Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-05

Washington, Dec. 4.-President Will son delivered to congress today an ad- dress. considered so important in its relation to international affairs, that ft has been transmitted in advance by the government to every other capital fin .he world The president spoke as follows.
 Gentlemen of the Congress: Eight months have elapsed since I last had the honor of addressing you They have been months crowded with events of immense and grave signifi- canoe for us. I shall not undertake to detail or even to summarize these events The practical particulars of the part we have played in them will be laid before you in the reports of the executive departments. I shall discuss only OUT present outlook up- on these vast affaffirs, our present duties and the immediate means of accomplishing the objects we shall hold always fin view.
 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 become too grossly obvious and odious to every true shall ask you to consider again and with very grave scrutiny our ob- 5ectives and the measures by which we mean to attain them; for the pur- pose of discussion here in this place Is action and our action must move straight toward definite ends
 When Shall We Consider War Won7
 Our object is, of course, to win the war and we shah not slacken or suf- fer ourselves to be diverted until it Is won But, it is worth while asking and answering the question, when shall we consider the war won7
 From one point of view it is not necessary to broach this fundamental matter I do not doubt that the American people know what the war they win regard as a realization of their purpose in it As a nation we are united in spirit and intention. pay little heed to those who tell me otherwise. I hear the voices of dis sent-who does not| hear the criti- cfsm and the c1amor of the noisy, thoughtiess and troublesome. also see men here and there fling them selves in impotent disloyaaty against the calm, indomitable power of the nation I hear men debate peace who understand neither it's nature nor the way in which we may attain it, with upfifted eyes and unbrofxen spirits. But know that none of these speaks for the nation They do not touch the heart of anything. They may safely be left to strut their uneasy hour and be forgiven
 Must Make Object Plain.
 But from another point of view I Believe that it is necessary to say plainly what we here at the seat of action consider the war to be for and what part we mean to play in the set tlement of it's searching issues. We are the spolzesmen of the American people and they have right to know whether their purpose is ours. They desire peace by the overcoming of evfi, by the defeat once for all of the sinister forces that interrupt peace and render it impossible and they wish to- know how closely our thought TUES with theirs and what action ws propose. They are impa- tfent with those who desire peace by any sort of compromise - deeply and indignantly impatient = but they will be equally impatient with us if we do not make it plain to them what our ob3ectfves are and what we are plan ming for in seeking to make conquest of peace by arms.
 Intrigue Must Be Crushed.
 believe that speak for them when say two things: First, that this fntolerable thing of which the mas- tsrB of Germany have shown us the ugly face. this menace of combined intrigue and force, which we now see DO clearly as the German power, a thing without conscience or honor or capacity for couvenanted peace, must be crz1sz1ed and if it be not utterly f<< nr a& .1.~.4