The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-05-01
Text Of Great Statement Issued
BY Mr.. Wilson TO People Of
the United States Is Made
Public Here For First Time
OUTLINES WHAT IS NEEDED
70 OVERTHROW PRUssIANs


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T-HE text Of the famous appeal to
the people of the United States 90
= tight Prussianism until II is forever
wiped out Of existence, made by the
President some days ago, has reached
Honolulu, and obeyin6 the request Of
the Nati6nia Chief Executive that the
press Of the country. give IL the widest
possible nnblieity, The Advertiser here,
with reprints Il in full. N has already
been translated into many languages
and spread broadcast throughout tho
world, where il has hnd a most power.
full influence in bfinging I'd bear against
The hideons speeter Of Kaiarism the
full forces Of democracy The Presi
ssssIy felIoM odhtfy,n.|l S ~. y \.
H1'he entrance Of our own. beloved
country into the grim and terrible war
for democracy and human rights,
which has shaken the world, creates so
many problems Of national life and ae-
tioh which call for immediate consider.
alton and settlement that / hope you,
viii permit me TO address to you a few
words Of earnest connect and appeal
with regard TO them. "
f.We are rapidly puttihgiour. navy
upon an effective war footing and are
about to create and equip great
army, but these are the simplest parts
Of the great task to which we have
addressed ourselves. There is not
single selfish element, 80 far as can
see, in the, cause we are lighting for.
We are lighting for what we believe
and wish to be the rights Of mankind
and for the future peace and security
of the world. To do this great thing
worthily and successfully we must de-
vote ourselves to the service without
regard TO profit or material advantage,
and with an energy and intelligence
that will rise to the level Of the enter.
prise itself We must realize TO the
| full how great the task Is and how
many things, how many kinds and ele-
ments of capacity and service and self
sacrifice It involves. y"
Food For the Allies
'sThese, then, are the things we must
do, and do well, besides dghting the
/ things without which mere fighting
! would be fruitless.
"We must supply abundant food not
only for ourselves and for our armies
and our seamen but also for a large
part Of the nations with whom we have
now made common cause, In whose sup
port and by whose sides we shall be
fighting.
1--WE must supply ships BY the hun
| dreds out of our shipyards 10 carry TO
| the other side Of the sea, submarines
or no submarines, what will every day
be needed there and abundant materi.
! ais out Of our fields and our mines and
our factories with which not only TO
| clothe and equip our own forces on
land and sea but also to clothe and
support our people, for whom the gal
liant fellows under arms can no longer
work, TO help slothe and equip the
armies with which we are cooperating
in Europe and to keep the looms and
j manufactures there in raw material;
coal to keep the fires going in ships at
sea and in the furnaces of hundreds OF
factories across the sea; steel out Of
which to make arms and ammunition
both here and there; rails for worn out
4 railways back of the fighting fronts;
locomotives and rolling stock TO take the
place Of those every day going TO
i pieces; mules. horses, cattle for labor
and for military service--everything
Il with which the people Of England and
y France and Italy and Russia have usu-
4 auy supplied themselves bat cannot
now afford the men, the materials or
the machinery to make
More Prolific Industries
"'It is evident TO every thinking man
that our industries, on the farms, in
the shipyards, in the mines IN the fac
tories. must be made more prolific and
more efficient than eyer and that they
must be more economically managed
and better adapted to the particular re
quiremehts Of our task than they have
been, and what want to say is that