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PRESIDENT TELLS LABOR
DELEGATES WAR MUST BE
WON BEFORE ANY PEACE
Says Germany's Ambitions for
World Power Was the Cause of
War-Gompers Praised for
Spirit Of Cooperation.

War-Gompers Praised for
| Spirit Of Cooperation.
Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 12.-Presi.
dent Wilson; in forceful address
here today before the American
Federation ofLabor appealing to the
workingmen Of the United States
for cooperation in the conduct Of
the war, made it emphatically clear
that he opposes peace until the war
against Germany has been won.
The President declared that his
heart was with the 'sfeeling Of the
pacifsts' but that his mind has a
contempt for them. Ea.tl.
! 81 want peace, but I know ! how
to get It and they do not" he de-
clared. (. IT. .'.,, :; ~ q
Colonel E. M. House, head Of the
American delegation to the allied
war conference, the President said,
had been sent to take part in q
conference as to how the war was
to- be won, and he knows, as I
Know, that that is the way to get
peace if you want it for more than
d few minutes. .l.;..., !. & .,a.cs ~.
The, 450 delegates to the conyeni--
ton and the several thousand per-
sons admitted K. the hail to hear the
President speak, arose and applaud
ed this declaration with a tremen-
dous burst Of cheers. Another de.
monstration Of approval came when
he said: .f 81,
"We must stand together, night
and day, until this job is finished .
The President, while devoting his
address to problems for the people
of the United States laid emphasis
upon the broader phases of the
world conflict in a way that seemed
to indicate that his speech was pos
sibly intended as a message to the
people of Germany, Of Austria and
Of Russia, as well as Of the United
States. He declared his belief that
were it not for the pam German, the
spirit of freedom would find Gas fine
a welcome in the hearts of the Ger
mans as it can find in any other
heart" q ,4ss.2,j J,5;3sy -. ~
"Power, ,"she satd, "can not be
used with concentrated force
against free peoples, if it is to be
used by free people" $t:
Speaking, probably Of Austria,
Mr.. Wilson referred to the intima-
tions Of anxiety for peace that had
come 'tfrom one of the Central
powers" and declared that it meant
stthat the people in that Central
power know that if the war ends
as it stands, they viii, in effect,
themselves be vassals Of Germany,
Notwithstanding that; they do not
wish in their pride and proper spirit
of nationality to be absorbed and
dominated" s,.,t5 .
Of Russia, he said that he was
amazed that some groups in that
country could suppose that 'any re-
form plans in the interest of the
people can live in the presence Of a
Germany powerful enough to under
mine or overthrow them by intrigue
or force" = s'.H.
"Fatuous as the dreamers Of Rus
sia," were those persons in this}coun
try he declared emphatically, who
suppose that "free industry and
enterprise of the world can continue
if the pan-German plan is achieved
and the German power fastened up
on the world"
The president directly asserted
that Germany had started the wal
and said he would leave confrma-
| ton. of this statement to the verdict
of history. He referred to Ger.
many's growth to "place in the
sun" and asked why she was not sat
isfed when she gained that position
In answer, described the German
governments methods of controll.
ing the competition of its industries
and asserted that "all the while
there was lying behind its thought
in it's dreams for the future, polit.
ical control which would enable il
in the long run to dominate the Ia
Dor and the. industry of the world
Mr.. Wilson cited in this connec-
ton the Berlin-to- -Bagdad railway
which he said, "was constructed to
rim tho threat of force down the