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TO FIGHT OUT
CAUSE OF LIBERTY
President Declares Time Has
Come For Action.
HIS ADDRESS AT ARLINGTON
Mr.. Wilson Has No Fear for Ameri-
cas- Part in Great Struggle for
Universal Liberty.

cas- Part in Great Struggle for
Universal Liberty.
Washing On. May 3l.-President
Wilson, speaking at Memorial day eN-
ercises in Arlington cemetery, declar-
ed the time had come for action by
the nation and that he had no fear of
the part America would play in the
great world war.
"In the providence of God" he said,
America once more has an oppor-
tunity to show tie world that she was
born to serve mankind
The president declared that while
no such day as this could be without
sorrow, he looked rather. with envy
on those who served their country In
the civil war, because their work for
liberty is accomplished.
"The program has conferred an un-
merited dignity upon the remarks |
am going to make by calling them an
address, because | am not fere to de-
liver an address" the president said.
Il am here merely to show Iii my of
fetal capacity the sympathy of this
great government with the object OF
this meeting, and also TO speak just
a word of the sentiment that is In my
own heart.
"Any memorial of this sort, Of
course. is day touched with sorrow
full memory, and yet | for one do no.
see how we can have any thought OF
pity for the men whose memory we
honor. I do not pity them. I envy
them, rather. because theirs is a~great
work for liberty accomplished and We
are in the midst of work unfinished,
testing our strength where their
strength has already been tested.
There Is touch OF sorrow, but
there is a touch of assurance also in
a day like this, because we know how
the men of America have responded to
the call of the cause of liberty and it
fills our mind with perfect assurance
that that response will come again in
equal measure, with equal mpjesty
and with a result which will! hold the
attention Of all mankind.
when y"u reflect upon it, these
men who died to preserve the Union
died to preserve the instrument which
we are now using to serve the world
a free nation espousing the cause Of
human liberty. In one sense, the great
struggle into which we have now en-
tered is an American struggle, because
it is In the sense Of American honor
and American rights. but it is some
thing even greater than that-it is a
world struggle.
at Is a struggle Of men who love
liberty everywhere. and in this cause
America will show herself greater than
ever, because she will rise to a great
er thing. We have said in the begin
ming that we planned this great gov
eminent that men who wish fFeadom
might have a place Of refuge aud a
place where their hope could be real
lied, and now, having established
such a government having preserved
such a government, having v,ndicate1
the power of such a government, we
are saying to all mankind:
eve did not set this government
up in order that we might have a sell
fish and separate liberty, for we are
now ready to come to your assistance
and fight out upon the fields of the
world the cause of human liberty n
this thing America attains her full Dig
nifty and the full fruition of her great
purpose.
"No man can be-. glad that such
things have happened as we have wit.
messed In these last fateful years, but
perhaps 1t may be permitted to us to
be glad that we have an opportunity
to show the principles that we profess
to be living principles that live in our
hearts and to have a chance. by the
pouring out of our blood and treasu 9.
to vindicate the things which we have
professed.
"For. my friends, the real fruition
of life is to do the things we have
said we wished to do. There are times
when work seems empty and only &C.
ton seems great. Such time has
come and in the providence of God.
America will once more have an OPP
portunity to show to the world that
she was born to serve mankind"