ask q declaration Of war on Turkey and
Bulgaria when he considered 1t neces-
sary, saying. I'VE shall go wherever the
necessities of this war carry u.s.
Forced to Become Enemy.
Declaring anew that theeUnited States
has no war on Germany's enterprise
ana achievement, the president declared
the United States became Germany's
enemy when she started out to DOM
mate the world by force Of arms.
Germanys declaration that she is
$a9hting war Of self defense against
4 G6llberate aggression the president in
ringing words declared was "wantonly
false. and ho reiterated anew that no
ono II threatening the independence and
peaeoeul enterprises Of Germany. He
dSclnSo1 further: s q &. 3s 4 81
Aaps Prellt lltssrjng.. 4.
Accompanying his Recommendation
f0r : declaration Of war on Austria,
tho president told congress it must
make provision for the protection of
alien enemies.
Violations Of the proclamation cover
Ing enemy alien activity. he declared,
should be punished by penitentiary
sentences for women as well as men.
Among recommendations the presi-
dent included more laws to control
prodteering. The law of supply and
demand. the president said. had been
replaced by the law Of unrestrained sell
nshness.
70 congress itself the president made
plea for economy in government ex-
pendjtures. He closed by asking con-
Gres6 10 use all its energies in legisla-
ton II bring the war to q successful
ASvisvs War Problems.
The president started speaking at
1880 >. m. His address Is as follows:
Gentlemen OF congress: Eight
months have elapsed since last had
the honor Of addressing you. They
have been months crowded with events
of Immense Importance and grave sig
ntficance for us. shall not undertake
TO detail or even to summarize those
events
The practical particulars Of the part
W have played in them will be laid be-
fore you in the legislative departments.
II shall discuss only our present out
look upon these vast affairs, our pres
sent duties and the immediate means
Of accomplishing the detectives we
shall hold always in view.
Outlines objsetives.
Il shall not go back to debate the
causes Of the war. The intolerable
wrongs done and planned against US
by the sinister masters Of Germany
have long since been too grossly OBJ
svious and od,ous to every true Amer
lean to need to be rehearsed, but I shall
ask you to consider again and with a
very grave scrutiny our detectives and
I tho measures by which we mean to at
tain them: for the. purpose Of discus
Il aion here In this place of action, and
! our action must move straight toward
delnito ends. Our object is, Of course,
So win the war, and we shall not slack
an our efforts or be diverted until It
= ~ won. 6ut ~ - WoTtH dILSWe1lHS tuC
saue0ttan, &whensshall we consider the
war wcnS
sEf a :rsas:sa United. -
from one point Of view It is not
necessary to broach this fundamental
matter. do not doubt the American
spcople know what the war is about
md how they will regard. the outcome.
r. s.: 81 !: :..4inn we are united in spirit and
Sintention. hear the voices OF dissent
4 rho does not? hear the criticism
S,and ciarnor Of the noisy, thoughtless
! ma troublesome also see men here
ana there fing themselves In impetent
sdiSloyalty against the clam indomit-
s&hle power Of the nation. / hear men
Debate peace who understand neither
5its nature nor the way In which we
~ attain It, with uplifted eyes and
%tnbroken spirits. But know that none
ESf these speak for the nation. They
10y be safely left to strut their uneasy
Nbur and BE- forgotten.
;lsssBut from another point OF view I
sk6aleve that It Ii necessary to say
IN auly what We hear at the seat Of ac-
! ~. d consider the way for and what
Ii ~ Ne mean to play in the settlement
~ searching issues.
4 opesks Fer Nation.
the kssmen Of the Amer